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An End to Veal Crates
There is an end in sight, and while this isn't going to stop us from doing everything in our power to end all abuses of cows right now, the announcement this week by the American Veal Association that they will phase out veal crates by 2017 is a major landmark for the animal protection movement and proof that decades of pressure on the industry to end its cruel practices has paid off.
Veal, which rates a full 10 out of 10 on the WTF? scale, is made by chaining calves by their necks inside solitary crates for up to 23 weeks. The AVA's decision to finally abandon this torture means an end in sight for what will one day be regarded as among the most vile practices in human history.
This announcement marks the latest in a series of victories for the animal protection movement in its long struggle to eliminate the solitary, intensive confinement of farmed animals. Earlier this year, three of the world's largest pig meat producers—Smithfield Foods, Maple Leaf Foods, and Cargill Meat Solutions—took steps to phase out gestation crates for pigs, and recently, following years of discussions with PETA, Burger King made a commitment to buy 20 percent of its pig meat from suppliers that do not use gestation crates and 5 percent of its eggs from sources that do not confine chickens to battery cages. Shortly afterwards, Wendy's followed suit, pledging to purchase 20 percent crate-free pork by the end of 2008 and increase that percentage over time.
This is an important step forward, and, put together with these other victories for animals, it's clearly part of a trend. As Ingrid Newkirk puts it, "While the best way to prevent cruelty to animals is to simply stop eating them, any progress made toward mitigating their suffering is commendable."
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the truth is this world will not quit eating meat and accept the truth until every animal that exist is excinct. and at the rate the human race is going its not impossible. we need to end all cruelty to every animal and realize what is going on in this world . otherwise its just ourselves we're killing in the end..
While veal crates being "phased out" in ten freaking years sounds great to the public just as "cage free" "free range" "cruelty free" and "humanely raised" it's all pardon the pun bull. I frankly can't believe the FTC lets these murderers falsely advertise like this!!!! All it does is make the public feel better about the animals they pay to have murdered for their greedy taste buds and speaking of greed more money for the murderers. Animal "welfare" is only a tiny tiny bit less suffering and usually stops there. I am frankly very disappointed in PeTA for joining and settling with the "welfare" movement and calling it victory. To me it's a total sellout. I expect this from HSUS but not PeTA. I joined PeTA because I am an abolitionist not an activist that claims "victory" over a decade to go to reduce slightly the suffering of any animals. It's purely propaganda and PR greedy agribusinesses realizing more profit and jumping on the "welfare" bandwagon. When will people realize that "welfare" only HURTS the animals and our movement?????
Hi Dan! Great point. What is important to understand is that we as consumers decide what makes a profit and what does not. Right now what we are spending our money on are completely unsustainable practices. After all if we keep having to cut down forests to harvest coffee there will be more ecological disasters and we will run out of land and valuable trees and natural resources like wood. If on the other hand we as consumers purchase ecofriendly and sustainable products we can give poor people money to make products that do not harm the ecosystem. Also ecotourism when done correctly hinges upon a country protecting its natural resources. Costa Rica is a great example of this. People there were brilliant in figuring out that they can save their country's natural resouces yet still earn great money by attracting tourists and students studying science who will indeed demand that the country protect its land and wildlife. These practices by their very nature give native people a chance to earn more money with progressive practices work jobs that are less dangerous and keep their local food supply abundant and protected so that local people can still eat and afford it. What we must understand is that this is a transitionary period it won't happen overnight and it takes creativity but slowly poachers and farmers will hopefully make much more money and live a better life with consumers asking for better practices.
Can I post links? Sorry for another long rant! Stumbled across this on CNN Humane Livestock Production Costs Hard to Gauge httpmoney.cnn.comnewsnewsfeedsarticlesdjf500200708091034DOWJONESDJONLINE000605FORTUNE5.htm Yes if you are a "product" your production costs are hard to gauge.. But that is besides the point.. The point is that the livestock industries will argue that they cannot afford a switch to more humane farming methods plus they will argue that it is questionable if welfare for the animals really improves. And anyway we cannot "gauge" anything and therefore no action can be taken! The scientists are in disagreement regarding climate change and therefore no CO2 caps are necessary… I liked the Newsweek story on "climate deniers" next to the zoo story httpwww.msnbc.msn.comid20122975sitenewsweek And they are right a marginal halfassed change would indeed cost more than it would yield both humans and the animals. It would be as successful as declaring a 5 shift to renewable energy by 2075.. not enough.. no spark to set fire.. not worth the paper it is printed on. But a true paradigm shift to really humane and freerange farming would yield so many environmental and health benefits that they would economically outweigh the investments. btw I think that one can recognize a humane farming method when no drugs like antibiotics are necessary during the life span of an animal. Currently even "organic" farming allows for antibiotics to be used routinely! Once the citizens and the government could not ignore the link between cancer and smoking anymore after many decades of distraction from the tobacco industries meaningful measures were introduced to save our children. Right now the cigarette antibiotics and hormone and toxicity industries are allowed to do advertising in schools. If there were better transparency regarding all the implications humane livestock like 2000 years ago would not be more expensive but less. Yes there might be less overall consumption but that is mandatory anyway due sustainability and math and due to health and our children. Most importantly at some point everybody "who has made it" deserves more quality and less trash here and now! It is 2007 we want at least the same quality food as people 100 years ago had or we should never again utter the word progress? When it comes to food I want a Caterpillar a Leatherman a Maglight a KitchenAid and not some crap? I am as many around the world too poor to buy crap? I know that modern popculture fancies white trash to some degree but not because the toxic burger tastes better than the freerange one but because they are junkies who would consume anything chemical or selfdestructive? What is next we will allow our kids into StarBucks or what the average dairy fat cake there is as healthy as 3 BigMac? It is not like we are exporting this shit to our worst enemies we are consuming this ourselves!! Right now pricing of agricultural products is not transparent at all and controlled by special interest groups and gov bodies that are oftentimes controlled and policed only by themselves USDA anybody? But we do not know where tax $s are pouring maybe into stuff that is not recommended health wise the modern equivalent of cigarettes only worse and what environmental costs there are animal products have the worst CO2 water and landerosion footprint imaginable. The livestock industries argue for example that "more humane pig farming like in Sweden would cost additional $200 million per year in labor