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June 02, 2014
Palm oil, which comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, shows up on nearly every supermarket shelf. It's also one of the main reasons for massive rainforest destruction in some of the most wildlife-rich places on Earth. At the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) on May 15th, Earthwatch sponsored an expert panel discussion to address how we can conserve rainforests as the demand for palm oil booms.
A Useful Product that Destroys Rainforests
In tropical rainforests around the world, home to about half of all of Earth's animal species, people have destroyed millions of acres of forest to cultivate oil palms. Massive deforestation has evicted countless animals. It has also contributed to global warming because trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere. A recent New York Times editorial that addressed the link between palm oil and climate change reported that Indonesia, a top palm-oil producing country, has become one of the world's worst greenhouse gas emitters because it "lost one-fifth of its forested area."
The rainforests of Borneo, an island of 19 million people off Malaysia's east coast, face a similar fate. Dr. Glen Reynolds, lead scientist on the Earthwatch expedition Climate and Landscape Change in Borneo's Rainforest, has studied deforestation in Sabah—a Malaysian state that occupies the northernmost part of Borneo—for more than a decade. He recently wrote in The Guardian that "the major threat now faced in Sabah is around a shift in land use driven by a rapid expansion in the demand for—and the profitability of cultivating—palm oil."
Finding a Balance between Meeting Demand and Protecting Forests
The "profitability of cultivating" part complicates things: palm oil may cost endangered species like the Bornean orangutan their home and accelerate global warming, but it also provides income and infrastructure in some of the poorest places in the world. And the potential for profit is growing: as The New York Times reported, "Demand is high, especially in the West, and it is likely to triple by 2050."
At the Earthwatch RGS discussion, Dr. Glen Reynolds acknowledged the necessity of compromise to find a way forward: "No government can maintain all of its natural resources as pristine—it's not going to happen." But, he noted, the consequences of rampant uncontrolled development would be catastrophic. "So our research is looking to contribute in a space where you can have your cake and at least eat some of it."
This balance means, as he wrote in The Guardian, addressing "core questions" about how to make the palm oil industry more sustainable: "Given that palm oil only grows in inherently biodiverse regions, what land (forested or otherwise) can and should be developed? And how can we plan new plantations for better protection of biodiversity, minimising the loss of carbon and other ecological impacts?"
How the Industry is Addressing Tough Questions
Investors and consumers have become more aware of sustainability and increasingly demand higher standards, said Leela Barrock of Sime Darby, a Malaysia-based company that supplies about six percent of the world's palm oil. That demand has made sustainability an important goal for her company: "We decided six years ago that we would go for 100 percent certification. Today—and this has not been reported—we are 96 percent certified sustainable palm oil."
What does it mean to be "certified sustainable"? Darrell Webber of the nonprofit Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), which set the industry standards for sustainability, explained: producers must cultivate oil palms without destroying any primary (first-growth) forest or clearing the habitat of any rare, endangered, or threatened species. They must also farm legally and with the consent of the local community.
These requirements increase the cost of doing business for producers, and haven't changed the way the most of the product is made. Barrock reported that about 42 million acres of land, more than the entire size of the state of Florida, are used for oil palm production to produce 60 million tons of palm oil; just 16 percent of that product is classified as RSPO certified.
Some would argue, though, that the industry is worth supporting despite its environmental hazards. Webber made this case at the RGS event: "No government could have brought rural development in a more efficient manner than the palm oil sector," he said. Owing to the "economic life cycle" of the plant, which is about 25 years, it allows for a more long-term investment than plants that only deliver profits once a year: "You build roads, schools, hospitals, put in electricity. Very different from large-scale agriculture based on annual crops."
Consumers Face Confusion When Deciding What to Buy
Currently, it's hard to even know if palm oil is in a product, much less if it's produced sustainably. In many countries, it is legal to list palm oil as vegetable oil instead of naming it outright. This will change later this year in the EU, said Webber, but the ingredient list would still not contain a sustainable classification. Many companies do list their sustainability credentials online, he said.
Some environmental organizations argue that buying sustainable isn't enough. The WWF, which helped found the RSPO in 2005, concluded in a 2013 analysis of RSPO member producers that only "a handful are making adequate progress on the road to 100% RSPO compliance." In other words, even RSPO certification doesn't guarantee you're getting a product that doesn't harm the environment.
In short, there is no simple answer. The conversation about the costs and benefits of palm oil production is far from over. Dr. Reynolds concluded the RGS discussion by offering a principle for moving forward: governments, industry, and policymakers must "swim behind" science as they make decisions about how to produce and regulate this controversial crop.
Get Involved
Want to help conserve one of the most species-rich rainforests on the planet? Join Climate and Landscape Change in Borneo's Rainforest.
Earthwatch also empowers businesses to make better decisions for a more sustainable environment. The Royal Geographic Society Earthwatch lecture series is kindly supported by the Mitsubishi Corporation for Europe and Africa.
News Category: Wildlife & Ecosystems
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Victor Ehrlick | Wednesday, June 04, 2014
We need more scientists getting involved in politics after research in the areas needing conservation. Get elected and produce sound policy. On another note: the USA USDA has a system where they pay farmers to not do anything. If palm farmers were paid not to plant areas for the 5-6 years that their palms are not producing it may encourage them not to plant... because they would be getting income while waiting for production. A small export tax/fines could pay for the enforcement/organization.
Angela Cancilla Herschel | Wednesday, June 04, 2014
When you go to the grocery store and you buy a bag of chips, a chocolate bar, crackers, ice-cream, doughnuts, frozen snacks or other candy, you may see a label on the products saying 'RSPO Certified Sustainable Palm Oil' or 'Green Palm Sustainability.' Such labeling makes it is easy to think that the product you are holding contains palm oil that has been produced responsibly. But what does the label really stand for? The Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a global certification scheme formed in 2004 to set the standard for 'sustainable palm oil'. But the sad truth is, many of the companies that use these labels are in fact still causing rainforest destruction and the clearance and draining of carbon-rich peatlands that release massive amounts of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Shockingly, Indonesia – the world's largest palm oil producer – is also the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter after only China and the US. But unlike China and the US, 50% of Indonesia's emissions are from cleared and drained peat lands, and 35% from clearing rainforests. Palm oil expansion is one of the top drivers of this destruction but under the RSPO these companies don't need to publicly report the emissions they are responsible for. How are we going to fix this global problem if companies don't fess up to their emissions?
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The Mid-Coast Bike Run, sponsored by the Noble Eagles, will start the 2013 bike season on April 20.
Start and stop at Camp Bagnell Steak House. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m.
Poker run starts at 10 a.m.
There will be live music and vendors. A pre-ride party will take place Friday night, April 19 at Bootleggers Sports Book and Grill.
Proceeds will benefit local high school scholarships.
A Harley-Davidson will be given away as well. Overnight security for bikes will be available at Bootleggers.
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Count some of the San Antonio Spurs among believers that there are ghosts at Berkeley's Claremont Resort and Spa. Or at least something strange.
The Spurs stayed at the landmark while here for Monday's game against the Warriors. Peculiar noises bothered the unflappable Tim Duncan as well as center Jeff Ayres, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
"I could hear stuff in the hallway, like people in their rooms," Ayres told the Express-News. "So I'm thinking people are watching TV or whatever. So I get to my door, and my key doesn't work, but it sounds like there's somebody in my room. Like I hear a little baby, not crying but making noise. I'm like, 'What the heck?' I keep trying my key and it doesn't work. So I go downstairs to get a new key, and I tell them."
