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Springfield Public School District – BSEA # 14-04388
In Re: Springfield Public School District
BSEA # 1404388
RULING ON PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS
The Springfield School District (Springfield) filed a hearing request with the BSEA. Student filed a response that included counterclaims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Springfield has now filed a Partial Motion to Dismiss, seeking to dismiss all of Student's counterclaims under the ADA. It is not disputed that Springfield falls under the mandates of the ADA, but Springfield takes the position that the Bureau of Special Education Appeals (BSEA) lacks the authority to resolve ADA claims. Student disagrees and filed an opposition. A telephonic motion hearing was held on February 19, 2014.1
BSEA Hearing Rules and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration and Finance Adjudicatory Rules of Practice and Procedure both provide that a Hearing Officer may allow a motion to dismiss if the moving party fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.2
Similarly under the federal rules, " to survive a motion to dismiss, a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face."3 A motion to dismiss may be allowed if the court finds "beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief."4
Therefore, dismissal is inappropriate unless Student, as the non-moving party, can prove no set of facts in support of her claims. The Hearing Officer must consider Student's claims based upon any theory of law and must consider the allegations in the hearing request to be true, as well as all reasonable inferences in the Student's favor.5
The portion of the ADA at issue in the instant dispute is Title II, which prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities by public entities.6 Title II "is modeled on § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act" but extends the reach of § 504 to state and local governmental entities that do not receive federal financial assistance .7 Because of the similarity of these statutes, in applying Title II of the ADA, the First Circuit "rel[ies] interchangeably on decisional law applying § 504."8
As pointed out in Student's opposition, notwithstanding these similarities, there may be important differences between Section 504 and Title II of the ADA.
Both the IDEA and Section 504 include a FAPE requirement. "FAPE under the IDEA and FAPE as defined in the Section 504 regulations are similar but not identical."9 Federal Section 504 regulations provide that implementing an IEP that provides a FAPE under the IDEA is sufficient, but not necessary, to satisfy the FAPE requirements of Section 504.10
The ADA includes no FAPE requirement. Student points out correctly that an ADA complaint (as compared to a Section 504 complaint) may arguably not be dismissed solely on the basis of a finding that Springfield has proposed an IEP that is reasonably calculated to provide FAPE.
Equally important, Student's counterclaims include a number of allegations under the ADA that have no counterpart under Section 504 regulations applicable to Springfield. For example, Student takes the position that the ADA requires Springfield to engage in an interactive process with Student's mother in an attempt to reach an agreement on an accommodation or modification to Springfield's policies, practices, programs and activities, and Student alleges that Springfield failed to do so.11
Similar to federal courts, the jurisdiction of the BSEA is limited in that BSEA Hearing Officers possess only that power expressly granted—for example, by regulation or statute.12 There may be exceptions to this rule—for example, when a claim is inextricably intertwined with a student's special education rights such as when a contract between the parties changes the special education responsibilities of a school district. But, ultimately, BSEA jurisdiction must be grounded within the regulations and statute that describe its role and responsibilities.
BSEA's general grant authority is found within the federal special education law (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA), which provides that a BSEA Hearing Officer has jurisdiction with respect to a "complaint . . . with respect to any matter relating to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education to such child".13 On the basis of this authority (and related state statute and regulations), the BSEA resolves special education disputes between parents/students and their school districts.
State special education regulations have extended this jurisdiction to include a parent's (and student's) claims regarding "any issue involving the denial of the free appropriate public education guaranteed by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as set forth in 34 CFR §§104.31-104.39."14
The BSEA's jurisdiction does not explicitly extend to the ADA. As noted above, Section 504 and the ADA are sufficiently different so that one may not simply impute jurisdiction of the ADA on the basis of the BSEA's jurisdiction over Section 504, and one may not simply address Student's Section 504 rights and, without further analysis, resolve any and all claims under the ADA. In other words, despite the similarities of judicial decisions interpreting these statutes as noted by the First Circuit, Section 504 and the ADA are two separate and distinct statutes. Also, Student's rights under the IDEA and Section 504 are not sufficiently intertwined with Student's rights under the ADA, so that I must determine Student's rights under the ADA in order to resolve Student's special education claims or Student's claims under Section 504. All of this supports dismissal of Student's ADA claims as beyond the jurisdictional authority of the BSEA.
Student argues to the contrary. Recognizing the lack of explicit jurisdictional authority over ADA claims , Student takes the position that because the BSEA's authority under the IDEA (quoted above) includes consideration of any matter relating to Student's "educational placement", the BSEA would have authority to consider Student's claim that her current placement is unduly restrictive and violates the integration mandate of the ADA. But, this argument goes too far. Student's argument, if accepted, would grant jurisdiction to the BSEA to consider literally any claim (even those completely unrelated to Student's special education rights) that may be relevant to Student's educational placement—for example, a claim of gender discrimination or a claim of a building code violation. I am aware of no judicial or administrative decision that would support the argument that simply because Student's educational placement allegedly violates the ADA, the BSEA has jusrisdictional authority to consider that claim.
Alternatively, Student argues that even if a BSEA Hearing Officer does not have the jurisdictional authority to rule on her ADA claims, an evidentiary hearing must encompass separate fact-finding on the alleged ADA violations. In support of this proposition, Student relies on Frazier v. Fairhaven School Committee , 276 F. 3d 52, 60-62 (1 st Cir. 2002) and subsequent federal District Court decisions in Massachusetts interpreting Frazier .
In Frazier v. Fairhaven School Committee , the First Circuit held " that a plaintiff who alleges that local educational officials have flouted her right to a free and appropriate public education may not bring suit for money damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 without first exhausting the administrative process established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)."15 The Court explained that exhaustion "makes sense because [it] enables the [educational] agency to develop a factual record, to apply its expertise to the problem, to exercise its discretion, and to correct its own mistakes, and is credited with promoting accuracy, efficiency, agency autonomy, and judicial economy.16
Focusing on this language that explains why exhaustion "makes sense", Student seeks to read Frazier for the proposition that fact-finding is required whenever the BSEA has expertise regarding the subject matter of the claim, regardless of the statutory basis of that claim. Thus, the argument goes, Student's ADA claim includes alleged violations of least restrictive alternative principles found within the IDEA and Section 504, and the BSEA has expertise regarding these principles. Therefore, the BSEA should, according to Student, assert jurisdiction for purposes of exhaustion and fact-finding under Frazier .
Frazier and its progeny are exhaustion cases. They explain when the BSEA's IDEA administrative procedures must be utilized prior to a party going to court. The cases have concluded that even though the BSEA may not be able to award the requested relief—for example, monetary damages—exhaustion may nevertheless be necessary so that administrative fact-finding may occur.
Student is correct that Frazier may result in exhaustion (and therefore fact-finding) beyond a student's claims under the IDEA. For example, t he district and appellate courts in Frazier dismissed on exhaustion grounds the student's 42 USC § 1983 and Section 504 claims. But, exhaustion of IDEA administrative proceedings was required in Frazier only because those claims "are … rooted in an alleged violation of the IDEA".17 The BSEA's administrative expertise provides a rationale supporting the general purposes of exhaustion; but I am aware of no judicial authority supporting the proposition that this expertise, by itself, is sufficient to require exhaustion of BSEA fact-finding proceedings.
I also do not accept the premise of Student's argument, which is that the BSEA has expertise regarding all of the alleged violations contained within Student's ADA claims. No doubt, some of Student's alleged ADA violations are quite similar to her claims under the IDEA and Section 504, and for this purpose the BSEA fact-finding under the IDEA and Section 504 may provide guidance to the courts when considering Student's ADA claims. But, once one enters into the details of the ADA procedural requirements, the fact-finding would likely go beyond the experience and expertise of a special education hearing officer, thereby providing little guidance to the federal courts. For example, Student has alleged that the ADA requires Springfield to engage in an interactive process with Student's mother in an attempt to reach an agreement on an accommodation or modification to Springfield's policies, practices, programs and activities, and Student alleges that Springfield failed to do so. There are no comparable procedural requirements under the IDEA or Section 504.
Finally, I note that I have previously concluded that the responsibility of a BSEA hearing officer under Frazier is to find facts only under those statutes that the BSEA has jurisdiction to consider when resolving the merits of a special education dispute. This results in fact-finding under Frazier that is comparable to fact-finding that a BSEA hearing officer would conduct in a compensatory education claim under the IDEA, state special education laws and Section 504, and ensures that BSEA fact-finding remains squarely within its areas of expertise.18
I therefore find that Frazier and its progeny do not require the BSEA to consider Student's ADA claims even if these claims had been made within the context of seeking monetary damages.
For these reasons, I conclude that the BSEA does not have jurisdiction over Student's ADA claims. Accordingly, Springfield's Partial Motion to Dismiss is ALLOWED .
1 Springfield is represented by attorneys Regina Williams Tate and Tami Fay. Student is represented by attorneys Samuel Miller, Deborah Dorfman and Robert Fleischner. During an initial conference call, I disclosed my previous professional relationships with attorneys Fay and Fleischner.
2 BSEA Rule 17B; 801 CMR 1.01(7)(g)3.
3 Ashcroft v. Iqbal , 556 U.S. 662, 678-679 (2009).
4 Judge v. City of Lowell , 160 F.3d 67, 72 (1 st Cir. 1998) (quoting Conley v.Gibson , 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 (1957)).
5 See Caleron-Ortiz v. LaBoy-Alvarado , 300 F.3d 60 (1 st Cir. 2002) ("accepting as true all well-pleaded factual averments and indulging all reasonable inferences in the plaintiff's favor" a motion to dismiss will be denied if recovery can be justified under any applicable legal theory). See also Whitinsville Plaza, Inc. v. Kotseas , 378 Mass. 85, 89 (1979); Nader v. Citron , 372 Mass. 96, 98 (1977).
6 42 U.S.C 12132.
7 Parker v. Universidad de Puerto Rico , 225 F.3d 1, 4 (1 st Cir. 2000).
8 Id . See also Katz v. City Metal Co ., 87 F.3d 26, 31 n.4 (1st Cir. 1996) (noting that Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act "is interpreted substantially identically to the ADA.").
9 Mark H. v. Lemahieu, 513 F.3d 922, 933 (9th Cir.2008). See also Kimble v. Douglas County School Dist. RE-1 , 2013 WL 659109, *4 -5 (D.Colo. 2013) (discussing cases).
10 See 34 C.F.R. § 104.33(b)(2) ("Implementation of an [IEP] developed in accordance with the [IDEA] is one means of meeting" the substantive portion of the Section 504 FAPE requirement).
11 See also K.M. ex rel. Bright v. Tustin Unified School Dist ., 725 F.3d 1088, 1099 (9 th Cir. 2013) ("the connection between Title II and Section 504 is nuanced. Although the general anti-discrimination mandates in the two statutes are worded similarly, there are material differences between the statutes as a whole"); CG v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Educ ., 734 F.3d 229, 235-36 (3 rd Cir. 2013) (discussing differences between Title II and Section 504).
12 See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America , 511 U.S. 373, 378 (1994).
13 20 USC 1415(b)(6)(A).
14 20 USC § 1415(b)(6); 603 CMR 28.08(3); 603 CMR 28.10(9).
15 Frazier v. Fairhaven School Committee, 276 F.3d 52, 56 (1 st Cir. 2002).
16 Id . at 61 (internal footnotes and citations omitted).
17 Frazier v. Fairhaven School Committee, 122 F.Supp.2d 104, 111 (D.Mass. 2000), aff'd, 276 F.3d at 64.
18 In Re: CBDE Public Schools , BSEA # 10-6854, 17 MSER 43 (2/24/11), aff'd sub. nom . CBDE Public Schools v. Massachusetts Bureau of Special Educ. Appeals , 2012 WL 4482296 (D.Mass. 2012) (" I understand fact finding regarding educational harm to Student to be comparable to the fact finding that would occur if this were a compensatory education dispute").


