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Thursday 14 May 2020 at 20:00 Israel Time (13:00 EST)
The sale features all aspects of philately and postal history: perforations, papers, printings, settings & overprints; postal rates, routes, handling, markings, censorship, civilian & military mail, taxed mail, and more
The auction is composed of 2 parts: prior to May 14th at 20:00, lots can either be bid-on or bought out. The bidding takes place like a regular mailbid style auction, and maximum/proxy bids can be placed. The buy-out price is dynamic: if the bidding activity on a lot exceeds the midway point between the opening bid price and the initial buy-out price, the buy-out price will begin to rise by 5-10% for every additional bid placed on the lot. This is intentional in order to not discourage ongoing bidding for the lot. At 20:00 Israel-time (13:00 EST) on Thursday 14 May, the sale will conclude with a live auction of the unpurchased lots. The auction end-date will not be changed, regardless of the participation rate in the sale.
The opening bid price is flexible and bids of at least 80% of the opening price will be accepted. The buyer's commission is 18% on the hammer price; layaways and installment payments can be arranged.
Visitors and bidders can "watch" lots and receive updates on the bidding status of those lots, only a simple registration is needed; once an update message has been sent, the receiver needs to log-in in order to continue receiving these updates. This is intentional in order to limit 'spamming'.
Bidders can also track their bids by selecting the option to "see lots I bid on", near the search field at the top part of the screen.
As philately is complex and multi-faceted, we gave much thought to the issue of classifications and categorizations - and search and display functions to aid visitors in navigating the sale.
• The sale as a display "from start to finish" can be viewed by clicking the "current auction" menu link on the top menu bar.
• The sale as a display split by its categories and sub-categories (in order of the lot numbers) can be viewed using the "Sale Categories" menu link on the top menu bar. Here, users can either select a 'parent' category and be shown all the lots assigned to it (with the sub-category labels displayed).
• Here we should point out that in our sales we are able to assign a lot to up to 2 categories, and this is in order to help address bidder interests in varying fields. These category assignments sometimes turn on a razor's edge regarding their relevance and priority, and are based on the priority of relevance of the classification to the particulars of the lot. For example, for a cover where "1948-49 Rates & Routes" and "1948 Post Siege Interim Jerusalem" categories could be relevant, such a cover would only be assigned to the latter category if it bore an "interim Jerusalem" characteristic. Likewise, certain subjects may be mutually exclusive: covers assigned to the "taxed mail" categories will rarely be additionally assigned to a "postal history" category unless there is a special circumstance for it (eg. a special postage rate used). Similarly, special military postmarks or issues pertaining to them are relegated to "military mail" as a single subject and not placed additionally in the "postmarks & postal markings" categories (eg. of Israel, by the locale). Here also, special markings related to service suspensions in Arab-Israeli conflict are covered exclusively in that section. On desktop and laptop computers the "Sales Categories" menu will display the range of the lot numbers assigned to the categories: here, please note that the lot number appears only next to the primary category a lot has been assigned. That same lot may also appear in another category - but its lot number will not appear as part of the range. One clue that additionally-categories lots appear in a menu selection is the discrepancy in the menu's summary of the number of lots included there: it may show lots #1-3 but the summary will show (10) items to be displayed.
• There is a search field near the top of each page, where a free-word search can be conducted - however this is limited to whatever words were used in the lot's title or description.
• To augment the search or menu-display results, another way of viewing the sale (or delving deeper in the display results) is to use our subject filters - these appear in the left-side column on desktop/laptop computers, and appear just below our logo on cell phones. The purpose of these filters is to display lots based on conceptual assignments we have associated with them. An easy example of this is "censored mail": there is no sale category for censored mail because it cross-cuts many other times and subjects, but the filter menus will enable users to pin point lots based on such conceptual/characteristic assignments we have made to them.
• Finally, using the "Sale Subject Index" menu link from the top menu bar, visitors can peruse the sale using any of a number of different indexing methods for the display - by country, city, special characteristic, object type and more. With the move of the mouse cursor over the image icon next to the lot, users can quickly see the title and image of the lot - and click to access it directly.
Please note, the site also features a regularly updated store with a fixed-price/make-offer display. In order to specifically view this or the auction display, please select the menu option from the top menu bar, and the menus and filters will then display only those items relevant to those displays - otherwise all the items appear.
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We take cognisance of the 50 years since the South African Journal of Radiology (SAJR) first appeared as a supplement of the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ) in April 1963. Although not in continuous print, it nevertheless documented the development of South African radiology, serving as a repository for the mostly unique and always interesting cases.
The SAJR, however, must continue to evolve in order to remain contemporary. I therefore happily announce that the SAJR will now publish exclusively online, with no print copy, except inter alia a copy for the National Archives of South Africa.
This is a considerable step toward making the journal accessible to a broader international audience. African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd (AOSIS) OpenJournals will publish the SAJR online in PDF, html, xml and ePub format as a rolling publication, its archives accessible to all users. Signing up for 'article alerts/notification' on the SAJR webpage will inform users when a new article is available online.
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The SAJR aims to refine its focus and scope, thereby carving its niche. It is my intention to give South African radiology wider exposure by including a Special Focus Musculoskeletal Issue during the course of this year. The cases presented by the South African Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (SAMSIG) at the first RSSA/SAMSIG Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging Course at the V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, 21-23 February 2014, provides this opportunity.
In further contributory efforts to excellence in radiology, and marking the next 50 years of the SAJR, I am delighted to introduce an important series of editorials contributed by the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care and Division of Community Health located at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. The intent is to encourage appropriate imaging in South Africa by promoting the practice of evidence-based radiology. I hope that you will find this series both enlightening and encouraging.
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props = new java.util.HashSet();
molTable.parseProperties(hmdbIndex, props);
idIndex = new java.util.HashMap();
molCount = hmdbIndex.getNumberOfMolecules();
for (i=0; i<molCount; i++) {
hmdbID = hmdbIndex.getPropertyFor(i, "HMDB_ID")
idIndex.put(hmdbID, i);
The next step in my use case is process some input (WikiPathways GPML files to be precise), detect what HMDB identifier is used, extract the SD file entry for that identifier and append it to a new SD file (using a new ui.append() method):
hmdbCounter = idIndex.get(idStr)
sdEntry = hmdbIndex.getRecord(hmdbCounter)
sdEntry = sdEntry.substring(0, sdEntry.indexOf("M END"))
ui.append("/WikiPathways/db.sdf", sdEntry);
ui.append("/WikiPathways/db.sdf", "M END\n");
ui.append("/WikiPathways/db.sdf", "> <WPM>\n");
ui.append("/WikiPathways/db.sdf", "WPM" + (Integer.toString(wpmId)).substring(1) + "\n");
ui.append("/WikiPathways/db.sdf", "\n");
ui.append("/WikiPathways/db.sdf", "\$\$\$\$\n");
This code actually does a bit more than copying the SD file entry: it also removes all previous SD fields and replace this with a new, internal identifier. Using that identifier, I track some metadata on this metabolite.
Now, there are a million ways of implementing this workflow. If you really want to know, I chose this one because HMDB identifiers is a more prominent ID used in WikiPathways, and for this one, as well as ChEBI, I can use a SD file. For ChemSpider and PubChem identifiers, however, I plan to use the matching Bioclipse client code to pull in MDL molfiles. Bioclipse has functionality for all these needs available as extensions.


