los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- instead of resuming contract talks to prevent a hollywood movie and tv production shutdown , screen actors guild -lrb- sag -rrb- members were in court tuesday fighting over who should lead those negotiations . doug allen was the executive director of the screen actors guild until he was fired by the board . sag 's board fired executive director doug allen and named a new chief negotiator last week amid a bitter division among the actors over the question of calling a strike against the alliance of motion picture and television producers -lrb- amptp -rrb- . the new negotiators arranged for contract talks to resume tuesday , after several months of a deadlock , but a faction of union filed a complaint monday disputing allen 's firing . `` in light of this circumstance , both parties have agreed to a postponement of their meeting and will reschedule at a later date , '' a sag statement said . the familiar brown signs are set up to show tourists where to find an area 's finest attractions . so visitors to dornoch 's golf course or the sutherland town 's historic cathedral were surprised instead to be pointed in the direction of some toilets , the local gp ... and an abattoir . and even if bewildered tourists did suddenly fancy a trip to the slaughterhouse , they would discover it is in the process of being demolished . liam treadwell has been booked for the ride on michael scudamore-trained monbeg dude in saturday 's crabbie 's grand national . treadwell won the race on venetia williams-trained 100-1 shot mon mome in 2009 . the ride on former welsh national winner monbeg dude was available because his two regular jockeys , tom scudamore and paul carberry have already got rides . liam treadwell - pictured after winning the grand national in 2009 - has been booked to ride monbeg dude . treadwell rode venetia williams-trained 100-1 shot mon mome to victory at aintree five years ago . scudamore rides soll for his boss david pipe and carberry , who rode monbeg dude to be seventh in last year 's national , is on gordon elliott 's cause of causes . genetically engineering plants and crops to change their dna has been a cause of much controversy in recent years . but new research has found that mother nature might be making its own gm food , as sweet potatoes have been found to genetically modify themselves . and this seems to have been occurring for thousands of years , meaning humans have been unknowingly eating gm foods for much longer than they thought . scientists in belgium say all sweet potatoes -lrb- stock image shown -rrb- contain ` foreign dna ' . agrobacterium bacteria in the crop exchanges genes between species . this makes sweet potatoes a ` natural genetically modified organism ' . and humans have been eating it for thousands of years . the remarkable finding of ` foreign dna ' in the vegetable shows that it contains a type of natural genetically modified organism -lrb- gmo -rrb- . a los angeles judge rejected their request for an injunction , finding `` that the notice and application for the injunction , as well as the underlying complaint , were procedurally defective , '' according to a statement issued tuesday afternoon by sag . the statement said the plaintiffs told the judge they would be back thursday with amended papers asking for an injunction to restore allen to the post . the actors have been working without a contract since june 30 . the two sides have been at odds mainly over the amount actors should be paid when their movies or tv shows are distributed on discs or through `` new media , '' such as mobile phones and the internet . monbeg dude has a high profile because he is owned by a trio of well-known rugby union players headed by former england captain mike tindall . the research was conducted by scientists from ghent university in belgium and the international potato institute -lrb- cip -rrb- . sweet potato is one of the most important food crops for human consumption , especially in sub-sahara africa , parts of asia and the pacific islands . it is one of the earliest domesticated crops with archeological findings in caves of the cholca canyon in peru that are 8,000 to 10,000 years old . despite the name , sweet potato is not related to potato ; we eat the tuber from potato , while from sweet potato mainly the storage root is eaten . on a visit to the scottish town of dornoch , tourists are pointed towards the local slaughterhouse . his wife , zara phillips , the queen 's granddaughter , has helped with schooling a gelding who once had jumping issues . rugby union star mike tindall co-owns monbeg dude - his wife zara phillips has helped with schooling . visitors to dornoch , pictured , have to move quickly if they wish to visit the abattoir - as its being demolished . the bizarre sign caused an online stir after it was posted on twitter and retweeted by scots crime writer ian rankin . the photo was originally put online by jon palmer from the cheese house , cromarty , who tweeted : ` market day tomorrow in the town that has all bases covered when it comes to tourist attractions . ' other sweet potato parts are edible , such as the leaves . it is not the first instance of natural gmos to be found , but it is the first in sweet potatoes - a major crop plant . and the researchers say sweet potatoes all over the world contain this genetic modification . the study focused around bacteria called agrobacterium , sometimes referred to as ` nature 's genetic engineer . ' it is known to do something called ` horizontal gene transfer ' , which involves exchanging genes between different species - in contrast to normal gene transfer within one species . agrobacterium is specialised to transfer part of its own dna , called t-dna , to plants - and it was this t-dna that was found in sweet potatoes . in total the researchers studied 291 samples of sweet potato from the americas , africa , asia and oceania , and found evidence of agrobacterium in all of them . agrobacterium is known to do something called ` horizontal gene transfer ' , which involves exchanging genes between different species - in contrast to normal gene transfer within one species . this so-called transgenic process is similar to the artificial process induced by humans -lrb- stock image shown -rrb- . sweet potato -lrb- shown -rrb- is one of the most important food crops for human consumption , especially in sub-sahara africa , parts of asia and the pacific islands . it is one of the earliest domesticated crops with archeological findings in caves of the cholca canyon in peru that are 8,000 to 10,000 years old . the tweet then quickly drew a series of facetious online comments . stephen foster asked : ` sweeney todd lives anywhere nearby ? ' malcolm ramsay said : ` a trip to dornoch ? it 's kill or cure ... ' gavin sutherland of gavin 's traditional butchers , based in the nearby retail park in dornoch , said yesterday of the abattoir : ` it has been knocked to the ground . they are demolishing it as we speak . it 's been derelict for four or five years . ' brown signs normally only point to attractions or sites of historic significance . a highland council spokesman said : ` we are looking into the current status and accuracy of the sign in question . ' ` the natural presence of agrobacterium t-dna in sweet potato and its stable inheritance during evolution is a beautiful example of the possibility of dna exchange across species barriers , ' said dr lieve gheysen , one of the researchers involved . ` it demonstrates that genetic modification also happens in nature . ' the research suggests that the bacterial dna may have adapted sweet potato for thousands of years in the natural process . the transgenic process - a gene that has been transferred naturally - is similar to the artificial process induced by humans . however , the difference pointed out by the resarchers is that we can control the man-made process , while the natural process is out of our hands . ` in comparison to `` natural '' gmos , that are beyond our control , human-made gmos have the advantage that we know exactly which characteristic we add to the plant , ' said dr gheysen .
new : judge denies injunction by faction of sag as ` procedurally defective ' faction of union had filed complaint disputing firing of former negotiator . screen actors guild divided over strike question . sag 's contract with producers ran out june 30 .