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Malta competed in their ninth Commonwealth Games in 2002 sending 13 male and 4 female athletes  to compete in Athletics, Shooting, Swimming, Triathlon, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
The nation gained their only medal in the men's Double Trap Shooting, a bronze. This was the second time Malta had won a medal at the games, their first coming in Auckland in 1990.

Bronze
Shooting:
 William Chetcuti Men's Double Trap Shooting

See also
2002 Commonwealth Games results

References

2002
2002 in Maltese sport
Nations at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

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Beautiful and inspirational poem. I always tell people to follow their dreams. Life is too short to not take risks and miss out on opportunities.
So true, Karen! Thanks for stopping by!
What a great message amd poem. I like the ending know your worth!


.. we have been talking for a while about adding some chickens to our family, we have researched them and have spoken to some local people who keep chickens themselves. Our vision for keeping the chickens went something along the lines of dancing out to the hutch every morning with a straw basket in hand and plucking fresh free range eggs from the nesting boxes, scattering handfuls of chicken feed around the garden for them to graze upon during their day and having them come running to the children for a pet and a cuddle… we are 3 days in and its nothing like that ha!
We purchased the Coop from eBay for £89.99 + £1.99 delivery, it came flat packed and really was simple to put together, we purchased all the straw from a local company who delivers to your door. The chickens we purchased from Durham Hens who had been recommended to us by one of Trevor's friends. On the drive over we discovered that the sat nav isn't always right after it literally tried to take us across the country, we ended up down a really tight lane that ended up impassable, It felt more of a quest from The Lord of The Rings than chicken picking but we had a laugh once we'd managed to turn the car around and find the correct path.
The children picked and named their own hen and settled them in to their new house, we didn't expect any eggs for a while, the hens are 22 weeks and we were told they would be ready to lay any day but it can take a few days for them to settle into new surroundings. Trevor only managed one hour of leaving them in their new house before he went and peeked, he was so excited to see they had laid 2 eggs, I'm not sure now who we brought them for!
Watch our chicken escapades so far, from coop building to egg collecting.


