text:
I've been looking forward to this issue of Sensation Comics for a while now. James Tynion IV is swell and all, but I absolutely love Noelle Stevenson's work and I couldn't wait for her to tackle Wonder Woman. The end product, or rather part one thereof, did not disappoint in the slightest. Any book with a dance off cliffhanger is doing something right, and everything leading up to it was an absolute blast.
The premise of the story is simple enough: The Amazons go on expeditions to man's world occasionally, and a teenaged Diana was irked that she didn't get to go on the latest trip. Thus she found her own way off of Paradise Island and made new friends when she landed in America. She and fellow teen girl named Riley were instantly united in their disdain for boys who wouldn't let girls play games, and a battle of sorts ensued.
Tynion does a great job of staying true to Wonder Woman in the midst of a more light-hearted, fun story. His take on the teenaged Diana is reminiscent of the hero she'll become while also a more immature version of Wonder Woman. She's full of the bravado of youth, but there's also an element of perhaps over-extending herself to impress her new friends; the "Gulp" before Diana takes on the boy bully in a game of Dance Dance Retribution is very telling. Being raised an Amazon, she seems fully confident that a girl can beat a boy at anything and that supporting your sisters is paramount, and she boldly strides into the arcade to demand justice for Riley. However, she is clearly untested in the world of men, and Dance Dance Retribution is her first true battle. The slight moment of nervousness before she steps onto the dancing platform both humanizes Diana and captures her youthfulness.
Alongside the arcade adventure, we get the tale of Techne and Epistme, Diana's bodyguards who have to track her down. They are hilariously tough customers, and their shakedown of a drunken vagrant on the beach makes for a particularly fun moment. No doubt they will find their princess in next week's issue, with amusing results, I'm sure.
Stevenson's art here is great. The entire book is completely her style; much like her award winning webcomic, Nimona, Stevenson draws, colours, and letters everything. Through her work on Nimona, Stevenson is obviously comfortable with swords and armour, but she does an excellent job capturing the look of the real world as well. Riley and her friends all look like modern teenagers, with cool outfits, good hair, and a variety of body shapes. In a genre where female characters are often depicted generically in a sexualized, interchangeable manner, it's always nice when an artist draws women who look like real people.
Her Diana is especially enjoyable. She looks like a younger version of Wonder Woman, with Amazonian garb instead of the usual outfit, and her constant look of determination as she confronts the bullies at the arcade certainly hints at the stalwart hero she will become. There are delightful smaller moments, too. Diana's sheer joy upon entering the arcade, which she calls "a place of wonder", is perfectly depicted, and her look of absolute scorn when she sees a woman on the side of an arcade game in a sexy, brokeback pose is spectacular. Diana looks about ready to punch the machine across the room:
All together, this issue of Sensation Comics is an absolute blast, and definitely one of the best stories to come out of the series thus far. This is exactly the kind of Wonder Woman story we need. She's been so dark and violent for so long, and just so damn serious. The market is screaming for an all ages Wonder Woman title, and I think one where a teen Diana visits man's world to make new pals and have rad adventures would be the perfect way to do it. It's a great premise used to wonderful effect here, and I'd love to see more of it after next week's conclusion. Get on it, DC! And hire Tynion and Stevenson to do it, because they both killed it with this story.
"Wonder World" should be in print form in Sensation Comics #8, out on March 18. I don't want to be rude to you, but you need to deal with this harsh truth: If you don't buy this comic, then you're a dummy. It's so much fun, so get on it!
Tags: Diana, James Tynion IV, Noelle Stevenson, Review, Sensation Comics, Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman


text:
The Johnny O Team
Mark ORavitz – CEO and Founder
Mark, AKA "MarkO", is our Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Mark has over 30 years of experience in corporate management in Fortune 500 companies
such as Union Carbide, Ralston Purina and 3M. His background includes expertise in sales, marketing, finance and corporate logistics. Mark has lived in the Phoenix area for the past 18 years and has owned a number of businesses in Scottsdale. He holds a BS in Marketing from East Carolina University and studies masters related business courses from the University of North Carolina.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Sign up for free and get $861 worth of FREE practice building resources!
By viewing or using practicemastery.com.au or related websites, you agree to the terms of the Practice Mastery Online Privacy Policy, as outlined below. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or use this site. Practice Mastery Institute reserves the right to change the Online Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion. Your use of this site will be subject to the most current version of the Online Privacy Policy at the time of such use. However, we do not intend to change the fundamental tenet of this policy and at all times, we will take care to ensure that your personal information is protected and treated confidentially and in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988.
Your information will not be sold to anyone outside of Practice Mastery Institute. The information we collect is solely for the purpose of communicating with Practice Mastery Institute students, members and subscribers.
Whenever we collect personal information from you, whether electronically or otherwise, we will make every reasonable attempt to ensure the privacy of that information and that it will only be used for the purposes for which it was collected. In general, the purposes for which we collect your personal information include:
Practice Mastery Institute will not disclose any personal information to any third parties without first obtaining your consent unless such disclosure is required by law. However, to ensure the purposes for which we collect the information are fulfilled, the information may be disclosed to other companies involved in the organising and conducting of our business.
Collection of personal information
When you engage in certain activities on this site, such as ordering products, accessing media files, or entering contests, Practice Mastery Institute may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is optional for you to provide your information and engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, Practice Mastery Institute may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address and telephone numbers. When ordering products or services on the site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.
Please note that any area of our site that requires you to reveal financially sensitive information (i.e. your credit card number) to continue with an activity – such as an online purchase – is located on our Secure Server(s) and is backed by a Verisign Certificate. Verisign [http://www.verisign.com] is recognised widely as the premiere security authority on the internet.
Public information
Please note that any information you post to a public discussion forum or chat room, such as the Practice Mastery Institute forums, is available to all persons accessing that site. We have no way of preventing individuals or companies from contacting you if they've seen your information publicly posted.
practicemastery.com.au is designed to help our users take their practice from where they are to where they want to be.
The opinions and statements expressed by students and members on the discussion forum are not necessarily those of Practice Mastery Institute. Practice Mastery Institute does not recommend or endorse any method or opportunity detailed within the forum. We recommend that you only make choices you are confident and comfortable with. No liability for loss or damages or otherwise is accountable by Practice Mastery Institute if you follow advice or suggestions on the forum.
If you believe that we have not dealt with your personal information in a manner that complies with the Privacy Act you should contact us to discuss how we may better deal with it. Similarly, if you wish to access personal information that we hold about you, you may make a request in writing.
If you have further questions, email: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Celebrations are wonderful! There are gifts, speeches about the past year, and there's always cake. So here we are at the first birthday party of "What About Health?". I can't believe it's been a whole year already since I started this crazy journey. The WAH? Community has grown, there have been many questions asked, nutrition conversations, and a lot of food for thought. Just like any good party, this birthday celebration wouldn't be complete without reflection speeches, thank you's and of course, gifts and cake.
Let's start with the speeches…
There was the very first post, written by journalist Tara Sing (my sister) and myself. We started this blog as a way to answer all the questions we both had about nutrition, food and health.
Then I took the next terrifying step, and began to write solo, publishing posts on coconut oil and what I discovered in my second year of nutrition (which sparked the interest of many other keen nutrition students). We challenged ourselves to eat more veggies and in the process saw many mouth watering photos!
The year involved attempting to eat seasonal foods (in autumn and winter), barely surviving uni exams, the release of the new healthy eating pyramid, trying to snack healthy with friends and learning what nutrition advice to trust… It's been a great year. I'm so thankful for the year it's been.
And now, the thank you's!
Firstly, I need to say a huge thank you to every single one of you. Thank you for reading my posts. Thank you for asking questions. Thank you for helping me learn so much more about nutrition and food. Thank you for letting me share it with you. Thank you for being patient with me as I learn all things nutrition and blogging. Thank you for sharing, liking, commenting and giving feedback. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And to express my thankfulness, there are some prizes to be won. Because let's face it, things are much better when they are free.
Gifts for you!
Chobani Yoghurt
Yoghurt is high in protein, low GI (helping you to feel full for longer), a quick snack and let's be honest – it tastes amazing.
Bottlefull Water Bottles (420mL)
Because we all need help drinking more water, and these bottles are so cute!
What About Health Tea towels – The Personalising Shop
Embroidered tea towels because cooking is fun but makes a lot of mess.
Share, Show & Win.
SHARE the WAH? love on by tagging us on Twitter or Instagram or linking to us on Facebook – whether by tagging/linking to us, sharing one of our posts, or recommending us to your friends. Every shout out is an entry.
SHOW your WAH? love by liking us on Facebook or following us on Twitter & Instagram if you don't already. Every new like or follow is an entry.
WIN a great prize pack including Chobani yoghurts, Bottlefull water bottles and WAH merch.
So again, thank you.
Disclaimer: No money has been received to promote these products. All products were kindly donated. Thank you to Chobani Australia, Bottlefull and the Personalising Shop.
Terms and Conditions: There is no minimum age of the participants and no purchase of any product is required to enter. The competition starts on 31st of March, 12:01am and closes on 14th of April, 11:59pm. Winners will be notified by 15th of May, 11:59pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time). Entry is only open to Australian readers.
To enter, participants must follow the instructions as listed on the "Celebrating a Year of What About Health?" Post (on whatabouthealth.net). The first place prize is a combined pack containing Chobani yoghurt (only for those within 30km of CBD of Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne and it must be able to be delivered within business hours), 1 x Bottlefull water bottle (valued at $20), 1 x What About Health? tea towel (valued at $6). This is limited to one person only. The second place prize is 1 x Bottlefull water bottle (valued at $20) and 1 x What About Health? tea towel (valued at $6). This is available for two people. The third place prize is 1 x What About Health? tea towel. This is available for three people. Postage details must be provided and may be given to respective companies upon winning in order to send the appropriate prizes.
The competition will be drawn in Sydney, Australia. One winner will be selected as the WAH? Choice winner and the other winners will be selected at random. The choice winner selected will win the first place prize. The next two people (chosen at random) will win the second place prize and the following three people selected at random will win the third place prize.
Winners will be announced on social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and will need to email email@example.com within a week. If selected winners do not respond within a week, the competition will be redrawn. If it is redrawn, winners will be notified by direct message. This competition is run by Lana Hirth (What About Health? Owner), Macarthur NSW 2560.


