Goats for Fibre

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Goats for Fibre
James Morris , and Toney Cave-Penny
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The production of cashmere fibres as an alternative income source: Australia and New Zealand 1987
Andrew Lubbock
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Sheep and Goats (fibre); Sheep and Goats (meat and milk); Poultry; Horses; Buffaloes (Vol. 24)

Manufacturer: Armidale
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Moon Travel Books the reference standard

Ok but not very modern book

Rehash of Moon Handbooks Pacific Mexico

A great travel book

Moon Handbooks Puerto Vallarta: Including Guadalajara and Lake Chapala (Moon Handbooks)
Bruce Whipperman
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
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ASIN: 1566917182

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From new restaurants in De Santos and Xitomate and fiestas in world-famous nightspots to relaxing on the sun-kissed beach, Moon Handbooks Puerto Vallarta is the guide to the best the city has to offer, both on and off the beaten path. Practical information includes suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights, plus essentials on dining, transportation, and accommodations for a range of budgets. Complete with details for snorkeling in the Bay of Matanchén, taking a road trip up the Nayarit coast, and shopping for Huichol crafts, Moon Handbooks Puerto Vallarta gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

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Moon Travel Books the reference standard.......2005-03-04

Every Moon Travel book I have purchased has been far and away the best travel book for the region. Anyone who has traveled in Mexico knows that restaurants and hotels change a lot in one year. The fifth edition of this book, copyrite Nov 2003 is as good as it gets. I also had the Frommers and AAA guide with me for 8 days of driving in and around Puerto Vallarta and the only book I needed was the Moon book.

Ok but not very modern book.......2001-05-08

Book was not well written nor was it well thought out. It was difficult to access specific information (such as hotels and restaurants). The author also recommended the Hard Rock Cafe--which made me wary of any other recommendation he had! I'd recommend the Frommers Guide to Mexico for a better picture of Puerto Vallarta and Discover Puerto Vallarta for the pictures and additional information.

Rehash of Moon Handbooks Pacific Mexico.......2001-05-01

If you want to know about more than just the Puerto Vallarta area buy the Pacific Mexico Handbook. Better than 80% of the content of the Puerto Vallart Handbook is included as well as information of the other Pacific destinations. If you do not plan to venture more than 25 - 50 miles from Puerto Vallarta this book adds no additional value.

A great travel book.......2001-02-11

We just returned from a two week vacation in Mexico, where we travelled from Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta using the Bruce Whipperman handbook as our guide. The book, which is compact in size, is packed with useful and specific information that made our trip easy and enjoyable. We especially appreciated the back-road tips.

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The evolution of the whaling industry as told through the story of a fictional New England town. "Whale Port" shares the history of a town and the resourcefulness of its citizens through the personal story of Zachariah Taber, his family and neighbors, and the place they call home. Their daily life and the tools and techniques of their trade are fully described and revealed in beautiful, detailed illustrations. Though Tuckanucket itself is fictional, it is typical of the harbor towns that developed with the whaling industry. The fortunes of these towns and their citizens rose and fell like the tide, affected not only by changes in the whaling business but also by storms, fires, and war.

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A great resource for adults, too!.......2007-10-17

The son-father team of Mark and Gerald Foster have collaborated to produce an eye-pleasing book that not only offers a creative approach toward explaining the history of New England whaling over time, but is a crash course in all the terminology and processes related to the whaling industry, maritime trades that developed because of it, and other aspects of Colonial life.
I recommend this book for children AND adults who want to use it to prepare for, or supplement, a visit to any whaling point of interest, such as the New Bedford Whaling museum in Massachusetts, Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, a whale watch, or any other whale-related tourist spot worldwide.
This book also provides a starting point for those who want to learn to appreciate whales, understand how human action profoundly affects their survival on this planet, and gain historical knowledge from which to decide how to act today to protect these important and endangered mammals.
The exquisitely detailed, labeled illustrations by Gerald Foster are educational in and of themselves, but together with Mark's comprehensive historical instruction, this book becomes a gem. Well done!

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The Best of Newspaper Design: 27th Edition, the latest edition in Rockport's highly respected series, presents the winning entries from the Society for News Design's 2005 competition. Featuring work selected by a panel of judges from more than 14,000 international publication entries, this inspirational volume sets the bar for excellence in journalistic design. Bold, full-color layouts feature the best-of-the-best in news, features, portfolios, visuals, and more, and each entry is accompanied by insightful commentary on the elements that made the piece a standout winner. Every industry professional aspires to one day see his or her work in this book.

Bi-lingual text (English/Spanish) highlights the material for a broad audience.

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Indispensable.......2007-08-19

La recopilación de premios al diseño de noticias de la SND, siempre es un referente y excelente oportunidad de apreciar el trabajo de otros diseñadores alrededor del mundo. Siempre es necesario tener un libro así en la biblioteca personal

Great resource.......2007-07-10

This is a great resource for anyone in the newspaper printing business. The pages are filled with a great selection of layouts, infographics and illustrations.

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The World's Best Newspapers are in this Book.
Essential for any journalist or designer's bookshelf.

