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Follow us on Facebook Donate Blood on the Grass: PETA Asia Goes Inside U.K. Shearing Sheds Flocks of sheep dotting green fields may contribute to an idyllic image of the British countryside, but their abuse in shearing sheds is something straight out of London's dungeons. Yet another exposé of the wool industry proves that there's no such thing as "ethical wool." Read More What Do We Love About Sheep? Only Everything Sheep are gentle, intelligent animals who experience a range of emotions, just like humans. And there's no denying it: Mary is one lucky girl. Having a little lamb—especially one whose fleece is white as snow—who follows you everywhere you go has got to be the coolest thing ever. Read More Buyer Beware: New Zealand Bans Mulesing, but Wool's Still Cruel New Zealand has banned "mulesing" mutilations of sheep, but Australia—the world's top wool exporter—still lags behind on regulating this cruel practice. Read More Wool Alternatives Keep You Warm Without Any Cruelty AIt's an easy decision to ditch wool when you see the way that sheep are treated in shearing sheds, but you may still have some questions about staying warm during the winter months. We have good news! Plenty of cozy, sheep-friendly alternatives are readily available. Read More URGENT: Tell Braum's to Stop Selling Eggs From Beaten, Abused Hens Restaurant and grocery chain Braum's, Inc. ("Braum's"), bills itself as a family business, but in its Fresh Market stores, it sells eggs from a massive operation that confines nearly a million hens in miserable conditions. PETA has informed Braum's of the abuse uncovered at Mahard, but it has been unresponsive. Please urge Braum's to reconsider its relationship with the company and take decisive action to spare these animals even one more day of squalor and agony. Take Action Now!   PETA Prime's Weekly Top 10 List Easy actions you can take to help animals! Trending at PETA Mall St. Tropica Next Leap Design VeganDesign.org Max Green Alchemy About Volunteer Contact Coupons This e-mail was sent to sajanram.shrestha@blogger.com. Please let us know if you'd prefer that we use a different e-mail address. Manage Your E-Mail Subscriptions | Unsubscribe From All E-Mail This e-mail was sent by PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510 USA. Woman and dog in header: © iStock.com/adogslifephoto

                                                           

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In an all-new episode of 'The PETA Podcast', PETA Campaigner Ashley Byrne reveals what happens to the animals killed for winter jackets.

Thousands of people worldwide are tuning in—are you? Hear from insiders, movement leaders, activists, investigators, and others about the crucial animal rights issues of our time. Here's What Really Happens to Animals Killed for Winter Jackets Animals are trapped and killed for these products—is cruelty hidden in your closet? Listen Now Episode 41: What This Vet Saw at an Angora Farm Will Shock You Episode 42: Why Prop 12 Failed Hens and Misleads Consumers—Don't Be Duped Episode 43: Another Fashion Giant Drops Fur—and PETA's Not Done Yet Share This Podcast on Facebook Share This Podcast on Twitter This e-mail was sent to: sajanram.shrestha@blogger.com Manage Your E-Mail Subscriptions | Unsubscribe From All E-Mail Please do not respond to this e-mail Instead, click here to contact PETA.         This e-mail was sent by PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510 USA.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Upcoming Releases

