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"I think, quite frankly, that the UCI has quite a lot to answer for. They seem to just spend all their time regulating saddle angles and so on when they could be helping to further developing the sport." Emma Pooley doesn't pull her punches, as usual - interviewed at the Haute Route. She's also auctioning some goodies for AmnestyEmma Pooley: International Cycling Union have turned women's cycling into a Mickey Mouse sport - Telegraph
I really hope new investors will see that giving talented women the same sporting chance as their male counterparts in this amazing sport is worthwhile, and if we were to achieve this will mean a true lasting legacy for women's cycling in the UK"Will Olympic Gold help reward my sport? - Interview with Dani King on Matrix Fitness - Prendas RT
The crash killed three riders: Park Eun Mi (25), Lee Min Jeong (24) and Jeong Soo Jeong (19) and seriously injured Kim Seon Young (20), Jeong Eun Song (23) and Jang Jin Ha (19). The coach Jeon Jae Hyo (51), also suffered non-life threatening injuries. The team was training for an upcoming regional race. The driver of the truck was reportedly not under the influence of alcohol, but was watching a soap opera on his DMB (digital multimedia broadcast) device and was not paying sufficient attention to the road ahead. "The driver said he was watching the television and only after hearing a loud noise while colliding with the van did he realize he had caused an accident. He steered left immediately and braked but it was too late. We presume he was driving at around 70 kilometers per hour," a police officer said, according to the Korea Times, .Three Cyclists Killed In Korea Crash | Cyclingnews.com Hugely shocking to hear about. My thoughts with their friends and families
"We took into account the fact that the women, and in particular Chloe, earn bugger all from the sport. And if in fact we imposed an immediate $200 fine that would be a very severe penalty. "For the blokes a $200 fine would be a slap on the wrist. And if the guys earning the big bucks did something similar they could expect a much more savage outcome, but Chloe would be on 10,000Euros or something a year, she has to pay for all her own accommodation, all her own living expenses. "Chloe was very contrite and we said to her 'we respect your right to savagely criticise the attitude of the UCI and things that Pat McQuaid has done and said, but you can't attack the messenger. You can attack the message, and we respect her right to do that, but calling someone a dick or a dickhead just doesn't elevate the discussion at all and she knew that.'"Hosking cops a sympathetic fine Cycling Australia respond to the "Chloe Hosking calls Pat McQuaid 'a bit of a dick'" thing in a way that makes me laugh out loud - go Aussie!
Women's cycling goes way back. We all know that the first official world championships for women were in 1958 (Reims France) won by Elsy Jacobs from the Luxembourg. But that was not the start of women's cycling. In 1868 it were 3 sisters from Bordeaux France, Amélie, Finette and Rosita who challenged each other. Keeping their last name secret as it was kind of a violation of public morals to race as a woman. But is not what I want to share with you. There is an even better story. The story of Alfonsina Morini (Strada). Alfonsina was the first and only woman who participated in the Giro d'Italia in 1924. That year she had won 36 races and organizer Emilio Colombo invited her as most of the big teams boycotted the Giro. He thought that this stunt would give more attention to the race and he was right!Elite Ciao " Martine Bras " Alfonsina Morini – the only woman who did the Giro This is a fantastic story, and Dutch cyclist Martine Bras tells it really well!
Now getting "back to life" is my athletic goal. Even though this piece has taken me nearly four weeks to write - under the close eye of my speech therapist and my sports editor - I am confident I will one day fulfil my career capabilities, if not my sporting ones. Meantime, jokes are welcome; if I don't laugh, I'll cry. One of my favourite sayings is "learn to laugh at yourself and you'll be constantly amused". Take my Dad; he sometimes calls me Cyclops - and I'll answer to it. Isn't laughter the best medicine? Those qualities I had as an athlete - determination, persistence, stubbornness and a strong work ethic - can now be put into my recovery. As much time and effort goes into my rehab as if it were my Olympic training program, with a far greater reward. Regardless of my athletic "head-start", this could not have been done without the support of my loving family and partner. They have gone through almost as much of an ordeal as I have. And thanks to you, the readers, who wrote to the Sunday Mail after my crash. I have read it all and it helped a lot.More to life than cycling gold medals | Amber Halliday | Adelaide Now Amber Halliday, the Australian former rower turned cyclist, writes about her ongoing recovery from the hugely traumatic crash earlier in the year. Here's to her full recovery - I have so much respect for her, I hope it all continues
Carla Swart will be joining HTC-Columbia for the 2011 season. We're proud of you and behind you all the way!Road Cycling SA's twitter Carla joins Charlotte Becker as the latest HTC signing.... wonder who they're dropping? After the Worlds are over we can have a transfer thread to put all these in!
Pegasus Racing hopes to field ProTour, Continental, under-23 and women's teams next year that will compete in Europe, North America and Australia. ..... "This is an exciting development and a big commitment, which shows just how serious we are about cycling," Pegasus Sports Chief Executive Chris White told the Sydney Morning Herald. ''Not only are we looking to achieve ProTour status in 2011, we are also looking to bolster our program and make a commitment to women's cycling for the first time. We plan to be a significant, long-term player in all the major theatres of cycling around the world."Has someone already posted this? Pegasus want a women's team So exciting - just what i wished for when I wrote this
"The appointed Anti Doping Control Officer from UCI was fallen ill and I was in contact with UCI officials about this several times before the race days. With very short notice UCI succeeded to find a replacement Anti Doping Control Officer for the Friday TTT-race but not for the Sunday Road Race. Therefore the tests could not be carried out. I know that UCI put in enormous efforts in finding replacements and they did a fantastic job finding one for Friday. I have read both your article and Marianne Vos statement on BikePure. Also there I have a correction. It was the Anti Doping Control Officer being not available; the Anti Doping Doctor was there all the time. The organization has a female Med. Dr for this purpose and she was present from Friday until Sunday. To be able to do the tests, the doctor however is not enough, the AntiDoping officer must also be present." As Anderson explained, the issue appears to be one of resources within the UCI, in that there was no one available to cover for a sick anti-doping control officer. While this can be seen as unfortunate, it is perhaps also an indication of the standing that the women's sport has within its governing body. It's hard to imagine the same thing happening in an equivalent men's race, such as this Sunday's Vattenfall Cyclassics.Swedish World Cup organisers respond to Marianne Vos' Bike Pure article See the Pod Caf article on the original story here
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COVINGTON, La. (AP) - A 48-year-old man is accused of choking his girlfriend and severely burning her by holding her under scalding water during an argument over a set of keys, then fighting Covington police.
Terrance Silas Fritz, of Covington, is being held in the St. Tammany Parish Jail on charges of attempted second-degree murder, domestic violence and resisting an officer, Capt. Jack West, a police spokesman, said Monday.
He said that as soon as the 31-year-old woman was released after Sunday night's attack, she ran naked to a neighbor's for help.
West said the woman was moved to a burn unit outside the parish after treatment at St. Tammany Parish Hospital for second- and third-degree burns and a dislocated shoulder.
He said police had to force Fritz's door open and use pepper spray to control him.
West did not know whether bond had been set for Fritz. He said he expects Fritz to get a public defender.
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Images link with words
Graphic novels meld the best of both for the reader
By CAROLE E. BARROWMAN
Special to the Journal Sentinel
First Published, June 1, 2007
In the beginning, there were images. The words followed thereafter.
