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Class 1 – High Risk Recall of 8,742,700 Pounds of Beef from Rancho Feeding Corporation | Food Safety News

Rancho Feeding Corporation products are subject to recall:

“Beef Carcasses” (wholesale and custom sales only)

2 per box “Beef (Market) Heads” (retail only)

4-gallons per box “Beef Blood” (wholesale only)

20-lb. boxes of “Beef Oxtail”

30-lb. boxes of “Beef Cheeks”

30-lb. boxes of ” Beef Lips”

30-lb. boxes of “Beef Omasum”

30-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripas”

30-lb. boxes of “Mountain Oysters”

30-lb. boxes of “Sweet Breads”

30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Liver”

30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”

30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tongue”

30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Veal Cuts”

40-lb. boxes of “Veal Bones”

50-lb. boxes of “Beef Feet”

50-lb. boxes of “Beef Hearts”

60-lb. boxes of “Veal Trim”

via Class 1 – High Risk Recall of 8,742,700 Pounds of Beef from Rancho Feeding Corporation | Food Safety News.

Federal officials to evict bird species from Columbia River islands | KREM.com Spokane

Bad joke, oxymoron, dumb idea? All of the above – The Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation knows how to conserve fish or manage birds?

 

Federal officials plan to evict Caspian terns from two Columbia River man-made islands to protect endangered salmon and steelhead.

The Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation believe that if they can get the salmon-eating birds to stop nesting on the islands, they will find new nesting areas outside the Columbia River Basin.

A media source reports the two islands in the plan are Goose Island is in Potholes Reservoir near Moses Lake, and Crescent Island, created from dredged material, is in the Columbia River about nine miles south of the confluence with the Snake River near Wallulla.

According to data collected from fish tags that litter the island after birds digest the fish, about 370 pairs of terns nesting on Goose Island feasted on 14.6 percent of inland Columbia Basin steelhead from 2007 to 2009.

via Federal officials to evict bird species from Columbia River islands | KREM.com Spokane.

CENSORED NEWS: Arizona Snowbowl protest photos: Today at DEW event

News as it happens from Censored News: Protest of Arizona Snowbowl, sewage water snow on sacred San Francisco Peaks, at today’s DEW event in Flagstaff, Arizona. Thank you to Dawn Dyer for sharing photos with Censored News!

via CENSORED NEWS: Arizona Snowbowl protest photos: Today at DEW event.

Hunters (faux-men) in Gemany Say Wolf Populations a Growing Threat – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Wannabe “he-men” hunters in Germany similar to same in US – any excuse to go and shoot a wolf – to feel like a “real” man and lie about it to get your way! Members of district hunting association in Meissen, an idyllic city with a castle that is world famous for its porcelain, recently criticized the wolves’ return in a letter to the Saxony state interior minister that included the header “urgent”. In it, the hunters lament that Saxony has the “world’s densest population of wolves,” and that it is increasing. It goes on to say that they worry not only about public safety, but also that “previously unseen mass packs” of up to 40 wild boar had been lurking about in the Meissen area recently.

The hunters claim the animals have joined together in large packs out of fear of the wolves and are causing tremendous damage. They also claim that local partridges, pheasants, hares, owls and skylarks are disappearing, devoured by wolves and other predators. Something has to be done, the hunters warn — otherwise fear “will become an unwelcome part of daily life.”

via Hunters in Gemany Say Wolf Populations a Growing Threat – SPIEGEL ONLINE.

Doctors warn of pandemic potential of the new H10N8 bird flu virus | South China Morning Post

Doctors warn of pandemic potential of the new H10N8 bird flu virus | South China Morning Post.

A novel bird flu virus that has killed one mainlander and left another critically ill has the potential to spread efficiently among humans, doctors warn.

They say the fact that the H10N8 bug jumped to humans for the first time in December is an important warning of a possible pandemic.