Best of Newspaper Design: 22nd Edition
Society for News Design , and C. Marshall Matlock
Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1564967441

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The twenty-first edition of The Best of Newspaper Design features the most outstanding designs in the newspaper industry for 1999. The Society along with the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Syracuse University have sponsored this annual competition in an effort to recognize excellence in newspaper design and graphics. The included works are selected from more than 14,000 entries and are evaluated in twenty-one categories, including World's Best Designed Newspapers. This exceptional collection is an essential reference for anyone involved in print media, graphics, photography, design, journalism or mass communications.

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variety of concepts.......2002-02-24

This is quite an interesting guide for those seeking for innovation in newspaper design. What makes it so interesting is the fact that it's assembled with pages and pages of newspaper desing around the world.
Good choise if browing for a change in your paper.

The World's Best Newspapers are in this Book........2000-04-27

I bought this book because I wanted to see the world's best newspaper designs. What I got is more than expected. Now I know what makes best newspapers. It's a combination of a lot of things. There are lessons to be learnt although the book is not a manual. Newspaper designers, editors, photographers and art directors better work together hand in hand to produce the highest quality newspaper or else.... I found that european newspapers are superb in the combination of news, art and design. What more can you ask if they can blend them so well in a newspaper. The American newspapers fares equally well with a combination of news and photos. For the Asian and the Pacific,... they had better catch up.

Essential for any journalist or designer's bookshelf........1998-12-09

What's the matter with newspapers these days? Not enough creativity, put simply. blah, blah, blah. this is THE book that will get those creative juices going from the very first glance. Gorgeous format photography (the eager and well-sighted can even read the articles) encompassing designs from around the globe, gloss paper and well written guidelines consolidate a book that is a pleasure to view and a pride to own. In previous years I have found it is not wise to lend - it takes ages to get the blessed book back!! A genuine and completely worthy investment, and absolutely recommended.

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The Best of Newspaper Design: 26th Edition highlights the unrivaled genius of contributors from around the world. This latest edition to the series features well-crafted, full-color layouts of news, portfolios, and visuals, just to name a few. This book provides readers with design ideas and inspiration from the top journalistic designers, illustrators, and photographers.

The Best of Newspaper Design (Best of Newspaper Design)

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ASIN: 1878107097

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7 - The Best of Newspaper Design

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Best of Newspaper Design

Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers Inc.
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The Best of Newspaper Design
North Light Books
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The Best of Newspaper Design
C. Marshall (Editor) Matlock
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ASIN: 1878107062

The Best of Newspaper Design (14th Edition)

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The Best of Newspaper Design (14th Edition)

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The Best of Newspaper Design 2

Manufacturer: PBC International Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0RYHS

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The Patterdale Terrier is an increasingly popular breed both as a pet and a working terrier. These fabulous little dogs have a passionate following here in America and the United Kingdom and, until now, little has been known about their origins. Sean Frain has carefully traced the history of the breed and the area from which they originated. He describes, often firsthand, their working ability and includes interesting anecdotal stories. The book covers owning a Patterdale as a pet, training from puppy to adulthood, and has a useful chapter on breeding. This is an invaluable handbook for owners and potential owners of Patterdale Terriers by a much-respected author with extensive experience in the field and is the only book published on this increasingly popular breed.

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Patterdale Terrier
Sean Frain
Manufacturer: Quiller Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K6K7SY

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Cherry trees, well known in America from the George Washington legend, actually originated in China, but were not domestically cultivated until the first century b.c. in Greece, and are closely related to peaches, plums, and almonds.

Fava beans, or broad beans, have been cultivated since at least biblical times. In classical Greece, funerals ended in bean feasts, and beans were used to exorcise haunted houses. Roman high priests were forbidden from eating or even mentioning beans because they were considered so inauspicious. The Scots believed that witches rode around on beanstalks and the Celts held bean feasts to honor the fairies.

For the gardener or foodie who wants a little history in their book diet, The Origins of Fruit and Vegetables traces the rich history of more than forty different types of fruit and vegetables. Accompanying this authoritative history are a wealth of illustrations, from ancient maps and Renaissance works of art to botanical illustrations and illuminated manuscripts, from Chinese paintings and American folk art to contemporary photography and graphics.

This thoroughly researched and highly accessible book contains Latin names of the fruits and vegetables, historical information on when the item first appeared, its country of origin, its first recorded use, and even classical and biblical literary references. It also includes information about the medicinal and nutritional properties of the profiled fruits and vegetables, and how these properties were first discovered.

Beautifully designed and illustrated, The Origins of Fruit and Vegetables will appeal to anyone who enjoys art, history, and food.

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Fruits and vegetables in art and history.......2002-08-07

The origins of food plants is a fascinating subject in its own right while the light it shines on human history is a splendid bonus. Knowing that barley and wheat came from the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia in the Middle East helps to explain why civilization first arose there and not somewhere else. Those foods helped to sustain a "surplus" population that could devote itself to the arts and invention, leading to the modern world. Indeed all wealth has as its base the growth and storage of food in excess of that which is needed for the sustenance of the food producers, resulting in non-food producing people who can devote themselves to competing schemes of how to steal the wealth and how to protect it (i.e., war). Looking at the history of art through still life and other works of art centering on fruits and vegetables is also fascinating. Essentially this is what Jonathan Roberts has done in this very attractive, richly illustrated book.