Before Gutenberg's movable type commercialized book-making in the 1450s, pictures were more important to literacy than words. The ancient Buddhist frescoes coloring the caves of Dunhuang enlightened weary merchants as they tramped along the silk trade routes, and during the Middle Ages cathedrals such as Notre Dame and Chartres were built as glorious representations of Christianity.
This tradition of telling stories visually may be as old as the caves, but only recently has it become a viable genre in popular reading culture. According to Daniel Goldin, senior buyer for Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, graphic novels "still have a long way to go to catch mainstream readers."
Whether it's because graphic novels seem too closely related to comics or whether readers are simply overwhelmed by too many choices, the reality is that most readers have never cracked open a graphic novel.
"It's a mistake to see the reading of visual texts as less worthy than traditional novels," said Leslie Fedorchuk, a professor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. "As a culture we are more sophisticated visually, and even if that's not true for yourself, it's certainly true for your children."
But where does a curious reader begin?
"People are looking for guidance in their reading choices more than ever," said Goldin, and that's certainly true for graphic novels.
"Like a good movie or a good book," Fedorchuk observed, "you want to open a graphic novel and fall right in."
So consider the following list a primer to the beauty and the boldness of graphic novels. Pick one or two and fall in.
A visual primer
The best definition of a graphic novel is the simplest: Graphic novels tell a story in sequential visual form. Not all comics are graphic novels, but all graphic novels manipulate the comic format. "Zits" and "Boondocks" are comics. Even bound together in collections, they're still comics and not graphic novels.
Reading a graphic novel means letting the rhythm of the panels guide you, noting how the words and the pictures complement each other and how the narrative maintains its vision from page to page. "Everything you could say about a good piece of writing you could say about a good graphic novel," Fedorchuk said.
The originals
"A Contract With God" by Will Eisner (1978)
Eisner's seminal book pushed the graphic story out from under the crushing weight of clad-in-tights comic superheroes. Scholars and readers alike consider "Contract" to be the first graphic novel. With its detailed visual narrative, its realistic and poignant characters depicted in elegant pen-and-ink panels, this rite-of-passage story set in New York in the 1930s depicts a perspective of the immigrant experience that transcends a typical view of that world.
"Maus I and II" by Art Spiegelman (1991, 1992)
This is the classic that set the literary bar for the genre. Both volumes tell two deeply moving stories rooted in the horrors of the Holocaust. The first is Spiegelman's father's story of surviving Auschwitz and the second depicts the author's struggles to come to terms with his aging father and find peace in their relationship. The Nazis are drawn as cats and the Jews as mice, which forces the reader to see history from a distinctive and brutal perspective.
"Beg the Question" by Bob Fingerman (1997)
Like many graphic novels for adults, this one is explicit in language and images, but it's a riot to read. Fingerman's novel has an in-your-face sense of humor, and it's teeming with eccentric characters. Rob, the main character, is a cartoonist who is not above drawing smut to make a living, and his wife, Sylvia, is a bisexual hairdresser with a heart of a Marine. On the cover, the novel is described as "a cross between 'Friends' and 'Caligula.' " Puts "I'll be there for you" in a whole new light.
"Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth" by Chris Ware (2000)
This classic is stunning to read. It takes its influences from retro consumer iconography and typography. Ware's color drawings look like images from appliance and toy ads of the 1950s and '60s. The book's plot is a postmodern history of an Irish-American family sometimes told in silent panels. The novel contains a few classic images that are recognizable even to those who haven't read the book, especially his opening panels of Superman plummeting to a New York pavement. These panels are a metaphor for the kind of graphic novel Ware was creating with "Jimmy Corrigan."
"The Jew of New York" by Ben Katchor (1998)
Katchor's novel can't decide if it's history or science fiction, but when you've finished reading, it doesn't matter. The book is as imaginatively plotted as it is drawn. To describe its plot as a history of a city misses the depth that layers each panel and the dense details and varied characters populating the pages. Although the book is dialogue-heavy at times, the overlapping panels and the clean lines create a brisk pace.
Rites of passage
"My New York Diary" by Julie Doucet (1999)
This is chick lit for big girls. Doucet's autobiographical memoir follows her from a Canadian convent school to the New York art world where her life gets as complicated and as crowded as the black-and-white pages of her book. Doucet has a dry sense of humor that keeps her sort of sane through a series of loser boyfriends and her emerging career as an artist.
"Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi (2003)
Persepolis was the capital city of ancient Persia; this is a memoir of the author's growing up in Iran to bohemian parents. The panels are drawn with simplicity and a primitive elegance. Their tone darkens and the lines thicken as religious intolerance and oppression fill Satrapi's life. This novel can be read as a young woman's coming of age story, as a testament of the human spirit, and as a memoir of political oppression and its consequences.
"American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang (2006)
This young-adult novel was a National Book Award finalist and deservedly so. Despite an opening panel with a truly lame joke about breasts, the book intercuts the fable of the monkey king from Mandarin Chinese with the story of Jin Wang, the new kid at Mayflower Elementary, and a narrative about a visiting Chinese cousin who is a caricature of Asian stereotypes. The end result is a striking tale about identity, acceptance and coming of age in a global culture.
The new classics
"1602" by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (2004)
Neil Gaiman has to be the Stephen King of graphic novelists. He's as prolific as King and as original in his plots, and if you're a fan of the television series "Heroes," then that's another good reason to read this book. Instead of Linderman and Sylar, the Catholic Inquisition of the 1600s is tracking and torturing "witchbreeds," ordinary folks with superpowers. The panels are lush and richly detailed and move with a vengeance.
"Ghost World" by Daniel Clowes (2000)
Rebecca and Enid are not nice girls. No matter. This is a very nice book. It's beautifully drawn with a cynical attitude. From an omniscient point of view, Clowes presents a perspective of post-high-school adolescence that's harsh but compassionate and compelling. The lives of these two young outsiders are portrayed with grace and insight. Clowes is one of the genre's bestselling authors, and he co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of this book that starred Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch.
"The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo" by Joe Sacco (2003)
"The Fixer" is a non-fiction narrative about the life of a real fixer, someone who, among other things, connected journalists to possible stories in Sarajevo during the1990s. Sacco spent years covering the war in Sarajevo and, ironically, found his most compelling story in the life of the man who was helping him find the stories he was assigned to write. This adult memoir is complex and the images are rough and raw at times, but it captures realistically what it's like to live in a place where almost everything is negotiable.
"Box Office Poison" by Alex Robinson (2001)
Because Robinson's characters introduce themselves in the first panels you're drawn to them immediately. The lives of Sherman, Dorothy, Jane, Ed and their friends are chronicled in this big soap opera of a book, one with more realism than melodrama and a considerable amount of humor. The black-and-white panels are lively and cleanly drawn, capturing well the lives of these twentysomething characters.
"The Black Order Brigade" by Enki Bilal and Pierre Christin (2002)
First published in France, this graphic political thriller pits two geriatric bands of ex-Spanish Civil War soldiers against each other. The book's plot hints at films like "The Magnificent Seven" and other classic westerns, but its panels are boldly drawn and it makes a strong statement about the relationship between fascism then and now.
Fractured tales
"Billy Hazelnuts" by Tony Millionaire (2006)
This book is a deliciously creepy fractured fairy tale. A family of mice makes a homunculus, a supernatural servant being, to help them fend off the farmer's wife who wants to cut off . . . well, you know the story. They name their creation Billy and when the farmer's science-obsessed daughter replaces the flies the mice gave him for eyes with hazelnuts, he becomes her sidekick in a series of fabulous Oz-like adventures.
