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A small farmer is taking on the food giant Monsanto and the argument has gone all the way to the US Supreme Court. The outcome could determine the future of GM seeds in the United States. |
It’s the case of a multinational corporation vs. small American farmers, environmental activists and people who want to know more about the origins of their food. For the first time in US history, the Supreme Court will hear arguments against genetically engineered crops and the dangers they pose to the environment. |
In the lawsuit, Geertson Seed Farms contends that Monsanto is in violation of Food and Drug Administration regulations. |
"It produces dormant seed. This is seed that can lay in the ground for up to 20 years before it germinates and comes up. And once that feral alfalfa makes its seed and that seed is distributed around the area, it is virtually impossible to clear it out of the environment," said farmer Phil Geertson. |
Monsanto is king of the genetically engineered world, a global biotechnology agrochemical giant. It is well-known for dominating the farming industry both in the US and throughout the world. Monsanto’s controversial practices have brought Phil Geertson, an alfalfa farmer from Idaho, all the way to the US Supreme Court ... |
"Just because some people were wanting to have their field free of Roundup Ready alfalfa, they could coexist even if the government approved this product for planting. This product will be out there, so farmers need to coexist," said David Snively, Monsanto general counsel. |
Monsanto insists a federal court decision in 2004 that banned the planting of its alfalafa was misguided and the Supreme Court will decide the case in its favor after the USDA completes its investigation. |
In the meantime, US consumers are concerned. They are calling for a full boycott of Monsanto’s alfalfa products and encouraging people to buy organic instead. The activists may be in for a rude awakening in June, however, when the decision is expected to come down. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas used to work for... |
In this case, those revolving doors of influence could determine whether genetically modified seeds become a way of life. |
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Phoenix police say an intoxicated 30-year-old man has wounds that aren't life-threatening after being stabbed multiple times by a man described as a stranger at a light rail station. |
Police say the incident occurred early Thursday morning on the platform at the station at 19th Avenue and Camelback Road at around 3:15 a.m. |
According to Valley Metro's website , that's s several hours after service ends early mornings on most weekdays and over an hour before service resumes. |
No immediate arrest was made. The suspect is described as wearing a gray backpack and wearing a gray sleeveless shirt, black shorts and gray cap. |
The wraparound balcony is what sold Lori and Robb Voyles on their high-rise at the Warrington. The couple, 12-year Lake Highlands residents who had transferred to Austin for Robb’s job, were returning to Dallas. They had been living in a large Austin house, but with their two daughters off to college, it was time for a... |
“Our choices were to go back to Lake Highlands or try something different. I thought, let’s try something different and smaller, where we could walk to Uptown and do fun things,” Lori says. |
It’s a popular temptation for many transplants and Dallasites alike — to ditch that yard that always needs work, skip all those pool cleanings (but still have a backyard space) and escape the constant stress of building repairs. In other words — to live an easier, more convenient life. |
The couple also wanted that city view (“We watch beautiful sunsets and look downtown — it’s like living in a treetop,” Lori says), so they chose a 19th-floor condo at the Warrington and made it theirs by gutting it. Several walls were removed to create an open living, dining and kitchen area. They brought in oak hardwo... |
Clearly, high-rise living is not a new concept in Dallas. Turtle Creek is home to many of all ages who live the high life. In the 1950s through the ’70s, high-rise living boomed in the Turtle Creek neighborhood (once centered on the creek itself, but now loosely taking in more southerly high-rises), due to its convenie... |
Today, there are 22 high-rises in the Turtle Creek corridor — and a long list of famous names. The 22-story address 3525, built in 1957 by modernist architect Howard Meyer and now in the National Register of Historic Places, claims Greer Garson, Jimmy Dean, opera mezzo-soprano and actress Blanche Thebom and Minnie Marc... |
The self-guided tour Sunday covers five of the 22 high-rises, with stops including the Claridge and the Bel Air and an after-party at the Vendome. |
A range of design styles will be represented. There’s the sleek space at the Azure, with a killer kitchen that has Studio Becker cabinetry and marble countertops. It is finished with Donghia textiles and contemporary art from Craighead Green Gallery. The more traditional space at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton offe... |