To give you some idea of his intent consider pages 122 and 123. On the right-handed page there is a photograph of "Banana Skin c. 1500" from the "Museum of London Evacuations, London Bridge, Southwark, U.K., 1999" showing the black skin of a banana with the obvious import that the banana had already reached the London produce market in c. 1500, just eight years after Columbus's first voyage. Remarkable. Then on the left-handed page there is an image of the oil on canvas painting, "Bananas, 1952" by Lucian Freud, showing an entire stock of bananas still on the tree. Roberts employs a number of famous works such as Van Gogh's "The Potato Eaters" and Botticelli's "Madonna of the Pomegranate" to illustrate the text; indeed there is art work from the Twelfth Egyptian Dynasty through Greek and Roman times to the still lives of the Renaissance to William Hooker, Gauguin, Cezanne, etc., to moderns like Edward Burra and even examples of Russian propaganda art and American advertizing.

The text is a little repetitive and there are some boilerplate phrases that appear several times, but there are only a few typos and I noticed no errors of fact (which isn't always the case in books like this: Roberts himself notes copious errors in, for example, Gerard's "Herball" 1597). Still, I think Roberts did a good job of going beyond the normal range of "coffee table" text while not being too technical. What really appeals, though, is the artwork.

I enjoyed this book although as always I would like more information; indeed an entire book devoted to each and every fruit and vegetable featured here (there are at least sixty, from apples and avocados and pears to beans, carrots, melons, to peppers both black and red, to pumpkins and zucchini, the latter not mentioned in the text, but there is an unmistakable illustration on page 141)--and more--would be ideal.

Praise the Lord and pass the Sauce!.......2002-03-22

This book is an excellent overview of the natural history of fruit and vegetables-where they originated, how they have changed and developed over time, and how they have influenced history. The first part details various aspects of our most common fruits (as least 29 main types are discussed), the second part that of vegetables (at least 25).

It is interesting to trace the place of origin of our most cherished delicicies. Tomatoes (western South America), potatoes (western South America), strawberries (the modern is a hybrid from a Chilean variety and a Virginian variety), banana (SE Asia), apple (South East Asia and Eurasia), orange (SE Asia), cracked black peppercorns (Southern India), carrots (Eurasia-probably Afghanistan), maize/corn (America-possibly the Andes originally), fermented grapes (Eurasia-possibly even fermented by homo erectus), watermelon (Africa), cucumber (India), pumpkin (Americas), leek (Central Asia), onion (Central Asia), avocardo (modern types come from Central Amercia), lemons (Eastern Himalaya), kiwifruit (Southern China) and many others. Beetroot grows wild near the sea in the Mediterranean. A tomato native to the Galapagos Islands has evolved resistance to seawater, but the seeds must be digested and 'voided' by tortoises-giant ones-before they will germinate. Charles Darwin would have been impressed.

Readers might be interested to know that the Romans and Greeks, for example, would have never even heard of such delights as tomatoes, potatoes, and corn, as these were all native to the Americas. Oranges, which are a cross between a pumello and a mandarin, didn't reach Europe until the Dark Ages, and neither did our modern apple.

With increase in trade and exploration over time many subspecies were crossed and produced vigorous hybrids, which in conjunction wih selective breeding and vagaries of taste over time, has produced many of the modern forms we see today. It is interesting to note here that not all modern forms are necassarily the best -the Jonathan apple for example, became very popular simply because it is bright red and looks good in the supermarket-but it is not the best eating apple.

Another interesting aspect is the carrying of many original types from the east by Islamic ventures, and to the east by Christians and various explorers. Cross-fertilisation thus eventuated by accident. Subsequently, many species were further cross-fertilised with North and South American types after the expansion into the Americas by Europeans after 1492.

Not all fruit and veges stand the test of time. The ancestor of the bean appears to have gone extinct, and some apple varieties seem to be going that way, crowded out by the Golden Delicious, and the ever-red Jonathan. Others took a long time to get going-such as the tomatoe. For long its association with the poisonous Mandrake stifled its development in the European Middle Ages. Today it is one of the most versatile and most widespread fruits grown. (It is actually a fruit or berry, rather than a vegetable, as is commonly believed).

This book is more than just an excursion into delectable dishes. The nature and origin of fruit and vegetables has profoundly affected culture and history. The potato famine of Europe and Ireland in the 1840s is described, (with at least 1.5 milion deaths in Ireland alone, out of a population of 8 millon). The development of agriculture in humans thousands of years ago was facilitated by mutant strains of such things as almonds, wheat, peas, and bananas (one of the oldest harvested fruit).