text:
Ah, how I love a three-day!! So many opportunities to do a thousand things or barely any. Apart from a personal training session at my new gym, Equinox, on Saturday and a couple classes there throughout the weekend, I've got time! Time, what a luxury.
I've been admiring the needlepoint work of Sarah K. Benning on Instagram for a while so I took the plunge and bought her May pattern. If it turns out well, maybe a special Mama of mine will get an early birthday present. This means a trip to Michael Levine's is in order and I want to get there on the early side of tomorrow. I have to give myself plenty of time in that store because it's nirvana.


text:
Photography Classes in Holcombe WI
Looking for photography classes in Holcombe WI? No matter if you are a beginner, hobbyist, or professional, the best approach to improving your photography technique is through hands-on training with skilled instructors.
Wisconsin features numerous accredited and recognized photography schools. Photography classes cover topics like lighting techniques, digital capture, outdoor photography, exposure, composition, and many other basic and advanced camera techniques. Being a skilled photographer can result in a booming professional career or lifelong hobby.
There are many Photography Classes in Holcombe WI:
- Studio Photography Classes in Holcombe
- Photography 101 in Holcombe
- Digital Photography Classes in Holcombe
- Nature Photography Classes in Holcombe
- Editorial Photography Classes in Holcombe
- Portrait Photography Classes in Holcombe
Holcombe WI Photography Classes
College of Visual Arts
344 Summit Ave
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102-2199
Phone: (651) 757-4000
98.33 miles away
Dakota County Technical College
1300 145th Street East
Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-2999
Phone: (651) 423-8301
99.93 miles away
Rochester Community and Technical College
851 30th Ave SE
Rochester, Minnesota 55904-4999
Phone: (507) 285-7210
101.23 miles away
Brown College-Mendota Heights
1345 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, Minnesota 55120
Phone: (651) 905-3400
101.55 miles away
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
100 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0213
Phone: (612) 625-5000
103.81 miles away
The Art Institutes International-Minnesota
15 S 9th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Phone: (612) 332-3361
105.86 miles away
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2501 Stevens Ave
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: (612) 874-3700
105.99 miles away
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
1501 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403-1779
Phone: (612) 659-6000
106.28 miles away
Carleton College
One North College Street
Northfield, Minnesota 55057-4001
Phone: (507) 222-4000
110.56 miles away
Hennepin Technical College
9000 Brooklyn Blvd
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 55445
Phone: (952) 995-1300
110.88 miles away


text:
It felt good to do nothing over Labor Day weekend! Although "nothing" is a very loose term when you have kids, right? We went to the lake and hung out with the fam. It was Fall weather, which happens to be my favorite except when riding on the back of a waverunner getting splashed by the white caps that have taken over Lake of the Ozarks. I wasn't going to workout while I was there but couldn't resist a short 15 minute jog outside (w/o a stroller!) on a 65 degree morning. Now bring on the pumpkins!
So I love this weather, but I only get in the pool/lake when I am sweating (I am a sissy)! Needless to say Taylor was a little bored with her lack of toys and no swimming at the lake. So we hit up a Six Flags meets Chucky Cheese type place. All we heard was "train, pease! train, pease!" for the remainder of the day. If I do say so myself, the train roller coaster would have been on the top of my list if I was 2!
What a weekend it was, nothing exciting, which seems to be the best part of it all. Today it's back to reality - with 2 cranky kids that stayed up too late the last 3 nights - and a 3rd round of book edits due Friday. So I will be going into hibernation this week and ready for another relaxing weekend after I send in my book edits!


text:
The gall bladder, which sits just below the rib cage to the right of the stomach, is very tender to touch. It is a little sac or storage compartment for bile, which is produced by the liver. The gallbladder emits bile into the small intestines via a duct referred to as the cystic duct. The entire process is meant to break down foods (namely fatty foods).
Gallbladder attack symptoms may include one or more of the following:


text:
Daniel Kantor, M.D. is Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of the Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center at the University of Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.
Daniel Kantor, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of the Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center at the University of Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. He also serves on the Ethics Committee of Shands Hospital - Jacksonville and was recently elected to serve as a Board Member of the Florida Society of Neurology. He received his M.D. from the Ben Gurion University of The Negev Medical School for International Health in collaboration with Columbia University Medical Center. He interned at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey / Cooper University Hospital and trained in neurology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Kantor has received many awards recognizing his four-part focus on academics, teaching, research, and administrative excellence from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Windsor, Ben Gurion University, the Israeli National Center for Medical Education, Neurology-Neurophysiology Associates of Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson University.
His health interests include symptomatic treatment of multiple sclerosis, headache in multiple sclerosis, patient-centered neurologic care, medical ethics and medical education. He is a principal investigator in several multiple sclerosis studies, including being a member of the University of California at San Francisco international collaboration studying the genetics of multiple sclerosis.


text:
Amiga Games starting from L to M
Knight Orc
You swear revenge on all humankind for the treatment of your race. Like many adventure games, characters go about their lives as people normally would: people move around.
Krusty's Fun House
Sadly, Krusty the Clown's Fun House has been overrun by rats. Herd the rats into trap machines and then clear them out. In order to do so, you must manipulate your environment to set up pathways so that the rats are headed in the right direction. The trap machines are operated by Bart, Homer, Sideshow Mel and Corporal Punishment.
Kung Fu Master is a one and two player game that was ported from the arcade to several game consoles and home computers. The game's story starts with your girlfriend being captured by Mr.X. It is up to you to use your knowledge of Kung Fu to get her back. Each floor has many opponents and once they have been dealt with, there is the floor boss. Beat the floor bosses and then fight Mr. X.
Last Action Hero
You play Jack Slater, an action movie hero, who takes on the ax maniac ?The Ripper?, who is holding a school under siege. Benedict is the villain who wants to use Danny?s ticket to bring terror to the real world. The game is based on the movie by the same name starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance
No having the scrolls, The Last Ninja begins training a new order of Ninja. However, during a training session you are mysteriously transported to New York. The Evil Shogun has returned. You must defend himself once more with nothing more than the belief in his own abilities.
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
You are abducted by the Leather Goddesses which are planning to enslave every man and woman on earth. Your mission is to escape and save humanity or the Leather Goddesses will turn the earth into their pleasure dome.
Lemmings became a runaway hit being ported to many game consoles and home computers. You have the difficult job of rescuing the Lemmings across 120 levels. These are simply and friendly creatures, but they tend to walk blindly through the world in the hope of reaching safety at the end of the level. Unfortunately, these levels include steep drops, gaps in the ground, barriers and rivers which would not be a problem for any other creature, but alas, Lemmings blindly follow each other and don't pay careful attention to their surroundings.
Lemmings 2
The Lemmings have split into 12 distinct tribes. Each tribe of which have their own landscape and their own cultural identity: they include Egyptian, Circus and Highland. However, Lemming Island is in danger and you must complete 10 levels for each tribe in order for them to reunite and reassemble the Talisman from the 12 pieces. While there are 120 levels with over 60 skills, first-time players should stick to the skills from the classic version.
Lethal Weapon
In this game, you play as Martin Riggs or as Roger Murtaugh to complete four main missions. Complete these four and you move tot he bonus final round. For each mission, choose the appropriate character. Your mission is to stop crimes in your beloved L.A. Once all that is done, stop an ex-police sergeant who is supplying armor-piercing bullets to local criminals.
Liquid Kids
You play Hipopo the Hippopotamus who must venture through a large number of enemy-packed levels in search of your missing girlfriend. The game features moving platforms, collapsible floors, boats, water-wheels and plants. Yes plants! Throw your magical water globes at enemies to freeze them. Once frozen, the enemies can be kicked and destroyed completely. If left idle, they will unfreeze themselves and continue their business.
Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge
Licensed by the classic British car company, this game featured two game modes: 1) You race against 19 computer rivals; 2) You race against the clock. There are 13 different types of races, ranging from Motorways to night-time to sections punctuated by roadworks, and some are lap-based with others being simple A-B. 2 players could play on a split screen mode. The game also offers a track editor allowing you to create a course to meet your desires.
Manchester United Premier League Champions
The basic control system will be familiar to anyone who's played a Kick Off game as it involves holding fire to trap the ball under your player's foot. When you want to pass, release fire. The ball will be kicked onwards if it is moving fast when it comes to you. Game play includes diving headers, variable pitch conditions, penalty shoot-outs and accurate deflections. The game also has an extensive list of player with 2500 players featured in this game.
Marble Madness
A very popular game that was ported to many game consoles and home computers, you stay alive by navigating a ball down the slopes of a wallless maze. Move too quick and you lose control and go over the edge.
Mean Arenas
You are on a game show where you need to collect all gold coins scattered throughout the 22 arenas in order to enter the next one. There are four types of arenas: 1) Robo Zones; 2) Dungeon Zones; 3) Rainbow Zones; 4) Starship Zones. Each arena is also filled with monsters, hazards and weapons that you must look out for. Also scattered throughout the arenas is the letter B, which when collected will award you a letter that make up the word CREDIT. Form the word and receive an extra life.
You are on a game show where you need to collect all gold coins scattered throughout the 22 arenas in order to enter the next one. There are four types of arenas: 1) Robo Zones; 2) Dungeon Zones; 3) Rainbow Zones; 4) Starship Zones. Each arena is also filled with monsters, hazards and weapons that you must look out for. Also scattered throughout the arenas is the letter B, which when collected will award you a letter that make up the word CREDIT. Form the word and receive an extra life.
Mercs is a shoot 'em up influenced by Ikari Warriors. As are an anti-terrorism soldier, rescue a former President from a Central African revolutionary gang. Thinking ahead is important as you cannot shoot while on water. However, most of the time, you are on foot, but at times you can hijack vehicles of shot foes. There are improved weapons, smart bombs and energy recharges to collect. Each of the 8 levels ends with a large vehicle requiring multiple shots to destroy.
Micro Machines
This racing game features miniatures representing particular vehicle types across a particular terrain found around the house. The Sports Cars race on the desktop, 4x4s in the sandpit, Formula 1 cars on a snooker table, and so on. Viewed from overhead, the cars are tiny, but allow you to see the whole track. Each race includes four cars. In one player challenge mode, race through the 21 tracks and selecting three opponents.
Might and Magic III
Lead a party to rendezvous with wizard Corak through through dark mouldy dungeons, corridors of hewn stone and timber and the frozen peaks of Terra.
You find yourself on a lonely beach with a headache and no memory. Your mission is to regain your memory.
Young Morris Rolph was trapped in limbo due to a malfunction on Dr Krankenpot's new teleport machine. Due to complication, he was split into his four component parts represented by liquid, gas, a hard ball and a bouncy ball. You must get through 24 levels to retrieve the parts of the machine so it can be rebuilt to bring him back to life. The game play is vaguely influenced by Lemmings as the levels are populated by lots of points which can't be crossed in all forms.
Mortal Combat
Mortal Combat is the first is a series of three gory fighting games. Each game features digitised actors. This is a no-rules, fight to the death game. When the game first appeared, it was ridiculed for the gory scenes like pulling peoples heads off and such. The Mortal Combat series was so popular that it was ported to many game consoles and home computers.