The tour affords the chance to house-snoop and benefits the Turtle Creek Association, which works to maintain and fund the area’s landscaping and serve as the neighborhood’s watchdog for development plans in the Turtle Creek corridor. |
For the Voyles, it’s just another party in the neighborhood. Parties are regular occurrences. There are themed parties and, of course, spontaneous get-togethers at the Warrington. |
The Turtle Creek Home Tour is from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Patrons can visit the tour stops in any order. Tickets, $60 for non-TCA members and $50 for members, can be purchased through turtlecreekassociation.org. On Sunday, tickets also will be for sale at each tour stop and at Park Creek Place (3635 Hall St. at Welborn), ... |
David Fleshler covers the environment for the Sun Sentinel, writing about coral reefs, the Everglades, sea level rise, endangered species and many other topics. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., he holds a BA in philosophy from NYU and a master’s in journalism from Columbia. He previously worked at the York (Pa.) Daily Record... |
The state commission investigating the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School unanimously approved its report Wednesday. Now the focus shifts to Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis and the state Legislature. |
Former Deputy Scot Peterson, vilified as a coward for failing to confront the Parkland shooter, has been subpoenaed to testify before the state commission investing the massacre. |
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England international Delon Armitage is back in hot water with Rugby Football Union disciplinary chiefs. |
The London Irish full-back missed this season's entire RBS 6 Nations Championship after receiving an eight-week ban for pushing an anti-doping officer and using threatening and/or abusive language during a test following the Exiles' Aviva Premiership game against Bath on January 1. |
Armitage, capped 19 times, has now been cited for striking Northampton fly-half Stephen Myler during a Premiership match between the clubs last weekend. |
He faces an RFU disciplinary hearing next Tuesday, when any suspension could potentially sideline him for England's appointment with the Barbarians on May 29 and England Saxons' Churchill Cup campaign in June. |
Armitage has been reported by independent citing officer Alan Mansell for striking Myler with his hand. |
Summers, Philip Evans and Peter Budge. |
If the charge is proved, then Armitage's recent suspension looks certain to be taken into account. He appealed the ban imposed on him earlier this year, but it was thrown out. |
At the time, RFU disciplinary officer Judge Jeff Blackett said: 'His behaviour was completely unacceptable. It brought discredit on himself and his club, and failed to uphold one of the core values of the game - respect. |
'Doping control officers should expect to carry out their important work without fear of abuse, and be treated with respect at all times. |
'We took into account that it was not a violent push, but more of a brush past, and that was accepted by the doping control officer. |
'We took the offences as a whole and, in line with the sanctions for abuse of match officials, we decided that a low-end entry point of 12 weeks was appropriate. |
Ben Foden has established himself as England's number one full-back this season, but Armitage's ability to play 15, centre or on the wing makes him a potentially valuable option for England boss Martin Johnson when he considers his World Cup squad this summer. |
The cut-off date for naming World Cup squads is August 22, while the tournament starts in Auckland on September 9 when New Zealand tackle Tonga. |
NEW YORK, March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Financial Women's Association (FWA) of New York will celebrate Women's History Month through a series of events that will recognize the contributions of women in Finance and help educate and mentor the next generation of female leaders in this industry. |
"We are delighted to celebrate women's contributions to the financial industry," said FWA's Executive Director, Ria Davis. "Thanks to the FWA President's Circle corporate sponsors, members and mentors, over 6,000 young professionals and students have been reached by the FWA mentoring and scholarship programs in the pas... |
In recognition of International Women's Day, OppenheimerFunds will work with the FWA to host an event on March 8, 2018, at the National Museum of Mathematics. The event will feature sessions for FWA mentees, including a private tour of the museum. FWA members, mentees and the general public will also be able to attend ... |
"By celebrating the progress made by leaders across this industry, we continue to inspire tomorrow's financial professionals," said FWA President, Stacy Musi. "We are proud to create opportunities for our members and mentees to learn from inspiring individuals as we highlight the important achievements that are made in... |
