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The two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians needs a big boost
Those on the extremes of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict donŌĆÖt see a two-state solution as viable ┬ŁŌĆō or preferable. Secretary of State John Kerry and those in the center with practical ideas about how to achieve two peaceful states must strengthen their voices.
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Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Jerusalem this evening, trying again to restart negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. It's his fifth trip to the region in recent months, and this question remains unanswered: Is the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians still alive and kicking?
This question has been in play since the British Peel Commission proposed separating Palestine into Jewish and Arab states in 1937. Then, most Jews in Palestine supported the plan, while Arab leaders rejected it, leading the British to withdraw their support when a new commission declared the idea un-implementable. In the ensuing decades, the partition plan, renamed the two-state solution, remained on the negotiating table, and even came to be considered the regionŌĆÖs only hope for peaceful coexistence.
In the run up to Mr. KerryŌĆÖs last visit to the region, in May, the viability of the two-state solution was a question of great interest to my staff at Moment Magazine ŌĆō an independent North American magazine of Jewish politics, culture, and religion. We asked a range of Middle East policymakers, scholars, and activists ŌĆō all across the spectrum, from the far right to the far left ŌĆō┬Āto share their thoughts on the feasibility of side-by-side states. A rare, nuanced and often surprising discussion took form, transcending the clich├®d categorizations we have come to expect on the Israeli-Palestinian question. These responses provide crucial clues as to what peace talk negotiators are up against, and what Kerry and the Obama administration must do to help bring about two states.
The issues remain much the same as they have for the decades-long, on-again off-again peace negotiations. The status of Jerusalem, Palestinian ŌĆ£right of returnŌĆØ (whether Palestinian refugees can return to their forbearsŌĆÖ land now in Israeli-held territory), Israeli settlements in the West Bank ŌĆō all remain points of contention. What is different now is a mood that has settled over many of the parties involved and those watching from afar: a sense that the window of time in which a robust two-state solution was achievable may have closed.
One of the most striking aspects in the discussion is the mirror viewpoints of Palestinians and Israelis on the far left and right. Indeed, the similarity is uncanny. Spokespersons of both extremes argue that the two-state solution is nothing more than a carefully constructed illusion with no possibility of real-world application.
Dani Dayan, a leading advocate of right-wing Israeli settlers, contends that the concept has always been a farce. ŌĆ£The two-state formula never really existed,ŌĆØ he says. ŌĆ£Like a kind of diplomatic ŌĆśTruman Show,ŌĆÖ it existed only in an imaginary world.ŌĆØ He condemns what he calls the ŌĆ£two-state industry,ŌĆØ which has ŌĆ£fed itself with optimistic narratives and crises to be defused in order to keep itself alive.ŌĆØ He says that ŌĆ£in the real world, it was a mirage, looking tempting from afar but revealed to be hot air when approached.ŌĆØ
In Mr. DayanŌĆÖs view, the best possible solution at the moment is to ŌĆØdo the most beneficial things you can under this circumstanceŌĆØ ŌĆō including ŌĆ£removal of checkpoints and a potential dismantling of the security fence, joint large-scale industrial projects, renovation of refugee camps.ŌĆØ This ŌĆ£will not mean peace,ŌĆØ he says. It will be ŌĆ£at most a peaceful non-reconciliation. It will not be the final status; it will be temporary until new options arise."
On the other side of the spectrum, American political science professor Virginia Tilley ŌĆō a well-known critic of partition ŌĆō agrees wholeheartedly. ŌĆ£Of course the two-state solution is dead,ŌĆØ she says. ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs been dead for a long time. I donŌĆÖt think it was ever aliveŌĆ"The British clarified formally in the 1930s that partition was never intended, and certainly the situation is far more impossible now.ŌĆØ Ms. Tilley argues that the continued belief in the two-state solution allows Israel to accrue territory. ŌĆ£The longer everybody keeps going along with the idea of a two-state solution, the longer Israel can keep building settlements, which is a full-fledged state project to effectively annex the entire country.ŌĆØ
Tilley sees only one path forward to resolution: a rejection of the premise that enthnicity or religion should make up a nation ŌĆō a Jewish state and a Palestinian-Arab state.┬ĀŌĆ£A mass, nonviolent movement, with 300,000 Palestinians coming over that racist wall with signs saying, ŌĆśequal rights, democracy and freedom,ŌĆÖ would transform this entire conflict in a day,ŌĆØ she says.
ŌĆ£When people realize whatŌĆÖs going on,ŌĆØ Tilley explains, ŌĆ£realize that the two-state solution was never viable, and finally accept that the only solution is giving equal rights to everybody and giving up the idea of an ethnic democracy ŌĆō which has been given up everywhere else in the world ŌĆō then there will be peace.ŌĆØ
It is in the center that a divergence of opinion can be seen: Here thinkers envision slightly different practical paths to achieving a two-state solution, and there is beauty ŌĆō and hope ŌĆō in the nuance. Leading Israeli negotiator Shaul Arieli says that Israeli settlements arenŌĆÖt the insurmountable obstacle some make them out to be.
