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I am 38yo, 190lbs, 5'7. I have been a vegetarian for 20 yrs, the kind that rarely ate vegetables but plenty of sugar and carbs. My cholesterol levels are 'borderline' and also my glucose levels are right below borderline. My dr said to work on my diet and return in 3-6 mo for followup bloodwork and she implied that within a year, if my cholesterol wasn't better, she'd recommend medications. Of course that freaked me out. I kind of fell into PB, from Eat Stop Eat, from some article on restricted calories being so important for glucose control. I don't know how Mark's book made sense to me, like I said, I hadn't eaten meat in 20 yrs!, but suddenly I found something that made nutritional sense. In full disclosure I had been thinking the past 2 years that I should probably include some meat in my diet again, for health reasons, but the idea of it was still pretty disgusting to me so it was only about 4 times a year.
I included some of the PB ideas into my life after reading the book, or rather thought about them and tried some meat. I could only do chicken breast as everything else seemed too gross. After a few months of not really doing it, still eating sugar, playing around with the PB ideas in my head but not my lifestyle really, this month I decided to really try to put it into practice. It is going pretty well, I have not lost astounding amounts of weight, very little in fact, but I do still have some grains (in two weeks about 6 servings?). I also had the flu at the end of Nov so went into the month weighing less than I would if I had eaten the week before!
My issues right now: My husband things this is an unhealthy way to eat and Mark's fans are fanatical. (He does enjoy having bacon in the house again, and 'permission' to eat it as he was a vegetarian also for 20 yrs - but he believes it is horrible for your body and he is being naughty to eat it.) He is unlikely to read the book, his parents died of colon and stomach cancers, he is concerned about my health. In the past few years he has been gaining a lot of weight, all in his stomach.
Second issue: I don't exercise. I love the idea of primal exercises, crossfit, etc but don't have any clue where to start AND don't really have the motivation to do it. Any advice on how to get past this beginners block? In the past I've done some exercising (walking, biking) but it never lasts more than 2 months. I have 4 kids (ages 3, 4, 9, 12 - the youngest are still home with me) and I work 20 hrs a week in research (but will be stopping soon).
I love reading the forums and really appreciate the inspiration and community here. Thanks.

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An American getaway driver (Gibson) is arrested on the Mexican side of the border fresh off a heist. The cops take his money and dump him in prison. Survival is his first priority, but after befriending a nine year-old boy (Hernandez), it becomes about much more than his own survival.
Remember Mel Gibson? You know, the one before the court appearances and voicemail messages and DUI arrest rants? The twinkly blues, the mischievous grins, the ability to leaven brutal action with a light touch, to make psychos fuzzy and lovable? Remember him? If you don't, How I Spent My Summer Vacation might just help. For here we get the strongest echo in years of what gave the Mel-of-old such widespread appeal. His face has become as weathered as his past has become chequered, but his spry turn as 'Driver' displays plenty of that forgotten charisma.
Mel is a modern-day Man With No Name playing all ends against the middle in a Mexican prison so loose with the rules it's essentially a high-walled Wild West town run by the banditos. Like Clint Eastwood's cheroot-chewing anti-hero, Driver is a morally shady gringo (and yes, he smokes) with a soft spot for a mother and son in trouble. And he's always a step ahead of everyone else; anything they can do, he can, and will, do better. There's a resulting diffusion of jeopardy, and just a whiff of bigotry (the American is stronger and smarter than all these inept/corrupt hispanics), but the darkly humorous tone holds for the most part, even alongside some heavy-handed violence. Although, with a plotline involving forced organ transplants, this was hardly going to be a knockabout comedy.
The Dollars trilogy inspiration isn't just implied; as well as centering their movie on a nameless mercenary, Gibson and writer/director Adrian Grunberg (here making his debut after first-assistant directing for Gibson on Apocalypto and on the Gibson-starring Edge Of Darkness) even throw in a skit where Driver pretends to be Eastwood over the phone to a clueless tycoon. Mel's impression is... passable.
In the States, where it goes by the inferior alias Get The Gringo, the film
has rather ignominiously headed direct to VOD. But it's not undeserving of a theatrical run. After the oppressively dour Edge Of Darkness and frankly nutso The Beaver, it's quite fun to have a sparky, Riggs-ish Mel Gibson back in our cinemas.
A Mex-set spaghetti Western featuring toilet humour, organ transplants and the closest Mel Gibsons come to playing Martin Riggs since the last Lethal Weapon.


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Delivering iOS Push Notifications with Node.js
Jake Luer is a Node.js developer and consultant focused on building the next generation of mobile and web applications. He is logicalparadox on GitHub and @jakeluer on Twitter and you can also find him on Google Plus
Mobile is an incredibly important strategy when building applications in today's ecosystem. One of the major challenges facing all application builders, whether start-ups or enterprise, is keeping users engaged. Notifications are the first step in a long-checklist of tactics that can be used to do just that.
In today's tutorial we will be building a small Node.js application that covers all of the basics of working with the Apple Push Notification (APN) service. This will include connecting to Apple's unique streaming api, sending several types of notifications and listening to the unsubscribe feedback service.
This is a JavaScript/Node.js focused tutorial so it does not cover any iOS (Objective-C) programming. However, since we want to be able to test our notifications with an actual iPhone, a sample iOS project has also been prepared and released under an open-source MIT license.
Time Required:~2-3 hours
Tools Required:
- Node.js v0.8 or v0.10.
- Code editor of preference for javascript files.
- iOS device (push notifications cannot be sent to simulator)
- xCode (for working with sample iOS app)
- Apple Developer Account with iOS Provisioning Portal access
Introduction to Apple Push Notification Service
The Apple Push Notifications service is actually a set of services that developers can use to send notifications from their server (the provider) to iOS devices.
In actuality the APN service is two separate components that provide different benefits to a provider. Implementing both in a production application is required.
__1. Gateway Component:__The gateway component is the TLS connection that a provider should established to send messages for Apple to process and then forward on to devices. Apple recommends that all providers maintain an "always-on" connection with the gateway service even if no messages are expected to be sent for long periods of time. The service implements a very specific protocol and will disconnect in the event of an error. The Node.js module we are using today handles all binary encoding and implements a number of systems to ease the burden of possible reconnects.
__2. Feedback Component:__The feedback component is the TLS connection that a provider should occasional establish to download a list of devices which are no longer accepting notifications for a specific applications. All providers will need to implement a feedback workflow before going to production as Apple monitors a provider's usage of this service to ensure it is not sending unnecessary notifications. The Node.js module we will be using makes it really easy to automate your feedback workflow.
