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- JD Stanford Law School, 1998
- MA University of California-Berkeley, 1994
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In 2006, Rogers had formed a bookstore in Flushing with her friend called C&B Books. It stemmed out of them selling old books at the St. Nick's flea market on Parsons and Union Turnpike.
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Rogers also plans to soon start a program for young kids so that they could enjoy the benefits of reading early. "I had a children's group in Flushing where they would come and read," said the Fresh Meadows resident. "Kids come up to me to this day asking when I'm going to open another book store."
She is trying to get the funding together to start a program. "It makes you really want to try and do something because when children get it, they go off with it from there," she said.
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What was the biggest contributor to production errors on the RX line at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, one of just two places where the vehicle is built? No, it wasn't materials or logistics or tolerances or machinery or any of the usual factory suspects. Rather, it was noise. While some workers can block it out, Toyota manufacturing engineers found others are more distracted by regular old production din. So engineers sought to block it by adding more hushed electric trolleys, outfitted carts with rubber rollers, and increasingly equipped line workers with electric tools instead of air-compressed ones. The combination of efforts lowered sound levels on the line to 60 decibels (dB), according to Lexus RX chief engineer Takayuki Katsuda. For comparison, 66-dB sound intensity is about equal to the ambient noise of typical background conversation in a restaurant.
Where silence is especially golden is in the final inspection area, which is now known as the "sound dome." There, sound levels are reduced down to 50 dB for the final quality inspections. The benefit here is obvious, as inspectors in the dome listen closely for any inconsistencies in up to 500 different vehicle sounds to catch any production or material problems.
Apparently, the sound reductions were not aimed at remedying any ongoing production errors. Rather, the strategy was to improve overall worker concentration and decrease the number of times a single task is repeated because of distraction. "It may sound insignificant, but taking two or three seconds to return a part or a bolt adds up over time," says Bob Allan of Lexus College. Toyota first instituted sound deadening processes at the Toyota Motor Kyushu (TAK) plant in Japan where the RX is also built (it is the sole source of the RX 450h), and exported it in stages to Cambridge in early 2008. It was fully implemented there for the RX 350 when production began in late December.


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[ADOBE DEVELOPER CONNECTION] [James Ward, Technical Evangelist] Hi, I'm James Ward, a Technical Evangelist for Flex in Adobe. I want to show you three different ways that we can connect Flex applications to Java back-ends. I'm going to go through just a simple XML example, then a SOAP example, and then an AMF remoting example with BlazeDS. So let's walk through those different options. So first, let me show you what I have configured on my Java server. I have a census service object, and let's take a look at this object. So this object is very simple. It just has one method, getElements. It takes two parameters, 'begin' and 'account'. Then it goes out to the database using JWC, gets some records, and then returns them. So a simple Java back-end. Then I've configured this to be exposed as XML using a JSP. Let me show you that JSP. So here I have the census XML JSP, and in this JSP, what I do is I just iterate through that 'getElements' method call when it returned and output to XML. So let me show you in the browser what this really looks like. So I'm going to load up this JSP file, and it's going out to the server, fetching that data from the database. And then I return that XML for the 5000 rows that I specified. So that's a simple example of just how we can get some data out of the database. Now let's build the Flex application that will connect to that JSP. In Flash Builder, I'm going to create a new Flex project. And I'm going to call this one 'census test'. I'll specify that I want it to be a web application. I don't need to specify any particular server type for this application. And then I'll hit finish. So the first method that we're going to use in Flex to communicate with this Java back-end is just what's called the HTTP service. So in this declarations tag, I'm going to just create an instance of the HTTP service. I'll give it an ID, I'll call it 'srv', and I'm going to set the url to the url of that gsp. Now I need to specify a little bit more information here. In this application, I need to build the UI. So I'm going to add in a data grid, and I'm going to set the data provider on the data grid to actually watch this HTTP service for changes. And when it changes, then render the data into the data grid. So to do that, I'm going to use a binding expression. I'm going to bind to 'srv.lastresult'. That's just the last thing that we got back from calling that JSP. And then if we look back at this XML data, what we see is that there's an items node and then repeated item nodes. So the way that we actually get to the list of data that we want to render, is by using 'items.item' in the binding expression. Then the last thing here is to tell this application to go fetch that data. So to do that, I'm going to add an event handler for application