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Sculpture painted with silver metallic accents, this piece was limited to the 2007 year of production. The peg leg and spur on left and right shoe are made of pewter.
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1995 Walt Disney Collector's Society Animators Choice release. This piece was only available March 1, 1995 to March 31, 1996 with a Society Redemption Certificate.
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DENVER — At times, Kyle Couch admitted the chatter around Mead High School, and amongst his teammates on the Mavericks wrestling team, was difficult to ignore.
Throughout the season, it was no secret Couch was approaching a monumental opportunity to capture the first state title in the Mead program's brief history. Couch, a focused and understated junior, always preferred to set aside such talk in order to tackle the next hurdle.
Couch carried that approach all the way through to the finish line on Saturday, fulfilling all those expectations while making school history by winning the Class 4A title at 182 pounds.
Couch overcame an early deficit to post a 4-2 victory against Montezuma-Cortez's Trenton Gustafson in the championship bout at the Pepsi Center.
"It's nice. I finally got it done," said Couch, who placed third at each of the previous two state tournaments. "It was a hard day getting mentally prepared."
Gustafson struck first, recording a takedown about 30 seconds into the match to take a quick 2-0 lead. An escape by Couch trimmed the deficit to 2-1, and Couch took the lead for good with a takedown late in the opening round.
Couch, who finishes the season with a 47-1 mark, used another escape to take a 4-2 lead in the second round before holding Gustafson at bay over the final 2 minutes.
"I really didn't know much about (Gustafson) strategy-wise," Couch said. "As the match went on I kind of figured out what he was going for and what he wanted. I just came back and fought all the way through."
Couch's title also produced a memorable milestone for Mead head coach Ty Tatham, who has turned the Mavericks into an impressive 4A force after taking over what was then a brand new program four seasons ago.
Tatham said Couch's championship not only validates the work the Mavericks have put in during the four-year building process, but it also gives the next generation of Mead wrestlers something to strive for.
"It opens the door for other kids in the program, or little kids right now who look and say, 'Hey, I can go to Mead and win a state championship,'" said Tatham, who coached two state title winners during 14 seasons at Longmont. "It helps a lot. He's had a lot of firsts in our wrestling program. Two or three years ago, if you would've told me we'd have a state champion in Year 4, I'm not sure I'd have believed you. In some ways, it's happened a lot quicker than I thought. Then again, you get a kid like (Couch) in the program, you have to take advantage of it."
The Mavericks' Sage Budd collected the program's only other medal from the 4A tournament, finishing fifth at 113 pounds.
Budd stayed alive early Saturday by recording a 2-0 victory against Durango's Matthew Lavengood, but Budd was denied an opportunity to fight for third-place when he was pinned by Brandon Gonzalez of Mesa Ridge in the consolation semifinals. Sent to the fifth-place match, Budd bounced back with a 5-1 victory against Pueblo South's Davis Baxter.
Mead 170-pounder Gabe Alvarado was eliminated from medal contention early Saturday afternoon when he suffered a 4-3 loss against Joseph Keller of Windsor in the third round of the consolation bracket.
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Broomfield 140.5, Discovery Canyon, 129.5, Windsor 129.0, Pueblo South 95, Thompson Valley 95, Roosevelt 68, Pueblo Central 67, Montezuma-Cortez 61, Golden 49, Eagle Valley 44, Weld Central 44, Palisade 40.5, Falcon 40, Mead 39, Valor Christian 37.5, Air Academy 37, Pueblo Centennial 37, Mesa Ridge 35.5, Berthoud 32, Arvada 29, Fort Morgan 28.5, Longmont 25, Cheyenne Mountain 24, Canon City 23, Thomas Jefferson 21, Elizabeth 20.5, Montrose 19, Pueblo County 19, Pueblo East 19, Mullen 17, Sand Creek 17, Pueblo West 17, Erie 13, Niwot 13, Lewis-Palmer 12, Rifle 11.5, Vista Ridge 10.5, Durango, 9, Evergreen 9, Summit 9, Woodland Park 9, Conifer 7, Mountain View 7, Greeley Central 5, Northridge 4, Delta 3, Frederick 2, Widefield 2.
106 pounds — Dalton Robertson, Weld Central, dec. Sam Turner, Discovery Canyon, 11-9.
113 pounds — Joel Salomon, Windsor, dec. Drew Romero, Broomfield, 4-2.
120 pounds — AJ Rees, Discovery Canyon, dec. Marcus Martinez, Pueblo South, 11-5.
126 pounds — Dalton Hannigan, Palisade, maj. dec. Bobby Amond, Cheyenne Mountain, 12-4.
132 pounds — Isaac Naro, Pueblo South, dec. Sonny Espinoza, Pueblo Central, 5-2.
138 pounds — Jace Lopez, Roosevelt, dec. Ryan Daves, Montezuma-Cortez, 3-1.
145 pounds — Phil Downing, Broomfield, maj. dec. Tyler Oberg, Discovery Canyon, 10-1.
152 pounds — Kennen Lanteri, Windsor, dec. Cody Soulka, Falcon, 5-3.
160 pounds — Francisco Marquez, Thompson Valley, dec. Seager Oliver, Montezuma-Cortez, 7-2.
170 pounds — Zach Stodden, Broomfield, dec. Chaz Polson, Valor Christian, 3-2.
182 pounds — Kyle Couch, Mead, dec. Trenton Gustafson, Montezuma-Cortez, 4-2.
195 pounds — Garet Krohn, Arvada, tech fall David Traynor, Discovery Canyon, 24-9.
220 pounds — Andy Armstrong, Eagle Valley, maj. dec. Garrett Benell, Canon City, 14-3.
285 pounds — Dakota Gulley, Golden, pinned Robert Bishop-Cotner, 1:27.
106 pounds — Darek Huff, Broomfield dec. Vladyslav Kazakov, Thompson Valley, 5-1.
113 pounds — Collin Williams, Thompson Valley pinned Brandon Gonzalez, Mesa Ridge, 4:25.
120 pounds — Gavril Houston, Elizabeth dec. Aaron Carrera, Pueblo East, 4-2 OT.
126 pounds — Layth Dieyleh, Thomas Jefferson dec. Jimmy Fate, Berthoud, 6-4 OT.
132 pounds — Steve Turner, Discovery Canyon pinned Travis Myers, Pueblo West, 3:26.
138 pounds — Jacob Gerken, Ft. Morgan pinned Joseph Sisneros, Mullen, 1:55.
145 pounds — Keenan Wyatt, Pueblo Central pinned Chad Ellis, Berthoud, 4:29.
152 pounds — John Holst, Valor Christian dec. Keenan Willits, Pueblo County, 6-5.
160 pounds — Kyle Soulka, Falcon dec. Spencer Urban, Roosevelt, 4-2.
170 pounds — Adrian Mack, Discovery Canyon dec. Caleb Cuneio, Air Academy, 3-1.
182 pounds — Josh Semmler, Roosevelt dec. Ty LaFramboise, Eagle Valley, 4-3.
195 pounds — Logan Longworth, Weld Central pinned John Lieder, Pueblo Centennial, 1:50.
220 pounds — Evan Lancelot, Pueblo Central dec. Conner Eakes, Broomfield, 3-1.
