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Whether it's delicate spring ephemerals, gasp-inducing shrubs, perennials with personality or colorful ways with groundcovers if you keep your eyes open spring is sprouting all around you. I know in some of the colder parts of the country it might not feel that way right now, but Team Fine Foliage can at least entertain and keep your eyes busy while you wait for it!
The blue-green and silver tones of Trillium sessile's camouflage patterned foliage will never fail to impress with its bold performance the minute it's up and out of the ground. This plant is set for "all systems SHOW" from mid-March onward in the woodland garden where it can have some protection from the heat of later spring and summer. The flower ranges from mid-to deep red and is fragrant too!
Commonly called the Lily of the Valley bush, Pieris is an amazingly versatile group of shrubs. From large to small, they often have quite showy new spring growth at about the same time as they flower with panicles of white, pink or almost red blooms. They have a sweet aroma that typifies the scent of spring for many people.
The top image shows Pieris 'Flaming Silver' with intense rosy pink new growth that stands out against the variegated foliage that it will fade back into come summer. A moderate sized plant, this one will mature at 2-4ft. tall and up to 5 ft. wide. in zones 6-8.
The bottom image shows one of the dwarf cultivars that might be either Pieris 'Sarabande' or 'Cavatine' which are both nearly identical except that 'Sarabande' is about 4x4ft tall and wide at maturity where 'Cavatine' is more likely going to be smaller at 2x2ft. tall and wide, but can get a bit larger under optimal circumstances. Either one is a winner with caramel and russet toned new growth in spring and constrasting pure white, fragrant flowers on glossy evergreen foliage year round.
Team Fine Foliage knows full well that not everyone can enjoy the plants in the barberry family the way we do in the Pacific Northwest due to its proclivity to procreate. But, if you live in areas where they are not invasive, you have a wealth of deer and rabbit resistant options to choose from in wonderful new spring growth. The one above is 'Golden Rocket' and we love it's more vertical growth habit versus the rounded mounded types in gold. It produces little to no viable seed, so it's a safe bet where invasiveness is in question. The stems where these beautiful little golden leaves emerge have a lovely reddish tone to them offering a nice contrast of another warm note on cool spring days. At 3-5 ft. tall and only 2ft. wide, it fits nicely in tight parts of the garden where you need that warm golden light. Contrasted with the blue-green foliage of the daffodils, it makes a beautiful spring scene that no varmints with bother!
The day that a gardener meets an iris named 'Gerald Darby' is an unforgettable moment indeed. I know it was for me. That utterly amazing purple new growth in spring hits you in the wallet because you're often on the hunt for it thereafter! This new growth fades back to the medium green that is standard for iris x robusta, but it also features a respectable burst of purple blooms in June too. So this hardy perennial definitely earns its place even after the spring foliage show!
This unknown member of the Lilium family is boasting the most scrumptious bronze on the growth tips for spring, echoing the rich russet-red toned foliage in the background. It will fade back to a mid green before blooming, but it's always worth noting when you see this kind of coloring as it might give hints as to the eventual tone and color of the blooms in summer too.
Last but not least on my little tour of fabulous spring foliage emerging right now is this simple little Sedum spurium 'Tricolor' that's here to teach us to stop and look down loooooow once in a while and notice the lowly little groundcover screaming to get our attention! The cool spring weather lends it that shock of bright pink glowing on the margins and will fade back a bit in summer to a still lively three-way color combo. Drought tolerant and polite, this little mat-forming succulent blooms from late spring to mid-summer. I love to use this one at the edges of combo pots that might not get watered as religiously as most containers would want and it thrives!
Hopefully, these few tidbits gave you the urge to go out and find spring in your area if you can and if it's still too cold, hang tight! Team Fine Foliage is posting on FB daily. 🙂
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A disgraced New York politician will spend two years in prison for using taxpayer money to fund his 2006 campaign.
Queens Democrat Hiram Monserrate (HY'-ruhm mahn-suh-RAHT') was sentenced Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. He pleaded guilty to fraud charges in May.
Prosecutors said Monserrate secretly funneled about $100,000 to his failed state Senate primary bid. The money was meant for community programs. At the time, he was on the City Council.
After losing the 2006 race, the former New York Police Department officer was elected to the state Senate in 2008. He was expelled two years later following a misdemeanor conviction for assaulting his girlfriend.


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Hispanics and Latinos in Virginia
Hispanics and Latinos can trace their heritage back 500 years in Virginia, almost a full century before the English landed at Jamestown in 1607.
Explorers & Missionaries
In 1524, Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón from Hispaniola, Dominican Republic, sailed up the Rio Guandape, which is known today as the James River and Chesapeake Bay. In 1526, he founded the settlement of San Miguel de Guandape, which some scholars believe was near present-day Jamestown. Six hundred people, many of them African slaves, lived in the colony, including two Dominican priests.
