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Two cabdrivers have filed a lawsuit against the City of Boston and private taxi fleet operators, accusing them of wrongly classifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees, failing to pay minimum wages and overtime, and forcing them to cover expenses associated with their jobs.
The plaintiffs, who filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court, are seeking class-action status on behalf of hundreds of shift drivers who make up the vast majority of licensed cabdrivers in Boston.
They say drivers should be considered employees because they are an essential part of the businesses run by taxi fleets and radio associations, and are tightly regulated by those groups and the city.
If their action is successful, it could dramatically change how taxidrivers are compensated and shift much of the cost to the fleet operators, according to industry observers. It is unclear how that might affect fares for passengers.
A recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision led to the cabdrivers' suit, according to Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer representing them. Last summer, the court ruled that it is illegal for an employer to charge a fee to a worker as a condition of employment.
The decision was part of a case involving Coverall cleaning franchisees who had been misclassified as independent contractors.
In its decision, the court ruled that the franchisees could collect damages for the fees they paid Coverall to operate the cleaning services.
Liss-Riordan said the ruling is relevant to Boston taxidrivers because they are required to pay up to $150 in shift fees to drive cabs, along with gas, tolls, insurance, and other costs. According to court documents filed Tuesday, it is not uncommon for them to lose money after working a shift.
"This a feudal business. The taxi owners and the city make all the money, and the taxidrivers are slaving away and make a pittance,'' said Pierre Duchemin, one of the cabdrivers who filed the lawsuit.
Duchemin said he works more than 80 hours a week and often comes back with just $20 or $30 after a 12-hour shift. He said he is behind on his rent and has moved three times in the past several years because he cannot afford his living expenses.
"We don't have any rights because of the system that has been created by the taxi companies and the City of Boston with their faulty rules,'' Duchemin said. "We should be classified as employees and get more rights to repair this injustice.''
John M. Guilfoil, a spokesman for Mayor Thomas M. Menino, said, "The city is unaware of the lawsuit, has not been served, and is unable to comment on it.''
Boston Cab Dispatch, a taxi fleet operator, and Independent Taxi Operators Association, a radio association that controls dispatching of cabs assigned to it, did not return messages seeking comment.
Andrew Hebert, a manager at USA Taxi in Dorchester, which is affiliated with the operators association, declined to discuss specifics of the lawsuit, except to say, "The industry will certainly be watching the suit to see how it affects the price of medallions. The price has been rising steadily for the last 10 years and is currently selling for about $540,000 - up about $100,000 from the previous year.''
Boston has a limited number of taxicab licenses, known as medallions, issued through the Boston Police Department's Hackney Carriage unit. Many medallions are owned by investors who lease them to drivers at high rates.
In the lawsuit, the city is accused of "aiding and abetting the misclassification of taxidrivers and other wage law violations.''
Cabdrivers in Boston, according to court papers, work under the joint control of fleet operators and the hackney unit, which provides a shift lease agreement that fleet owners and managers are required to use with taxidrivers. The lawsuit says that through the agreement, the city can control shift fees, late fees, and other financial terms related to drivers' jobs, and "expressly provides that fleet owners or managers may classify shift drivers as independent contractors rather than employees.''
Taxidrivers in many cities, including Boston, at one time were classified as employees by cab companies. But operators began shifting to a contractor model - Boston switched during the 1970s - which can reduce payroll costs for items such as workers' compensation by almost one-third, according to Catherine Ruckelhaus, legal codirector of the National Employment Law Project in New York.
The Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law, enacted in 1990, was tightened in 2004 primarily to address the perceived abuse of workers treated as independent contractors in the construction industry, said Robert M. Shea, an employment lawyer based in Waltham.
Since then, workers in other industries have successfully fought their classification as independent contractors, rather than being hired as regular employees who would be entitled to benefits such as unemployment insurance, overtime, and workers' compensation.
"I want to make a fair wage, and they just keep collecting and collecting and nothing is left in our pocket,'' said Bernard Sebago, the second Boston cabdriver who filed the suit Tuesday.
Fines for noncompliance by companies are steep, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 for first offenders, according to Shea. The bigger risks are private lawsuits, where plaintiffs can recover triple damages and attorney's fees.
"The greatest concern for businesses using large numbers of independent contractors is a private lawsuit brought as a class action,'' Shea said. "Such a lawsuit can put a company out of business.''
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"It's 200 years old,
though it looks like your kid could still chalk some words on it."
By James Cornelius, Ph.D.
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SPRINGFIELD - Education for children on
the 19th-century frontier could be as rough as the land and the
climate. Sometimes the teacher also had to be a pioneer, laborer,
farmer, and preacher. Abraham Lincoln's second teacher, Caleb
Hazel, was such a man, and now his descendants seven generations
down have donated his classroom slate to the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum.
"My family always said that one of our
ancestors was Lincoln's teacher, and we always kept the slate," said
one of the donors, Cathy Dixon of Murrieta, California. "I worked up
the family tree with some help, and there is Caleb, seven
generations back from me."
Gwen Podeschi, genealogical-research expert at
the Presidential Library, confirmed nearly all of what Ms. Dixon
provided, adding some small details.
The slate is the gift of cousins Cathy Bowers
Dixon; Marcia Lynn Tenney; Richard Douglas Byers; and Sue Ellen
Sparks, in memory of their grandfather Erma Maurice Bowers. The
family lived in southern Indiana for most of the last 170 years.
Mr. Bowers had preserved it during the much of the lifetimes of the
3rd, 4th, and 5th generations after Hazel, one of whose sons was
also a teacher, thus keeping it until the fame of that early pupil
became known.
Lincoln himself, in his 1860 biographical
sketch for the presidential campaign, named Hazel as the 2nd of his
5 teachers -- all of them during very brief stints at "ABC schools"
in Kentucky and Indiana. Hazel's first wife had died, and neighbor
Thomas Lincoln swore to the bond in 1816 when Hazel was married a
2nd time. That document is now in the ALPLM. In that same year,
little Abraham did some of his earliest public writing, apparently
on this very slate.