los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- instead of resuming contract talks to prevent a hollywood movie and tv production shutdown , screen actors guild -lrb- sag -rrb- members were in court tuesday fighting over who should lead those negotiations . doug allen was the executive director of the screen actors guild until he was fired by the board . sag 's board fired executive director doug allen and named a new chief negotiator last week amid a bitter division among the actors over the question of calling a strike against the alliance of motion picture and television producers -lrb- amptp -rrb- . the new negotiators arranged for contract talks to resume tuesday , after several months of a deadlock , but a faction of union filed a complaint monday disputing allen 's firing . `` in light of this circumstance , both parties have agreed to a postponement of their meeting and will reschedule at a later date , '' a sag statement said . the familiar brown signs are set up to show tourists where to find an area 's finest attractions . so visitors to dornoch 's golf course or the sutherland town 's historic cathedral were surprised instead to be pointed in the direction of some toilets , the local gp ... and an abattoir . and even if bewildered tourists did suddenly fancy a trip to the slaughterhouse , they would discover it is in the process of being demolished . liam treadwell has been booked for the ride on the vegetable shows that it contains a type of natural genetically modified organism -lrb- gmo -rrb- . a los angeles judge rejected their request for an injunction , finding `` that the notice and application for the injunction , as well as the underlying complaint , were procedurally defective , '' according to a statement issued tuesday afternoon by sag . the statement said the plaintiffs told the judge they would be back thursday with amended papers asking for an injunction to restore allen to the post . the actors have been working without a contract since june 30 . the two sides have been at odds mainly over the amount actors should be paid when their movies or tv shows are distributed on discs or through `` new media , '' such as mobile phones and the internet . monbeg dude has a high profile because he is owned by a trio of well-known rugby union players headed by former england captain mike tindall . the research was conducted by scientists from ghent university in belgium and the international potato institute -lrb- cip -rrb- . sweet potato is one of the most important food crops for human consumption , especially in sub-sahara africa , parts of asia and the pacific islands . it is one of the earliest domesticated crops with archeological findings in caves of the cholca canyon in peru that are 8,000 to 10,000 years old . despite the name , sweet potato is not related to potato ; we eat the tuber from potato , while from sweet potato mainly the storage root is eaten . on a visit to the scottish town of dornoch , tourists are pointed towards the local slaughterhouse . his wife , zara phillips , the queen 's granddaughter , has helped with schooling a gelding who once had jumping issues . rugby union star mike tindall co-owns monbeg dude - his wife zara phillips has helped with schooling . visitors to dornoch , pictured , have to move quickly if they wish to visit the abattoir - as its being demolished . the bizarre sign caused an online stir after it was posted on twitter and retweeted by scots crime writer ian rankin . the photo was originally put online by jon palmer from the cheese house , cromarty , who tweeted : ` market day tomorrow in the town that has all bases covered when it comes to tourist attractions . ' other sweet potato parts are edible , such as the leaves . it is not the first instance of natural gmos to be found , but it is the first in sweet potatoes - a major crop plant . and the researchers say sweet potatoes all over the world contain this genetic modification . the study focused around bacteria called agrobacterium , sometimes referred to as ` nature 's genetic engineer . ' it is known to do something called ` horizontal gene transfer ' , which involves exchanging genes between different species - in contrast to normal gene for four or five years . ' brown signs normally only point to attractions or sites of historic significance . a highland council spokesman said : ` we are looking into the current status and accuracy of the sign in question . ' ` the natural presence of agrobacterium t-dna in sweet potato and its stable inheritance during evolution is a beautiful example of the possibility of dna exchange across species barriers , ' said dr lieve gheysen , one of the researchers involved . ` it demonstrates that genetic modification also happens in nature . ' the research suggests that the bacterial dna may have adapted sweet potato for thousands of years in the natural process . the transgenic process - a gene that has been transferred naturally - is similar to the artificial process induced by humans . however , the difference pointed out by the resarchers is that we can control the man-made process , while the natural process is out of our hands . ` in comparison to `` natural '' gmos , that are beyond our control , human-made gmos have the advantage that we know exactly which characteristic we add to the plant , ' said dr gheysen .