Sample iOS Application
- GitHub: apnagent-ios
Before we get into creating a Node.js application we need to prepare for the moment we want to send a notification to an actual device. For this tutorial we will be using a sample iOS application that will allow us to inspect the notifications that are received by the device. We won't need to do any Objective-C coding but we do need to configure the application in xCode so we can run it on our device. Furthermore, prior to using APN Agent we will need SSL certificates to establish a secure connection with the APN or Feedback service. In addition to creating our new application and provisioning profile, we will also walk through generating these certificates in a format that APN Agent accepts.
For this section you will need an Apple Developer's Account with access to the iOS Provisioning Portal and the latest version of xCode installed on you local Mac development machine.
1. Application: Log in to the Apple iOS Provisioning Portal and create a new App ID by selecting "App IDs" from the side menu and then the "New App ID" button from top right. You will need to specify a Bundle Identifier; I suggest using apnagent as the appname segment of the this bundle id. For example, mine is com.qualiancy.apnagent. You will need to remember this for later.
2. Enable APN: From the applications list for your newly created application select "Configure" from the action column. Check the box for "Enable for Apple Push Notification server".
3. Configure: Select "Configure" for development environment. Follow the wizard's instructions for generating a CSR file. Make sure to save the CSR file in a safe place so that you can reuse it for future certificates.
4. Generate: After you have uploaded your CSR it will generate a "Apple Push Notification service SSL Certificate". Download it to a safe place.
5. Import: Once downloaded, locate the file with Finder and double-click to import the certificate into "Keychain Access". Use the filters on the left to locate your newly import certificate if it is not visible. It will be listed under the "login" keychain in the "Certificates" category. Once located, right-click and select "Export"
6. Export: When the export dialog appears be sure that the "File Format" is set at ".p12". Name the file according to the environment, such as playground-dev.p12 and save it to a safe place. You will be prompted to enter a password to secure the exported item. This is optional so leave it empty for this tutorial. You will then be asked for your login password.
7. Provision: Head back to the iOS Provisioning Portal and select "Provisioning" from the left menu and then the "New Profile" button in the top right to create a new Development provision. Make sure to select the correct App ID and Device. Once created, download the .mobileprovision file and double-click it in Finder to load it into xCode.
Note: If you have never done a provision before you may not have any "Certificates" or "Devices" listed when you go to create a Provisioning Profile. Consult Apple's documentation or the "Development Provisioning Assistant" from the iOS Provisioning Portal home page to fill in these missing pieces.
8. Clone: Next you will need to clone the apnagent-ios repository and open apnagent.xcodeproj in xCode.
git clone https://github.com/logicalparadox/apnagent-ios.git
open apnagent-ios/apnagent.xcodeproj
9. Configure Project: The final step is to configure the xCode project use your mobile provision. Under the "Build Settings" for apnagent change the User-Defined BUNDLE_ID setting to the bundle identifier you specified earlier. Then select the "Code Signing Identity" for that bundle identifier.
10. Run: To make sure you have everything configured correctly we are going to run the application. Connect your device and then in the top-left corner of xCode make sure you device is selected for "Scheme". Then click "Run". If you do not get any build errors and the xCode log displays your device token you have configured everything correctly.
Node.js Module: APN Agent
- Documentation: apnagent.qualiancy.com
- GitHub: qualiancy / apnagent
- npm: apnagent
APN Agent is a Node.js module that I developed to facilitate sending notifications via the APN service. It is production ready and includes a number of a features that make it easy for developers to implement mobile notifications quickly. It also contains several mock helpers which can assist in testing an application or provide feature parity during development. The major features you can expect to cover today are:
- Maintaining a persistent connection with the APN gateway and configuring the system for auto-reconnect and error mitigation.
- Using the chainable message builder to customize outbound messages for all scenarios that Apple accepts.
- Using the feedback service to flag a device as no longer accepting push notifications.
This tutorial will cover a lot of ground to get a simple application together but might skim over topics that are only relevant in larger deployments. Keep an eye out for links to sections of the module documentation for a deep-dive into certain subjects.
Create Node.js Project
Now that we have our certificate we can begin work on the Node.js application. Today's application will be called apnagent-playground and it will only focus on how to send APN messages as opposed to building a fully flushed out user-centric application. At the end of this section we will accomplish:
- Establish a connection with the APN gateway service.
- Send a simple "Hello world" message to a device.
- Explore the many different options for messages that can be sent.
- Learn how to mitigate errors that might occur in multi-user applications.
###Project Skeleton
Here is the file structure we will be working with:
├── _cert
│ └── pfx.p12
└── agent
│ ├── _header.js
│ └── hello.js
└── feedback
│ ├── live.js
│ └── mock.js
├── device.js
└── package.json
1. Certificate: The first thing you will need to do is move your pfx.p12 file generated was generated earlier into the the _cert folder.
2. package.json: Next you will need to populate the package.json file. We will be working with apnagent version 1.0.x. Though this project is stable, when adding apnagent to your own project I encourage you to check the apnagent source-code change log for anything that might have changed since this release.
Here is the important parts of the package.json for those who did not download the skeleton.
"private": true,
"name": "apnagent-playground",
"version": "0.0.0",
"dependencies": {
"apnagent": "1.0.x"
Once your package.json file is populated run npm install to grab the dependencies.
3. Device Token: Since we will be sending messages to an actual device we need to have it easily accessible. Assuming you have the apnagent iOS application open in xCode, "Run" the application on your connected device. When the application opens it will display the device token in the xCode log. Copy and paste it into the device.js file. Mine looks like this:
module.exports = "<a1b56d2c 08f621d8 7060da2b c3887246 f17bb200 89a9d44b fb91c7d0 97416b30>";
###Making the Connection
Now that we have the skelton configured and our dependencies installed we can focus on establishing a connection. The first file we are going to work with is agent/_header.js. This file will handle loading our credentials and establishing a connection with the APN service. The first thing we need is to require all of our dependencies. We will construct a new apnagent.Agent and assign it to module.exports so we can access it from all or our different playground scenarios.
// Locate your certificate
var join = require('path').join
, pfx = join(__dirname, '../_certs/pfx.p12');
// Create a new agent
var apnagent = require('apnagent')
, agent = module.exports = new apnagent.Agent();
Now that we have created our agent we need to configure it with our authentication certificates and environment details.
// set our credentials
agent.set('pfx file', pfx);
// our credentials were for development
For more configuration options such as modifying the reconnect time or using different types of credentials, view the agent configuration documentation.
Finally, we need to establish our connection. apnagent uses custom Error objects whenever possible to best describe the context of a given problem. When using the .connect() method, a possible custom message is the "GatewayAuthorizationError" which could occur if Apple does not accept your credentials or if apnagent has a problem loading them. You can check for apnagent specific errors by checking the .name property of the Error object.
agent.connect(function (err) {
// gracefully handle auth problems
if (err & err.name === 'GatewayAuthorizationError') {
console.log('Authentication Error: %s', err.message);
// handle any other err (not likely)
else if (err) {
throw err;
// it worked!
var env = agent.enabled('sandbox')
? 'sandbox'
: 'production';
console.log('apnagent [%s] gateway connected', env);
Now we can test our connection by running the _header.js file. If you receive any message other than "gateway connected" you should revisit the previous steps to ensure you have everything configured successfully. Once you confirm a connection press CTRL-C to stop the process.
