There are two local newspapers, the Cincinnati Enquirer and NYK Post, that serve Greater Cincinnati and NKY that are both owned and operated by the same company. While much of the content addresses the same information there are many differences for the readers in both of these geographic regions. Other than possible advertisements for Northern Kentucky photo restoration or Northern Kentucky photo transfer, there are many other major differences between the two papers. Some of these differences occur in the news stories, the event listings, the sports section and the classifies. “Gold mountain” is the mythical name given to the United States by the Chinese to symbolize familial aspirations for wealth, freedom and happiness. In a playful exchange in Maxine Hong Kingston’s China Men (1989), the rubric “Gold Mountain” becomes detached from the aura of myth, owing to the pressure of painful, dehumanizing experiences undergone by generations of sojourners and settlers from the 1860’s onward. It becomes what it is - a floating signifier, a charisma-laden mana, lulling the traveler to wherever his imagination or ethos or adventurous Utopian drive take him. According to the last official Nigerian census in 2006, women comprised almost half of the then 140 million populace at 68.3 million. Updated figures for 2009 put the headcount in Africa’s most populous, as well most densely populated nation, at 148 million1. Allowing for applicable variables, it would be logical to assume that the female population has grown correspondingly in the period, were it not for another set of disturbing statistics. Organizations like the International Standardization Organization (ISO) are setting guidelines internationally for how governments and companies can follow their food production from processing to distribution. However, Alaskan seafood traceability is already mandated by law to ensure that if a product says that is Alaskan, that its path from ocean to the grocer can be documented. This implies knowledge of producers, good record keeping during processing, adequate labels, and a tracking system that functions from catch to retail. These and other steps, such as monitoring and surveillance of shipments, allow truth in advertising and empower consumers to choose wisely and sustainably.
