I am not good at math, but something isn't adding up. Yong Mu is talking about tusi zhidu, a system of hereditary tribal chiefs established in the Yuan Dynasty, who administered local government and reported to Beijing. Buer practices walking marriage, but her azhu ("friend") the Mosuo have no word for "husband" is here helping to pour a concrete floor for one of the rooms. I take his digs in good humor. He took the walking out of "walking marriage" and moved in with her when he was about...

In a wide-ranging speech, Jim Anderton emphasised the importance of the primary industries to the economy but also the need for them to develop products that have high value and are sophisticated, globally integrated and diverse. New Zealand is the world s largest dairy and sheep meat exporter and a major player in world trade in horticultural products. I mention this not to diminish the importance of our primary industry, but to highlight the potential, the opportunities and the...

In sheep the disease is known to wipe out 70 per cent of the herd, but experts believe the strain on the Continent may be less virulent, and suggest a mortality rate of 30 per cent in a sheep flock and as low as 10 per cent in cattle. A hot, dry spell could produce a shortage of feed, and there could be the overcrowding and suffering among livestock seen in the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. The bluetongue virus, which hit Northern Europe for the first time last summer as a result...

Ewu Nwadiana And All That Jazz Uche Nworah - 1/4/2007 I didn't make it to the village this past Christmas but I kept in touch with my people, whip President Obasanjo any which way you like, but thank his administration for giving Nigerians GSM (pronounced g-i-s-i-m) mobile phones. Ewu Nwadiana And All That Jazz Uche Nworah - 1/4/2007 I didn't make it to the village this past Christmas but I kept in touch with my people, whip President Obasanjo any which way you like, but thank his...

Here s some local farms that sell naturally raised meat to local cooks. A half or quarter animal is usually sold by hanging weight, the pre-cutting weight that usually includes bones, skin and other parts most people don t want. Some may be able to sell you some today, while others won t have what you want for a month or more. Packages are combinations of cut and ground meat sold primarily by the pound. Expect finished meat to be roughly two-thirds of the hanging weight. The shift from...