$ node agent/_header.js
# apnagent [sandbox] gateway connected
To see this file in full, view it on GitHub: agent/_header.js.
###Sending Your First Notification
Now that we have a connection we can send our first message. We will be using a seperate file in the agent folder for each message scenario. Our first one is agent/hello.js. First we need to import our header and device. You will need to do this for all scenarios.
var agent = require('./_header')
, device = require('../device');
Requiring the _header file will automatically connect to the APN service. Now we can create our first message using the .createMessage() method from our agent. This will create a new message and provide a chainable API to specify message properties. Once we specify all our properties for that message we invoke .send() to dispatch it.
.alert('Hello Universe!')
To see this file in full, view it on GitHub: agent/hello.js.
Now we need to run this scenario. Make sure that apnagent-ios is running on your device, then:
$ node agent/hello.js
Within moments you should see your notification received:
If you don't receive a notification on your device jump a few paragraphs down to the "Error Mitigation" section for code on how to debug these kinds of issues.
###Other Types of Notifications.
Badge Numbers
In this next scenario we will set the badge number. The code is rather simple for agent/badge.js:
// Create a badge message
.alert('Time to set the badge number to 3.')
View on GitHub: agent/badge.js.
Keep in mind different versions of iOS handle badge number messages different. In iOS v6, the badge will not be displayed automatically if the application is in the foreground. By included an alert body we can see the icon badge change but also inspect the payload in apnagent-ios. Try sending the message while the application is in different states.
Custom Payload Variables
One of the strongest features of the APN gateway service is the ability to include custom variables in your messages. Even though you should not rely on APNs for mission critical information, custom variables provide a way to associate an incoming message with something in your data store.
.alert('Custom variables')
.set('id_1', 12345)
.set('id_2', 'abcdef')
View on GitHub: agent/custom.js.
The .set() method allows you to include your own key/value pairs. These pairs will then be available to the receiving client application.
Message Expiration
By default all messages have an expiration value of 0 (zero). This indicates to Apple that if you cannot deliver the message immediately after processing then it should be discarded. For example, if the default is kept then messages to devices which are off or out of service range would not be delivered. Though useful in some application contexts there are many cases where it is not. A social networking application may wish to deliver at any time or a calendar application for an event that occurs within the next hour. For this you may modify the default expiration value or change it on a per-message basis. Here is our agent/expires.js scenario.
// set default to one day
agent.set('expires', '1d');
// send using default 1d
.alert('You were invited to a new event.')
// use custom for 1 hour
.alert('New Event @ 4pm')
// set custom no expiration
.alert('Event happening now!')
View on GitHub: agent/expires.js.
###Error Mitigation
One behavior of the APN service is that it does not respond for every message sent to confirm it has been received. Instead it only responds on an error specifying what error on which message there was a problem. Furthermore, when an error occurs the service will disconnect and flush it's backlog of received data refusing to process further until a clean connection is made. Any message that was dispatched through the outbound socket after the invalid message will need to be sent again after once a new connection has been established in order for it to be delivered. Don't panic! apnagent handles all of this for you.
As you might have noticed in the above .createMessage() examples a callback was not specified for the .send() method though the api allows for one to be set. This callback is invoked when a message has been successfully encoded for transfer over the wire but since the APN service does not provide confirmation that every message has been successfully parsed managing a callback flow can be tricky. Instead, any errors that the APN service reports will be emitted as the event message:error. Code best demonstrates all of the possible scenarios.
This goes in our agent/_header.js file before we make a connection.
agent.on('message:error', function (err, msg) {
switch (err.name) {
// This error occurs when Apple reports an issue parsing the message.
case 'GatewayNotificationError':
console.log('[message:error] GatewayNotificationError: %s', err.message);
// The err.code is the number that Apple reports.
// Example: 8 means the token supplied is invalid or not subscribed
// to notifications for your application.
if (err.code === 8) {
console.log(' > %s', msg.device().toString());
// In production you should flag this token as invalid and not
// send any futher messages to it until you confirm validity
// This happens when apnagent has a problem encoding the message for transfer
case 'SerializationError':
console.log('[message:error] SerializationError: %s', err.message);
// unlikely, but could occur if trying to send over a dead socket
console.log('[message:error] other error: %s', err.message);
As you can see there is a lot that can go on here; too much to cover in this article. For more information view Apple's APNs documentation for all possible response codes.
Using the Feedback Service
The Feedback Service is the method by which Apple informs a developer which devices should no longer receive push notifications. The primary reason to cease notifications is that the application has been uninstalled from the device.
###Working with Feedback Events
APN Agent's Feedback Interface will periodically connect the APN Feedback Service and download a list of devices that should be marked for unsub. Each "row" in the download consists of the device token and the timestamp that the uninstall occurred. I recommend that when you gather your token from a device you also store the timestamp for the most recent time that token has been reported. This allows you to compare the timestamps to determine if the application was reinstalled since the feedback unsubscribe notice.
There is one "gotcha" that developers should be aware of. The connection that the device maintains to the APN service is disconnected when there are no applications installed that are configured to receive push notifications. The side-effect is that if your application is the last one to be uninstalled the device will NOT notify the APN Feedback service that it was uninstalled. In production, this is highly unlikely to occur, but if you are developing an application and using the sandbox connection, and are the only sandbox application, this behavior will also occur. You have been warned!
Making the Connection
Luckily, APN Agent also has a Mock Feedback interface so we can easily simulate feedback behavior and test our code.
var apnagent = require('apnagent')
, feedback = new apnagent.MockFeedback();
.set('interval', '30s') // default is 30 minutes?
The .connect() method for the apnagent.MockFeedback simulates the same behavior as the real apnagent.Feedback. It will perform the initial connection and retrieve the unsubscribed list. Each row will be parsed and added to the to-be-processed queue. Once Apple has finished sending the list they will disconnect and the Feedback interface will schedule the next download to occur after the set interval time has elapsed.
Handling Unsubscribed Devices
Once the Feedback interface has received a list of devices it will place each response into a throttled processing queue. Since we have no idea how long this list will be and reacting to feedback is not as mission-critical as responding to an http request, this throttled queue helps us avoid bottle-necks in any of our node application's finite resources. By default this queue will process up to ten items in parallel, but for our testing we are going to change the concurrency to 1.
feedback.set('concurrency', 1);
Now we need to instruct the feedback service how to handle any device that has been marked as unsubscribed. The following example is pseudo-code so we can't run it directly. You are welcome to adapt it for your database of choice.