costs…" Do they mean more costs or more jobs? Costs apply when the water gets polluted.. nobody see The Simpsons Movie? When children get strange diseases etc? When people started talking about restricting cigarettes the industries argued think of all the jobs that would be lost.. suddenly they do not see how much labor costs the economy would save but are concerned for the workers.. those hypos they are like old children who have never grown up and everybody suggests change they see it like a personal attack from their mothers and fathers? it takes only a few rotten leaders and many numb sheep to produce a disaster? The livestock industries should not have to fight those changes but could use them to their advantage. Instead of prolonging the inevitable and make it even more expensive ask your government for help financially. From a ROI point of view those would be the best $200 million the Gov has invested since Arnies solar initiative make it $50 billion and it would still be the best ROI the US has ever seen not like now where factory farmers get ca $ 20 billion in tax $ subsidies and organics virtually NOTHING compared to the concentration camps? but this time in good conscious. no more subsidies of products that are unhealthy environmentally damaging or overconsumed etc. They could look themselves in the mirror again. It is also a real pity for EVERY leader who misses such a unique opportunity to build the best legacy since Washington Lincoln etc. No 20th century president has done anything that would have so many longlasting positive implications for America and the world. The US could be a superpower again and not a corrupt cop. We know the legacy of Vietnam Afghanistan Iraq etc. it sucks! But imagine HeShe saved the country literally the country and its people. HeShe was not afraid of tough decisions bomb this football field over there is NOT a tough or IMPORTANT decision! One stumbling block will be that the few large factory farmers would lose marketshare compared to the status quo. They do not care if the new cake is healthy compared to the old one or even better tasting they just want the biggest possible piece and so do politicians when they want to fill up their campaign war chest? And since the few do most of the lobbying and bribing… And I suspect there is no money left in the US budget anyway to clean and save Americas land rivers water and forests.. to keep us save from mad diseases and from hormones and antibiotics? Our life expectancy has decreased for the first time in decades the climate is going down the drain and our phones are being bugged to protect us from terrorists? WHAT? Clint Eastwood vegan for president pronto? Get rid of those sick fat apathic and numb factory farmers.. tear those walls down Mr President. Liberate us from poor quality poor life poor selfresponsibility. Anyway going vegan has much more positive impact on the world than going 100 organic. Best is both but if you have to chose out of concern for your children go vegan!
hello dan and everybody who is interested i found a very interesting site called care2.com i think for dan it's the right thing for to see that there are millions of people in this world who include humans and animals in their concerns! also ingrid newkirk is mentioned as one of their role models! a really fascinating site!!!
Thank you shadowfax Maya and Ana for your responses. My concern in recent times is that these ideals would be forced upon people in unreasonable ways. We happen to live in a country that enjoys a high standard of living we have high disposable incomes we don't spend very much of our income on food etc. That is not the case in many other countries. As someone who has worked with other organizations that deal with these problems I can say that there are logistical problems with limiting peoples food choices…I know it sounds like a simple solution but it does not seem to be so. For example the rainforest in South America is mostly cut down by the poor people living in the area trying to make a living.
Ted You nor Ingrid are Gods. I remember Ingrid attacking The President of the Humane Socity because he was not able to stop the end of animals being killed for their fur but one designer stopped selling fur from dogs a little at a time. She sent him such a nasty little letter saying it should end now. How dare she fight with such a nice person. So it's ok that you are trying to sell us a little at a time? I'm not buying it. What is Ingid doing lately. While Mr. Pecelle is in Ill. trying his damnest to shut down Cavels horse slaughter house. And speaking at the house about farm animals. I do not except 10 years. They are just throwing you people a bone to shut you up for awhile. I will not stay quiet. I support P.E.T.A. Ingrid you are a good person. But not always right. Judith
Dan I share my home with 4 cats but I never refer to them as pets. They are part of my human family and they are "house cats" because it is infinitely safer for them TO STAY INDOORS. They receive the proper care love and respect they deserve. Cats do not take orders nor can they be trained and that suits me just fine they live happily. 2. I have never heard an animal advocate say "slaughter people" so that took me by surprize. 3. People are poor and not eating wellenough because all advanced nations cannot live without their steaks and burgers and all of the numerous other species humans dominate and eat. Instead of feeding grain to the poor animals that will be slaughtered why not feed the many people in need? Much land is used to raise cows sheep pigs chickens goats for slaughter when that land can be used to grow rice vegetables fruit beans etc. Going vegan allows EVERYONE to live! 3. Liberation to me means being free from human oppression and free to live without fear according to the needs of that species. No factory farms fur farms aquariums rodeos bull fightsdog and cock fights dog or horse racing vivisection fishing hunting etc that serves only man's desires most especially for capitalism. Anyway it's about respect for all sentient beings. Living off of the backs of animals for profit and greed is cruel and oppressive.
Hi Dan I hope you don't mind if I address your questions! 1. Owning a pet is not treating them as less than us. For example approximately 10000 years ago wild cats began coming to human settlements such as agricultural and maritime communities because there was an abundance of rodents to eat. Humans like this because cats controlled the rodent populations. It was a symbiotic relationship. Eventually cats became dependent on humans. But they still benefit from us we spend lots of money on them for toys and food we provide them with good homes we give them affection we give them excellent medical care. if you ask me they enslaved US! LOL I'm just kidding!!! So it's still a symbiotic relationship. 2. I tend to avoid the words "Freedom" and "Liberation" of animals. To me liberation makes me think of dancing around in my living room LOL. i prefer the term "Biological Imperative". It's not as poetic as "Freedom" but it's more specific. In other words animal rights activists are striving for animals being treated to natural conditions sunlight fresh air correct nutrition and the ability to exercise and move around. Even cows have a biological need for these things and keeping them in dark confining spaces is extremely cruel. Of course ideally everyone would go vegetarian but in the meantime it's not about "LIBERATION" but about UNDERSTANDING what conditions are natural for each species of animal and simply giving them those conditons for humane reasons. 3. No one should starve to death. In fact if we all lived an eco freindly and animal friendly lifestyle it would benefit every human on the planet. This is complex but I can give you examples if you want. So there you have it. As far as animal rights activists saying people should be slaughtered well Dan I think you're intelligent enough to know that no matter who says that they must be mentally ill. Ignore them. 99 percent of animal professionals and activists are extremely kind and logical and peaceful. That you should know.
