LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES (Orlando Weekly) Mad Cow Theatre made a strong case for the theater as the last refuge for rational political discourse with last Sunday’s politics-themed entry in their ongoing Salon Series, occasioned by their opening weekend of George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara . Host Alan Bruun’s introduction quoted Louis Brandeis: “The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” [News Source]

LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES (Orlando Weekly) Mad Cow Theatre made a strong case for the theater as the last refuge for rational political discourse with last Sunday’s politics-themed entry in their ongoing Salon Series, occasioned by their opening weekend of George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara . Host Alan Bruun’s introduction quoted Louis Brandeis: “The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” [News Source]

Now Playing (Urban Tulsa) Opening this week: The Midnight Meat Train: With a title like that, I don't even want to know. Is it a porn? A slasher flick? A documentary about Mad Cow Disease? The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: Another Mummy sequel. Brendan Frasier is back, but he's the only one. Rachel Weisz has been repl... [News Source]

S Korea resumes US beef imports. South Korea has received its first shipment of US beef since imports were banned after mad cow disease was detected in the US five years ago. [News Source]

CNN - U.S. Ribs, Steaks Back In South Korea (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta) Thousands And Thousands Of South Koreans Have Protested The Return Of U.S. Beef To Their Country. Mad Cow Fears Led The Asian Nation To Ban Cattle Products Imported From The States In 2003. But That Prohibition Ended Earlier This Year, And The First Shipments Of Bone-In Beef Products Arrived Tuesday. There Are Some Conditions. All Of The Meat Comes From Cattle Younger Than 30 Months Old.   [News Source]

U.S. beef shipment arrives in S. Korea (USA Today) The first shipment of U.S. beef under a controversial import deal arrived in South Korea on Tuesday, officials said, amid lingering public concerns over mad cow disease. [News Source]

US beef shipment arrives in SKorea (Las Vegas Sun) Mon, Jul 28, 2008 (8:39 p.m.) The first shipment of U.S. beef under a controversial import deal arrived in South Korea on Tuesday, officials said, amid lingering public concerns over mad cow disease. [News Source]

US beef shipment arrives in SKorea (AP via Yahoo! News) The first shipment of U.S. beef under a controversial import deal arrived in South Korea on Tuesday, officials said, amid lingering public concerns over mad cow disease. [News Source]

donga.com[English donga] (donga.com) The People`s Association for Measures against Mad Cow Disease has posted a copy of a class action lawsuit filed with the Seoul Central District Court by a group of merchants running businesses near Gwanghwamun on its Web site since Friday, causing damage to the involved merchants. [News Source]

Uganda: Semen Importation Ban Lifted (AllAfrica.com) THE Government has lifted the ban on the importation of semen from countries with no record of mad cow disease. Animal industry state minister Maj. Bright Rwamirama said they had also allowed the selective importation of livestock from such countries. [News Source]