285 pounds — Tuli Laulu, Sand Creek dec. Justin Petrash, Air Academy, 1-0.
106 pounds — Michael Ramirez, Pueblo South dec. Clay Robinson, Niwot, 4-2.
113 pounds — Sage Budd, Mead dec. Davis Baxter, Pueblo South, 5-1.
120 pounds — Nick Wittrock, Summit dec. Tylar Francis, Roosevelt, 5-1.
126 pounds — Ian Wingstrom, Ft. Morgan maj. dec. Jacob Kay, Evergreen, 13-5.
132 pounds — Justin Ray, Palisade pinned Tanner Williams, Thompson Valley, :56.
138 pounds — Parker Simington, Thompson Valley dec. Hunter Shively, Conifer, 5-3.
145 pounds — Austin Zuniga, Pueblo South dec. Dominique Hughes, Mesa Ridge, 7-4.
152 pounds — Jared Albo, Broomfield pinned Drake Greeott, Longmont, 2:26.
160 pounds — Vinny Gonzales, Windsor dec. Thomas Chisholm, Woodland Park, 8-7.
170 pounds — Joseph Glenn, Lewis-Palmer pinned Joseph Keller, Windsor, 4:05.
182 pounds — Cosme Martinez, Windsor maj. dec. Jacob Hawthorne, Vista Ridge, 12-3.
195 pounds — Demetrius Zissimos, Broomfield dec. Jaime Ramos Vega, Longmont, 3-2.
220 pounds — Hunter Reinert, Pueblo South pinned Damian Gracia, Pueblo Centennial, 2:01.
285 pounds — Jesus Casillas, Montrose dec. Austin Harris, Broomfield, 4-2 OT.
106 — Darek Huff, Broomfield, dec. Michael Ramirez, Pueblo South, 7-2; Vladyslav Kazakov, Thompson Valley pinned Clay Robinson, Niwot, 3:56.
113 — Brandon Gonzalez, Mesa Ridge, pinned Sage Budd, Mead, 4:55.
152 — Keenan Willits, Pueblo County, dec. Jarod Albo, Broomfield, 9-6; John Holst, Valor Christian, tech fall Drake Greeott, Longmont, 16-1.
195 — John Lieder, Pueblo Centennial, dec. Jaime Ramos Vega, 10-7; Logan Longworth, Weld Central, pinned DJ Zissimos, 4:29.
220 — Connor Eakes, Broomfield, dec. Damian Garcia, Pueblo Centennial, 3-2.
285 — Justin Petrash, Air Academy, dec. Austin Harris, Broomfield, 3-1.
106 — Clay Robinson, Niwot, dec. Josh Villa, Windsor, 3-2.
113 — Sage Budd, Mead, dec. Matthew Lavengood, Durango, 2-0.
132 — Steve Turner, Discovery Canyon, dec. Brandon Wetsch, Erie, 4-3.
152 — Jarod Albo, Broomfield, pinned Jeremiah Clymer, Mountain View, 4:33; Drake Greeott, Longmont, dec. Devin Rothrock, Golden, 4-1.
160 — Spencer Urban, Roosevelt, dec. Ladd Bunker, Erie, 4-2.
170 — Joseph Keller, Windsor, dec. Gabe Alvarado, Mead, 4-3.
195 — DJ Zissimos, Broomfield, pinned Joey Sanchez, Eagle Valley, 4:05.
285 — Austin Harris, Broomfield, dec. Demitrius Miller, Pueblo Centennial, 2-1, OT.


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On Iraq, Obama has the speech, but ISIS has the territory
This article originally appeared in National Journal.
President Obama told us this would happen. He even said U.S. policy should prepare for it.
Obama did not necessarily see the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria coming or imagine its cross-border pulverizing of Iraqi forces in Mosul and across much of north and western Iraq. He didn't see great swaths of Syria and Iraq falling into hands of Sunni radicals too bloodthirsty for al-Qaida. Nor did he see ISIS fighters driving U.S.-made military trucks and Humvees or firing U.S.-made weapons with U.S.-made ammunition.
The particulars eluded Obama. They eluded virtually everyone who, after U.S. forces left Iraq, nonchalantly watched Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki intensify his autocratic and divisive ways in Baghdad, alienating Sunni and Kurdish leaders and the towns and territories they represented. Any critic of Obama's Iraq policy now (the specific grievance being the lack of a U.S. residual force of some undefined number--10,000? 20,000? or 30,000?) must credibly explain how those troops would have redirected Maliki's arrogant and mistrustful political energies toward consensus or inclusiveness. They wouldn't have. Period. To pretend so now, after the fact, is fantasy and folly. There's no time for either. Iraq has had enough of both--its own and imported from Washington.
Washington stood by, collectively and with bipartisan indifference, while Maliki stirred the hornet's nest of Sunni resentment. While ISIS was fortifying itself with equipment and sharpening its fighting skills in Syria, it silently stoked Sunni grievances inside Iraq, often at the local level. When it pounced during the political transition after Iraq's most recent election, it routed a demoralized Iraqi army and found common cause with Sunnis fed up with Maliki's authoritarian boot and serial corruption.
But Obama saw this larger problem coming and warned the storm clouds were gathering. At least he sounded like he did. In one of the meatiest and most important military policy speeches of his presidency, Obama told the country on May 23, 2013, that it must view the war on terrorism as a new conflict--with seemingly random battlefields and disparate foes with local orientations and occasionally international ambitions. The speech's venue was the National Defense University.
"America is at a crossroads," Obama said. "We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. What we can do--what we must do--is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger to us, and make it less likely for new groups to gain a foothold."
Obama then described threats outside of Afghanistan and Iraq and the need for America and its allies to nimbly respond.
"What we've seen is the emergence of various al-Qaida affiliates. From Yemen to Iraq, from Somalia to North Africa, the threat today is more diffuse, with al-Qaida's affiliates in the Arabian Peninsula--AQAP--the most active in plotting against our homeland.
"Unrest in the Arab world has also allowed extremists to gain a foothold in countries like Libya and Syria."
Aspects of ISIS's approach can be found in what Obama said next.
"Other of these groups are simply collections of local militias or extremists interested in seizing territory. That means we'll face more localized threats ... in which local operatives--perhaps in loose affiliation with regional networks--launch periodic attacks against Western diplomats, companies, and other soft targets, or resort to kidnapping and other criminal enterprises to fund their operations."
ISIS or ISIL as it's also known (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) could be described as an amalgam of all these terrorist threats--local and regional, ideological and opportunistic, methodical and criminal, militaristic and political.
"So that's the current threat," Obama said. "Lethal yet less capable al-Qaida affiliates; threats to diplomatic facilities and businesses abroad; homegrown extremists. This is the future of terrorism. We have to take these threats seriously, and do all that we can to confront them."
It was an important speech. It sought to define an end to the concept of post 9/11 warfare and explain the new battle space. It did all of those things. But it did not change policy. It did not take Obama's strategic and operational insights--of which there were many--and usefully apply them where they belonged: Syria. It is that battle-scarred country and its ghastly three-year civil war that gave rise to ISIS/ISIL and may give rise to lone-wolf terrorists who may wreak havoc later in Europe or the U.S. (something Obama also warned of--in a generic sense--in the National Defense University speech).