Born in 1758 in nearby Union County, Kentucky
(then part of Virginia colony), Hazel bought some land in Hardin
County that proved to be adjacent to land bought in 1808 by Thomas
Lincoln and family along Knob Creek. He died in Green County,
Kentucky, in 1833. In that region, like most of the frontier, "book
learning" was a luxury, even a distraction among the subsistence
farmers who often lived for the next harvest. Many people,
explained one early frontier teacher, "do not have the means or the
desire to send their children to school unless it is free."[1]
Thomas and Nancy Lincoln had a little bit of
both the means and desire for their youngsters, so Sarah, 9, and
Abraham, 7, were sent to Mr. Hazel for a few weeks after the fall
harvest of 1816. He collected a dollar or two from each pupil's
family for his work, and made the rest of his living as a farmer,
sometime Methodist minister, land-trader, and, for a time,
tavern-keeper. He was strong enough to handle a roomful of boys and
girls, and sturdy enough to teach without heat, under a leaking
roof, with no entryway to keep the wind from whipping through the
room when the door opened. Disagreement remains as to whether Mr.
Hazel sat the children down in a disused settler's cabin, or a shed
for local animals – it might have been the same thing – but
certainly he had no desks, globe, books, or blackboard. A slate
would have been one of the few teaching aids available to Hazel.
A comparison of Hazel's slate with slates known
to be from the early 1800s shows a match in materials and
construction. Research on education from the period confirms
teachers often used this kind of slate in makeshift schools. The
family's account matches everything known about Hazel and his role
in Lincoln's life.
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His black slate, which measures about 16 inches
tall by 12 inches wide, was probably made in Pennsylvania about 1800
to 1810. It was likely fitted for a saddle bag. The slate itself
was machine-cut, while its oak frame was assembled by hand with
tongue-and-groove corners and tiny nails. Nearly a hundred years
later the town of Slatington, Pennsylvania, became a center for the
mass production of smaller slates, about 9 x 6 inches, when each
pupil brought his or her own to school.
Teacher Hazel brought along chalk or a slate
pencil, too. He nailed a hole through the top of the frame in order
to hang the slate on the cabin wall. He would have written a few
examples, then asked each student to come forward and practice their
own letters or numbers on it, before erasing it for the next pupil.
For people who did not run a store, paper in that place was nearly
as scarce as schoolrooms, as we know from teenaged Abraham's effort
a decade later in stitching together a dozen loose leaves so he
could practice his math sums. One page of that highly valuable math
practice came to the ALPLM in 2007 as a donation from Louise and
Barry Taper, when the ALPL Foundation purchased most of the rest of
Mrs. Taper's collection. The page is the oldest surviving writing
by the future president, ca. 1826.
Ms. Dixon first contacted the ALPLM about 3
years ago to discuss a gift. She cleared it with her cousins, and
now this "small class" of Hazel's descendant-pupils have given their
best-remembered ancestor's teaching tool to Lincoln's best-known
The slate will be on view in the Treaures
Gallery of the Presidential Museum, along with the page from
Lincoln's sum book and his quill pen from the White House. It is
something we can all study this summer.
[1] Polly Welts Kaufman, Women Teachers on the
Frontier (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1984), p. 27
[Text received; CHRIS WILLIS,
James Cornelius is curator of the Lincoln Collection at
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LINCOLN - On Sunday, June 15,
Trinity Episcopal Church members celebrated giving to those who are
in need near and far. The church gave $3000 to various local
organizations that help people stay in their homes by delivering
nutritious meals; help others to afford to live in a nice home of
their own, and to help those facing stresses of an un-anticipated
Reverend Mark Evans made the presentations during a
congregational celebration lunch.
First to be called forward was a representative for the Meals on
Wheels program. Becky Leamon is the senior and family assistance
director for Community Action of Central Illinois.
Leamon is also in charge of the Foster Grandparent Program and
received accolades for her work with that program this year as well.
The MoW program delivers meals to those who don't get around well
and maybe can't get out. Workers and volunteers also deliver meals
to congregate sites where people can come eat a meal and socialize.
The program helps insure nutritional needs are met, especially for
senior citizens that would like to remain living in their own homes
but maybe need just a little help to do so.
As Leamon looked around the room she named several people from
Trinity that volunteer their help in the program, "I just want to
thank you all for your dedication to the program and to the people
in our community. It is very much appreciated and very much needed."
Next call was for a representative of the Living Alternatives
Pregnancy Resource Center
(commonly referred to as the Pregnancy Resource Center). Linda
Nelson serves as the Center's director, but was unavailable on this
morning. In her stead, board member Ben Vogel came forward.
Reverend Evans began by saying, "We'd like to thank you for the fine
work you do on building the kingdom."
Vogel responded in kind, "I want to thank you all
for helping spread the love of Jesus in the Resource Center."
The Center's services include pregnancy testing, assistance and
counseling. Vogel said, "Something new we did new this year was to
hold a retreat for women who were post abortion. Twelve women came
that were carrying that burden around on their back, and walked away
a lot lighter from that healing," Vogel said. We're going to try
another one in the fall, he said.
Reverend Evan's next called Tonita Reifsteck, who accepted the check
on behalf of Habitat for Humanity of Logan County. Reifsteck
explained that like the church tithes, Habitat also tithes to build
homes in other parts of the world. While the Logan County Chapter
has built 19 homes in Mount Pulaski, Atlanta and Lincoln; there have
been over 500,000 homes built around the world.
Reifsteck recognized the many ways beyond funding that the church
has been instrumental in helping Habitat; some members have been
workers, some have served on the board, some bring food to workers
on the site and other assistance has been provided.
Tom and Stacie Wachtel were present and asked to come forward also.
Reifsteck highly praised Tom for making Habitat what it is today. He
has been in charge of the recent building projects and spent
countless hours serving Habitat in other ways; even an hour here, an
hour there, making a difference for years now.
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Reifsteck went on to explain a little more about Habitat. She
said, "We don't just build homes. We build families. If you'd
see a family that has lived in deplorable conditions, get a
key," she paused overcome by emotion, and someone added "it
turns around lives." Reifsteck continued, "Grades go up for
children." As she paused, and the room broke into applause.
Reifsteck told those present to consider people they thought might
be a good candidate for a home and urge them to apply. She said that
often people think they'll never get it, and won't apply.
members of the church have served in each of the above organizations
for years helping to make our community a better place.
Evans announced that checks would also be going to sister churches
in the country of Peru, and to Tabora in Tanzania, Africa. He said
that Tabora has more Episcopal members than in all the U.S., but
that they are a very poor people there, "So, we want to help them
all we can."
In conjunction with the giving celebration, the congregation and
guests enjoyed a home smoked pork luncheon. The pork, that everyone
agreed was wonderful, was made in a smoker that won a design award
at Illinois State University. The smoker was made by the son of a
member of the church.