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Q: iOS Passing data collection view controller to a table view controller Hi i am doing a food app and I am having a problem. I have a collection view controller which have 10 items(each one is a different dish). Each of those items have an image and a title and what i want to do is that when someone taps the item(the dish) it takes the user to a table view controller which have a list of items(ingredients) about the dish. My problem is that I don't know how to pass the data from a collection view controller to a table view controller. Here is my code:
***View Controller.m (collection view controller):***

@interface ViewController ()
{
  NSArray *_arrayOfImages;
  NSArray *_arrayOfNames;

  **// Array de ingredientes**
  NSArray *_arrayOfCeviche;
  NSArray *_arrayOfBrasa;
  NSArray *_arrayOfTacacho;
  NSArray *_arrayOfPachamanca;
  NSArray *_arrayOfAnticucho;
  NSArray *_arrayOfChaufa;
  NSArray *_arrayOfPapita;
  NSArray *_arrayOfParihuela;
  NSArray *_arrayOfLomo;
  NSArray *_arrayOfCuy;

  **//Array which stores all the ingredients arrays**
  NSArray *_arrayOfIngredients;
}
@end

@implementation ViewController

 - (void)viewDidLoad
{
  [super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

**// Array which contain the titles**
_arrayOfNames = @[@"Anticucho", @"Arroz Chaufa", @"Cebiche", @"Pachamanca", @"Papa a la               Huancaina", @"Parihuela", @"Picante de cuy", @"Tacacho con cecina", @"Pollo a la brasa", @"Lomo saltado"];

**// Array which containe the images**
_arrayOfImages = @[@"Anticucho.jpg", @"chaufa.jpg", @"ceviche.jpg", @"pachamanca.jpg", @"papita.jpg", @"parihuela.jpg", @"cuy.jpg", @"tacacho.jpg", @"brasa.jpg", @"lomo.jpg"];

// Arrays que de los ingredientes
_arrayOfCeviche = @[@"Quesito", @"Limon", @"Choclito", @"Cocinita", @"La lechesita", @"La miradita", @"La weuabdita", @"La cagada", @"Ptm Toy Jodido XD", @"Que emoción", @"Wiiiiiii"];

_arrayOfBrasa = @[@"jamonadita", @"delicisoso", @"Sexo", @"Anal", @"Oral", @"Vaginal", @"Culantraso", @"Violenita", @"Sexo salvaje", @"Mujeres", @"Coger coger"];

_arrayOfChaufa = @[@"qUESIto", @"Jodido", @"Ala", @"Que pajita", @"Wuauau", @"Tengo hambrunita", @"jojolete", @"Sequito duro", @"Latititititito", @"Manusico"];

 **// Array which contains the other arrays**
_arrayOfIngredients = @[@"_arrayOfBrasa, _arrayOfCeviche,_arrayOfChaufa];

}

 **// Method to pass the data from a collection view controller to a table view controller**
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {

if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:@"showDetail"]) {

    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [[self.collectionView indexPathsForSelectedItems] objectAtIndex:0];

    DetailViewController *dvc = [segue destinationViewController];
    dvc.Titulos = [_arrayOfIngredients objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
 }
}

And my table view controller code:
***Detail View Controller.m (table view controller):***
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

// Configure the cell...
cell.textLabel.text = self.Titulos;

return cell;
}

My biggest problem is the array containing the other arrays. Trying to access the _arrayOfIngredients and from it access the array of the ingredient of the selected item.
  - (void)viewDidLoad
{
  [super viewDidLoad];

     **// Array which contain the titles**
      _arrayOfNames = @[@"Anticucho", @"Arroz Chaufa", @"Cebiche", @"Pachamanca", @"Papa a la Huancaina", @"Parihuela", @"Picante de cuy", @"Tacacho con cecina", @"Pollo a la brasa", @"Lomo saltado"];

     **// Array which containe the images**
      _arrayOfImages = @[@"Anticucho.jpg", @"chaufa.jpg", @"ceviche.jpg", @"pachamanca.jpg", @"papita.jpg", @"parihuela.jpg", @"cuy.jpg", @"tacacho.jpg", @"brasa.jpg", @"lomo.jpg"];

      **// Arrays que de los ingredientes**
      _arrayOfCeviche = @[@"Quesito", @"Limon", @"Choclito", @"Cocinita", @"La lechesita", @"La miradita", @"La weuabdita", @"La cagada", @"Ptm Toy Jodido XD", @"Que emoción", @"Wiiiiiii"];

      _arrayOfBrasa = @[@"jamonadita", @"delicisoso", @"Sexo", @"Anal", @"Oral", @"Vaginal", @"Culantraso", @"Violenita", @"Sexo salvaje", @"Mujeres", @"Coger coger"];

      _arrayOfChaufa = @[@"qUESIto", @"Jodido", @"Ala", @"Que pajita", @"Wuauau", @"Tengo hambrunita", @"jojolete", @"Sequito duro", @"Latititititito", @"Manusico"];

       **// Array which contains the other arrays**
      _arrayOfIngredients = @[@"_arrayOfBrasa, _arrayOfCeviche,_arrayOfChaufa"];

    }

Please help me with this problem :(

A: Collection view has a delegate method didSelectItemAtIndexPath: which fires when user select the item. Use it to pass call the segue and pass the data:
- (void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"showDetail" sender: indexPath];
}

and in prepareForSegue: pass the data:
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {

if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:@"showDetail"]) {

    NSIndexPath *indexPath = (NSIndexPath*)sender;

    DetailViewController *dvc = [segue destinationViewController];
    dvc.Titulos = [_arrayOfIngredients objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
 }
}

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"One key area we are developing is Animation" said Wallace "and we look forward to partnering with Animaze com the Montreal web animation company and discovering new talent at this festival".
On May 20th in a very special afternoon of animation, they have partnered with Animaze.com and the World of Film International Film Festival to open the Côte d'Azur Webfest with An Afternoon Of Animation in Cannes showcasing Japanese animated Film"Whipped Clouds" and also South Korea's "The Snowman's Gift" by acclaimed director Joo Hyun Yoo. The World of Film Festival International focuses on independent cinema from all around the globe, showcasing the works of First Feature filmmakers, Women Directors and Eastern European cinema in three main sections, First Features, The Female Perspective & Focus on Balkan Cinema, respectively.
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Q: set return value from serve in rective form i need to crete edit from in angular 6 . i create web server with asp core 2.1 .
i have one page for create and edit role .
now i need to set value of reactive form from webserver . how can i do this ?
this role.ts :
    export class RoleComponent implements OnInit {

  roleregister:FormGroup;
  roles:Role[];
  role:Role;
  public dpDiabled:boolean;
  public titleLenght:boolean;
  constructor(private rolseService:RoleServiceService,private formbuilder:FormBuilder,private route:ActivatedRoute) {

    this.rolseService.GetAllRole().subscribe((data)=>{
      this.roles=data;
    });