Ayres had hotel workers call the room, but no one answered. Duncan also said he heard a baby in Ayres' room. Legend has it that a young girl who allegedly died at the hotel haunts the place.
"It wasn't creepy, because I assumed it was really somebody in the room, and they gave him the wrong room," Duncan said. "But when they told me the story the next day about calling up there and no one in the room, it's at that point you get chills. I totally agreed with him. There was a baby there, absolutely. I heard about the history of the place, and I'd rather not (stay there again)."


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The 5 Stages of Sports Confidence. Where is Your Athlete?
There are five unique stages of sports confidence that every athlete must travel through on their way to the development of "rock solid" sports confidence. It might help you to visualize the different stages by comparing them to the process of a child learning how to ride a bike. Here are the 5 stages:
1. "I can't do it" – A genuine belief that the task cannot be done successfully and often accompanied by an unwillingness to even attempt the task. In this stage the athlete is full of anxiety and doubt (imagine walking into the nurse's office at school for that kindergarten vaccination shot. Yikes!).
2. "I'm not sure I can do it" – In this stage the athlete is at least open to the faint possibility of completing the task successfully. Their confidence is still low, but the anxiety level is lower as well.
3. "I hope I can do it"– In this stage there is a 50/50 belief the task can be done."Hope" is an indicator of budding confidence and a willingness to engage in the risk of trying. This is the tipping point stage in the building of "rock solid" sports confidence.
4. "I thinkI can do it" – This statement alone is a huge leap over stage #3 in that the athlete has tangible thoughts that they will complete the task successfully. In this stage confidence is quite high as the dominant thought patterns are "can do." This is the stage that most athletes never rise above, while remaining susceptible to the mental perils of game/match adversity.
5. "I know I can do it" – This is the rarefied level of sports confidence that all elite athletes achieve. It is a knowingness with absolute certainty in one's ability to complete the task at the highest level of success. Beliefs, thoughts and feelings are all in alignment with an unparalleled expectancy for success. This is the highest level of sports confidence because it contains within it the strongest "resiliency factor" possible, even in the face of extreme adversity.
Now using the bike analogy imagine how a young person responds on their path of bicycle riding mastery when they fall off the bike in each of these 5 stages of sports confidence. Obviously in stage one the youngster may not even get back on the bike, while in stage five the youngster sees the fall as only a fluke and can't wait to hop back on the bike and ride as fast as ever!
The other sensitive part of these 5 stages is that any younger athlete can jump forward or slip back into another sports confidence stage rather easily, depending on how they process game/match day adversity. So as parent or coach it's vitally important to understand these 5 stages of sports confidence so you will be able to get a good read on where your athlete's confidence level is at any given time.
Building Sports Confidence is a Dynamic Process
Building the "rock solid"sports confidence parents, coaches and athletes alike aspire to is akin to mastering the sport…it is a process that takes time; meaning there are no shortcuts. And because building sports confidence is so closely tied with developing sport specific skills it is easy for player, parent and coach to get sucked into the emotional roller coaster ride while watching athlete or team perform on the court or field.
Expectations, both internal and external, can be devastating to the process of building sports confidence. As parents and coaches unless we recognize that sports mastery and sports confidence are a dynamic "process" that may look like two steps forward one day and a step back the next, we run the risk of doing more damage than good to our athlete(s). Having patience is a prerequisite to building "rock solid" sports confidence.
Enjoy the journey and be there to pick your athlete up after a particularly hard game. Don't add to his/her anguish by setting unrealistic expectations for performance. Remember, Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither will your athlete's sports mastery or sports confidence.
For more on building rock solid sports confidence for your athlete go to: http://goo.gl/P40jgA
Thanks for reading! --John Michael Kelly
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CUPERTINO -- A preschool was put on lockdown for two-and-a-half hours Wednesday while police searched for burglary suspects in the area, authorities said.
The lockdown at Good Samaritan Preschool in Cupertino was lifted about 2:15 p.m. as police continued to look for one of three suspects in connection with a nearby residential burglary. Two alleged accomplices were quickly arrested after the trio fled from a traffic stop, said Sunnyvale Capt. David Verbrugge.
Loretta Wong, director of the preschool, said school officials alerted parents when the lockdown started about 11:45 a.m. and later informed them by phone and email that they could pick up their children early.
Staff at the Homestead Road campus brought the children inside after authorities told them to lock down the school because a suspect was on the loose in the area, school assistant director Stacey O'Toole said.
O'Toole said the school locked its front doors and classroom doors, turned off the lights and asked students to lie on the floor.
Police from the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office and other agencies were still canvassing the neighborhood Wednesday afternoon for the third suspect.
O'Toole said that as the police search was under way, the preschoolers napped and had lunch in class.
"To them, it's like a rainy day," O'Toole said. "They don't know that it's a lockdown. It's like any other day to them."


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The Switzerland of Ohio Local Board of Education recently approved a new kind of "pay-to-play" policy: If a student's lunch bill isn't paid, that student isn't playing a sport or in the band or participating in any other extracurricular activities.
It's a move some view as necessary and others worry could punish children for circumstances beyond their control.
The board unanimously approved the policy - which would apply to a student who has more than $50 in unpaid lunch charges - in January.
Superintendent Larry Elliott said the board directed the administration to adopt the policy in light of the district's financial struggles, including a projected $1 million deficit and the rejection of a proposed 2.5-mill permanent improvement levy.
"We have to go after some of our outstanding bills," Elliott said.
After years of the district's cafeteria fund operating in the black, delinquent lunch accounts "crept up here recently" to a total of about $60,000, Treasurer Lance Erlwein said. That deficit could eventually have to be covered by the general fund.
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Switzerland of Ohio lunch payment policy
Students with a negative lunch account balance greater than $50 will not be allowed to participate in extracurricular activities not related to the educational curriculum.
Those students will still receive meals, but will not be allowed to purchase extra items.
Sections of the policy may be waived if parents are making a good faith effort to pay down the deficit.
If accounts are not paid off or arrangements made by June, unpaid balances will be referred to the Monroe County Prosecutor's Office.
Source: Switzerland of Ohio Local Schools.
"At the end of the year, that comes out of the fund that pays for teachers and education," he said.
The district allowed a two-week grace period, which ends on Monday, before enforcement of the policy. A number of people have taken advantage, and Erlwein said the outstanding amount has dropped below $50,000.
Most unpaid accounts are the result of honest mistakes, Elliott said. He noted families truly struggling to pay the bills can see if they're eligible for free or reduced lunch. In addition, the new policy contains a provision saying sections can be waived "on a case-by-case basis for any parent who makes a good faith effort to pay down their account balance but is unable to do so in full."
"If they're making a good faith effort, we're not going to keep a kid out of sports," said Erlwein, noting parents can call him to discuss payment plans.
Elliott said no student would go without food, although those with a $50-or-more debt could only get certain types of food and no extra items.
Sardis resident Lawrence Romick, 83, who has grandchildren in the district, said he understands the need to collect the money but has reservations about the method chosen.
"I do believe there has to be some kind of control, but it seems cruel to punish children for the sins of the father," he said.
Edward Carleton, vice president of the school board, said he understands the argument but noted the district is "in dire financial straits."
"That has its merits, you know, but something had to be done," he said.