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President Barack Obama's reelection drew enthusiastic applause from environmental activists, muted congratulations from the oil industry and plenty of advice for the future from both camps.
Environmentalists widely hailed Obama's second-term win as a victory for policies to advance renewable power, curb domestic energy use and cut pollution. But, they challenged Obama to stick to those policies during a second term and insisted more needs to be done to combat climate change.
Oil and gas industry leaders, meanwhile, praised Obama's campaign trail promises to support domestic natural gas production, but pleaded for relief from newly proposed regulations governing drilling on federal lands and the threat of more federal mandates governing the hydraulic fracturing process that has helped unlock fossil fuels trapped in dense rock formations.
Here's a look at some of the initial responses to Obama's win from energy and environmental leaders:
"We congratulate President Obama on his re-election and look forward to continuing to work with his administration over the next four years on issues related to American natural gas, a powerful engine of job creation. Natural gas is revitalizing our nation's manufacturing base and giving our nation a more competitive position in the global economy, and as President Obama has said, 'We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years.'"
– Marcellus Shale Coalition President Kathryn Klaber
"The power of oil and natural gas development in revitalizing our economy has been a central theme throughout this campaign season. America's independent oil and natural gas companies have spearheaded a true energy revolution, causing U.S. manufacturing to return to the mainland and creating much-need jobs for the middle class. This is all possible because of the sophisticated, safe technologies of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, which have unlocked vast reserves of energy previously trapped in shale. IPAA appreciates President Obama's affirmation of natural gas as an abundant and affordable energy source that will supply the United States for more than 100 years. However, IPAA has serious concerns about energy policies the Obama administration has implemented over the past four years, which taken together, demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the natural gas and oil industry in the United States. … Right now, more than twelve federal agencies seek to regulate oil and natural gas development, a jurisdiction that the states have historically and successfully regulated. One-size-fits-all regulations from Washington that duplicate what regulators are doing at the state level threaten new supplies of energy and make it next to impossible for independents to operate on federal lands, both onshore and offshore."
– Virginia "Gigi" Lazenby, chairman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and chairman of Bretagne, LLC
"We look forward to continuing our work with the president and helping him fulfill his campaign promise to increase domestic oil and natural gas production that will create American jobs and strengthen our economy. With both candidates supporting more development of America's vast oil and natural gas resources, energy is a big winner in this election. Right off the bat, the president can approve the Keystone Pipeline and put thousands of Americans to work immediately. He can acknowledge the effective role states are already playing in regulating oil and natural gas production and avoid the temptation to impose duplicative and unnecessary regulations on hydraulic fracturing. By following through on his own executive order to eliminate overly burdensome regulations, he can rein in EPA's plans to impose regulatory burdens that could cost businesses hundreds of billions of dollars and chill economic growth."
– API President Jack Gerard
"From its role in economic development to what it means for our national security, President Obama has recognized the many benefits of natural gas. … It is only through smart, efficient policies and coordination with policy makers at all levels that we will be able to meet our nation's energy goals, and there is no doubt natural gas has a significant role in our energy future. …Our nation has an unprecedented domestic supply of natural gas that can meet our current and even increased demands at reasonable and relatively stable prices. Natural gas utilities can make the most of this promise by working with customers and local policy makers to leverage the efficient use of natural gas in thermal applications, expand access to natural gas vehicle fueling infrastructure, increase the use of combined heat and power technologies and explore how micro-grids can help communities address their energy needs."
– Dave McCurdy, president and CEO of the American Gas Association
"The natural gas pipeline industry looks forward to working with President Obama and the new Congress to ensure that legislation and regulation does not hinder the development of natural gas and the pipeline infrastructure needed to transport this abundant, clean-burning domestic fuel. We appreciate President Obama's repeated statements about the benefits of natural gas to the nation's economy and consumers. Our industry stands ready to help America reach its energy potential—while creating jobs and economic prosperity—by continuing to serve as the indispensable link between natural gas producers and consumers."
– Don Santa, president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
"There was only one candidate in this race who doubled down on our nation's clean energy economy. There was only one candidate who consistently fought to hold oil and coal companies accountable and only one candidate who stood up for landmark protections to keep toxins out of our air and water. And there was only one candidate who took historic steps to mitigate the climate crisis. Because of those positions, President Obama faced an unprecedented assault from deep-pocketed oil and coal execs who inundated the airwaves with millions of dollars in attack ads."?
– Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune
"The American people have rejected the candidate who mocked the threat of climate change on behalf of the carbon industry. Americans of all political persuasions agree that the president's job is to explain existing threats to the public welfare, and lead the nation in tackling them head on. Obama's forthright response to the immediate disaster of Superstorm Sandy demonstrated his ability to lead in a crisis. Now he must tackle the root causes of that disaster, including the terrible scourge of carbon pollution. The campaign over, President Obama must end his climate silence and speak out. …Talking about climate change will not be enough. What is needed is bold action, and that will require overcoming any number of practical and political challenges. … Words alone won't save us, but silence seals our fate. It's time for President Obama's silence to end."
–ClimateSilence.Org and Forecast the Facts
"With the election behind him and Sandy's full impact still mounting, President Obama has an opportunity and an obligation to press the case for stronger climate action. … While Sandy's lessons are still fresh, the president should be clear about the urgency of cutting carbon emissions and strengthening critical infrastructure to protect Americans against the rising costs of climate change. We urge President Obama to ensure that EPA pushes forward with strong, sensible greenhouse gas standards and allows states to meet them with market-based approaches. We also urge the president and Congress to place climate change alongside the nation's other pressing challenges, and to consider approaches such as a carbon tax that can help solve more than one at the same time."
– Eileen Claussen, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
In its first term, the Obama administration made real progress to reduce harmful emissions and shift the country toward cleaner energy. … But, these actions aren't enough. The reality is that the Obama Administration has not yet put the country on a pathway to truly confront the climate crisis. First off, the United States needs a strong national climate and energy strategy. The president should begin by re-engaging a dialogue on climate change and identifying the actions needed to address the crisis. The president should work with Congress on national-level policies, including putting a price on carbon, to get the country on a low-carbon trajectory. In addition, the EPA, in particular, has the ability to implement new standards to reduce dangerous greenhouse gases from existing power plants. The president should reject proposals that would over-exploit America's resources, decimate its lands, or increase its dependence on high-carbon fuels."