  }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.roleregister=this.formbuilder.group({
      description:['',Validators.required],
      name:['',Validators.required],
      rolebase:[''],
      rolelevel:['',Validators.required]
    })

    const id= +this.route.snapshot.paramMap.get('id');
    console.log(id);
    this.rolseService.GetRoleById(id).subscribe((data)=>{
      this.role=data;
    });
  }

Edit

         زیر دسته  :

      <nz-form-control  [nzSpan]="12" >
        <nz-select formControlName="rolelevel" [nzDisabled]='dpDiabled' style="width: 351px;float: right;margin-right: -176px;margin-top: 10px;" name="select-validate">

          <nz-option  style="text-align: center;"
          *ngFor="let role of roles" nzValue={{role.id}} nzLabel={{role.description}}></nz-option>

        </nz-select>
      </nz-form-control>

A: One option is to use
this.roleregister.setValue({
    description: data.description,
    name: data.name,
    rolebase: data.rolebase,
    rolelevel: data.rolelevel
})

A: Make below changes in ngOnInit :
ngOnInit() {

    const id= +this.route.snapshot.paramMap.get('id');
    console.log(id);
    this.rolseService.GetRoleById(id).subscribe((data)=>{
      this.role=data;
      this.setFormData();
    });
  }

setFormData(){
  this.roleregister=this.formbuilder.group({
      description:[this.role.description,Validators.required],
      name:[this.role.name,Validators.required],
      rolebase:[this.role.rolebase],
      rolelevel:[this.role.rolelevel,Validators.required]
    })
}

After you receive data from server set form's data.

A: You can use setValue form your formBuilder like the code below
this.rolseService.GetRoleById(id).subscribe((data)=>{
      this.role=data;
      this.roleregister.setValue({
      description: this.role.description,
      name: this.role.name,
      rolebase: this.role.rolebase,
      rolelevel: this.role.rolelevel
     })
   });

This might work - Happy coding !!


"Crash" and "Walk the Line" took home top honors at Sunday's 56th annual ACE Eddie Awards.
The American Cinema Editors honored "Crash" editor Hughes Winborne with the Eddie for top dramatic feature, and "Walk the Line" editor Michael McCusker took the award for comedy or musical.
Just over 1,000 people attended the fete at the Beverly Hilton hosted by Cheryl Hines.
Songwriter Kathleen "Bird" York performed the Crash" song "In the Deep." She'll do the same at the Academy Awards.
Ron Howard won the Golden Eddie as filmmaker of the year. Longtime collaborator Brian Grazer presented him with the award. Ed Abroms and Terry Rawlings both collected lifetime achievement nods.
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3 Dividend Stocks That Pay Better Than Coca-Cola
Coke is a highly respected company with a slew of well-known brands, and it has paid a solid dividend for decades -- but here are three stocks with a higher yield.
Daniel Miller, Jeremy Bowman, and Brian Feroldi
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Aug 6, 2019 at 7:00AM
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Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) is hands-down one of the most widely recognized global companies, and it remains one of the most sought-after dividend stocks. Not only does Coca-Cola boast its powerful namesake brand, but its impressive portfolio also includes well-known names such as Minute Maid, Powerade, Smartwater, and Vitaminwater, among many others. And it has a dividend that was increased earlier this year for the 57th consecutive year -- quite the track record.
While there aren't many companies that can match the scale and brand power of Coca-Cola, here are three companies that will at least pay you better than it does: Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM), Kellogg (NYSE:K), and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP).
Jeremy Bowman (Philip Morris International): Some say sodas are the new cigarettes, given bureaucrats' increasing penchant for taxing and regulating the sugary stuff. But Coca-Cola investors may want to consider old cigarettes instead, namely Philip Morris, the international tobacco giant and purveyor of Marlboro and the heat-not-burn product IQOS.
Its hard to find a better dividend payer in the consumer sector than Philip Morris, with its 5.5% dividend yield, nearly double that of Coke's 3.1%. Going back to its days when it was part of Altria, the cigarette vendor is a Dividend Aristocrat and one of the best-performing stocks over the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st, according to some measurements.
Despite the negative long-term trends against tobacco, now looks like an especially prudent time for investors to consider Philip Morris. Though demand for cigarettes is steadily declining, the product is also an addictive one with few reasonable substitutes, making it a good way for investors to ride out trade tensions with China. Even if China's economy takes a hit, as many fear, Chinese smokers aren't about to cut back on their daily habit.
The company is coming off an impressive second-quarter earnings report. The stock jumped 8.2% after the report came out, since revenue was up 9% to $7.7 billion, adjusting for currency and divestitures.
On the bottom line, adjusted EPS rose 15% to $1.46, and the company said heated tobacco shipments rose 37%, easing previous concerns about a slowdown with its IQOS product. It also gained market share in that growth area, adding 0.5 percentage points to 2.1%.
The latest report shows why Philip Morris remains a nearly unmatched cash machine, and with that 5.5% dividend yield, it's a better option for income-seeking investors than Coca-Cola.
An evolving consumer product giant
Daniel Miller (Kellogg): One dividend stock that possesses similar advantages as Coca-Cola, but will pay you more, is Kellogg. The manufacturer of cereal, crackers, and other assorted packaged foods has economies of scale that provide investors with a cost advantage. And because retailers see the company as a valuable partner, Kellogg's shelf space is more secure long term than it is for smaller competitors. Better yet, the company trades at a modest consensus forward P/E of 16 times and offers a 3.6% dividend yield -- not too shabby.
Kellogg faces headwinds similar to those for Coca-Cola. It owns a portfolio of brands often loaded with carbs and fats at a time when consumers are trending toward healthier snack options. Management sees the healthier trend as well, so it acquired RXBar for $600 million and purchased a $420 million stake in Tolaram Group, securing products in healthier segments.
Kellogg took its evolution a step further this spring when it divested a chunk of its snacking business to Ferrero Group for $1.3 billion in cash. All in all, the company divested brands such as Keebler and Famous Amos, and even its fruit snacks and pie crusts, among other products.
Ultimately, the company is updating its portfolio to secure a foothold in natural foods, digestive health, and emerging markets. Management believes these investments and divestitures will help reduce complexity and drive more sustained, profitable growth over the long term.
The company also believes it will cut between $600 million and $700 million in costs from 2017 through 2019, which will help support its investments into brand development and product innovation. While Kellogg needs to reignite growth, and it faces headwinds as consumers opt for healthier snacks, the company has strong competitive advantages with its name brands, wide retailer partnerships, and economies of scale. And it still offers a higher dividend yield than Coca-Cola, making it a stock worth checking out.
Higher yield, higher growth
Brian Feroldi (Brookfield Infrastructure Partners): Imagine that you could own a stock that generates predictable cash flow, pays out a sustainable dividend yield of 4.7%, and has a long history of growing its dividend each year. Sound too good to be true? Let me introduce you to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
Brookfield owns a hodgepodge of infrastructure assets spread around the globe. These include utilities, rail lines, data centers, cell towers, toll roads, shipping ports, and more. What all of its assets have in common is that they face almost no competition and generate predictable cash flow in all market conditions. Brookfield then pays out a portion of its cash flow to investors and uses the remainder to buy new assets.
This formula has worked out beautifully for investors over time:
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This model works so well because Brookfield makes investments only when the numbers make sense. That usually means it is buying assets from distressed sellers without a lot of other offers on the table. Brookfield then acquires the assets cheaply, makes necessary improvements to enhance its returns, and sells the assets down the road for a tidy profit -- allowing it to repeat the process.
Brookfield isn't a go-go growth stock, but management believes that it can sustainably grow its dividend by 6% to 9% a year over the long term. History shows that it can easily reach that target. The dividend has been raised in each of the 12 years that it has been a publicly traded entity.
With a rock-solid yield, stable operations, and solid long-term growth potential, there are a lot of reasons to like Brookfield Infrastructure Partners much more than Coca-Cola over the long haul.