The conflict now raging in Iraq and the territorial gains of ISIS/ISIL are of stupendous regional importance. Nothing on the map can compete with the potentially negative consequences of a collapsed Iraq, an ISIS/ISIL force controlling parts of Iraq and Syria, armed to the teeth and financed with millions. This is all imaginable now. It's beyond a pity that what Obama said in 2013 roused neither him nor his national security team to apply its laudable insights in Syria or Iraq.
Obama's speech was the best and worst of his presidency. It brimmed with nuanced and thoughtful rhetoric and offered a keen perspective on future threats and lofted many emphatic words about new policies ... and accomplished precisely nothing. The speech did not yield new and creative thinking within the Pentagon or State Department, at least that is evidenced by any productive work preparing for or dealing with ISIS/ISIL. It did not sensitize the Obama team to the growing menace--along an east-west continuum in Syria and Iraq--that might arise from the Syrian civil war, Sunni militancy, and Iraqi political grievance and alienation.
The acid test of this Obama speech must be ISIS/ISIL. The speech asked the country and Obama's team to view the global terrorism threat anew and to gather intelligence--which the Kurds were trying to provide about ISIS/ISIL, by the way--about perils unforeseen. Obama said it. It ought to have mattered in Syria and Iraq. There's scant evidence it did.
Even those who wish Obama well have noted a White House tendency to devote far more energy to the development of a big speech than the follow-up to enforce or alter policy afterward. In the Obama White House, there's always another big speech.
Obama is not the first president to find policy implementation harder than rhetorical flourish. But it borders on malpractice that a speech as big as this one didn't reverberate. More than most presidents, Obama knows words matter. How much different things might be now if Obama's words had mattered to his national security team months ago.


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SEOUL - North Korea test-fired 16 short-range rockets into the sea on Sunday, the South's military said -- the latest of dozens launched in recent weeks in apparent protest at joint drills between Seoul and Washington.
The launches took place between about 1:00 am (1600 GMT Saturday) and 2:30 am off the North's east coast, a South Korean defence ministry spokesman told AFP.
"They were rockets with a range of about 60 kilometres (37 miles)," he said, adding the projectiles were old versions of Russian-made, unguided Frog rockets.
It is not unusual for Pyongyang to carry out such tests but there has been a spate of them in recent weeks. About 70 short-range rockets have been fired into the sea this month, including 30 on Saturday.
Analysts say the launches are an expression of Pyongyang's anger at ongoing annual South Korean-US military drills, which run until next month.
The North has habitually criticised the exercises, along with other military drills staged south of the border, as practice for an invasion. Seoul and Washington insist they are purely defensive in nature.
South Korea and the United States have called for an end to the "provocative tests".
As tension rise on the peninsula, the South's President Park Geun-Hye is expected to hold a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to reportedly discuss issues including curbing the North's nuclear ambitions.
Park and Xi will meet Sunday evening on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit to be held in Hague, Park's spokesman told reporters.
During their fourth summit, the two leaders are expected to discuss issues including the North's nuclear arsenal, Yonhap news agency said.
China is the isolated Pyongyang's sole major ally and economic lifeline and is seen as a key player in resolving the nuclear standoff with the North.
The six-nation nuclear disarmament talks on the North -- chaired by Beijing -- have been stalled since 2008.
Earlier this month, the North's powerful National Defence Commission threatened to demonstrate its nuclear deterrent in the face of what it called US hostility.
Seoul's defence ministry said there was no sign yet of an imminent nuclear test by the North, which staged three atomic tests in 2006, 2009 and last year.


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Price returns to mound on Tuesday vs. Astros
ST. PETERSBURG -- David Price is on his way back to the Rays' rotation.
After being on the disabled list since May 16 with a strained left triceps, Price will make his return on Tuesday against the Astros at Minute Maid Park. Price pitched two rehab games for Class A Charlotte, and the results were good enough to convince the Rays that the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner is ready to rejoin the rotation.
"He's ready to go. We felt that pretty strongly. He feels very good," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "There was no reason to have him throw those 90 pitches in Port Charlotte, so we'll just have him do it for us. He was adamant that he felt great, the medical staff feels good about it, so let's do it with us."
Price was clearly excited about being back with the Rays on the road after spending more than a month going through his rehab at home. The left-hander will throw a bullpen session at Tropicana Field on Saturday afternoon, then slot into Tampa Bay's rotation after Matt Moore and before Roberto Hernandez, who will start Wednesday against the Astros on seven days' rest.
"It's going to be good to get out there and face Major League hitters in a Major League venue," Price said. "It's been quite a while, and I'm ready to get out there."
Price said he was looking forward to that part of his return -- getting to pitch again -- more than anything, but he's excited about being back with his teammates in the clubhouse and in the dugout. Price is scheduled to make three starts before the All-Star break: Tuesday in Houston, July 7 against the White Sox and July 12 at home against the Astros. He is also scheduled to start the first Friday after the All-Star break, facing the Blue Jays in Toronto on July 19.
While the long stay on the disabled list proved frustrating for the impatient Price, Maddon pointed out that it could serve as a nice break from what had been a disappointing start to his season. Price was 1-4 with a 5.24 ERA in nine games before leaving his May 15 start due to injury. The time off could help Price get back to his Cy Young form.
"That's not a bad thought. Just go out there and really almost start over again," Maddon said. "It's not like he had been throwing the ball badly. The results were just not there for him overall. But coming off this post-injury, just looking at the way he's been throwing the baseball, the numbers have been very good. It'll be exciting moving forward, but I think it's a great chance or opportunity for him to start over for the season."


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No. The reality is that it's Australian Pork Limited that is misleading consumers by implying that the extreme confinement of sows will end in 2017. This is not true. What the pig industry has agreed to in fact is restricting the use of sow stalls by the end of 2017 to around 10 days per pregnancy. Even when this occurs, mother pigs will (in addition) be subjected to 'farrowing crates' - an even smaller crate used to cage pigs prior to giving birth and then where she stays until her piglets are weaned. Just like in a 'sow stall', in a farrowing crate a sow can only stand or lie down and cannot even turn around - she has restricted interaction with their piglets, through the bars of the cage around her. Animals Australia's television commercial primarily shows vision of pigs in farrowing crates. There is currently no industry, government or retailer commitment to address the unacceptable cruelty of these devices. The majority of breeding sows in Australia are confined in factory farms where they have no quality of life and where their piglets are not protected from cruel treatment. This is a fact. Animals Australia has noted the industry's voluntary partial phase out of 'sow stalls' here.^ Return to top
Factory farming is the number one cause of animal cruelty in the world today. It involves treating animals as if they were machines designed only to produce, and values production and profit over all other aspects of farming. In fact, in factory farms, the only measure of animal welfare considered valid is how much the animals can produce; whether it is meat, milk or eggs. The lived experience or quality of life of factory farmed animals is deemed to be of no consequence.
Factory farming is highly dependent on large quantities of limited resources such as grain-based feed, water, energy and medication. This type of food production is inherently unsustainable because of its negative impacts on animals, people and the planet.
Find out more about the reality of factory farming.^ Return to top
Factory farming exists because it has been deliberately hidden from the eyes of the community. Over the past 50 years, the industrialisation of our food system has led us from a network of smaller-scale diversified farms to mass factory farms. An increasing demand for cheap meat and eggs has seen animals crammed into smaller and smaller spaces. As producers cut costs to turn a bigger profit, animals have paid the price, with those facilities becoming more like factories than the traditional concept of a farm.