ŌĆ£Inside the [main Jewish settlement] blocs we have relative Jewish dominance, but outside, complete Palestinian dominance,ŌĆØ he says. It is possible, he continues, to create borders that connect the major Israeli settlement blocs in the West Bank as well as East Jerusalem neighborhoods to Israel by annexing ŌĆ£around 6 percent of the West Bank, which can be compensated with one-to-one land swaps, thereby reaching a two-state solution.ŌĆØ
Israeli cinematographer Dror Moreh, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary ŌĆ£The Gatekeepers,ŌĆØ thinks itŌĆÖs worth spending IsraelŌĆÖs political capital to convince settlers, especially those who would need to be evacuated, that in leaving the settlements they would be doing what is in the best interest of Israel. ŌĆ£We need to be clear and say, ŌĆśYes, we sent you and you served and did your job, but we need you to do something else and come back now,ŌĆÖŌĆØ he says. ŌĆ£This needs to be done seriously.ŌĆØ
Efraim Halevy, former head of Mossad (the Israeli national intelligence agency), believes that the best way to achieve two states is through low-profile negotiations. ŌĆ£We have to seek a practical understanding that will serve the interest of both sides without the other side having to renounce its devotion to its basic ideology,ŌĆØ he says. ŌĆ£An example of this is what happened recently in Gaza: When the people from Gaza began shooting rockets, Israel resorted to a weeklong operation, and out of the blue, on the eighth day of the conflict, a ceasefire suddenly emerged.ŌĆØ
He explains: ŌĆ£Nothing is known in public about this ceasefire, no documents have been published and there is no official information on who actually negotiated the ceasefire agreements. In practical terms, somehow ways are being found to do things that have not been done for several years, such as opening up the fishing area for Gazans. I think that similar things can be done with the Palestinians in the West Bank through negotiations with lower visibility.ŌĆØ
David Makovsky, director of the Washington InstituteŌĆÖs Project on the Middle East Peace Process, argues that tunnel vision is best when it comes to negotiations. The disputed territory of Jerusalem and whether Palestinian refugees can return to their homes ŌĆ£are two narrative issues that cut to the self-definition of the parties,ŌĆØ he says. ŌĆ£They deal with very explosive issues like religion and nationalism. It seems to me youŌĆÖre better off dealing with the practical issues of borders and security, creating the two states, and deferring these other two questions of Jerusalem and refugees.ŌĆØ
These ŌĆ£can-doŌĆØ suggestions aside, those in the center or moderate position on this issue are not dictating policy or public sentiment. This poses a challenge for Kerry and the many others who still think two states are the best or only option. Rather, the ŌĆ£canŌĆÖt dosŌĆØ and ŌĆ£we shouldnŌĆÖt dosŌĆØ dominate the public forum, fueling suspicion.
Kerry and those in the center with practical ideas about how to proceed on the ground must strengthen their voices or risk continuing to be unheard. Already public support for two states is ebbing: ŌĆ£Today, after almost two decades of the Israeli left and outside ŌĆśmediatorsŌĆÖ pushing a so-called two-state solution on us, I believe that it is clear to the vast majority of Israelis that this fallacy will not lead toward peace and coexistence in our region,ŌĆØ says Likud party (far right) Knesset member Danny Danon.
Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab finds the same thing to be true among Palestinians. ŌĆ£More and more Palestinians are abandoning the two-state solution for the one-state solution, even while knowing that most Israelis still hold onto their desire for a majority Jewish state,ŌĆØ he says.
Is this yet another swing of the two-state pendulum, or is it the end? That public sentiment truly marks the end of the two-state solution is doubtful. But until a leader appears with a vision to mobilize the center, the saga of the two-state solution will continue unresolved.
Nadine Epstein is the editor and publisher of Moment Magazine, a bimonthly of Jewish politics, culture, and religion. For more, go to┬Āmomentmag.com.

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RCED-00-127: Published: Apr 21, 2000. Publicly Released: Jun 1, 2004.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the role of the Department of Energy's power marketing administrations (PMA), focusing on: (1) how federal legislation and major relevant court cases have, over time, directed the PMAs to give preference to particular customers in purchasing electricity; and (2) the role of preference in the PMAs' electricity sales in light of the restructuring of the electricity industry.