text:
New construction or upgrades to a septic system for a single-family or duplex home requires a permit. To obtain a septic permit; a system design, with the soils and site information is submitted to the On-Site Water and Wastewater Program by a registered civil engineer. The permit application is reviewed by staff to ensure that it meets the requirements of Anchorage Municipal Code and if requirements are met a permit is issued.
For more information go to Wastewater Permit
A new well or a water storage system for a single family or duplex home requires a permit. To obtain a well permit, a site plan showing specific information must be submitted to the On-Site Program. The application package will be reviewed by staff to ensure it meets the requirements of the Anchorage Municipal Code and if requirements are met a permit is issued.
For more information go to Well Permit
Municipal code requires a home with a septic system or well to have a COSA prior to the transfer of ownership. The seller is responsible for obtaining this certificate, which certifies a registered engineer has tested the on-site systems, that they are adequate for the home they serve, and that they meet code requirements. The test results and other data collected are submitted to the On-Site Program for review and issuance of the COSA. The Department randomly selects systems for site inspection.
For more information go to Certificates of On-Site Systems Approval
Some existing homes requiring an upgrade of their on-site systems cannot meet the code required separation distances. A home may be eligible for a separation distance waiver for the new system, which is determined on a case-by-case basis using standard procedures issued by the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
For more information go to Waiver page.
New Subdivisions within the Municipality of Anchorage that will be served by on-site systems require a review. The subdivision review includes assessment of site conditions and the ability of the site to support on-site systems. Costs of subdivision reviews are included in the fees paid to the Planning Division, Community Development Department.
For more information go to Subdivision Information
The On-Site Water and Wastewater Program requires manufacturers, excavators, engineers, septic pumpers, well, drillers and well pump installers to be certified. The On-Site Program conducts certification seminars for engineers, excavators, well drillers and well pump installers for this purpose.
For more information go to Cerfitied Professionals


text: Francis, is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, in which capacity he is Bishop of Rome and absolute Sovereign of the Vatican City State. Born: December 17, 1936, Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina Full name: Jorge Mario Bergoglio Nationality: Argentine Books: On Heaven and Earth Parents: Mario Jose Bergoglio, Regina Maria SivoriEducation: Facultades de Filosofía y Teología de San Miguel, University of Buenos Aires Throughout his public life, both as an individual and as a religious leader, Pope Francis has been noted for his humility, his concern for the poor, and his commitment to dialogue as a way to build bridges between people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and faiths. He is known for having a simpler and less formal approach to the papacy, most notably by choosing to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse rather than the papal apartments of the Apostolic Palace formerly used by his predecessors. In addition, due to both his Jesuitism and Ignatian aesthetic, he is known for favoring simpler vestments void of ornamentation, by starting to refuse the traditional papal mozzetta cape upon his election, choosing silver instead of gold for his piscatory ring, and keeping the same pectoral cross he had when he was cardinal.


text: Robb seeks further investment from North American markets Media release 6 June 2014 Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb will visit Canada and the United States from 8-16 June in conjunction with a CEO delegation led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. In Canada, Mr Robb will visit Ottawa and Toronto, while in the US he will visit New York and Houston. "The focus of this trip is on achieving commercial outcomes with two of our most important trade and investment partners," Mr Robb said. "I'll be promoting the strengths of our economy including resources and energy, food and agribusiness, banking and finance, international education, tourism and hospitality and health and medical research and seeking further foreign investment into these sectors as well as promoting infrastructure investment opportunities." Mr Robb will attend a series of functions and roundtable events, meeting politicians, investors and senior business people across a number of cities from both countries and promoting Australia as being open for business. The Prime Minister's delegation includes representatives from a range of major Australian companies and organisations, including BHP Billiton, Boeing Australia, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Austmine. The United States is Australia's largest source of foreign investment worth $658 billion in 2013. Canada is a top-ten source country for foreign investment in Australia with $27 billion invested here. Media enquiriesTrade Minister's Office: (02) 6277 7420DFAT Media Liaison: (02) 6261 1555


text:
So a Facebook friend from Germany named Moritz sent me a large, wide-ranging list of questions that ranged from Marvel Super Heroes to Manual of the Planes to Life at TSR to Writing Books with the Lovely Bride. You can find Part One here.
More later,
Update: And Part Two is here.
Also, other bloggers interested in interviews can contact me over at my grubbstreet address (see the sidebar). I am free to talk about old stuff, previous designs, and gaming in the age of the dinosaurs, but anything related to my current gig (ArenaNet and in particular Guild Wars 2) will have to pass through the company's media/marketing guy. More later,
2019 Kyushu Basho: Day 3 - ...
23 hours ago


text:
Mindfulness Meditation NYC is a collaborative of Mindfulness Based-Stress Reduction (MBSR) teachers offering classes in the NYC area.
You can learn more about us by reading about our Membership and our Mission Statement. Click on the side-bar to learn more about our teachers, their credentials and experience.
We have also included a number of resources on MBSR and related topics. We hope you find this website useful and welcome any feedback and suggestions you may have.
You will find an abundance of class information on this website, as well as updated information on upcoming MBSR cycles open to the public.
To contact the Collaborative, click here.
To find us on Facebook, click here.
Up Coming Retreat Opportunity
with collaborative member Jon Aaron
and co-taught with Johann Robbins
"Body as Mountain, Mind as Sky"
August 30-September 4
5-Night Silent Retreat @ the beautiful
Rocky Mountain Eco-Dharma Retreat Center
in Colorado
REMINDER: The Collaborative hosts a monthly Practice Group in Manhattan
for MBSR alumni
1 Sunday a month
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
at the JCC in Manhattan
Amsterdam Avenue and West 76th Street
For upcoming themes and teachers, check our Facebook page.
From the Collaborative:
"The Task is Being You" is an on-line Tricycle interview conducted by Amy Gross, member of our Collaborative, of psychiatrist and author Mark Epstein, about his most recent book, Advice Not Given.
Click here for the full interview.
"Learning to live fully" - Amy Gross, member of our Collaborative, sits down for a conversation with Frank Ostaseski, co-founder of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project, about his new book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Click here for the podcast from Tricycle Talks.
Collaborative member Jodie Katz and one of her MBSR students explains what MBSR is and what the 8 week cycle is all about.
Collaborative member Paulette Graf discusses MBSR on Radiance TV.
On the CBS 60 Minutes show, Anderson Cooper explores how meditation can change the brain and how mindfulness can impact our well-being.
The Mindful Revolution, by Kate Pickert
Special Report in TIME Magazine
Click here.
Mindfulness Means Nothing: Lose the Word, Find a Habit, an recent article by Mark Bertin, MD, member of our Collaborative.
"Feed Your Brain, Feed Your Life: The Science of Everyday Mindfulness", an interview of Richard Davidson by Mark Bertin, MD, member of our Collaborative.
Needing a 3 minute guided mindfulness meditation? Check out this short session led by Jon Aaron, member of our Collaborative. at the last TedxTeachersCollege of Columbia.
"Finding Calm in the Chaos: Family and Mindfulness", a blog entry posted recently on the Huffington Post by Mark Bertin, MD, member of our Collaborative.
Watch a recent interview of Dr. Ken A. Verni, member of our Collaborative, discussing the benefits of mindfulness meditation.
More video resources - click here.
More news reports - click here
Research and articles- click here.


text: The two-time triathlon Olympic medalist from Canada, Simon Whitfield, provides some insight into his healthy lifestyle. We thank Simon for providing Healthynomics with his time. Healthynomics: What does being healthy mean to you? Simon Whitfield: I haven't been sick in a long time, I suppose the absence of sickness is a 'baseline' to being healthy but true health to me is a combination of … [Read more...]