complete, and then I'm going to call that HTTP service 'service.send'. And I'm going to do 'srv.send'. And in this case, I don't need to specify any parameters. So it's going to make the HTTP request when the application is initialized, and then the data binding will render the data into the data grid. So I'm going to save this and compile it. And now let's run it. So when I run this, it's going to load the Flex application. create the data grid--which initially doesn't know what its columns are-- fetch the data, and then, once we get the data back, it's going to render that data into the data grid and figure out, based on the data, what the columns should be. So that was pulling that data from the server, out of the database, into XML, and then rendering in Flex. So that's the first method for how we can communicate from a Flex application to a Java backend. And this method would also work with any back-end. It doesn't necessarily have to be Java. Now let me show you the next method. If we take a look back in this Java code at that census service object, what we see is that I've added some annotations here to this census service. I'm using the jacks standard in Java to actually expose this object out as a SOAP web service. And if we take a look at the web XML config file, we'll see where I actually give this SOAP web service a url. So here I've mapped that SOAP web service to this census SOAP service url. So we now pull up that WSDL for that service in our browser, so we can see what that WSDL looks like. So here's the WSDL that was automatically generated for that census service, and we can see that there is an operation for that 'get elements' method. And that takes that operation 'get elements' takes two parameters. So now I'm going to switch this Flex application from using that plain old XML JSP, to using a SOAP web service. Let me go into the declarations tag and change out this HTTP service instead for the web service tag. And I'm still going to leave the ID of SRV, but I'm going to take out this URL parameter and instead specify a WSDL parameter. And I'll put in the location of the WSDL. So now the next thing that I need to do is, I can't just buy in directly to this last element, 'lastresult.items.item'. I actually have to tell it what method is going to be returning the data. So I'm going to do 'srv.getElements.lastResult'. So this will return the last result from calling the getElements method. So now up here, in our application complete handler, instead of calling it srv.send, I'm going to call it 'srv.getElements' just like I was making that method call on that object on the server side, and then pass it the two parameters. Where do you want to start? We'll start at zero and go to 2000 rows. So that's all the parameters that we need there. So let's save that. It recompiles, and then back in the browser I can reload that application. Let's rerun it again here. So when I run this application again, we'll see that it looks very similar. At the beginning, we see the data grid without any columns. It's going out, fetching data. In this case, 2000 rows. We can see all 2000 rows there. We can sort this data on the client side. But this time, instead of using plain old XML, you used a SOAP web service. So that's the second option for how we can communicate from Flex to Java. So let me show you the last option. The last option with BlazeDS, we can use an optimized binary protocol called 'AMF', which is really fast for transferring data back and forth across the wire between Flex and Java. So to set that up, I downloaded BlazeDS, and I copied the libraries from BlazeDS into my WEB INF lib. We can see those there. And then I created a servlet-mapping in my web XML. So we can see this message broker servlet. And we can see the servlet there for the message broker. So now, what I've done is I've exposed an endpoint to be able to access BlazeDS. Then there's some Flex config files here. There's a remoting config. And the remoting config allows me to set up a destination for that census service that points to the census service object. So now, back in my Flex code, I'm going to make another change to this web service. Instead of a web service, I'm going to use what's called a 'remote object'. So remote object is going to use that AMF protocol to transfer the data back and forth between the Java server and the Flex client. And instead of a WSDL parameter, I'm going to specify an endpoint. And the endpoint is going to be 'http://localhost:8080/simple' that's my application--and then '/messagebroker'. Then AMF will tell it to use the AMF protocol. I also need to specify the destination to use, so I'm going to put in that census service destination. So now everything else will actually stay the same in my application. I'm still going to call the getElements method. I'm going to get 2000 rows, but ,instead of 2000, let's go up to 20,000, and then my data binding expression for my data grid stays the same. So let me save this and recompile it. And let's go reload the application in the browser. And now, when we run this application, we'll see that, amazingly fast, we get this 20,000 rows, all the way down from the server--which, in this case, isn't very far away-- and down to the client rendered in the data grid. So we're running a large amount of information, transferring across the wires, serializing and deserializing that data very quickly with AMF. [Flex and Java-adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex java.html] So you can use any of these options to connect Flex front ends to your Java back-ends. Thanks for watching. [ADOBE DEVELOPER CONNECTION]
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Surprises are rare these days.
