In a recent paper published in the Journal of Animal Science, meat scientists report that a method called blast chilling could affect pork tenderness. Researchers at the USDA-ARS, Roman L. Hruska US Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) recently conducted a study that compares pork longissimus muscle (LM) tenderness and other meat quality traits between different [...]
Chilling Methods Could Change Meat Tenderness
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Indonesia: Clinton Should Raise Plight Of Religious Minorities, Says HRW
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should raise concerns about religious minorities and political prisoners with the Indonesian government during an upcoming visit to Indonesia, Human Rights Watch said. Clinton will be in Jakarta on September 3, 2012, for talks on the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership. “Secretary Clinton should press the Indonesian government to take [...]
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Government’s Purpose To Serve Citizens, Cardinal Dolan Says
Those seeking public office should remember the primary goal of government is to serve its citizens, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said at the Republican National Convention. In his benediction closing out the Aug. 27-30 event, Cardinal Dolan prayed that all those currently serving, as well as those running for office be “worthy [...]
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Iran: Ayatollah Khamenei’s Inaugural Address At Non-Aligned Movement Summit – Speech
The following is the full text of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s inaugural address delivered at the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Tehran on August 30, 2012. ++++ In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Two Worlds, and [...]
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An Interview With Jean Bricmont – OpEd
Jean Bricmont teaches physics at the University of Louvain in Belgium. He is author of Humanitarian Imperialism. In your article, “The Case for a Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy,” you write of the justifications the imperial powers come up with in order to rationalize their military expeditions around the world. Isn’t a hawkish foreign policy an advantage for the politicians [...]
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Ban In Disgraceful Show Of US Puppetry – OpEd
By Finian Cunningham The high-profile attendance of United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Iran was something of the double-edged sword. Seated alongside Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the day that Iran took over presidency of the NAM of 120 nations, the presence of Ban could be seen as a [...]
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Maldives: CoNI Report Holds Power-Transfer Legal – Analysis
By N Sathiya Moorthy The five-member Commission of National Inquiry (CoNI), attested by the international community, has found no proof to a plot or coup d’etat behind the sudden resignation of then Maldivian President Mohammed ‘Anni’ Nasheed on February 7. Instead, it found evidence of indiscipline in the ranks of the Maldivian National Defence Force [...]
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Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda’s Political Woes – Analysis
By Prof K.V. Kesavan Mr. Yoshihiko Noda has just completed one year as the Prime Minister of Japan. When he assumed office last year, very few thought that he would survive this long. He started his tenure in the midst of several crisis situations. The first and foremost was how to carry a weak and [...]
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Georgia: Orthodox Church Looks Askance At Proliferation Of Yoga Studies
By Molly Corso A growing number of Georgians are turning to yoga to shake off the stress of daily life. But their quest for inner calm and smaller waists is generating hostility from the powerful Georgian Orthodox Church. Over the past two years, yoga has gone from a largely unknown Eastern tradition to a popular [...]
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Georgians Shaken By Border Incursion Of Islamic Militants
By Teo Bichikashvili Georgian troops killed 11 suspected Islamic militants who crossed the border from the North Caucasus this week, in what some see as a a worrying sign that instability could spill over from the Russian republic of Dagestan. Armed men crossed into Georgia on August 28, and seized five people from the village [...]
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No Child Left Behind Waivers: Bogus Relief, Genuine Overreach – Analysis
By Lindsey Burke Seizing on widespread dissatisfaction with No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and blaming congressional inaction for the need to act unilaterally, the Obama Administration has begun issuing waivers from the law to states willing to accept Department of Education (DOE) conditions that will end up further centralizing education policy. The NCLB waivers pose [...]
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Violence In Assam: Resource Wars, Illegal Migration Or Governance Deficit? – Analysis
By Shanthie Mariet D’Souza and Bibhu Prasad Routray Since 19 July 2012, a wide range of issues, combined with gargantuan administrative ineptness, has produced nearly 100 dead bodies in India’s northeast state of Assam and displaced close to 400,000 people from their places of residence. The month-long violence between the Bodo tribal community and the [...]
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South Africa: Marikana, A Lesson, Says Motlanthe
The Marikana tragedy should make South Africa turn the tide on how the country confronts poverty and inequality, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday. “It also challenges us to recommit ourselves to more effective social dialogue at national and regional level,” Motlanthe said. He was speaking at the opening of the annual National Economic [...]
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Iraq: Inside The Belly Of CIA Beast – OpEd
By Ismail Salami Much to the bitter disappointment of international community, a report recently declassified by CIA reveals that a war that started in the name of democracy in Iraq in 2003 and claimed the lives of more than one million innocent Iraqis and thousands of US-led troops was waged on the basis of an [...]
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Iran Fires Back As Canada Cuts Diplomatic Ties
Iran has slammed Canada’s decision to close its embassy in Iran, saying it will soon give Canada an appropriate response. On Friday, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced that Canada is suspending all diplomatic relations with Iran. The Canadian Embassy in Iran has been closed and Canadian consular services have been referred to the [...]
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Striker Abou-Treika: A Symbol Of Egypt’s Convoluted Political Transition – Analysis
Starred striker Mohamed Abou-Treika symbolizes the struggles in virtually every Egyptian institution between post-Mubarak reformers and supporters of the Mubarak-era status quo ante. Breaking with the tradition of soccer players standing on the sidelines of popular revolts in the Middle East and North Africa, if not supporting autocratic leaders, Mr. Abou Treika announced late this [...]
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Sri Lanka Has To Act Patiently, But Stern In Diplomacy – OpEd
By Noor Nizam The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India HE. Prasad Kariyawasam has blamed “fringe pro-LTTE groups” in the state of Tamil Nadu for the violence against visiting Sri Lankans, but underlined it will not affect robust ties or the visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India later this month. “It’s an unfortunate aberration, [...]
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The RAP Vote: Alternative To TweedleBar’k And TweedleMitt – OpEd
Well, the second half of the quadrennial political charade is over, Pres. Barack Obama making his case for a second term in office before a friendly audience of militant Democrats at the convention in Charlotte. Tongue-in-arm Joe Biden, likely to be held accountable for his “America’s best days are ahead of us” remark, introduced the [...]
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Saudi Arabia Literacy Rate 96%, Up From 60% In 1972
Saudi Arabia has made major strides in illiteracy eradication over the past 40 years. “The Kingdom brought down the level of illiteracy in the country from 60 percent in 1972 to 4 percent in 2012,” an statement issued by the Ministry of Education on the occasion of the World Day of Illiteracy Eradication today. The [...]
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US Favoured Destination For Iranian Expats
The Census Organization of Iran has released its latest report on the number of Iranians living abroad, identifying the United States as the country with the largest number of Iranians expatriates. The Mehr news agency quoted Mohsen Karami, the deputy head of identification documents at the Census Organization, saying: “The United States has the most [...]
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