Dan referring to your above statements i can tell you this 1. concerning pets i can assure you that most animal protectors don't have pets but animals from shelters or found in the street. me as a vegetarian would never go to buy a dog or cat from a breeder because these animals also need meat and here in france i can't buy vegetarian animal food but i have a rescued dog and a rescued cat because there was no other solution for these poor animals! it's normal that now they are my pets! 2. yes at least it's an end in sight but for me it's too long for every animal lover every second counts because in this second animals are dying. 3. to the contrary if we would live in a vegetarian world and instead of feeding the cows and pigs for the steaks of the first world they could plant potatoes grains bananas rice etc and the whole world would not be hungry anymore because for example this hunger in africa is wanted! nobody can tell me that it would not be possible to pack 20 big plains and drive down there and bring them all the before mentioned things to survive. it's not because of the vegetarians that these poor people are starving but because of the ruthless meateaters who even accept that the south american rain forest is cut down for to get ground for the cattle slaughtered for the first world mainly europe and north america! pls study the peta files there was much written about this before! i love animals but people also matter to me and i think we can be strong enough to have a heart for the two! ok?
Finally there is an end in sight!
Some questions and comments… By being members of PETA you support animal rights and full animal liberation…then why do so many of you have pets? Surely having a pet signifies that they are not fully equal in status to a human being right? I do not see how you can have a pet and want animal liberation or is that narrowminded??? Secondly look at it from a different perspective. 2017 seems a ways a way but it will probably provide a chance for new more humane methods to be brought into practice. An immediate and drastic switch as most of you want I'm sure would only lead to more cruel less humane methods of handling animals. You've worked hard to end the use of gestation stalls but not giving the industry time to adjust will lead to the adoption of even less humane practices. Are you animal welfarists or animal liberationists??? That is the big question. Do you want liberation??? You speak of humans being so cruel…Is it cruel that you think poor people around the world should starve to death in order to meet these ideals?? Is it cruel that you say that these people should be "slaughtered" as you call it? Slaughtering human beings does not ring well… I don't mean to sound critical but I think these areas should be addressed before everyone parties to hard…
Hi Jack! Good of you to jump in. Granted we know that PETA isn't in charge of that hellish situation and that we're all fighting for the change…which "yesterday" could not have been soon enough and that these things take time…step by step…VERY unfortunately for the animals. The thing is I'm sure you understand that we are SO passionate and outraged about this well as Ana put it best quoting her in part "…this is a bureaucratic success." Then her surrounding comments justified that. And as ar's activists we ALL know how bureacracies work…and about huge industries. what I would really like to say about them wouldn't be acceptable for print! But just for the record the consensus of comments are not expressing outrage about PETA. We are expressing that we are outraged that such an atrocity even exists and that socalled "civilized human beings" are allowed to drag this out… at their convenience yet! Jack with PETA's power YES we WILL DO IT much sooner than 2017! And thank you so much for all that you and everyone at PETA does for the animals!
ariel it's just hard to decipher facts when incorrect claims are made.
I agree with Philip s. All these meat people are trying to do is silence Ingrid for a few years. And in 2017 they will tell her that they still have not found a good way to stop this horrific cruelty. They could have this finished within 3 months top. DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE CREDIT…..THEY DESERVE NONE. Judith
Jack Make that I will be shouting loudly!!!! And yes MANY people need to shout the message…..
Jack I will be shouting loud!!
I wonder if I can jump in here. The point is not that we're settling for 10 years or even that we're settling for veal still being made. Cuz we're not. Our campaigners are working as hard as ever to get this atrocity stopped right now. Frickin' ASAP. But massive changes almost never happen overnight especially when you're talking about a huge industry. You don't get from point A to point Z without hitting some of the points in between and every time you advance a step further towards the goal you take a minute to say "We're getting there" which is what this post was about. Then you take a deep breath and plunge back in. Of course 10 years is too long. 10 days is too damn long. But we aren't in charge we're just the ones fighting for change. It is a good thing that we can see a light at the end of the tunnel but that doesn't mean we won't fight every day to make that light arrive sooner. How quickly that happens depends on how many people we can get to help us and how loud they can shout about it.
Philip S and Ariel Thanks for your intelligent comments. This is just another way for animal eaters to feel better about eating nonhuman animal cadavers and for the industries that abuse and slaughter them to appear like the "nice" guys. PETA should only be promoting veganismthat's how you save the lives of animals. Friends of Animals is abolitionist and recognizes what these killing machine industries are about. Don't sleep with the enemy. This is NOT an animal rights success this is an animal welfare and a bureaucratic success. "See how nice we treat animals….they will be suffering with crates until 2012 but even without the crates they will be slaughtered" violently!!!!
People say that we are at the top of the food chain. Such words confuse me for that term yields some very interesting remarks for me. Such as that term is like saying we are somewhere in the wilderness hunting like it's 4000 B.C. No we have disturbed nature and this "food chain" as we breed our prey in captivity such as these veal. They have no chance at happiness families or living on their own terms as nature should have it. So such things as a food chain do not exist because we have ruined it. We have ruined nature and created a world only humans can enjoy but I must say I am not having fun.
Philip S don't apologize for you post at the top. It's TAME compared to what I would of posted. I like you am furious that the meat industry thinks that 10 YEARS is an acceptable time frame to eliminate veal crates. I would say 10 MONTHS would be a more realistic goal the meat and dairy industry DOESN'T want change they want things to stay the way they are. The human race is still in the STONE AGE in the way we treat animals it's only been recently within the last 100 years that some of us have begun to realize that 'animals' are sentient living beings like us. Humans have been led to believe that 'animals' are dumb dimwitted and have no souls you can thank the dimwits who purposely rewrote the Bible to excuse our current behavior with animals for this. However it is going to take disease environmental and finical disaster to get the meat and dairy industry to change their ways. We are stewards of this planet and we have done FAR more damage than ANY civilization in recorded history. If the human race is ever judged by the way it treats 'animals' then we are ALL doomed to hell.
Of course we want the world to go vegan NOW not take a small step toward reducing animcal cruelty 10 years from now. I'm encouraged a bit by the success of Barbara Kingsolver's book "Animal Vegetable Miracle" on the NYT bestseller list for 14 weeks since it promotes the idea of humane treatment of animals on small family farms instead of factories. I have HUGE issues with her arguments for eating meat and disagree with her every step of the way on her reasons for abandoning vegetarianism. But until we live in a vegan world we have to work toward incremental improvements to reduce animal suffering as much as possible. Meanwhile keep pushing hard for the big changes they are coming!