Superintendents in Washington County said they have not considered tying lunch bills to participation in activities, both due to concerns like Romick's and because the problem isn't a major concern.
"We deal with it directly with the parents," Frontier Local Superintendent Bruce Kidder said. "It's part of the parents' responsibility; it seems funny to punish the (children)."
Numbers on Frontier's outstanding lunch debt were not available Tuesday.
Belpre City Schools Superintendent Tony Dunn said he wouldn't criticize Switzerland officials since he didn't know all the details, but he doubts such a policy would be implemented in his district.
"We're pretty diligent about working with kids and families about lunch charges," he said. "There's no way a kid would ever get to $50."
While tying eligibility to a lunch bill seems similar in some ways to linking it with grades, Dunn said, "(lunch bills are) not the direct responsibility of the student."
Dunn said students with negative balances receive a more basic lunch, like a cheese sandwich and fruit. That occasionally leads to a call from a parent, at which time district officials can work with them on the issue and possibly help them sign up for the free and reduced lunch program.
Jennifer Currey, AVI Fresh resident director for Belpre and Marietta City schools, said negative balances in both districts are "negligible."
Warren Local Superintendent Tom Gibbs said that district rarely has an outstanding lunch balance over $20.
"We send out letters if they build up a $5 balance, hold report cards and that type of thing" he said. "Generally, if we make a phone call and indicate that the student will get an 'alternate' lunch (i.e. cheese sandwich or something basic) until the account is paid the parent generally pays."
In the Fort Frye Local district, where Gibbs also serves as superintendent, the highest balance he's aware of was $35, which was the result of an error in a free lunch identification.


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Did anyone else read the report about who is on the for sale list at Spurs? If its true I will be very happy. BAE, Hudd and Adebyor plus Livermore, Bentley, Gallas and Gomes. Luvly. With Sandro and Kaboul back next season plus 2 or 3 really good signings, we should have a much stronger side than this year. IMO of course!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
I saw that John Bostock has gone. All that hassle over signing him from Palace, and then a couple of years later he just drops off the radar.
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Roger Mellie Roger Mellie Jun 28, 2013 16:07 Flag
He was #$%$ anyway. he can #$%$ off
The Goblin Hotspur The Goblin Hotspur Jun 13, 2013 15:06 Flag
Regards BAE going, I think with kABOUL RETURNING AND cAULKER improving AVB might be thinking of putting Vertonghan out on the left. Some of his best performances were from here (although he apparently prefers being in the middle. Just a thought
Evening fellow yids.
Not quite sure if i would like to see BAE leave unless we get a good replacement for him, as i don't think Nuaughton is quite up to the job yet , although i'm sure he will definately improve with time Sfer.
As for the rest you mentioned your'e pretty spot on.
Also i would like to see Caulker maybe go out on loan as he seems to lack confidence, which imo is something you definately don't need in your back four.
I know i've said this before but i think that Holtby and Sigg are just short of CL quality and therefore we need 1 or 2 quality midfielders(like Modders) and a proven Striker,even if it's someone like Michu, at least the guy showed desire and would certainly have converted more of the chances given to Ade than he did.
What saddens me more is that we always have to look elsware for such talent and feel that our homegrown youngsters are left with scrapes.( how on earth are they ever gonna prove themselves ).
Anyway, would love the job of one of AVB's assistants for a season and would quite happily do the job for FREE. ATB JEFFALL COYS
Wouldn't want to see BAE or Hudd leave.
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Ah Nick, you would have to know the story behind this to know why I would. BAE, the man who would play for anybody who paid him the most money (even if you thought it, is it right and fair on the fans to come out and say it?) and Hudd, the slowest midfielder and worst tackler in the PL. If we cant do better than them we wont be getting CL football anytime soon. IMHO of course.


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Kym isn't really thrilled about the idea of coming home if it isn't for her Dad's fiftieth birthday. After all, the reason she left seven years ago was to get away from the lie she told Ethan Richards, the boy she loved which happened to be the very same boy Kym's bestriend, Michelle loved as well.
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ScrobblePod is a music scrobbler for Last.fm. It manages every song you play in iTunes and on your iPod.
When you listen to music on your iPod and in iTunes, songs are often scrobbled in the wrong order.
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It appears that a new developer has taken over and ScrobblePod is being updated again: http://mmrr.fi/scrobblepod/
Still works but it's practically Abandonware now. The developer's website's been offline for months.
it seems to be working with snow leopard now.
Partially broken in Snow Leopard and the developer no longer has time to work on it :(
This is the best app ever, but Snow Leopard seems to have broken it. :(
@minitechnik Scrobblepod works perfectly for me with 8.2
btw. it seems scrobblepod broke with itunes 8.2. probably to do with access of the xml or something..
this is the app that helped me to do what i wanted to do with last.fm. i'd recommend it to everyone, if only i could recommend last.fm. while it was a great way to have access to stuff you didnt even know it's reduced to the sharing of your personal charts. since CBS sucks so much of the power lost.fm had, i'll stick with independent ways to do this task with my friends from now on. thanks!
I've gotten to prefer this to iScrobbler, except that it doesn't support last.fm radio like iScrobbler does.
So much better than the official client or iscrobbler!
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OAKLAND -- For Sean Doolittle, Brandon Moss, Jarrod Parker, Coco Crisp and the rest of the A's 2012 miracle, everything up to this was probably the hard part.
Every unbelievable thing that led to Monday's wild party -- and playoff-clinching -- was done chugging against the wind, against all odds, and uphill the entire way.
Now that the A's are in the playoffs ... could it be all smoother water from here?
Maybe. When you get yourself a tournament berth that nobody thought you could win, you become the team nobody else wants to face.
That's the A's right now -- the post-"MoneyBall" team playing with house money.
That's how it felt during their 4-3 victory over Texas, which sealed a playoff spot, brought the AL West crown within reach, and sent a lot of A's players and fans into ecstasy.
"We've come a long way, down a long road that nobody thought we'd ever come down," outfielder Josh Reddick said, already soaked with champagne in the clubhouse. "We're here to play to November.
"I think we're going to do great -- we've played well against everybody this year. I don't think it's going to be any different, just a bigger stage."
In the celebration, the A's did the "Bernie Lean" and sprayed endless amounts of champagne on each other and anybody near that clubhouse and threw multiple pie into multiple faces (including manager Bob Melvin as a new target) and everything was just as raucous as you could imagine.
They were celebrating the playoff berth--and celebrating each other and the miracle they'd just pulled off.
It was about the 14 walk-off victories, pie episodes, lost players, midseason trades, minor stumbles and improbable victories.
It was about how hard this all was. And all the possibilities opening up before them now.
"I'll tell you what--I wouldn't want to face these pitchers," Jonny Gomes said, glancing around at the A's celebratory champagne-drenched clubhouse. "And I wouldn't want to face these power bats."
On this night, the playoff party pulse began to pound when reliever Ryan Cook protected a one-run lead by erasing Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz--the heart of Texas' order--in the eighth inning.
Then in the ninth, Grant Balfour strike out the side and the A's were in the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
What's the emotion of witnessing that final out? "Man, it's tough to explain," Reddick said. "It's like winning a championship right there. I don't know what else to say."
This is a team with some confidence and maverick momentum.
Whomever they play, wherever and whenever they play in the postseason, the A's know two things: They can pitch, and they can hit home runs.
In a perfect postseason world you would build a dangerous playoff team with other important elements. But if you could only pick two, pitching and power hitting would be the two.