Unfortunately, Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón died of ship fever, and about 450 colonists died from the harsh winter and hostile attacks by the Indians. Some of the slaves probably escaped and lived with the Indians. In 1527, the survivors
Today, about 400,000 people in Virginia are Hispanic, with ancestral roots in Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America.
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Jamestown - At Jamestown Settlement and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown learn about the Spanish Jesuits who set up the Aljacan Mission on the York River in 1570. Also, learn more about Spain's help during the American Revolution.
Newport News - See the Age of Exploration Gallery at The Mariners' Museum and Park and learn about the Spanish explorer Juan Menendez Marques who sailed the Chesapeake Bay looking for the Northwest Passage to the Orient. He picked up a young Powhatan Indian as a translator, who became known as Don Luis, and built a settlement called Aljacan on the York River.
Norfolk - The Chrysler Museum of Art collections include many works from Central and South America. Pre-Columbian items include delightful clay objects, depicting people from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama.
Norfolk -Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Nauticus, The National Maritime Center, features exhibits on the Spanish-American War. The U.S.S. Wisconsin battleship is berthed here, too. The first U.S. Admiral was Hispanic David Glasgow Farragut who was stationed at Norfolk Naval "Damn the torpedos! Full speed ahead!"
Yorktown -Yorktown National Battlefield Park showcases the events and people who contributed to this final battleground of the Revolutionary War. For example, King Carlos III of Spain and Spanish Louisiana Territory Governors don Luis de Urzaga and don Bernardo de Gálvez sent millions of pounds, weapons and medical supplies to the colonists, which helped win American independence from British Rule.
Central & Geneaology
Charlottesville - The University of Virginia is home to the Jorge Luis Borges Collection as well as first printings of the great chronicles by Columbus, Cortes, Cabeza de Vaca and other Spanish explorers. In the Bayley Art Museum, see Pre-Columbian art, West Mexican tomb figures, Maya pots and an incense burner dated 500-650 A.D. The Bolívar Network is an organization of UVA alumni of Latin American birth, origin and/or affinity.
Richmond - The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is home to original works by Pablo Picasso and Francisco de Goya.
Richmond - If geneaology of your Hispanic roots is your passion, a visit to the Library of Virginia, the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and the Virginia Geneaology Society are among the best resources in the commonwealth!
Southern Virginia Art & Design
Chase City -MacCallum More Museum & Gardens features some Spanish and Mexican artworks, such as a Grenada fountain, an archway, various columns, urns and a Moorish Cloister.
Chincoteague Island - See the wild ponies at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. These ponies are descendants of Arabians from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon in the 1500s. It is believed that the horses swam to the island, where they could only eat the salt marsh's coarse cord grasses and seaweed and drink the sea water. The next generation of horses were stunted in growth but extremely hardy!
Today's Hispanics in Northern Virginia
Arlington County - More Hispanics live here than anywhere else in Virginia. The population is 20-25 percent Hispanic.
Fairfax County - The second most popular place for people of Hispanic ethnic backgrounds is in this county. Both counties are near Washington, D.C.
Fredericksburg - The National Organization for Advancement of Hispanics presents its annual Hispanic Festival in October in Hurkamp Park.
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I had a chance to talk with Rasmus Hoejengaard, Crytek's Director of Creative Development, on what we can expect out of Crysis 3. We covered stuff like the overall plot, new weapons, abilities and how PC players can expect high-end support when the game releases next Spring.
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UCONN MEN: Huskies look to improve against South Florida
STORRS >> Kevin Ollie appeared as baffled as anyone else at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Thursday night after his team had somehow pulled off an overtime victory over Providence.
UConn had been outrebounded by a Big East record-tying 31 boards, yet managed to edge the Friars, 81-79. As Ollie looked out from the podium to the assembled media in the press room afterwards, he just smiled and shook his head.
"Guys, I don't know what to tell you," he said. "Coach (George) Blaney's been with me a long time, and I don't think he's ever going to see a stat sheet like this. But I really love the fact that we have more points than Providence."
Two days later, after dissecting the game film, Ollie was no less ecstatic about the victory. But he didn't seem quite as surprised.
"One thing I can testify with this group," he said after Saturday morning's practice, "they're learning how to win. They're learning how to find a way. To get outrebounded by (31) and still win is a great momentum-builder for this group."
While Ollie may prefer a slightly different blueprint to victory, he hopes the Huskies (14-5, 4-3 Big East) continue their momentum on Sunday when they host South Florida at 2 p.m. (SNY) at Gampel Pavilion.