What eventually becomes fact usually begins as a speculative tweet, an exploratory blog entry, or a suspicious story coated in "unnamed sources indicate" or "anonymous reports suggest."
Apart from unexpected deaths or accidents that no one could foresee, rarely does breaking news really shock anymore. That changed this week when the reports came in from ESPN.
And though you are still probably trying to process the news, it's time to face the reality of the situation:
The Packers have indeed re-signed running back Ryan Grant.
The move does make some sense: Cedric Benson and James Starks are out with injuries, Alex Green has underwhelmed, and the Packers need someone to at least provide just a distant hope of a run game. And it's not like desirable running backs are wandering the streets waiting to be signed . . .
Oh, that's not the sports news you thought I was referring to?
You must be thinking of Robin Yount shooting Cubs manager Dale Sveum in the ear while on a hunting expedition. After losing 101 games and getting shot by his best friend, did anyone have a worst 2012 than Sveum? Well, maybe anyone who saw this.
All right, all right, you're talking about the news that Wisconsin Badgers head football coach Bret Bielema, after leading the Badgers to their third straight Rose Bowl, has left to become the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Yes, that was a surprise, apparently from everyone from UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez, who will now coach the team on January 1 against the Stanford Cardinal, on down.
For the immediate – and I do mean very immediate – future, this sudden turn of events could be beneficial for Wisconsin: The team and Alvarez will be keenly motivated to prove that they can win despite the defection of the man who led them there, plus a victory would keep Alvarez's unblemished Rose Bowl mark alive (he's now 3-0).
But long-term, despite the "we'll show 'em!" attitude from most Badger faithful stunned by the news, Bielema's departure is undoubtedly a setback for the program.
Fans can complain all they want about Bielema not being able to win the "big one" (a notion he completely dispelled this year in Indianapolis, although it bears repeating that he was just 2-4 in bowl games while at Wisconsin) or about him being brash and arrogant (who can forget that unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Michigan State that cost them dearly in a one-point loss to Michigan State in 2008?), or that he's simply a jerk, as indicated by this.
What Badger fans can't overlook, and what they'll miss about Bielema the most, is that he was a straight up winner: He persevered in 17 of his first 18 games as a head coach – remember, he had no prior head coaching experience before succeeding Barry Alvarez – and went 68-24 overall.
Having grown up in Minnesota, the "don't let the door hit you on the way out" attitude that some Badger fans are showing to Bielema reminds me of how many Vikings fans – including my parents – treated former Minnesota Vikings head coach Dennis Green. For years, people wanted Green gone, despite the fact that in his ten seasons, the Vikings missed the playoffs only once. In the ten years since his departure, the Vikings have made the playoffs only three times (and once as an 8-8 team). People there now miss Denny Green.
So I do think that Badger Nation will miss Bielema, but you can't really fault the guy for leaving. After all, we tell our children to always accept new challenges and we applaud other people in the public eye for branching out – ooh, Rihanna's acting! – that why should we treat Bielema any differently? Out of loyalty? Come on, if Bielema put together a couple of losing campaigns, would fans want the University to show loyalty to him? Nope. They'd want him replaced.