By 2017????
to ROJO I suspected there was an undercurrent to your question so if you think that I was out to help to prove anything for you wrong. I simply answered your question that Farm Sanctuary is not part of PETA. However PETA did indeed have a GREAT part in the veggie burger issue and a lot of animalrelated orgs. are involved in the same issues…and I applaud all of them for their efforts and accomplishments for the sake of the animals. So which ever way you are going with this of course each org. will announce their own participation in their achievements…and I guess it will "seem" to the reader that they are taking the total credit. BUT this is about the animals not about one org. trying to outdo the other.
a beautiful cowlicked and obviously overmothered calf was born a few days ago from the small farm next to me. Im glad he will lead a quiet peaceful life with his mother. But a life like this is rare and it seems like it will be even rarer until 2017? how long does it take to realise chaining a child to a fence without the comfort of their mother is WRONG!!
to hugo pottisch thanks for the great statement! specially referring to the slave problem we can see that martin luther king whose family is completely vegetarian adopted the guidelines of leo tolstoi also him a vegetarian and mahatma gandhi also a great vegetarian and human and animalrights activist! all these runners for human's sake were also concerned about animal rights and after the situation became a little bit better for humans they quickly turned to the animal cause like formal runner dick gregory a real great gentleman and rare in our days! i'm a great admirer of his attitude and his whole universe a great personality indeed! with him this planet is richer and a better world!
Ariel thanks. It's just they seemed to be claiming the veggie burger idea.
While I understand that the many baby cows in singleconfinement right now will not be celebrating this announcement this is dahh a step in the right direction. For the veal industry to make such an announcement means that they officially agree that current standards are unethical. If PETA and other animal protection organizations can now prove that just like in Europe veal crates can be phases out much faster without overall GDP of the US economy to suffer there is a good chance that they will disappear even sooner? As an Animal Rights organization PETA has never fallen into the trap of being pleased with Animal Welfare successes per se. But foodanimals today are not even recognized as slaves or beings but as mere products and objects instead. Animal welfare announcements such as these from the veal industry however start to acknowledge cows as slaves or beings who need respect and not mere machines. This in turn is an Animal Rights success. Blacks were not given humans rights in the US because they were not recognized as fully human by the constitution until the 1960s. In order to avoid recognizing blacks as fully human and therefore applicable to simple human rights the term civil rights was cleverly coined. Blacks would remain 2nd class beings but the laws would be altered and adopted to guarantee better treatment for blacks. When the blacks realized that the US was accusing South Africa of apartheid based on human rights violations via the UN while not recognizing their own population as human.. things started to change QUICKLY. The black leaders started talking about going to the UN themselves! Well they mysteriously died and soon after the constitution was magically changed before anybody could reach the UN on that matter. Point of the story every time the meat industries officially recognize their slaves for what they are and not mere objects the foundation for their liberation is strengthened not weakened. Animal Welfare stops there because they endorse slavery in principle as long as some virtual level of welfare is promised Animal Welfare believes in the concept of a good and just dictator which nature and history has proven to be a fantasy as the unicorn has never been sited. AW needs their own vital lies to justify their existence?. Animal rights and PETA doesnt. It is fine that men are not allowed to kill women randomly any more although it might be natural based on strength but that is never enough for those compassionate yet professional folks at PETA? I do not know many vegans who go back once they know the crack somebody who quits having slaves out of principle would not endorse slavery again because the slaves are treated better or she was never really against slavery but a social butterfly and nothing else. Same with racism and sexism etc.? You do not start treating women as 2nd class again only because they are now being respected more by society quite the contrary. I bet that there will be a female presidential candidate by 2017 in the US? Well lets make it 2027 this is not the UK Germany Turkey or India after all? In other words I do not see vegans or meateaters starting to eat more veal because the crates will disappear. The meat industry will try to promote it that way but this is damage reduction and nothing else. The fact that milk does more bad than good that mothers and babies are separated and that dairy products have the biggest CO2 and landerosion footprints of all things consumed by humans will be pressure enough for the animal slave abusers. Kudos also for the improvements for chickens and pigs they too can barely move and are separated from their mothers at birth! Again these are very important successes with even more important implications! If Burger King thinks that freerange is better why not 100 freerange instead of 5 if the retail price does not change much anyway and if supply can follow suite very fast as in Europe? Next what is better slavery or freedom? But the first 5 are the hardest! Party party party afterparty! The slave master is wounded.. the wounds he has never get better but only worse we will slaughter him humanely one day when he is too fat to move! Besides if you have been active in AR for many years you need to celebrate everything you can get or run the risk of burn outs. There is so much suffering that it cannot be eliminated over night but at the same time every little step towards better treatment of animals lessens more suffering on earth than anything else humans do globally today?!
i am a western hindu and this is indeed a very sad day for me! just for your information the word 'cow' comes from the hindu sanskrit word 'go' which means 'earth' or 'cow'! you got the point! shameful shameful shameful that in our dark age we are more backminded than other nations six thousand years ago! another hundred years and we shall be cave people again lovely idea isn't it specially in winter but with the actual global warming not even fur clothes shall be needed just bikinis and tongas! when i'm joking here don't get me wrong it's sarcastic sardonic! i'm not smiling and i wish that every animal abuser goes to hell where he belongs to!
Hi ROJO no Farm Sanctuary is not part of PETA. Someone I know who is a very strong ar's activist visits there occasionally and had told me that it is a really good place.
This ruthless and cowardly decision to wait another ten years shall provoke very bad reactions from mother earth! You lawmakers don't think that this planet is dead and has no feelings as you do you already made a hell of it but your greedy attitude and your anthropocentric stupidity don't allow you to get conscious that you are already on the brink of ruin you bastards
until now i was a vegetarian but considering this new abuse i'm seriously decided to go vegan! anyhow i shall reduce the milk products to an absolute minimum!
Ten other years of torture I don't understand the lawmakers! An animal baby has to stay with it's mother! We get enough from the big cows so it's criminal and shameful to abuse their babies what a rascal attitude and this in a 'christian' state!
To animalfriend you are completely right here the animal protectors have to move! Ten other years is unacceptable! But it seams that also inside the animal friendly circle we got people who just care about cats and dogs and stable animals are not their business! Public protests should be organized I can't act because it's an american law and I'm living in Europe but you overthere it's time to manifest yourself!
Yes 1017 is a long way away.. but think about it this is the association that and I quote this because it's on their site! the lives of veal calves "The Good Life" and says that the calves can interact with neighbours live in nice stalls and can lie down and behave completely naturally. We know that's not true at all. So for them to say they'll stop the crates by 2017 is a huge step. Good on you PETA! P.S you can go to the site vealfarm.com and see the ridiculous 'facts' about the great lives the animals live
Ariel httpwww.farmsanctuary.orgnewsletterburgerking.htm Is farm sanctuary part of peta?
dont let the poor little calfs be made into meat when they have their own life to live for they shouldnt have to be eaten
why should they have to take cows from there moms and put them in crates to be eaten its cruel and unusual and it should stop!!