"It Was a Dark and Silly Night," edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly (2003)
This is more an anthology than a graphic novel. But any book that gathers together the artistry of William Joyce, Barbra McKlintock, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman and Basil Wolverton and asks each of them to create a story that begins with the line "It was a dark and silly night" is worthy of this list and of a child's bookshelf. This is the third book in Spiegelman's colorful "Little Lit" series of oversize postmodern comics.
Family chronicles
"Ethel and Ernest" by Raymond Briggs (2001)
Briggs is best known for his children's picture book, "The Snowman." This memoir chronicling the lives of his parents from the 1920s until their deaths in the 1970s is as beautifully drawn and as emotionally layered as his most famous work. Briggs can move the reader breathlessly along with a series of small, detailed panels or he can stop the reader in amazement with a single panel of laundry snapping in the wind. Either way, Briggs is a master of the silent panel and of drawings that occasionally transcend their narrative to become small poetic moments.
"Palomar" by Gilbert Hernandez (2003)
Although this is a collection of stories set in a fictional Latin American town, the book still has narrative coherence as it chronicles the lives and loves of the men and women, mostly the women, of Palomar. Hernandez's stories are vibrant and visceral, and like many novels that contain elements of magical realism, the point of view shifts across the stories, the characters are passionate and excessive, and the reader relishes every page.
"Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" by Alison Bechdel (2006)
In her first work, "Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life-Forms to Watch Out For," Bechdel established herself as a feminist force in the genre. Her newest graphic memoir is one of the first graphics to be short-listed for a mainstream book award. Bechdel's memoir of her psychologically abusive father and her childhood experiences of her family's funeral parlor (hence the book's name) makes David Sedaris' family seem idyllic. Bechdel's images are stark and immediate, and her literary allusions to James Joyce, Henry James and Shakespeare add a layer of complexity and humor to the book's already poignant narrative.
"The Ticking" by Renee French (2006)
This is a weird but wonderful little book reminiscent of Edward Gorey's "Gashlycrumb Tinies," only grosser. French has created a story about ugliness that may actually be a symbolic parable on the destructive nature of beauty. The book has a number of recurring motifs of slightly revolting and strangely compelling images, many of which may be meaningless. But if there is no meaning, that's probably the point.
"Blankets" by Craig Thompson (2003)
The soft illustrations and fluid motion of the panels in this book make it a touching graphic memoir. Set in the Midwest, Thompson writes of his young adulthood raised by fundamentalist Christian parents, his relationship with his brother, and his love for girlfriend Raina. This bittersweet book uses soft pencil-like drawings to create what is an ironic aesthetic given the intense content of the book. Thompson also uses perspective brilliantly to create tension and a little terror.
"To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel" by Siena Cherson Siegel and Mark Siegel (2006)
The author, Cherson Siegel, was training to be a ballet dancer at the School of American Ballet when an injury ended her professional career. This graphic memoir of her childhood and her training is a charming children's book. The book's drawings are unified with the repetition of various images, like her shoes and her ribbons, to create movement from page to page.
"Brooklyn Dreams" by J.M. DeMatteis and Glenn Barr (2003)
Although this author's graphic credentials are in the superhero genre where he's co-authored a number of Spider-Man and Justice League comics, don't hold that against him. This is an engaging novel about growing up in the '70s and the moment in a young man's life when he discovers "the key to the universe." The story is told from the perspective of the young man at 40, so the narrative resonates with tangents and insights beyond its years.
The young ones
"Blindspot" by Kevin C. Pyle (2007)
This nominee for an American Library Association award captures the fascination for war and fighting that can be a hallmark of a boy's life. The particular boys in this book have created an imaginary world at war in the woods surrounding their house. In the beginning, the book's panels have a greenish camouflage tint to them. When the pages burst into color, the destruction of their imagined war and the consequences of their fighting turns real.
"Banana Sunday" by Root Nibot and Colleen Coover (2006)
What's a girl to do when her father's experiments have gone awry and she's left to take care of three talking monkeys? If you're Kirby, the girl in question, you meet the challenge. You keep the monkeys out of trouble and their secrets safe. This is a delightfully entertaining book for older children and adults who can still see humor in the silliest of things.
"Castle Waiting" by Linda Medley (2007)
With any good literature, first lines can be critical and this novel opens with a bang, a big bang that drives the king from his castle and the townsfolk from their village until there is nothing left of "happy Putney but the silence, and ruins, and the legend of the haunted castle." The castle then takes center stage and is the main character in this retelling of Sleeping Beauty (with a hint of "The Canterbury Tales" in the telling, too). The castle becomes a respite for restless sprites, abused princesses, weary travelers and an order of nuns dedicated to the subtle mocking of men. The panels in this award-winning gothic novel are richly detailed with interesting and quirky characters invading them.
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Someone (Bourbon_Meyer, I believe) intimated that many of us monsters are on Twitter. I don't happen to be the biggest fan of Twitter. I tried it out a year ago and found it lacking in the "Anything Remotely Funny" department. But the experience is shaped by who you follow, and I think the most interesting person I followed at the time was this guy:
(Sidebar: This was a flimsy premise to post something stupid from Twitter; I have not now nor have I ever followed the Wentzbag).
Anyway, spurred by numerous references made by The Author, Dolla Bill, and Her Hollyness, I rejoined recently. Much better this time around. But I'm tired of groveling for just their attention--I would like to grovel for yours as well. So let's complete the narcissistic CJ of monster love by posting our handles.
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Rochdale Council QuestionedOver Data Disclosure
17th August 2010
The exact requirements of principle one in the Data Protection Act has been called into question after Rochdale Council received complaints from members of the public over the disclosure of telephone numbers to a third-party.
The council was criticized by members of the public after it disclosed the private contact phone numbers of 1000 people to a external company. The London-based firm, OCR International, was hired by the council to carry out a research programme on their behalf. However, by passing individual's details onto the outside agency without consent, it was argued that the borough council was acting 'unfairly' in the eyes of the Act.
Principle one of the Data Protection Act states - Information must be processed fairly and lawfully.
This means that any personal data collected by an organisation must be provided with the consent of the individual. This is commonly identified by written disclaimers in purchase contracts that are signed. To be seen as acting fairly, the collecting company must be transparent and ensure clients are fully informed and understand what will happen to their personal information.
By not notifying individuals in advance as to the intended use of their details, in the eyes of resident, this is seen as a breach of principle one.
A spokesperson form the Information Commissioner's Office said: "The Data Protection Act helps ensure that organisations should only use people's personal details for the purpose for which they were given.
"Councils that wish to pass residents' details to a third party should give them the opportunity to day no. It is wrong to assume that members of the public will be happy for their details to be passed to a market research company charged with carrying out surveys on behalf of a council.
"Individuals should be made aware that their details will be passed to third parties and will be used in this way. This is known as fair processing and is an important principle of the Data Protection Act.
"Anyone who feels their information has not been handled in compliance with the Act can complain to the ICO".
A spokesperson for Rochdale Council argued that by disclosing the telephone numbers the organisation had done nothing wrong. "The survey complies, in full, with the Data Protection Act and we took advice from the Commissioner's office before carrying it out."
"Research activity is covered under Section 33 of the Act. No personal data is extracted alongside the telephone numbers and consent is sought at the start of each phone call so as to avoid any distress.
"Ultimately, this survey will help us to better understand our customers and to make improvements to our services."


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The way a napkin is folded at a place setting helps to set the mood for any meal. A simple half fold laid crisply on a white plate and you'll probably be dining on a contemporary meal. A napkin loose on a plate and probably a messy yet simple meal is ahead. But, a napkin folded on a plate like the one I'm going to show you below means the meal to come is going to be something special!