Magnificent, and pass me the pepper! Don't underestimate the power of food on primates. Nations have risen and fallen on the vagaries of corn, potatoes, fermented grapes, grain and the like, and their resistance to disease, peoples taste and historical oddities.

There are some beautiful paintings, inscriptions, and archealogical illustrations throughout, inspired by some of history's greatest artists and cultures.

Highly recommended for the lover of food and dining.

New York Times, January 30, 2002.......2002-02-17

Mr Roberts's talent in explaining foods' beginnings make this elegant 228-page volume a real page turner.

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Cabbages & Kings: the Origins of Fruit & Vegetables
Jonathan Roberts
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AFFI Blasts Rep. Everett's Bill to Require Front-Panel Country of Origin Marking for Frozen Produce.: An article from: Frozen Food Digest

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AFFI Blasts Rep. Everett's Bill to Require Front-Panel Country of Origin Marking for Frozen Produce.: An article from: Frozen Food Digest

Manufacturer: Frozen Food Digest, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Frozen Food Digest, published by Frozen Food Digest, Inc. on July 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1458 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: AFFI Blasts Rep. Everett's Bill to Require Front-Panel Country of Origin Marking for Frozen Produce.
Publication: Frozen Food Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1999
Publisher: Frozen Food Digest, Inc.
Volume: 14 Issue: 5 Page: 28

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AFFI submits comments against damaging front panel country of origin marking proposal. (American Frozen Food Institute): An article from: Frozen Food Digest

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AFFI submits comments against damaging front panel country of origin marking proposal. (American Frozen Food Institute): An article from: Frozen Food Digest

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This digital document is an article from Frozen Food Digest, published by Frozen Food Digest, Inc. on December 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1616 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The American Frozen Food Institute has confirmed its opposition to proposals made by the U.S. Customs Service regarding 'front panel' regulations on the placement of signs indicating the country of origin of imported frozen produce. AFFI argued that the rules impose undue financial burden upon frozen produce importers and may create precedents for imported products in other industries. In addition, produce exporters may retaliate against the US.

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Title: AFFI submits comments against damaging front panel country of origin marking proposal. (American Frozen Food Institute)
Publication: Frozen Food Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 1997
Publisher: Frozen Food Digest, Inc.
Volume: v13 Issue: n2 Page: p8(2)

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Country of origin marking debate. (AFFI's Washington Watch): An article from: Frozen Food Digest

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Country of origin marking debate. (AFFI's Washington Watch): An article from: Frozen Food Digest

Manufacturer: Frozen Food Digest, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Frozen Food Digest, published by Frozen Food Digest, Inc. on October 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1725 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The debate on the proposed regulation that would require the name of the source country to be marked on the front panel of frozen food packages continues. The American Frozen Food Institute opposes the bill because it unfairly regulates the frozen food industry to the exclusion of all other sectors in the processed food industry. The industry group's position is being supported by several congressional leaders.

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Title: Country of origin marking debate. (AFFI's Washington Watch)
Publication: Frozen Food Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1994
Publisher: Frozen Food Digest, Inc.
Volume: v10 Issue: n1 Page: p20(2)

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Country-of-origin labeling. (United States Customs Service rule that requires country-of-origin statements on principal display panel of frozen fruits and vegetables): An article from: Food Processing

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Country-of-origin labeling. (United States Customs Service rule that requires country-of-origin statements on principal display panel of frozen fruits and vegetables): An article from: Food Processing
Gary Jay Kushner
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This digital document is an article from Food Processing, published by Putman Media, Inc. on March 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1240 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A new US Customs rule that requires that a country-of-origin statement for frozen fruits and vegetables appear on the main display panel shows a lack of coordination between the Customs Service and other federal agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new rule is very precise in its specifications as to size, typography and position of the information. Labeling laws have been made by the FDA in the past, and Customs should coordinate with that agency, rather than making its own laws, which are sometimes in conflict. Additionally, the Customs rules are sometimes inconsistent with its own previous actions.

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Title: Country-of-origin labeling. (United States Customs Service rule that requires country-of-origin statements on principal display panel of frozen fruits and vegetables)
Author: Gary Jay Kushner
Publication: Food Processing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 1994
Publisher: Putman Media, Inc.
Volume: v55 Issue: n3 Page: p66(2)

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Court declares AFFI victor in country of origin litigation. (American Frozen Food Institute) (AFFI's Washington Watch): An article from: Frozen Food Digest

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Court declares AFFI victor in country of origin litigation. (American Frozen Food Institute) (AFFI's Washington Watch): An article from: Frozen Food Digest

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This digital document is an article from Frozen Food Digest, published by Frozen Food Digest, Inc. on July 1, 1994. The length of the article is 2909 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The Court of International Trade ruled in favor of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) when it declared 'null and void' a US Customs policy concerning country of origin marking requirement for frozen produce containing imported products. The decision has immensely pleased the AFFI, as the requirement would have entailed millions of dollars in new label design and printing costs.