text:
Google Sitemap error
Google tells me my sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. it is sitemap.xml and everything looks fien to me.
Your friends over here at WebAssist! These Dreamweaver extensions will assist you in building unlimited, custom websites.
These out-of-the-box solutions provide you proven, tested applications that can be up and running now. Build a store, a gallery, or a web-based email solution.


text:
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Graduation Stats – Harlingen
Below are numbers received or graduation numbers for some classes. Information was obtained from orders, graduation programs (if available) or individuals. The first number (12-67) is student officers and second is aviation cadets if orders available to determine who was … Continue reading
Posted in H-Grad Stats Comments Off on Graduation Stats – Harlingen


text:
Install Duke Nukem 3D - FPS shooter on Linux MintSection: Games | Actuality: Unspecified
Duke Nukem 3D - cult computer game in a genre of first-person shooter created in 1996.
It brought the game industry as many innovations and unexpected decisions, which by right may challenge the title of the forefather of many modern shooters, including a series of games of Half-Life.
Duke Nukem - special agent of the U.S. government, brutal and mocking action hero (appearance reminding Dolph Lundgren in the course of action can joke and even perepisyvatsya with the player), returns to Los Angeles. Suddenly the radio receives a distress signal: city storming previously unknown enemy - aggressive alien race, who arrived with the purpose of abduction of women and use their bodies as incubator. Space ship Duke strays missile, but he managed to catapult onto the roof of the house. He takes up arms and starts the slaughter, sweeping away the mountains of aliens on the way to their leaders. Each episode has its own peculiarity in the plot.
echo -e "deb http://apt.duke4.net quantal main\n\
deb-src http://apt.duke4.net quantal main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eduke32.list
wget -q http://apt.duke4.net/key/eduke32.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install eduke32
cd ~/ && mkdir .eduke32 && cd ~/.eduke32 && wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2najdhqlxv38rj/DUKE3D.GRP
cd ~/.eduke32 && wget http://www.duke4.org/files/nightfright/hrp/duke3d_hrp.zip unzip duke3d_hrp.zip && rm duke3d_hrp.zip


text:
By Travis Rea
Eating foods that are in season and ideally locally grown will cut down on your grocery bill and reduce your carbon footprint. Here are my top 5 foods that you should try this Fall.
Swiss Chard
Where I live in the Lower Mainland, BC we are lucky to have local Swiss chard available up to late November. Many stores will have imported Swiss chard available all year.
Benefits of Swiss Chard
- Excellent source of vitamins C, E, and K, carotenes, chlorophyll, and fibre.
- Excellent source of several minerals including potassium, magnesium, iron, and manganese.
- Good source of many other nutrients including vitamin B6, protein, calcium, thiamine, selenium, zinc, niacin, and folic acid.
- Powerful anti-cancer foods due to its combination of nutrients; photochemical, chlorophyll, other plant pigments, and soluble fibre.
- Beneficial in the maintenance of bone health.
Uses: Use this green leafy vegetable just like you would spinach. It can be eaten raw in salads or sautéed with a little garlic, olive oil, and fresh lemon juice. Or slightly roast in the oven with a little parmesan for a great side dish. You can even add to fruit smoothies for a nutritional boost.
Winter Squash
Butternut, Acorn and Spaghetti are a few popular varieties.
Benefits of Winter Squash
- Excellent source of vitamin A, in the form of beta-carotene, Beta-carotene is an antioxidant essential to healthy vision, and it may also boost the immune system and protect the body from the kind of free radical damage that may cause heart and blood vessel disorders and cancer.
- Provide plenty of potassium, a mineral that helps to regulate the kidneys and the heart, as well as the muscles and nerves.
- Excellent source of fibre in these fine fruits, which helps to reduce cholesterol, maintain intestinal health, and moderate blood sugar levels.
Uses: Squash can be roasted whole with a little butter and brown sugar. You can also try ethnic curry dishes with squash. Keep the seeds and roast them with a little salt for a great salad garnish or snack. Spaghetti squash is a great alternative to pasta for traditional spaghetti and meat balls.
Mustard Greens
Also available locally well into the fall months.
Benefits of Mustard Greens
- Low in calories and contain a large amount of antioxidants.
- Excellent source of vitamins B6, C, and E, folic acid, calcium, carotenes, manganese, copper, and fibre.
- Good source of phosphorus, vitamins B1 and B2, magnesium, protein, potassium, and iron.
- Due to their high content of antioxidant compounds including vitamins C and E, carotenes, and a high content of glucosinolates, like other greens, have anticancer effects
- Beneficial for women who are going through menopause. They help protect against breast cancer and heart disease.
- Their high content of nutrients (such as calcium, folic acid, and magnesium) is also supportive of bone health.
Uses: This great salad green has a slight peppery flavour that adds a little zip to any salad. Lightly dress with sea salt, olive oil, and fresh lemon juice. Mustard greens can also be used in sandwiches or burgers to replace lettuce. You can lightly sauté them with fresh onions and tomatoes.
Grow this on your patio, front step, or back yard garden.
Benefits of Rosemary
- Known to have disease preventing and health promoting properties.
- Known to have anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-fungal and anti-septic properties.
- Rich source of many B-complex group of vitamin, such as folic acid, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, riboflavin.
- Contains very good amounts of vitamin A known to help body protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.
- excellent source of iron
- good source of antioxidant vitamin; vitamin C
Uses: This is an extremely hearty herb that can be grown almost anywhere. Use fresh whenever possible to experience the full flavour and get the most nutrients. Use in homemade tomato sauces. Mix with olive oil, potatoes, sea salt, and pepper for delicious roasted potatoes.
Brussels Sprouts
Usually popular around the holidays but can be incorporated into your diet year round.
Benefits of Brussel Sprouts
- Great source of anti-oxidants which offer protection from prostate, colon, prostate and endometrial cancers.
- Excellent source of vitamin C which protects the body by trapping harmful free radicals
- Excellent source of Vitamin A which is required for maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin and is also essential for acuity of vision.
- Also rich source of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium, iron, manganese and phosphorus.
- Zeaxanthin, an important dietary carotenoid in sprouts, is selectively absorbed into the eyes where it is thought to provide anti-oxidant and protective light-filtering functions from UV rays. Thus, it helps prevent retinal damage, age related macular degeneration disease in the elderly.
Uses: You can try roasting these with a little maple syrup and bacon or with Apples, walnuts, and blue cheese. Serve with a light tomato sauce, grated pecorino, and fresh basil. You can use these in salads by lightly blanching the leaves and add with your favourite designer greens.
Stay tuned for some great recipes that include these super foods.
Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Maple and Bacon
Shaking Beef with Wok Fried Chard, Shitake Mushrooms, and Rice Noodles (Thit Bo Luc Lac)
Have you tried any of these foods? What is your favourite way to eat them?
About the Author: Travis Rea is a personal chef who uses local, natural and sustainable foods and lives in Langley, BC. He also owns a consulting business, Feed The Fire, which helps people live healthier and counsels athletes on their nutritional needs. See more of his recipes and advice on his Facebook page.


text:
Equithotics Rasp Handles
These handles are the best you will ever use. They will never lose their grip on the rasp and will last literally for years. Some handles made over 10 years ago are still in use. They were designed to enhance comfort by covering the sharp corners of the rasp and to fit comfortably in the palm of the hand. The polyurethane gives a cushion to the grip like no other and helps to improve control while rasping.
Thera Flex Rasp Butt Covers
End covers for rasps give protection and better feel.
Wooden Drive on Rasp Handle
Economical, re-usable and fits most types of farrier rasps.


text:
The Inn at New Hyde Park was the glorious setting for the reception of Samantha and Joseph's wedding on August 7, 2015. The stunning couple shared their vows in their church before greeting family and friends for a night of celebration and dancing. We love this sneak peek from Silverfox Photography mainly because of how much fun the night looked, but also because they got some GREAT shots of Steven the MC! We're especially big fans of the group shot at the end :) Hope you enjoy, too!
#TBT Real Wedding Style
Here at Silverfox, we love seeing the finished products of our brides and grooms having a blast! In the spirit of Throwback Thursday-or #tbt as it's formally known ;) enjoy some of our select real Silverfox Wedding moments.
Robert & Christina - The Inn at New Hyde Park
Gorgeous hues of soft pink and purple uplighting and Silverfox DJs spinning a mix of Top 40 set the tone for celebration! Robert and Christina's darling personalities really shine through in every captured moment of this party-rocking event, while delicate cherry blossom branches loan a breathtaking finish to this springtime modern Long Island Wedding.
Candice & Brodie - Oheka Castle
Crisp whites, hardwood floors, and the incandescent flicker of candles made this classic Long Island wedding a living fairytale. Silverfox DJs curated a fabulous mix of classic standards and tasteful modern dance grooves that delighted and excited Candice and Brodie's guests, who happened to travel all the way from down under. That's right, Oheka Castle was a destination wedding for these two Australian love birds. Silverfox Photography captured some beautiful joy-filled moments!
Stephanie & Chris - Woodbury Country Club
This Wedding Reception was bursting with fun, playful energy! Woodbury Country Club boasts a gorgeous natural wood dance floor, offsetting the delicately dressed windows, and dazzling wall treatments of this room. You can truly see the love radiating from this bride and groom, surrounded by the warmth of their beautiful family and friends!
Janis & Charles - Westbury Manor
What a crowd! The Wedding Reception of Janis and Charles had incredible photo-ops. We love Westbury Manor's intimate and elegant setting, and with our loungey purple uplighting, it was a pumping party to remember. These folks got down until the very last dance, had incredible, emotionally charged speeches, and exploded with excitement on the dance floor.