"You look at postseason teams," power-hitter Brandon Moss said before Wednesday's game. "They've got great pitching, which we obviously have. We have a great bullpen.
"And we have the ability to change the score with one swing.
"Look at the Yankees, that's what they do. You look at the Tigers, that's what they do. You look at a lot of good postseason teams, that's what they do."
To be more recent and more specific, that's the basic formula the St. Louis Cardinals (eight homers in their four World Series victories) used to win last year's title.
It's also exactly how the 2010 Giants did it--mixed with a major dollop of near-perfect defense.
So are the A's set up to be a great playoff team?
"We're just trying to get there first," Melvin said cautiously Monday afternoon. "We've felt like we've played pretty well against some of the teams that are in the postseason.
"But that's a whole different dynamic. We're just trying to get there first."
They got there a few hours later, for the same reasons that they could be quite good once they're playing playoff games: Pitching and power.
The A's don't do a lot of other things, but sometimes that's all you need when you're loaded with momentum and you're finally running downhill.
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I was just given a bricked Eee PC (well I guess not totally bricked) that I spent hours bring back to life yesterday.
I have it up and running nicely again (thanks single-user mode) and was wondering if there was any cool stuff I could do with this musically. Has anyone played with music software for this thing? I would LOVE to hear any suggestion from cool people rocking the netbooks
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It began with 10 actors and a bucket of black paint.
Over the past 22 years, cheeky impresario Patrick Dooley has steered the Shotgun Players from the basement of a pizzeria to the front ranks of the Bay Area theater scene.
The brash Berkeley company is now embarking on the completion of Tom Stoppard's epic trilogy, "The Coast of Utopia." Even Dooley, who always charges ahead with both barrels blazing, can't believe how far Shotgun has come since the early days. What began in 1992 in the basement of La Val's is now a company formidable enough to pull off the three-play theatrical marathon that is Stoppard's magnum opus.
"It's overwhelming and awesome," Dooley said during a break in rehearsals. "If I stop to think about it, my head explodes.
A sprawling nine-hour soap opera steeped in 19th century Russian history, "Coast of Utopia" represents the culmination of years of work and a sign that Shotgun has come of age. With Dooley at the helm, "Voyage," "Shipwreck" and "Salvage" run in repertory through April 27.
"This kind of work is right in our wheelhouse," said the longtime Berkeley resident, exuding the blend of chutzpah and ambition that has become Shotgun's trademark. "Intellectually stimulating, endlessly imaginative, emotionally complex. It's a (expletive) feast."
While Dooley no longer runs the company on a shoestring (for years he stashed all the box office dough in his sock drawer), the troupe has always reflected his gutsy personality.
"When you enter Shotgun you are definitely in Patrick's place. It's welcoming, the work on stage is fresh and interesting, and the ultimate vibe is feisty and vital," said Tom Ross, artistic director of Berkeley's Aurora Theatre. "He has a folksy, slightly devilish charisma. ... But underneath he is an extremely passionate, probing and strategic leader."
"Patrick is adorable," agreed Susie Medak, managing director of Berkeley Rep. "It is just not even possible to resist his charms. He's got that great twinkle in his eye that makes you always feel as though you are in on his joke."
The son of a teacher and a civil engineer, the 46-year-old grew up in small-town Virginia. When he made a pit stop in Berkeley on a road trip to Seattle in the '90s, he found his destiny. Soon he was pumping espresso by day and by night founding Shotgun, then a scrappy little startup tucked under La Val's pizzeria. A magnetic fellow with a gift for talking others into being as committed as he is, he looks back on the beer and pizza era fondly. As he once wrote: "On a bad night we were a bunch of friends butchering the Bard in the basement. On a good night we were brilliant."
Berkeley turned out to be the perfect home for his rambunctious brand of theater.
"Our audience is made up of many of the greatest scientists, computer engineers, cooks, urban gardeners, authors, environmentalists in the country, if not the world," said Dooley, who plays the violin and does yoga to wind down. "They want their experience at the theater to reflect the complexity and thoughtfulness of their daily work. Their desire inspires and challenges us to reach for that brass ring."
Along the way, he got married to fellow theater maven Kimberly and had three daughters. Over the years, Shotgun grew from a bare bones troupe to a major theatrical player. In 2004, the company moved to the Ashby Stage, a hip 120-seat venue converted from a church. It's a hectic, 24/7 gig that requires Dooley to pivot from artist to producer to administrator on a daily basis.
"My work feeds me," he said. "I'm at my most joyful when I'm connecting to other people, whether it's making pancakes with my girls or rehearsing with the actors on stage."
Certainly Dooley's vision still has its edge. The company thrives on breaking new ground. In 2007, Shotgun became the first solar-powered theater in the nation. He has also held the line on ticket prices.
"My mandate is to make theater accessible," he said. "My rule of thumb is if 20-something me couldn't afford it, then it costs too much."
Few theaters attack new work with as much fire as Shotgun. Over the years the troupe has electrified critics and audiences alike with hits such as Mark Jackson's "Death of Meyerhold," Liz Duffy Adams' "Dog Act," Jason Craig and Dave Malloy's "Beowulf" and Linda McLean's "Strangers, Babies."
To be sure, Dooley believes theater is more than entertainment. Looking ahead, he hopes to increase Shotgun's impact by building a bigger venue, giving emerging artists a leg up and working with local students. It's all part of his "manifesto" for the future.
"I don't want to distract people. I don't want to help them forget their lives," he said. "I want to remind them that they are human and they are part of a community and we are all connected."
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'The coast of utopia'
Written by Tom Stoppard, directed by Patrick Dooley
When: March 20-April 27
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UNION CITY -- A family's pit bull mix was euthanized one day after it bit a 6-year-old boy who later died at a hospital, police said Wednesday.
The dog, a 2-year-old male named Gava, had been quarantined at the Tri-City Animal Shelter in Fremont before it was euthanized Tuesday -- just one day after it attacked Nephi Selu at a home on Elizabeth Way where the boy lived with his extended family.
The dog's owner -- a San Mateo police officer who is also the boy's uncle -- and the boy's family agreed to have the dog euthanized, Union City police Cmdr. Ben Horner said Wednesday.
"It was a mutual decision between the family and everyone," Horner said.
So far, Horner said, no charges are pending in the case, which police described as a "tragic accident" on Tuesday. Police continue to interview witnesses and family members while they wait for a coroner's report on the boy's death.
As of Wednesday morning an autopsy had not taken place, so the boy's cause of death was not officially determined, according to a Santa Clara County coroner's spokeswoman.
Nephi was playing in the backyard of his grandparents' home in the 32400 block of Elizabeth Way just after 11:30 a.m. when the dog bit him on top of his head. The boy, Horner said, may have tried to climb onto the dog's back in an attempt to ride it like a horse before being bitten.
The dog's owner pulled the animal off the child, according to attorney Michael Rains.
Speaking for the family, Rains said he was told by family members that the boy was talking, conscious and lucid after the attack and that the owner of the dog assumed he only needed a few stitches and went to work.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after 4 p.m., police said.
Nephi's aunt, Iona Keanaaina, said she never saw the dog display aggressive behavior.
"He played with kids, very obedient, he was never allowed in the house, stayed right at the door, so we never had any problems with him at all, took him around with us, my kids loved him," Keanaaina said.
The dog had up-to-date rabies shots and met all licensing requirements, Horner said.