– Andrew Steer, president of the World Resources Institute
"Exit polls confirm that for millions of American voters, Hurricane Sandy and climate change were decisive factors in this election. As the historic storm just reminded us, we have no time to waste; we must get serious about climate solutions in order to protect our loved ones and communities from terrible impacts — extreme weather disasters, droughts, heat waves, and other dangerous consequences of global warming. Especially in the wake of Sandy, which demonstrated that doing nothing about climate change is much costlier than taking action, this issue clearly should be a top priority for our leaders in government."
– Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp
"Big Oil-backed special interests brought unlimited resources to bear this election cycle and were expected to overwhelm the presidential race. But voters … chose a different course – reelecting a president who has championed building a clean energy economy."
– League of Conservation Voters President Gene Karpinski
"Despite the many differences between the candidates and their political supporters, both candidates agreed energy independence was an important national goal. We are pleased that both candidates publicly supported the Renewable Fuel Standard based on its proven success."
– Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association
"This year has witnessed policy gridlock and economic stagnation. Now that the election is behind us, America's business leaders are focused on making 2013 a better year for the U.S. economy. The White House and next Congress should … streamline the federal regulatory process while expediting approval of federal permits for major industrial and infrastructure projects and make U.S. energy systems more diverse, more domestic and more efficient."
– Business Roundtable President John Engler
"During his first term, President Barack Obama strengthened the economy and created jobs by issuing executive orders improving fuel economy standards and advancing manufacturing and building efficiency. The president invested heavily in energy efficiency through the Recovery Act; weatherized more than a million homes; and made energy efficiency a central pillar and the 'first fuel' of choice for the nation. … We expect — and will press hard — for President Obama and his team to continue on this important path to make the United States the most energy productive country in the world."
– Kateri Callahan, president of the Alliance to Save Energy


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Read the plot description of Steven Levenson's The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, about a disgraced lawyer who returns to his family seeking redemption after a spell in prison, and one name may immediately leap to mind. Levenson wants you know something about his new play — it's not about Bernie Madoff.
"What I find compelling about this story, is that Tom Durnin is not Bernie Madoff," said Levenson. "He's not a national story. He's just this tiny dot on this landscape of these much bigger crimes. So while I tried to know a lot about that Madoff stuff, I also tried to keep it away from that a little bit. I didn't want it to be that story. I thought there was something so sad about someone who'd never had that level of power and influence who nevertheless gets ensnared in something so devastating."
Levenson found the idea for the drama after getting back in touch with a childhood friend. "In high school, she had led what seemed to me to be a pretty charmed life," he recalled. "Her father was a high-powered D.C. lawyer. They had a huge, beautiful house in Arlington, Virginia." The two lost contact during their college years and, when they reconnected, she had suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune.
"I found out her father had gone to prison after I'd known her, for a white-collar crime. Her life had pretty much been upended, like the characters in this play. I guess what I found so interesting about her story was the part she couldn't really tell me — the father's side of the story. That's what I was most interested in, how you try to come back into people's lives, knowing all the damage you've caused. That was the character I wanted to explore."
Unlike Tom Durnin, Levenson has had a fair amount of good luck throughout his young career. Born and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, he went to Brown University to become an actor. By senior year, however, he had started writing plays. One of his professors was playwright Paula Vogel. "She really took me under her wing," he said. "Right before I graduated she told me, 'If this is something you want to do, I think you can do this' — meaning writing. That was huge for me. It propelled me through several years of temping and rejection letters and all that."
Upon moving to New York, he landed an internship in the literary department at Playwrights Horizons. When his boss left, he was promoted. Two years later the Roundabout Theatre Company accepted one of his plays, The Language of Trees, for production, leading to the commission that eventually became Tom Durnin.
Another of his plays, Core Values, opened Off-Broadway at Ars Nova shortly before Durnin premiered. "I've never had fewer than two years between productions," said Levenson. "To go from one to the other is very exciting. And kind of terrifying."


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PLAYA VISTA, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS/CNN) - A California mother is taking legal action following an alleged bullying incident that she says forever changed – physically, mentally and emotionally – her 12-year-old son.
The victim's mother, only identified as Sarah, says she wants to bring about change at Animo Westside Charter Middle School and make sure there is accountability for her 12-year-old son's alleged injuries at the hands of a bully.
"It could've been prevented, only if someone cared. That hurts because that's all I have," the mother said.
Sarah says the January 2018 incident, which was caught on camera, left her son with permanent brain damage on the left side, spinal damage and learning disabilities.
"That child I dropped off at 7:30 that morning, he is not the same anymore," she said.
Video shows Sarah's son arrive at his middle school when he is immediately attacked and choked, reportedly by an eighth-grade student, who appears much bigger than the 12-year-old.
"You see my client cower as he's being choked at various pressure points. Apparently, this bully had went on YouTube to find out how to basically do the most painful pressure points in the neck," said attorney Ben Meiselas, who is representing Sarah and her son.
Sarah is suing Animo and Green Dot Public Schools, the organization that operates the charter school, for negligence. She alleges the school failed to protect her son.
Meiselas says the school knew about the alleged bully's violent history and did nothing about it.
The lawyer says video shows a teacher or staff member walk by as the alleged attack was happening, register the incident and continue walking. Shortly thereafter, the accused bully himself tries to help the 12-year-old by taking him to a water fountain.
"You keep watching this video, and it's just a tragedy of errors," Meiselas said. "The school district has seen the video. The fact that they can watch that video and not so much [as] offer an apology is really, really, really disgusting."
Sarah says her son had a seizure due to the attack, but when she arrived at the school, no one told her why it had happened. She also says no one had called 911.
"By the time I get there, I'm thinking, 'Paramedics. He's gonna have help.' My son is literally laying there in the middle of the office floor, completely black and blue," the mother said.
Sarah says she can't believe the alleged bully was never expelled. She is now fighting for accountability for what happened to her son.
"No one else is going to pretend that he's invisible. He's not invisible," she said.
The school said in a statement that it takes seriously the safety of students and quickly addresses bullying of any kind.
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – The precincts have been walked, the issues debated and the media campaigns run. Now many Nevada voters will get to weigh in on five critical races to determine whether Republicans or Democrats will control the state Senate after the polls close tomorrow.
The 21-member Senate currently has an 11-10 Democratic edge.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and many of his Republican colleagues are working to change this by winning at least four of five of the races in play between the two parties on Election Day tomorrow.
Sandoval, who is expected to push for further education reforms and other changes in the 2013 session, would love to have the leverage a Republican Senate would provide to help win passage of his agenda.
State Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas. Image provided by Nevada News Bureau.
Democrats meanwhile, are working hard to hold on to or even increase their majority in the Senate, where they have been in control since 2008. The 42-member Assembly is expected to remain under Democratic control following the election.
Races to watch
Four of the five Senate seats in play are in Southern Nevada and the fifth is in Reno:
Senate 5, where Republican and former Henderson city councilman Steve Kirk is facing Democrat and former state Sen. Joyce Woodhouse;
Senate 6, where GOP attorney Mark Hutchison faces Democrat businessman Benny Yerushalmi;
Senate 9, where Republican Mari Nakashima St. Martin faces Democrat Justin Jones;
Senate 15 in Reno where Sen. Greg Brower, R-Reno, is running against former state Sen. Sheila Leslie, D-Reno; and,
Senate 18, where Republican Assemblyman Scott Hammond faces Democrat Kelli Ross.
Republicans have a voter registration edge in Senate 15 and 18, while Democrats lead in the other three. There are a large number of nonpartisan voters in all five districts as well, however. How they vote could determine the outcome of the races.
Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, said the top drawer candidates recruited by the Republican Senate caucus are all in a position to win on Tuesday.
State Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas. Image provided by Nevada News Bureau.
"We're right where we want to be, we're right where we expected to be," he said today. "We're positioned to win all of these races. Whether we do or not the voters will tell us tomorrow.
"All of our races are very close," Roberson said. "Some of them could certainly go either way. But we feel like we've done everything we can to put us in a position to be successful."
The Republican candidates have been successful in attracting both Democrat and nonpartisan voters, he said.
"So I think you're going to see a lot of ticket splitting; I think you're going to see a lot of people who are registered Democrat or registered nonpartisan that come over and vote for our candidates," Roberson said.
Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, was equally optimistic about the outcome for his Democratic candidates.
"Our take has always been that we were going to maintain and expand our majority," he said today. "We went out and recruited some great folks and we've been out working hard on the ground since February, knocking on doors."
The candidates and the caucus have raised the funds needed to fund competitive campaigns, and polling shows they are doing well with voters, Denis said.
"The registration numbers were great for us, and the early vote has been great for us," he said. "So I feel real confident about our folks and how they're going to do tomorrow."
Early voting results statewide did favor Democrats, with 307,877 votes cast compared to 259,913 for Republicans. Not all of those votes came in the five Senate districts.
Republicans out raising Democrats in all five races
But the campaign funding race has favored Republicans, according to the Campaign Contribution and Expense forms filed with the Secretary of State's office updated through Nov. 1.
Even so, all of the candidates have brought in and spent large sums since the beginning of the year, showing just out important both parties see the races.
The Brower-Leslie race alone has generated nearly $1.2 million in contributions combined since January.
In Senate 5, Kirk has raised $336,000 since the beginning of the year, but has spent $392,000. This compares to $243,000 for Woodhouse with nearly $267,000 spent.
In Senate 6, Hutchison has brought in just over $572,000 while spending nearly $520,000. Yerushalmi has raised $292,000 while spending $290,000.
In Senate 9, St. Martin has raised over $388,000 and spent $376,000, while Jones has raised nearly $313,000 and spent $297,000.
In Senate 15, Brower has almost $704,000 and spent $718,000, with Leslie bringing in nearly $483,000 and spending $500,000.
In Senate 18, Hammond has raised $214,000 and spent 208,000, while Ross reported just over $201,000 in contributions and $186,000 in expenses.
Roberson said a Republican majority in the Senate will bring more balance to the Legislature.
"And that's going to encourage more bipartisanship, more cooperation, more collaboration," he said. "And I think the end result will be better legislation, better public service for the people of Nevada, coming out of Carson City."
Denis said he has a track record of working across the aisle with Republicans, and that his leadership will ensure bipartisanship and balance with the GOP.
"I think the balance has to come from leadership, and I've show that," he said. "I know Sen. Roberson has said he wants to do that; he's going to have to prove that with his actions. And so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he'll want to do that."


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Sociologists Paul Attewell and David Lavin of the Graduate Center, City University of New York, have received the Outstanding Book Award for 2009 from the American Educational Research Association for their book Passing the Torch: Does Higher Education for the Disadvantaged Pay Off Across the Generations? (published by the Russell Sage Foundation). This is the second major award that Attewell and Lavin have received for their landmark study showing the long-term benefits of providing disadvantaged women with access to higher education -- they were also co-recipients of the prestigious Grawmeyer Award for 2008 in the category of Education.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) presented the Outstanding Book Award to Attewell and Lavin at its 90th Annual Meeting on April 15 in San Diego. AERA is the national interdisciplinary research association for approximately 25,000 scholars who undertake research in education. Founded in 1916, AERA aims to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. www.aera.net.
Professors Attewell and Lavin's study revealed that the benefits of providing disadvantaged students, particularly women, with wider access to higher education are startling when measured over the course of a lifetime, rather than just the traditional span of college attendance. The authors found that over a 30-year period, surveyed women admitted to City University of New York in the early 1970s ultimately achieved a 70% college graduation rate, earned an annual average of $7,525 more than they otherwise would have, and passed the benefits of their educational experience on to their children. The patterns were similar to a 20-year longitudinal study of students nationwide, to which the City University data were compared.
Further information on the study can be found at: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/press_information/current_releases/2007/june/Ed_access.htm
Paul Attewell, a professor of sociology and urban education at the Graduate Center, has spent his career addressing public policy dilemmas in education. Besides his work on Passing the Torch, he has researched the policy of requiring more advanced coursework from high school students and whether remedial education works for college students. His current research projects include a qualitative evaluation of inner city public school students who are being paid incentives to do well on standardized tests, and a separate project that looks at college graduation, stopping out, and dropping out among working and commuter undergraduates. Attewell earned his doctorate in sociology from the University of California-San Diego in 1978. Before joining the Graduate Center faculty, he taught at the University of California-Santa Cruz; the State University of New York, Stony Brook; and Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University.
David Lavin, a sociology professor at the Graduate Center and Lehman College, has for many years examined the impact of higher education on disadvantaged families. Since 1971, he has completed fourteen research grants and projects. He has also co-written three books and a half-dozen articles. Lavin's research has been funded by the Spencer, Ford, Mellon, and Exxon Education foundations. He earned his doctorate in sociology from New York University in 1960. Lavin began his career as a research fellow in social relations at Harvard University from 1960 to 1962. From 1962 to 1970, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania. In the year before coming to City University of New York, he was a visiting associate professor of sociology at Columbia University.