I apologize immensely for my above comment which is the second one from the top and the one with steam coming out of it. I normally do not write with such terrible lame ass sloppy sentence structure and misplaced words as I did above…However like a school boy with A D D whose told to sit in his chair and read a book about ..well anything ….I was semi losing it mentally to say the least when I wrote the above comment and never even proof read it. So forgive me for that at least yet…and..However.though..I'm still really disgusted by this Happy Meat CRAP. I must tell you that it seems to me that the animals again have been let down. HARD. Like a puppy being gently dropped out of a speeding car on the freeway. Sorry but yeah…that brutal. That sick! That lame! PETA needs to NOT walk away from the humane farming hoax and failed world of animal welfare. But run …and run fast as if the veal calves lives depended on it. Like for reals! The solution is not to fight for the phasing out veal crates in slow motion over the next long hideous 10 years…but to fight for no veal …and to fight NOW!
Another way to personally end of barbaric veal crates is to go vegan. Every year hundreds of thousands of calves are born on US dairies. Calf dealers or calf jockeys make daily rounds in their livestock trucks stopping at dairies to pick up calves born during the past 24 hours. Some are literally minutes old when they are put on the truck. Where these infants go next is something the dairy industry would prefer the public didnt know about. Baby calves both male and female are taken to calf ranches and relegated to small crates never to see their mothers again. The females called replacement heifers are raised to replace dairy cows in the milking herd. Because most cows only last about three or four years in production the industry needs this constant supply of replacements. The male calves experience similar crated housing on their way to being raised as beef The fate of the remaining calves those who are considered too small or sickly to be raised profitably is even more upsetting. They are taken directly from the dairy to the slaughterhouse sometimes within hours of birth to be killed as bob veal. Their flesh is used in TV dinners and other inexpensive veal products. Harsh handling and the ride to the slaughterhouse can be torture for fragile newborns especially when bad weather compounds their misery. Many become downed animals too sick and weak even to stand. A 2004 USA Today article describes slaughter workers who routinely receive veal calves that come in that are one two or three days old who arent able to walk due to weakness. Although USDA regulations technically prohibit the slaughter of nonambulatory cattle the agency is not adequately enforcing this provision. This is just a snap shot of why those who really believe in animal rights should do their best to adopt a vegan diet. Theres plenty of information on the web to make the successful transition. The above excerpt was from "Secrets of the Dairy Industry revealed" by Farm Sanctuary.
how can the human race be so cruel. this is just so horribly wrong….who are these people "farming" the poor cows. I just never understand how anyone with a heart could take the calve from his mommy….and so on…so saddened….soymilk is my answer….
2017? It takes 10 years to unchain some baby cows????
PHILIP S. SITA and KEITH I couldn't have said it better myself. 2017 a whole decade away…nothing more than a ridiculous appeasement! Somehow this reminds me of when "Murder King" made a compromise with PETA that they would sell veggie burgers. Then they started and are still advertising their meat sandwiches BIG time!…more than ever before.
Why do the animals have to wait so long before things change? When people were going around saying that violent video games made people murderers within 6 months it was illegal to sell mature games to minors in California. Why does everything involved with animal welfare take so long? I was watching the Genesis awards a few years back and they said that it would be illegal to use elephants for entertainment in the the year 2012!!! Why not just say "You have to stop torturing animals as of RIGHT NOW!."? I'm pretty sure the world would appreciate it seeing as MOST people don't approve of torture…
stop murdering the innocent cow babies what a criminal act!
2017 this is too long! on this blog here should be the same outcry like before on the vick blogs! here i can't understand the animal friends! things moving so slowly are many times the fault of the animal protectors themselves not the others those and their micro brains we know! so animal protectors where are you? this is really disappointing!!!!!
2017 thats crazy. why does all these reforms take so long.. don't you just get tired of these money driven jerks who run these Bastard Companies.
it's always great to hear news announcing better conditions for animals anyhow even if i'm not american i think 2017 is far too long! it's barbaric to isolate these sensitive loving creatures from their mothers who are also our milk giving mothers! it's shameful to treat cows in this way and not being content with all they are giving us milk butter cheese ghee labour and for many people around the world their excrements are used for different things this is panca gavia the five gifts of the cow for this they are so much respected in india but the west has no mercy this is an attitude i never shall understand people always wanting more and more….
2017? This is a step forward? NO…promoting this as a step forward will do two things…it will reenforce the status of animals as products and property. The other tragic consequence of applauding this lame baby step…is that it will WITHOUT A DOUBT help meat eaters feel more comfortable about eating the more and more baby calves. This is a deceptive tactic by the meat industry to have veggie folks come back to eating meat or keep those people from giving up their cruel foods. The whole HAPPY MEAT industry is killing more and more animals not helping them. PETA should be only promoting veganism as the only choice!!! This is kind of phony achievment is like assisting Michael Vick in giving his dogs longer chains and more space before they are forced to fight to the death. It's MORONIC! Would you applaud a victory like that? Would you applaud a chinese butcher because he was going not put the dogs and cats in a cage before he clubbed them to death?
Kudos to Newkirk for saying this. Yes everyone "should" go vegetarian but wouldn't it be great if by COOPERATING with our "enemies" we could achieve 100 percent humanely raised meat and somewhat ecofriendly farms? Anyone who thinks the world will stop eating meat tomorrow is dreaming. It will take several years at least. In the meantime ending these cruel practices is 100 percent something to celebrate! Good work PETA!


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AMZN claims to have a revenue growth of 20% yet heir ROE (return on equity) is a staggering low .5%!
Companies with a rev growth of of 20% have a ROE of at least 20. AMZN is less than one percent! LOL. joke is on u!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coming year the truth be told.
Bezos & Obama are friends
Short sellers need to be scared VERY SCARED
Perfect, Obama is running the largest ponzi scheme in history - keep spending other people's money and keep printing money until someone asks for it back and the music stops ... what a world we live in where resposnsible people get blasted and Obama and Bezos are person and businessman of year respectively! 2 million less people are employed today than when Obama took office, yet he is spending 27% more per year than Bush spent in 2008. Bezos is running a company that is losing money and yet he mentioned in the same breath as Steve Jobs, who generated 5x more net income in one average quarter than the total lifetime retained earnings of AMZN. What a joke.
Sybil imaginez that corzine had lots of friends too, but that didnt save hiz eu bond trade from getting wiped out. In the mob, its usually your trusted fiends that kill you. Bezos' amzn will be promptly chucked under the bus when its time, but like theze other clownz like hastingz and corzine they will have made their bundle and otherz holding the bag of sheit will pay the price with the blood of their accounts... Its just the way it iz.