Rains said all the children "rough house" and played with the dog regularly. "This dog has never even barked at these kids, never showed any aggressive (behavior)," he said. "You can't figure out what happened. He was just playing with him and the next thing that happened is the dog bit the child."
Neighbors who have seen the dog out and about said it was always on a leash and gave no hints that it might be vicious.
"It was an accident. It's such a shame," 41-year-old Arthur Kouns said Tuesday as he stood on his front walkway and looked at the family's home. "The dogs always appeared very friendly, always wagging their tails."
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Christmas Tree Harvest Is Popular Business Once again the Christmas tree harvest is in full swing. Last year was a very successful one from the standpoint of the cutter and the Tribe. The Indian cutters received approximate ly $85,000 for their efforts and the tribe received $21,917 from the stump-age on the Christmas trees grown on Tribal land. Prospects for the 1956 season are good, although it is still too early to make a prediction on how successful it will be. Several factors affecting the season will not be known for some time yet. One of the factors, and a very important one, is whether or not there will be any Christmas tree blight this year. This fungus attack cannot be readily identified until early fall, when the needles begin to show small discolorations. The last major attack of this fungus was during the season of 1947, with several smaller attacks in later years. Another factor is the weather. Early rains or heavy snow limits the areas where Christmas trees may be cut and as a result fewer can be harvested. Christmas Tree Program Held In order to better utilize the Christmas trees on the Reservation the Forestry Department in conjunction with the Tribal Council has held two meetings for cutters and buyers this fall. Mr. J. H. Mikkelson, Sanders County Extension Agent, demonstrated proper cutting practices. Several buyers were asked to be present to give information on what types of trees they want and what prices they will pay for them. Reports coming to the Forestry Department indicate that the quality of the trees from the Reservation is dropping each year and that the buyers are finding it harder to compete against other sections of the Lightning Causes 40 Flathead Fires All but five fires on the Reservation« were caused by lightning. This was the report up to Sept. 10 when 45 fires in 1956 had been reported. I Of the 45 fires, 33 were less than V4 acre, 10 between Va and 10 acres, 1 > between 10 acres and 100 acres, and 1 exceeded 100 acres. It is interesting ' to note that all of the man-caused fires exceeded V4 acre. The largest fires occurred in grass lands, where rate of spread is very high. Due to numerous rains, though of short duration and widely scattered, burning conditions have remained favorable, especially in timbered areas. Many grass slopes have a lush growth in which fire spreads very rapidly, even though some vegetation remained quite green into early Sept. CHAR-KOOSTA PUBLISHED BY CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES, FLATHEAD AGENCY. MONT. Volume 1 — Number 1 Nov»mb«r, 1956 Introduction to Activities Of the Flathead Reservation From Walter W. McDonald As this Char-Koosta goes to press, it should go down in the history of the Flathead Reservation that this is the first attempt to acquaint the member of this Tribe, and other interested parties, with the problems of this Reservation in writing. Usually the only information people get of the activities of this Reservation is verbally or through the Council minutes. The Tribal Council minutes have been a well-discussed subject. Some of the people feel they are too short and should be more specific. We are in hopes the Char-Koosta will find its way to the grass roots of the Indian people with information on the activities of this Reservation and acquaint them with our vast natural and human resources. I wish to thank Superintendent Stone and his staff for the cooperation he has pledged in behalf of this paper; and also the Tribal Council and their staff who has confirmed the idea of a newsletter. For myself I was appointed editor of this paper, consequently this paper has an editor who isn't a journalist, but I am very happy to assist in bringing to the Indian people in a news release the information I have gained through experience with this Reservation and the members of this Tribe as all I have to offer in getting this paper across to the public. There are many subjects and problems on this Reservation that the Char-Koosta will cover from time to time. There are also certain public relations that should be made, because of undeveloped resources and present enterprises. Recently a troup of 22 members of the Flathead Tribe participated in the All American Indian Days at Sheridan, Wyoming. This grand celebration is sponsored by the Kalif Shrine for crippled children (all proceeds to go to the hospitals for the care of crippled children.) This organization has * done wonders. In the first place, dis-- county and Canada with the poorer quality trees from the Reservation. The Christmas tree potential here on the Reservation is quite large and with proper harvesting methods could become one of the outstanding Christmas tree areas of the country, possibly even surpassing the Eureka-Fortine crimination has been liminated in Sherifan. It has promoted Indian culture to the extent that better costumes have been made to compete in a national show. In addition to the above subjects, the Flathead Tribe went to Sheridan on a publicity tour for the Tribal Bath House at Hot Springs This year the Hot Springs Enterprise is experiencing the biggest income in history, but there is a need of more advertisement. Being able to appear on this National All American Indian Days program, where an estimated crowd of between 20,000 and 30,000 people watched the parade Friday, Aug. 3, where the Flathead troupe won the grand national prize for 26 minutes of show, participating against 46 tribes, was the greatest publicity the Flathead Tribal Bath House could get. The Flathead cars were decorated with posters of the Hot Springs Bath House and Louis Tellier, acting as master of ceremonies, told the public of the location, investment, operations and the ownership of the Hot Springs Tribal Bath House. At the meeting in Sheridan, Glenn M. Emmons, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, was present to witness the last day of a colorful celebration. Mr. Emmons indicated recently through circular letters to the Superintendent for the Indian Tribes to contribute as much as possible in forming a satisfactory program on every Reservation. The purpose of Mr. Emmons' request is to discuss newer and major aspects of Bureau policies and program placing special emphasis on (1) prog-graming for social and economic improvement (2) education (3) relocation and (4) reservation economic development. In our future newsletters releases we certainly welcome any contribution the members of this Tribe want to offer on any of the above subjects. We welcome letters to the editor. The first of October, Superintendent Stone, J. . Swaney, Secretary-Treasurer of the Tribal Council, W. H. Morigeau, Vice-President of the Tribal Council and W. W. McDonald, president of the Tribal Council were called to a meeting by Glenn Emmons in Salt Lake City. There will be more in detail in the next issue of Char-Koosta regarding Mr. Emmon's program and ideas on the routine work with the Indian people. area. The name CHAR-KKOSTA is derived from the names of the most famous of the two tribe's hereditary chiefs, Chief Charlo of the Salish, and Chief Koostata of the Kootenai. These two men were pioneers in forming the confederation.
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LOS ANGELES -- Brad Stuart, who took the penalty that began the Sharks' worst two minutes and 41 seconds of their playoff history, was not going to run from the reality.
"I was just trying to make a dive at a puck," Stuart said of his misplay against Tyler Toffoli of the Los Angeles Kings. "And I didn't get the puck. And took him down."
And shortly after that, the Kings -- or karma, or bad luck, or slight defensive breakdowns, or all of the above -- took down the Sharks.
They will have a hard time getting back up. The Sharks had it all in their grasp Thursday night. They showed they could finally solve Kings goalie Jonathan Quick. They led 3-2 with 2:41 left in the third period. And then they lost it all. After two Shark penalties that were part bad luck, part bad decisions, the 3-2 lead turned into a 4-3 loss.
Instead of taking the series back to San Jose with one victory for each team, the Sharks return to HP Pavilion down two games to none. To have a genuine chance of winning the series, there is almost no choice now but for them to win Game 3 on Saturday and Game 4 on Tuesday.
"There are two ways for us to respond," Stuart said in a quiet Shark dressing room. "We can fold up and say, 'At least we tried.' Or we can say, 'We can win this series.' I think 5-on-5, we were the better team here. We've got to draw on that. We're going home. That's the good news."