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Kremlin Now Planning to Combine Predominantly Russian Regions with Each Other rather than with Non-Russian Republics, 'Accents' Portal Says
Staunton, Jan. 9 – When Vladimir Putin began his regional amalgamation campaign 15 years ago, he suggested that he wanted to see wealthier Russian regions combined with poorer non-Russian ones. But his effort to do so ran into a chainsaw of opposition from officials and populations in both, and the program was dropped almost a decade ago.
Now, according to Vasily Shevchenko, a journalist for the Accents portal, insiders say that the Kremlin is planning to restart its amalgamation campaign but with one important change: now, Moscow will seek to combine neighboring Russian regions with each other rather than with non-Russian republics (akcent.site/eksklyuziv/23393).
The non-Russian oblasts, especially in the central portions of the country, are poor and have weak governors. Consequently, they are unlikely to object the way non-Russian republics have and so the center calculates that it will be able to push through the amalgamation of a large number of them without protests such as earlier attempts provoked.
That calculation may make sense. Such oblasts are indeed less likely to object to anything the center orders. But this program may backfire in an unexpected way. By creating larger and potentially richer regions, the Kremlin may be laying the foundation for new regionalist challenges to itself.
After all, one of the center's priorities in the 1990s was to destroy institutions like the Siberian agreement and the Urals republic out of fear that such structures were sufficiently large and powerful to threaten the center. Now, however, Moscow appears set to create precisely the same kind of challenges that it earlier sought to eliminate.