* @param {apnagent.Device} device token
* @param {Date} timestamp of unsub
* @param {Function} done callback
feedback.use(function (device, timestamp, done) {
var token = device.toString()
, ts = timestamp.getTime();
// psuedo db code
db.query('devices', { token: token, active: true }, function (err, devices) {
if (err) return done(); // bail
if (!devices.length) return done(); // no devices match
// async forEach
devices.forEach(function (device, next) {
// this device hasn't pinged our api since it unsubscribed
if (device.get('timestamp') <= ts) {
device.set('active', false);
// we have seen this device recently so we don't need to deactive it
else {
}, done);
###Testing Feedback Events
Live feedback events are difficult to trigger as they require the right conditions and Apple's block-box logic might not recognize those conditions for some time. That is why we are using the MockFeedback class for our example. To make it easy to test this scenarios we can push in our own device-timestamp pairs. Here is an example that will unsubscribe your device:
// pull in your device
var device = require('../device');
// unsub it as of 30 minutes ago
feedback.unsub(device, '-30m');
This will not invoke our .use() statement immediately. Since it fully emulates the like Feedback class it will wait until the next simulated connection to the feedback service. Since we changed our interval to 30 seconds we won't have to wait very long.
If you have adapted this example to use your own database then you can run it to see what happens. If you would like to see a full-featured example the apnagent-playground repository has this in it's master branch.
Closing Remarks
Today's tutorial covered a lot of ground: connecting to APNs, sending messages and handling feedback. If you are ready to take this to next step the apnagent documentation is the best place to start. For example, there is a full express.js application that implements the MockAgent or live Agent depending on environment which can serve as the foundation of many production applications.
Please let me know if you have any questions in the comments below. Alternatively, if you run into specific issues with any of the code used in this tutorial, please report them under their GitHub Issues.
- npm: apnagent
- Documentation: apnagent.qualiancy.com
- GitHub: qualiancy / apnagent [issues]


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Can you really be called a great vocalist when it's just sounds coming out of your mouth with no words? I don't understand a word of what Ariana Grande is singing because she's too busy doing sh-t with the notes. She also has, like, zero stage presence. That could be an 8 year old at a recital for all I know. Full Story
SNL's new season: Chris Pratt + Ariana Grande
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Chris Pratt was photographed at LAX yesterday on his way to New York. He's hosting the season premiere of Saturday Night Live this weekend, an understandable choice. Pratt has had an amazing summer – Guardians Of The Galaxy has turned him into a major star, and he's worn it well. Full Story
Ariana Grande's demands
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Ariana Grande was in Australia today to promote her new album. There was some drama. Apparently the media was made to wait an hour. Pfft. With Mimi it's at least 3 hours. Then, when she was ready for the first photographer, her people supposedly passed on some strict instructions: -No relationship questions -Doesn't want to talk about Mimi (As IF!) -Nothing about Sam & Cat or Jennette McCurdy (I don't know what this means and you don't need to explain, I'm good) -Justin Bieber -Her grandfather's death Also…and here it comes… *DON'T use natural light. Full Story
Too much Ariana Grande
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Did you feel like you were being force-fed Ariana Grande last night? Too much Ariana Grande. With her one side of the face and her one hairstyle. ONE hairstyle. And always with those high boots too. Is this child allowed to wear shoes that don't go over her knee? I don't understand. Full Story
Teen Choice GIF Assumption
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It's hard to listen to the radio right now. Because Problem is every other song. Every time he hears it, Jacek gets all ragey when he's driving. Is it because the song is annoying? Or is it the singer who's annoying? The singer with the constantly beseeching eyes. Look at those eyes at the Teen Choice Awards. Full Story
Lorde & Ariana Grande at the MMVAs
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Last night. The MuchMusic Video Awards. Toronto's biggest block party, a massive spectacle, an annual tradition, and one of the few events outside New York and LA that draws some of the biggest names of the time. Lorde performed. Ariana Grande closed the show. Both videos are below. Did you know that after next week, Ariana Grande will be four years older than Lorde? Grande turns 21 on June 26. Full Story
Ariana's Grammy side
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See? It's that ONE f-cking side…ONLY! Click here for a refresher about Ariana Grande's one side. Ever since Ben Mulroney made me notice, it's become the only thing I notice about Ariana Grande – and you too. Because I kept getting emails and tweets about it from you last night. Full Story
This is your 2014
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In the last half of the year, Ariana Grande kept coming up a lot in our etalk morning meetings. One day, I finally asked, "Do I have to care about her!? Do I have to?" Apparently yes. And it's only just building. They're saying we will all have to care about Ariana Grande in 2014. Full Story


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The revised anti-Jewish bill, embracing a more liberal definition of a Jew and extending the scope of exemptions, was brought before Parliament today for a point-by-point debate. A second reading of the measure, which would drastically limit participation of Jews in Hungary's economic and cultural life, was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies last Thursday by a vote of 100 to 27.
Under amendments adopted by a joint parliamentary committee, Jews are defined as persons belonging to the Jewish religion or having at least one parent or two grandparents belonging to the Jewish religion when the new law goes into effect. Their descendants born after the law becomes effective will also be regarded as Jews.
Exemptions for war veterans who fought at the front have been extended by the amendments to include war orphans, active and retired university professors; the wives and children of participations in the nationalist revolutionary movements of 1918 and 1919; active priests in Christian churches, and Olympic title holders.
Clauses dealing with the franchise provide that only rabbis representing the Jewish community may be nominated to the Upper House and that only Jews born in Hungary and whose parents and grandparents lived in Hungary since 1867 are entitled to vote in parliamentary.
Jewish teachers in elementary and high schools and Jewish town clerks will be dismissed January 1, 1943. Jewish judges and public prosecutors will lose their posts on January 1, 1940.
The number, organization and activities of Jewish religious schools will henceforth be regulated by the Ministry of Religions. The proportion of Jewish students in the technical high schools will be enlarged from six per cent, as originally provided, to 12 per cent. On the other hand, new Jewish students will be admitted to universities only if the total of Jewish students does not exceed six per cent of the entire enrollment.
Licenses for state monopolies in the trades will not be granted to Jew, under the terms of the projected law. Licenses held by Jewish tobacconists and liquor dealers must be returned at the end of two years, and those held by Jewish chemists after five years. The bill also provides that Jews can be forced to sell or lease their estates.
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Farming nations slam US payouts
The free market credentials of the US have come under fresh attack, with 18 countries condemning a bill which will hand American farmers up to $190bn (�131bn) over the next decade.
The Cairns Group, which numbers Australian, Brazil and South Africa among members, warned that the US farm bill was "damaging to the international economy".