The bad news is nearly everything else. It didn't have to be that way. After 89 minutes and 47 seconds of being shut out in the series the Shark offense showed it was indeed possible to not only score on Quick, but score multiple times.
Patrick Marleau did it first, halfway through the second period. Stuart did it next, five minutes later, on a laser of a shot from the point. In the third period came the most unlikely goal producer of all: Marc-Edouard Vlasic. The defenseman, in his seventh season with the Sharks, had failed to score in his 73 previous playoff games. But this one put the Sharks up 3-2.
And then, as if the hockey gods wanted a sick belly laugh, Stuart and Vlasic, who were lined up to be the game's stars, participated in their team's downfall.
Stuart took that tripping penalty with 2:41 left, giving the Kings a 5-on-4 power play. Just 22 seconds later, Vlasic challenged the Kings' Jeff Carter for the puck and wound up poking it over the glass inside the blue line.
That brought an automatic two-minute penalty for delay of game. The Kings suddenly had a 5-on-3 advantage -- though Vlasic believed Carter's stick had touched the puck last and deflected it. That would have instead meant a faceoff outside the Kings' offensive zone. Replays were inconclusive.
"And it doesn't matter what I think, anyway," Vlasic said. "It's done. It's over."
With the Staples Center crowd screaming support, the Kings weren't going to waste a 5-on-3 opportunity. The Sharks penalty killers held the fort for about half a minute until Dustin Brown tied it by whacking a puck that Sharks goalie Antti Niemi initially stopped but could not freeze.
The real shocker, however, came 22 seconds later when -- now back to the 5-on-4 advantage after Stuart left the penalty box -- the Kings' Trevor Lewis scored the winning goal on another scramble.
"We deserved a better fate tonight," team captain Joe Thornton said. "But that's playoff hockey. They did their job. They got two at home. Now we have to go home and do our job."
If they can. It won't be a snap. Thursday afternoon the Sharks learned they'll be without Raffi Torres for the rest of the series because of his suspension after his open-ice hit of the Kings' Jarret Stoll in Game 1. Torres, a solid ingredient for the Sharks over the past month, may or may not have made a difference Thursday. We'll never know.
However, anyone who has followed the beloved Los Tiburones over the years knows their playoff trail is littered with agonizing outcomes. But giving up two goals inside the final three minutes of a game to lose a lead and then lose a game ... it's hard to think of anything more devastating.
Stuart, who was sitting in the penalty box with Vlasic during the tying goal, admitted it was agonizing to watch.
"It's not a good feeling," Stuart said. "With a 5-on-3 this time of year . . . that's going to be tough. They got a lucky break and they took advantage of it."
It's the Sharks' choice what happens next. They have two games and at least 120 minutes in San Jose to decide.


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QUESTION: Recently, the Osage Beach Board of Aldermen expressed interest in addressing road concerns in west Osage Beach. Can much be done at this point to save business in that part of Osage Beach? What actions should the BOA or MoDOT take?
Might be too little, too late
All one has to do is take a look at the closed businesses on that stretch of road to see the impact of the highway. Out of the business, only a few remain. Do I think changing the road would have an impact? Certainly would not hurt. Will it help those who relocated or simply closed: no. They have already suffered the financial impact of a poorly designed expressway.
Though I think the Osage Beach leaders do have a certain amount of culpability here. They should not have waited until all these months later to now cry foul. They should have been proactive from day one and even before the expressway was started, to protect the businesses.
Nancy Steward
Linn Creek
Needs to be better access to the expressway
When the bypass was being pushed, the question was how will this new road impact businesses in Osage Beach. I indicated at that time that it would not be an unmixed blessing. We now see that the western business strip has to some extent been isolated.
Add to this the large expansion at the eastern end of the area has compounded the problem.
There must be a way to make west end access from the by pass easier from both directions. Failing that, the area will wither.
Francis Carr
Sunrise Beach
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In the bruising, high-dollar battle over California's Proposition 37, truth has often been a casualty.
On Nov. 6, voters will decide whether to approve the country's first law requiring labels for genetically modified foods. More than $36 million has flowed into the campaign so far, with opponents out raising supporters 8 to 1, led by $7 million from St. Louis-based biotech giant Monsanto.
Yet even as the campaigns start to heat up, both sides have already pushed questionable science, dubious studies and uncertain claims in pursuit of votes, underscoring that the stakes are high, and the fight testy.
"There are so many inaccuracies they are hard to count," said Stacy Malkan, a spokesman for the California Right to Know campaign, of the better-funded opposition.
The fight has been heated from the beginning. On the supporters' side, they argue that the measure is about the public's right to know what is in their food.
But they've touted studies suggesting -- though not concluding -- genetically-engineered foods pose a threat to humans, a stance at odds with both the federal government, the World Health Organization and the American Medical Association.
"They're trying to scare consumers into believing GE foods and biotech crops, that there's something wrong with them when the scientific evidence doesn't back that up," said Kathy Fairbanks, a spokeswoman for the No on 37 campaign. "They're making it up. It's not true."
example, last week the Right to Know campaign hastily organized a conference call for reporters to discuss a sensational French study showing Monsanto corn caused tumors in lab rats. Several days later, it re-emphasized the study in a press release.
But the study has been broadly questioned, including for using rats prone to tumors and for the small number of animals used. Several experts wondered how altering plant DNA could even trigger tumors.
"In my opinion, the methods, stats and reporting of results are all well below the standard I would expect in a rigorous study - to be honest I am surprised it was accepted for publication," said University of Cambridge professor David Spiegelhalter, one of a series of expert comments posted on the London-based Science Media Centre website, an independent clearinghouse for scientists to weigh in on current topics.
Malkan said the French study employed many the same methods as studies produced by the biotech industry. And she defended the campaign's touting of that and other studies as legitimate comment, not scare tactics.
"It's absolutely fair, because there are legitimate health concerns," Malkan said. She said the campaign's position is not that genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are dangerous, only that there are questions.
Biotech backers say technology could make crops more efficient and last longer, improving food delivery for a booming population here and abroad. Many authorities have signed off on genetic alterations to food, saying they are no different than traditional plant breeding.
Still, not everyone is comfortable with GMOs. Dominican Hospital owner Dignity Health is trying to remove GMO foods from its hospitals wherever possible. Sister Mary Ellen Leciejewski, ecology program coordinator, said improved labeling should help the network of more than 40 hospitals achieve its goal.
But the issue that seems to have inspired a cavalcade of newspaper editorial boards to auger against Prop 37 is one that the No on 37 campaign has hammered at from the beginning: that the measure is really a full employment act for trial lawyers.
That claim is debatable. The text of the law clearly allows lawyers to sue for injunctions to stop mislabeling of processed foods, and allows prevailing lawyers to collect costs and fees -- standard for legal cases.
But that is where the two sides part. The proposed law's author, environmental attorney James Wheaton, did help draft the controversial Prop 65, a law allowing for suits over exposure to toxic chemicals that some say has been abused.
But Wheaton maintains that Prop 37 is different from Prop 65, and at one point was quoted saying Prop 37 doesn't allow for legal windfalls in the form of penalties.
That's doesn't appear to be true. Right to Know campaign legal advisor Joe Sandler acknowledged that lawyers could win damage awards under the Consumer Legal Protection Act, though he maintained the two initiatives are different.