Find out more about the reality of factory farming.^ Return to top
Imagine being confined to a lift; all day, every day, until you die. Even if you were given sufficient food and water, this alone would not be enough to make that kind of life worth living. It is recognised internationally that good animal welfare is determined by an animal's state of well-being which includes not only an animal's physiological state, but also his or her mental state. Animals are conscious feeling beings, and many of the things that matter to us also matter to them: relationships, physical sensations and freedom.
Factory farmed animals are raised intensively in artificial environments; usually indoors and in huge numbers. They are prevented from demonstrating their natural behaviours and their bodies are altered and sometimes mutilated to make them fit into the production system. To this end many will endure painful surgical procedures such as tooth cutting, tail docking, beak trimming and castration, all without pain relief. These practices are justified by producers to prevent animals from injuring themselves and others through behaviours brought on by stress, boredom and trauma: feather-pecking, biting other animals or chewing on their cages.
However -- all of these behaviours are brought on by the cruelty of factory farming. Rather than provide animals with room to move and quality of life -- bits and pieces are cut off them to make them 'fit' into cruel systems.
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Find out more about the reality of factory farming.^ Return to top
Both animals and humans will remain productive in the direst of circumstances - including drought and famine.
Good welfare is determined by an animal's state of wellbeing, which includes his or her physiological and mental state. Internationally, the 'five freedoms' are considered the 'bible' when it comes to determining appropriate welfare. These are
1) Freedom from hunger and thirst.
2) Freedom from discomfort.
3) Freedom from pain, injury or disease.
4) Freedom to express normal behaviour.
5) Freedom from fear and distress.
Factory farming cannot provide for the last four of the 'five freedoms'.
Factory farmed animals are selectively bred to produce the maximum amount. In many cases, one of the main reasons that they suffer in factory farming is the very fact that they are forced to produce too much for their own body to bear. For instance, chickens raised for meat are selectively bred to grow so fast that some quickly become unable to support their own weight - leaving them unable to walk or even stand. Layer hens' bones become brittle due to inactivity, and many live with the pain of a broken bone.
Find out more about the reality of factory farming.^ Return to top
Few in the community are aware that animals raised for food are denied the same legal protection from cruelty as dogs or cats - and governments, retailers and animal industries would prefer it remained that way. They know, as we do, that since all animals share an ability to suffer we have an ethical responsibility to protect them all from harm.
Because pigs and chickens are farmed for profit, it is legal to treat them in ways that, if you were to do the same to a dog or cat it could result in criminal cruelty charges.
Find out more about the reality of factory farming.^ Return to top
Many people are surprised to learn that most farmed animals in Australia are raised in factory farms. Nine out of 10 pigs are kept in factory farms, and more than 450 million chickens, as well as 13 million layer hens are factory farmed in Australia each year. Around the world, approximately two-thirds of farm animals are raised in factory farms.1
Currently, factory farming isn't the exception; it represents the vast majority of animal farming in Australia and globally.
Find out more about the reality of factory farming.
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No - Eminent scientific opinion has concluded that any purported 'advantages' of the cage system over alternatives are outweighed by the severe negative impacts of battery cages: The European Scientific Veterinary Committee concluded in 1996 that 'It is clear that because of its small size and its barrenness, the battery cage as used at present has inherent severe disadvantages for the welfare of hens'. That report lead all 27 countries of the European Union to ban battery cages on animal welfare grounds.
Most recently in a comprehensive review of scientific research into the welfare of laying hens, the 2006 'Laywel Report' also concluded that: 'With the exception of conventional cages, we conclude that all systems have the potential to provide satisfactory welfare for laying hens...Conventional cages do not allow hens to fulfil behaviour priorities, preferences and needs for nesting, perching, foraging and dust bathing in particular. The severe spatial restriction also leads to disuse osteoporosis. We believe these disadvantages outweigh the advantages of reduced parasitism, good hygiene and simpler management.'
All pre-eminent science agrees that health issues can be managed in all production systems. However the welfare and behavioural needs of hens can never be met in a cage. The overwhelming scientific evidence is that hens in cages suffer miserably from being unable to express their most basic of natural behaviours such as flapping their wings, perching or laying their eggs in a nest in privacy.
Good welfare is determined by an animal's state of wellbeing, which includes his or her physiological and mental state. Internationally, the 'five freedoms' are considered the 'bible' when it comes to determining appropriate welfare. These are
1) Freedom from hunger and thirst.
2) Freedom from discomfort.
3) Freedom from pain, injury or disease.
4) Freedom to express normal behaviour.
5) Freedom from fear and distress.
Factory farming cannot provide for the last four of the 'five freedoms'.^ Return to top
Not entirely. Under public pressure, the Australian pig industry has committed to restricting the use of sow stalls to 10 days per pregnancy by the end of 2017. But such a situation not only remains unacceptable, it is impossible to audit and enforce; and in the years prior to 2017, tens of thousands of mother pigs will continue to be subjected to the cruelty of sow stalls for lengthy periods. Only one state in Australia (Tasmania) has committed to banning the use of sow stall,s but this is still to be put into legislation.
Even when the use of sow stalls becomes limited, mother pigs may still be subjected to 'farrowing crates' - an even smaller crate used to cage pigs prior to giving birth and she stays there until her piglets are weaned. Currently in Australia, mother pigs can legally be confined in crates, barely able to move, for most of their 'productive' life.^ Return to top
Internationally, around two-thirds of farm animals are raised in factory farms1, and in Australia, close to 500 million animals are factory farmed for food each year.
Find out more about the reality of factory farming.
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The figures are obtained from the industries themselves, and can be viewed at these links:
And remember that if the systems are not described as 'free-range' or 'certified organic' then they are factory farms. Check out our guides to understanding labelling of eggs, chicken and pork products.^ Return to top
Pigs and chickens are the animals most commonly raised in factory farm conditions, however other animals can be found in factory farms, including rabbits, ducks, turkeys and sheep. Fur-bearing animals like chinchillas, mink and foxes are also often factory farmed for their pelts in overseas countries.
Find out more about the reality of factory farming.^ Return to top
There are thousands of factory farms in Australia and they are spread all around the country. For details on the regions in which factory farms are found, please check the industry websites:
Australian Egg Corporation
Australian Pork Ltd
Australian Chicken Meat Federation
Cattle and sheep raised for meat in Australia are generally grass-fed and spend a large part of their lives outdoors. Around one million cattle (annually) will spend some time (average of 3-4 months) in feedlots to be grain-fed to add extra weight in a shorter amount of time before slaughter. More cattle feedlot information here.^ Return to top
Most dairy cows are pasture-fed in paddocks and are milked indoors twice a day. Dairy herds are now often large (over 1,000 cows) and owned by corporations rather than family farms. A few now operate open sided 'feed pads' for some months of the year (rather than paddock grazing). Although dairy cows are not 'factory farmed', there are other significant welfare issues inherent to the dairy industry, such as bobby calf welfare, lameness and mastitis. More information here.^ Return to top
Animals are purposely bred for farming, and a shift away from factory farming would simply mean a gradual reduction in the number of animals bred. The end of factory farming will involve a change over time, so we are under no threat of being overrun by farm animals.^ Return to top
On the contrary; factory farming does not add to global food production but instead reduces it; using huge amounts of grain to produce relatively little food in return.