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Monsanto - From Agent Orange To GM Foods To Pesticides & More
Peter Lemkin
07-12-2008, 12:10 PM (This post was last modified: 07-12-2008, 01:21 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/...ovie080307
One of the worst corporate monsters - from their lack of ethics - to their products - to their connections/influence in Government/Military et al.
NB-I've been putting up a number of films about various aspects of the environmental-corporate-capitalist agenda - some without much comment on my part. I'd be most welcome to start a discussion on any or all of them...just respond with questions or comments......
If you are in the USA 70% of the food you eat is GM food....are your aware of this, and the consequences for your health and that of the planet....? Are you aware of how Bush 41 & 43 were connected to Monstanto [biggest manufactuer of GMOs] - but so was Clinton [biggest manufactuer of GMOs]? Is there a link from the Secret Government to Monsanto and GMOs - I say yes.
Keith Millea
Monsanto GM Sugar Beets
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles..._16766.cfm
Quote: A lawsuit filed last year to stop sales of Monsanto's Roundup Ready genetically modified sugar beet seed will be argued in a US District Court of Northern California on April 3. One man's livelihood may hang in the balance.
The plaintiffs, which include Organic Seed Alliance, Sierra Club, High Mowing Organic Seeds, and the Center for Food Safety, want the court to stop sales of Roundup Ready GM sugar beet seed and require the US Department of Agriculture to thoroughly assess the environmental, health, and economic impacts of the GM beets.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/09/23-4
Court Rejects Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
by Bob Egelko
SAN FRANCISCO -- The government illegally approved a genetically modified, herbicide-resistant strain of sugar beets without adequately considering the chance they will contaminate other beet crops, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled.
Sugar beet at harvest time (Flickr photo by grabe)
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White rejected the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision in 2005 to allow Monsanto Co. to sell the sugar beets, known as "Roundup-Ready" because they are engineered to coexist with Monsanto's Roundup herbicide.
Sugar beets produce 30 percent of the world's sugar and, according to consumer groups, half the granulated sugar in the United States. This year's planting, centered in Oregon's Willamette Valley, is the first to include a full crop of the Monsanto product.
White said the USDA, in concluding that the new crop would have no significant environmental effects, discounted the likelihood that wind-borne pollen would spread to fields where conventional sugar beets, table beets and the beet variety known as Swiss chard are grown.
Planting genetically modified sugar beets has a "significant effect" on the environment, White said in his ruling Monday, because of "the potential elimination of a farmer's choice to grow non-genetically engineered crops, or a consumer's choice to eat non-genetically engineered food."
He said the department must prepare an environmental impact statement, which would include public input.
White did not immediately prohibit distribution of the genetically modified sugar beets, but a lawyer for plaintiffs in the case said they would ask the judge for an injunction against sales until the review was completed.
The ruling "sends a very clear message to the USDA to protect American farmers and consumers and not the interests of Monsanto," said Kevin Golden, a San Francisco attorney for the nonprofit Center for Food Safety, which opposes genetically modified foods and supports organic farming.
Golden said the ruling could also affect herbicide use, because the Environmental Protection Agency has allowed more herbicide spraying in areas where the resistant crops are grown.
Representatives of the Agriculture Department and Monsanto were unavailable for comment. Luther Markwart, spokesman for the 10,000-member American Sugar Beet Growers Association, said the group is "looking forward to aggressively advocating" for farmers who want to use the altered beets.
The ruling followed a similar decision in 2007 by another federal judge in San Francisco, Charles Breyer, to halt the nationwide planting of Monsanto's genetically engineered strain of alfalfa until the USDA conducted an environmental study. A federal appeals court upheld Breyer's decision last year.
The department's 2005 decision on sugar beets acknowledged that pollen from the genetically modified crop could spread to other beet crops. But the USDA said farmers would not be harmed because they would still be able to buy non-genetically modified seeds.
White, however, cited studies that said winds can carry sugar beet pollen at least 2 1/2 miles, much farther than the voluntary buffer zones between beet crops recommended by Oregon agriculture officials.
He said the department had failed to consider the economic effects of its decision and had provided no evidence for its conclusion that non-genetically modified sugar beets would remain available to farmers.
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
Monsanto's Roundup Ravaging Butterfly Populations, Study Shows
by: Mike Barrett, Natural Society
Monsanto's Roundup, containing the active ingredient glyphosate, has been tied to more health and environmental problems than you could imagine. Similar to how pesticides have been contributing to the bee decline, Monsanto's Roundup has been tied to the decrease in the population of monarch butterflies by killing the very plants that the butterflies rely on for habitat and food. What's been shown to be an even greater threat to the population, though, is Monsanto's Roundup Ready corn and soybeans.
Roundup Ready Crops and Glyphosate Leading to Downfall of Insect Populations
A 2011 study published in the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity found that increasing acreage of genetically modified Roundup Ready corn and soybeans is heavily contributing to the decline in monarch butterfly populations within North America. Milkweed, a plant butterflies rely on for habitat and food, is being destroyed by the heavy use of glyphosate-based pesticides and Roundup Ready crops. Over the past 17 years, the monarch butterfly population in central Mexico has declined, reaching an all-time low in 2009-2010.
"This milkweed has disappeared from at least 100 million acres of these row crops," said Dr. Taylor, an insect ecologist at the University of Kansas and director of the research and conservation program Monarch Watch. "Your milkweed is virtually gone…this [glyphosate use on RR crops] is the one main factor that has happened…you look at parts of the Midwest where there is a tremendous use of these crops and you see monarch populations dropping. It's hard to deny the conclusion."
According to the Department of Agriculture, in 2011 94 percent of soybeans and 72 percent of corn grown in the United States were herbicide-tolerant. Due to this increase, the amount of Roundup used on crops in 2007 was 5 times higher than in 1997, only one year after Roundup Ready crops were available.
Another study published int he journal Crop Protection and conducted by Robert G Hartzler, an agronomist at Iowa State, found that milkweed on farms in Iowa declined 90 percent from 1999 to 2009. Additionally, his study found milkweed only on 8 percent of corn and soybean fields surveyed in 2009, which is 51 percent lower than in 1999.
Although the butterfly population may be suffering, humans are taking heat from Monsanto's creations as well. Past research has shown that Monsanto's Roundup ready crops are leading to mental illness and obesity, primarily by destroying the amount of good bacteria found in the gut. The corporation's Roundup, containing glyphosate, has also been shown to cause infertility and birth defects.
Glyphosate is so present today that it has been found to be polluting the world's drinking water through the widespread contamination of aquifers, wells, and springs. What may be most shocking is that very high concentrations of glyphosate have been found in 100 percent of urine samples tested in a recent study.
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Blamed for Bee Collapse, Monsanto Buys Leading Bee Research Firm
Anthony Gucciardi
NaturalSociety
Monsanto, the massive biotechnology company being blamed for contributing to the dwindling bee population, has bought up one of the leading bee collapse research organizations. Recently banned from Poland with one of the primary reasons being that the company's genetically modified corn may be devastating the dying bee population, it is evident that Monsanto is under serious fire for their role in the downfall of the vital insects. It is therefore quite apparent why Monsanto bought one of the largest bee research firms on the planet.
It can be found in public company reports hosted on mainstream media that Monsanto scooped up the Beeologics firm back in September 2011. During this time the correlation between Monsanto's GM crops and the bee decline was not explored in the mainstream, and in fact it was hardly touched upon until Polish officials addressed the serious concern amid the monumental ban. Owning a major organization that focuses heavily on the bee collapse and is recognized by the USDA for their mission statement of "restoring bee health and protecting the future of insect pollination" could be very advantageous for Monsanto.
In fact, Beelogics' company information states that the primary goal of the firm is to study the very collapse disorder that is thought to be a result at least in part of Monsanto's own creations. Their website states:
While its primary goal is to control the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) infection crises, Beeologics' mission is to become the guardian of bee health worldwide.
What's more, Beelogics is recognized by the USDA, the USDA-ARS, the media, and leading entomologists' worldwide. The USDA, of course, has a great relationship with Monsanto. The government agency has gone to great lengths to ensure that Monsanto's financial gains continue to soar, going as far as to give the company special speed approval for their newest genetically engineered seed varieties. It turns out that Monsanto was not getting quick enough approval for their crops, which have been linked to severe organ damage and other significant health concerns.
Steve Censky, chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association, states it quite plainly. It was a move to help Monsanto and other biotechnology giants squash competition and make profits. After all, who cares about public health?
"It is a concern from a competition standpoint," Censky said in a telephone interview.