On March 28, the FWA will hold its Annual Awards Reception and Fundraiser to honor the Private Sector Woman of the Year, Public Sector Woman of the Year, FWA Pacesetters, and FWA High School and College Mentees. |
Founded in 1956, the Financial Women's Association of New York, Inc. works collaboratively with leading firms to advance mutual goals of retention and the advancement of female professionals. The FWA presents key thought leadership events, builds performance skills and promotes valuable business connections through net... |
Members have access to members-only programs, including monthly Professional Development Workshops and Member2Member Mentoring. |
The FWA has recently launched its Back2Business Initiative, a dynamic new re-entry program with four financial services companies. In addition, the FWA created a program for members actively seeking employment by sharing its Member Resume Book with recruiters at participating President's Circle corporate sponsor firms. |
But don't break out the bubbly yet. Apple engineers still have work to do. |
Image from video demonstrating a password attack that was possible because Apple didn't fully encrypt traffic traveling between its App Store and end users. |
For the past nine months—and possibly for years—Apple has unnecessarily left many of its iOS customers open to attack because engineers failed to implement standard technology that encrypts all traffic traveling between handsets and the company's App Store. |
As most Ars readers know, HTTPS is a basic security measure that's almost as old as the Web itself. It ensures that traffic traveling between an end-user and a webserver is encrypted. That prevents anyone who may have a connection between the two endpoints from listening in. HTTPS also provides cryptographic assurance ... |
Apple's failure to fully offer HTTPS for customers using their iOS app posed an unnecessary risk to anyone who has ever used their iPhone or iPad to download an app over an unsecured Wi-Fi connection. Attackers connected to the same network could use a variety of freely available tools and a clever social-engineering t... |
At various points in Bursztein's post, which was headlined Apple finally turns HTTPS on for the App Store, fixing a lot of vulnerabilities, he said Apple recently "turned on HTTPS for the App Store." But later, he wrote: "By abusing the lack of encryption (HTTPS) in certain parts of the communication with the App Store... |
iOS App Store fake upgrade attack. |
Paul Ducklin, a researcher at antivirus provider Sophos, has more here on why HTTPS protection for the App Store is crucial. |
It's great that Apple has finally updated its iOS app for App Store to provide this basic protection for the entire site. But the work isn't over yet. SSL Labs, a report card system from security firm Qualys that rates the quality of websites' HTTPS protections, gives Apple's App Store a failing grade. iOS users should... |
Story updated to change headline and first and second paragraph to add the words "fully" and "all." Language was also added to leave open the possibility that parts of the App Store were already HTTPS protected. Second and third paragraphs updated to change "protect" to "prevent" and add "almost" respectively. |
Dispelling the apprehensions of arthiyas (foodgrain commission agents), Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Thursday assured them that the prevalent system of payments to farmers for their produce would continue during the ongoing Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) and timely payments would be made through the arthiya... |
"The Chief Secretary asked the Food Department to ensure that payments to farmers are made strictly within 24 hours of the purchase of their produce," a government spokesperson said. |
"He also directed the Additional Chief Secretary (Development) to ensure that J-forms are duly filled to maintain absolute transparency and efficiency in the procurement process," he said. |
Wheat procurement started across Punjab from April 1, but bulk stocks of the produce are expected to arrive in the grain markets after Baisakhi (April 13). |
The state government is expecting a bumper crop again this year and targeting procurement of 130 lakh tonnes of wheat. |
Taking stock of the arrivals in the mandis in the ongoing Rabi season, the Chief Secretary asked the arthiyas to ensure fool-proof arrangements for smooth and hassle free procurement and lifting of produce. |
Despite just 1.54 per cent of the country's geographical area, Punjab contributes nearly 50 per cent of foodgrain (wheat and paddy) to the national kitty. However, the state that once heralded the 'Green Revolution' in the country, is facing an agrarian crisis, with its farmers burdened under a mounting debt of over Rs... |
