The week ahead for February 10-16: New York Fashion Week; Westminster Kennel Club show; Valentine’s Day
A look at what’s coming up on the East Coast and around the world. This week, that includes a Beatles anniversary, an angry organic farmer and a hungry Angela Merkel doppelganger.
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- West Australian organic canola farmer Steve Marsh is pictured at the fence line of his property and his neighbour Michael Baxter’s (background) genetically-modified (GMO) canola farm in Kojonup, in this September 10, 2011 picture by Safe Food Foundation. Marsh is suing former childhood friend Michael Baxter after harvested seed heads from Baxter’s genetically modified canola crop blew onto Marsh’s farm in the state of Western Australia, court documents said, contaminating land used for his organic oat and wheat crops. Marsh, stripped of his organic certification and export licence for his oats, is claiming unspecified damages for loss of income in the civil negligence case, which opens on February 10, 2014 in the West Australian Supreme Court. It is the first time in Australia one farmer has sued another for negligence over contamination of organic crops by genetically modified organisms (GMO) and will set a precedent for future cases, lawyers said. || Credit: Scott Kinnear/Safe Food Foundation/Handout via Reuters
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- New breeds of dogs are displayed by their owners ahead of the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 6, 2014 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Three new breeds, the Chinook, the Portugese Podengo Pequeno and the Rat Terrier, (C), are eligible to compete for the first time in the show, to be held February 10-11 at Madison Square Garden. This is also the first year for the Masters Agility Championship at Westminster, to be held this Saturday at Pier 94 in New York, ahead of the larger main event. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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- A staffer talks with a member of the U.S. Air Force at a job fair in January. A job fair for Veterans is planned for Wednesday at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. || Credit: Kevin Lamarque – Reuters
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- A pro-democracy protestor looks at pictures of victims of the uprising on a wall during a gathering to perform the weekly Friday prayers to mark the third anniversary of the start of their uprising against the rule of Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa February 7, 2014. The protestors also called for the adoption of February 11 as a national holiday. || Credit: Mohamed al-Sayaghi – Reuters
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- Feb 5, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; A general view outside prior to a game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Atlanta Hawks at New Orleans Arena. The city of New Orleans will host the 2014 NBA All Star game on February 16. || Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
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Members of the media wait for the Nicholas K Fall 2014 collection during New York Fashion Week February 6, 2014. Fashion week continues through Thursday. || Credit: Eric Thayer – Reuters ||
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- The BAFTA mask awards are crafted ahead of the British Academy Film Awards — which take place on Sunday February 16 — at New Pro Foundries on February 3, 2014 in West Drayton, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
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- A worker prepares a Toyota display for an auto show in the Midwest earlier this year. The Philadelphia International Auto Show continues this week at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- People visit the Chitose-Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival illuminated by colorful light to produce a fantastic world in Chitose on January 24, 2014. The annual ice festival will be held until February 16. || KAZUHIRO NOGI – AFP/Getty Images
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- Valentine’s lingerie is displayed at a shop in the Beirut Chirstian southern suburb of Ain al-Rummaneh on January 30, 2014, ahead of Valentines Day on February 14. || JOSEPH EID – AFP/Getty Images
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- Indian students from the northeastern states and supporters hold placards and lit candles as they protest the death of northeastern student Nido Tania in New Delhi on February 2, 2014. The 19-year-old student Nido Tania, son of Congress MLA and Parliamentary Secretary in Health and Family Welfare Department Nido Pavitra, was allegedly beaten up by shopkeepers January 29, following an altercation sparked by their taunts on his hairstyle. Taniam, the son of a state legislator, was found dead a day later. The bail pleas of two men arrested for the death of the student will be taken up for hearing Feb 11, Indian media are reporting. || SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images
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A man walks past the Washington Coliseum on January 15, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Beatles performed their first live concert in North America at the Washington Coliseum on February 11, 1964. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
Related post on RetroBaltimore.com: The Beatles in Baltimore
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- A worker puts the final touches to giant figures depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel during preparations for the 130th Nice carnival parade, on February 16, 2014 in Nice, southeastern France. The Carnival, running from February 14 until March 4, 2014, will celebrate the “King of gastronomy”. || VALERY HACHE – AFP/Getty Images
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- Iranian actors (L to R) Sahar Dolatshahi, Mohammdreza Frotan and Mahnaze afshar arrive for a press conference as part of the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival on February 7, 2014 in the Iranian capital, Tehran. The festival runs until February 11. || ATTA KENARE – AFP/Getty Images
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- Young women wearing mini-skirts walk down a street with a poodle in Copenhagen on August 15, 1968. The creator of the mini-skirt, British designer Mary Quant, turns 80 on February 11, still brimming with enthusiasm for fashion and women’s rights. || AFP/Getty Images
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- A Christie’s employee poses with Gianni Colombo’s artwork “Strutturazione ritmica quadrato pulsante” at Christie’s Mayfair gallery in London February 5, 2014. The piece is estimated to sell for 40,000 GB pounds ($65,000) when it is auctioned at Christie’s auction house in London on February 11. || Credit: Luke MacGregor – Reuters
By Jane Wardell and Colin Packham
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Two neighbouring farmers, a field of canola and a gust of wind are at the centre of a landmark court case in Australia that could have consequences for the
controversial growing of genetically modified crops in the country.
Steve Marsh is suing former childhood friend Michael Baxter after harvested seed heads from Baxter’s genetically modified canola crop blew onto Marsh’s farm in the state of Western Australia, court documents said, contaminating land used for his organic oat and wheat crops.
Marsh, stripped of his organic certification and export licence for his oats, is claiming unspecified damages for loss of income in the civil negligence case, which opens on Monday in the West Australian Supreme Court.
It is the first time in Australia one farmer has sued another for negligence over contamination of organic crops by genetically modified organisms (GMO) and will set a precedent
for future cases, lawyers said.
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