As most of America prepares to watch the Super Bowl, the Huskies will be looking for their third straight victory. And although the Bulls are a mere 1-7 in the Big East (10-10 overall) and has only beaten UConn once in 10 overall meetings over the years, it won't necessarily be easy.
South Florida employs a slow-down offense that's averaging just 53.1 points per game in Big East play and can frustrate impatient opponents.
"They're not looking to score quickly," Ollie said. "Can we have the patience to stay in each possession?"
Besides winding up in the "left-hand column" at Providence on Thursday night, Ollie took more positives than one might originally think from the game. For one, DeAndre Daniels stepped up with 18 points and a team-high seven rebounds, as well as a few clutch plays down the stretch.
"That play he got after Shabazz (Napier) threw it to him, he had two guys hanging over him, to get an and-one and show that emotion, that's something I want to see from him," Ollie said. "He got some big-time rebounds. I see him improving, getting tougher. I always say toughness is a talent."
Ollie was also happy with the way his team responded against Providence's zone after struggling against it early.
"At the end of the day, we shot 50 percent from the floor," the coach said. "I saw a lot of positive things on tape against that zone defense, things that we started exploiting."
The Huskies hope to continue to do so Sunday afternoon and provide their fans with some non-football Super Bowl pregame enjoyment.


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Motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar has died in Texas. He was 86.
Ziglar's executive assistant Laurie Magers says Ziglar died Wednesday at a hospital in the Dallas suburb of Plano.
His Facebook page reports Ziglar passed away after a short bout with pneumonia.
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A bunch of Danish students turned old hair dryers into mobile phone booths. They supposedly think that this is the perfect way to let people make private calls in public. I just plain think they're trying to ruin Superman.
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Joshua Letendre, 32, of 152 Main St., will be arraigned Tuesday in Dudley District Court.
At 12:13 a.m. Saturday, Officer Pamela Desplaines went to check into a report of a person riding a bicycle in the middle of Route 131in the area of Xtra Mart.
The person who reported it said the bicyclist would not move over to the side of the road.
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Nassau Dems offer own redistricting map
Nassau Democrats have offered their own redistricting map for the county legislature, claiming that a GOP plan proposed last week violates the Voting Rights Act and moves half of the county into different districts.
Democrats say their plan would keep the 19 legislative districts largely the same, while making minor adjustments for population changes.
"We've given a sensible map," said Nassau Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs. "Our map moves less than 20,000 people out of 1.3 million" people living in Nassau. "Their map moves something in the area of 680,000 people and changes the entire structure of the map."
The Democratic plan has been posted on Nassau's Temporary Districting Advisory Commission website with the Republican one posted Friday. The commission will hold a public hearing on the maps Thursday at 6 p.m.
While commission chairman Frank Moroney, a Republican, has said the GOP map is fair, Jacobs called it "extraordinarily outrageous."
Though boundaries are difficult to discern, the GOP map appears to put three incumbent Democrats -- Kevan Abrahams of Freeport, David Denenberg of Merrick and Joseph Scannell of Baldwin -- into a new 14th District; it seems to draw incumbent Democrats Delia DeRiggi-Whitton of Glen Cove and Judy Jacobs of Woodbury (no relation to Jay Jacobs) into the same 16th District; and puts incumbent Republicans Joseph Belesi of Farmingdale and Michael Venditto of Massapequa together.
Democrats say Republican incumbents Vincent Muscarella of West Hempstead and Rose Walker of Hicksville would lose most of their current districts and complain that the Five Towns has been carved into three legislative districts and Great Neck split into two, thus dividing their largely Jewish communities.
Legis. Robert Troiano (D-Westbury) said changes in his 2nd District violate the federal Voting Rights Act. "It cuts the minority community in Westbury/New Cassel, which is one of the most powerful minority voting blocs in the county based on its high voter turnout ratio, into three separate and distinct districts, thereby diluting its overall influence," he said.
Republicans originally said Troiano and Abrahams had been drawn into the same district, but apparently did not realize that Abrahams, the Democratic minority leader, had moved from Hempstead to Freeport last year.
Moroney said Republican commissioners told their consultant -- Skyline Demographic Consultants Inc. of Albany, headed by David Schaefer -- to draw the map "blind to incumbency." He also termed allegations of voting-rights violations "just silly."
The Republican-controlled county legislature can accept either of the commission's maps, revise them or adopt a completely new map by the charter-set deadline of March 5.
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An 11-17 August has many remembering last year's swoon. The Bucs never won more than two games in a row, and had losing streaks of 3, 3 and 4 games. The offense was pretty average, scoring 4.32 runs per game. The pitchers had their worst month by far, allowing 4.82 runs per game.