By increasing farm subsidies by nearly 80%, the legislation threatened efforts to reduce agricultural subsidies worldwide, the group said.
And it was poorer countries, attempting to grow food exports, which stood to lose the most, Wednesday's statement added.
"The impact will be particularly damaging on developing countries... many of which are heavily reliant on their agricultural sectors for their economic development," the statement said.
The European Union, which has long been the target of US calls for subsidy cuts, has already said it may challenge the payments at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
And Wednesday's criticism follows mounting condemnation of the US decision to impose tariffs on steel imports.
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The farm bill, signed by US President George W Bush on Monday, was introduced as a "safety net" for a sector he described as "essential to the success of the American economy".
But it also revived subsidies for wool and honey producers, and provided new payments for milk, peanuts, lentils and dry peas, so protecting farmers of these products from international competition.
"[The bill] is damaging to the international economy and could undermine efforts to achieve global reform of this heavily subsidised and distorted sector," the Cairns Group statement said.
The US has previously claimed to be an ally of Cairns Group nations in their efforts to cut subsidies.
In November, the WTO's 144 members, which include the US, signed up to negotiations on fresh trade proposals including a "reduction of, with a view to phasing out, all forms of export subsidy".
The Cairns nations said on Wednesday: "We call on the US to... demonstrate the necessary leadership for the attainment of an ambitious and comprehensive programme of agricultural liberalisation and reform in the current WTO negotiations."
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District 5 - Coal Mine Safety and Health
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On Monday, July 12, 2004, at approximately 9:30 A.M., an experienced excavator operator ruptured a 12 inch gas pipe line while cleaning out a sump for the underground mine. The gas line capacity was stated by gas company officials to be four and one-half million cubic feet every 24 hours @ 100 PSI. The sump is located in a creek bed approximately 150 feet from the mine access road, and the road is used by all traffic to and from the mine. The gas line was marked with "Buried Gas Line" signs on each side of the road, but was not marked where the excavator was digging. Fortunately there was no fire or explosion. The excavator operator stated that he had cleaned this sump on two or three different occasions without any problems.
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Mostly Drosophila-centric. Some of the species we have kept in the lab, quite a lot of fieldwork that we have done around the world. And some just to embarrass people..
Most of the Drosophila photos were taken in the lab with a 28mm prime lens reverse-mounted on extension tubes. More recent ones (and those taken outside) used a Canon MP-E 65mm Macro lens
If you want to see some good pictures of Drosophila, take a look at Nicolas Gompel's photos, this guide to the drosophilids of the midwest and north east USA, or those in the Diptera info album.
If you want so see what macro looks like when done by someone who really knows what they're doing, have a look here!
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Re: st: Panel Unit Root Test
Yuval Arbel <email@example.com>
Re: st: Panel Unit Root Test
Thu, 6 Dec 2012 06:33:10 -0800
Undoubtly, unit-root is very much relevant to panel. After all in
panel framework you are following each
subject across time. So any typical problems of cross-section and
time-series are relevant for a panel.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Yuval Arbel <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Frances,
> In a nutshell, unit root is a very big problem in time-series
> analysis. If there is a unit root the series is a random walk and
> explosive. This implies that the estimates are inefficient, and by
> backward induction we can show that the SD estimates do not converge
> anywhere. A simple way to explain it is to divide a series to
> sub-samples. Imagine that the mean and SD of each sub-sample is
> different.
> A simple way to address unit-root problems is to use a difference
> series, i.e., Yt-Yt-1
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Francesoc Paldini <email@example.com> wrote:
>> Hello Statalist,
>> I'm working with dynamic panel data (unfortunately with small
>> data sets) and I'm performing simple fixed effect estimations. Since T
>> is pretty large (T=30), I don't care about the Nickel Bias.
>> Actually, I don't get the concept of unit root tests for panel data?
>> Under which circumstances are unit roots problematic?
>> Does the asymptotic distribution theory require the estimator to
>> satisfy the usual (time series) conditions that rule out unit and
>> explosive roots? Do I need lots of cross-sectional units (in my case:
>> Best wishes,
>> Frances
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Session 2013-14
Written evidenced submitted by the World Society for the protection of Animals (WSPA)
For centuries turtle meat was consumed in the Caribbean region as part of the local diet. However over time attitudes towards turtles and their meat have shifted in the region, due in part to the green turtles' status as an endangered animal, and subsequent international legislation which seeks to protect it. However, instead of moving away from turtle meat consumption, a farm was founded in 1968, in the Cayman Islands which sought to meet the demand for turtle meat. This facility still remains today and is known as the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF).
Whilst some may view a farm of this sort as a solution to the conservation crisis by providing legitimate source of meat for those who wish to consume it, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) argues that the existence of this facility could actually artificially stimulate demand. WSPA would maintain that the same arguments that are applied to the sale of rhino and ivory, which is said to increase demand for these types of products (where previously this type of demand may not have existed), can also be applied to the sale of turtle meat. Whereas the demand for this meat has diminished within other populations, a legal source of turtle meat in Cayman means this demand has remained on this British Overseas Territory. Furthermore the sale of turtle meat to tourists via restaurants on the island could be artificially inflating the numbers of turtles slaughtered per year and as a result enable the Farm to claim that there is a demand for this meat.
Hypothetically it could also be possible that the existence of a facility which sells turtle meat at a cost which is higher than most other forms of meat on the island stimulates a demand for this sort of meat, and in turn an increase in poaching activities, amongst populations which are unable to afford these high prices. The CTF was also recently broken into with a quantity of turtle meat stolen; there is obviously a police investigation currently underway but it would seem evident that the vast quantities of an expensive meat were too irresistible for thieves. [1]
The fragile biodiversity of the Cayman Islands is also affected by the presence of the CTF, and WSPA has exposed shocking instances of mistreatment of the turtles in their care, as well as a lack of understanding surrounding the welfare needs of these animals.
WSPA has proposed to both to the CTF and the Cayman Islands Government (CIG) that a gradual transition away from turtle meat production is needed – into a rehabilitation and release facility for turtles. This has been done before; a sea turtle farm in the Réunion Islands known as Ferme Corail , made the transition away from a farm and in 2006 reopened as ' Kélonia : The Observatory of Marine Turtles'. This facility now operates as a rehabilitation and release facility, and a descaling education exercise was conducted which reduced demand for turtle meat so that now no turtles are slaughtered for human consumption. Sadly the CTF and the CIG still remain unwilling to discuss the option of a gradual transition with WSPA.
The existence of the CTF threatens the unique biodiversity of Cayman in a number of ways. Firstly the CTF facility does not comply with the legal requirements to carry permits for water discharge. The waste water from over 9,500 turtles is pumped out from the facility directly into the sea. This includes waste water, normal water, food and even particulate matter such as soil and dust.