Step 1:
Fold napkin in half diagonally to create a triangle. Keep monogram at point.
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Fold bottom corners of triangle up to create a square. The fold should cover the monogram.
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Turn crease to back so that monogram is at the back. The front should be blank.
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Fold up to create another triangle. Crease should be at front.
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Fold right bottom corner across and tuck into left bottom corner.
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The Gaping Wound In The Cruelty Argument – By Garry Mallard
ural intolerance. Many people who call hunting excessively cruel and dangerous, despite abundant evidence to the contrary, do so simply because they have no interest in hunting themselves, and do not respect hunting as a cultural practice of many thousands of years. Yet, many anthropologists believe that the invention of the bow & arrow, as a reliable means of taking game, was as important an epoch in human development as the discovery of fire on demand, the invention of the wheel and the development of language.
I think the passage of cars on Australian roads is an astonishingly clear and graphic example of what can be accomplished in the spirit of tolerance and mutually beneficial cooperation. There are 15 million vehicles registered to drive on Australian roads, many of which will, at times, do so at speeds in excess of 100 kph. Yet all that separates me travelling south at 100 kph, from you travelling north at 100 kph, is a 4 inch wide white line painted on the road, a set of constantly evolving rules, and an appreciation for the fact that as we pass each-other, it is mutually beneficial to abide by those rules and remain on the correct side of that line. I think that by comparison with the risks associated with driving on the highway or in the suburbs, the risks associated with sharing the bush with a very limited number of licensed, responsible hunters, simply pales into insignificance.
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Bravo. couldn't have said it better myself.
An excellent and logical article. However I don't suppose any Greens or other environmental zealots will give credence to logic and reason – it goes against their strategy of emotional appeals and faulty arguments. Thanks for bringing this article to the fore.
Excellent : Lets make sure all politicians get a copy
especially the Greens
Well said Garry.
Every day of our ever extending lives we must eat to survive.
In 70 years that's about 76,650 meals.
For some of those meals over the years I grew the vegetables and fruit, milked the goat, collected the honey, raised the chooks for the table or collected the eggs, myself – work in town permitting.
For a few meals, of the tens of thousands, I went out hunting, as man has always done, I'll say it again – ALWAYS DONE! and most times returned with the rabbit, goat, deer or fish sought. Once I went out with a rifle – and came home with a head shot fish….go figure…
I am always pleased to look back on life and see that my careful efforts growing plants and hunting for meat allowed me to occasionally contribute in some way to the 76,650 meals that I needed – to get me here to today.
I really should have done more though. Maybe next time I will.
Excellently put…..!! As a country person in his mid 60′s who has been hunting steadily for 60 odd years, totally accident free, after being taught very carefully by my father how to use and respect a firearm, I can relate well to this article. Many meals have been put on my family table by rifle / shotgun, we are currently eating our way through a very tasty and tender Chital Deer dropped with one clean shot from my 257 Weatherby …. a very different end to that of the animals driven slowly up to the "knocking box" of a Commercial Abattoir, fully aware of what awaits them, as they go to feed the Greenies and City Folk who are so ignorant and intolerant of how we do it… Nature is, by our artificial and unrealistic standards, extremely callous and cruel at times, death in the wild is rarely clean and quick! Like to see some pictures of sheep with faces / legs torn off by dingoes???? Very little is quicker or cleaner than the end after a careful stalk on totally unsuspecting prey with an equally carefully placed shot from an adequate calibre to do the job fast!
It is not always so though. Much of my hunting has been after predators, pigs, dingos, foxes and feral cats; all species that do great damage to our domestic species / crops (which go to feed city folk again), or to our native wildlife that we spend a lot of time, energy and money protecting along with our own domestics. After much of my life being spent on the Western Downs, I am now on The Burdekin in North Qld, a great Food Bowl for much of Australia. In a relatively short time here I have shot 265 pigs so far, tally steadily climbing… After these species the only rule is: use plenty of gun and get them on the ground! A careful stalk is often not possible, you come on them by surprise and react quickly…. Don't complain folk, it is largely YOUR food supply that we are trying to protect!!
Consider too that there are only about 100,000 farming families left trying to maintain the food supply for 22 odd million people in Australia and 40 odd million overseas … sorry, we do not have the time to muck about sometimes where survival is at stake…. much of the survival is that of the largely unproductive urban population who spend too much time making our job ever-so-much-more-difficult with unrealistic, emotional, and lacking in fact arguments to Media and Politicians.
Message to the Vegans …… Pigs, kangaroos, rabbits, hares, parrots, emus and a few others also like to eat your veggies!! Would you like us to continue to protect your food-of-choice or simply let the first in the paddock eat what they like and you get what is left…. better plant up the backyard if that is OK!!
Message to the Greenies…. Feral animals have absolutely no respect for boundaries of your belovedly "sacred" National Parks and quite happily root up and eat or catch, kill and eat anything resembling food in there. The Parks need as much "management" as any well run property to keep things in reasonable balance and ensure the protection of that which is meant to be protected.
There is currently an absolute flood of feral cats out around the Channel Country. I talked a couple of weeks ago to a friend who went out and actually ran out of ammunition after shooting over 300 of them in a relatively small section of channel … a long trip but he was going back with more (ammo) as the native birds & animals were being decimated…. He did not see any "Environmentalists" out there helping with the job, or contributing to the cost of fuel, food, and ammo for a couple of thousand km trip and 10 days or so of shooting to try to clean a reasonable area….
Sometimes it would be a reasonable idea for the people who are so strident in their condemnation of anything to do with firearms to actually switch their brains on and let them warm up a bit BEFORE kicking their mouths into gear!!
From a TOTALLY UNAPOLOGETIC and strongly interventionist hunting "Old Dog"…!!
Well written Garry as a hunter myself I could not agree more with your comments. Cris(old dog) your reply should have been listed as a story as well as I am not really sure if your comments to Garry's story is not better reading. but which ever way it goes you can not educate those who don't want to be educated.
Very well said Garry. In Britain we have plenty of trouble with people opposed to hunting and field sports, we empathise completely. I hope this article gets some good publicity.
What an absolutely fantastic and well balanced article. I would go as far to say one of the best I have ever read. I honestly hope this gets the publicity that it needs and deserves.
Well done Garry!
I think this is a beautifully written article Gary, and a great comment by Chris (old dog).
I am one of the suburban people who don't hunt and is an environmentalist. I have never had a problem with people hunting as long as they do it responsibly, preferably with a focus on the feral species ruining our native fauna and flora. Just to be clear – I'm NOT saying you shouldn't shoot for example a roo, as long as you use it and not waste it, I honestly don't see a problem.
I hope the Greenies and protesters DO see this article. As I believe it is a fair overview of what hunting is about. Thank you to both Gary and Chris.
Jess suburban greenie
Thanks for your feedback, Jess, as a conservationist – as am I – it is a credit to reasoned thought, tolerance and unbiased comment. Just to be clear, though, I would never deploy the term "Greenie" in reference to someone like you.
There was a time when 'Green' meant environmentally aware and responsible, and in that context the term could readily apply to the vast majority of ethical hunters. But these days 'Green' means fanatical, obstinate, closed-minded, abusive and unaccountable, and these are all attributes that are synonymous with the worst excesses of the Holy Roman Inquisition. Green statements I have read in the media lately have been culturally/doctrinally intolerant and highly offensive. Hunting is an age-old culture, worthy of recognition and preservation for the role it has played in human development, both technical and spiritual.