text:
Following weeks of oil prices hitting over $100 a barrel, Vice President Dick Cheney met Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Friday "for talks that will include discussions on cooperation to stabilize the oil market." I'm sure they will talk about the need for a cooperative way forward to try and stabilize this market, reduce the volatility in the market, and serve the interests of both consumers and producers alike," John Hannah, national security adviser to Cheney, told reporters.
ABC News reports that at least two Iraqi families of victims killed by Blackwater security guards in September say "they have refused compensation offered by the company." The families were offered $20,000 for each victim.
A new Fox poll asserts that the American public believes John McCain will be strongest against bin Laden. McCain however would not have authorized strikes inside Pakistan that took out high value al Qaeda targets, nor would he authorize a strike against bin Laden inside Pakistan without that country's permission.
According to the Washington Post, "[i]nflation is walloping Americans with low and moderate incomes as the prices of staples have soared." The Post found that "there is a big divide" in price rises between "the basic items people need to live and get to work, and those on which they can easily cut back when times are tight."
As Wall Street is "caught in a credit crisis," the economic slowdown is heading toward Main Street and "seeping into new parts of the country, to communities that seemed insulated only months ago" which is "fueling worries that what most economists now see as an inevitable recession could end up being especially painful."
General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz acknowledged the car company made a mistake by not making a hybrid car. "We had the technology to come out with a hybrid at the same time as Toyota," Lutz said Tuesday. "In hindsight, it was a mistake. … We made the mistake and we won't make it again."
"China's crackdown in Tibet will not cause President Bush to cancel his planned trip to the Beijing Olympics, the White House said Thursday."
"The success of the US 'surge' strategy in Iraq may be under threat as Sunni militia employed by the US to fight al Qaida are warning of a national strike because they are not being paid regularly." Leading members of the awakening councils "have said they will stop fighting unless payment of their $10 a day wage is resumed." According to a survey by GuardianFilms, four of the 49 councils have quit while 38 more are threatening to leave.
And Finally: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) doesn't have royal blood. Publishers of McCain's book, Hard Call, say that the senator is "related to the Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, on his mother's side," but "genealogists and medieval historian" tasked to investigate the link say it's not so, calling it "wonderful fiction" and "baloney".
What did we miss? Let us know in the comments section.


text:
Norris V. State / 1987
A motorcyclist, whose motorcycle had struck the end of an unmarked curb immediately adjacent to a freeway on-ramp, brought a lawsuit against the State claiming negligent design and maintenance of the on-ramp. A jury found in favor of the plaintiff. The plaintiff appealed the trial court's refusal to award him prejudgment interest on portions of the jury's award that he contended were liquidated amounts. The State cross-appealed. The Court of Appeals held that: (1) motorcyclist was not entitled to liquidated damages; (2) motorcyclist's testimony in deposition that he regularly visited and imbibed at certain taverns on Saturday nights was not admissible as evidence of habit; and (3) human factors specialist's testimony as to freeway on-ramp design with reference to human perceptions and reaction times was admissible.