Whilst the Cayman Water Board has required the CTF to reduce the amount of effluent it discharges, and to obtain the necessary permits – in 2012 – they had not yet done so.
It is believed that this waste water has an impact on the delicate biodiversity of the marine environment on the side of the island where the CTF is located. A report in 2008 from then-Complaints Commissioner John Epp revealed "It is argued that effluent ... may have interfered with the attractiveness to the water tourism industry of Cayman's well-known surrounding reefs and contributed to the reduction in the production of beach sand,". [1]
The report also cited anecdotal observations by the Cayman Islands' Department of Environment of a stunting of coral growth in the immediate area surrounding the facility, although it said no recent environmental study had been done to quantify the effects of the effluent discharge. [1] WSPA has also seen photographic evidence which suggests that the coral reef around the Farm outflow pipes has died, and WSPA does not believe the CTF currently mitigates the effect that this pollution has on the delicate marine environment.
Year of release
Number of turtles released
150 – this was after (and thought to be in response to) WSPA's launch of the 'Stop Sea Turtle Farming' campaign
There is also concern surrounding disease and genetic pollution from turtles released into the wild. Since the Farm's inception they have released over 31,000 turtles (although can only account for the whereabouts of approximately 13 of these animals now), although in recent years this number has drastically declined, as can be seen in the table below;
When the Farm was first established the method of breeding turtles in captivity for release, or 'headstarting' was considered appropriate and necessary to help increase turtle numbers in the wild. This method involves maintaining individuals in captivity until they have reached a size which it is believed will make them less subject to predation. However, thinking has moved on, and experts maintain that this is no longer the method of choice. Instead better protection for nesting turtles, their eggs, and properly resourced anti-poaching initiatives are believed to have better results.
It is also argued that headstarting can cause aberrant behaviour and movement patterns which compromise the complex migratory movements of sea turtles in their sub-adult years. In addition, there are serious concerns regarding the potential introduction of disease and parasites from these captive bred animals into wild populations.
It remains unclear as to whether a thorough and robust quarantine procedure has been in place for those turtles selected for release which would screen for disease and genetic abnormalities. In a recent 'Independent Assessment' conducted by researchers appointed by the CTF it was concluded that 'although no evidence of deleterious effects have been documented in wild turtles, we recommend that, in future, all animals released into the wild receive a veterinary certificate of health' [1] . This clearly suggests that up until this point such checks and certificates were not in place.
It is known that many different types of disease are present at CTF, and are spread from turtle to turtle. These include; grey patch disease, chlamdiosis, fibropapillomatosis and lung-eye-trachea disease. If inadequate screening of diseased turtles meant that individuals with these conditions were exposed to the wild population, disease could have been spread. However, as the CTF does not appear to monitor the turtles it releases it is unclear what effect may have resulted from this sort of release.
The impacts of genetic pollution, which refers to releasing turtles from unknown and/or different genetic stocks into wild populations, are also a major concern. WSPA has found evidence of turtles in the care of the CTF which had genetic deformities, including missing eyes and deformed skeletons. Via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request WSPA has also learned that the number of turtles which are breeding and producing viable eggs is very limited, which could suggest that in-breeding of some sort is occurring at the CTF. The figures below show the number of breeding turtles over the last ten years. It is worth bearing in mind that CTF is currently home to over 9,500 which would have been produced over time, solely as a result of the turtles detailed below.
Wild caught turtles producing eggs
Captive bred turtles producing offspring
The CTF is also home to the world's most endangered turtle, the Kemp's Ridley. The facility collaborated with the Mexican Government and the US National Marine Fisheries Laboratory, and in 1968 they were given 177 of these turtles. Today the CTF have 27 Kemp's Ridley turtles remaining in their care, and they have never released any of these turtles into the wild. Ineffective record- keeping by the CTF means that they cannot be sure of the numbers which were shipped abroad; however, it is likely to have been in the region of 10 individuals. Although it is believed that these turtles were donated to the CTF in order to establish a breeding programme for them, breeding ceased in the mid-nineties, however, before this time the Farm managed to breed 3049 hatchlings,
It is extremely concerning to think that a breeding programme which produced 3049 hatchlings, from approximately 167 turtles (minus the 10 shipped abroad), has ended up with just 27 turtles surviving in their care.
Worldwide it is estimated that there is a total female nesting population of just 1,000 Kemp's Ridley turtles [1] , and so whilst it is unlikely that all of these turtles in the care of the CTF were female, it is possible to compare the number in the wild versus the numbers donated to the CTF and the number which remain to infer the extremely detrimental cost of allowing these animals to remain at this facility.
This collaboration project between governments and the CTF could have resulted in a significant increase in the total number of Kemp's Ridley turtle in the world today, which would have aided biodiversity in the Caribbean and South American region. Yet actually this project has had seemingly no positive impact on biodiversity whatsoever.
Consumption of turtle meat
Whilst the CTF may claim that they need to meet the local demand for turtle meat which otherwise would be satisfied by individuals poaching turtles from the wild, the actual demand for turtle meat among the local Caymanian population appears to be unknown. Via a FOI request WSPA has ascertained data on the number of turtles slaughtered for meat over the last five years. The number of turtles sold for consumption in 2011 (762) is less than half that sold in 2007 (1632). Via the media, WSPA has also learnt that the figure for turtles sold for meat in 2012 was over 900 [1] . These figures strongly suggest that there has been a significant decline in the number of turtles consumed over the last 6 years, which could suggest that local demand for this meat is also declining. Even this slight increase from 2011 to 2012 of around 140 does not show that demand is anywhere near the levels seen in 2007.
It appears that the UK Government is unwilling to tackle what is perceived to be a cultural issue – this is despite their willingness to tackle other culturally sensitive concerns such as rhino horn, ivory, shark- finning and whaling. The Environment Minister Richard Benyon MP upholds a ban on shark finning in British waters; this prevents sharks dying a painful death at sea after the removal of their fins. The demand for shark fins is fuelled by the desire by some to eat shark fin soup, whilst others maintain that the fins have medicinal purposes. Whilst Ministers feel able to comment on the cultural issues surrounding shark finning , the same cannot be said for the consumption of turtle meat. In a recent communication to WSPA, dated 14 th March 2013, Richard Benyon MP said "The Cayman Turtle Farm is… the responsibility of the Cayman Islands Government (CIG). The fundamental issue of whether the Farm should continue to farm turtles for their meat is one for the CIG to consider."
Whilst there is no doubt that the consumption of turtle meat is a cultural issue, there is concern that the slaughter figures do not provide a clear picture as to what quantity is actually consumed by local people, as opposed to tourists who eat it as a 'cultural dish' or something exotic to try when on holiday. In 2012 WSPA commissioned an independent poll of 400 people who went to the CTF as part of a cruise ship tour to the island. Out of these 400 people, 21% claimed to have consumed turtle meat whilst on holiday. This clearly demonstrates that this meat is being eaten by a group of people for whom it should not be intended.