Hastingz ate dinner with ob, that didnt help pig flix... A pig iz a pig and it crashez when the momo's bail. Money haz no friends.
They say its not who you know, but who you blow.
I wouldnt have thought that bozoes would stoop top such levels:)
All of AMZN's book value ($7.5B) is from capital surplus - basically after operating for more than 13 years, the only value AMZN added is from its employees buying stock options from them at reduced prices, and then selling higher on the market to pumpers and idiots. This is a scam ..
(1) AMZN issues millions of options to its employees and pays them far below market wages
(2) Amaz delivers extraordinary growth by selling at cost and not having to pay taxes - wipes out traditional for profit ma and pops that need to pay taxes
(3) AMZN uses its growth to pump to wall street and sets up for ponzi with analysts and funds - these companies continue to sell the hype to retail investors
(4) AMZN stock soars to levels more rediculous than the 2000 tech boom, which allows employees to sell options at massive gains, making them not care about their terrible salary and delivers billions to the AMZN treasury (this is wealth sucked from the retail investor to further the scam)
(5) AMZN uses the option cash from employees to "invest" in more break even growth opportunities continuing the cycle over the again.
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In an earlier report, BoxingScene.com received confirmation from Cameron Dunkin , the manager of James Kirkland, that his boxer's shoulder is still bothering him and he won't be able to move forward with a scheduled fight with WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on September 15th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Kirkland's withdrawal comes less than 24 hours after a deal was finalized.
"He called me this morning and told me that he worked out last night and his shoulder felt funny, he felt a twitch. He is afraid that he won't be able to train properly [because he will be worried about injuring the shoulder]. He is sick about it [not being able to fight]," Dunkin told BoxingScene.com.
Kirkland's legal adviser, Michael Miller, advised BoxingScene that Kirkland was starting to feel pain during a "light workout" and immediately realized that he wasn't capable of training at full capacity. According to Miller, Kirkland will now rest, heal the shoulder, and likely return in late October or early November.
Alvarez (40-0-1, 29KOs) vs. Kirkland (31-1, 27KOs) was scheduled to headline a planned pay-per-view event called "Knockout Kings." A four city press tour was being put together.
Following his March disqualification win over Carlos Molina, Kirkland underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair two tears in his right shoulder. It was initially believed that Kirkland would not be able to fight until the month of October. However, Kirkland received his final medical clearance on Wednesday by his treating physician. But, as Kirkland found out last night, the shoulder is still not 100%.
This marks the second blow to the September date in less than a week. A deal was finalized last week for Canelo to face Paul "The Punisher" Williams. This past Sunday near Atlanta, Williams suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident. The tragic incident left Williams paralyzed from the waist down.
Erislandy Lara!!!!!!! They both fight under GBP make it happen Canelo vs Lara!!!!!!!!!Comment by paulf on 06-01-2012
[QUOTE=Chief2ndzOnly!;12195619]I wonder if we'll hear Martinez offer to drop back down to 154. Hmmmmmmmm.[/QUOTE] We should. I've been wondering why no one's been saying this. However, just like Chavez Jr, they're not going to put Canelo in there with anyone…Comment by Bermuda on 06-01-2012
not too surprised by this news...everything seemed too soon. better to have kirkland rest his shoulder and take a tune-up later this year to see how well his shoulder is, and if everything looks good then canelo vs kirkland early…Comment by Evil Abed on 06-01-2012
Kirkland should fight Clottey when he comes back. Josh trying to make noise. It would go rounds which Kirk needs.Comment by Mars Volta on 06-01-2012
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Normal, mid-wide or wide? How do you know what you need?
I have bigger than average feet (13.5 but 12 in sbb) and i have always been conscious of toe and heel drag especially when i was wearing size 14s when i didn't know any better.
Thing is there is a lot of information about width of boards out there but none of it that great and certainly none of it is definitive. Does anyone know of a reliable way to measure what width you need for what shoe size?
Also as a bigger footed rider i find it quite irritating that a mid wide in one brand i.e. an Arbor Blacklist has a 26.2 waist width but a wide Burton custom in a longer size has a 26 waist width. I would understand if the tip and tail was larger because of the sidecut but that isn't even the case.
So anyway, for the sake of my next board purchase does anyone know how best to gauge if a board is wide enough in relation to your feet on stats alone?
If I was in your shoes, I would aim for a 27cm waist with reduced footprint boots. That being said, if you don't use high edge angles, you can get away with quite a bit of overhang.
I have size 14 reduced footprint boots; board has a 28.6cm waist. (I also have a 28cm waist board and start noticing issues with overhang.)
27! Really, you think that big? Maybe you know more than i do but most "wide" boards i have seen don't get much wider than 26.5ish. Also you don't tend to get upwards of 26.5ish until you go to huge sizes. Why do these manufacturers think all people with bigger feet are huge chunks?
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I got this recipe from the back of a bag of Hershey's Cinnamon Chips. My father loves these cookies and is always asking me to "make a batch". They are chewey and sweet and delicious and you won't believe how fast they go.
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- 236.59 ml butter or 236.59 ml margarine, softened
- 236.59 ml packed light brown sugar
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- Mix in oatmeal, cinnamon chips and raisins (batter will be heavy).
- Drop by heaping teaspoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes or until they look golden around edges.
- Let cool for about 1 minute and then remove to wire rack to finish cooling.
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These were DE-lish !! I, too, reduced thw amount of granulsted sugar, but it could likely be eliminated altogether. I got about 57 cookies using a #40 scoop,; they do not spread, so you can place them closer than some others. It truly IS stiff batter, takes some muscle to mix in chips and raisins. Perfect outcome at 11 minutes. HINT: cinnamon chips are not readily available ! If you see them at the super, snag up as many as you can. Alternate is King Arthur, but they are much more expensive. Thanks for sharing, Nell. These have added to my Christmas plate plans.
One of my favorite cookies! My mother has been making these for ages. We usually take a double batch with us when we go on thanksgiving vacation and they disappear quickly every time.
I was introduced to cinnamon chips when a Zaar swap partner requested a bag. I've never tried them but finally picked up a bag for myself. Made these delicious cookies tonight. They have a great flavor and almost melt in the mouth. I even placed a few in the box going in the mail tomorrow for my cookbook swap partner. I'll be making these again and again.....


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Anesthesiologist (pain control)
31 years of experience
31 years of experience
Pacific Heights
2333 Buchanan St
San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone number & directions
2333 Buchanan St
San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone number & directions
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Dr. Edward Eisler, MD is board certified in Anesthesiology.