GAO noted that: (1) for nearly a century, Congress has enacted numerous statutes that designate types of customers (such as public bodies and cooperatives) and geographic areas for preference and priority in purchasing electricity from federal agencies; (2) in general, the purpose of providing preference has been to: (a) direct the benefits of public resources--relatively inexpensive hydropower--to the public through nonprofit entities; (b) spread the benefits of federally generated hydropower widely and encourage the development of rural areas; (c) prevent private interests from gaining control of the development of electric power on public lands; and (d) provide a yardstick against which the rates of privately owned utilities can be measured; (3) the PMAs' specific applications of various preference provisions have been challenged on a number of occasions in the courts; (4) in some instances, the courts have directed a PMA to provide power to preference customers, and in other instances, they have supported the denial of power to such customers; (5) the characteristics of the electricity industry have changed and continue to change, both regionally and nationally; (6) over the last 20 years, competition has been replacing regulation in major sectors of the U.S. economy, and new legislation and technological changes have created a climate for change in traditional electricity markets; (7) in this context, Congress is now considering a number of proposals to restructure the electricity industry, including some that would encourage the states to allow retail customers a choice in selecting their electricity supplier; and (8) as these proposals are discussed, Congress is considering such issues as competition in pricing, the balance of equity among all stakeholders, and the role of preference in the PMAs' sale of electricity.
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Electricity:Generation Mix Has Shifted, and Growth in Consumption Has Slowed, Affecting System Operations and PricesGAO-15-524: Published: May 29, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 29, 2015.
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Renewable Energy:BLM Has Limited Assurance That Wind and Solar Projects Are Adequately BondedGAO-15-520: Published: Jun 5, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 23, 2015.
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Energy Savings Performance Contracts:Additional Actions Needed to Improve Federal OversightGAO-15-432: Published: Jun 17, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 17, 2015.
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Indian Energy Development:Poor Management by BIA Has Hindered Energy Development on Indian LandsGAO-15-502: Published: Jun 8, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 15, 2015.
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Department of Energy:Actions Needed to Improve DOE and NNSA Oversight of Management and Operating ContractorsGAO-15-662T: Published: Jun 12, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 12, 2015.
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National Nuclear Security Administration:Actions Needed to Clarify Use of Contractor Assurance Systems for Oversight and Performance EvaluationGAO-15-216: Published: May 22, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 10, 2015.
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DOE Loan Programs:Current Estimated Net Costs Include $2.2 Billion in Credit Subsidy, Plus Administrative ExpensesGAO-15-438: Published: Apr 27, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 27, 2015.
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Department of Energy:Management of Excess UraniumGAO-15-475T: Published: Apr 22, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 22, 2015.
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National Nuclear Security Administration:Observations on Management Challenges and Steps Taken to Address ThemGAO-15-532T: Published: Apr 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 15, 2015.
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Ricardo Villalobos has shared his remix of a track by the Chicago dance music pioneer Nathaniel Pierre Jones, aka DJ Pierre. It's a 32-minute rework of the 1994 track "What Is House Muzik?" (originally released under Jones' Phuture Scope pseudonym). Physical 12" copies are out on December 1 and digital copies are out now via Get Physical. Listen below via FACT.
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Ricardo Villalobos has announced a new 12" called Voodog, which will consist of two tracks called "Voodog Pt.1" and "Voodog Pt.2", Fact Magazine reports. The album is due out this September via Pressure Traxx. It follows 2012's Dependent and Happy. Listen to some song previews above.
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CECIL HURT: A perfect spot to reflect on the Iron Bowl
City, water plant to flush hydrants
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DANA BEYERLE: Georgia asks for review of water war litigation
DON NOBLE: Paddock similar to characters in her novels
EARL TILFORD: Threats of violence have no place on campus
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Obama to Introduce Economic Team Monday Morning
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By Robert DeWitt Staff Writer
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University of Alabama junior running back Glen Coffee points to a student during a speaking event at American Christian Academy on Oct. 29. Coffee speaks at several events to discuss his upbringing, football and his Christian faith.
submitted photo At left, Mike Seivering, a wildlife biologist with the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, gives a trapping demonstration to young hunters from Big Oak Ranch. Twenty-one kids made the trip to The Oaks hunting club in Boligee for the clubs fourth annual youth hunt Nov. 15. The youngsters killed seven deer and shot at five more. Above, Kaitlin, a 12-year-old resident of Big Oak Girls Ranch, shows off a trophy 8-point. Kaitlin took the prize for the biggest deer killed. Renee Bellafato, at right, was her guide.
Demopolis residents Scott and Kim Cornett carry a bag filled with toys in University Mall in Tuscaloosa on Saturday. The Cornetts left their two daughters with their grandmother while they traveled to Tuscaloosa for Christmas shopping.
Attorney Bonnie Rabin, right, confers with an unidentified associate outside Brooklyn Supreme Court in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 1. Rabin says that the financial crisis has sent her and other divorce attorneys to court countless times, renegotiating agreements for clients who've sustained losses and can no longer meet their spousal obligations.
Veteran reporter and avid walker Mark Cobb crosses the foot bridge that spans Skyland Boulevard as he begins the arduous journey to work at the Tuscaloosa News. Cobb will spend a full week getting around town without the use of his car, relying on his feet, a bike, public transportation and the goodwill of his fellow man. Good Luck Mark!