text:
Atypical BSE in Cattle / position: Post Doctoral Fellow
Closing date: December 24, 2009
Anticipated start date: January/February 2010
Employer: Canadian and OIE Reference Laboratories for BSE CFIA Lethbridge Laboratory, Lethbridge/Alberta
The Canadian and OIE reference laboratories for BSE are extensively involved in prion diseases diagnosis and research. With a recent increase in research activities and funding, the laboratory is looking to fill two post doctoral fellow positions. Both positions will be located at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Lethbridge Laboratory which offers biosaftey level 3 (BSL3) and BSL2 laboratory space and is well equipped for molecular and morphologic prion research. The facility also has a BSL3 large animal housing wing and a state of the art post mortem room certified for prion work. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to visit other laboratories to cooperate in various aspects of the projects and to be trained in new techniques and acquire new skills. With a recent increase in prion disease expertise and research in Alberta and Canada, these positions will offer significant exposure to cutting edge prion science via videoconferencing, meetings, workshops and conferences. These interactions will also provide a valuable opportunity to present research findings and discuss potential future work opportunities and collaborations with other Canadian and international research groups.
Atypical BSE in Cattle
BSE has been linked to the human disease variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD). The known exposure pathways for humans contracting vCJD are through the consumption of beef and beef products contaminated by the BSE agent and through blood transfusions. However, recent scientific evidence suggests that the BSE agent may play a role in the development of other forms of human prion diseases as well. These studies suggest that classical type of BSE may cause type 2 sporadic CJD and that H-type atypical BSE is connected with a familial form of CJD.
To date the OIE/WAHO assumes that the human and animal health standards set out in the BSE chapter for classical BSE (C-Type) applies to all forms of BSE which include the H-type and L-type atypical forms. This assumption is scientifically not completely justified and accumulating evidence suggests that this may in fact not be the case. Molecular characterization and the spatial distribution pattern of histopathologic lesions and immunohistochemistry (IHC) signals are used to identify and characterize atypical BSE. Both the L-type and H-type atypical cases display significant differences in the conformation and spatial accumulation of the disease associated prion protein (PrPSc) in brains of afflicted cattle. Transmission studies in bovine transgenic and wild type mouse models support that the atypical BSE types might be unique strains because they have different incubation times and lesion profiles when compared to C-type BSE. When L-type BSE was inoculated into ovine transgenic mice and Syrian hamster the resulting molecular fingerprint had changed, either in the first or a subsequent passage, from L-type into C-type BSE. In addition, non-human primates are specifically susceptible for atypical BSE as demonstrated by an approximately 50% shortened incubation time for L-type BSE as compared to C-type. Considering the current scientific information available, it cannot be assumed that these different BSE types pose the same human health risks as C-type BSE or that these risks are mitigated by the same protective measures.
This study will contribute to a correct definition of specified risk material (SRM) in atypical BSE. The incumbent of this position will develop new and transfer existing, ultra-sensitive methods for the detection of atypical BSE in tissue of experimentally infected cattle.
Responsibilities include:
Driving research at the National and OIE BSE reference lab to ensure project milestones are met successfully. Contributing to the preparation of project progress reports. Directing technical staff working on the project. Communicating and discussing results, progress and future direction with project principle investigator(s). Communicating with collaborative project partners. Qualifications:
Successful completion of a PhD degree in an area focusing on or related to prion diseases. Extensive experience with molecular and/or morphologic techniques used in studying prion diseases and/or other protein misfolding disorders. Ability to think independently and contribute new ideas. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet challenges in a timely manner. Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Word, PowerPoint and Excel. How to apply:
Please send your application and/or inquiry to: Dr. Stefanie Czub, DVM, Ph.D. Head, National and OIE BSE Reference Laboratory Canadian Food Inspection Agency Lethbridge Laboratory P.O. Box 640, Township Road 9-1 Lethbridge, AB, T1J 3Z4 Canada
phone: +1-403-382-5500 +1-403-382-5500 ext. 5549 email: email@example.com
Contact Info:
The scoop on changes to how CFIA reports BSE
The last case of BSE certainly caused a flap in the industry, even though it's not unexpected to find additional cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy as Canada's effective control measures eliminate the disease from the national herd. What was different this time around was the way the Feb. 25 event was announced, as it was the first case to fall under a new reporting policy announced by the CFIA last August.
The CFIA revised how it reports online for disease detections in farmed animals to provide a more comprehensive view of Canada's animal health status. The intent was to standardize the agency's approach to BSE with other federally reportable diseases, said George Shaw, vice-president of public affairs, CFIA.
There are about 30 reportable diseases and the CFIA doesn't issue a release on any of those in real time unless there is a significant human or animal health risk, so the agency wanted to put BSE in the same category as the other ones, he said.
The new reporting process still sees key trading partners, governments and some industry stakeholders notified in real time of confirmed cases of BSE and moves the public notification to a new, animal health disease report updated monthly on the agency website.
Although an information bulletin explaining why the agency was moving in this direction and what changes it would entail was posted on the CFIA website last August, it wasn't until Feb. 25 that the new process was put to the test.
It's a given that there will be hiccups when implementing new systems and this new policy was no exception. While trading partners, including the appropriate authorities in Korea, were notified right away, industry notification on Feb. 25 seemingly wasn't as broad as it had been under the former process. The result was that many in the industry were left out of the loop while those unaware of the reporting changes assumed the CFIA would post a notification on their website as per usual. R-Calf, meanwhile, issued a release flinging accusations that Canada was hiding BSE cases.
Looking back on the Feb. 25 experience, the CFIA said that some fine-tuning needs to happen around what information is shared and when. Back in 2003, the process involved the agency issuing a release, which later evolved into a short notice that would go up on its website, a document shared with industry and trading partners to give them a heads-up.
The agency didn't do that on Feb. 25 because the public piece was moved to the new monthly report that captures all animal health diseases in one spot.
Going forward, the agency will continue to fine tune its new reporting policy. When future cases of BSE are confirmed the CFIA will still issue a short summary with all the pertinent details of the case in real time to key trading partners and governments, and intends to alert a broader base of industry stakeholders than reached on Feb. 25. The factual paragraph is intended to ensure governments, trading partners and industry stakeholders have the same information.
If industry gets a call from media or stakeholders in the interim, they will be equipped with the information to deal with it.
Notification to the OIE is done on a six-month reporting cycle. Shaw said Canada has reached a point of credibility under the controlled-risk scenario that its not obliged to do immediate reporting on incidents of BSE.
One of the recommendations to come out of the National Beef Value Chain Roundtable in Calgary March 16-17 was that the Government of Canada announce all future cases of BSE in a timely fashion with appropriate information.
Damn shame Canada is now going to take pages from the books of the USDA. reminds me of that mad cow testing bungle in Texas, the 48 hour BSE testing turn around that took 7+ months and finally an act of Congress OIG and the Honorable Fong to finally get that cow confirmed. all the while another suspect specimen was sitting on a shelf cooling off to for some 4 months for some kind of BSe reasons, all the while the USDA and the OIE were putting the final touches on the BSE MRR policy to override the BSE GBR risk assessments and policy there from ;
In 2009, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) recognized Nor98-like scrapie as a separate disease from classical scrapie because of differences in laboratory findings, transmissibility, and distribution. This determination means that Nor98-like scrapie is not a reportable disease to OIE, and should be of no trade concern.
How has APHIS' policy changed regarding Nor98-like scrapie?
APHIS will no longer require the depopulation or movement restriction of Nor98-like scrapie exposed sheep and goats. APHIS will propose changes to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in 2010 to allow the APHIS Administrator to eliminate or reduce post exposure requirements for certain scrapie types (or certain/specific types of scrapie)-- such as Nor98-like scrapie -- that are determined to pose minimal risk of lateral transmission under natural conditions.
The National Animal Health Laboratory Network and NAIS are just two ways we're using science and technology to protect animal health. On a global scale, we believe in international accepted science-based standards for animal health. We think it is appropriate to establish worldwide trade based on these standards. We've made a commitment to work toward that goal, and we expect our trading partners to do the same. We took a major step forward in May, when the OIE formally classified the United States as a controlled risk country for BSE. I'll continue to press our trading partners to align their own import regulations with OIE guidelines, and give us full market access for our live cattle, beef and beef products, regardless of age.
Dr. DeHaven has often represented the United States in delicate and often difficult trade negotiations. As the former U.S. Chief Veterinary Officer and U.S. delegate to the OIE, he routinely used his diplomatic skills as he facilitated agreements that are science-based. He was instrumental in building consensus that led to the current OIE BSE chapter
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: Nor-98 atypical Scrapie, atypical BSE, spontaneous TSE, trade policy, sound science ?
OIE Procedure for Validation and Certification of Diagnostic Assays
OIE Procedure for Validation and Certification of Diagnostic Assays
Abstract sheet
Name of the diagnostic kit: TeSeE™ WESTERN BLOT
Manufacturer: Bio-Rad
OIE Approval number: 20090105
Date of Registration: May 2009
Disease: Prion associated diseases (Scrapie, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Chronical Waste Disease)
Pathogen Agent: Abnormal prion protein PrPRes
Type of Assay: The TeSeE™ WESTERN BLOT kit is based on the Western blotting technique and allows detection of abnormal prion protein PrPRes after protease digestion.
Purpose of Assay: Certified by the OIE in May 2009 as fit for the post mortem detection of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in cattle (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE), in ovine and caprine (BSE and scrapie), and in cervids (Chronic Wasting Disease, CWD) and as validated fit for the following purposes:
1. To confirm TSE suspected positive samples detected at the screening laboratories in countries with active/passive surveillance programmes. Any sample with a negative result according to the TeSeE™ WESTERN BLOT assay interpretation criteria, following a positive rapid test result, should be tested with one of the other OIE certified confirmatory methods, Immunohistochemistry (IHC) or Scrapie-associated fibrils (SAF)-Immunoblot;
2. To confirm the prevalence of infection with one of the TSE associated diseases (BSE, scrapie, CWD) in the context of an epidemiological survey in a low prevalence country;
3. To estimate prevalence of infection to facilitate risk analysis (e.g. surveys, implementation of disease control measures) and to assist the demonstration of the efficiency of eradication policies.
Species and Specimen: Bovine (obex), Cervids (obex and lymph nodes) and ovine (obex)
see full text ;
Completely Edited Version
Dr. Linda Detwiler
THE IHC test has been proven to be the LEAST LIKELY to detect BSE/TSE in the bovine, and these were probably from the most high risk cattle pool, the ones the USDA et al, SHOULD have been testing. ...TSS
We have to be careful that we don't get so set in the way we do things that we forget to look for different emerging variations of disease. We've gotten away from collecting the whole brain in our systems. We're using the brain stem and we're looking in only one area. In Norway, they were doing a project and looking at cases of Scrapie, and they found this where they did not find lesions or PRP in the area of the obex. They found it in the cerebellum and the cerebrum. It's a good lesson for us. Ames had to go back and change the procedure for looking at Scrapie samples. In the USDA, we had routinely looked at all the sections of the brain, and then we got away from it. They've recently gone back. Dr. Keller: Tissues are routinely tested, based on which tissue provides an 'official' test result as recognized by APHIS.
Dr. Detwiler: That's on the slaughter. But on the clinical cases, aren't they still asking for the brain? But even on the slaughter, they're looking only at the brainstem. We may be missing certain things if we confine ourselves to one area.
Dr. Detwiler: It seems a good idea, but I'm not aware of it. Another important thing to get across to the public is that the negatives do not guarantee absence of infectivity. The animal could be early in the disease and the incubation period. Even sample collection is so important. If you're not collecting the right area of the brain in sheep, or if collecting lymphoreticular tissue, and you don't get a good biopsy, you could miss the area with the PRP in it and come up with a negative test. There's a new, unusual form of Scrapie that's been detected in Norway. We have to be careful that we don't get so set in the way we do things that we forget to look for different emerging variations of disease. We've gotten away from collecting the whole brain in our systems. We're using the brain stem and we're looking in only one area. In Norway, they were doing a project and looking at cases of Scrapie, and they found this where they did not find lesions or PRP in the area of the obex. They found it in the cerebellum and the cerebrum. It's a good lesson for us. Ames had to go back and change the procedure for looking at Scrapie samples. In the USDA, we had routinely looked at all the sections of the brain, and then we got away from it. They've recently gone back.
Dr. Keller: Tissues are routinely tested, based on which tissue provides an 'official' test result as recognized by APHIS .
Dr. Detwiler: That's on the slaughter. But on the clinical cases, aren't they still asking for the brain? But even on the slaughter, they're looking only at the brainstem. We may be missing certain things if we confine ourselves to one area.
Completely Edited Version PRION ROUNDTABLE
Accomplished this day, Wednesday, December 11, 2003, Denver, Colorado
Owner and Corporation Plead Guilty to Defrauding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program
An Arizona meat processing company and its owner pled guilty in February 2007 to charges of theft of Government funds, mail fraud, and wire fraud. The owner and his company defrauded the BSE Surveillance Program when they falsified BSE Surveillance Data Collection Forms and then submitted payment requests to USDA for the services. In addition to the targeted sample population (those cattle that were more than 30 months old or had other risk factors for BSE), the owner submitted to USDA, or caused to be submitted, BSE obex (brain stem) samples from healthy USDA-inspected cattle. As a result, the owner fraudulently received approximately $390,000. Sentencing is scheduled for May 2007.
4 USDA OIG SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY 2007 1st Half
>>> Up until about 6 years ago, the pt worked at Tyson foods where she worked on the assembly line, slaughtering cattle and preparing them for packaging. She was exposed to brain and spinal cord matter when she would euthanize the cattle. <<<
Topic: Emerging Infectious Diseases Preferred type of presentation:
International Scientific Exchange
This abstract has been ACCEPTED. #0670:
Transmissible Spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) animal and human TSE in North America update October 2009
Authors: T. Singeltary; Bacliff, TX/US
Title: Transmissible Spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) animal and human TSE in North America update October 2009
Body: Background An update on atypical BSE and other TSE in North America.
Please remember, the typical U.K. c-BSE, the atypical l-BSE (BASE), and h-BSE have all been documented in North America, along with the typical scrapie's, and atypical Nor-98 Scrapie, and to date, 2 different strains of CWD, and also TME. All these TSE in different species have been rendered and fed to food producing animals for humans and animals in North America (TSE in cats and dogs ?), and that the trading of these TSEs via animals and products via the USA and Canada has been immense over the years, decades.
Methods 12 years independent research of available data
Results I propose that the current diagnostic criteria for human TSEs only enhances and helps the spreading of human TSE from the continued belief of the UKBSEnvCJD only theory in 2009. With all the science to date refuting it, to continue to validate this old myth, will only spread this TSE agent through a multitude of potential routes and sources i.e. consumption, medical i.e., surgical, blood, dental, endoscopy, optical, nutritional supplements, cosmetics etc.
Conclusion I would like to submit a review of past CJD surveillance in the USA, and the urgent need to make all human TSE in the USA a reportable disease, in every state, of every age group, and to make this mandatory immediately without further delay. The ramifications of not doing so will only allow this agent to spread further in the medical, dental, surgical arena's. Restricting the reporting of CJD and or any human TSE is NOT scientific. Iatrogenic CJD knows NO age group, TSE knows no boundaries. I propose as with Aguzzi, Asante, Collinge, Caughey, Deslys, Dormont, Gibbs, Gajdusek, Ironside, Manuelidis, Marsh, et al and many more, that the world of TSE Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy is far from an exact science, but there is enough proven science to date that this myth should be put to rest once and for all, and that we move forward with a new classification for human and animal TSE that would properly identify the infected species, the source species, and then the route.
Keywords: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Prion
see page 114 ;
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 3:23 PM
Subject: 14th International Congress on Infectious Diseases H-type and L-type Atypical BSE January 2010
(special pre-congress edition) 18.173 page 189
Experimental Challenge of Cattle with H-type and L-type Atypical BSE
A. Buschmann1, U. Ziegler1, M. Keller1, R. Rogers2, B. Hills3, M.H. Groschup1. 1Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany, 2Health Canada, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Health Products & Food Branch, Ottawa, Canada, 3Health Canada, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Secretariat, Ottawa, Canada
Background: After the detection of two novel BSE forms designated H-type and L-type atypical BSE the question of the pathogenesis and the agent distribution of these two types in cattle was fully open. From initial studies of the brain pathology, it was already known that the anatomical distribution of L-type BSE differs from that of the classical type where the obex region in the brainstem always displays the highest PrPSc concentrations. In contrast in L-type BSE cases, the thalamus and frontal cortex regions showed the highest levels of the pathological prion protein, while the obex region was only weakly involved.
Methods:We performed intracranial inoculations of cattle (five and six per group) using 10%brainstemhomogenates of the two German H- and L-type atypical BSE isolates. The animals were inoculated under narcosis and then kept in a free-ranging stable under appropriate biosafety conditions.At least one animal per group was killed and sectioned in the preclinical stage and the remaining animals were kept until they developed clinical symptoms. The animals were examined for behavioural changes every four weeks throughout the experiment following a protocol that had been established during earlier BSE pathogenesis studies with classical BSE.
Results and Discussion: All animals of both groups developed clinical symptoms and had to be euthanized within 16 months. The clinical picture differed from that of classical BSE, as the earliest signs of illness were loss of body weight and depression. However, the animals later developed hind limb ataxia and hyperesthesia predominantly and the head. Analysis of brain samples from these animals confirmed the BSE infection and the atypical Western blot profile was maintained in all animals. Samples from these animals are now being examined in order to be able to describe the pathogenesis and agent distribution for these novel BSE types.