An alarming October 2012 report from the United Nations Environment Programme identified the need for lower consumption of meat and dairy products in developed countries as one of the key recommendations to safeguarding the ecological foundations that support food production. It said that increased production of meat and dairy products 'undermines the ecological foundation of food security due to its contribution to land degradation, water pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change'.1
A poor investment
"Meat is ecologically inefficient as it effectively means eating one step higher on the food chain."2One third of the world's cereal harvest is fed to farm animals - if it were used directly for human consumption it would feed about three billion people. Cattle, pigs and poultry now consume half the world's wheat, 80 percent of the world's maize, virtually all the barley and well over 90 percent of the world's soya.3 Animals cannot convert everything they eat into meat because the energy is used for other bodily functions like moving and keeping warm. On average, it takes around 6 kilos of plant protein -- that could be consumed directly by humans -- to produce just 1 kilo of animal protein.4
According to Oxfam, ''Increased demand for grains to feed livestock...is likely to push future food prices further beyond the limits of affordability for the world's poorest people.''5
Wasting precious resources
Our planet has limited resources, and factory farming is a terrible use of them. To produce enough animal feed, factory farming plunders our land and water resources.
Climate change danger
Livestock production is responsible for nearly one fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions - more than all the planes, trains and automobiles in the world combined9. Clearing forest land to grow feed also destroys crucial carbon 'sinks' and releases gases previously stored in the soil and vegetation.
Global food production is already negatively impacted by climate change10. As temperatures climb, fresh water becomes scarcer and soil becomes more eroded, this problem is only set to increase -- unless we change our patterns of consumption to help curb climate change.
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No. In fact, factory farming represents a serious risk to human health.
Cramming so many animals into a factory farm creates a ripe environment for disease and infection, so internationally factory farmed animals are mass-treated with antibiotics. In fact, more than half of all antibiotics produced are administered to factory farmed animals1. This is an enormous risk to human health, as antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' become more and more likely to emerge.2
Eating large amounts of red and processed meats can have serious negative health impacts: it has been linked to higher rates of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity.3,4 In fact, research conducted by Harvard University showed that eating a portion of processed meat - like bacon - the size of a deck of cards each day can boost a person's risk of mortality by up to 20 percent.5Australians eat approximately 310 grams of meat per person per day.6 This is more than 3 times the maximum recommended daily intake in the Australian Government's National Health and Medical Research Councils' Healthy Eating Guidelines.7 If you'd like to find out some simple and healthy ways to reduce the amount of meat you eat, or go meat free, try our helpful guides.
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Factory farming is actually incredibly inefficient. It wastes an enormous amount of land, water, energy and medicines like antibiotics.
More traditional farming methods can be relatively efficient, with animals converting grass and other waste products into useful food. Indeed, small scale livestock farming is a crucial part of food security for many people in developing countries. But the 'fast-growth, high-yield' factory-farming model - which represents the majority of animal farming in Australia and globally - does not add to global food production but instead reduces it; using huge amounts of grain to produce relatively little food in return.
Roughly one third of the crop land available globally is used to farm crops for animal feed.1 Much more land is needed to produce meat or dairy products than to produce vegetables, cereals or fruit.2
Agriculture uses 70 percent of the planet's fresh water.3
It takes 4,800 litres of water to produce 1kg of pork, 3,900 litres for 1kg of chicken and just 1,300 litres of water to produce 1 kg of wheat; 900 litres to produce 1kg of maize. 4
Vast amounts of energy and oil are used up in the production and transport of the feed required to feed the billions of factory farmed animals on the planet, and to manufacture the pesticides and synthetic fertilisers it takes to grow that feed. In 2000, it was calculated that for every kilo of meat produced, many more kilos of animal feed are required5, meaning that many times the amount of energy and oil is used as well.
More than half of all antibiotics produced globally are given to factory farmed animals6, to make animals grow faster or to prevent disease in crowded and unsanitary conditions. Many factory farmed animals suffer from open sores and other ailments. For example, a recent UK survey found that battery-cage farms are six times more likely than non-cage farms to be infected with the strain of salmonella most commonly associated with food poisoning.7
This mass-treating of animals, where sick and not-yet-sick animals are all dosed with antibiotics, is hugely wasteful, as well as dangerous: it significantly increases the risk of antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' emerging and crossing to humans.
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The U.N. has identified the livestock industry as one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems, including loss of fresh water, rainforest destruction, air and water pollution, acid rain, soil erosion, loss of habitat and climate change.1
Australians eat on average 113.6 kg of meat per person per year.2 This is 2.67 times the global average of 42.5 kg per person 3.
Climate change
Livestock production is responsible for nearly one fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions - more than all the planes, trains and automobiles in the world combined.4 Clearing forest land to grow feed also destroys crucial carbon 'sinks' and releases gases previously stored in the soil and vegetation.
Some large farms can produce more raw waste than the human population of a large US city. - US GAO 20085
A farm of 5,000 pigs produces as much waste as a town of 20,000 people. When this waste remains untreated, it can pollute soil, surface water, and even run off into oceans and pollute underground drinking water.6
Factory farming uses substantial amounts of pesticides and chemical fertilisers to produce enough feed, and these toxic substances often end up in waterways, polluting rivers and oceans.
The clearing of land to make room for more crops to feed animals, particularly in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa, is completely changing the landscape, with severe negative consequences. For example, current trends suggest that the agricultural expansion for grazing and crops in the Amazon will see as much as 40% of this important rainforest destroyed by 2050.7
This clearing of land for animal feed is having a catastrophic effect on our planet's biodiversity, particularly in forest and tropical regions. According to scientists who studied the clearing of land for farming in the developing world between 1980 and 2000, intensive agriculture, rather than family farming, was the major reason for this loss of biodiversity.8
Agriculture uses 70% of the planet's fresh water9, and leading water scientists recently issued a warning that we would need to reduce our consumption of animal protein to a quarter of current levels to feed the estimated global population in 2050.10
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A world without factory farming will be one where what is ethical matters as much as what is profitable. It will be a world where everyone has enough to eat, our land and water are used wisely, we are healthier and animals are treated with kindness and respect.^ Return to top
Factory farming can only exist while people buy its products. Each time you visit the supermarket or eat a meal, you have the power to make a kinder choice that will help free animals from factory farming.
All of these choices add up; each of them is a step towards a cleaner, safer, healthier future for all of us.
Try out our tips on refusing factory farmed eggs, chicken and pig products; eating fewer animal products, and going meat-free.^ Return to top
You might be surprised at how affordable it can be to make compassionate choices about what you eat. Surveys show that most Australian families buy a family dinner from a fast food restaurant each week. It costs at least $20 to feed a family of four at most major fast food restaurants - considerably more than purchasing higher welfare or meat-free alternatives on offer. The difference between higher welfare products and factory farmed is often no more than a daily cup of coffee.
The lower price of factory farmed meat and eggs at the checkout actually masks the real cost of those products. The simple fact to always remember is that "cheaper equals crueler" and that animals are paying a terrible price. Our environment, our health, the welfare of animals in our care - all of this is what we are really trading for factory farmed products.