For ethical hunters, hunting is neither a hobby nor a pastime. It is a legitimate spiritual endeavour; a close and quite wonderful, often very humbling connection to the land that Greens would portray to the general public – by any means necessary – as legitimate only if the hunter is of indigenous descent. I am indigenous – indigenous to planet Earth and to millions of years of an evolutionary struggle to survive and develop. Preservation of the lessons learned and the skills developed in the course of that struggle are worthy of homage and celebration, not the syndical and disrespectful derision of Greenies. They misrepresent our nature and intent in the hope of turning the population against us, and they aim to publically humiliate and vilify us. All that's missing from the strategy of their doctrine is a decent stake and a pile of kindling.
Here endeth the lesson.
Thank goodness for the internet and sites like this where the masses can express themselves. Well said Garry and other commentators. I can't think of a crueller death than a kangaroo tangled in a fence unable to escape or a stag with its antlers caught in the same way – seen plenty of it in the bush.
Well said Gary.
The protests against hunting also pales when we see the debarcle that is live export, transporting cattle all over Australia, making spend days in feedlots then holding bays at the abbatiors
Hi Gary , and ( Chris ) well done on the story so true and profound . I just got back from Wilcannia NSW and saw the devestation wild dogs ( dingos & pigs ) are doing . This article should be printed by every field or sporting shooter around Australia and delivered to media and your local memeber of parliment .
The Green party is a left wing Marxisim cult , one law one world domination. We have a right and should exercise it , as I too was taught by father to respect firearms , and all animals . All should use national parks , govermant land and respect eachother regardless ..
Very well written Garry with some very clear and concise arguments.
It's a shame that there are groups and individuals who would stop hunting in support of their own narrow minded agenda; not conservationists, but protectionists and liberationists who have somehow confused human rights and emotions with those of the very species that are sold in plastic wrapped styrofoam trays or preserved in tin cans. There is no common sense to their approach, there can't be.
Those that do choose to lead a strict vegan lifestyle have not put any time aside to think about the impact that their choice has on the planet. How much land has to be cleared to produce one thousand kilos of food in a season? How many small reptiles, mammals, birds, insects and other invertebrates will die due to habitat loss, or as a result of ongoing agricultural activity? What will be the impact on our biodiversity if we choose to put our efforts into cropping?
Now from a hunter's perspective, shoot one bull giraffe in southern Africa or a small herd of fallow deer in NSW and we will have produced the same amount of food by specifically targeting a small number of animals with no further impact on the environment.
As humans it is in our nature to make change in order to survive, everything we do has an impact on the environment. So I would suggest that the best result is a balanced approach where agriculture – both cropping and raising of domesticated animals – and hunting in a controlled fashion would be the most appropriate solution to satisfy our needs, traditions and cultural requirements. Vegetarians can continue to eat beans and lentils, most of the community will eat the odd steak or chicken, and a few whacky individuals will stick to hot chips and tomato sauce! That's the freedom we all deserve!
Under a strict quota system, similar to what is used all around the globe including our own seasonal duck hunting and annual kangaroo and crocodile harvest, hunting is a sustainable activity and if well managed can generate funds to set aside more habitat for wildlife.
Regardless of what sense you made in your article or the points I've made above, the protectionists and liberationists will fail to make any attempt to understand our point of view. our best chance is to create laws that enshrine our right to hunt. Then we can continue the philosophical discussion about why we hunt, all the time knowing that we have the right to hunt.
Daggaboy: "Regardless of what sense you made in your article or the points I've made above, the protectionists and liberationists will fail to make any attempt to understand our point of view."
Bingo! This is precisely why I suggest a two-pronged approach.
Yes, enshrine the right in law (legislation), but bowhunters in particular, because of archery's very long, unique and extraordinarily well documented history, have an opportunity to talk widely about the historical/cultural significance of hunting, and cultural vilification – indeed demonization – of somthing of cultural sygnificance is much trickier ground for our detractors to negotiate.
I came back to have a bit of a look tonight with some trepidation …. unsure of what may have been stirred up, especially in this time of pretty fierce electronic abuse….. I was most relieved and almost delighted to read so many supportive comments!!
Thank you!!
As a number have said, no matter what arguments we put forward, or the supporting evidence, those with the closed minds and open mouths will not deviate … It is far simpler to ignore the idiotic and simply get on with well researched and field tested good management practices. The consequences of doing otherwise are not good for anyone / anything….
I would hope that somehow this article, and perhaps even the attached comments will get to be widely read!
Cheers All!!
Old Dog. ……. ( never underestimate one!)
Great article, well written.
But will the tree hugging greenies ever understand?
This is the best article on this subject I have ever read. I will share this as best as I can.
Thanks for the read,
Just another keen hunter
Thanks Garry,
I truly hope your article gets the recognition it deserves.
I will share it as soon as I can.
Jess suburban conservationist
Thanks Jess. FYI, the article has been re-published, gloriously unedited, by Online Opinion, here
It couldn't hurt to "Like" and "Tweet" it either, if people do Facebook and Twitter.
Now it's in the 'mainstream' I can expect it'll cause a little brouhaha. Interesting, tho, after the editor read it he responded with, "Interesting, I've never thought about hunting from that perspective before". That response, from a crusty journo, is quite encouraging I think.
Well written & I support responsible hunters who respect our environment & our wildlife. I encourage all hunters to reduce the vermin in this country so long as they are respectful of the animal they kill. I abhor cruelty.
I also love our wildlife & would never kill any of it unless to stop it suffering. When I was in my 20′s I shot my 1st roo & felt so bad I have never shot one since.I love our forests & am against old growth logging. I guess you would call me a tree hugger! I have voted the Greens. Does that make me a "Left Wing Marxist"? I don't agree with all they believe. But at least they will do more to protect the environment that we walk through when we are hunting than the Liberal or Labor Government. Not all Green Voters are Leftist commos. So please don't categorize me into any group. If you can suggest a better party to vote for let me know.
A kill must be as quick & painless as possible. I can't understand how any person could get satisfaction from killing an Elephant, Rhino, Bear or another unique & amazing creature. We don't need to so why do it. If you do, you deserve no less than the animal you kill.
While I don't totally agree with a roo cull on a farm I am mindful of the farmer. I also understand who created the problem in the 1st place.
And lastly I enjoy eating rabbit & always try for a head shot.
That's me.
BaZZ – How about voting for the Shooters and Fishers Party? They have a platform for supporting outdoors persuits including hunting. The Greens are anti guns and anti hunting, any hunter who votes for them is literally shooting themselves in the foot. You seem a bit mixed up mate, either you are a hunter or you are not and killing animals is part of what happens when you hunt.
Hi, just stumbled upon the site, and this was the first article I read. Well done, very well written and too true. Unfortunately, those that are the most opposed to our sport, are also those that are too pig headed and self opinionated to even read this if it was served to them on a silver platter.
The only thing we can do, is continue to set personal standards and try to act "at", or above them, not giving these small minded minority any ammunition to use against us.
Well done Garry, the only comment I can think of to improve your
article, is to add that every hunter, shooter,should be a member of the S&f Party, as only through political power will we be able to secure our future, as the radical green psychos are determined to destroy our way of life. Best of luck for the future.
Well said Garry. The problem we face not just as shooters but also as hunters is that we combating just about every political party, the main stream media and well funded, internationally supported organisations like GCA. Now political parties and the GCA have an agenda to take firearms from all of the public and this will be achieved a bit at a time. They do this by introducing endless and unnecessary red tape and increasing costs to the point where people say, "it's just too hard". Next they'll place restrictions on what we can own and where we can use it.