Turtle meat is clearly on sale in restaurants around the island which are primarily aimed at tourists. For example the Paradise Bar and Grill [1] is situated next to the area of the port where cruise ship passengers alight onto the island, and they sell dishes made from green turtle meat sourced from the CTF. Selling turtle meat to tourists is effectively a subsidisation mechanism for the CTF. This entirely artificially created market for turtle meat helps perpetuate the Farm's existence and even keeps afloat what appears to be a diminishing demand for the meat amongst Caymanians.
The artificial stimulation of demand for turtle meat can also be compared to the artificial demand for goods made from other endangered animals including rhino horn and elephant ivory. The UK Government have stated previously that they would call for 'future sales of legally sourced ivory - designed to undermine the illegal ivory market - to be stopped unless it can be clearly shown that such sales reduce poaching levels.' [1] WSPA understands that despite the Farm's existence poaching still continues in the Cayman Islands, and this could perhaps be because people are encouraged to eat turtle meat, but are unable to afford the prices charged by CTF.
The fact is that the CTF perpetuates a demand for turtle meat in the Cayman Islands, when in fact the pragmatic solution would be to find ways in which that demand as a whole could be diminished over time. In the same way that any legal trade in ivory creates a demand that supply cannot fulfil , the only ultimate solution is to find ways in which that demand ceases altogether.
WSPA would like to see the CTF and CIG commit to undertaking research into the true local demand for turtle meat and commit to meet only this – whilst introducing initiates to reduce the demand for meat over time. An initial first step which can easily be made is for the CTF to cease selling the meat to restaurants, especially those which cater primarily for the tourist market – and instead only supply to local people who truly do demand access to the meat source. This would allow for the true demand for meat to be established fairly quickly.
Every known attempt to farm sea turtles commercially has failed on economic grounds. The CTF is no exception: its meat production is not profitable, and the tourist facing facility has never been able to compensate for this. Historically, there might have been one or two years when a profit can claim to have been made, but ultimately the CTF has declared itself bankrupt on two separate occasions, long before the large tourist development, known as Boatswain's Beach was created. This required the CIG to step in and run the facility as a Government owned company. A historical timeline of the CTF and its economic issues can be seen below;
CTF Timeline:
1968 – Mariculture Ltd. was established
1975 – Mariculture Ltd. went bankrupt and was put into receivership.
1975 – Mariculture Ltd (receivership) was purchased by German investors who renamed it the Cayman Turtle Farm. Conditions were placed on this sale which meant that the Cayman Islands Government held a 2.5% stake in the company.
1979 – CITES changed the interpretation of its exemption of "bred in captivity" animals. This excluded the first generation of turtles born in captivity and occurred just as the Farm announced that its captive breeding program had successfully produced its first generation of turtles.
1982 – The new Cayman Turtle Farm owners gave up trying to farm turtles and brought numbers to a minimum with the intention of closing the facility.
1983 – The Cayman Islands Government purchased the Farm for US$1.5 million; the previous owners had invested over ten times this amount.
By the end of the current fiscal year the CTF is set to have received a total of just over $30 million in 'equity injections' since mid-2010. The CTF auditors, KPMG have noted that the massive amount of Government funding required to sustain operations is of "growing concern" [1] . Whilst the CTF might claim that their total cost of sales-to-revenue ratio has improved in 2012 and progress is being made because the borrowings, once totalling around US$54 million, have been reduced to CI$24 million in the 2011/12 fiscal year [2] - it is difficult to see how the CTF can ever turn a profit or even break even when they are farming an animal which is so completely unsuitable for this purpose.
Under the FOI Act the CTF have stated that they have received the following amounts in funding from the CIG, as well as the following amounts in debt servicing, over the last five years;
Total funding in CI$
Debt servicing in CI$
2006 - 7
2007 - 8
2008 - 9
2009 - 10
2010 - 11
The CIG have also just submitted their budget (which was discussed and agreed with the UK Government this month) which states that for the period between July and October of this year they will be spending CI$2,500,000 on the Cayman Turtle Farm.
That's more than:
Emergency Fire Services - CI$1,797,019
Public Education Programmes - CI$84,828
Cayman Airways Limited - CI$1,700,000
Children and Youth Services (CAYS) Foundation - CI$726,000
Care of the Indigent, Elderly and Disabled Persons - CI$440,173
Ambulance Services - CI$743,375
School Health Services - CI$637,925
Environmental Services and Research - CI$877,394
In order to understand why the CTF is unable to make a profit, it is important to look past the debt incurred and instead look at the underlying reasons that have caused the CTF to go bankrupt twice, and remain financially supported by the CIG. Sea turtles simply are not biologically appropriate for commercial farming. These are wild animals, unsuitable for domestication for farming purposes. They take years to reach a size where they are suitable for slaughter, prefer to live in solitary conditions in the wild unless mating, require a food source which is not available to farmed animals meaning that a synthetic replacement, not produced in the Cayman Islands has to be sourced. Furthermore keeping mortality rates down is both technically challenging and extremely expensive.
It is not only WSPA which upholds this position, CITES officials state that sea turtle farms "are very expensive, require advanced technical knowledge, and are, to date, of unproved economic viability." [1]
It has been suggested that the CTF managers may be holding out hope that international CITES legislation will eventually be altered to allow for international trade in green sea turtles. They may believe that this would open up international markets and provide a new source of revenue as turtles could be traded between countries. But the reality is if this change were ever to occur it would take decades before a decision was made. In the meantime the CTF would need to remain operational and would continue to function at unsustainable levels of debt.
It is not only the cost of producing turtle meat which is of concern when considering the CTF's business model. This model is currently based on the assumption that the CTF will 'break even' if it can double the number of tourists per year. The Current CTF Manager, Tim Adam has said "...when the Turtle Farm was expanded in the early part of last decade, the business model called for the construction of a cruise dock at the public beach" [1] . To just "break even" at the CTF Tim Adam estimates the facility would have to draw twice the number of visitors it draws now per year – 460,000 people – or about one quarter of the Cayman' Island's yearly total visitors, counting both cruise ship and stay-over tourists. [2]
The only way for this to happen is via the introduction of a potential and controversial new dock for cruise liners - something which is far from certain, and so should not be relied upon in terms of business projections. This would also have serious consequences for biodiversity in the region as it would require the destruction of coral reefs to double the number of polluting cruise vessels which could dock on the island.
The Cayman Islands needs a new facility which takes the actuality of the current situation into account and builds a business model around realistic projected growth of tourism. A new rehabilitation and research facility would not be reliant upon a dock of this sort, or on the doubling of visitor numbers, and so would be starting at a much more realistic number when it came to economic stability.