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TICONDEROGA - From 1932 Model A Fords to 1960s muscle cars-with a few classic pickups added to the show fleet for good measure-the annual Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce Antique & Classic Car Show, which includes the Super Wheels qualifying event, has a vehicle that's going to catch the eye of the most demanding car buff. This year's judged show, which will feature more than 200 displayed vehicles, is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Bicentennial Park.
The Ticonderoga show, now in its 18th year, was started through the vision and hard work of Tim and Carol Whitford, according to JoAnn Geisel of the Ticonderoga Area Chamber.
"Tim has been a long-time show volunteer and remains one of the driving force behind the auto show," she said. "Tim and Carol will be involved again this year."
There will be over 100 trophies awarded in 35 different vehicle classes. The cost to register a vehicle is $10 in advance or $15 at the gate. Unlike similar car shows, this event is a real deal-it's free for spectators.
In addition to being among the best of the Champlain Valley's car shows, the event kicks off Saturday with a poker run starting at 12:30 p.m. at Adam's Rib Restaurant. Then, throughout the afternoon, the Ticonderoga Farmers' Market will offer show attendees a variety of produce and assorted goods-all locally grown and produced. On Saturday evening, the "show prep" is topped off with the second annual Headliner Saturday Night concert.
Last year's Headliner was a such big hit, according to Geisel, that the venue was bound to become a permanent fixture to the weekend.
"It's an ideal prelude to the car show the following day," Geisel said.
The 2010 headliner will star comedian-actor Rusty DeWees as "The Logger." His one-man show of North County humor will keep the audience in stitches. In addition to the stage, DeWees has become a familiar face to local screen fans. He has performed on TV's "Law and Order," and most recently, in the indie film about North Country bootleggers, "Disappearances".
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While celebrating the Fourth of July, why not take time for some thoughtful reading?
Joel K. Bourne, Jr. The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World. WW Norton, 2015.
Here's my blurb for this one:
The End of Plenty takes a thoroughly researched and exceptionally thoughtful and balanced look at the consequences of industrial farming. Joel Bourne's courageous conclusion: to feed the world's burgeoning population, agriculture must change and population increase must stop. His book should convince every reader of the compelling need to address world food problems through more skillful and sustainable agronomy, but also through education, especially of women, and universal family planning.
Because transportation from rural areas is expensive and trucks are few and far between (one result of the U.S. embargo), the Cuban government is promoting urban agriculture. Our Food First tour group went to a small organic farm and store (Organopónico) in Havana:
The farm grows a wide variety of vegetable crops, some outdoors but some under mesh. The sun is hot.
The farm sells produce to local residents. I watched a steady procession of people coming to shop, only to be disappointed at the scarcity of items available. It's too hot to grow much this time of year.
The board lists prices in pesos (indicated by $)—$4 to $10 a pound.
Another of the many Cuban contradictions: Cuba has two currencies, pesos and CUCs (Cuban Convertables). A CUC is roughly equivalent to one dollar, or 24 pesos. Salaries are paid in pesos. Markets sell in CUCs or, recently, both. This system, designed to take advantage of tourist dollars, is slated to end soon.
To put vegetable prices in context: the average Cuban salary is about 470 pesos a month, or $20 (but note that Cubans are given free food rations, education, and health care).
We also visited the much larger 25-acre farm in Havana's Alamar neighborhood.
You can see the surrounding apartments in this photo, but not the next one.
With no money for gas or tractors, plowing gets done with oxen.
This farm also has a store.
I waited on a long line to buy a glass of freshly squeezed sugar cane juice.
This was incredibly delicious and totally worth the wait.
How much sugar is in this? I searched for, but cannot find reliable Nutrition Facts for fresh cane juice. If you happen to know where to find this, please send.*
On Monday, I'll file the last of these Cuba posts, this one on food availability.
Note: the resumption of diplomatic relations and agreement to reopen embassies yesterday should make travel much easier.
*Answer to query: Thanks to Andy Bellatti and Cara Wilking for sending this link to a Nutrition Facts label for cane juice. No wonder it was so good: 30 grams of sugar in 8 ounces!
As noted in an earlier post, I was offline from from June 13-20 on a visit to Cuba with a Food First group visiting small organic farms, rural and urban.
This was my third trip to Cuba. I came with other groups in 1990 and 1992 at the beginning of what Cubans refer to as the "Special Period," the economic disaster caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of its support for the 1959 Castro revolution, and the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba.
The embargo also required countries that trade with the U.S. to stop trading with Cuba. For tourists like me, the lingering effects of the embargo are the travel restrictions, the failure of U.S. cell phones to work, and the scarce and slow Internet access. Hence: Offline.
But change is imminent. I heard many Cubans mention December 17, the day of President Obama's 2014 announcement of resumption of relations with Cuba, as if it ought to be celebrated as a national holiday.
Our group traveled by charter flight from Miami. My first surprise: We were not alone: The Miami airport devotes two entire concourses exclusively to Cuban charter flights. As many as 20 flights every day are packed with people who have families in Cuba, business people, and tourists of one kind or another.
