Horrible headline, but the best explanation of what happened so far.
Basically the price of Pork in China is a major issue. If it goes to high, you risk upset people. And if you use Colistin, a super antibiotics, with your pigs, it increases their weight. The problem is Colistin was one of the last antibiotics that worked against super bugs.
And why are not more antibiotics being developed? Cost in the US. The average drug costs is $2.6 Billion to get approved. And it does not make financial sense for antibiotics.
Great article that is worth a read. It's amazing how technology has doomed the video rental store. When I was speaking with a handyman, and he had Netflix, I was amazed. My family was a later adopter of Netflix.
54% of LA residents speak a language other than English at home.
40% in San Franscisco
51% in Miami
38% in New York
45% who speak Chinese are proficient in English.
#5 I wonder about... Strange results, that do not make sense with the fact of the earnings of Asian Americans that are the highest of any racial group.
I am amazed at how expensive College Textbooks are.
This is from my wife's undergraduate, Cal State Fullerton, about a Teacher who refused to use a $180 textbook. A key point was the head of the department was the author...
What I have noticed is textbooks get a lot of junk added to it, multi media, web downloads, etc. that are never used. The editions go through minor changes to reduce the resale and renting market every year or two.
The Chinese Textbooks I sell the most are $29.95, but they are more focused on the K-12 market.
What is happening due to the super high price of Textbooks is a rise in:
Renting
Use of online textbooks
Increase in used textbooks
It's so easy to sell a used textbook now. A major publisher, Cengage, was in bankruptcy. Print book sales have been decreasing. Interesting, they estimate by 2018 that 40% of it's revenue will come from digital. My 2 cents - still clueless. The key word is value, not a compelling solution. And the huge increase in textbook cost has increased the attractiveness of textbook rentals.
Sad. It's hard to be a teacher in some schools / districts. I was a substitute teacher and I took whatever job was available, often at the worst schools in the districts I subbed at. It was a learning experience - which is why I made sure my daughter went to a different district...
The Principal from what I read only received minor injuries.
From 2014 - A Santa Monica Wrestling Teacher who was suspended, after he confronted a student who was drug dealing. Only after parent protests was he allowed back in the class room.
In the clip, filmed at Chicago
Vocational Career Academy in 2011, a student can been seen throwing
things at his teacher yelling 'sit your a** down' and threatening her.
China's government has a big focus on soft power, and influencing the media is part of that. The Chinese leadership is awed, by the soft power of American Culture. And is working hard on increasing China's soft power with International Media.
