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...expansion of global trade in livestock and meat products-the market has grown by an average of 9% a year for the last decade-and one can see why so many farmers seem buffeted by forces beyond their control. Farmers in Britain questioned why the government allows the import of any beef from countries such as Botswana, Brazil and Argentina, where foot-and-mouth is endemic. Says Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association, an organic farming lobbying group: "The globalization of agriculture is presumed to be a good thing, treating food commodities like processed steel and shipping it around...
...Also, vaccines contain inactivated viruses and the inoculated animals can pass the disease on. It is also difficult to tell the difference between a vaccinated animal and one that actually has the disease, since both show signs of the virus in tests. For this reason, many countries ban the import of vaccinated livestock. To eradicate the disease once it strikes, all infected animals-as well as those suspected of infection-must be destroyed and all locations that might harbor the virus, such as farms, abattoirs and markets, must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected...
Fred: ... and one of the things that keeps popping up is this about subtext. Plays, novels, songs - they all have a subtext which I take to mean a hidden message or import of some kind. So subtext we know. But what do you call the message or meaning that's right there on the surface, completely open and obvious - they never talk about that. What do you call - what's above the subtext...
...patented AIDS drugs, and making those available for a fraction of the prices charged in the West. One Indian company, for example, has undertaken to supply the cocktail treatment for somewhere between $500 and $800 a year per patient. The authorities in South Africa want the right to import the cheapest possible version of the drugs that can contain their AIDS emergency, but the drug companies want to protect their patents from being undermined by cheaper copies. Both sides claim the backing of World Trade Organization statutes for their positions. Laws governing intellectual property and international trade will...
...fluctuated in size but never really declined. Today even blacks whose parents have the same level of education and income as a comparable sample of whites score about 120 points lower on average. Anti-testers often explain the gap by saying most of the test writers are white and import cultural biases into the SAT. But the College Board says SAT questions are always previewed by a large sample of test takers, and any questions that generate racial disparities are tossed out before they appear on SATs that count. "The SAT is probably the most thoroughly researched test in history...