Warner Bros. Fantastic Beasts‘ follow-up film has found its Dumbledore: Two-time Oscar-nominated actor, Jude Law. Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Content Officer, Warner Bros. Pictures, announced the casting decision via press release earlier today. Law will star opposite Johnny Depp‘s Gellert Grindelwald in an inte... |
Law will portray Dumbledore long before the iconic wizard became the Headmaster at Hogwarts; audiences will meet him decades earlier, when Dumbledore is still serving as the wizarding school’s Transfiguration professor. He is also a contemporary of Gellert Grindelwald, the charismatic dark wizard who believes wizards a... |
Jude Law is a phenomenally talented actor whose work I have long admired, and I’m looking forward to finally having the opportunity to work with him. I know he will brilliantly capture all the unexpected facets of Albus Dumbledore as J.K. Rowling reveals this very different time in his life. |
Just what those facets are remain to be seen. In the books, Dumbledore and Grindelwald became friends while staying in Godric’s Hollow during their late teenage years, sharing a love of (and obsession with) powerful magical artifacts. There’s also the fact that Dumbledore is gay, as revealed by Rowling, and had what ap... |
Principal photography begins this summer on the new “Fantastic Beasts” adventure, which is slated for release on November 16, 2018, and is just the second of five planned Fantastic Beasts movies. |
• Dumbledore • Fantastic Beasts • Fantastic Beasts 2 • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them • Jude Law • Warner Bros. |
Actress Kangana Ranaut today refrained from directly commenting on filmmaker Vikas Bahl, who is accused of sexual harassment, but said women should be encouraged to speak up about such issues. |
There were reports that Vikas allegedly harassed a female worker of his production house Phantom Films, who then brought the issue to the company's notice. |
Kangana, who has worked with Vikas in the blockbuster "Queen", said it is a serious issue which requires discussion. |
"It is a very serious issue. I can only say that whoever faces a situation like this, it's very courageous of a woman to come out and speak about it. I say this not regarding to this particular event, because I am not the party involved. |
"But generally speaking, women who face this should be encouraged to talk about it by their families, colleagues and they shouldn't be shamed," Kangana told reporters here. |
The 30-year-old actress said women should be encouraged to speak up so that an awareness is created. |
"More and more women should come out and talk about whatever they feel because that's how awareness will come about these issues. Of course, there will always be other side of the story. There are authorities who can decide what the right thing is. |
"But people should speak up about whatever they feel, whether they are right or wrong, they must speak up and discuss it," she said. |
She was speaking at the launch of Spring Summer collection of Melange by Lifestyle. |
The last thing anyone wants this Thanksgiving is for a fire to gobble up their house. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue is sharing some tips this year from the Consumer Product Safety Commission for those who want to use a turkey fryer to cook up dinner. |
John Butler hasn’t started his job as Fairfax County fire chief yet, but an anonymous website that focuses on the county has started to display racist posts about him. |
A woman was killed Monday night after a tree fell on her home in Burke, Virginia. Fire and rescue crews are trying to stabilize the scene so they can investigate exactly what happened. |
Two people have died and two others were hospitalized early Tuesday morning after a house caught fire in Fairfax County, Virginia. |
The fire that tore through a Centreville, Virginia, town house community earlier this month, was sparked by smoking materials that had been improperly discarded. The fire caused more than $2.2 million in damages. |
Joe Cluley has a lot of Wichita Falls ties but is excited to be getting start as head coach at Lubbock Estacado. |
I’ll admit I was rooting for Joe Cluley to get his head coaching start in Wichita Falls where his dad once led Wichita Falls High School’s program. |
I was wrong about where Cluley was going to get his start, it'll be in Lubbock not here, but I wasn't wrong about Cluley being head coaching material. |
It wasn’t any defensive adjustments he made for Danny Russell’s Coyotes that made me a believer. It was the way I saw him interact with the kids in all the other sports, specially his power lifting team. He's an uplifting guy to be around for any length of time. Kids recognized it immediately. |
The man who was honored nationally as the “Uncommon Coach” became the head coach of Lubbock Estacado in March after another former Coyote assistant, Marcus Shavers, took a head coaching job in McKinney. |
Cluley is still undefeated as a head coach but knows that might not last long with Estacado’s schedule. What he does have already is an appreciation for everything his bosses accomplished in the past. |
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