The Graduate Center is devoted primarily to doctoral studies and awards most of the City University of New York's Ph.D.s. An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the school offers more than thirty doctoral programs as well as a number of master's programs. Many of its faculty members are among the world's leading scholars in their respective fields, and its alumni hold major positions in industry and government, as well as in academia. Further information on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu.
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Penobscot Theatre Company opens its 40th Anniversary Season with a hole-in-one, belly-laugh marathon. The Fox on the Fairway, a new farce by Ken Ludwig plays at the historic Bangor Opera House from September 5 -22.
Two rival golf clubs. A prodigy with a broken arm. A priceless vase. A $200,000 wager. Granny's engagement ring. The Golf Channel. Oprah. Raw oysters. Champagne. There's even a couple putters, a driver and few golf balls knocking about the stage. Sounds like a recipe for a disaster on stage and laughter in the seats!
Some of the regions best comedians, Dominick Varney, Ben Layman, Christie Robinson, AJ Mooney, Brent Hutchins and Bernard Hope star in this Caddyshack meets Fawlty Towers farce.
This madcap romp around the tap room of Quail Valley Golf Club, revolves around the Annual Inter-club Golf Tournament between Quail Valley and their archrivals, Crouching Squirrel. With his job on the line, Q.V. Director Henry Bingham has enrolled a scratch golfer named Tramplemaine, only to have the guy quit the day before the match and join Crouching Squirrel. To add to Bingham's worries is a bet he has placed with C.S. Director Dickie Bell, the master of the malaprop and wearer of the ugliest golf sweaters on the planet.
"This is a very funny play," Artistic Director, Bari Newport says. "We have so many patrons who are avid golfers but you don't need to be to find yourself exploding with laughter. I wanted to start our 40th Season with a good reason to skip the shrink! It's terrific to be reminded of just how good a hearty laugh is for the soul."
The Fox on the Fairway is directed by New York based, Shelley Butler, who grew up in Orono and went to Orono High School. "I grew up coming to Penobscot Theatre Company," Butler remarks. "It's very special to be back. Full circle."
Longtime Penobscot Theatre collaborator, Lex Liang returns from New York to create the costumes and set for this idiosyncratic world. He is joined by New York based lighting designer, Scott Bolman, sound designer, Brandie Rita, costume associate Kevin Koski and properties designer, Meredith Perry.
Ken Ludwig is an internationally acclaimed playwright whose many hits on Broadway, in London's West End and throughout the world have made his name synonymous with modern comedy. Audiences may be most familiar with Ludwig as the author of the popular Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo.
During each performance of the show, attendees are encouraged to don their most memorable golf ensembles. Prizes will be awarded nightly. A prize will also be awarded to the first person who can sink a putt on a putting green set up in the lobby of the theater before the show and during intermission.
Performances will be held every Wednesday through Sunday with ticket prices ranging from $24 to $37. Student, senior, military and group rates apply. For more information on Penobscot Theatre Company, visit www.penobscottheatre.org or call (207) 942-3333.
Subscriptions (starting at $90) are currently available. Subscribers receive the following benefits: Savings off the price of single tickets, bring a friend new to PTC by receiving one additional ticket to every main-stage production, $5 off additional ticket purchases to main-stage productions, advance notification to special events, including ticket purchase to holiday show, and seeing productions again for FREE (subject to availability).


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We oppose Islam, not Muslims. We are against hate, not faith
idesigner1 wrote: Sooner or later there will be a backlash against Muslims and many new radical christian parties will fight Muslims.
Ukraine's Orthodox Church head claims Vladimir Putin is possessed by Satan and faces eternal damnation in hell in statement titled "New Cain"
I wrote:But then Hindu mythology is rife with examples of humans such as Jamadagni and Bheema marrying asura women such as Renuka and Hidimbi and begetting children through them.Perhaps term asura is not always considered that inauspicious.
He went into the Bindhya forest to get the story from the Pisacha and wrote down the story with his own blood in the Paisachi language.
On the condition of Hindu women in Babur's monster rule:
Those heads adorned with braided hair, with their parts painted with vermillion - those heads were shaved with scissors, and their throats were choked with dust.They lived in palatial mansions, but now, they cannot even sit near the palaces.... ropes were put around their necks, and their strings of pearls were broken. Their wealth and youthful beauty, which gave them so much pleasure, have now become their enemies The order was given to the soldiers, who dishonored them, and carried them away. If it is pleasing to God's Will, He bestows greatness; if is pleases His Will, He bestows punishment
10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
10 When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, 11 if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife. 12 Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her nails 13 and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. 14 If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her
Krishna Deva Raya demanded that he along with the stolen money be returned back to Vijaya Nagar.The muslim principalities refused to comply.This led to an invasion.That is much more similiar to an asylum being granted to an enemy of Delhi Sultan by Hindu ruler of Kampili ,refusal of which prompted invasion of Kampili.Similiar to Bin Laden being granted safe haven by Taliban which resulted in the invasion of Afghanistan upon their refusal to hand him back to the U.S.A.The king is said to have given an arousing speech/inflammatory speech whichever way one sees it to his soldiers that caused them to completely rout the muslim armies.However muslim civilians were not molested in the defeated areas.
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In this week's TV roundup, Sarah Jessica Parker revives an old role, the Emmys are a snore and Hoda does drunk pull-ups on The Today Show.
1.) The week kicked off with the Emmys.
Overall, the show was a predictable bore, but it had its moments. The opening, featuring all of our favorite women of television, was a highlight.
2.) Zac Efron was adorable on Sesame Street.
Come on — it's Zefron!
3.) Jimmy Fallon and the cast of Guys with Kids take us for a walk down TV theme song lane.
How many do you know the lyrics to?
4.) Straight actors are stealing gay actors' jobs.
Thank you, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, for alerting us to this important social issue.
5.) Former Broadway Annie Sarah Jessica Parker returns to her little orphan roots.
I sort of hated this Glee mashup of "The Way You Look Tonight" and "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile," but I did enjoy seeing SJP, who was the third actress to ever play Annie on Broadway, revisiting the pupil-less role.
6.) Adam Scott sucks up on Parks and Recreation.
Poor Ben is trying to impress his connected D.C. interns and it is not going well.
7.) Hoda and Kathie Lee drink wine and do pull-ups.
Working out as God intended.