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one of your drivers got out of his car and hit my girlfriends car while in traffic because he was trying to pass us in a very narrow lane ( many parked cars on the one side making if very dangerous to us the right lane). Completely unprofessional ...
Cab never showed. They sent a message saying they were nearly there, but still didn't show.
- 05/01/2013
I am finished with Laclede Cab. My employer uses this company to pick up clients for appointments. They weren't so bad. They were usually on time, but not any huge issues. However, lately we have had many issues with them. Their maps seem to be outdated, they are EXTREMELY unprofessional, they have been late to pick up and late to drop off, and they have gotten lost. I once tried to use them with out an account, and after over an hour of waiting, I texted County Cab, and someone was there in less than 5 minutes (not exaggerating, I looked at the times on my phone). If you have the choice, do NOT use Laclede!
Do not hire this cab company. ...11/21/2012
Do not hire this cab company. They are rude and very unprofessional. They also break laws. I complained to the Taxi Commission that they placed my 7 yr old son in the front seat, which is illegal in every state in the USA. There response to my compliant..... Kicked my son out the cab.
Don't use this cab company. Th...02/24/2012
Don't use this cab company. They were extremely rude, and the last time I called an hour in advance to get a cab to Union Station they never showed up. I called back half half an hour or so to see what was going on. ( I love on a college campus so it could get confusing) They said that my order was never put in and somebody would be there soon. They still never came, and I missed my train. Using this company before, was really bad, I got yelled at most of the time and the drivers were very rude. The only reason I went back was because it was cheap, but not anymore.
Liars - Bait and Switch - Creative Cheating03/07/2011
I looked at the website and they advertise no fees before we leave the premises, others charge this but we don't. That is a flat lie. They also boasted on their web site no fees for one passenger. When I got picked up to go to the hospital, the cab I got in was about to fall apart. The floors were so rusted out you could almost see the ground. What aggrevated me was before we even left the meter read $2.20. I asked what that was for. He said $1.00 per passenger and $1.00 for gas. OK. I checked the mileage on several sites before I left. 3.9 miles. This should have been less than an $8 cab ride. When we arrived it was $11.80 plus tip. Huh? Then I get picked up to get home. The next guy drops me off for $12.00 then he wants to write in $2.00 fee. He puts it on my credit card. I refused to sign until he stopped the nonsense. We agreed at $12.80. How rude and sneaky these people are. Oh, when you call them to get a ride it takes forever for them to answer the phone. DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE I don't think this is what the foudners of the cab company envisioned when it started mnay years ago.
use someone else02/10/2011
horrible service and rude employees, would call someone else.......
High prices and horrible customer service12/15/2010
they are the worst cab company i have ever used. the drivers are very rude and have no manners, they were an hour late which made me late for my meeting, i tried to make a suggestion for a faster route and the driver asked if i would like to drive. i would never use them again or recomend them to anyone.
Try another service06/07/2010
The only two times I've ever called this cab company they never showed. Once was on a Saturday night. We were in a somewhat sketchy area and didn't see any business or home addresses around so we gave the dispatcher the main intersection we were at. After waiting 30 minutes post our pick-up time, we called back and the dispatcher said they ""can only send a cab to an address"".... she failed to tell us this when we gave her our information in the first place! The second time was a Monday afternoon coming home from the airport with a lot of luggage. We were only 3 miles from our home, but too far to walk with our bags. After waiting for 45 minutes post pick-up time (in the STL summer heat), the cab never showed again and we decided to just walk. Two empty Laclede Cabs drove by us and didn't stop when we tried hailing them. Again, the dispatcher was rude to us on the phone suggesting we were impatient (after waiting for 45 minutes?!). Try ABC Taxi instead.
Absolutely Horrible03/03/2010
I am a student so I don't have a car. The first 4 times I went out with friends we called this company. The cab never showed. So I called back and had some woman yell at me for not being patient while I wait over an hour for a cab !! I do not trust this company to get me anywhere and will never even SAY it's name for the sake of someone overhearing and considering hiring. This company can not even be considered a company for how poorly it is run. I will never use Laclede Cab again, and neither will anyone I know.
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Banana OG (Hybrid)
A cross of OG and Banana, this Indica Dominant strain has an earthy, fruity bouquet and great for pain relief with sedation. Banana OG is a High CBD strain with heavy medical effects. This strain is an excellent treatment for Insomnia, Chronic pain, Muscle Spasms, Digestive Disorders, ADHD, MS and Anxiety. Some of the effects experienced include heavy Body Relaxation and Sedation.
U.S. Senate Committee Approves Veterans Medical Marijuana Amendment
There has been a gag order in place that bars Veterans Administration doctors from talking at all about medical marijuana with patients, even when the doctor knows that medical marijuana could help the veteran. A historic vote occurred in the United States Senate Appropriations Committee today, with 18 out of 30 Senators voting for an amendment that would lift the gag order. Below is a reaction from the Drug Policy Alliance, along with Tom Angell from the Marijuana Majority:
The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bipartisan amendment today, 18 to 12, allowing Veterans Administration (VA) doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients in states where medical marijuana is legal. The vote is the first time the U.S. Senate has ever moved marijuana law reform legislation forward.
"Veterans in medical marijuana states should be treated the same as any other resident, and should be able to discuss marijuana with their doctor and use it if it's medically necessary," said Michael Collins, policy manager for the Drug Policy Alliance. "They have served this country valiantly, so the least we can do is allow them to have full and open discussions with their doctors."
The Veterans Equal Access Amendment was sponsored by Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana and Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon. It was added in committee to a must-pass military construction and veterans affairs spending bill. The bill is certain to pass on the Senate floor.
Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) specifically prohibits its medical providers from completing forms brought by their patients seeking recommendations or opinions regarding participation in a state medical marijuana program. The Daines / Merkley amendment authorizes VA physicians and other health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions regarding the use of medical marijuana to veterans who live in medical marijuana states.
Read More:http://www.theweedblog.com/u-s-senate-committee-approves-veterans-medical-marijuana-amendment/
Sensi Star (Indica)
Sensi Star is a great indoor plant, producing powerful, resinous, and very compact buds. Although mostly indica, she retains a complex high that affects the mind as well as the body. This headstrong indica produces rock hard colas that have a lemony scent and taste. Some smokers find the buzz to be a very strong body stone, while others report a high with more energetic, cerebral properties as well as a body sensation. THC levels have been reported at 20 percent for this variety, making it a one-hitter quitter. CBD has been measured at .9 percent.
