Despite the fact that this vice president for operations for Imperial Sugar was a new-hire and claimed he told management about the dangerous, illegal working conditions of the company’s plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia that resulted in the tragic death of 14 and dozens more injured, Senator Saxby Chambliss seemed more interested in calling this whistleblower’s sincerity into question instead of focusing blame where it belonged. Transcript: HEARING OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE SUBJECT: DANGEROUS DUST: IS OSHA DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT WORKERS? CHAIRED BY: SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) WITNESSES: •PANEL I EDWIN G. FOULKE JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA) •JOHN S. BRESLAND, CHAIRMAN CEO OF US CHEMICAL SAFETY & HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD PANEL II AMY SPENCER, SENIOR CHEMICAL ENGINEER, NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION; RICHARD W. PRUGH, SENIOR PROCESS SAFETY SPECIALIST, CHILWORTH TECHNOLOGY INC. •GRAHAM H. GRAHAM, VICE PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS, IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY LOCATION: 430 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, DC TIME: 10:00 AM EDT DATE: TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2008 TRANSCRIPT OF CLIP: SEN. CHAMBLISS: Now, I hear you. I think you’ve already answered that. Now, you had this meeting with employees at the Port Wentworth plant in which you, Mr. Graham, having gone into this facility, having identified …

“THE HISTORY OF SUGAR IS A DEBATE ABOUT POLITICS, SCIENCE, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN A REMOTE COLONY LIKE MAURITIUS” WITH REFERENCE TO THE 19TH CENTURY MAURITIUS

The 18th century was marked by the fights between British, French and Dutch to control the sugar and slave trade, the two most profitable activities in the region. The repeated attacks on the British commercial ships by French corsairs and pirates made the British take over Mauritius. In 1810 Mauritius became a British colony. However, the British found themselves with a complex situation, which differentiated Mauritius from their other colonies. Why was it so difficult for the British to administer the island? What made Mauritius geographically, administratively and culturally so different?