Conclusions: A pilot study using a commercially avaialble BSE rapid test ELISA revealed an essential restriction of PrPSc to the central nervous system for both atypical BSE forms. A much more detailed analysis for PrPSc and infectivity is still ongoing.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Atypical BSE, BSE, and other human and animal TSE in North America Update October 19, 2009
I ask Professor Kong ;
Thursday, December 04, 2008 3:37 PM
Subject: RE: re--Chronic Wating Disease (CWD) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathies (BSE): Public Health Risk Assessment
''IS the h-BSE more virulent than typical BSE as well, or the same as cBSE, or less virulent than cBSE? just curious.....
'' Professor Kong reply ;
''As to the H-BSE, we do not have sufficient data to say one way or another, but we have found that H-BSE can infect humans. I hope we could publish these data once the study is complete. Thanks for your interest.''
Best regards,
Qingzhong Kong,
PhD Associate Professor
Department of Pathology Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
I look forward to further transmission studies, and a true ENHANCED BSE/atypical BSE surveillance program put forth testing all cattle for human and animal consumption for 5 years. a surveillance program that uses the most sensitive TSE testing, and has the personnel that knows how to use them, and can be trusted. I look forward to a stringent mad cow feed ban being put forth, and then strictly enforced. we need a forced, not voluntary feed ban, an enhanced feed ban at that, especially excluding blood. we need some sort of animal traceability. no more excuses about privacy. if somebody is putting out a product that is killing folks and or has the potential to kill you, then everybody needs to know who they are, and where that product came from. same with hospitals, i think medical incidents in all states should be recorded, and made public, when it comes to something like a potential accidental transmission exposure event. so if someone is out there looking at a place to go have surgery done, if you have several hospitals having these type 'accidental exposure events', than you can go some place else. it only makes sense. somewhere along the road, the consumer lost control, and just had to take whatever they were given, and then charged these astronomical prices. some where along the line the consumer just lost interest, especially on a long incubating disease such as mad cow disease i.e. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy. like i said before, there is much more to the mad cow story than bovines and eating a hamburger, we must start focusing on all TSE in all species. ...TSS
Archive Number 20100405.1091 Published Date 05-APR-2010
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Prion disease update 1010 (04)
[Terry S. Singeltary Sr. has added the following comment:
"According to the World Health Organisation, the future public health threat of vCJD in the UK and Europe and potentially the rest of the world is of concern and currently unquantifiable. However, the possibility of a significant and geographically diverse vCJD epidemic occurring over the next few decades cannot be dismissed
The key word here is diverse. What does diverse mean? If USA scrapie transmitted to USA bovine does not produce pathology as the UK c-BSE, then why would CJD from there look like UK vCJD?"
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 11:38 AM
Subject: PRO-MED ATYPICAL SCRAPIE
Background ----------- "Retrospective studies have identified cases predating the initial identification of this form of scrapie, and epidemiological studies have indicated that it does not conform to the behaviour of an infectious disease, giving rise to the hypothesis that it represents spontaneous disease. However, atypical scrapie isolates have been shown to be infectious experimentally, through intracerebral inoculation in transgenic mice and sheep. [Many of the neurological diseases can be transmitted by intracerebral inoculation, which causes this moderator to approach intracerebral studies as a tool for study, but not necessarily as a direct indication of transmissibility of natural diseases. - Mod.TG]
"The 1st successful challenge of a sheep with 'field' atypical scrapie from an homologous donor sheep was reported in 2007.
"Results -------- "This study demonstrates that atypical scrapie has distinct clinical, pathological, and biochemical characteristics which are maintained on transmission and sub-passage, and which are distinct from other strains of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in the same host genotype.
"Conclusions ------------ Atypical scrapie is consistently transmissible within AHQ homozygous sheep, and the disease phenotype is preserved on sub-passage."
Lastly, this moderator wishes to thank Terry Singletary for some of his behind the scenes work of providing citations and references for this posting. - Mod.TG]
The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Australia is available at
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories Fifth Edition 2007 (occupational exposure to prion diseases)
Subject: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Hansard
Import restrictions on beef FRIDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2010
AUSTRALIA COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Proof Committee Hansard
Reference: Import restrictions on beef FRIDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2010 CANBERRA
CONDITIONS OF DISTRIBUTION This is an uncorrected proof of evidence taken before the committee. It is made available under the condition that it is recognised as such.
Friday, 5 February 2010 Senate RRA&T 1 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT
Committee met at 9.01 am
CHAIR (Senator Nash)—I declare open this public hearing of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee. The committee is hearing evidence on the committee's inquiry into the impact and consequences of the government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef. Before the committee starts taking evidence I remind all witnesses that, in giving evidence to the committee, they are protected by parliamentary privilege. It is unlawful for anyone to threaten or disadvantage a witness on account of evidence given to a committee and such action may be treated by the Senate as a contempt. It is also a contempt to give false or misleading evidence to a committee. The committee prefers all evidence to be given in public but, under the Senate's resolutions, witnesses have the right to request to be heard in private session. It is important that witnesses give the committee notice if they intend to ask to give evidence in camera. If a witness objects to answering a question, the witness should state the ground upon which the objection is taken and the committee will determine whether it will insist on an answer, having regard to the ground which is claimed. If the committee determines to insist on an answer, a witness may request that the answer be given in camera. Such a request may, of course, also been made at any other time. On behalf of the committee, I thank all those who have made submissions and sent representatives here today for their cooperation in this inquiry.
RRA&T 2 Senate Friday, 5 February 2010
[9.03 am]
BELLINGER, Mr Brad, Chairman, Australian Beef Association
CARTER, Mr John Edward, Director, Australian Beef Association
CHAIR—Welcome. Would you like to make an opening statement?
Mr Bellinger—Thank you. The ABA stands by its submission, which we made on 14 December last year, that the decision made by the government to allow the importation of beef from BSE affected countries is politically based, not science based. During this hearing we will bring forward compelling new evidence to back up this statement. When I returned to my property after the December hearing I received a note from an American citizen. I will read a small excerpt from the mail he sent me in order to reinforce the dangers of allowing the importation of beef from BSE affected countries. I have done a number of press releases on this topic, and this fellow has obviously picked my details up from the internet. His name is Terry Singeltary and he is from Bacliff, Texas. He states, and rightfully so:
You should be worried. Please let me explain. I've kept up with the mad cow saga for 12 years today, on December 14th 1997, some four months post voluntary and partial mad cow feed ban in the USA, I lost my mother to the Heinemann variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). I know this is just another phenotype of the infamous sporadic CJDs. Here in the USA, when USA sheep scrapie was transmitted to USA bovine, the agent was not UK BSE—it was a different strain. So why then would human TSE from USA cattle look like UK CJD from UK BSE? It would not. So this accentuates that the science is inconclusive still on this devastating disease. He goes on to state:
The OIE— the International Organisation of Epizootics, the arm of the WTO— is a failed global agent that in my opinion is bought off via bogus regulations for global trade and industry reps. I have done this all these years for nothing but the truth. I am a consumer, I eat meat, but I do not have to sit idly by and see the ignorance and greed of it all while countless numbers of humans and animals are being exposed to the TSE agents. All the USA is interested in is trade, nothing else matters.
Even Dr Stanley Prusiner, who incidentally won the Nobel Health Prize in 1997 for his work on the prion—he invented the word 'prion', or it came from him—states:
The BSC policy was set up for one purpose only, trade—the illegal trading of all strains of TSE globally throughout North America, which is home to CBSC, IBSC and HBSC, many scrapie strains and two strains of CJD to date. (please note typo error, those should have read cBSE, lBSE, and hBSE...tss)
I would also like, while I have the opportunity, to explain the beef-off-the-shelves myth. At the first Senate hearing on 14 December, it was explained that the reason why they allowed BSC beef into Australia was the beef-off-the-shelves policy, whereby if we found a case of BSC in Australia they would have to recall all—
Friday, 5 February 2010 Senate RRA&T 3 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT
Senator HEFFERNAN—Which of course is total BS.
Mr Bellinger—Correct. This is written in the FSANZ document—Food Standards Australia New Zealand. Why isn't this same policy in New Zealand? It is not—it is only in Australia. We are the only country in the world to have this idiotic policy. So we again call for the tabling of the WTO obligations paperwork. We do not believe that exists.
Mr Carter—We have an additional concern about human health. We are not scientists, but on 18 December, four days after the last hearing here, the BBC reported a new wave of deaths due to variant CJD linked to eating BSE infected beef could be underway. This is based on the work of Professor John Collinge of the National Prion Clinic, who reported that a 2009 death in Scotland was from a different genetic pool to that of the 166 deaths already reported in the UK. Those are all thought to share one gene, but Professor Collinge and his colleagues estimate that up to 350 people in this new group, represented by the person who died in Scotland, could get CJD. He thinks that CJD has moved into a new phase, and the incubation period is a long one. We tender the Australian Red Cross donor policy sheet, which bears out what Senator Back brought up last time, questioning the Chief Medical Officer, and we say that blood from people who were in the UK between 1980 and 1996 is not acceptable. That is the current ruling. We believe this now should be extended to anyone who has visited the UK, and this new evidence should ensure that Australia revisits the science of CJD.
CHAIR—Thank you, Mr Carter. Before we kick off, can I just remind colleagues that we are short of time today, so I ask that we do not traverse ground the we have previously covered and make sure that we stick to new information that is required. Mr Bellinger, when you started you referred to your view that this decision to allow the importation was politically based. I know you are going to go into this in the course of the next 20 minutes or so, but could you just give us a quick outline of what your definition of politically based is and why you think the decision was politically based?
Mr Bellinger—On the lowering of BSE standards: if you go back to 2006, for example, there were five categories for describing countries that had BSE and Australia was in the category for BSE free. Suddenly, by the time the United States got their third instance of BSE, through the influence of Robert Zoellick—who was the trade minister that signed the BSE corresponding side letter in 2004 and was George Bush's appointment to the WTO—they suddenly changed the five categories to three categories and, instead of being BSE free, Australia became BSE negligible risk. At the time I put out a press release alerting the media to the dangers of this happening, and we are coming to the stage here when suddenly our government is saying, 'Now let's allow the importation of beef from BSE affected countries.' I believe that the WTO has been influenced by large multinational meat processors and retailers to change and allow the trading of BSE beef throughout the world.
CHAIR—Thanks, Mr Bellinger.
Mr Carter—Of course, the side letter that Minister Vaile signed was at the request of Mr Zoellick, who is now in the position that Mr Bellinger has explained.
Senator HEFFERNAN—I just want to put the committee on notice that, if we do not get through what we have got to get through today, I suggest we have another hearing, because this
RRA&T 4 Senate Friday, 5 February 2010 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT
is the greatest ambush of Australia's farmers of all time by a government. The evidence given at the last meeting was deadset lies. The proposition that this whole change of government policy was led by the industry is a deadset lie. While Simon Crean might want to change his mind because of the WTO and his lack of knowledge, the Australian beef industry, as you know, is under great challenge, not only from the currency but also from the undermining of our markets. This is a disgrace.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Hansard
Import restrictions on beef FRIDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2010
Proof Committee Hansard
snip...see full text 110 pages ;
for those interested, please see much more here ;
Bill Rancher Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 1418 Location: GWN Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:
Texan wrote: Hey Terry, I'd like to get a little further clarification on something if/when you have time. I'm not sure if I'm reading you correctly....
flounder wrote: This is what sank my battleship in regards to testifying for r-calf. they actually appoached me about it, but i told them i would be glad to testify, but i was not stopping at the Canadian border, my testimony was to come south as well if given the opportunity. and that ended that, but i did supply them with a load of data, for whatever that was worth. I highlighted the parts that confuse me. This almost makes it seem as if R-CALF was asking you to testify for them, but changed their mind when they found out that you were going to tell the WHOLE truth, instead of just the truth as regards Canadian imports. I thought that R-CALF was only interested in the WHOLE truth - not just the selected parts of the truth that fit their protectionist agenda? After reading your post, it makes a person wonder. Maybe I read it wrong... Am I reading this correctly, Terry? That can't be right, can it? Thanks.
I was wondering exactly the same thing Texan.
Canadian Beef....A cut above the rest!
my answer to big muddy from canada ;
full text submission ;
Monday, November 30, 2009
"The U.S. has lower sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards (SPS) for imports than many other countries, especially those concerning bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). These low standards have made the U.S. a dumping ground for beef from the countries that have experienced BSE problems. Food Safety and SPS issues continue to be problematic for our industry, as some countries comply with OIE standards, while others ignore them either for cultural reasons, or too often use them as trade barriers. The USITC October 7, 2008 release reported, 'U.S. beef processors and beef cattle ranchers lose billions of dollars in export opportunities each year because of animal health and food safety measures in other countries that are inconsistent with international standards and vary by country.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Questions on your testing plans.
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:01:30 -0500 From: Joe B. Meng
As of our most recent conversations, it is still our intent to test every animal.
The testing would be uniform for all programs.
Our certification for all Creekstone brands (Premium, Natural and International) currently requires an "A" maturity animal. These are considered to be 30 months and younger as determined by detention. It has been our experience that this system errs on the side of caution as we have had numerous age-verified animals well under 30 months to be excluded based on detention. All countries to which we export, except Japan, require under 30 months and have approved the detention process.
We are asking that USDA and FSIS supervise all testing at our expense and any inconclusive would be sent to Ames, IA for confirmatory testing. Once they have a questionable sample, the same procedures will be followed that are currently approved. In the past, that has included announcing the inconclusive as well as the final result. As you know, the two native born cases were determined to be atypical, but I don't believe that was announced at the same time as the positive results were announced, so I'm not certain on USDA policy for announcing the strain.
We have had conversations with both BioRad and IDEXX, both of which are approved by USDA. Most of the equipment in the lab is from BioRad, but some of that would need to be replaced with updated equipment. I have met with representatives of both companies and they tell me we could have the new equipment in place and personnel training updated inside of two weeks. Both companies would keep people on site for the early stages of testing. The lab has already been approved so we could be ready fairly quickly unless USDA finds a way to complicate the process. Additionally, both BioRad and IDEXX have looked at the facility and tell us it is superior to the currently approved facilities.
Joe Bill
Friday, August 29, 2008
LIKE i said before, the OIE not only sold their soul to the devil over the BSE MRR, they sold yours too ;
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Docket APHIS-2006-0041 Docket Title Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived from Bovines Commodities Docket Type Rulemaking Document APHIS-2006-0041-0001 Document Title Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived From Bovines Public Submission APHIS-2006-0041-0028.1 Public Submission Title Attachment to Singletary comment
January 28, 2007
Greetings APHIS,
I would kindly like to submit the following to ;
BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01
THE OIE has now shown they are nothing more than a National Trading Brokerage for all strains of animal TSE. AS i said before, OIE should hang up there jock strap now, since it appears they will buckle every time a country makes some political hay about trade protocol, commodities and futures. IF they are not going to be science based, they should do everyone a favor and dissolve there organization.
IT'S as obvious as day and night, either Larry, Curley, and Mo have been at the helm of the USDA/APHIS/FSIS/FDA/CDC/NIH et al for many many years, or the incompetence of these agencies are so inept, either through ignorance and or just too overweight with industry reps., they then should be all done away with and a single agency brought forth, and if not, how will you correct this ongoing problem ?
Thank you, I am sincerely disgusted,
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
full text ;
Sunday, February 14, 2010
[Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
The most recent assessments (and reassessments) were published in June 2005 (Table I; 18), and included the categorisation of Canada, the USA, and Mexico as GBR III. Although only Canada and the USA have reported cases, the historically open system of trade in North America suggests that it is likely that BSE is present also in Mexico.
(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 23 May 2006)
11. Information published by the OIE is derived from appropriate declarations made by the official Veterinary Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate publication of country disease status based on inaccurate information or changes in epidemiological status or other significant events that were not promptly reported to the Central Bureau,
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
U.S. Emergency Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Response Plan Summary and BSE Red Book Date: February 14, 2000 at 8:56 am PST
WHERE did we go wrong $$$
2009 UPDATE ON ALABAMA AND TEXAS MAD COWS 2005 and 2006
Japan had better hold tight to the '20 months or younger' rule. Australia better hold tight period, and Korea and Taiwan, they had better keep a keen eye as well, In 2010 highly suspect banned mad cow protein is still in commerce, and very young humans are dying from CJD, of long duration, with psychotic symptoms. WHY has this case been kept secret ?
>>> Up until about 6 years ago, the pt worked at Tyson foods where she worked on the assembly line, slaughtering cattle and preparing them for packaging. She was exposed to brain and spinal cord matter when she would euthanize the cattle. Monday, March 29, 2010 Irma Linda Andablo CJD Victim, she died at 38 years old on February 6, 2010 in Mesquite Texas <<<
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518