It appears that when Monsanto cannot answer for their environmental devastation, they buy up a company that may potentially be their experts' in denying any such link between their crops and the bee decline.
Read more: http://naturalsociety.com/monsanto-bee-c...z1sZw0mkAZ
Is Vermont's Governor Surrendering to Monsanto?
Vermont's governor has 2 weeks to stand with 90 percent of his constituents who favor labeling genetically engineered foods, or cave to Monsanto.
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has less than two weeks to either stand with the 90 percent of his constituents who support a mandatory labeling bill for genetically engineered foods -- or cave in to Monsanto's threat to sue the state if legislators pass H.722.
If the Governor's words this past week are any indication, he's already surrendered to Monsanto. But Vermonters, not known for backing down from a fight, are challenging legislators to take on the biotech industry. They're even offering to raise money for the state's defense.
Last week thousands of Vermonters flooded the Governor's office with petitions, phone calls and emails, to make the case for GMO labeling of all food sold in Vermont and to demand a vote on the bill. Under Vermont's constitution, the Governor can extend the state's legislative session indefinitely, ultimately forcing a vote on the bill. If he doesn't extend the session, or urge legislators to vote on the bill, it will die in committee.
But while supporters were emailing and phoning and signing, Governor Shumlin was sending out a canned response to the thousands of supporters who emailed his office. In the Governor's own words:
Thank you for contacting me about labeling genetically modified foods. I agree with those who advocate for clear labeling of genetically modified foods. GMO labeling makes sense and would give Vermonters key information about their food choices. However, we know from attempts to pass similar legislation in the past that such a requirement would not stand up to federal legal scrutiny. I don't think it is fair to ask Vermonters to bear the burden of the cost of those legal challenges...
On April 12, in the hope once again of forcing a vote, more than 300 people packed the Vermont statehouse for public testimony on H.722, with more than one hundred of them testifying -- every single one in favor -- of passing the bill. When legislators brought up the burden of a potential legal battle, supporters of the bill called for a legal defense fund -- not a retreat.
However, a bill that once appeared destined to pass on the merits of scientific evidence, overwhelming public support, and support of the majority of Vermont's progressive legislators, now appears doomed -- unless Vermont voters succeed in changing the Governor's mind.
A brief history of Vermont H.722
In mid-December, a coalition of farmers and Vermont NGOs asked the state to revive a GMO labeling bill that in 2011 had stalled in the house agricultural committee. Supporters proposed revising the bill's language to conform to language in a similar bill currently being proposed in California, through a citizens' ballot initiative process. Both Carolyn Partridge, chairman of the House agricultural committee, and Will Stevens, a member of the agriculture committee, responded favorably. Several legislators stepped forward to sponsor and co-sponsor the bill.
Despite the support of Partridge, Stevens and the majority of Vermont voters, the committee didn't even begin hearings on the bill until March. Finally, during the first round of testimony the legislature heard from pro-labeling witnesses including organic farmers concerned about seed contamination, consumers worried about food safety, and scientists who refuted Monsanto's claims that genetically engineered food is perfectly safe. Still, no vote. Instead, the committee called for more hearings.
Although Partridge publicly voiced support, privately she told Andrea Stander, executive director of Rural Vermont, that H.722 was a "hot potato" that she got "stuck" with because no other committee wanted to host it, according to Stander.
How does a bill backed by strong scientific evidence and 90 percent of the voters become a "hot potato"? When Monsanto threatens to sue the state if it passes. It's now common knowledge that Vermont officials are worried about the cost of a legal battle with Monsanto. Last week, the online newspaper VTdigger.orgreported: "Rachel Lattimore, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer who has represented the Biotechnology Industry Association, Monsanto, and other biotechnology companies, told the committee and one of its attorneys that Vermont would face a lawsuit from the industry if it passed this bill."
Monsanto's intimidation tactics appear to have succeeded. However, Vermont voters continue to pressure Governor Shumlin to sit down with his lawyers and the lawyers who drafted Bill H722 to determine, after a careful legal analysis, if he wants to promote the bill or obstruct it.
In support of Vermont farmers and consumers, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has launched its own offensive, in the form of a legal defense fund for Vermont and any other state Monsanto threatens to sue over mandatory GMO labeling laws. The OCA is a nationwide organization of organic farmers and consumers that has fought for consumers' right to know about GMOs for more than a decade. According to Katherine Paul, OCA fundraising coordinator, "Over the past four days we've already received commitments of more than $50,000 to defend Vermont or any other state that passes a GMO labeling bill. The only way to back down a legal bully like Monsanto or the Biotechnology Industry Organization is with a bigger legal stick and the moral high ground. Let's make sure we have both of those."
Fifty countries have passed GMO labeling laws, in large part based upon peer-reviewed studies suggesting that GMO crops and foods are hazardous to animal and human health and the environment. Recent GMO feeding studies have found liver abnormalities in 30.8 percent of the female test animals, kidney abnormalities in 43.5 percent of the male test animals, and a thickening of the stomach lining in almost all the tests. These results and results from numerous other tests were troubling enough for all these other countries to label genetically engineered foods so that there was traceability and so that consumers could make a choice.
Currently in the U.S., consumers are not allowed to choose whether they want to be part of a vast GMO feeding experiment. If they become ill or have an allergic reaction to a food product that has been genetically engineered, they cannot trace it back to the source. Consumers have no way of knowing which foods contain genetically modified ingredients and which do not. Most have no idea that 75 percent or more of non-organic processed foods do contain GMOs. Even fewer understand that thousands of foods labeled or advertised as "natural" or "all natural" contain genetically modified ingredients.
Vermont, perhaps more than any other state, has traditionally done the right thing to protect its citizens and the environment. This time fear of Monsanto and the other gene giants has sapped the courage and commitment of the current Governor and the legislature.
Please call Governor Shumlin (802 828-3333) and tell him to stand up to Monsanto bullying. Tell him to publicly speak out and encourage the House and Senate to speed up the review process, pass the GMO labeling bill, and sign it before the legislative session ends on May 1.
And please support the OCA's "Millions against Monsanto" campaign so that Governor Shumlin and all the other states can feel secure in fighting Monsanto in court. If the Governor and legislators surrender now, they will perpetuate claims that progressive politicians are good at promising change, but lack the backbone to follow through on their rhetoric. If they show real courage and pass H.722, they will send a strong message to Monsanto and Big Biotech that the growingMillions against Monsanto movement will do whatever it takes -- includingmounting a legal defense -- to stop the corporate bullying and take back our food supply.
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Quote: Steve Censky, chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association, states it quite plainly. It was a move to help Monsanto and other biotechnology giants squash competition and make profits. After all, who cares about public health?
And then potentially make another fortune in finding a GM solution to the devastation their own toxic products cause.
A case study in why unregulated free market crony capitalism is a huge part of the problem.
From the same people who brought us Barack 'Drone' Obama the Nobel War is Peace Prize.
Quote: In an obscene development, a Monsanto executive is winning this year's "Nobel Prize of agriculture" -- the prestigious World Food Prize -- for creating GMOs.Receiving it legitimizes the sort of rampant genetic modification Monsanto pioneered, and helps validate a ruthless business model that impoverishes farmers and monopolizes our food.If that wasn't baffling enough, the founder of Syngenta, the same biotech giant joining Bayer in suing Europe to keep selling bee-killing pesticides, will also win the prize -- and with it, a share of the $250,000 prize money. We cannot allow this prize to legitimize frankenfoods and bee killers. The ceremony is in less than two weeks, so we need to act now.
Tell the World Food Prize Foundation not to reward Monsanto and bee-killer Syngenta's outrageous practices.
Winning this prize will encourage the wider use of genetically engineered cropsand be a huge obstacle to those fighting to investigate the long-term effects of its frankenseeds -- which is exactly what Monsanto wants. In 2008, Monsanto made a $5 million pledge to the World Food Prize Foundation, part of its plan to buy the credibility it can't legitimately earn. By handing its benefactor this award, the Foundation risks undermining the credibility of the most respected prize in agriculture.
In protest, 81 Councilors of the World Future Council have penned a statement blasting the World Food Prize Foundation for betraying its purpose. In the words of the esteemed authors: "GMO seeds reinforce a model of farming that undermines sustainability of cash-poor farmers, who make up most of the world's hungry… The most dramatic impact of such dependency is in India, where 270,000 farmers, many trapped in debt for buying seeds and chemicals, committed suicide between 1995 and 2012."
Despite the criticism, Monsanto and Syngenta executives are set to receive their prize on World Food Day, October 16 -- a slap in the face to everyone harmed by their products. We don't have much time, so we need to publicize this obscene decision -- if enough of us get word of this out, and let people know the World Food Prize is threatening its reputation, we can shame it into choosing a more suitable candidate.