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Title: Court declares AFFI victor in country of origin litigation. (American Frozen Food Institute) (AFFI's Washington Watch)
Publication: Frozen Food Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1994
Publisher: Frozen Food Digest, Inc.
Volume: v9 Issue: n4 Page: p14(2)

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New country-of-origin labeling rules draw criticism.(Brief Article) : An article from: Food & Drink Weekly

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New country-of-origin labeling rules draw criticism.(Brief Article) : An article from: Food & Drink Weekly

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This digital document is an article from Food & Drink Weekly, published by Informa Economics, Inc. on August 19, 2002. The length of the article is 436 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New country-of-origin labeling rules draw criticism.(Brief Article)
Publication: Food & Drink Weekly (Newsletter)
Date: August 19, 2002
Publisher: Informa Economics, Inc.
Volume: 8 Issue: 32 Page: 1(2)

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Plain beats prepared in USA, too: consumers are sticking to basics. (frozen vegetables): An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International

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Plain beats prepared in USA, too: consumers are sticking to basics. (frozen vegetables): An article from: Quick Frozen Foods International

Manufacturer: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on April 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1247 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The US consumers' consumption of frozen plain vegetables increased by 2.11% in 1993 as sales of prepared vegetables declined by 15.1%. Sales of frozen plain vegetables amounted to $1.719 billion while revenues generated from prepared vegetables dived to $119 million. The country's imports of french fries, corn and peas also increased considerably due to crop shortages in 1993. This supply and demand problem is compounded by a US Customs Service regulation that imposes 'country of origin' statements on imported frozen produce.

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Title: Plain beats prepared in USA, too: consumers are sticking to basics. (frozen vegetables)
Publication: Quick Frozen Foods International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 1994
Publisher: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc.
Volume: v35 Issue: n4 Page: p56(2)

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USDA issues guidelines for interim voluntary country of origin labeling markings; frozen produce affected under new guidelines. (AFFI's Washington Watch).(Brief ... An article from: Frozen Food Digest

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USDA issues guidelines for interim voluntary country of origin labeling markings; frozen produce affected under new guidelines. (AFFI's Washington Watch).(Brief ... An article from: Frozen Food Digest

Manufacturer: Frozen Food Digest, Inc.
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ASIN: B0008FZGKG
Release Date: 2005-06-01

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This digital document is an article from Frozen Food Digest, published by Frozen Food Digest, Inc. on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 964 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: USDA issues guidelines for interim voluntary country of origin labeling markings; frozen produce affected under new guidelines. (AFFI's Washington Watch).(Brief Article)
Publication: Frozen Food Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2002
Publisher: Frozen Food Digest, Inc.
Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Page: 30(1)

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Obviously, English is not her native language..........2007-01-13

It's clearly obvious to me (precisely BECAUSE of the horrible spelling and grammar) that English must not be Jewels' native language.

Hence, if she is not American-born, or perhaps was raised in an otherwise ethnically different home, then it naturally follows that she will have some difficulties with both the English language and the American culture.

Of course, better editing would have helped the book immensely.

Some examples of this spelling/grammer issue are things like this: She speaks of herself and her previous husband parting on "applicable terms". Obviously she must have meant "amicable terms".

Another example: She speaks of somebody interrupting her... she uses the word "interpret" instead.

I am finding it a (little) bit easier to read the book if I keep in mind that the author must be of a different ethnicity, and this probably and most likely explains why she delves into details of things that are most obvious to other people (such as leg shaving, using candles, etc.)

Will post more thoughts on this book as I continue reading...

Very demeaning to the profession and poorly written.......2006-07-04

As a person who frequents strip bars, I can tell you that Jewels is painting a glamorous-fairytale picture of a strippers life in her book. The book is poorly written, with bad grammer and Jewels jumps from subject to subject and copies the liquor/bar regulations straight from the Arizona's State law books!(how creative).

Jewels greatest tip of advise from her professional stripper capacity is(light a candle to set the mood and shave your legs in a downward motion)

I can honestly say this book is not worth the paper it is printed on. As I read it, I kept thinking, this has got to be a joke!

Ridiculous book, not worth the time.......2006-06-05

I started reading this book and could barely get through the fist chapter. I skimmed through it and found it to be a stupid book written by an illerate stripper who only boasts and brags about how much money she made while rubbing her privates on strangers.

I paid way too much money for this joke!. Not recommended, not even to my worst enemy!

Complete trash printed on expensive paper.......2004-11-02

From star to finish, this book is a complete joke!. This book which was written by an ameteur starts off with Jewels talking about her childhood, accomplishments, and goes into a dedication that goes on and on and on and on!. Then she writes about the clothing worn by Exotic dancers, their preference in dance music, how much to tip the bouncer, and the boring facts about Bar rules.
Jewels then writes an entire chapter on why a woman should be proud to be a stripper(expensive toys for your kids, lots of clothes, different men,etc). Towards the end of the book, Jewels goes out of her way to make taking a bath sound like a ritual done only by the sexiest most seductive women in the world, not the common everyday lady.
I am a stripper and I'm always looking for tools to better my performances, but Jewels only wasted my time and money with this ridiculous book, I guess I shouldn't complain too much since it will make good fireplace material.
Ladies, there are lots of informative books and videos out there. Here on amazon, you'll be able to find plenty good books, not like this one. I only wish I had read the reviews about this book before I purchased it.

not really a guidebook.......2004-08-29

I bought this book a couple years ago, but am only reviewing it now because I do want to point out two pluses in this book.