We saw Howard (twice) forcing his personal dislike for firearms onto the states which resulted in millions wasted, restricting and buying back certain firearms which did NOTHING to make us safer and just gave organisations like GCA something to keep bringing up (and they still are) today.
The main stream media are more interested in sensationalist stories than the truth and facts.
I am not saying give up and give in but shooting organisations need to do more. Fund raise for a fighting fund and take on governments and the media like the NRA do and then maybe we'll be left alone to enjoy our sport and criminals will be locked up and most importantly tell the Feds to keep put of state matters.
Absolutely great article Garry i hope this gets around and a copy should go to the extreme greens, i would like to see the response to this.
I have a light hearted short story to share.
I met some very green people once who live in the same country area as me, i was marroning at the time [legally] and they [man and wife and two kids] wandered along and saw me, stopped and had a look, said hello and informed me politely that they thought i was doing the wrong thing by catching and killing and eating a harmless creature. they were friendly so instead of telling them [something unprintable] i decided to play nice and talk about things with them. I asked them what they believed in, they said they were vegitarians,abhorred all forms of animal killing,live export, were against any form of logging,clearfelling or burning off the bush.I took one look at them and knew they were either very new to the green game or had to be the worst hippocrites in the movement.
The man was wearing a near new AKUBRA hat, i said do you know how that hat is made? he said it was made of felt,i said yes thats right its rabbit felt,about 10 rabbits per hat,he started to get a funny look on his face so i dived right in: "nice boots mate blunnies are they? Made of leather if im not mistaken,so is the belt by the way,your daughters ugg boots look great too, sheep hide eh? i bet you live in a timber house with a metters stove too,wouldnt want to waste gas would ya?
at this point they got into their 100 series deisel landcrusier and drove off still with very silly looks on their faces. I cracked a beer and pissed myself laughing for a good 20 minutes then took my marron home cooked and ate them, delicious. I THANK GOD IM AUSTRALIAN EVERYDAY.
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Suppose the Lions are REALLY interested in getting Jay Cutler, and the Broncos are foolish enough to let a young starting QB with a strong arm and a bright future slip away.
He already has NFL experience and is clearly not a bust (more than you can say about a young guy you'd draft fresh out of college), so he's probably worth more than a first-round pick.
If we trade draft picks from the upcoming draft to Denver for Cutler, what is the most you would be willing to give up to get him?


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So in honor of JoePa, I wanted to do a little tribute in my own way. Tomorrow I'll be paying homage to him with my own JoePa outfit at work. I've got my white shirt, PSU striped tie, Kahkis (rolled up slightly obviously) black dress shoes with some new white laces i just added (I figure black shoes like Joe's probably aren't work appropriate). I have a dark blue sweater like he used to wear when it was cold out as well. I think i have it pretty covered.
Who else is going to join me tomorrow?


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This weekend Ricardo Ricco, the "Boys from St Etienne," and I participated in the Ventoux Night Session.
Limited to just a few hundred entrants, the basic idea is to cycle up Mont Ventoux in different groups based on speed - so that everyone reaches the top at roughly the same time - to see the sunrise.
I know you are sick of us euro-lycra-louts complaining about the weather, but the forecast was abysmal, and I doubted things would go well.
To start, we met up Saturday afternoon for a fantastic 76 kilometer loop through Les Gorges de la Nesque - part of the Réserve Biosphère du Mont Ventoux. If you ever visit the region, this 20 kilometre never-remotely-steep (averages less than 3%) cliff road passes through a sort of mini grand canyon - amazing place. More details.
Below: Les Gorges de la Nesque. The boys from St. Etienne are very well trained for team photos from Will's tripod:
We got fairly wet during the last couple of hours of the ride, but enjoyed the ambience at the evening pasta party. I must admit, I never did see Ricco. He certainly didn't sit with the dopes at the slow-guys table.
After some beers, we all attempted to fall asleep for a brief nap fully expecting to wake up to the sound of rain. Our vague (wave) was scheduled to leave a little after 3 am, and as we gathered the weather seemed quite OK. But literally a minute before we set off, we were informed that the route had been shortened and would skip the last, unsheltered, 6 kilometres due to near freezing temperatures at the summit, high winds (Ventoux means "windy"), and risk of storms.
Fuck. Darn.
Too late to do anything but climb the 15 kilometres to Chalet Reynard, including most of the steepest stretches of Ventoux through the scrub forest.
It's a lot of fun cycling a famous road in the complete dark, in a well organised event. How well organized? As I arrived at Reynard I was greeted by someone asking my name and what colour ribbon my spare-clothes-backback had, and a minute later I was putting on several much needed layers .... I was quite cold.
At this ad-hoc "summit" we had some food, and some awful coffee -- very kind volunteers ladeling luke warm water onto instant coffee -- while we cursed the weather, and waited for some of our gang to arrive.
At this point I heard a little voice in my head: "HTFU."
Yes, it was the voice of Albertina who had ordered me to HTFU earlier in the week as I whined on twitter about the Ventoux weather forecast.
We had seen 9 or 10 cyclists continue on to the unprotected upper lunar slopes disappearing into the heavy fog. I was of two minds: I was shivering and worried heading up could be a little stupid, but on the other hand, the scorn of Albertina is a strong motivator. My friend Philippe suggested we peek around the next hairpin to have a look. I smiled, I knew we were going up.
And frankly, it wasn't that bad.
The wind at the summit was a little nasty, but as the rain held off, things were always OK. I missed most of the closing ceremonies down low -- another friend, Régis, defended his 2011 title as heaviest to make it to the top. But I was thrilled that Albertina had yelled at me to HTFU and I had headed higher .... thus making it to the very top after all. Much fun.
Me gingerly descending:
Photo par Philippe
The next version of the Ventoux Night Sessions will occur in 2015 (only every second year). This non-competitive, superb-ambience event sells out relatively quickly, so mark your calendars now.
For a 2 minute video of the 2011 event, with ideal weather, see here.


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FSIS Tells Ground Poultry Producers to Reassess Their Food Safety Plans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a press release on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, announcing that companies producing raw ground chicken and turkey and similar products will be required to reassess their sanitation procedures and pathogen control plans over the next few months. Specifically, over the next 90 days, producers of raw ground chicken and turkey must conduct a thorough examination of its current Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) to confirm its ability to identify hazards and better prevent foodborne illness. After the 90 day period, FSIS inspection program personnel will begin verifying that establishments that manufacture raw ground turkey or chicken products have indeed reassessed their HACCP plans.
FSIS will be documenting whether establishments made any changes to their HACCP plans in response to the required reassessment and will later evaluate those changes. Later, the agency intends to publish guidance materials for the industry on best practices to reduce Salmonella in ground and comminuted (further processed by mechanical separation or deboning and chopped, flaked, minced or broken down) poultry.
In making this announcement, officials at FSIS are hoping to lower the prevalence of Salmonella contamination within these types of products. This attention to the ground poultry product industry with a focus on Salmonella comes as a response to recent outbreaks that have sickened hundreds across the country in the past few years. Just in the last two years there have been two major Salmonella outbreaks associated with ground poultry products that affected consumers nationwide.