H7N9 avian influenza concerns escalate in China | Business, Political, and Cultural News in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas

Tyson Foods CEO Donnie Smith said, the company is still committed to vertically integrating its operations there and at this time the two plants are running one shift with company controlled birds.

via H7N9 avian influenza concerns escalate in China | Business, Political, and Cultural News in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas.

North Korea and South Korea agree to first family reunions in over three years | News | DW.DE | 05.02.2014

South Korea\’s Unification Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that the two countries would bring together families divided by the 1950-53 war for a brief visit. The last such reunion was allowed over three years ago.

Delegates from the Red Cross, South and North Korea had struck the deal during a meeting in the demilitarized zone, the Unification Ministry said. Reunions were to take place between February 20-25, it added without providing further details.

The reunion date coincides with annual military drills conducted by Seoul in partnership with the United States. Although North Korea has already called on South Korea to scrap the drills, which it described as preparation for an invasion, the government in Seoul on Wednesday said it would stand its ground.

\”The drills have been conducted annually and they simply cannot be an issue for us as far as the reunions are concerned,\” a government official in Seoul told the news agency Reuters, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

via North Korea and South Korea agree to first family reunions in over three years | News | DW.DE | 05.02.2014.

When will Korea and US end war, militarism, separation? Or does everyone have too much invested in permanent war?

www.german-foreign-policy.com – Rewriting history again and blame Serbs for WW One?

Insane? Yes and no. No, because their are Germans, like Japanese counterparts, who cannot seems to feel good about themselves or their future, unless they can pretend that they were not so bad in the past – bunkum, is still bunkum and grounds for new Hitlers!

New Debate on the Responsibility for War

2014/02/04

BERLIN

(Own report) – In the few months leading up to the one-hundredth anniversary of the beginning of World War I, a new debate, over who was responsible for starting the war, is gaining momentum in Germany. As relevant publications – such as the bestseller, \”The Sleepwalkers\” by the historian Christopher Clark – show, \”a shift in paradigm has taken place\” in scholarship, according to a recent press article: \”The German Empire was not \’responsible\’ for World War I.\” The debate strongly contradicts the recognition that, even though Berlin did not bear it alone, it bore the primary responsibility for the bloody escalation of the 1914 July Crisis. This insight, which was derived particularly from the analyses of the historian Fritz Fischer in the 1960s, is now being massively contested. Historians are strongly criticizing remarks, such as those by Christopher Clark, who, working closely with government-affiliated academic institutions, is denying German responsibility for the war. According to Clark, \”the Serbs\” are supposedly a priori \”the bad guys\” of the pre war era, while he openly displays his preference for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The denial of Germany\’s main culpability for the war is \”balm on the soul of educated social sectors, grown more self-confident\” at a time when Berlin\’s political power is again on the rise.

via www.german-foreign-policy.com.

Globalization has unintended consequences… often: Malaria cases reach 40-year high in U.S. | Vaccine News Daily

The number of malaria cases reported in the U.S. in 2011 was the largest since 1971, according to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC held a webinar last week on information and guidance for clinicians related to the increase in U.S. malaria cases. There were 1,925 reported cases of malaria in the U.S. with an onset of symptoms in the U.S. in 2011, which represented a 14 percent increase from 2010 and a 48 percent increase from 2008. The majority of the infections occurred among persons who traveled to regions with ongoing malaria infection.

The CDC said that imported malaria can reintroduce malaria into regions where the disease is not endemic if environmental conditions are present to support the lifecycle of the malaria parasite.

via Malaria cases reach 40-year high in U.S. | Vaccine News Daily.

TB incidence increasing in Denmark | Vaccine News Daily

The Statens Serum Institut recently noted that tuberculosis cases in Denmark are increasing, particularly among immigrants and residents of Greenland or immigrant descent, and suggested the TB prevention plan within the country may need revision.

The presence of TB in Denmark has steadily increased since 2009. In 2012, the country saw the highest incidence of TB in five years. Most cases occurred with immigrants residing in Denmark, while the prevalence of TB in persons native to Denmark remained unchanged.

via TB incidence increasing in Denmark | Vaccine News Daily.