Jewels' main point in writing this book seems to be an attempt to defend her life choices and the life choices of her colleagues, with whom she has an affectionate, supportive view. She wants to encourage all women to better themselves. There is nothing wrong with this motive. But she does this by trying to paint the job of stripping as more esoteric and spiritual than it is. I refer to myself as a stripper. Anything else is just a useless euphuism.

However noble her intentions are, all of her history and personal musings do not belong in a guidebook. A chapter or two at the most should be devoted to these topics and then left alone. As an English major I found the book irritating because of the obvious lack of an editor. As a former stripper I found the book irritating because it did not really go into the detail needed to teach less experienced strippers the tricks of the trade. There are many things to learn, some of which are important for personal safety, some of which are important for maximizing earnings potential. She rarely covers much of anything that cannot be easily figured out.

There are two good points in this book that I liked. First, I did like her ideas for fantasy dance routines (Chapters 10 and 11). For house girls interested in trying to do feature routines, she made some easy suggestions that would work well without a lot of financial investment. A dancer doesn't have to follow these routines to the letter, but they offer a good basic foundation to work with. Yes, I have seen other books with much better suggestions, but the step-by-step routines are a much-needed plus for this book.

The second thing I liked was in Chapter 4, the strange questionnaire chapter. Again, this could have been arranged differently with better effect. I like questions #18-21 where she discusses her method of financial goal-making, breaking it down from monthly to weekly to daily to hourly. She discusses this concept more in the book, but I don't remember where. As a goal-oriented person myself, I found that by setting an hourly goal of dances each night really did help me keep on track so I was able to reach my monetary goals a lot easier. This will not work for every personality, but it was a good tip. It was not something I had thought of before.

Her tips on dancing itself are nearly useless. There are other books that do better. Any description of a physical activity is hard to do, especially dance. Dance lessons are best learned in person or through a well-made video. She never takes into account the actual beat of the music, which is so important to dancing well. This section should've been greatly modified or simply left out. A discussion of good dance music would have been more effective.

This was not the guidebook I was expecting when I bought it. I am glad that she had the wherewithal to get this book published, but I wish she had been better able to explain how to work successfully in a club after 10 years. Her disruptive personal life just overshadowed the book and instead of making her seem human, just made her seem like a flake. There are better stripper books out there, and there are worse as well. I am giving this one star due to the very poor English, the meandering thoughts, the glaring lack of solid "how-to" material and the poor representation of a profession that I know well.

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Misleading title - too much about Pickering's personality

Book isn't really about Jefferson

Not for novices

Jefferson as he really was, Wills as he is.

Very Informative but Scattered!

"Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power
Garry Wills
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Garry Wills' "Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power, despite its title, is not a profile of the Jefferson Presidency. Rather, the book offers a richly detailed study of the United States' tragic constitutional bargain with slavery, and meanders through the lives of several key figures in antebellum American history along the way.

While Thomas Jefferson does play a significant role in Wills' book, the real heroes are the relatively unknown abolitionist Timothy Pickering and, to a lesser degree, John Quincy Adams. Pickering offered a consistent voice of opposition to Jefferson's often secret campaign against Federalist power. Though he could never match Jefferson's charismatic persona, Pickering succeeded in his battle to undo Jefferson's embargo of England--an embargo that Pickering recognized as Jefferson's attempt to undermine the economic prosperity and power of the North. Pickering's ill-fated attempt to secede from the Union, while misguided, would fuel the latter-day abolitionist John Quincy Adams to threaten a similar revolution as the Civil War loomed.

Ultimately, "Negro President" is a book that recovers slavery as a context for understanding early American political life. At times Willis focuses too much on Jefferson, Pickering, or Adams, and the discussion is derailed by his fascination for the moral successes and failures of each personality. Nevertheless, the book addresses a long-neglected subject in American studies and will prove invaluable to readers interested in understanding America's early struggle to balance Northern versus slave-state power. --Patrick O'Kelley

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In 1800 Thomas Jefferson won the presidential election with Electoral College votes derived from the three-fths representation of slaves slaves who could not vote but were still partially counted as citizens. Moving beyond the recent revisionist debate over Jefferson's own slaves and his relationship with Sally Hemings, Garry Wills instead probes the heart of Jefferson's presidency and political life, revealing how the might of the slave states remained a concern behind his most important policies and decisions. Jefferson's foil was Thomas Pickering, who along with the Federalists fought the president and the institutions that supported him. In an eye-opening, ingeniously argued expos, Wills restores Pickering and his allies" dramatic struggle to our understanding of Jefferson, the creation of the new nation, and the evolution of our representative democracy.