Try out our tips on refusing factory farmed eggs, chicken and pig products; eating fewer animal products, and going meat-free.^ Return to top
Australia's strict quarantine requirements mean that whole eggs and fresh meat are not imported into Australia. Therefore Australian farmers will not have to compete with imports (from countries that may have lower welfare standards).Australian consumers can refuse to buy factory farmed products, whether produced domestically or imported - then there will be no demand for cruel imported products either. Consumer concern led to Coles committing to go 'sow stall free' for all its own brand pork, ham and bacon products, including those it imports. ^ Return to top
Supermarkets, restaurants and farmers respond to consumer demand. After all, they will only produce and sell what customers buy. If we don't buy factory farmed products, then retailers don't stock them. If retailers don't stock them, then there's no market for those products. And if a producer cannot sell that product then factory farmers are forced to change their practices.
By refusing factory farmed products, you can help to eliminate the market for factory farming.
Try out our tips on refusing factory farmed eggs, chicken and pig products.
Every meal is an opportunity to make a compassionate choice. By choosing to eat fewer animal products, you can reduce the huge demand that has forced animals to be so intensively farmed. Fewer animals will suffer life in a factory farm and our environment will be spared the worst destruction caused by mass intensive farming.
Try out our tips for eating fewer animal products.^ Return to top
If you want to make the ultimate choice for animals, you can go meat-free, and know that no animals were harmed for your food. By going meat-free, you will save an estimated 100 lives each year, reduce your risk of heart disease, obesity and cancer, and help reduce the threat of catastrophic environmental damage caused by factory farming.
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Factory farmed products aren't labelled clearly, because the industry relies on you not knowing the reality of its cruel methods. The key to refusing factory farmed is to understand food labels, which can be confusing - so try these tips for refusing factory farmed eggs, chicken and pig products.
To truly ensure you aren't buying factory farmed products, two of the most effective things you can do are eat fewer animal products, or go meat-free.^ Return to top
These days there are plenty of widely available, delicious and healthy alternatives to meat and eggs. You might be surprised at the range available at most supermarkets once you look for them. For ideas and tasty cruelty-free recipes, visit www.WhyVeg.com.
Try out our tips for eating fewer animal products, and going meat-free.^ Return to top
Animals Australia has welcomed the recent announcement by Coles that its Coles brand pork, ham and bacon products will be 'sow stall free' by 2013 and that its Coles brand eggs range will no longer include cage eggs.
This is a good start. There are other critical factory farming issues that we are encouraging retailers to also address - you can find out about those here. Ultimately we would like to see all factory farmed products off Australian supermarket shelves.^ Return to top
In 2013 Woolworths announced a total phase out of all cage eggs (all brands). This will be completed by 2025. Importantly, this commitment includes no longer using cage eggs in their own brands of food products (sauces, mayonnaise, salad dressings etc.)They will also start labelling stocking densities on packs for their Select label's free-range eggs. ^ Return to top
Powerful industry lobbies have unfortunately hindered most government attempts to control the rampant growth of factory farming in Australia. Those industries count on keeping the reality of factory farming hidden from caring members of the community. But as more people become informed and make kinder choices, pressure is growing for industry to change its practices. That's why Make It Possible aims to inform and empower the community about factory farming and how to make a difference.^ Return to top
Factory farms tend to be run by larger, more intensive, profit-driven agribusinesses. Refusing factory-farmed products supports farmers who choose more ethical farming methods, and create pressure for the 'agri-giants' to change their practices.
Farm workers used to look after perhaps a hundred animals in more traditional pasture-based farms, but with the rise of industrial factory farms, that farm worker might now oversee thousands. That means fewer jobs, and profits ending up with agricultural corporations rather than farmers and farming communities.
We are all in this together; the animal welfare, environmental and health risks of factory farming are simply too serious to ignore any longer.
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Make it Possible is an initiative of Animals Australia, the most dynamic animal protection organisation in Australia.^ Return to top
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Factory farming is a global problem, and one that requires global action. While Make it Possible is based in Australia, our aim is to create positive change for all farmed animals, so we welcome your commitment.Some of the ways you can help to create a world without factory farming include taking action in your own country, working with your local animal protection organisation to inform and empower consumers in your country to make kinder choices at the checkout, and donating to Make it Possible. ^ Return to top
Make it Possible is supported by a small and dedicated team, and logistics mean that unfortunately we are unable to send action packs overseas. We sincerely appreciate your commitment to Make it Possible, and encourage you to download the Make it Possible action pack.^ Return to top
Except for the scenes showing the little pig who flies to freedom, which were created through CGI, all of the animals in the ad are real factory farmed animals. The footage is real, taken in Australia, and the conditions shown are representative of Australian factory farms.
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All of the meat chicken and layer hen footage was taken over the past 18 months from a number of different Australian factory farms. Most of the pig footage was taken over the past 12 months, with a few shots taken from an investigation around three years ago. All of the pig footage was also taken in Australia.
This footage accurately reveals the routine confinement endured by mother pigs in sow stalls and farrowing crates; the confinement of laying hens in battery cages, and the conditions under which chickens are raised for meat in Australia. All of which are legal as a result of exemptions to animal cruelty laws provided by industry codes of practice.^ Return to top
Make it Possible is very grateful to LOUD, who generously provided their creative expertise pro bono. FSM developed the ad's beautiful animation, and a host of talented Australian singers lent their voices to give our little pig wings. We would like to say a big thank you to all the caring people who helped to develop the Make it Possible ad.^ Return to top
We want to Make it Possible for all factory farmed animals, and encourage overseas animal protection organisations to contact us through Animals Australia so we can assist with arrangements to use the Make it Possible ad.
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Animals Australia is blessed to have the support of some of Australia's most respected identities who share our vision for a world without factory farming - including Pat Rafter, Missy Higgins, Rove McManus, Simone Buchanan, Michael Caton, Santo Cilauro, Claire Hooper, Dave Hughes, Judith Lucy, Rove McManus, Mick Molloy, 'Lehmo', Hugh Sheridan and Dr Katrina Warren. Leading chefs Neil Perry, Shannon Bennett, Rob Marchetti, Simon Bryant, George Calombaris and Matt Moran are also supporting Make it Possible.^ Return to top
As an animal protection organisation, we will always advocate that the ultimate choice people can make on behalf of animals is to take them off their plate and there is a compelling body of evidence suggesting that a meat-free diet is better for the environment and for our own health too. A growing section of the community are choosing meat-free diets, seeing it as a legitimate option that has far-reaching benefits and well as ensuring that no animal has suffered as a result of their food choices.
The factory farming of animals for food cannot be ethically justified. All in society, regardless of their current dietary choices can agree, that at the very least, animals raised for food should be provided with quality of life and protection from cruel treatment. For the factory farming of animals to cease the demand for chicken meat, egg and pork, bacon and ham products needs to drop as the current huge demand can only be met by mass production methods that deny animals quality of life. This demand has been created by consumers unaware of the production methods behind these products.
It is therefore a critical first step for consumers to become informed, so that they can start to make informed, compassionate choices in the supermarket.
By refusing to buy factory farmed products, by eating fewer animal products or by going meat-free, we can all play a role in ending the cruelty of factory farming.^ Return to top
There are many things in this world that we are powerless to change but this is not one of them. Factory farming only exists to meet the current demand for pork, chicken and egg products - a demand that would never have occurred had consumers known how the animals were treated. To end factory farming we need to reduce this demand to one that can be met by animals living in environments where they can be assured quality of life and protection from cruel treatment.