Our group was interested in Cuban agriculture and food systems. This post deals with rural agricultural production. In subsequent posts, I'll talk about urban farming and what the Cuban food scene looks like.
The USDA provides useful background information and statistics on Cuban agriculture.
The 2015 report has this interesting tidbit: US agricultural exports to Cuba rose from $139.2 million in 1956-58 to $365.3 million in 2012-14.
This, however, does not break the embargo; it is classified as sales, not trade. The Cubans buy agricultural products from us, mostly frozen chicken for people, and soybeans and soybean meal for animal feed.
We did not see much agriculture on this trip. There is plenty of land, but gas, transportation, and tractors are extremely limited. The highway between Havana and Pinar del Rio is well maintained but we saw few cars on it. Horse-drawn carts, yes; cars and trucks, no. And lots of land not in production.
The reasons for this go beyond the embargo. We heard repeatedly that Cubans don't like doing agricultural labor: the population is highly educated, is 80% urban, the climate is hot and humid, and Cuban culture does not value that kind of work.
Much of Cuban food is imported. How much? Estimates range from 35% to 85% depending on whether whoever is doing the estimating is for or against the Cuban revolution.
An official of the agriculture ministry told us that Cuba is self-sufficient or nearly so in eggs, mangos, sugar, and tobacco. I took this photo of mangos grown on the remarkable farm in Pinar del Rio established as a model for sustainability by Fernando Funes-Monzote.
At present, food is grown in Cuba on large farms owned by the state or held by family-owned cooperatives of one kind or another, or on smaller farms that are owned by private individuals or families. Only 70% or so of arable land is in production. The state still has a million hectares to distribute, but has a hard time getting anyone to farm it.
Most production is organic, but not by choice. The embargo makes agricultural inputs unavailable or prohibitively expensive. See, for example, Modern Farmer's photo-essay on Cuban farming. Rice and potatoes, however, are not organically grown, and neither is most tobacco. We heard from farmers in the exceptionally beautiful Viñales region that tobacco is beginning to be grown organically.
They are proud of their tobacco. It is used for high-quality cigars and is a major cash crop.
The agricultural situation in Cuba, like much else about the country, is full of contradictions.
Tomorrow: urban farming.
I'm still catching up on what happened during the week I was offline in Cuba (more on that later this week).
One big event was the FDA's announcement that it no longer considers artificial trans fat as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for human consumption, meaning that processed food manufacturers need to get rid of it. They get three years to do so.
Here are the relevant documents:
Center for Science in the Public Interest, which has petitioned the FDA to get rid of trans fats for decades, describes this move as a "huge advance."
As for complications:
I vote for the FDA's move as a long-awaited step in the right direction. Progress!
This is a roundup of recent items on the effects of bird flu on egg producers: (1) the toll of the epidemic, (2) the politics, (3) the effects on restaurants, (4) the potential for a vaccine, and (5) a Food-Navigator-USA special edition.
1. The toll: According to the USDA's Chicken and Eggs report, the number of chickens laying table eggs declined by 33.5 million since April 1, a loss of 11%, and the number of eggs is down by 5%. In May alone, 31.4 million layers were "rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared," four times the usual mortality rate. No surprise, but egg prices went up by 46 cents in the last couple of weeks and now average $2.05 a dozen for Large white eggs Grade A or better (see USDA's National Retail Report). Since December, USDA says there have been 223 outbreaks of bird flu that have affected 48.1 million chickens and turkeys.
2. The politics: According to an article in Fortune magazine, the flu epidemic is a consequence of industrial egg production, in which many thousands of birds are packed together.
But perhaps the most troubling aspect of the crisis is its implications for the viability of industrial-scale farming. The egg industry's huge "layer operations"…are designed to protect birds from contamination, says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota at the University of Minnesota. The animals' environment is tightly controlled…But when a virus pierces such defenses, or when defenses lapse, having all of one's eggs in one basket (so to speak) can make the impact more devastating.
3. Restaurants: The Des Moines Register reports that restaurants will be raising prices as a result of the egg shortage.
4. Bird Flu Vaccine: According to PoliticoPro Morning Agriculture, a small company in Iowa says it's got a vaccine that needs USDA approval before it can be used. But people in the poultry industry think it might be "a non-starter for foreign buyers of U.S. poultry products."
5. Food Navigator-USA's Special Edition is called Avian flu in focus: Navigating the egg shortage crisis. As Food Navigator explains, "manufacturers that rely on egg products face some big challenges in the weeks and months ahead."
While I was visiting Cuba, formerly the largest supplier of sugar to the United States and now blocked from selling anything to us, I missed several stories about sugar. It's time to catch up with them.
On this last item the Post explains:
While other crop subsidies have withered, Washington's taste for sugar has been constant. The sugar program, which has existed in various forms since the 1930s, uses an elaborate system of import quotas, price floors and taxpayer-backed loans to prop up domestic growers, which number fewer than 4,500.