los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- instead of resuming contract talks to prevent a hollywood movie and tv production shutdown , screen actors guild -lrb- sag -rrb- members were in court tuesday fighting over who should lead those negotiations . doug allen was the executive director of the screen actors guild until he was fired by the board . sag 's board fired executive director doug allen and named a new chief negotiator last week amid a bitter division among the actors over the question of calling a strike against the alliance of motion picture and television producers -lrb- amptp -rrb- . the new negotiators arranged for contract talks to resume tuesday , after several months of a deadlock , but a faction of union filed a complaint monday disputing allen 's firing . `` in light of this circumstance , both parties have agreed to a postponement of their meeting and will reschedule at a later date , '' a sag statement said . the familiar brown signs are set up to show tourists where to find an area 's finest attractions . so visitors to dornoch 's golf course or the sutherland town 's historic cathedral were surprised instead to be pointed in the direction of some toilets , the local gp ... and an abattoir . and even if bewildered tourists did suddenly fancy a trip to the slaughterhouse , they would discover it is in the process of being demolished . liam treadwell has been booked for the ride on the vegetable shows that it contains a type of natural genetically modified organism -lrb- gmo -rrb- . a los angeles judge rejected their request for an injunction , finding `` that the notice and application for the injunction , as well as the underlying complaint , were procedurally defective , '' according to a statement issued tuesday afternoon by sag . the statement said the plaintiffs told the judge they would be back thursday with amended papers asking for an injunction to restore allen to the post . the actors have been working without a contract since june 30 . the two sides have been at odds mainly over the amount actors should be paid when their movies or tv shows are distributed on discs or through `` new media , '' such as mobile phones and the internet . monbeg dude has a high profile because he is owned by a trio of well-known rugby union players headed by former england captain mike tindall . the research was conducted by scientists from ghent university in belgium and the international potato institute -lrb- cip -rrb- . sweet potato is one of the most important food crops for human consumption , especially in sub-sahara africa , parts of asia and the pacific islands . it is one of the earliest domesticated crops with archeological findings in caves of the cholca canyon in peru that are 8,000 to 10,000 years old . despite the name , sweet potato is not related to potato ; we eat the tuber from potato , while from sweet potato mainly the storage root is eaten . on a visit to the scottish town of dornoch , tourists are pointed towards the local slaughterhouse . his wife , zara phillips , the queen 's granddaughter , has helped with schooling a gelding who once had jumping issues . rugby union star mike tindall co-owns monbeg dude - his wife zara phillips has helped with schooling . visitors to dornoch , pictured , have to move quickly if they wish to visit the abattoir - as its being demolished . the bizarre sign caused an online stir after it was posted on twitter and retweeted by scots crime writer ian rankin . the photo was originally put online by jon palmer from the cheese house , cromarty , who tweeted : ` market day tomorrow in the town that has all bases covered when it comes to tourist attractions . ' other sweet potato parts are edible , such as the leaves . it is not the first instance of natural gmos to be found , but it is the first in sweet potatoes - a major crop plant . and the researchers say sweet potatoes all over the world contain this genetic modification . the study focused around bacteria called agrobacterium , sometimes referred to as ` nature 's genetic engineer . ' it is known to do something called ` horizontal gene transfer ' , which involves exchanging genes between different species - in contrast to normal gene human consumption , especially in sub-sahara africa , parts of asia and the pacific islands . it is one of the earliest domesticated crops with archeological findings in caves of the cholca canyon in peru that are 8,000 to 10,000 years old . the tweet then quickly drew a series of facetious online comments . stephen foster asked : ` sweeney todd lives anywhere nearby ? ' malcolm ramsay said : ` a trip to dornoch ? it 's kill or cure ... ' gavin sutherland of gavin 's traditional butchers , based in the nearby retail park in dornoch , said yesterday of the abattoir : ` it has been knocked to the ground . they are demolishing it as we speak . it 's been derelict naturally - is similar to the artificial process induced by humans . however , the difference pointed out by the resarchers is that we can control the man-made process , while the natural process is out of our hands . ` in comparison to `` natural '' gmos , that are beyond our control , human-made gmos have the advantage that we know exactly which characteristic we add to the plant , ' said dr gheysen .