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Misleading title - too much about Pickering's personality .......2007-09-23

With Jefferson on the cover and a provocative title like "Negro President" you'd think the book would be all about Jefferson.........but instead, it's mostly about Timothy Pickering's fight with pro-slavery forces during his time in Congress. Not an unimportant topic by a long shot, but I was expecting Wills to tease out the complexities of Jefferson's mind on the subject of slavery.

Book isn't really about Jefferson.......2007-03-09

This book suffers from the common Wills characteristic of rambling. You'll learn about Tim Pickering, Aaron Burr, J.Q. Adams, but I thought the book was about Jefferson. Most of the book isn't about Jefferson at all, except the concluding paragraph of some chapters that try to address the central thesis. There's nothing new about Jefferson in this book. Someone could write a great book about Jefferson's blatant hypocrisy on slavery. Wills certainly didn't do it with this big disappointment.

Not for novices.......2006-03-16

I was required to read this book for a graduate history class and came away enlightened. In response to those who say the book is not about Jefferson, it is. Pickering and Adams are used as lenses through which Wills examines Jefferson (I have read other books like this). This style of writing may be over-the-head of novice readers not accustomed to reading material that is geared towards professional historians.

This book is intended to make the reader reconsider what they think about Jefferson and what they have been taught about the early republic. Wills shows Jefferson as a mere man and not the giant that celebratory (and earlier) literature would have him be. This may be disconcerting to readers that have been taught that the founding fathers were the paragon of society and humanity.

In response to reviewers claiming that Wills misses this or that, you are right, but miss the point. Wills did not intend to discuss every aspect of Jefferson's political career. He was interested in examining Jefferson's defense of slavery in-so-far as slavery gave Jefferson and other Southerners an advantage over Northern politicians.

You might not like what Wills has to say, but it is hard to argue with his argument.

Jefferson as he really was, Wills as he is........2006-03-03

This book strikes me as a fairly typical Wills effort. Take a gander at his oeuvre. Is there any public intellectual on the American scene at the moment that casts a wider net? Wills has written about Augustine, Chesterton, Reagan, John Wayne, Jefferson before (see his Inventing America- his study of Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence), Madison, Nixon (Nixon Agonistes contains one of the best explanation of American presidential politics that I have ever read), the role of religion in American politics, conservatism, and the American distrust of government to name just a few topics.. He writes like a prodigy- quickly, sometimes a little sloppily but based on a deep reading of Western culture. I have never read one of his books without copying down a passage or two into my commonplace book (a habit I took up long ago on reading Will's Inventing America). I have also not read any of his recent books without feeling that it was unfinished. He writes quickly and it shows. Some of his work is a little sloppy and needs development. Some of his arguments are brilliant and some are forced.
Consider this volume. Wills is trying to emphasize some of the ways the three-fifths clause of the original Constitution distorted the workings of antebellum politics.
The three-fifths clause was not about voting. In spite of some of the reviewers below, slave owners did not get three extra votes for every five slaves. It was about representation. Slaves were included in the population data that determined the number of representatives a state received in the House of Representatives. But they only counted as three people for every five slaves. So if a state contained 100,000 slaves, it would add a total of 60,000 onto the figure used to determine the number of representatives. In 1800, over 91 % of the blacks in America, free or slave, were in the southern states (this figure is from The South as a Conscious Minority by Jesse Carpenter, p.14). Obviously, the three/fifths clause worked to boost Southern representation. It had enough effect, according to Wills and many others, to provide the South with the decisive votes needed to elect Jefferson president, to pass the notorious gag rules of the 1830s, and to force through many of the so-called "compromises" that spread slavery throughout the Old Southwest.
I agree with Wills, William Freehling, Leonard L. Richards and the others who have been writing about this issue of late. But one weakness of Wills' presentation (as opposed to someone like Freehling in The Road to Disunion) is that Wills fails to bring out one very important point. Even with the three/fifths clause, the South was a minority in the House. The 1800 elections brought as large a proportion of Southerners to the House as they enjoyed in any time in our history. In 1800, the South had 65 Representatives to 77 for the Northern States or 46% of the total (Carpenter, p. 22). Even with the completely unfair boost of the three-fifths clause they still needed northern allies. There were always Northerners or Westerners who had to vote along with the South on ALL the issues that Wills mention. This is perhaps the saddest part of the story of all. The Southern Representatives acted with great unity throughout this period and either found collaborators or were able to bully other Representatives to go along with them. My point is simply that the Slave Power was not just a Southern phenomenon. It was an American phenomenon. Wills does get at this sometimes. I cannot find the quote now but at some point in the book he does mention how many national politicians were willing to compromise with the South in order to further their careers. Even one of the heroes of his tale, J. Q. Adams was guilty of this early in his career.
If you really want to explore thoroughly the Slave Power in early American history then I suggest Freehling's book over this one.
That does not mean that you shouldn't read Wills. He clarifies some of the confusion I have always felt about Jefferson as a politician. In many ways, Jefferson was a modern politician. He knew how to work others to his ends while staying behind the curtain (this may be the only way we can compare Dick Cheney to Thomas Jefferson). Jefferson was also so sure that he was right that to oppose him was treasonous. He was in many ways a not very likable man. None of which diminishes his greatness except for those who can admire only saints. Personally, I find that if you allow yourself to provisionally admire sinners that there are a lot more people to admire.
Wills also shows us Burr in a very different light and makes it clear that in regards to Burr (e.g., Burr's behavior during the 1800 election), that history really has been written by the victors. And while the other reviewers express appreciation for Wills' bringing back Timothy Pickering into history's good graces, I appreciate the way that he tells us the story of J.Q. Adams' struggles against the Slave Power in the House during the 1830s. This is one of the best stories in American history and deserves to be told again and again.
So, yes, read Wills by all means. He may not be a detail guy but he will give you many great insights and will point in the direction of others like Freehling who are great detail guys. Along the way, you get to spend some time with one of the most interesting thinkers currently writing on the American scene.