Perhaps the struggle to keep that winning tradition alive played into Bielema's decision: Though the team is going to lose only nine seniors to graduation, it's a key nine, including RB Montee Ball, LB Mike Taylor, and offensive lineman Ricky Wagner. Plus the Badgers' quarterback position is unsettled, and if Joel Stave struggles next year, Curt Phillips won't be around to bail him out. Also, assuming no other violations surface, Ohio State will be eligible for postseason play next year, which presumably would place the Badgers' chances of appearing in a third straight conference championship game in serious jeopardy. Whether it is or not (and only time will tell), maybe Bielema saw the arrow pointing down for the Badgers football program and wanted to exit a winner.
But will he be a winner at Arkansas? It's tough to feel confident about it. In the SEC, Bielema won't have perennial doormats like Indiana, Illinois, or Minnesota to kick around. The SEC is the toughest and best conference in college football; in the west division alone, Bielema will have to compete with national powerhouses Alabama, LSU, and Texas A&M. It's a killer grind every season, and Arkansas has continually struggled to rise above the stiff competition, appearing in the SEC Championship Game only three times since its inception in 1992 and never winning. The program hasn't claimed a national championship since 1964, six years before Bret Bielema was even born.
Worse, the program is right now a bit of a laughing stock, less than a year removed from the Bobby Petrino scandal involving the former head coach's adulterous relationship with a student-athlete development coordinator that he had hired. Interim head coach John L. Smith struggled in his only season as head coach, leading Arkansas to a 4-8 record and a sixth-place finish in their division.
Obviously the University of Arkansas feels Bret Bielema can turn the program around and do so quickly. Obviously Badger fans feel the team can thrive without Bielema. But signs point to the developments this week ending in a lose-lose situation for the Badgers and Bielema, with neither side potentially having as much to celebrate next holiday season as they do this year.
Bret, we wish you the best. Barry, great to have you back, even if it is only for one game. And readers, remember – you better not cry, you better not pout, but most of all – you better not go hunting with Robin Yount.


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For the past two years, I lived in Nuremberg and commuted to teach in Berlin. On the train during my four hour commute on a train traveling at 190 miles per hour, I wrote many blogs. Many were reflections on a concert or topic that concerned Berlin.
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During my (too) many years as a starving doctorate student at the University of Washington, I splurged on subscriptions to the Seattle Opera (http://www.seattleopera.org/index.aspx).
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Blog written by Jairo Geronymo, pianist, Berlin, Germany
Last month a former student of mine at Ithaca College, Justine Popik, visited me for a weekend in Nuremberg. She told me that her classmates would take note of my (in) famous catchy phrases about music. I have been known to use any means possible to get students to remember certain...
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Blog written by Jairo Geronymo, pianist based in Berlin, Germany
I will move to Berlin this summer.
So I began the hunt for the large, well situated, extremely comfortable, well designed, charming, impressive, and of course, reasonably priced apartment.
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Blog written by Jairo Geronymo, pianist, Nurnberb/Berlin, Germany
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Saturday, February 5th 230 AM Last week I made a few notes about Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the architect of the opera house at Versailles. Gabriel had mastered one style (the voluptuous Rococo of Louis XV) and created a new one (the opulent classicism of Louis XVI). Towards the end of his career he rejected the sinuous and undulating decorations of the Rococo for fluted columns and the rectangle. Gabriel celebrated the entitlement of aristocracy and his style change was not a political comment, not a revolution in that sense. Had he lived longer … [Read more...]
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Utilizing Cooperatives To Improve Food Safety: A Success Story of Small Farmers, Processors, and Retailers Working Together
By Linda Singletary
Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) created the Office of Outreach, Employee Education, and Training (OOEET) in 2008, the Office has been serving the needs of small and very small businesses that must comply with FSIS' food inspection laws.
