Animal Studies Journal 2021 10(2): [Review] Jason Hannan, editor. Meatsplaining: The Agriculture Industry and the Rhetoric of Denial. Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2020. 334 pp.

Background The tobacco industry claims that illicit cigarette trade in South Africa is high and rising. This often used as an argument not to increase the excise tax or regulate products. Objectives To determine how industry9s estimates of size market have changed over time. Methods Published media articles were obtained from African Press Cuttings; published press re...

In this paper we describe the evolution of the cruise tourism industry and we analyze different impacts on tourism destinations of this segment of the travel industry. The study includes the discussion of economic, social, environmental, cultural and political effects. We present data to analyze and compare the performance of the main cruise destinations and cruise lines. Analysis and data are ...

Pacific Economic Bulletin Volume 21 Number 2 2006 © Asia Pacific Press This article assesses the magnitude of expected financial gains and the nature of incentives that a performance payment based contractual system may offer in a segmented sugar industry such as Fiji’s. A performance payment system (PPS), such as the Atherton system, could give all industry stakeholders incentives to improve p...

This paper focuses on the symbiotic relationship between the media in one respect andthe motion picture industry, educational institutions and policy-makers in perpetuating misrepresentations about Islam. The scope of this paper will be on the representations associated with Islam and Muslims primarily in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.Much news coverage about Islam and Mus...

The term "VPN," or Virtual Private Network, has become almost as recklessly used in the networking industry as has "QoS" (Quality of Service) to describe a broad set of problems and "solutions," when the objectives themselves have not been properly articulated. This confusion has resulted in a situation where the popular trade press, industry pundits, and vendors and consumers of networking tec...

The term “VPN,” or Virtual Private Network, has become almost as recklessly used in the networking industry as has "QoS" (Quality of Service) to describe a broad set of problems and "solutions," when the objectives themselves have not been properly articulated. This confusion has resulted in a situation where the popular trade press, industry pundits, and vendors and consumers of networking tec...

Kenneth A. Smith wTe Corporation Bedford, Massachusetts The SEMASS waste-to-energy facility has employed the straightforward "Shred Burn" approach to Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) production. The relatively trouble-free start-up seems to indicate that the design­ ers have incorporated the industry learning experience of the past 10 years. In this discussion, questions are raised relative to local p...

He who sups with the devil needs a long spoon. To cast the pharmaceutical industry in the role of the devil may seem a little unfair, but the British Biotech affair has shown all too clearly that there are times when the industry must be kept at arm's length from the development of its own drugs. This paper describes briefly the problems which beset British Biotech-reports of which have general...

Pacific Economic Bulletin Volume 20 Number 3 2005 © Asia Pacific Press This article seeks to determine the short to mediumterm impact of EU Sugar Protocol reforms on Fiji’s sugar industry. The expected impact on the livelihoods of sugarcane producers, the area remaining under cane, sugar cane output and sugar production are derived under various price scenarios using industry census production ...