8.) Has Breaking Bad's Vince Gilligan turned into Walter White?
Stephen Colbert has a theory.
9.) Schmidt's penis cast comes off on New Girl.
You know, New Girl has developed into a really solid ensemble comedy. You go, New Girl!
10.) The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party goes on Weekend Update.
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — With a Monday runoff in the women's 100 meters still looming over the U.S. track trials, Wallace Spearmon kept the men's 200 controversy-free with an easy victory.
Spearmon got off to a slow start, but recovered in time to win in 19.82 seconds Sunday at Hayward Field.
His victory — and his chance for redemption at the London Games after losing the bronze medal to disqualification in Beijing — was an expected finish to what should have been the conclusion to the trials.
Instead, Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh will run Monday afternoon to settle a third-place tie in the 100 for the final spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
Felix and Tarmoh finished in a dead heat for third in the 100 more than a week ago behind winner Carmelita Jeter and runner-up Tianna Madison, putting the team for the event in limbo. Track officials had no policy in place to resolve it but the next day devised a tiebreaker that included the options of a runoff or a coin flip.
The decision was put off eight days to allow Felix and Tarmoh to focus on Saturday's night 200, which Felix handily won. Tarmoh finished fifth.
On Sunday morning the athletes got together with track officials and decided on the Monday runoff.
USA Track and Field was criticized because there was no tiebreaking policy in the first place and because the matter lingered for so long. It certainly got most of the attention on Sunday as the trials wound to a close.
Wearing his sunglasses, Spearmon overcame his shaky start and finished the 200 well in front of runner-up Maurice Mitchell and Isiah Young.
The field was somewhat diluted when sprinters Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay decided to pass on the 200 after securing spots on the Olympic team in the 100. And reigning Olympic 200 bronze medalist Walter Dix didn't run because of a lingering hamstring injury that was apparent in the 100.
Dix's only option for making it to London will be as a member of the 400 relay team.
In other events on Sunday, defending outdoor champion Lashinda Demus won the women's 400 hurdles in 53.98, and will be joined by runner-up Georganne Moline and third-place finisher T'Erea Brown on the Olympic team.
On the men's side, Michael Tinsley won the 400 hurdles in 48.33, besting reigning Olympic champion Angelo Taylor and defending Olympic silver medalist Kerron Clement.
Bershawn Jackson, the defending Olympic bronze medalist, fell into the finish but finished fourth.
Leo Manzano won the men's 1,500 in 3:35.75, followed by former Oregon Ducks teammates Matthew Centrowitz and Andrew Wheating.
Morgan Uceny won the women's 1,500 in 4:04.59, earning a place on the team with runner-up Shannon Rowbury and third-place finisher Jenny Simpson.
Simpson has the American record in the 3,000 steeplechase, but switched to the 1,500 and is the reigning world champion in the event.
Brittney Reese won her fifth straight U.S. title in the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 5 1/2 inches. The two-time world champion will be joined in London by runner-up Chelsea Hayes and Janay DeLoach.
Brittany Borman won the javelin with a throw of 201-9. Kara Patterson was second at 196-2, but third-place finisher Kimberly Hamilton did not have the Olympic "A" standard need to qualify for the games and the spot on the U.S. team went to fourth-place finisher Rachel Yurkovich.
Earlier in the day, Maria Michta won the 20,000-meter race walk in 1:34:53.33 for the lone spot on the team in the event, because no one had the "A" standard.
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — With a Monday runoff in the women's 100 meters still looming over the U.S. track trials, Wallace Spearmon kept the men's 200 controversy-free with an easy victory.


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Elton Brand mollywhopped the Knicks with a 28/5 line and perpetuated my prediction that Brand would have his best season since 2006. And he is. And I'm awesome. And Brand is awesome. And every fantasy team that was able to snap him up in the middle or late rounds of their drafts are all the […]Please, blog, may I have some more?
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So O.J. Mayo's life of crime isn't working out as he hoped. First he gets his time with USC struck from the historical record after accepting swag, then his short time as a Bourré cardsharp ended with a black eye, and now he's suspended 10 games for using the illegal muscle-builder DHEA. He's also lost […]Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Some tips to make your traveling with gear cheaper:
- remove your kite bags, or just take one with you
- take heavy parts like fins into your hand luggage
- many airports have different counters for sports bags...on the way from the checkin counter to the sport bag dropoff you can add some weight...check before if it is possible at the airports you checkin, because at some airports workers will bring it to the drop of counter
- use a vacuum bag to fold your kites very small
- if you like, get a split board, and you can put all in a normal bag
- check online if other people are traveling to the same destination, maybe they can help with taking few kg if they e.g. travel with family who doesn't kite
- when weighing your bag at checkin put a foot under your bag to make it lighter...or press to the side with a knee, that also helps
- have it checked thru to the final destination
- using a "golf" bag can save you a lot of money...if not too long (surfboards are too long!)...airlines will accept it as golf bag. e.g. American Airlines charges 40 USD for a golf bag, and 150 USD for a kite bag
- if you are allowed 2 bags, try to get your kite bag as second bag. TAP will not accept it, but worked at Condor (but also depends on the checkin worker...)
- some countries have benefits...e.g. almost all international flights from Brazil allow 2x32 kg.
if the price is the same when booking, you might take two single flights, instead of return flights...if your flight starts in Brazil, you will have 2x32 kg (e.g. Condor: start in Germany: 1x20 kg, start in Brazil: 2x32 kg)


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Photographer James Balog went from being a climate-change skeptic to documenting our planet's rapidly melting glaciers. In the 2012 film"Chasing Ice" he gathers irrefutable evidence that climate change is real.
Until recently, Balog thought climate change was only based on computer models and hyperbole. "I didn't think that humans were capable of changing the basic physics and chemistry of this entire, huge planet," he said in the film. "It didn't seem probable, it didn't seem possible."
The turning point came when Balog was sent to the Arctic on an assignment for National Geographic to capture the Earth's changing landscape. This spawned a bigger project — the Expedition Ice Survey — where Balog and his team used time-lapse cameras pointed at glaciers in Europe and North America to document the effects of climate change.
The pictures are gorgeous, but the outlook is bleak: Glaciers are consistently receding every year, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise. The film convinced Balog — and many viewers — that humans are largely to blame for rising temperatures.
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Unapproved genetically engineered glyphosate-resistant wheat was found this week in an Oregon field. Here are industry reactions.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced May 29 that it has found genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-resistant wheat plants in an Oregon field. The farmer who initially made the discovery had sprayed volunteer plants with Roundup and the plants survived.