Unlike many other animal welfare problems, the solution to this one is not in the hands of government, it's in ours.^ Return to top
Supermarkets have the power to improve animal welfare. They are the major purchasers of animal products and have the ability to put in place standards of care in their supply chains. But in the end they respond to what consumers will or won't buy, which is why each and every shopper has the power to demand a kinder world for these animals.
We have already seen what impact an informed community can have with major retailers responding to community concerns internationally and in Australia.
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These positive developments are a direct result of consumers voicing their concerns and refusing to purchase factory farmed products. In the UK major supermarket chains refuse to sell cage eggs - an ethical stand that Australian supermarkets should be encouraged to replicate.^ Return to top
Few Australians realise that for commercial reasons, the vast majority of animals in human care in this country are not covered by the major protective provisions of our animal cruelty acts. Livestock industries that are covered by a Code of Practice are exempt from prosecution if they commit acts against animals that would otherwise be considered prosecutable under state animal protection laws.
Intensive industries attempt to portray Codes of Practice as being in place to protect the welfare of animals, when in effect they exist for the sole purpose of exempting industry operators from being prosecuted for cruelty and from the same duty of care towards animals expected of every other member of society.
This means animals in factory farms can be kept in extreme confinement and endure surgical procedures without pain relief - these would be considered cruelty offences were they inflicted on a dog or cat.^ Return to top
Politicians should always know what their constituents are thinking and that animal welfare should be their high priority.
However, it's important to understand that governments are historically painfully slow and reluctant to implement change for animals. It doesn't help that the Ministers in charge of animal welfare have agriculture industries as their primary stakeholders. During government reviews, intensive industries have always vigorously defended their right to continue with cruel practices and they have won. A decade ago, moves to ban the battery hen cage in Australia failed with the industry successfully convincing governments to simply increase cage sizes by about the size of a matchbox!
The good news is that unlike many other animal welfare problems (like live export), the solution to ending factory farming is not in the hands of government, it's in ours.
The only time we have heard change spoken of is when industries have feared losing consumer support as a result of their practices being exposed. This is how we know that consumer choice will drive change. And it will drive change much quicker than governments will.
The only exception in Australia is the state of Tasmania which has committed to phasing out sow stalls and the battery hen cage. Governments around the world are also moving against factory farming. However, phase out periods are traditionally over a number of years. The quickest way to get animals out of factory farms is for consumers to use their purchasing power to choose alternate products.^ Return to top
As Australian consumers are becoming more aware and concerned about the lives led by animals raised for food, retailers have begun scrutinising their own supply chains. This has led to commitments by the major retailers to reduce shelf space for some factory farmed products and has seen the increased availability of higher welfare and meat-free alternatives.
This is a direct result of consumer demand. Retailers will only sell what customers buy.
The smaller supermarket chains also have the power to lead the way and improve the lives of millions of animals. Please take a moment to send these companies a message asking them to stop selling cage eggs and other factory farmed products.
Woolworths: [email protected]
Coles: [email protected]
ALDI: [email protected]
Ritchies: www.ritchies.com.au/customer.html
The vast majority of smallgoods - be it ham, bacon, salami, chicken, turkey or other deli meats - come from animals in factory farms. As consumer awareness and concern about the lives led by animals in factory farms increases, some smallgoods manufacturers have introduced non factory farmed alternatives to their product lines.
It is important that brands that have been traditional supporters of factory farming are contacted by consumers and asked as to the standards of welfare that they set. Similar to supermarkets, they will change their supply chains if they believe that they risk losing consumer support. All brands have websites with contact details for consumers. Contacting them and requesting to know their animal welfare standards is a way to encourage change and well as to become informed.
By refusing factory farmed products, you can help to eliminate the market for factory farming.
Labels can be confusing, so see our tips on refusing factory farmed chicken and pig products.^ Return to top
We have had an amazing response to the Make it Possible campaign and our small team of staff and volunteers are working hard processing a very high volume of orders. If you are expecting more than one item from us, such as merchandise, an action pack or membership pack, these items may be sent to you separately. We have found that this is the most time and cost effective way for us to make sure you receive your items as quickly as possible.
Thank you for your support and understanding while our small team works through this busier than usual period.^ Return to top
If you do too, join others who are making a kinder world for animals possible. Sign the pledge.


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In discussing his fine illustrated version of The Old Testament, R. Crumb said he always thought that Adam and Eve had more fun in Eden than The Bible lets on. In Paradise Lost, Milton takes the same view, emphasizing just how much our first parents enjoy one another's company, all without sinful lust, of course.
This all changes of course. I was very taken by the passage in which Milton describes Satan, in the guise of the serpent, spying on Eve in the garden. So beautiful is she, that he is briefly transported out of his evil self, almost becoming good, until he comes back down to earth! Milton uses the simile of a city-dweller, oppressed by the smell of sewer fumes, feeling transported on leaving the town for the country, and viewing the green prospect, smelling that pure air.
Yeah, well, just pointing it out, the sewer bit, that is… (emphasis added to make my tedious point, etc.)
As one who long in populous City pent,
Where Houses thick and Sewers annoy the Aire,
Forth issuing on a Summers Morn, to breathe
Among the pleasant Villages and Farmes
Adjoynd, from each thing met conceaves delight,
The smell of Grain, or tedded Grass, or Kine,
Or Dairie, each rural sight, each rural sound;
If chance with Nymphlike step fair Virgin pass,
What pleasing seemd, for her now pleases more,
She most, and in her look summs all Delight.
Such Pleasure took the Serpent to behold
This Flourie Plat, the sweet recess of EVE
Thus earlie, thus alone; her Heav'nly forme
Angelic, but more soft, and Feminine,
Her graceful Innocence, her every Aire
Of gesture or lest action overawd
His Malice, and with rapine sweet bereav'd
His fierceness of the fierce intent it brought
That space the Evil one abstracted stood
From his own evil, and for the time remaind
Stupidly good, of enmitie disarm'd,
Of guile, of hate, of envie, of revenge;
But the hot Hell that alwayes in him burnes,
Though in mid Heav'n, soon ended his delight,
And tortures him now more, the more he sees
Of pleasure not for him ordain'd then soon
Fierce hate he recollects, and all his thoughts
Of mischief, gratulating, thus excites.
Thoughts, whither have he led me, with what sweet
Compulsion thus transported to forget
What hither brought us, hate, not love, nor hope
Of Paradise for Hell, hope here to taste
Of pleasure, but all pleasure to destroy,
Save what is in destroying, other joy
To me is lost. Then let me not let pass
Occasion which now smiles, behold alone
The Woman, opportune to all attempts,
Her Husband, for I view far round, not nigh,
Whose higher intellectual more I shun,
And strength, of courage hautie, and of limb
Heroic built, though of terrestrial mould,
Foe not informidable, exempt from wound,
I not; so much hath Hell debas'd, and paine
Infeebl'd me, to what I was in Heav'n.
Shee fair, divinely fair, fit Love for Gods,
Not terrible, though terrour be in Love
And beautie, not approacht by stronger hate,
Hate stronger, under shew of Love well feign'd,
The way which to her ruin now I tend.