Genetically-modified crops do not deserve the highest praise. Don't reward Monsanto and Syngenta.
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Magda Hassan Wrote: From the same people who brought us Barack 'Drone' Obama the Nobel War is Peace Prize.
Absolutely disgusting news! ::vomit:: GMO's developed for profit alone and without the most rigorous long-term not-for-profit testing should be illegal; even then, only a very very very few should ever be approved. Likely best to just make them all illegal, given the present profit over health and people dominant system. Montsanto, as a company, is one of the worst polluters of nature and killers of humans and other living things. They deserve NO awards. Since corporations are [in the minds (sic) of the Supremes] 'people', they ought to be sentenced to a life in prison term, IMO.
Monsanto Buys Climate Corp For $930 Million : : [Looks to me that Montsanto wants to help control the global warming 'debate''; and profit through insurance on the very problems they create.] ::fury::
Who knew betting on the weather could make a billion dollars? It just did for The Climate Corporation, which underwrites weather insurance for farmers. Monsanto broke the news this morning that it was buying Climate for approximately $930 million. The idea is to sell more data and services to the farmers who already buy Monsanto's seed and chemicals. Climate (formerly known as Weatherbill) has raised $107 million from a plethora of backers since it began fund raising in 2007. Its biggest investors include Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures, Index Ventures and Founders Fund.
Climate's cofounders were early Google employees who saw a self-service approach to weather insurance, which had previously been sold in custom, over-the-counter negotiations. Clients go to its site and outline what range of temperatures and/or rainfall they want protection from, for a set period of time. In 100 milliseconds Weatherbill crunches forecasts and 30 years of National Weather Service and geological survey data for the user's location. After adjustingminutelyfor climate change, Weatherbill names a price and acts as the underwriter. Policy holders get their checks automatically if the weather doesn't go their way. Originally Climate pitched its insurance to any weather-dependent businesses (farmers, housepainters, golf ranges), but it soon realized its biggest market was in agriculture. "It had the most significant opportunity, the most significant product, and had the greatest impact," cofounder David Friedberg told Forbes in a 2011 post.
Climate brings to Monsanto some impressive data expertise. "Climate Corp developed expertise in agronomy in order to understand how climate variability affects different crops," Index Ventures partner Neil Rimer gushed about the deal this morning in a blog post. "To price its insurance products, Climate Corp's platform ingests weather measurements from 2.5 million locations and forecasts from major climate models, and processes this data along with 150 billion soil observations to generate 10 trillion weather simulation data points, requiring it to manage 50 terabytes of live data at any given time. Needless to say, this company has built daunting barriers to entry."Climate was a strategic pickup for Monsanto's planned move into services and data. In its release this morning, Monsanto says data science could be a $20 billion revenue opportunity beyond its core business of seeds and chemicals. In the announcement today the company estimated that "the majority of farmers have an untapped yield opportunity of up to 30 bushels to 50 bushels in their corn fields… advancements in data science can help further unlock that additional value for the farm." Monsanto grossed $13.5 billion in revenue in the year ending August 2012. It earned $3.50 a share last year and is expected to report earnings per share of $4.58 when it reports after the close today. The stock's up 11% this year, short of the Dow's performance. [Update: Monsanto reported after the close it missed earnings per share estimates by 2 cents and its $14.9 billion in fiscal 2013 fell just shy of the consensus estimate of $15 billion. Shares sold off about one percent.]
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Monsanto's Roundup: new deadly scam exposed
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Source: Jon Rappoport Blog
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Roundup is the Monsanto herbicide that is touted as the cornerstone of GMO food crops. Monsanto claims these crops are genetically engineered to withstand heavy spraying of Roundup. Therefore, the crops live and the weeds die.
Breakthrough.
There are several key lies associated with these claims -- but a new one has surfaced. A study to be published this month indicts Roundup and, in fact, the general class of insecticides and herbicides. On what grounds? When they're tested for safety, only the so-called "active ingredients" are examined.
The untested ingredients are called "adjuvants," and they are said to be inert and irrelevant. But the new study concludes this is far from true. The adjuvants are actually there to INCREASE the killing power of the active ingredient in the herbicide or insecticide. Safety tests don't take this into account. "Active ingredients" are already toxic, but the adjuvants ramp up their poisonous nature even higher.
And the worst offender is Roundup.
Here are key quotes from a January 31 article at GM Watch, "Pesticide approvals misleading -- and Roundup most toxic of nine pesticides tested."
"Pesticide formulations as sold and used are up to 1,000 times more toxic than the isolated substance that is tested and evaluated for safety." "Roundup the most toxic of herbicides and insecticides tested."
"...the complete pesticide formulations as sold and used also contain additives (adjuvants), which increase the pest- or weed-killing activity of the pesticide. These complete formulations do not have to be tested in medium- and long-term tests -- even though they are the substances to which farmers and citizens are exposed."
"This is a serious defect of the regulatory process, according to a newly published study by the team of Professor Séralini (Mesnage et al. 2014, Biomedical Research International). The study found that for eight major pesticides (out of a total of nine analyzed), the commercial formulation is up to 1000 times more toxic than the active ingredient assessed for safety by regulators."
"The study was carried out in vitro on three types of human cells."
"The study produced another surprise outcome. Roundup is often claimed to be a benign herbicide that is widely used in public spaces and by home gardeners as well as by farmers. Yet the researchers found it was by far the most toxic of all the herbicides and insecticides they tested."
Obviously, we are looking at a major crime and major scam here. It boils down to this: the manufacturers who put these adjuvants in their pesticides and herbicides know very well why they are there -- to increase the killing power of the "active ingredient." But this fact is overlooked and ignored. The pretense is, the adjuvants are inert and harmless.
The new study that exposes this crime is led by French scientist Gilles Eric Seralini. He previously published a study showing rats developed tumors when fed GMO food. A firestorm of criticism was leveled against him. He was "discredited." But in case you think we should reject Seralini's latest findings, here is my piece on the earlier manufactured firestorm:
"Remember a researcher named Gilles-Eric Seralini, his 2012 GMO study, and the controversy that swirled around it? "He fed rats GMOs, in the form of Monsanto's Roundup Ready corn, and they developed tumors. Some died. The study was published in the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology. Pictures of the rats were published.
"A wave of biotech-industry criticism ensued. Pressure built. 'Experts' said the study was grossly unscientific, its methods were unprofessional, and Seralini was biased against GMOs from the get-go. Monsanto didn't like Seralini at all."
The journal which published the Seralini study caved in and retracted it.
Why? Not because Seralini did anything unethical, not because he plagiarized material, not because he was dishonest in any way, but because: He used rats which (supposedly) had an inherent tendency to develop tumors (the Sprague-Dawley strain), and because he used too few rats (10). That's it. Those were Seralini's errors.
Well, guess what? Eight years prior to Seralini, Monsanto also did a rat-tumor-GMO study and published it in the very same journal. Monsanto's study showed there were no tumor problems in the rats. But here's the explosive kicker. Monsanto used the same strain of rats that Seralini did and same number of rats (10). And nobody complained about it.
Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumer's Union, explains in an interview with Steve Curwood at loe.org:
"Well, basically what Dr. Séralini did was he did the same feeding study that Monsanto did and published in the same journal eight years prior, and in that study, they [Monsanto] used the same number of rats, and the same strain of rats, and came to a conclusion there was no [tumor] problem. So all of a sudden, eight years later, when somebody [Seralini] does that same experiment, only runs it for two years rather than just 90 days, and their data suggests there are problems, [then] all of a sudden the number of rats is too small? Well, if it's too small to show that there's a [tumor] problem, wouldn't it be too small to show there's no problem? They already said there should be a larger study, and it turns out the European Commission is spending 3 million Euros to actually do that Séralini study again, run it for two years, use 50 or more rats and look at the carcinogenicity. So they're actually going to do the full-blown cancer study, which suggests that Séralini's work was important, because you wouldn't follow it up with a 3 million Euro study if it was a completely worthless study."
I can just hear Monsanto felons gibbering:
"Well, we the biotech industry people published our study. We used 10 rats and we used the Sprague-Dawley strain. And that was fine. It was especially fine because our study showed GMOs were safe. But then this guy Seralini comes along and does the same study with the same kind of rat and same number of rats, and he discovers tumors. That's not fine. That's very bad. He...he...used the wrong rats...yeah...and he didn't use enough rats. He's a faker. Well, I mean, we used the same kind of rat and same number of rats, but when we did the experiment, we were Good, and Seralini was Bad. Do you see?"
Yes, the mists are clearing and things are coming into focus.
Any comments, Monsanto? I'd be happy to pass them along to Michael Hansen.
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