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Huffington Post – Friday, August 12, 2011 San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi was so appalled by Thursday’s mayoral debate that he decided to run for mayor. Adachi has been the Public Defender since 2002, and is now the eleventh candidate to join the mayor race. [ For full story and video:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/12/jeff-adachi-running-for-mayor_n_925999.html  ] View post: San Francisco...

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Note: You must log in at Claraweb.us to view the entire post below…. The State Bar has submitted to the Supreme Court 67 proposed new Rules of Professional Conduct that offer a behavioral road map for attorneys and provide guidance in particular areas that have been confusing or controversial. Because California is the only state whose professional conduct...

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Fiction: One government agency’s determination that an employee is an independent contractor for one purpose does not mean that a different government agency will... Read the original here: Fact or Fiction? “Independent Contractor” Has the Same Meaning for All Government Agencies

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Would your business be liable for accidentally hiring a sex offender? It could be possible, depending on what kind of business you're in, and if any harm came out of it. That's probably the reason why if you're thinking about hiring an employee, a background check might be something worth doing. Take, for example, the case of the...

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CHENNAI] India plans to scientifically validate and patent traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, home to some of the world's oldest tribes. See more here: India to patent tribal medicinal knowledge

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India's bio-tech regulator is back in business with it allowing the initiation of a process for studies on new Genetically Modified food crops such as mustard, rice, pigeon pea and groundnut. See the original post: Step up to GM food crops

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JAKARTA - The cultivation of genetically modified crops is increasing worldwide. View post: GM crops now grown worldwide

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NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups say they've created a map of the world's coral reefs charting climate stress impacts. Link: Stresses on world's coral reefs mapped

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[NEW DELHI] Climate change is likely to spread malaria to new areas in the Indian Himalayas, and lengthen the periods in which the infection is spread in a number of districts, according to projections from malaria researchers in India Original post: Climate change 'to increase malaria' in Indian Himalayas

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Newswise - MADISON, WI, JULY 11, 2011 -- Although phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all life forms, essential amounts of the chemical element can cause water quality problems in rivers, lakes, and coastal zones. Visit link: Urban Impacts on Phosphorus in Streams