Very Informative but Scattered!.......2005-12-20

When one delves deeply into history, there is always a chance that what one finds does not measure up to - or even counters - one's initial perception of a subject. After reading "Negro President," my image of Thomas Jefferson has been tainted, perhaps irrevocably. I am not sure how I feel about this at the moment, although it seems to me that truth should be more important than perception. So, based on the credentials of the author, I am prepared to assume that truth has been recorded in these pages, and that Thomas Jefferson was not just the brilliant gentleman-philosopher that I had been brought up to believe. He was also a ruthless player of realpolitik, obsessed with maintaining his power to the extent of hypocrisy, if need be. Wills must have also felt a slight shudder when writing this book. He at least felt that he must explain himself in a prologue that becomes a disclaimer of intention: "I have admired Jefferson all my life, and still do - though some may question that statement after reading this book," he writes (Wills xii). He goes on to explain that this work's purpose is to contribute to the ongoing effort to discover the effects of slavery in early American history. Wills chose an interesting way to portray Jefferson in this work, one that is quite effective for his thesis. In displaying the imbalance in the Electoral College created by the Three-fifths Compromise, ("It gave the South a permanent head-start for all its political activities" [4].), Wills uses Federalist Timothy Pickering to do his dirty work for him, as if the job of indicting Jefferson is too distasteful for him. What we are left with, then, is a near-polemic against Jefferson, told from the point-of-view of his ideological enemy rather than by a historian with a grudge (or worse, by a historian strangled by blind devotion). This is brilliant on Wills' part, but it does leave the reader a little dazed. One expects to be treated to a healthy dose of Jefferson in the work. After all, the title and cover-art lead one to this expectation. But what one finds after reading the work is that the attempt to redeem the image of Pickering - who, according to Wills, "has been no favorite of American historians"(18) - is more memorable than the author's portrayal of Jefferson and the slave power. That being said, the work succeeds because it does both of these things well. The redemption of Pickering becomes a bonus, a perfect counter-symbol to Jefferson.

This work does meander, and periodically, one is left wondering how the current episode relates to the obvious thesis recorded above. For example, Wills' treatment of Pickering, Aaron Burr, and J. Q. Adams is so deep and thorough that it is easy to forget who the book is suppose to be about. It's almost as if Wills is creating a memorial to the men who may have earned a "Jeffersonian" legacy in their own right if not squelched by Jefferson and/or the beanstalk to power that was the federal ratio. Whether or not this was the author's conscious intention, I think that it can at least be argued that this was the direction that Wills' approach led him. In either instance, the author's sagacity is to be praised.

What I am left with, at this point, is a greater understanding of how the people and events of the first seventy or so years of United States history were filtered through the issue of slavery, more than any other issue. Wills nails this point home with precision. As mentioned before, my opinion of Jefferson is tainted, now; I feel anxious, however, to combat this by balancing the digestion of this work with a good old-fashioned Jefferson hagiography. Jefferson's legacy is too important to have such an imbalance in my own mind. I come back again to how Wills must have felt after writing this work, and I can truly relate. Wills' focus for this work was but a small portion of the man, a refreshingly deplorable chapter in the life of a real human being.

If it is true that politics is power, nothing more, then it is also true that politics in the Old South was slave power, nothing more. I would love to ask Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Thomas Hobbes what they think about Thomas Jefferson.

Negro President, Jefferson and the Slave Power

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Negro President, Jefferson and the Slave Power
Garry Wills
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Binding: Hardcover
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Politics and the misadventures of Thomas Jefferson's modern reputation: a review essay.(Portrait of a Restless Mind)(Thomas Jefferson)(Jefferson's Secrets: ... An article from: Journal of Southern History

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Politics and the misadventures of Thomas Jefferson's modern reputation: a review essay.(Portrait of a Restless Mind)(Thomas Jefferson)(Jefferson's Secrets: ... An article from: Journal of Southern History
Jeffrey L. Pasley
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000LC3LVM
Release Date: 2006-11-28

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Title: Politics and the misadventures of Thomas Jefferson's modern reputation: a review essay.(Portrait of a Restless Mind)(Thomas Jefferson)(Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello)(Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800)("Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power)(Book review)
Author: Jeffrey L. Pasley
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 72 Issue: 4 Page: 871(38)

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