Sugar's protected status is largely explained by the sophistication and clout of a small but wealthy interest group that includes beet farmers in the Upper Midwest, cane growers in the South and the politically connected Fanjul family of Florida, who control a substantial part of the world sugar market.
Attempts to get rid of the sugar program have been constant, at least since the 1970s when I first started teaching about it, but to no avail. Why not? Because outrageous as the program is, it only costs the average American $10 per year—not enough to generate widespread opposition, apparently.
The bottom line on all this: eating less sugar is always a good idea.
I've been posting summaries of studies funded by food companies or trade groups, all of which come up with results that the sponsor can use for marketing purposes.
In each of these posts, I ask for examples of industry-funded studies that produce results contrary to the interests of the funder.
In response, I received this comment from Mickey Rubin, Vice President for Nutrition Research, National Dairy Council.
He gave me permission to reproduce his letter:
Dear Marion,
By way of introduction, my name is Mickey Rubin and I am a scientist at the National Dairy Council. I understand that you know Greg Miller, and I asked him for your contact information so I could write to you directly after reading with great interest your most recent post on industry-funded nutrition research, in which you selected a sample of 5 studies/papers sponsored by industry all showing favorable outcomes. Although none of the papers you selected were sponsored by the organization I represent (although there is one dairy industry sponsored review paper in the list), what struck me is your focus on the favorable vs. unfavorable dichotomy, rather than the reality of what much nutrition science research results in: null findings.
It seems that there are fewer and fewer nutrition studies published that report the null, or find no effect. I agree with you that the reason we don't see more of these studies in the literature has to do with bias, but I suspect that it is publication bias as much as any other bias. From my interactions with nutrition researchers, I gather it is quite difficult and sometimes impossible to get a study with no significant effects published regardless of funding source, to say nothing of allegiance bias by some researchers hesitant to publish findings that may go against their own hypotheses. Dr. Dennis Bier of Baylor College of Medicine and editor in chief of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has presented eloquently on this issue previously. You may also be aware of David Allison's papers on other types of bias. So I think it is important to discuss all types of bias, and not just industry bias. You of course wouldn't want your discussion on bias to be biased to just one type.
At National Dairy Council we have an extensive program of nutrition research that we sponsor at universities both nationally and internationally. While I can't speak for all of industry, we strongly encourage the investigators of all of our sponsored studies to publish the findings, no matter the results. Thus, we would expect our sponsored studies to have a similar "success" rate as those sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. In fact, that is exactly what one recent analysis – not sponsored by the dairy industry – found, reporting that there was no evidence that dairy industry funded projects were more likely to support an obesity prevention benefit from dairy consumption than studies sponsored by NIH.
We feel this transparency is not only critical to the credibility of the research we sponsor, but we also feel it is important that our research contributes to nutrition science knowledge as a whole. We hope that other scientists take the findings from studies we sponsor and build upon them, and if it is by using research dollars from other sources, even better! I'll be the first to stand up and say that one favorable study on milk, as an example, does not close the books on the subject. We need many studies in many different labs sponsored by multiple agencies in order to produce a portfolio of knowledge. I suspect that is certainly an example of where you and I are in agreement.
That all said, please allow me to provide some examples of studies the National Dairy Council has sponsored that are published and, rather than showing a clear benefit, do not refute the null hypothesis. These are all studies published within the last 4 years. It's not meant to be comprehensive, but rather just a sample similar to what you provided. I could also provide you a list of studies we have sponsored that have shown favorable results for dairy, but you seem to have that covered, and I'll instead wait until one of our sponsored studies appears in a subsequent blog post J.
Thanks for taking the time to read. I appreciate the dialogue.
Here's his list of papers:
Studies with null finding:
Bendtsen et al. 2014: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24168904
Maki et al. 2013: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23901280
Chale et al. 2013: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23114462
Lambourne et al. 2013: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23239680
Van Loan et al. 2011: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21941636
Studies with mixed findings (some outcomes changed, others null):
Maki et al. 2015: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25733460
Dugan et al. 2014: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24236646
Here's what I wrote in response:
I am familiar with charges of bias against independently funded researchers ("White-hat Bias"), which equates industry biases with biases that result from career objectives and other goals. I do not view the biases as equivalent. Industry-sponsored research has only one purpose: to be used in marketing to sell products. As I have said repeatedly, it is easy to design studies that produce desired answers.
When I was in graduate school in molecular biology, we were taught—no, had beaten into us—to do everything we could to control for biases introduced by wishful thinking. I don't see that level of critical thinking in most studies funded by food companies.
You may be correct about the influence of publication bias with respect to dairy studies, but how do you explain the situation with sugar-sweetened beverages? Studies funded by government and foundations typically indicate strong correlations between habitual consumption of sugary beverages and metabolic problems, whereas studies funded by the soda industry most definitely do not. The percentages are too high to be due to chance: 90% of independently funded studies show health effects of soda consumption whereas 90% of studies funded by soda companies do not. This is troubling.