In many cases around the Nation, these small businesses are members of cooperatives comprised of small farmers, ranchers, and retailers. These cooperatives meet public demand for locally produced food products and help provide for their members' mutual support in an ever-tightening economy. OOEET has been targeting these cooperatives, and as a result, FSIS' food safety message gets disseminated to the producers and retailers as well. One example of this type of initiative involves working with the Alabama goat and sheep industry.
In December 2008, at the Lauderdale County Cooperative Extension office in Florence, Alabama, a meeting involving three integral parts of the farm-to-fork chain took place. OOEET's outreach coordinators Sibyl Wright and Lindia Howell served an instrumental function in meeting with agencies, institutions, and a producer group whose collaborations have played a role in a very successful food safety and marketing initiative in Alabama's goat and sheep products.
This meeting was the culmination of a multi-year effort by FSIS employees and other USDA representatives to bring small farmers, processors, and retailers closer together in marketing and food safety. It all started in 2007, when Wright visited Alabama to meet with a producer group called the Alabama A+ Marketing Association. This association was formed to increase farm revenues for its membership, and economically benefit local communities in ways that encourage them to support local agriculture production. It's currently targeting three commodities — goat, sheep, and rabbit.
Over the past few years, a significant amount of progress has taken place, including the development of an FSIS-inspected goat and sheep processing facility. In addition, the Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation and Development Council and the Alabama A+ Marketing Association have collaborated with a local grocery store franchise that now proudly carries Alabama grown and processed lamb products.
John Smith, a consultant for the Alabama A+ Marketing Association remarked, "In my many years of experience developing and working with numerous cooperatives, this association by far has been the most successful, and that is what makes it unique. Much of this is due to the commitment of its members."
The meeting in which Wright and Howell participated was attended by 22 people representing various agencies and organizations that currently work with the association. This was the first time that many of the representatives met together in the same room rather than communicating by phone or email.
The purpose of the meeting was to review progress that had been made and to develop strategies for developing relationships with other producer groups across the country. Wright and Howell also shared FSIS materials with the attendees. These included notices, contacts, Web sites, information pamphlets, newsletters, and other food safety resources available to small and very small plants.
Many of the participants gained a greater appreciation of the food safety connection and relevance among all the segments of the food production chain.
"One of the things we can do in outreach is to ensure technical assistance and relevant food safety information is not only made available to processors, but also to the producers, producer groups, and retailers. This meeting is a prime example of how that can take place and when it works well," said Wright.
Through partnership ventures like this, FSIS can reach a very important audience that might not receive the Agency's information from more conventional means. Although the meeting in Alabama was successful, it's not intended to be the "end all, be all" in FSIS' outreach to this particular community. Instead, it's just one shining example of what's set in motion for more initiatives like this to come.
If you are a member of a cooperative and would like to share a success story or seek FSIS' assistance in food safety outreach, contact the Office of Outreach, Employee Education, and Training at (800) 336-3747.
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Building a Humane Handling System for Better Care, Quality, and Profitability
By Denise Amann
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is responsible for and committed to enforcing the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) and ensuring that all livestock at federally inspected slaughter facilities be handled and slaughtered by humane methods. FSIS inspection personnel are required by law to take immediate action if they observe any humane handling violations on the establishment premises, including holding pens and any vehicles on the premises. If they observe an inhumane handling practice, they may issue a Noncompliance Record. Egregious violations — an act or condition that is cruel to animals — can warrant an immediate suspension of all operations without providing prior notification to the establishment.
All livestock slaughter facilities are required to meet the requirements of the HMSA. The requirements are clear; however, the way different livestock (and those who handle livestock) react to various situations is not. A spent dairy cow is slower than its younger counterparts. An angry rank bull would rather not stand quietly in the knock box. It isn't always easy to get a cull sow up on a hot day in August.