"It's not like Prop 65, where there are all kinds of incentives to bring suits and get big contingency fees," Sandler said.
Michael Steele, a San Francisco attorney who sometimes defends Prop 65 cases, disputed that. He said anyone who produces or sells mislabeled goods -- including mom-and-pop corner stores -- could be sued under the law, and that it does allow for damages.
"I think it's just a setup," Steele said.
Sandler disagreed, and said suits would be dismissed if companies corrected their labels. He added that Prop 37 gives companies a defense for honest mistakes: if their suppliers certify products are GMO-free, they're excused from any case.
"If you get certification from your supplier that this is not GMO, then you're protected," Sandler said.
Steele asserted Prop 37 is not clear on this point, but he did concede another point. Even if Prop 37 were passed without a litigation clause, trial lawyers could still sue over labeling -- the measure doesn't give them anything they don't already have.
Those suits could be filed under laws against deceptive advertising, or under broader statutes addressing unfair business practices. Though widely criticized, the latter law gives trial lawyers a wide berth when it comes to making claims against companies.
Despite those laws, Steele said the Prop 37 language concerns him, and probably makes it easier to file a suit.
"It raises the question of why all this additional stuff," he said.
In a press release, No on 37 even associated notorious trial lawyer Bill Lerach with the measure, noting archly Lerach's past dealings with Wheaton's firm and the fact that Lerach's wife, Michelle, donated $25,000 to the campaign.
But Lerach -- whose career focused on Wall Street misdeeds, not consumer law -- can't sue over Prop 37. He was disbarred in 2009 following a conviction for obstruction of justice related to suspect litigation tactics.
Also unmentioned is that while Michelle Lerach did donate to the Right to Know campaign, she has in interest in the debate -- she owns an organic cupcake business in La Jolla.
Both sides have also touted studies about the cost of Prop 37 without advertising that they, or their allies, paid for them. Understandably, those studies came to favorable conclusions for their respective patrons.
For example, the Right to Know campaign's website includes studies minimizing both the costs and any resulting litigation from Prop 37. Those studies, conducted by experts at George Washington University and Emory University School of Law, were both paid for by the Alliance for Natural Health, which supports the measure.
No on 37 has also produced two studies about the costs associated with Prop 37. One argues that Prop 37 would cost households up to a whopping $835 in added grocery costs a year, while the other argued it would cost the state's agricultural industry $1.2 billion.
If the first were true, that could top $10 billion in added household food costs across California. But that high-end figure assumed something that seems highly unlikely -- that the California food industry would switch to organics -- and far exceeds estimates in most other studies.
Merely changing labels was estimated to cost much less, but still $300 million to $800 million. That is closer to, but still much higher than, a 2003 Oregon study for a failed labeling vote there that found the costs to be $3 to $10 per person.
No on 37 paid for both studies. The former was produced by Boston-based Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants, which has been paid $55,000 by No on 37, according to state campaign finance reports. The report also includes loaded language, including 17 references to "bounty-hunter" lawsuits.
The latter was produced by two UC Davis professors. The school's ties to the biotech industry were documented in a 2007 investigation by the Sacramento Bee, and co-author Julian Alston was paid $30,000 by the No on 37 campaign, which is primarily funded by the biotech industry.
To come up with the $1.2 billion, the authors estimated the value of California crops used for processed good and applied a 3 percent premium, based on the meat industry's experience with a nationwide county-of-origin labeling law.
But when the U.S. Department of Agriculture originally published that rule, the agency singled out fruits and vegetables -- meats are exempt from Prop 37 -- as being easier and far cheaper to track than meat.
Report co-author Dan Sumner, a UC Davis agricultural economics professor, said the meat analogy is close to what he predicts for state growers, including extensive record-keeping and separate crop handling and processing.
"There's a case where they needed to separate the raw materials," Sumner said.
And neither study addresses that U.S. food producers already have to deal with labeling restrictions. With America's agriculture industry having worldwide reach, farms and producers are undoubtedly exporting to the European Union, Japan, China, Australia, Russia and more -- all countries with some form of GMO labeling laws.
"They don't have the lawsuit business and they don't have the zero tolerance that's coming," Sumner said, when asked why he didn't analyze this. "It's quite a different deal."
There are concerns about Prop 37, even from those that support it. One source of controversy is the amount of biotech product that would allowable before a GMO label must be applied.
The law sets that limit at one-half of one percent, and at zero beginning in 2019. A common standard is 0.9 percent, and while Whole Foods Market endorsed the measure, it wants some changes made if voters approve it.
"Because of the inconsistency in thresholds and the lack of Attorney General oversight, manufacturers could be compelled to label products with 'May be Partially Produced with Genetic Engineering' even if it is not the case to avoid costly litigation and protect themselves," the company wrote on its website.
The money being poured into the No on 37 campaign speaks to the biotech industry's concerns over the law. The vast majority of American processed food contains genetically-engineered foods.
And while newspaper editorial boards seem to be lining up against it, their money hasn't seemed to gain much traction with voters, at least yet. A Thursday L.A. Times poll shows more than 2 to 1 support for the measure, at 61 percent to 25 percent.
In addition, a Thursday tracking poll by the California Business Roundtable and Pepperdine University showed opposition to Prop 37 dropped over the last two weeks to 22 percent, while support remained unchanged at 66 percent.
"It appears to indicate that their campaign of lies is not working well," Malkan said.
But No on 37's campaign is just getting underway in earnest, having hit radio airwaves last week and rolling out television ads on Tuesday. Fairbanks pointed to part of the L.A. Times poll suggesting support drops once people learn more about the law.
"It seems like the more people learn about Prop 37, the less they like it. Which is a good sign," Fairbanks said.
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NYC Police Investigate Death of Mexican Diplomat's Son
New York City police were questioning a Mexican diplomat and his wife Wednesday following the death of their four-month-old son, a law enforcement official said.
Eduardo Rocha Bracamontes, 36 years old, and his wife, Gina Ximena, 26, took their infant to NYU Langone Medical Center Tuesday around 9 p.m., the official said.
The child, identified as Eduardo Rocha Oralle, was not breathing when he arrived at the hospital and and was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later, the official said.
Police were called to investigate the death around 1 a.m. Wednesday after an investigator with the medical examiner's office viewed the child's body and deemed the death suspicious because of "bruising on his hands, feet, back and genitalia," the official said.
"The baby expired at the hospital. When the medical examiner responded, he determined that an investigation should be done to determine more specifically the cause of death and that's what's going forward now," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said following an event in Brooklyn Wednesday.
Mr. Bracamontes was determined to be a member of the Mexican Consulate, but only has immunity during the performance of his duties, the official said. The Consulate General of Mexico in New York said in a statement that it is in contact with local authorities and, in accordance with international law, the family will be provided with assistance and protection.
The couple's East 32nd Street apartment has been cordoned off and an NYPD crime scene unit was investigating, the official said.
Officers from the NYPD's 14th precinct have been called to the home twice since September for verbal disputes that did not result in arrests, the official said.
The couple could not be reached for comment. It was unclear if they had retained an attorney.
Adam Janos contributed to this story.


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Betty Jane (Young) Biller, 61, of 9040 Gap Road, Waynesboro, died on Monday, March 4, 2013, in the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. Her death was unexpected and attributed to natural causes.
Born Dec. 8, 1951, in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Lester Young Sr. and Polly (Gardenhour) Young. She was a lifelong resident of the Waynesboro area.
