Releasing mad-cow test results debated.(mad cow disease)
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- Releasing mad-cow test results debated.(mad cow disease)
- A private detective turns prophetic
- 10 years in the making: MLS looks to secure fate
- The truffle experience
Releasing mad-cow test results debated.(mad cow disease)
Free with registration - Houston Chronicle - AccessMyLibrary.com - Jul 27, 2005
27–News of mad cow disease alone can move markets, stall trade negotiations and prompt nations to grow more skeptical of American beef. The most recent case in Texas proved to be no different. Although beef markets reacted mildly in late June to the confirmation of the nation’s first home-grown case, damage was done. Nations such as Taiwan and Indonesia quickly restricted beef purchases from the U. The bottom line, industry observers say: The type and timing of the information released by regulators can make all the financial difference in the world to ranchers, meat packers or anyone whose livelihood is tied to the price of beef. But trying to find consensus among state and federal agencies can be difficult, as two recently obtained letters from Texas regulators to the U.
A private detective turns prophetic
Telegraph.co.uk - Jul 27, 2005
Patrick Neate is an extraordinary story-teller and a fearless one, whose writing illuminates the deep structure of our society and fires a warning shot over complacency and intolerance. The denouement of this first Tommy Akhtar book - surely there are more to come - brings together angry young man, tube train and special rucksack in a way that was terrifying to read even before July 7. Now that Neate’s imagined event has come to pass, his prophetic thriller offers a glimpse behind the headlines in to the mind of a home-grown terrorist intent on snuffing out some of the tiny lights that make up our capital. This timely book does not say “I told you so”, but rather “I told you why.
10 years in the making: MLS looks to secure fate
Penn State Digital Collegian - Jul 27, 2005
It just so happens one of the league’s major goals is to help the national team make its mark on the world, and slowly it is acheving that goal. In the 2002 World Cup, the Americans advanced to the quarterfinals, where they fell in a close match to the eventual champion Germany. Gorman is also big on the MLS’s effort to bring up young, home-grown talent. "If good young players like Landon Donovan can stay here and play, there is going to be more kids who play and more demand for teams, and the game will spread," Gorman said. "They’re not looking for the foreign star to establish themselves. There is a place for the American player. There is a place for the American college graduate to become a household name and franchise player.
The truffle experience
The Age - Jul 27, 2005
Photo: Pat Scala Two fist-size dark knobby lumps lying in a bed of polentasurrounded by eight eggs in their shells in a sealed plastic boxwere brought out from the refrigerator with a certain reverence ata South Yarra restaurant yesterday. These were part of the crop claimed to be Victoria’s firsthome-grown truffles. In the box they were infusing the polenta andeggs with the very particular aroma of truffle. Today they will make their first appearance on a Victorian menuwhen they are offered to diners at the Botanicalrestaurant. Botanical general manager Erez Gordon bought 450 gramsof truffles, the whole of the usable crop unearthed by vigneron andgrazier Greg Kerr at his Tibooburra property in the Yarra Valley,70 kilometres from Melbourne. The rare underground fungus is valuedat $3000 a kilogram, so the two on display, weighing about 80grams, were worth about $240.