With that, the best approach to humanely handling livestock is consistency. And the easiest way for any plant to be consistent is by approaching humane handling as a system. A humane handling system characterized by order and planning will allow you to use humane handling methods in a way that prevents needless suffering, improves the quality of your meat products, and significantly reduces your risk of a regulatory action by FSIS.
When developing a humane handling system, consider all of the factors for the entire time that livestock is held for slaughter. This would include factors that may be less predictable, like extreme weather conditions, staffing changes, and equipment wear and tear.
FSIS has provided guidance on establishing a humane handling system in a notice (FSIS Docket No. 04-013N) found at www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/04-013N.htm. The notice outlines four components to developing and maintaining a systematic approach to humane handling.
- Conduct an initial assessment of your facilities. The initial assessment should focus on areas within your facility where animals may experience excitement, discomfort, or accidental injury.
- Design facilities and implement practices that minimize excitement, discomfort, and accidental injury to livestock. Pens, driveways, and ramps should be designed and maintained to prevent injury to animals. All staff should be trained in fundamental animal behavior principles and how to handle livestock properly in varying situations.
- Periodically evaluate your system to check that it is working as required. Evaluation should include stunning and handling activities using objective criteria. Periodic evaluation also allows you the opportunity to eliminate potential issues before they become a problem.
- Improve handling practices and modify your facilities as needed. If a problem arises, fix it. Allow your staff who are directly involved with handling animals to make suggestions about how to improve your system. Their expertise can be a valuable asset to any system.
For more information about how to improve humane handling at your plant, contact the district veterinary medical specialist in your district. Also, feel free to contact FSIS' Policy Development Division at (800) 233-3935.
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NOIEs, Part 2: Knowing Which Circumstances Require Prior Notification and Which Ones Don't
By Jane Johnson
In Part One of this series on the Notice of Intended Enforcement (NOIE) actions, we examined the three types of enforcement actions defined in the Rules of Practice, Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 500. As mentioned in the first article, there are situations that involve withholding and suspension actions that require prior notification of plant management in the form of an NOIE and those that do not. Let's take a closer look now at some examples.
FSIS inspectors may take a withholding or suspension action without prior notification in the following circumstances at a plant:
- Producing and shipping adulterated or misbranded product;
- Lacking a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan;
- Lacking Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP);
- Having sanitary conditions causing its products to be rendered adulterated;
- Violating the terms of a regulatory control action;
- Plant employees threatening or intimidating an FSIS employee;
- Failing to destroy condemned product; and
- Inhumane handling of animals.
The plant will be notified orally, and in writing, as promptly as circumstances permit, for withholding or suspension actions taken when no prior notification is given. If you choose to appeal, you should do so as soon as possible after being notified of the decision. It would be best to put the appeal in writing, although the appeal can be made orally.
For all other situations, FSIS must provide the plant with prior written notification and a chance to "demonstrate or achieve compliance" before taking a withholding or suspension action. Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 500 specifically states that FSIS must provide the plant with prior notification in these situations:
- HACCP system is inadequate due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
- SSOPs have not been properly implemented or maintained;
- Plant has not maintained sanitary conditions due to multiple or recurring noncompliances;
- Plant did not collect and analyze samples for E. coli Biotype I and record results; or
- Plant did not meet the Salmonella performance standard requirements.
Prior notification provides you with due process rights. Usually, FSIS compiles extensive, thoroughly analyzed information prior to taking a withholding or suspension action.
It's only fair to notify you and make that same information available before the action is taken when circumstances do not pose an imminent threat to public health. Giving you prior notification affords your plant an opportunity to provide a response to the notification, point out any factual errors by FSIS, identify scientific or technical disagreements, and articulate differing interpretations of regulatory requirements.
The NOIE is the prior notification given to you, in writing, stating that a withholding or suspension action will be taken unless the circumstances leading to the NOIE are corrected. The inspector-in-charge may initiate a withholding or suspension action by discussing the noncompliance situation with the frontline supervisor and the district office.