Really, the worst part was the 10 games against San Diego and Los Angeles. In those games the Pirates allowed 6.40 runs per, which makes it really hard to win. When you add in the split with Arizona in the previous series it gave the Bucs their first losing homestand of the season.
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The Pirates only won two series, both against the Cardinals. They lost five series and tied one.
Record vs
NL Central: 7-7, 59 RS, 49 RA (4.21 RS/G, 4.50 RA/G)
NL West: 4-10, 62 RS, 86 RA (4.43 RS/G, 6.14 RA/G)
Home: 7-10, 80 RS, 89 RA (4.71 RS/G, 5.24 RA/G)
Away: 4-7, 41 RS, 46 RA (3.73 RS/G, 4.18 RA/G)
1 Run games: 2-6
2 Run games: 0-3
3 Run games: 1-2
4 Run games: 5-0
5 Run games: 1-1
6 Run games: 1-3
7 Run games: 0-1
9 Run games: 1-0
11 Run games: 0-1
Summary: A horribly disappointing month saw the Bucs drop out of the division race. They do remain squarely in the race for one of the Wild Card spots. Here's to hoping they pick up the pace.
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Unemployment or under-employment has been a steady topic for the last few years. In employment numbers just released on Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the number of people unemployed — 2.7 million — was essentially unchanged in June, and the unemployment rate held at 8.2 percent. But what really caught my eye was the number of those considered to be long-term unemployed (out of work for 27 weeks or more). It also was essentially unchanged at 5.4 million or 41.9 percent of those unemployed.
The effects of long-term unemployment can wreak havoc on the economy, families and one's goals.
When a job search lasts more than a year, the need for a support system increases. A strong group of people who are supportive and encouraging can help combat the self-doubt and loss of focus by sharing leads, offering ideas, listening and brainstorming. The goal is to keep a positive attitude and continue job searching while working through a real emotional process.
The documentary, "Hard Times: Lost on Long Island" is scheduled to air tonight (July 9), on HBO. It looks at the lives of those facing a lengthy job search. The film won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2011 and follows four couples as they work through job loss and the emotional roller coaster that ensues.
While documentaries show the grim reality of long-term unemployment, they also remind us that work supports a multitude of needs — financial, social, emotional and a sense of purpose. The significance of employment should not be taken for granted, and the courageous spirits of job seekers are to be admired.
Today's job search can take longer than many expect and there are many reasons for a lengthy search, including where you live, industry changes, skills, mergers, acquisitions and the reliance on a traditional work culture known for rewarding good employees with long-term employment.
It's helpful for families and friends to know that it takes a tremendous amount of mental energy to conduct a job search, and this kind can lead to job-search fatigue. Constantly thinking about a job search and always being prepared to take advantage of unexpected opportunities takes a lot of energy.
Those who've been through long-term unemployment will tell you the importance of staying connected by meeting regularly with friends in a coffee shop or joining a job-search group, for example. The need to socialize and share progress and disappointments is crucial to maintaining a sense of identity.
If you are experiencing a job search lasting more than a year, here are some ideas to consider:
- Stay involved in activities and consider volunteering, because volunteering is a win-win arrangement. You are helping others while you reap the benefits of being active.
- If you think you're becoming depressed, seek the help of a mental-health practitioner or someone who treats depression. Depression and anxiety often accompany a long-term search, particularly if you are going about it on your own.
- Join a job-search group or start a group of advisers on your own by meeting regularly with people to share ideas and get feedback.
- Spend your time where you are most productive. Pay attention to the results you are getting from your efforts. For example, if you're spending six hours a day applying to online job postings and getting little response, you may want to change how much time you're devoting to this process. Your time is valuable, and unproductive activities can chip away at your momentum.
- Consider contract work or temporary assignments. While it might not replace the position you previously held, the act of getting back to work has merit.
- Try networking in a different way, and take the bold step to reach out to people you don't know who share a common interest. It always helps to modify your networking approach, even if you have tried it and given up because you had poor results. Keep reaching out.
- Dress up when you go out to meet people. You may not need to wear a suit, but keep a professional image intact. Growing a beard or dressing too casually can create an unfavorable impression.
- Keep your search in perspective. In order to find employment, you may need to consider relocating or taking a job in another city until your financial state improves and stability is restored.
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Small Plant News: Volume 2, Number 3 (March 2008)
|Small Plant News Archive Page. This is an archive page. No new content is being added. While these newsletters remain available for reference purposes, the documents do not reflect changes to Agency policy that may have been instituted since the newsletters were published. Also note that resources and websites mentioned in older issues may have moved or may no longer be available. Points of contact for various initiatives may have changed.