In conducting these reassessments, FSIS is advising companies to look at, among other things, the following:
[E]stablishments should evaluate the adequacy of their sanitation procedures for processing equipment, including grinders, blenders, pipes, and other components and surfaces in contact with the product. Thus, Sanitation SOPs, other prerequisite programs, or HACCP plans should address procedures that ensure that all slaughter and further processing equipment, employee hands, tools, and clothing, and food contact surfaces are maintained in a sanitary manner to minimize the potential for cross contamination within and among lots of production. In addition, FSIS expects establishments to ensure that slaughter and dressing procedures are designed to prevent contamination to the maximum extent possible. Such procedures should, at a minimum, be designed to limit the exterior contamination of birds before exsanguination, as well as minimize digestive tract content spillage during dressing process.
Other FSIS recommendations include validating cooking instructions, examining lotting practices that minimize contact between lots, and requiring suppliers to show that they have used a Salmonella intervention step.
In FSIS's notice, the agency also announced that it will be expanding the Salmonella verification sampling program to include other raw comminuted poultry products, in addition to ground product; it will be increasing the sample size for laboratory analysis from 25 grams to 325 grams to provide consistency as the Agency moves toward analyzing samples for Salmonella and Campylobacter; and it will be conducting sampling to determine the prevalence of Salmonella in raw comminuted poultry products.
Although these new procedures are intended for producers of ground or comminuted chicken and turkey products, FSIS is recommending that manufacturers of comminuted products derived from cattle, hogs, and sheep or comminuted poultry products derived from poultry other than chicken or turkeys also consider assessing whether their food safety systems present food safety vulnerabilities.
Oregon to Adopt 2009 FDA Food Code
The Oregon Public Health Division's (OPHD) Foodborne Illness Prevention Program announced that it is moving forward with the adoption of the 2009 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Code. The new rules will take effect on September 4, 2012. Oddly, however, the agency noted that it would not be adopting the "No Bare Hand Contact" section of the Food Code.
In creating the "No Bare Hand Contact" rule for food handlers, the FDA pointed out that when hands are heavily contaminated, even effective handwashing practices may not be enough to prevent the transmission of pathogens from the hands to ready-to-eat (RTE) foods, such as sandwiches, salads, and other foods that are eaten without further washing or cooking. Accordingly, the rule requires the use of "suitable utensils such as scoops, spoons, forks, spatulas, tongs, deli tissue, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment" when handling RTE food items to reduce foodborne illness.
Discussion of implementing the "No Bare Hand Contact" rule in Oregon was met with fierce opposition by restaurateurs who raised concerns over the cost of complying with the rule and whether it would actually increase food safety. In response, OPHD explained that over the next few months it will assemble a workgroup of interested parties (restaurateurs, government inspectors, consumers, etc.) to review and provide recommendations on addressing norovirus and fecal contamination of food, and to identify the best options to reduce illness.
Oregon's process of adopting the 2009 FDA Food Code began in August 2010 when a Food Code Review Workgroup was established to work with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, food service and retail industry groups and regulators to develop recommendations regarding the new rules. Earlier this year, OPHD also provided training for regulators and industry on the 2009 Food Code in preparation for the September effective date.
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), under contract to the FDA, has been gathering data on the progress of FDA Food Code adoptions by States, Territories, Local and Tribal Nation agencies. AFDO reported that 49 of the 50 States adopted codes patterned after the 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, or 2009 versions of the Food Code, representing 96% of the U.S. population. Specifically:
- Four States adopted the 1993, 1995 or 1997 Food Code, representing 4% of the US population.
- Ten States adopted the 1999 Food Code, representing 13%of the US population.
- Eleven States adopted the 2001 Food Code, representing 38% of the US population.
- Twenty one States adopted the 2005 Food Code, representing 39%of the US population.
- Three States adopted the 2009 Food Code, representing2% of the US population.
In September, Oregon will join Mississippi, New Hampshire, and Delaware in adopting the 2009 version of the food code. Until the final rules take effect, food industry members can review the Fact Sheets provided by OPHD to ensure compliance and see what other changes may affect their business in the coming weeks.
It's Official: The Food Safety Modernization Act Is Law. What Food Companies Need to Do Right Now
President Obama signed into law today the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Companies with facilities subject to FDA jurisdiction should take immediate steps to review and, where necessary, modify SOPs, policies and procedures.
For example, given the FDA's expanded access to business records, companies should set SOPs that anticipate (before a crisis occurs) what records they may have to turn over and what they may not. Food companies should take steps to protect confidential and proprietary information.
Companies also should anticipate now how they need to change their policies and approaches to mandatory recalls and whistleblower protections.
These parts of the legislation take effect today:
- Stronger records access authority by FDA (FSMA § 101)
- When FDA determines a "reasonable probability" of "serious adverse health consequences"
- FDA can access records of other food affected in a similar manner
- But FDA must show proper credentials and provide written notice
- Mandatory recall authority (FSMA § 206)
- FDA can order a recall if it finds a "reasonable probability" that
- food is adulterated or misbranded; and
- there may be serious adverse health consequences
- FDA has to provide an opportunity for a voluntary recall
- FDA will provide an informal hearing within two days of the order's issuance
- FDA can order a recall if it finds a "reasonable probability" that
- Increased frequency of inspections (FSMA § 201)
- FDA will immediately increase the frequency of inspections
- FDA will apply a risk-based approach to determine priorities
- Whistleblower protection (FSMA § 402)
- Protects employees who:
- Provide information re violation of FDC Act ,
- Testify, assist or participate in a proceeding re a violation, and/or
- Object to "activity, policy, practice or assigned task" they "reasonably believe to be a violation"
- Protects employees who:
- Refused admission of imports if foreign facility refuses inspection (FSMA § 306)
- Foreign establishments must allow entry to U.S. inspectors within 24 hours of requesting entry
- Or imported food will be refused admission.
Future blog entries will discuss compliance with other provisions of the FSMA scheduled to be phased-in. If you are interested in a more detailed in-house discussion of the FSMA and its effect on your company, please let us know.
The FDA's Own 30,000 Foot Take on the Food Safety Bill
For what it's worth, this is the link to the FDA's own interpretation of what the new food safety bill means.
Food Safety Modernization Act Will Become Law and Some Provisions Effective Immediately
This entry has been corrected to reflect that some of the provisions in the Food Safety Modernization Act, most significantly the preventative controls section, will be phased in over time.
Today the House passed and sent to the President for his signature a bill to overhaul the current regulations on food safety, which were established over 70 years ago. Among other things, the bill will impose new record-keeping requirements on companies, require most FDA-regulating entities to maintain food safety plans, require the FDA to develop a traceability pilot project, and give the FDA broad authority to mandate recalls, regulate food and ingredients that are imported, conduct regular inspections of facilities that produce food and impose new fees on the industry.
Some of the provisions of the new law will be effective immediately. If you are an FDA-regulated food grower, processor or seller, compliance with the new law will be critical going forward. You should consult now with your food safety and food regulatory team to determine what your business needs to do to come in compliance.
Food Safety Legislation Back from the Dead
On Friday, S. 510, the food safety bill, was declared dead. Last nite (Sunday), the Associated Press reported the bill may finally pass in the final hours of the 111th Congress. The New York Times report can be linked here. The text of what I understand will be headed to a final vote in the House on Tuesday and signed into law by the President can be linked here.
We'll have more analysis in the days to come. Here's a preview of how the FDA's new mandatory recall power may play out.
Unintended Consequences of FDA Mandatory Recall Authority?
For years, a debate has raged on the merits of vesting the FDA with mandatory recall powers. Mandatory recall is part of the food safety legislation that may or may not pass in this Congress, so it's worth discussing. At present, the FDA lacks any power to order a recall. Its only legal authority is administrative detention and seizure.