If there is agreement that a withholding or suspension action is warranted, then an NOIE is issued to your plant by the district manager. The NOIE will contain specific information including the action FSIS intends to take and the effective date of the action, the reason for the proposed action, and the operations, products, or processes affected.
In the third and final part of this series, we'll look at your options and what you should do after you receive an NOIE. For more information on the Rules of Practice or NOIEs, visit the FSIS Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov. You can also call the Small Plant Help Desk at 1-877-FSISHelp (1-877-374-7435) or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. The Help Desk is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.
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Commonly Asked Questions & Answers
Q. Is a plant required to determine, and document, preventive measures when it, or FSIS, finds an unclean food contact surface during pre-operational (pre-op) sanitation monitoring?
A. No. When an unclean food contact surface, equipment, or utensil is found during pre-op by the plant, before any product has passed over the unclean surface, the establishment needs to clean the surface, but there is no noncompliance. The plant's system worked as designed. The establishment should generate an appropriate record in accordance with 9 CFR 416.16.
If FSIS were to have found the unclean surface, the Agency would expect the plant to clean the surface and would issue a noncompliance record because of the insanitary condition. In addition, FSIS would expect the plant to consider how to make appropriate improvements in the execution of its pre-operational procedures because the establishment must be maintained in a manner sufficient to prevent the creation of insanitary conditions. Preventive measures would not need to be documented, unless the product has been adulterated or contaminated by the unclean surface, equipment, or utensil.
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|Húrin Thalion
|"Hurin Thalion" by Kimberly
|Biographical Information
|Other names
|Thalion (S "Steadfast"), Úmarth (S "Ill-fate")
Úrin (in the Lost Tales)
|Lord of Dor-lómin
|Dor-lómin, Thangorodrim (imprisoned)
|Union of Maedhros
|Mannish dialect
|F.A. 502 (aged 61)
Belegaer (suicide)
|House of Hador
|Galdor & Hareth
|Morwen Eledhwen
|Túrin, Lalaith & Nienor
|Physical Description
|Hair color
|Eye color
|Sword and axe
|Images of Húrin Thalion
Húrin Thalion ("the Steadfast"), was the eldest son of Galdor and Hareth, older brother of Huor, father of Túrin Turambar and Nienor, and Lord of Dor-lómin. Húrin was captured by Morgoth at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and he and his kin were cursed by the Dark Lord. The curse led to some of the greatest successes and tragedies of the First Age. He was the greatest warrior of Men in the First Age.
[edit] History
[edit] Early Years
The grandson of Hador Lórindol, founder of the House of Hador, was raised with his younger brother Huor in the forest of Brethil. In F.A. 458, the brothers joined a war party but were separated and trapped in the Vale of Sirion. The Vala Ulmo caused a mist to rise and the two escaped into Dimbar. From there, Eagles flew them to the gates of the hidden city Gondolin. King Turgon welcomed the brothers, remembering a prophecy that the children of Hador would aid Gondolin during its darkest hour. They remained with Turgon for a time and, after swearing an oath of secrecy, were returned to Dor-lómin sometime before 462.
[edit] Lord of Dor-lómin
In F.A. 462 orcs invaded Hithlum and Galdor was slain defending the wells of Eithel Sirion. Húrin drove off the Orcs and returned to rule as the third Lord of Dor-lómin and the seventh Chieftain of the House of Hador (House of Marach). Two years later he married Morwen Eledhwen of the House of Bëor. Their son Túrin was born shortly thereafter, followed by a daughter, Urwen. Urwen, better known as Lalaith ("Laughter"), died of the plague when she was three.
In 472, the alliance known as Union of Maedhros led Elves, Dwarves, and Men to assault Morgoth in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad ("The Battle of Unnumbered Tears"). A debacle, High King Fingon and his host were separated from the other half of the army and Fingon himself was slain by a Balrog. With their liege lord slain and facing a rout, Húrin and Huor convinced King Turgon to withdraw and keep the secret of Gondolin. To defend his escape, the soldiers of Dor-lómin formed a line across the Fen of Serech and were slaughtered by the forces of Morgoth. Huor was slain by an arrow through the eye, but Húrin fought on until he was buried under the weight of bodies of orcs and trolls.