Pennsylvania Governor Wants to Decriminalize Marijuana
While the fate of Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program remains in the hands of House Health Committee Chair Matt Baker, who said last week that he has no plans to submit the Senate approved proposal to the House of Representatives, Governor Tom Wolf has come forward in hopes of opening up the discussion of leading the state into the light of marijuana reform – specifically with decriminalization.
In a recent interview with Pittsburgh's Channel 11, Wolf expressed his desire to decriminalize marijuana possession across the state because he feels the current prohibitionary standard is destroying families.
"I believe, for a number of reasons, that we ought to decriminalize marijuana use," said Wolf. "I think our prisons are over-crowded as a result of people going to jail for reasons that, you know, we break up families for reasons that we shouldn't."
"We destroy lives and we make it hard to find employment," he went on to explain. "So often right now possession of a small amount is a felony and an employer looks at that and dismisses (the person) automatically."
While the governor did not voice his total opinion of Representative Baker's unwillingness to send medical marijuana legislation through to the House for consideration, he did say that medicinal cannabis should be left up to the discretion of physicians.
Read More:http://www.hightimes.com/read/pennsylvania-governor-wants-decriminalize-marijuana
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Marijuana industry could grow fast with tax bill
As marijuana businesses expand in Washington State, a bill being debated in Olympia could prompt the industry to grow even more.
Producers, processors and retail shop owners are closely watching HB 2136, which would rework some of the current regulations and change the tax structure. Some marijuana businesses say it's nearly impossible to make any money under the current tax structure.
"We've learned a lot since I-502 passed," says Rep. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle), the bill's primary sponsor. "This is an update, and a modernization of the current initiative."
Right now, marijuana laws apply a 25 percent excise tax on each level of the system: producer to a processor, processor to a retailer, and retailer to the customer. In addition, B&O taxes on the production and local retail sales taxes apply.
For those who operate as a producer and a processor, a common business model, they're hit with three taxes.
HB 2136 would collapse the tax burden, into one, 37 percent excise tax.
Large scale producer/processors, like OMG Sykes in Snohomish County, say simplifying the tax structure will allow businesses to more easily operate, and make money.
"With where the prices are in the market, it's very tough to compete," said John Knutsen, co-owner of OMG Sykes, one of the largest operations in the state.
Read More:http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/05/20/marijuana-industry-grow-tax-whittenberg-king-5/27638353/
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USA: DoJ Announces Proposed Amendment to ADA Regulations to Expand Access to Movie Theaters for Individuals with Hearing and Vision DisabilitiesThe Justice Department announced today that Attorney General Eric Holder has signed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Title III regulation for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to require movie theaters to provide closed movie captioning and audio description in order to give persons with hearing and vision disabilities access to movies. From http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/July/14-crt-781.html, July 25, 2014
How Accessibility is Redefining PersonalizationAccessibility that is grounded in a company's values can bridge individual differences, better connect with customers, enable a diverse pool of talent in the workplace, and improve the standard of living for all members of society.From http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2014/07/accessibility-cao.html, July 23, 2014
IBM Names Chief Accessibility OfficerIBM today appointed Frances West as the company's first Chief Accessibility Officer. In this new role, West will guide IBM accessibility policies and practices. Additionally, she will lead IBM's collaboration with business, government and academia to advance accessibility standards and policy.From http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/44426.wss, July 22, 2014
Improving the Accessibility of Social Media in GovernmentThis Toolkit is your guide to Improving the Accessibility of Social Media in Government. Created with the input of social media leaders and users across government and the private sector, this living document contains helpful tips, real-life examples and best practices to ensure that your social media content is usable and accessible to all citizens, including those with disabilities.From https://www.digitalgov.gov/resources/improving-the-accessibility-of-social-media-in-government/, July 18, 2014
UAE Central Bank Approves Currency Notes Featuring BrailleThe board of directors of the Central Bank of the UAE, at a recent meeting, reviewed a memorandum regarding re-printing of set quantities of currency notes of denominations Dh1,000, Dh500, Dh200, Dh20, Dh10 and Dh5 using Braille characters so that they will be readable by the visually impaired, and instructed that necessary actions be taken to execute the proposal.From http://gulfnews.com/business/banking/uae-central-bank-approves-currency-notes-featuring-braille-1.1358831, July 17, 2014
USA: Playgrounds for Kids Who Can't Run and JumpTo make it easier, National Public Radio recently introduced "Playgrounds for Everyone" to create the first comprehensive national database of accessible playgrounds. Anyone can contribute to the online registry, which includes photos, a search bar and features to look for. After one year, the site included 1,920 such playgrounds. New York City, with 827 as of this writing, currently has the most. The Chicago metro area, with 109, comes in a distant second.From http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/playgrounds-for-kids-who-cant-run-and-jump/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0, July 17, 2014
USA: Expert Outlines Challenges of Accessibility for People with Low VisionNew approaches and tools are needed to improve visual accessibility for people with low vision in the "real world," according to a special article in the July issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.From http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2014/06/25/expert-outlines-challenges-of-accessibility-for-people-with-low-vision/, July 14, 2014
Research Team Creates 3D Picture Books for Children with Vision Disabilities"Goodnight room, goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon…" A children's classic that already is a candidate for the all-time best feel-good book, "Goodnight Moon," has gotten a boost: A University of Colorado Boulder team printed the first 3D version of it, allowing children with vision disabilities and their families to touch objects in the story – like the cow jumping over the moon — as it is read aloud.From http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2014/06/25/research-team-creates-3d-picture-books-for-children-with-vision-disabilities/, July 14, 2014
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Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and BodyThis breakthrough book presents a disarmingly simple idea: The way we pay attention in daily life can play a critical role in our health and well-being. According to Dr. Les Fehmi, a clinical psychologist and researcher, many of us have become stuck in "narrow-focus attention": a tense, constricted, survival mode of attention that holds us in a state of chronic stress—and which lies at the root of
Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra EssenceIn his previous book, The Attention Revolution, bestselling author Alan Wallace guided readers through the stages of shamatha, a meditation for focusing the mind. In Stilling the Mind, he uses the wisdom of Dzogchen--the highest of all the meditation traditions--to open up the shamatha practice into a space of vast freedom. Here, Wallace introduces us to Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence, one of the
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The Science and Art of TransformationIn 1997, Dr. Richard Bartlett experienced an event that would redirect the entire course of his life. He suddenly discovered that by lightly touching his clients while at the same time applying focused intent, he could restore them to a physically, mentally, and spiritually balanced state, instantly shifting misalignments that had plagued them for years. Most astonishing of all, he could teach
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