los angeles, california -lrb- cnn -- instead resuming contract talks to prevent a hollywood movie and tv production shutdown screen actors guild sag -rrb- members were in court tuesday fighting who lead those negotiations. doug allen was the executive director the screen actors guild until. sag 's board fired executive director doug allen and named a new chief negotiator last amid a bitter division the actors over the question calling against the alliance of motion picture -lrb- amptp -rrb-. the new negotiators arranged contract talks tuesday, after a deadlock, but a faction union filed monday disputing allen 's firing `` in light this circumstance, both parties at, '' a sag statement. the familiar brown signs are set tourists where an area 's finest attractions. so visitors dornoch 's golf course or the sutherland town 's historic cathedral were surprised instead be pointed some toilets, local gp... and an abattoir. and even bewildered tourists did suddenly fancy the slaughterhouse, discover is in the process liam treadwell has booked the ride michael scudamore-trained monbeg dude in saturday 's crabbie 's grand national. treadwell won the race on venetia williams-trained 100-1 shot mon mome 2009. the ride on former welsh national winner monbeg dude was available because his two regular jockeys, tom scudamore paul carberry have got rides. liam treadwell - pictured after winning grand national in 2009 booked to ride monbeg dude. treadwell rode venetia williams-trained 100-1 shot mon mome to victory aintree five. scudamore rides soll for his boss david pipe and carberry, who rode monbeg dude be seventh last year 's national, is on gordon elliott 's cause causes. genetically engineering plants crops change their dna has a cause. but new research mother nature might making its own gm food, as sweet potatoes genetically. and this seems occurring thousands, meaning humans unknowingly eating gm foods much thought scientists in belgium say all sweet potatoes -lrb- stock image shown -rrb- contain ` foreign dna '. agrobacterium bacteria in the crop exchanges genes species. this makes sweet potatoes ` natural genetically organism. and humans eating it. the remarkable finding ` foreign dna the vegetable shows contains a type natural genetically modified organism -lrb- gmo -rrb-. a los angeles judge rejected their request, finding `` the notice application, the underlying complaint defective, '' according tuesday sag. the statement said the plaintiffs told back thursday with amended papers asking restore allen to the post. the actors have working without june 30. the two sides at mainly the amount actors when their movies or distributed on discs through `` new media, such the internet. monbeg dude has a high profile because owned a trio well-known rugby union players headed former england captain mike tindall. the research scientists ghent university belgium the international potato institute -lrb- cip -rrb-. sweet potato is, especially sub-sahara africa parts asia it one the earliest domesticated crops with archeological findings caves the cholca canyon peru that 8,000. despite the name, sweet potato related ; we eat the tuber from potato, while from mainly the storage root eaten. on a visit the scottish town dornoch, tourists pointed the local slaughterhouse. his wife, zara phillips the queen 's granddaughter has helped with schooling a gelding who once jumping issues rugby union star mike tindall co monbeg dude - his wife zara phillips has helped with schooling. visitors dornoch, pictured, move quickly if - as its being demolished. the bizarre sign caused an online stir twitter and scots crime writer ian rankin. the photo originally put jon palmer from the cheese house, cromarty who tweeted : ` market day tomorrow in the town that all bases covered when tourist attractions. ' other sweet potato parts edible, such the leaves. it the first instance natural gmos to, in sweet potatoes - a major crop plant. and the researchers say sweet potatoes all over contain this genetic modification. the study focused around bacteria called, sometimes ` nature 's genetic engineer ' it known do something called ` horizontal gene transfer exchanging - contrast within. agrobacterium is specialised transfer part its own dna, called t-dna plants - was found sweet potatoes. in total the researchers studied 291 samples sweet potato from the americas, africa asia evidence in agrobacterium is known do something ` horizontal gene transfer ' exchanging - contrast within. this so-called transgenic process similar the artificial process induced humans -lrb- stock image shown -rrb-. sweet potato -lrb- shown -rrb- is one, especially sub-sahara africa parts asia it one the earliest domesticated crops with archeological findings caves the cholca canyon peru that 8,000. the tweet then quickly drew a series facetious online comments. stephen foster asked : ` sweeney todd lives anywhere nearby? ' malcolm ramsay said : ` a trip dornoch? it 's kill or cure... ' gavin sutherland of gavin 's traditional butchers, based the nearby retail park dornoch yesterday of : ` it knocked to. they demolishing it as. it 