In This Issue:
- How You Can Prevent Recalls
- Protect Your Suppliers and Distributors
- Food Safety Resources
- Briefs
- Compliance Guidance Issued for Small Plants
- Handling Food Animals with Care
How You Can Prevent Recalls
By Jeff Tarrant, LCDR U.S. Public Health Service
It is Friday night. Hermann Q. Fuerschlinger, jovial and beloved owner of Fuerschlinger's Better Meat Company (fictitious name and company), is preparing to take his family out to dinner. The phone rings. He picks up the receiver and wishes the caller a good evening, but his good mood quickly dissolves.
The speaker introduces herself as a representative of USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). She informs him that the ground beef samples collected earlier in the week were found to be presumptively positive. Confirmatory test results are expected tomorrow morning. Mr. Fuerschlinger can't believe it. He asks, "Are you sure?"
She replies, "Yes. As a matter of fact, our folks need to meet with you as soon as possible to get product and distribution information so we are ready for your recall."
Mr. Fuerschlinger drops the phone into the cradle, hunger pangs rapidly being displaced by a sour stomach.
Could this happen to you? Or, more importantly, can you prevent it? In many cases, the answer is, "Yes."
Pathogens—Test and Hold
Products sampled for microbiological testing may be either shipped or held pending the results. Shipping your product before the test results come back is perfectly legal, but it's not necessarily cost effective if there is a chance the test will be positive for a pathogen. Holding your product may be difficult, especially if the product has a short shelf life and storage space is at a premium. Furthermore, the vast majority of tests (over 12,000 tests for E. coli O157:H7 in 2006) do come back negative. However, the short- and long-term costs to your business of even one recall can be enormous.
In 2006, 10 of that year's 34 recalls (29 percent) could have been avoided if the companies had held their products until testing was complete. Therefore, although "test and hold" is strictly voluntary, FSIS urges establishments to hold product until testing results arrive.
Allergens—Intensify Quality Control
An increasing number of recalls are due to undeclared allergens. FSIS refers to these as "ingredients of public health concern" because to some consumers with food allergies, exposure to even very small amount can be fatal. Milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat and soybeans are the most common "ingredients of public health concern," accounting for over 90 percent of all reported food allergies in the United States.
It's essential that products declare these ingredients on the label if they are in the food. If they are not declared then the product is mislabeled, and product already shipped will need to be recalled.
How can you prevent a food recall due to undeclared allergens? According to Lisa Volk, director of FSIS Office of Field Operations, Recall Management Staff, "more double-checking of label and ingredient statements and better quality control could go a long way."
In many companies today, changing ingredient suppliers and multiple product lines can make their food production process complicated and make it a challenge to ensure all ingredients are absolutely controlled.
The responsibility to ensure that the food label accurately reflects the product rests with the company. FSIS recommends that operators double-check to ensure that product formulations match the ingredient statements. This is particularly important when suppliers of ingredients are changed. A seemingly insignificant change in the vendor or ingredient specifications may result in the unintended introduction of an allergen and, potentially, a recall.
By holding tested product pending the test results, and by double-checking that your ingredient statement is accurate and that there are no undeclared allergens-perhaps even making it a critical control point-you can avoid costly recalls, helping to protect public health and your bottom line simultaneously.
In the next edition of Small Plant News, we'll discuss what to do, if despite your efforts at preventing it, you are obliged to recall a product. For more information on food recalls, visit FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/index.asp or call the Recall Management Division at (202) 690-6388.
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Protect Your Suppliers and Distributors
By Keith Payne
Ensuring the safety of the food supply from intentional contamination is not just your responsibility as a plant owner or operator, but one that needs to be shared by all who handle food from production to the instant it is served on a plate. The amount of time, effort and pride you pour into your products can all be erased by one act of deliberate contamination before supplies reach your plant, or after your finished products leave your premises. As a small business, you can ill afford to have any product tampering associated with your brand, even if the deliberate contamination didn't occur within your plant.
That's why FSIS has developed the Guide to Developing a Food Defense Plan for Warehouse and Distribution Centers. Even though the agency is targeting the owners and operators of warehouse and distribution centers with the distribution of these resource tools, the next time you speak to your suppliers or distributors, you might want to bring up the topic of food defense and make sure they have a copy of this guidance document. And if you have a warehouse, put the guidance to use for your own operations as well.
In the December 2007 and January 2008 issues of Small Plant News, you learned about the importance of a food defense plan and reducing the insider threat. FSIS' new guide integrates these concepts to assist owners and operators in developing cost-effective food defense plans for warehouses and distribution centers.
However, the agency didn't craft the guide on its own. "We developed this guide in consultation with a variety of warehouse and distribution center establishments," said Suzanne Rigby, executive associate of FSIS' Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response. "We wanted to make sure the information presented within the guidance document serves our target audience well by being beneficial, practical and achievable."