text:
When pain complaints start in your leg it is not necessarily your leg that is to blame. Actually, more often the complaints come from a different area of the body such as the hip joint or the lower back. Sciatica is the name for complaints caused by the entrapment or the damaging of the sciatic nerve. In the case of pressure on the nerve pain is felt locally as well as in the leg.
The sciatic nerve (nervus ischiadicus)
The sciatic nerve begins in the spinal cord and goes via the buttocks into the back of the leg, then through the calf muscle to the foot. The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body.
Symptoms of sciatica
The compression of the sciatic nerve causes lower back pain and often a nerve pain radiating to the leg, lower leg and/or foot . The symptoms are often caused by a herniated disk but there can be other causes as well. For example, the root of the nerve can get damaged by heightened pressure on the joint areas of the spinal column.
Causes of sciatica
Sciatica can have different causes. Often one of the causes is overusing the lower back muscles and/or the buttock muscles. Due to overuse of the muscle(s) it can contort and then block the sciatica nerve. Lack of movement can also cause muscles around it to contort and therefore make the complaints worse. Overuse can be be caused by activities such as lifting heavy things often or sitting in a damaging posture for a long period of time.
Treating sciatica
The contortion of the muscles has a negative effect on the recovery of the muscles. The chiropractor uses treatment techniques that give the muscles better circulation, and the joints more freedom of movement. By improving the balance in muscle strength, the weight is better distributed throughout the body. Read more about the "get better in 3 steps" plan here.