Animal Welfare
WSPA conducted an investigation into the animal welfare failings of the CTF over a year ago. Details of what the investigators found are detailed in WSPA's publication entitled 'The Cayman Turtle Farm; A case for change'.
However, since this report was publicised and its findings presented to the CTF and CIG very little has changed for the 9,500 turtles in the care of the CTF. In fact in some cases the situation has worsened. In July of last year, staff negligence resulted in the death of 299 turtles at the CTF. [1] Under the FOI Act WSPA has received images which show the number of turtles which died, as well as the conditions they endured before their death. It is worth remembering that in 2011 the CTF released into the wild 150 turtles, yet managed to accidentally kill 300.
The death of these animals is shocking, as it is likely these animals suffered before they died. Further documentation obtained via the FOI Act showed that the CTF believed these animals died from heat exhaustion as a result of a lack of water.
As a result of the WSPA campaign the CTF commission an 'Independent Investigation' of their own facilities, the results of which were published in January 2013. [1] Despite WSPA having reservations about the impartiality of this report, the investigators did find that "a notable proportion of animals had quite severe skin lesions that included deep ulceration to the shoulder, forelimbs, head and hind limbs." The investigators also noted that "although there are processes in place to address existing lesions and on-going mortality, they need to be intensified, enhanced and their efficacy assessed". The panel also noted that, "based on visual examination of body profile, a notable proportion of animals appeared moderately emaciated."
In response to this report, the current CTF Manager Tim Adam said "recent experimental pre-clinical trials conducted by Dr. Carlos E. Crocker (St. Matthew's University School of Veterinary Medicine) and Dr Walter Mustin of CTF have enabled the Cayman Turtle Farm to develop effective medication protocols for the treatment of skin lesions and, as a result, the Farm has subsequently expanded and intensified these treatments to include the aggressive treatment of all affected turtles in its care". [1] However, what is sadly missing from this explanation is an understanding of what causes the lesions on turtles in the first place, and that is that sea turtles are not suitable for farming. CTF should not be keeping 299 solitary animals in a shallow cramped tank, as it is clear that lesions could, and currently do, result from this.
A solution for change
WSPA proposes that a transition away from meat production and towards a rehabilitation and release facility is necessary. This would allow for the current levels of debt to be properly managed because the main focus of the facility would no longer be the costly production of turtles for meat. By gradually downscaling meat production at the CTF an end would be in sight to the annual bailout required in order to ensure that turtle meat can be consumed by perhaps only a small proportion of Caymanians. WSPA suggests that this transition process should be phased over several years, during which time the current staff employed at the CTF could be re-trained, to ensure that jobs for current staff remain.
A transition of this sort could also significantly benefit the territories natural biodiversity, waste water would no longer be pumped into the sea in such large amounts, and turtle releases would cease which could prevent the spread of diseases from farmed turtles to wild populations.
A properly conducted transition, which could be funded by sources including DEFRA's Darwin Plus Initiative, would result in a positive change for the Caymanian taxpayer, the UK Government and the 9500 turtles in the care of the CTF.
2 July 2013
[1] Cayman News Service, 2013, http://www.caymannewsservice.com/crime/2013/06/24/thieves-steal-turtle-meat
[1] CayCompass , June 2012 http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2012/06/20/Turtle-Farm--monitors--discharge/
[1] CayCompass , June 2012 http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2012/06/20/Turtle-Farm--monitors--discharge/
[1] Cayman Turtle Farm, January 2013, http://www.turtle.ky/mediareleaseinspectionfindings
[1] National Geographic, http://animals.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/reptiles/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle
[1] CayCompass February 2013 www.caymannewsservice.com/science-and-nature/2013/02/12/900-turtles-killed-meat-2012-ctf-reveals
[1] http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g147366-d1046148-r156549307-Paradise_Bar_Grill-George_Town_Grand_Cayman_Cayman_Islands.html
[1] DEFRA, 2011, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/benyon-calls-for-firm-action-against-archaic-trade-in-rhino-horn
[1] CayCompass , April 2013 http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2013/04/02/Report---Turtle-Farm--gets-$30M-over-three-years/
[2] CayCompass , April 2013 http://www.compasscayman.com/story.aspx?id=120091
[1] CITES, http://www.cites.org/eng/prog/hbt/bg/ranch_breed.shtml
[1] CayCompass , April 2013 http://compasscayman.com/caycompass/2013/04/09/Farm-finances-not-getting-better/
[2] CayCompass , April 2013 http://compasscayman.com/caycompass/2013/04/09/Farm-finances-not-getting-better/
[1] Wildlife Ex tra, 2012, http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/cayman-turtle-farm.html#cr
[1] Cayman Turtle Farm, 2013, http://www.turtle.ky/mediareleaseinspectionfindings
[1] Cayman Turtle Farm, 2013, http://www.turtle.ky/mediareleaseinspectionfindings


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In my bid to find the perfect mineral make-up for my face with the least toxicity, I've been trying nearly every brand mentioned to me. I began with Pur Minerals after having been introduced to Bare Escentuals (which I did not try). Next, I followed my beautician's advice and picked up some pricey Smashbox stuff. When that started to run out, I ordered some Mineral Hygienics. Based on new information about nano-particles, I then rushed an order of Everyday Minerals. Finally, when the great debate about titanium and zinc oxide reared its ugly head, I consulted with the Skin Deep Cosmetic Database and sent for some Rejuva Minerals, my latest purchase.
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Through this process, I am reminded of an article I once read about being an ecclesiastical eclectic. Its premise (which I agree with) is that every denomination that holds to the authority of the Bible and proclaims Jesus Christ as Lord offers some universal Truth about God. Does any one particular denomination get it all right and capture all of the essence of our great God? Probably not; each one is fallible because of the limitations of sinful human nature. However, does not each have something to offer us about who God is? Likely. We can see the passion of God in the more charismatic churches, the splendor and holiness of God in the rituals and traditions of Catholicism, and the mercy of God in the more evangelical traditions. Each denomination of the universal Church reveals something about Him, for each has been established by Him and through Him for His glory.
Just as I would not want to commit to just one brand for my mineral make-up, so too would I not want to commit myself to only one denomination and in so doing, miss out on the insights that another denomination would have to offer about my Father in heaven. I have been so privileged to be able to worship alongside my brothers and sisters in the Alliance, Pentecostal, Catholic, Interdenominational, Christian Reform, Baptist, and Mennonite Brethren traditions. As God calls me to worship in different ways and in different places, I keep getting a fuller and more beautiful picture of the One I serve. How wonderful it is to be an eclectic!
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- ~Rain``` said...
What a great illustration of how we should view the denominations. I get really annoyed with people who feel that only their view of Christianity is correct. Of course, I am not discounting that people can be wrong in their views about God. I just think it is presumptuous to believe one is absolutely correct in everything.
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