's been derelict. ' brown signs normally only point attractions sites. a highland council spokesman : ` we looking the current status and accuracy the sign in. ' ` the natural presence agrobacterium t-dna sweet potato and its stable inheritance during evolution a beautiful example the possibility dna exchange across species barriers, ' said dr lieve gheysen one. ` it demonstrates genetic modification also happens. ' the research suggests the bacterial dna may adapted sweet potato for thousands the natural process. the transgenic process - a gene has transferred naturally - similar the artificial process induced humans. however, the difference pointed the resarchers we control the man-made process, while out ` in comparison `` natural '' gmos, that are beyond our control, know exactly which characteristic add the plant, ' said dr gheysen
los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- instead of resuming contract talks to prevent a hollywood movie and tv production shutdown , screen actors guild -lrb- sag -rrb- members were in court tuesday fighting over who should lead those negotiations . doug allen was the executive director of the screen actors guild until he was fired by the board . sag 's board fired executive director doug allen and named a new chief negotiator last week amid a bitter division among the actors over the question of calling a strike against the alliance of motion picture and television producers -lrb- amptp -rrb- . the new negotiators arranged for contract talks to resume tuesday , after several months of a deadlock , but a faction of union filed a complaint monday disputing allen 's firing . `` in light of this circumstance , both parties have agreed to a postponement of their meeting and will reschedule at a later date , '' a sag statement said . the familiar brown signs are set up to show tourists where to find an area 's finest attractions . so visitors to dornoch 's golf course or the sutherland town 's historic cathedral were surprised instead to be pointed in the direction of some toilets , the local gp ... and an abattoir . and even if bewildered tourists did suddenly fancy a trip to the slaughterhouse , they would discover it is in the process of being demolished . liam treadwell has been booked for the ride on the vegetable shows that it contains a type of natural genetically modified organism -lrb- gmo -rrb- . a los angeles judge rejected their request for an injunction , finding `` that the notice and application for the injunction , as well as the underlying complaint , were procedurally defective , '' according to a statement issued tuesday afternoon by sag . the statement said the plaintiffs told the judge they would be back thursday with amended papers asking for an injunction to restore allen to the post . the actors have been working without a contract since june 30 . the two sides have been at odds mainly over the amount actors should be paid when their movies or tv shows are distributed on discs or through `` new media , '' such as mobile phones and the internet . monbeg dude has a high profile because he is owned by a trio of well-known rugby union players headed by former england captain mike tindall . the research was conducted by scientists from ghent university in belgium and the international potato institute -lrb- cip -rrb- . sweet potato is one of the most important food crops for human consumption , especially in sub-sahara africa , parts of asia and the pacific islands . it is one of the earliest domesticated crops with archeological findings in caves of the cholca canyon in peru that are 8,000 to 10,000 years old . despite the name , sweet potato is not related to potato ; we eat the tuber from potato , while from sweet potato mainly the storage root is eaten . on a visit to the scottish town of dornoch , tourists are pointed towards the local slaughterhouse . his wife , zara phillips , the queen 's granddaughter , has helped with schooling a gelding who once had jumping issues . rugby union star mike tindall co-owns monbeg dude - his wife zara phillips has helped with schooling . visitors to dornoch , pictured , have to move quickly if they wish to visit the abattoir - as its being demolished . the bizarre sign caused an online stir after it was posted on twitter and retweeted by scots crime writer ian rankin . the photo was originally put online by jon palmer from the cheese house , cromarty , who tweeted : ` market day tomorrow in the town that has all bases covered when it comes to tourist attractions . ' other sweet potato parts are edible , such as the leaves . it is not the first instance of natural gmos to be found , but it is the first in sweet potatoes - a major crop plant . and the researchers say sweet potatoes all over the world contain this genetic modification . the study focused around bacteria called agrobacterium , sometimes referred to as ` nature 's genetic engineer . ' it is known to do something called ` horizontal gene transfer ' , which involves exchanging genes between different species - in contrast to normal gene
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