We've seen the results of studies funded by tobacco and drug companies. Are food-industry studies different? I don't think so. What seems clear is that industry-induced biases are not recognized by funding recipients, a problem in itself.
That's why I'm posting these studies as they come in and begging for examples of industry-funded studies that do not favor the interests of the donor.
Thanks to Mickey Rubin for writing and for permission to reproduce his letter.
Let the discussion continue!
Politico Morning Agriculture reports today on an unprecedented move by the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC). The committee sent a letter to members of Congress to protest legislative interference with its scientific process.
Recall: The DGAC's research report alarmed meat producers when it said that sustainability needed to be considered in developing dietary guidelines.
Of course sustainability should be considered in developing dietary guidelines. Agricultural policy needs to be linked to health policy, and it's high time we did so.
But industry protests and letters from Congress induced USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to assure Congress that the 2015 guidelines will focus only on nutrition.
That was not enough. Industry groups induced the House of Representatives to put this rider in the 2016 Agricultural Appropriations bill:
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to release or implement the final version of the eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, revised pursuant to section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 20 U.S.C. 5341), unless the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services comply with each of the following requirements:
(1) Each revision to any nutritional or dietary information or guideline contained in the 2010 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and any new nutritional or dietary information or guideline to be included in the eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans shall be based on
(A) scientific evidence that has been rated ''Grade I: Strong'' by the grading rubric developed by the Nutrition Evidence Library of the Department of Agriculture; and
(B) shall be limited in scope to only matters of diet and nutrient intake.
Politics in action!
As I told Politico Morning Agriculture, I've never heard of a DGAC writing directly to Congress. But I understand its frustration. The committee was asked by USDA and HHS to review and consider the science of diet and health and did so. It reported what its members believe the science says. Some segments of the food industry don't like the science so they are using the political system to fight back. The idea that some members of Congress would go along with this is shameful.
CSPI has organized a letter-writing campaign to defeat the rider and provides these tools:
Let's keep Congress out of the dietary guidelines process. The process may not be perfect but scientific committees do the best they can to advice the public about dietary practices that are best for health—and, at long last, the environment.
Political interference with this process is not in the best interest of public health, and should be strongly discouraged. If you agree with this view, CSPI makes it easy for you to say so. Sign on now.
Update, June 25: Politico Morning Agriculture reports today that the Senate bill reads: "None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to issue, promulgate, or otherwise implement the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans edition unless the information and guidelines in the report are solely nutritional and dietary in nature; and based only on a preponderance of nutritional and dietary scientific evidence and not extraneous information."
I'm catching up with events I missed while offline in Cuba. Here's one: Michele Simon's new report:
The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) is the leading organization for physicians and scientists who conduct nutrition research. I've been a member for years and have long fretted about the ASN's too-cozy relationships with food company sponsors (for example, see my posts on the ill-fated Smart Choices campaign and on a recent ASN annual meeting).
Simon has now done for the ASN what she previously did for the American Academy of Dietetics.
A few of her findings:
I'm quoted in the report:
I think it's important that professional societies like ASN promote rigorous science and maintain the highest possible standards of scientific integrity. Research and education about food and nutrition are easily influenced by funding from food companies but such influence often goes unrecognized. This means that special efforts must be taken to avoid, account for, and counter food industry influence, and organizations like ASN should take the lead in doing so.
The report has been well covered by the media:
Relations between nutrition scientists and food companies worry me. Here's another example: Portuguese nutritionists have produced an e-book extolling the virtues of cereal-based drinks. The book is sponsored by Nestlé (the company, not me). Nestlé, no surprise, is the market leader for these products in Portugal. I thank Vladimir Pekic of BeverageDaily.com for finding this one.
I've been in Cuba for the past week on a food sovereignty agricultural tour sponsored by Food First.
I will have more to say about this trip, but I'll start with my obsession with sodas (because of my forthcoming book, Soda Politics): Does the U.S. embargo prevent sales of Coke and Pepsi in Cuba?
Based on research for the book, I know that Cuba is one of the last remaining countries in which Coke and Pepsi cannot be marketed. North Korea is another. Myanmar used to be in that category, but came out of it a couple of years ago.
So I was fascinated to see this street cart in Old Havana (Coke hecho en Mexico):
And in a small market near the Hotel Nacional (Pepsi bottled in El Salvador):
And in a suburban supermercado outside of Havana (3-liter Cokes from Mexico):
As for soda marketing, it's only collectors' items. These are on the wall of Paladar San Cristóbal, in Central Havana:
As I'll discuss in later posts, these are harbingers of marketing to come.


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Distributed music accross the house with Linux, MPD and PXE
A couple of commercials boxes are on the market for the same features, but most of the time they rely on a Windows machine and proprietary software, plus they are not integrated.
They are also some central multichannels amplifiers, but in a exiting house, it's very difficult to install.