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.   BTS 2-Week Outlook   Bureau of Transportation Statistics Upcoming Releases Dec. 3 through Dec. 14 Upcoming from Nov. 5   Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 11:00am ET Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, October 2018   Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 11:00am ET Commodity Flow Survey 2017 Preliminary Tables   Friday, December 7, 2018 - 11:00am ET Airline Full-Time/Part-Time Employment, October 2018   Monday, December 10, 2018 - 11:00am ET Airline Financial Data, 3rd Quarter 2018   Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 11:30am ET Transportation Services Index, October 2018   Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 11:00am ET Airline Traffic Data, November 2018 estimate, September 2018 reported   Friday, December 14, 2018 - 11:00am ET Passenger Airline Employment, October 2018   Previously Released Nov. 19 - Passenger Airline Employment, October 2018   Nov. 20 - North American Transborder Freight Data, September 2018   Nov. 21 - Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, September 2018   Nov. 28 - Transportation Economic Trends 2018, Chapters 1 & 2   The Bureau of Transportation Statistics will release the following data sets in the next two weeks:   Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, October 2018 Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 11:00am ET BTS Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption database to be updated with October data. Last month, US airlines September fuel cost was $2.24 per gallon, up 4 cents cent from August ($2.20) and up 46 cents from September 2017 ($1.78). Industry summary of airline fuel consumption, total fuel cost and price paid per gallon are available on the database. Individual airline numbers through June are available on the BTS website. Commodity Flow Survey 2017 Preliminary Tables Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 11:00am ETThe Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), is conducted every five years as a partnership between BTS and the U.S. Census Bureau and is a component of the Economic Census. The 2017 CFS is the sixth survey in the program that began in 1993. The CFS is a shipper survey of approximately 100,000 establishments from the industries of mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade, auxiliaries (i.e. warehouses and distribution centers), and select retail and service trade industries that ship commodities. The CFS provides a comprehensive multimodal picture of national freight flows and represents the only publicly available source of data for the highway mode. Results from the CFS are used to analyze trends in the movement of goods, mapping spatial patterns of commodity and vehicle flows, forecasting demands for the movement of goods, and for guiding management and investment decisions on transportation infrastructure. Commodity Flow Survey Airline Industry Full-Time/Part-Time Employment, October 2018 Friday, December 7, 2018 - 11:00am ET BTS Airline Employment database to be updated with October data. Last month, U.S. airlines September employment (722,880 total full-time and part-time)) was up 0.5 percent from August and up 3.3 percent from September 2017. Monthly full-time and part-time employment statistics reported by U.S. airlines that operate at least one aircraft that has more than 60 seats or the capacity to carry a payload of passengers, cargo and fuel weighing more than 18,000 pounds. Includes passenger and cargo airlines. Database U.S. Airline Financial Data, Third Quarter 2018 Monday, December 10, 2018 - 11:00am ET The release summarizes net profit, operating profit, operating revenue and operating expenses for the U.S. scheduled service passenger airlines for systemwide, domestic and international operations. The BTS second quarter release said that U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported an after-tax net profit of $3.4 billion in the second quarter of 2018, up from $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2018 and down from $4.7 billion in the second quarter of 2017. Additional financial numbers for all airlines will be available on the BTS financial databases. Previous release Airline Financial Databases     Transportation Services Index (TSI), October 2018 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 11:30am ET The Freight TSI measures the month-to-month changes in for-hire freight shipments by mode of transportation. The Passenger TSI measures the month-to-month changes in travel that involves the services of the for-hire passenger transportation sector. In the previous release for September, BTS reported that the Freight TSI fell 0.3 percent in September from August, falling after a one-month Increase. The September Freight TSI was the fifth highest index level on record but was 0.9 percent below the all-time high level in June 2018. Previous release Transportation Services Index background and data Airline Traffic Data, November 2018 estimate, September 2018 reported Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 11:00am ET BTS estimates air traffic data for October and November based on reported data through September. Estimates are for U.S. airlines monthly passengers, revenue passenger-miles, available seat-miles and load factor for systemwide, domestic and international. Numbers are seasonally-adjusted and unadjusted. In the previous release, U.S. airlines were estimated to have carried 75.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in October. The 75.3 million passengers in October were up 0.1 percent from the previous month, up 4.5 percent from the previous year and up 11.0 percent from three years earlier. August unadjusted reported systemwide, domestic and international enplanements all reached all-time highs for any August. Previous release Data      BTS Previously   BTS has released the following: Passenger Airline Employment, September 2018 Nov. 19 BTS reported that U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.7 percent more workers in September 2018 than in September 2017: The second highest monthly full-time equivalent (FTE) employment total (440,460 FTEs) since August 2004 (443,412 FTEs), exceeded only by July 2018 (443,475). The 59th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year. Release  Database       North American Freight Data, September 2018 Nov. 20 BTS reported that truck was the most used mode for shipping freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in September 2018: Most-used mode: Truck moved $63.3 billion of freight, up 4.2 percent compared to September 2017  Second mode: Rail moved $15.1 billion of freight, up 7.6 percent compared to September 2017  Release        TransBorder Freight Data Air Travel Consumer Report: September 2018 Numbers Nov. 21 The marketing carriers reported an on-time rate of 81.9 percent in September and a cancellation rate of 1.5 percent. The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 82.2 percent, up from the 75.6 percent on-time rate in August 2018 and down from 83.6 percent in September 2017. Reporting carriers canceled 1.4 percent of their scheduled domestic flights, a lower rate both than 1.9 percent in August 2018 and 3.3 percent in September 2017. Release Air Travel Consumer Report   Transportation Economic Trends 2018, Chapters 1 & 2 BTS Nov. 28 released the first two chapters of Transportation Economic Trends 2018, an annual report on transportation and the economy. The report highlights important trends in transportation and the economy. The first two chapters released cover BTS' Transportation Services Index (TSI), a monthly summary of freight and passenger movement, and government transportation spending and revenue. The initial chapters report that rail intermodal grew the fastest since the end of the economic recession among the freight transportation modes included in the Freight TSI while air freight has grown the fastest during the last three years.  Release Transportation Economic Trends   See BTS Release Schedule       BTS Contact: Dave Smallen 202-366-5568 david.smallen@dot.gov     You are subscribed to DOT email updates. 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