Many, including some regulators, have argued against mandatory recall because it will result in less and less timely recalls. The argument that mandatory recalls may result in less timely recalls goes as follows:
- Under the current system (where FDA lacks mandatory recall authority), the onus is on the food seller to initiate the recall. If it doesn't issue a recall in the face of an FDA request to issue a recall, the food seller faces the dire consequences of FDA's bully pulpit (press releases from FDA explaining why the food is unsafe) and possibly a seizure order. In the event of foodborne illnesses, ignoring an FDA request may also be grounds for punitive damages under the laws of some states;
- Because the onus under the current system is on the food seller (and not the FDA), the FDA frequently defers to the food seller's judgment when the facts surrounding a potential recall remain murky and uncertain. The FDA is not required to make a judgment about a recall and, for political reasons, often refrains from or delays making a decision as to whether to request a recall;
- Mandatory recall may reverse the dynamic and remove much of the onus from the food seller and put it on FDA. Mandatory recall may give the food seller cover if it chooses to delay or not issue a recall. If a food seller believes that its product is unlikely to be a threat to human or animal health, it might choose to wait until the FDA orders a recall. Under the current system, most food sellers will err on the side of caution when deciding whether or not to issue a recall. If the facts surrounding a recall are murky or uncertain, a mandatory recall regime may make it more prudent for a seller to wait for the FDA to decide. If the FDA is worried about being too trigger happy or quick to order recalls, a recall that may have been issued routinely under the current system may (ironically) never happen if FDA is vested with mandatory recall authority.
Mandatory recall authority, as its currently written in S. 510, may also change the threshold of when recalls are initiated. The threshold for a recall under sec. 206 of S.510 is described as when "there is a reasonable probability that an article of food . . . is adulterated . . . or misbranded . . . and the use of or exposure to such article will cause serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals."
The language of the statute closely follows what the FDA currently defines as a class I recall. But what about situations defined under the current scheme as class II or class III recalls? FDA's definition of a Class II recall is "a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote." A Class III recall is "a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences." Query whether the statute lets foodd sellers off the hook for issuing recalls in Class II or Class III situations?
Note that FDA appears to retain some power even if there is not "reasonable probability" that the product will "cause serious adverse health consequences or death." S. 510 appears to lower the threshold for administrative detention by FDA by removing the condition that the food presents a risk of serious adverse health consequences. And, under S. 510, FDA would continue to have seizure power. The standard for seizure is simply if the food is adulterated or misbranded. One has to wonder whether FDA would use its limited resources on a seizure action in a class II or class III food recall where the chances of serious adverse health consequences are remote or not likely.


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The Go for 2&5® campaign was originally developed by the Western Australian Department of Health. It has now been run in most states and territories across Australia, including NSW. The campaign features the animated 'Vegie man' character.
The aim of Go for 2&5® is to increase the number of adults and children eating adequate amounts of fruit and vegetables by increasing:
Go for 2&5® mainly targets household shoppers and food preparers because they have the most influence on a family's fruit and vegetable consumption, particularly children.
Since 2006, Go for 2&5® activities in NSW have included television, print and radio advertising, outdoor advertising, supermarket promotions and regional community events.
Visit the NSW section of the Go for 2&5® website for publications such as fact sheets, brochures, recipes and poster. You can also download the Vegie man colouring-in sheet, as well as the order form for free publications (NSW residents only).
A number of tailored Go for 2&5® programs have been run in NSW schools. These include Crunch&Sip® NSW and Fruit 'n' Veg Month.
Go for 2&5® campaign evaluation results from NSW and other states indicate that people are aware of the campaign and that it has led to positive shifts in knowledge and behaviour.
If you'd like to spread the Go for 2&5® message, you can order and display the poster, try out some Go for 2&5® recipes with your family or send your friends a link to the Go for 2&5® website.
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Tunisian Military's Chief of Staff Retires
By Amira Masrour | Jun 25 2013Army , chaambi mount , explosives , General Rachid Ammar , landmines ,
The Chief of Staff of the Tunisian armed forces, Rachid Ammar, announced yesterday on Tunisian television that he submitted a retirement request to the president on Saturday. President Moncef Marzouki accepted the request.
"I decided to leave the service because of the age limit," he said during an interview on the Ettisaa Mesaa (9 pm) program on the Ettounsiya television station. He is 67 years old, according to AFP.
"I have gotten older and exceeded the retirement age," he added. "I did not resign, because resignation is an escape from hardships. I just want to leave the service to spend more time with my family." [display_posts type="related" limit="3" position="right"]
Ammar also asserted that he had been offered the post of president after the revolution.
"On January 15, 2011, I was called to become the president, but I refused for the sake of my country," he said.
Journalist Safi Said suggested on radio station Shems FM that Ammar's departure from the military could be the beginning of a political career.
During the January 2011 revolution, some online sources asserted that Ammar refused to follow the orders of former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to shoot protesters, but that he refused to do so. While this story has not been confirmed, it played a significant role in the way the how the public viewed the military after the revolution. Ammar's reported actions were seen as preserving the neutrality of the army during the protests.
During the same interview, Ammar said that groups of militants that were hiding on Chaambi Mountain have left the area. He also declared that Tunisia and the military forces are facing a "trinity" composed of organized crime, smuggling, and insurgency. [display_posts type="same_author" limit="3" position="right"]
"It is not terrorism, but an operation of insurgency in order to overthrow the political regime," he said. "The army did not find these groups because of problems and weaknesses in the work of the intelligence."
"It is also difficult to detect landmines, because in one kilometer there are four million possibilities to find an explosive, which is something impossible," he added.
Beginning in late April, Tunisian security forces conducted operations on the mountain against militants alleged to have ties with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Members of the Tunisian security forces have been injured, some severely, in several incidents involving landmines planted on the mountain. On June 2, one soldier was killed by friendly fire during operations on the mountain. On June 6, a landmine explosion near the mountain killed two soldiers.


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We've gotten our first look at the Oprah and Lance Armstrong sit-down. Oprah has confirmed that Lance Armstrong admitted to using drugs.
The promo for her interview was just released by OWN, and while you don't actually hear from the disgraced cyclist and it shows him with Oprah.
Oprah says that she went into the two-and-a-half hour interview armed with one-hundred-12 questions. She was able to ask most of them and that she was satisfied with his answers, although he did not come clean in the way she had expected.
When asked if Armstrong was contrite in the interview she said she choose not to characterize whether or not he was, she wants to leave that up to the viewer...but that he was thoughtful and prepared in his answers....that it was emotional and intense.
And now instead of just one night, this will be a two night special on the OWN Network (so that's Thursday and Friday night.)
Armstrong has already been stripped of his seven Tour De France titles, lost most of his endorsement deals, and is banned from cycling.
The US anti-doping agency dropped a bomb last year when it released a thousand page report accusing him of being behind a long running doping scheme.
A chief executive from the US Anti-Doping Agency says Armstrong was the mastermind behind "the most sophisticated, professionalized, and successful doping program the sport has ever seen".
One of Armstrong's teammates was stripped of his Tour De France title in '06 for doping.
Floyd Landis accused Armstrong of using performance-enhancing drugs, *that triggered Armstrong and his attorneys to fire back at him and portray him as a fraud.
Now he's filed a federal whistle blower lawsuit against Armstrong, and the justice department may also join the lawsuit.
Other lawsuits will most likely follow.
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