So the whole idea is, to use some old terminals, to netboot them over PXE/NFS, boot MPD, and hook them up in the HIFI system in the room.
The terminal will also mount a NFS share to get access to the music files, ogg, mp3,...
The system must have :
* a central point to control it : the MPD client can run on a laptop, a tablet, and there is a web base client
* each room, so terminal, can be assign to :
* a different play list
* the same play list as an another terminal and play in sync with the other terminal
* each terminal must be able to control his amplifier (on, off, maybe volume, input)
* serial connection for the more modern amplifiers
* use a X10 socket to power-on the amplifier
* the central server must be able to power-on. power-off the terminals
* send a shutdown command
* use wake up on lan if supported
* if not, use a X10 socket to power-on, power-off
So far, everything componment exists, the whole challenge is the MPD client and how to play in sync with other MPD's servers.
The terminals I have are some old Visara, they support PXE, they have a sound card, but they don't support wake-on-lan nor APD (so no remote power-off).
I found them on ebay, and costed me a big $100 with the shipping and taxes.
So if you are interested with the project, poke me at email@example.com
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Presidential or Parliamentary?
MANILA, Philippines - The recent Senate hearing chaired by Senator Miriam Santiago has again revived the controversial issue on Charter change. This, and calls for constitutional reforms in several Middle East countries (Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, etc.) undergoing civil unrest, are valid arguments for bringing it up for public debate. Six eminent constitutionalists - former CJ Reynato Puno, former Associate Justice Vicente Mendoza, former UP President Jose Abueva, former AJ Adolf Azcuna, former Law Dean Merlin Magallona, and former AJ Florentino Feliciano who were invited to the hearings, presented their views on either a parliamentary-federal or presidential structure. The first three favor a shift, the other two are neutral, and the last, against, if not cautionary about any change. Columnist Winnie Monsod, citing studies by experts, suggests further analysis of studies on the parliamentary structure, and especially of its potential impact with regard to corruption, democratic survivability, government spending, ability to implement structural reforms, and economic performance. Since there is not much significant correlation between the structure of government and these variables, Monsod asks whether there indeed is a compelling need to change to a parliamentary system.
Let me review some of those comparisons that have been brought up in early debates. One states that parliamentary democracies tend to last longer than presidential democracies. The difference in their survival rates is not, however, due to the country's wealth, economic performance, or conditions under which they emerged. The instability of presidential democracies is explained by the separation between the executive and legislative - deadlocks, lack of a constitutional principle that can be invoked to resolve conflicts (vote of no confidence) present in parliamentary regimes. Extra-constitutional means are resorted to, causing instability (Jose Antonio Cheibub, 2001).
Another study testing the relationship between a measure of parliamentary rule and 14 indicators in 3 policy areas - political development, economic development, and human development, show a strong relationship between parliamentarianism and good governance. (John Gerring et al, 2008) According to Tsebelis, (2000), the only difference is that because of greater institutional fragmentation, presidentialism offers greater resistance to change. Parliamentary systems foster stronger political parties, have more institutionalized, centralized decision-making and hierarchical administrative structures, and are more decisive, while presidential systems foster a more personalized and free-floating style of leadership centered on individual politicians. …


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Your little night owl will love this adorable cartoon-inspired Hoot bedroom ensemble! The face of the comforter and the standard knife-edge pillow sham feature large, cartoon drawings of hoot owls in multi-colored shades on a celery green ground. The comforter and sham reverse to a solid turquoise blue ground. The coordinating 180 thread count sheet set features a chocolate and white wood-like pattern. All components are constructed of an easy-care blend of 60% cotton and 40% polyester and are machine washable.
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John Paul Crucifix Falls in Ceremony, Crushing ManBy: Mike Tuttle - April 25, 2014
Three days before former pope John Paul II is to be canonized — declared a saint, in a spectacular ceremony — a horrific accident has taken the life of a pilgrim in Italy, 21-year-old Marco Gusmini. An enormous sculpture of Christ on the cross, weighing 1300 lbs., fell from 100 feet and crushed the man during a pre-canonization ceremony.
The weather in the area of Cevo, in northern Italy where the crucifix was located was fine, not windy. The statue simply fell.
The statue was apparently erected to commemorate a visit Pope John Paul II had made to the area years ago. The ceremony coming up this Sunday, officiated by current pope, Francis, and attended by Pope Emeritus, Benedict, is to "induct" John Paul II, as well as another pope, John XXIII, as saints.
The image of a crumbled Christ, face down with the cross on top of him, would have been sure to elicit all kinds of chatter. But the fact that it killed a man is so much worse.
And, of course, folks are coming unglued in several different ways about the entire thing. Some are pointing to it as a bad omen or sign.
Some people who believe that the Catholic Church is abandoned by God since the Protestant Reformation see this as a signal from God that he wants no part of the Church's pageantry. They are particularly struck by the fact that this happened "three days" before the canonization ceremony.
Of course, gallows humor abounds.
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