Three steps within the guide help owners and operators of warehouse and distribution centers take measures to safeguard their operations from intentional harm. Outlined broadly, these steps are:
- Conduct a Self-Assessment
- Develop a Food Defense Plan
- Implement Your Food Defense Plan
By using this guide, owners and operators can develop a food defense plan that is specific to their facility. "We want folks to keep in mind that not all of the guidance contained in this document may be appropriate or practical for every warehouse and distribution center," added Rigby. "As a small plant owner, we recommend you work with your suppliers and distributors; review the guidance and assess which preventive measures are suitable for their operations."
So, take some time and share this material with your partners in the food chain. The Guide to Developing a Food Defense Plan for Warehouse and Distribution Centers is available on FSIS' Web site at: www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Guidance_Document_Warehouses.pdf (PDF Only). If you or others need help or have questions about this guidance, call FSIS' Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response at (866) 395-9701.
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Food Safety Resources
By Mary Gioglio
Today, more than ever, businesses must take steps to protect their products from intentional contamination and chemical, biological or nuclear threats. As we mentioned in the December 2007 and January 2008 issues of Small Plant News, one way to safeguard your business is to develop a Food Defense Plan and FSIS has the resources to help.
Food Defense: Security in a Foodservice Operation (DVD) was developed by the South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Service in partnership with FSIS. While the title implies it is for foodservice businesses, the information contained in the DVD can apply to any business. Assessing risks to your business, developing contingency plans, communicating the plans with your employees and putting those plans into action are all covered. In addition to the DVD, FSIS has published many guidebooks for developing food defense plans in meat and poultry plants, including Developing a Food Defense Plan for Meat and Poultry Slaughter and Processing Plants (booklet).
These resources and others are available on FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov or you can order copies from FSIS' Food Safety Resources Brochure for Small and Very Small Plants. A PDF of this brochure is found at www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/HACCP_Resources_Brochure.pdf and the order form can be faxed to (202) 690-6519. There is also an online version of the brochure, where requests can be submitted electronically to www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/HACCP_Resources_Order_Form/index.asp .
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By Sheila Johnson
Public Meetings
The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) meeting was held on February 5-6. The Committee meets biannually to discuss food safety issues and make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture. At this particular meeting, the NACMPI discussed FSIS' planned public health-based slaughter inspection system for young chickens and how a similar approach could be used for inspection in processing and other slaughter establishments. Transcripts, presentations and the committee's recommendations are available on FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Meetings_&_Events/index.asp (Past Events). Call (202) 690-6520 for further assistance in obtaining these materials.
Methods to Ensure Effective Sanitation
Continuing its efforts to improve outreach to small and very small plants, FSIS is sponsoring a monthly seminar series covering a variety of technical topics concerning agency policies and new technologies of interest to industry. These seminars are offered to all participants at no cost and conducted via NetMeeting, which uses Internet access for viewing the presentation and a phone line for the audio portion. On April 16, 2008, a seminar titled Methods to Ensure Effective Sanitation in Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Establishments will be led by Robert Savage of the HACCP Consulting Group. This seminar will emphasize methods that small and very small meat, poultry and egg products plants can implement to ensure effective sanitation and thus safer products for consumers. To register for this seminar, call (800) 336-3747.
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Compliance Guidance Issued for Small Plants
By Karlease Kelly
FSIS has issued compliance guidance on a range of regulatory issues for small and very small plants through various resource documents. These guidance documents do not set regulatory requirements. However, they provide information to plant owners and operators on how they can meet regulatory requirements to ensure food safety.
One of the most recently issued documents is the Compliance Guideline for Controlling Salmonella in Poultry (PDF Only). This resource describes concerns and validated controls for each step in the broiler slaughter process. It targets small and very small poultry plants to help them better comply with regulatory requirements.
Another recently issued resource is the Compliance Guideline for Small and Very Small Plants Appealing Inspection Decisions (PDF Only). In this document, FSIS provides information to help plant owners and managers understand the appeals process and, in turn, learn how to make an appeal regarding an inspection decision.
For a complete listing of these compliance guidelines, visit www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Compliance_Guides_Index/index.asp . Also, for upcoming net meetings where subject matter experts review the compliance guidance and answer questions online or by phone, visit www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Regulatory_Web_Seminars/index.asp. For assistance in obtaining any of this information, call (202) 690-6520.
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Handling Food Animals with Care
By Maxine Hillary and Carol Romeo
While preventing intentional and unintentional contamination of the meat, poultry and processed egg products supply remains FSIS' primary mission, the agency is also committed to ensuring the humane handling and slaughter of food animals. There are different schools of thought on the welfare of animals that are raised and slaughtered for food, but Federal regulators, members of the meat and poultry industry, consumers and animal welfare groups agree on the importance of the issue and pursuant to Federal law, FSIS routinely takes steps to ensure that its workforce, as well as industry, is ensuring humane handling and slaughter.