Captured, Húrin was brought before Morgoth and tortured for the secret of Gondolin's location. When he would not break, Morgoth cursed him and all his kin. The Dark Lord then chained Húrin to a chair high on the slopes of Thangorodrim where, through Morgoth's sorcery, he could watch the tragedies that would befall his family.
[edit] The Curse of MorgothNienor, was born shortly after his capture and was trapped in the doom of Túrin. Their actions also led to the destruction of Nargothrond, one of the last kingdoms of the Noldor. Now only Gondolin remained.
In 499, after the death of his children, Morgoth freed Húrin. The broken man first returned to Dor-lómin, which was now ruled by Easterlings loyal to Morgoth. Finding none of his kin, he traveled with outlaws to the mountains of Echoriath, searching for the entrance to Gondolin. At first Turgon refused him, but later recanted and sent Eagles to bring him to Gondolin. Húrin had already left for the Forest of Brethil, but Morgoth's curse had already ensnared Gondolin, for the Dark Lord's spies now knew the location of the Hidden Kingdom.
In the Forest of Brethil he found the graves of his children. His wife, Morwen, was there and she died shortly after. After burying his wife, Húrin went to the settlement of Ephel Brandir, the home of the People of Haleth, with whom Túrin lived the last years of his life. Angry and grieving, he turned the People of Haleth against one another and ruined Ephel Brandir.
Húrin continued on to the ruins of Nargothrond, where he found the Petty-dwarf Mîm. The petty-dwarf had betrayed Túrin years ago and in revenge Húrin slaughtered him. Mîm had claimed the treasure of Nargothrond, but Húrin recovered the Nauglamír and took it to Doriath, the last great elvish kingdom.
Húrin was allowed to enter Menegroth, the capital of Doriath, where in anger he threw the Nauglamír before King Thingol and 'thanked' him for aiding his son. Thingol's wife, Melian, finally pierced through Húrin's madness and grief, and shamed by his actions, he picked up the Nauglamír to give to the king as a gift and memorial, then he left Menegroth a broken man. Since Húrin left the Nauglamír, the curse of Morgoth, the Oath of Fëanor, and the Doom of Mandos would later contribute to the destruction of Doriath as well.
[edit] Death and Legacy
Around F.A. 500, Húrin reached the Great Sea and in despair drowned himself. His life, and the lives of his children would become the Narn i Chîn Húrin.
[edit] Etymology
Húrin is Sindarin for "Hardened".
In the Elder Days, the original form of the name was Chúrind (hard initial ch and audible d on the end) and presumably Húrin Thalion was called like that during his lifetime.
Húrin is the later form as it evolved until the Third Age when it was adopted by other individuals who took it as a name; and that is how this ancient name was referred in the Quenta Silmarillion.
Thalion means "The Steadfast".
[edit] Other versions of the legendarium
The Silmarillion states that Húrin died at the age of 65. In The Grey Annals this was amended to 66 - in accordance with the genealogies in War of the Jewels - but Christopher Tolkien did not adopt the change into the published text.
[edit] Genealogy
|Hador Lórindol
|Galdor of Dor-lómin
|Morwen Eledhwen
|Túrin Turambar
[edit] See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Death of Túrin"
- The Children of Húrin, passim
- The Silmarillion, Of Túrin Turambar
- The Silmarillion, Of the Coming of Men into the West
- Unfinished Tales, Narn i Hîn Húrin
- The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, Turambar and the Foalókë
- The War of the Jewels, The Wanderings of Húrin
House of Hador
|Preceded by:
|Lord of Dor-lómin
Dor-lómin overrun