Shipboard refrigeration and the beginnings of the frozen meat trade.
The single event that led directly to the establishment of an international trade in frozen meat was the voyage in 1879-1880 of the sailing ship Strathleven carrying a shipment of forty tons of frozen beef, lamb and mutton from Sydney and Melbourne to London. The shipment quickly sold on...

THE UNITED STATES--NEW ZEALAND LAMB DISPUTE.
Yoichiro Sato provides a political interpretation of a complex trade problem which arose in 1998-99. The temporary tariff on lamb imports from New Zealand and Australia imposed by the United States in July 1999 has angered New Zealand farmers, the public and free trade advocates in general....

Versatile lamb.
VERSATILE LAMB Lean leg of lamb makes magnificent shish kebabs, and that's just one of the delicious possibilities. Ask almost any chef to name his favorite meat, and some cut of lamb will most likely be the answer. The most succulent of the red meats is also...

An American Perspective on Public Health Issues in Baku, Azerbaijan.
In 1997, I graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental health science. Following graduation, I worked with the Indian Health Service (IHS) as a junior sanitarian in the Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Program (COSTEP) (see Journal of Environmental Health, May 1998). Afterwards,...

Spring traditions.
Byline: WHAT'S FOR DINNER? By Maryana Vollstedt For The Register-Guard While food trends come and go, certain traditions remain steadfast. Serving lamb in the spring is one such example. There are four categories of lamb; baby or hot house is 6 to 8 weeks old,...

A new breed of farmer.
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard JUNCTION CITY - A dozen sheep crowded around John Neumeister as he loaded their feed trough with organic alfalfa and grass. Neumeister, a lanky Ohio-bred man, pulled one of the lambs forward, trapping her briefly with one arm and running his fingers...

Maximum Security.
THE TERM "MAXIMUM SECURITY," USED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PRISON SYSTEM, is an oxymoron. Jails, prisons, and other "correctional" facilities provide no real security for communities, guards and other prison officials, or inmates. Imprisoning two million people, building more prisons, identifying poor and working-class youth of color as...

'There's no guarantee that the future will be worth it'--government and class in Amanda Lohrey's The Reading Group.
Introduction Amanda Lohrey's 1988 novel, The Reading Group, a polyphonic dystopian fiction, is arguably a deeply pessimistic account of the failures of reformism and a lament for the resistance and imaginative possibilities brought about by the political struggles of the late 1960s and early 1970s. (1) Set...

Hong Kong's CEPA with China: round two.
Concluded in June 2003, the Mainland-Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA I) came into effect on 1 January 2004, providing enhanced access for Hong Kong products, service providers and professionals to the Mainland market. It gave Hong Kong an early start in tapping the Mainland market ahead of...

The republic at work: S. Marco's reliefs of the Venetian trades.
Many Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals throughout Italy and France featured sculptural cycles on their portals depicting the Labors of the Months. (1) A traditional subject showing a solitary, usually male, figure tending the fields, domesticating animals, or struggling to fend off the winter cold, the Months formed part of...