Agency veterinarians enforce humane handling and slaughter regulations pursuant to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. The oversight begins at the moment a live animal reaches your facility. FSIS veterinarians and slaughter line inspectors observe the methods by which livestock are slaughtered, and they are obligated to take appropriate enforcement actions.
FSIS Veterinarian Thomas McDougal who works out of the Dallas Field Office comments on the part of his job that requires him to enforce the Humane Slaughter Act. "Ensuring that livestock are handled and slaughtered in a humane manner is a vital and very satisfying role that I carry out as an FSIS Public Health Veterinarian. We have been given the legal mandate and the necessary authority to enforce the humane handling and slaughter of livestock and it is something that I take very seriously, and I think it is one that the consuming public takes very seriously as well."
His perspective is echoed by Janet Riley, senior vice president for public affairs at the American Meat Institute in Washington, DC. Riley considers that the best practices come from within and regardless of motive, result in a better product. "Ensuring optimal welfare is good for livestock—and good for business. Good handling reduces livestock stress and increases meat quality," says Riley.
For some producers, humane handling not only satisfies a legal statute and guarantees brand loyalty from the consumer—it's the right thing to do. Tedd Heilmann, general manager of Organic Valley, a cooperative of organic farmers based in LaFarge, WI, considers it a moral issue. The people who buy his product insist that the animal be treated humanely at all points of processing.
"We believe deeply in humane animal treatment. We want to ensure these animals' well-being up to the point of the most humane slaughter possible and work with our processors to make sure that the holding areas and the holding pens that the animals are in prior to the slaughter meet our standards. All of our farmers have a strong sense of compassion and conviction about humane animal treatment," says Heilmann.
Humane slaughter practices are effective in the processing of most food animals, even those that are not covered by the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. Although there is no specific Federal humane handling and slaughter statute for poultry, poultry regulations under the Poultry Products Inspection Act require that live poultry must be handled in a manner that is consistent with good commercial practices, which means they must be treated humanely. Recommendations are described in a September 2005 FSIS Notice - Treatment of Live Poultry Before Slaughter, which is accessible at www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/04-037N.htm. The Notice is based on information provided in the National Chicken Council (NCC) Animal Welfare Guidelines.
FSIS recommends that you periodically review the following steps to ensure humane handling of all food animals. First, you should assess your current systems for any handling problems. Next, take steps to minimize these problems. Finally, periodically evaluate whether your systems are working.
FSIS is committed to working with you and other stakeholders to improve the treatment of livestock and poultry. Although the agency does not have authority under the law to regulate how animals are raised on farms—before they reach a slaughter facility—you are encouraged to develop and use sound standards for the care, handling, transportation, and slaughter of livestock.
FSIS believes that industry and others who have an interest in animal welfare and safe food production should continue to work proactively to ensure humane handling of animals and to produce even safer food. In the next month's issue of Small Plant News, we'll cover the various organizations you can turn to for more information on humane handling.
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A heated suburban congressional campaign boiled over during a Tuesday night debate as Republican Rep. Joe Walsh labeled Tammy Duckworth a "failed bureaucrat" running a poll-tested campaign while the Democratic challenger argued the incumbent serves the tea party instead of his district.
Going head to head for two hours before a raucous audience of about 1,000 people in Rolling Meadows, the 8th Congressional District contenders debated on issues ranging from the future of Medicare to partisan gridlock.
Illustrating the divide was the candidates' responses when asked what two specific positions made them the best choice for voters on Nov. 6. Walsh listed the fight against raising the debt ceiling and backing a balanced budget amendment. Duckworth pointed to protecting the guarantee of Medicare and Social Security.
The race, among the most closely watched in the nation as Democrats try to regain control of the House, has unfolded as outside super political action committees are spending millions of dollars on TV attack ads to sway voters.
Walsh, a tea party icon who narrowly won election two years ago, used his opening statement to mock the campaign style of Duckworth, a former top official in the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and a former undersecretary in the federal veterans' agency.
"You will hear my opponent answer almost every single question with nice poll tested, canned answers like, 'Let's roll up our sleeves and let's get to work,'" Walsh said. "What you won't hear her tell you is that she has established a long track record at the Illinois VA as a failed bureaucrat who wasted taxpayer dollars while using her position of power to further political causes that she supported."
Duckworth countered that Walsh is the "status quo" of a gridlocked Washington and had put his tea party support ahead of the needs of the district.
"He's voted against his district time and again. He's not there to serve this district. He's there to serve the tea party and that simply is not good enough. The choice is clear. Do you want more of the same partisan gridlock?" Duckworth asked.