Test results of plant samples from an Oregon farm indicate the presence of genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-resistant wheat plants. Further testing by USDA laboratories indicate the presence of the same GE glyphosate-resistant wheat variety that Monsanto was authorized to field test in 16 states from 1998 to 2005. APHIS launched a formal investigation after being notified by an Oregon State University scientist that initial tests of wheat samples from an Oregon farm indicated the possible presence of GE glyphosate-resistant wheat plants.
The detection of this wheat variety does not pose a food safety concern. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed a voluntary consultation on the safety of food and feed derived from this GE glyphosate-resistant wheat variety in 2004. FDA completed the voluntary consultation with no further questions concerning the safety of grain and forage derived from this wheat, noting that this variety was as safe as any non-GE wheat currently on the market.
USDA officials say they are taking this situation very seriously and have launched a formal investigation.
National Association of Wheat Growers
"Roundup Ready" crops have been genetically modified to include a gene that works to make that crop resistant to the broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate, also known by its branded name, Roundup. No Roundup Ready wheat, or any other genetically modified wheat, has been authorized by USDA for commercial sale in the United States or anywhere else in the world.
Monsanto did conduct research on Roundup Ready spring wheat in the past, but withdrew its application for deregulation of the trait in wheat in 2004. APHIS will be investigating this detection to determine how this trait appeared outside of a regulated environment. We expect the regulatory authority's investigation will give us additional details about the situation and any appropriate actions that may be needed.
We know it is important to understand how this situation occurred, and we have confidence that APHIS will be able to determine that as soon as possible. Nothing is more important than the trust we've earned with our customers at home and around the world by providing a reliable supply of high-quality wheat. As industry leaders, we will cooperate with authorities in the United States and international markets to understand the facts surrounding this incident and help minimize its impact.
Oregon Department of Agriculture Director Katy Coba
The confirmation of wheat in Oregon that carries the trait of genetically modified resistance to glyphosate has triggered an appropriately thorough investigation by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
This is a very serious development that could have major trade ramifications for Pacific Northwest soft white wheat. I am concerned that a highly regulated plant material such as GM wheat somehow was able to escape into a crop field. There are many questions at this time, and I am hopeful that the investigation will find the answers quickly.
In the meantime, the Oregon Department of Agriculture will do all it can to work with our important wheat industry to keep export markets open. For Oregon consumers, it is important to stress that GM wheat is not a food safety issue, according to an assessment done by FDA, and that our Northwest wheat does not pose a risk to human health. I ask that Oregonians remain patient as we all wait for more details to emerge as part of the USDA investigation.
Over the past decade, an annual average of 58 million acres of wheat has been planted in the U.S. This is the first report of the Roundup Ready trait being found out of place since Monsanto's commercial wheat development program was discontinued nine years ago.
Our process for closing out the Roundup Ready wheat program was rigorous, well-documented and audited. We understand that USDA's findings are based solely on testing samples from a single 80-acre field, on one farm in Oregon, which overwintered from the previous growing season.
As is the normal practice in this part of the country, wheat fields are left fallow following the previous harvest and sprayed with glyphosate to control weeds and to preserve soil moisture. The company noted that this report is unusual since the program was discontinued nine years ago, and this is the only report after more than 500 million acres of wheat have been grown. Accordingly, while USDA's results are unexpected, there is considerable reason to believe that the presence of the Roundup Ready trait in wheat, if determined to be valid, is very limited.
We will work with USDA to confirm their test results and as they consider appropriate next steps. We will also conduct a rigorous investigation to validate the scope of and to address any presence of a Monsanto Roundup Ready event in commercial wheat seed.
Earlier this month, USDA contacted us and requested information pertaining to an investigation into whether hard-to-control wheat from this field may contain a glyphosate-tolerance gene. We have provided materials, methods and offered technical assistance.
The necessary testing requires sophisticated methods, considerable expertise and meticulous laboratory techniques to generate reliable results. Commercial test strips, which are used to detect the presence of glyphosate tolerance in soybeans, canola, cotton and sugar beets, generate a very high incidence of false positive detections (greater than 90%) and are not reliable for wheat.
We have asked for information necessary to confirm the presence of the Roundup Ready trait in the samples that were tested. Up to this point, Monsanto has not received details about the testing USDA has performed, nor has UDSA provided us with samples necessary to verify their findings.
Statement from the Kansas Wheat Commission on Biotechnology
Bioengineered foods would have a positive impact on the consumer in many ways. There is the convenience of having favorite fruits and vegetables available year-round instead of waiting for them to be 'in-season'. Biotechnology can remove undesirable traits, like allergens and toxins, from foods by creating a healthier product.
It can also add desirable traits like additional nutrients which help prevent diseases. It positively impacts the environment by making farming practices quicker, more efficient and eliminating the need in some cases for certain types of pesticides and herbicides because their resistance has been bred into the plant.
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Traditional tar scent from genuine Finnish tar!
Simply add 2 – 4 cap-fulls of the sauna scent to a sauna bucket full of water. Each ladle of water added to the sauna stones will create a steam that diffuses the scent throughout the sauna.
Shake before use. Rinse the bucket after use. Don't leave the bottle in a hot sauna.
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- Finnmark Ltd will make a judgement based on this information as to what replacement parts may be needed or if the product needs to be returned and replaced.
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The Hogwarts Thestral herd is a herd of Thestrals employed at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They live in the Forbidden Forest, specifically in the Thestral Paddock. The herd started out with one male and five females, with Tenebrus as the first to be bred in the forest. The Gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid breeds, trains, and cares for the creatures. They are mainly used to pull the Hogwarts carriages up to the school from Hogsmeade Station to the Entrance Gates for Second through Seventh year students, although they are sometimes used by Albus Dumbledore when he goes on a long journey and doesn't want to Apparate. These Thestrals are trained to go to anywhere they are told by a rider due to their impecable sense of direction. They are also trained not to attack owls so as not to interfere with the owl post. Hagrid reckons that the herd is the only tamed herd of its size in Great Britain.
The herd also took part in the Battle of Hogwarts, where they attacked the Death Eaters and Voldemort's giant allies.
Known Thestrals in the herdEdit
- Tenebrus - First born in the forest and Hagrid's personal favourite
- Unidentified Thestrals - The six thestrals that let Harry Potter,Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood ride to the Ministry of Magic in 1996.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
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