She and her husband, the late Earl E. "Gene" "Country" Biller Sr., were married on Jan. 16, 1971, at Quincy United Methodist Home. They moved to the Gap Road address following the marriage. Mr. Biller died on April 2, 2003.
In her early life, Mrs. Biller worked at the Waynesboro Shoe Factory and Regency Thermographers, both in Waynesboro. She was currently employed for the Bartley Corp. in Silver Spring, Md., as a dispatcher.
Mrs. Biller enjoyed collecting baskets, feeding her birds, and going to flea markets.
She is survived by four sons, Ricky A. Young, Earl E. Biller Jr., Brent E. Biller and Jacob E. Biller, all of Waynesboro; her stepson, Sean E. Stottlemyer of Waynesboro; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Gwen Phillips of Waynesboro and Kitty Bequeath of Falling Waters, W.Va.; two brothers, Lester Young Jr. and Steve Young Sr., both of Waynesboro; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro. Burial will follow in Quincy Cemetery.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services Saturday morning in the funeral home.
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Darbi Craft, 52, of Ardmore, went to be with our Lord on Dec. 11, 2012, in Oklahoma City.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at AIM Praise Center, 420 Howard Drive, Del City, with Pastor Rick Baxter officiating.
Darbi was born in Oklahoma City, Oct. 11, 1960, to the late Jesse E. Tomlinson and Ruth Cratty Tomlinson. Darbi worked in sales most of her life. She always said it gave her the time to talk to people about the Lord. Darbi married the love of her life, Edward Lee Craft on Sept. 11, 1981.
She was preceded in death by Jesse E. Tomlinson; sister, Jody Ann Drake; son, Christopher Craft; and granddaughters, Jessica Shaw and Tynisha McGee.
She is survived by her husband of the home; daughters, Rachel L. Haskins, Nicole J. Craft, Brittney A. Fowler and Kayla Craft, all of Ardmore; sons, Corey D. Shaw and Trevor L. Craft of Oklahoma City; 17 grandchildren, all of Ardmore; brother, Scott Tomlinson and wife, Bonita of Oklahoma City; and a host of other family members and friends.
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Interim president named at Stillman College
School releases no details on Ernest McNealey's status
Published: Friday, September 6, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 6, 2013 at 11:41 p.m.
Stillman College has named an interim president, though a spokesperson for the private college was unable to confirm the employment status of President Ernest McNealey as of Friday night.
Peter Millet, provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been named the interim president, according to a statement released by Mary Sood, Stillman marketing and public relations director.
Sood said she did not have any further details about McNealey's status with the historically black college, adding that further comment about the situation would be coming from the Stillman board of trustees. Attempts to contact McNealey, Millet and members of the board of trustees Friday were unsuccessful.
McNealey has served as president of the small, private Presbyterian college for the past 16 years.
The news of Millet's appointment came a day after McNealey welcomed students and faculty back to campus during the annual fall convocation, where he predicted a bright year for the college, including the addition of four new majors and the planned launch of a center for religion and society.
The board of trustees hired McNealey to replace outgoing President Cordell Wynn in 1997.
McNealey had previously served as associate provost and dean of undergraduate academic affairs at SUNY Stony Brook.
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another false dichotomy....
there is no reason other than greed and obeisance to shareholders (sorry for the big words pump) for a company that "makes it" to abandon its core beliefs. por ejemplo, there is a difference between price club (now costco) and wal-mart. price club started small (and classy) in san diego (balboa #101) and grew to huge success... but unlike wal-mart, they STILL provide a living wage (more than $10 an hour more than wal-mart) and benefits and don't limit the number of full time staff to push the burden of health care of its employees onto the public. result? go into a store. costco has one of the highest customer AND employee satisfaction rates, while wal-mart has the lowest (as reported by numerous self-surveys including consumer reports). costco doesn't go into a neighborhood to undercut its competition to be the only dog in town. it has a specific range of goods that it sells and maintains well to a specific crowd...with excellent customer service and a quite liberal return policy. the scorched-earth policy of some big chains is self defeating, for it creates an environment where there are fewer consumers for the very goods they sell. when nike and others step out of their expertise to sell a cheaper product that will run the small businessman out, there is only one motive: profit. it is not filling a needed demand, nor is it adding quality to the life of the public it purports to serve. is it legal? sure. being an a$$h0le is legal too. that doesn't make it a good policy. dog-eat -dog business is short sighted and ultimately moronic. making it big time does not necessarily translate into being exploitative. hopefully the days of the company store (the wal-mart model) will not return.
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The American Monopoly will only continue to grow as long as our paychecks allow them to. The problem doesn't stem from nike trying to get into a niche market, it stems from the economy as a whole. As the price for goods continue to rise, we as the nations consumers are forced to either make more money or look for the best deals.... which is why the walmarts and targets are so successful these days.
Now what I cannot seem to grasp, is the fact that a company like nike, who has severely marked up their prices since the start of their company, can continue to grow and infiltrate niche markets and overwhelm them with high prices.
I have never liked the "surf industry" or any sports "industry" for that matter, I have always done things because I enjoy them, not because I like the look, but the look is what keeps companies in business and is why they can afford to pay ambassadors the big money. Quite frankly I could give a **** less if nike wants to run everyone out of town, eventually everything will wipe itself out and we will have to start over.
If you ever get the chance read Yvon Chouinards book, Let my People go Surfing. Its a good read about how a business should be run to stay sustainable through the cycle of the world.
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Wow...this thread is legit.
Although surfing is getting saturated with players/surfers i must say, I surfed EL Porto in Cali (head high day, marquee spot), tons of surfers in the water but only a handful catching waves. No problems here, i had a blast.
Surf NJ whenever there's a wave and ALWAYS go the opposite direction of the crowds. Usually its just sheeple following each other. the blind leading the blind. It's amazing how a sport that lends itself to individuality is filled with so many followers....
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Aug 2, 2012, 02:23 PM #79
i would say that they already DO 'contribute back' in the form of taxes and providing jobs for people.
i do agree with the local shop thing. I will support them as long as they don't try to gouge me and/or hire idiotic employees.
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The funny thing is, communites complain about Wal-Mart or Target coming into their areas, but then the parking lots are jammed with these same people from the day they open. Obviously, these companies are fulfilling a demand that either wasn't being met by existing retailers or are doing it more cheaply than existing retailers. Either that or the residents didn't really care either way, but wanted to complain about something.
If a mom and pop shop can't find a way to compete with Wal-Mart on price, they need to differentiate their shop in another way (customer service, return policy, delivery, higher quality goods, whatever). If they can't do that, they won't survive. If the public demands cheap, low quality crap from China because they don't care about having to replace their (fill in the blank) every year, and they don't care about exploitation of labor overseas, and they don't care about the environmental ramifications (both from production and disposition of crappy goods), then the Wal-Marts of the world will continue to thrive, especially in an economy where those at the margins can barely survive.
Personally, I shop where I get the best service and the best quality for my money. If I go into a local shop or big-box store and get crappy service, I typically won't go back ever again even if they have the best prices. Taking this back to Nike and surfing - the vast majority of hardcore surfers aren't going to buy Nike gear. It's going to be wannabes, kooks, and trend followers - ie, those who either don't know any better or aren't going to be surfing for long.
It seems to me like we're seeing a trend away from the Wal-Marts of the world and more towards the local economy lately, but maybe I'm wrong. There's nothing wrong with profit, but profit earned unethically is not acceptable.