Voters, she said, "don't want to be yelled at anymore. They want somebody to listen to them and get to work serving them in Washington instead of being the poster child of the tea party."
At times, the shouts and boos from the audience were louder than the answers. Even the panelists asking questions for the debate, broadcast on WIND-AM (560) and WCPT-AM (820), caught heat from people yelling "Where's the question?" when queries went on too long or were confusing.
Walsh's criticism of Duckworth's tenure at the state Veterans Affairs agency partly appeared to be aimed at her apology for taking a state car to a 2008 campaign event for a Democratic congressional candidate. Walsh also cited a state audit that found money had not been properly reported. The agency said it was largely a bookkeeping error and the money was accounted for.
The Republican congressman also suggested Duckworth was only interested in having a debate about what to wear for her speech at the recent Democratic National Convention. Duckworth, who lost both legs in an Iraq war helicopter crash, replied, "I do sometimes look at the clothes that I wear, but you know, for most of my adult life, I've worn one color—it's called camouflage."
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There have been more than a few posts lately discussing things ranging from Bastards are all Hackers to a discussion on some report from Symantec (oh, let's all hold our breath and pay attention) My opinion on some report and a buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee.
Ok, sorry, that was a little blunt. I'm not attacking individuals here, but I AM singling out an attitude and manner of discussion lately that involves less of the proper intelligent debate and more of the fanboi bitch-n-moan-a-rama stance.
Ethics is not an exact science. Neither are communications or human interactions. I had a lengthy discussion with someone recently because he felt I was belittling him for of a certification he holds. Here's the root of the issue:
So he got all offended that I was saying he is worthless because he took some (very hard...his words) test and I don't think he's worth a damn. He got all of those personal attacks from the body of the email above. I don't know how, but that is what he felt.Original internal email that has been purged to protect the guilty, sent Friday the 17th
Just some beer-30 musings from me on the Certified Ethical Hacker credential
from the EC-Council. http://www.eccouncil.org/CEHFAQ.htm
I have been considering testing for this fancy cert that means 'Trained
Pentester', for quite some time now. I was curious what the internet
consensus was on this cert, and found this blunt assessment from P.J.
Connoly at InfoWorld. While I somewhat agree with his sentiment of 'real
world experience is more valuable than certification', I also actually LIVE
in that real world and recognize that experience with NO certifications
makes you a MUCH harder sell to a client or employer. Experience must to be
tempered on the anvil of certification. (catchy, eh?)
But the point of this is his statement about the EC-Council's semantics,
which follows:
"But pretending to "certify" someone as ethical is
downright dishonest. It's one thing to give a character
reference to someone you know personally or
professionally. It's another to claim they'll behave
ethically under every conceivable situation."
That really strikes home with me, being a former police officer and public
servant who swore an oath to defend and uphold the Consitution of the United
States, as well as the Laws, Charters, and Ordinances of my state and city,
and to defend life and liberty within our borders.
I'm not knocking anyone in our org who holds a CEH; personally, I'm a tad
jealous that you could legitimately put the word 'hacker' on your biz card and
smirk when your boss questions it. I'm still pondering if this certification of
knowledge and skill is what I would want to present to a client. But I do have
a problem with any business, non-profit or not, certifying others as 'ethical'.
To paraphrase one of my favorite David Spade/Chris Farley movies, "If you
want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. But for you
and your customer's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality item."
zencoder, CISSP
Senior Consultant
Our Consulting Group
This Big Ole Company, Inc.
O: 555-1212 F: oh, like anyone uses paper fax anymore!
"Hacker" is a word that is here to stay, and it will be (mis-)used by the press and individuals until it falls out of popular favor. What it means varies from who used it to what venue they uttered it in. How we use it to evoke a reaction from our audience will also vary.
How we choose to interpret a symbol is of pivotal importance. The problems in this world are oft rooted in miscommunications and a failure to heed the needs of our opponent.
Call yourself a hacker, a cracker, a fat-boy-slim macker. I don't care. I will try to recognize your perspective and position, and what your intent by using such symbols. In doing so I am bound to make mistakes, but I will *TRY*. But please recognize that I am one of many, many other individuals in this world who must also make an attempt to see your point of view...and most of them wont give a rats ass.
One man's hacker is another's savior. And a thirds terrorist. And a fourth's holy warrior. Ethics is a slippery slope of perspective, definition, morals, and personal judgement. CopyRight can take over this discussion now, if you are interested in pursuing the philosophy of ethics.
Intentions are not always obvious. Tools are not inherently 'evil' or 'good'. An attack may come from a compromised host, whose oblivious owner has nothing but good will for you.
Let's be careful before we start using labels, and judging others based on labels. It does more harm than we realize.
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