| As weapon, violence is boomerang
In May 2001, members of a Northwest group used arson to advance its agenda. They set fire to the Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington because they believed one of the researchers was genetically engineering poplar trees. He wasn't. The arsonists destroyed plants and the research of several people other than the man whose work they targeted. None of their goals was served by the violence. "Misguided" is the word, I believe. I'd even call them ecoterrorists. The crime is back in the news because a woman accused of acting as a lookout for the Earth Liberation Front is scheduled to go on trial next month. The professor whose work the group feared, Toby Bradshaw, said he is still doing the same line of basic research he's pursued for the past decade, trying to understand "the genetic mechanisms by which organisms adapt to their environments." He does hybrid breeding, but not genetic engineering, no Frankenplants.
Globe Life editor Jill Borra took questions
A very strong part of our vision for this section was to keep it lively and current and newsy, not just a feature section (of course we also run features). And almost every day we find something in the news that is somehow relatable to us in our daily lives. When a woman in Ontario died while getting liposuction recently, we not only broke the story but brought attention to the issue of GPs performing these kinds of procedures and what that means for patients considering cosmetic surgery. We took a more in-depth view of issues of school safety and how teachers manage them, after a disturbing report about violence in schools within the Toronto school board. We talked to psychology professors about the science of charisma, after Barack Obama's electrifying speak in New Hampshire this month. It's fun coming up with ideas every day and I think keeping the section fresh and current and well-reported is what distinguishes us from other life sections.
I'll learn from my slam mistakes- Ana Ivanovic
Ivanovic, the fourth seed, suffered a first set wipeout and lost her first service game in the second, before staging a remarkable comeback, emerging a 0-6 6-3 6-4 winner over Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova. The win, in 2hr 10min, has put Ivanovic on a collision course with Maria Sharapova after the big-hitting Russian tore apart her semi-final opponent, Jelena Jankovic, earlier in the day. Ivanovic and Sharapova will have a career 2-all deadlock broken tomorrow. The only time Ivanovic has played in a grand slam final, at Roland Garros last year, she crumbled, falling 6-2 6-2 to a rampant Justine Henin. Pundits feel she should have done better having handed Sharapova a 6-2 6-1 lesson in the semi-finals. Ivanovic, who will rise to No.
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You can smell the money as the frenzy over casino gambling builds in anticipation of Governor Deval Patrick's pivotal and likely endorsement shortly after Labor Day. As he does his final research, required reading for the governor - for the House speaker, for all of us - should be the new issue of Boston magazine, which is just hitting the streets. Irony drips off the page ... The attraction is obvious for the tiny tribe, all 1,460 members. But for the rest of us, the question is this: Does Massachusetts, which already extracts $700 a year from every man, woman, and child in the Commonwealth through our very efficient lottery, double what any other state does, really need even more gambling? Should the Commonwealth be in the business of encouraging its citizens to gamble ever more to support basic services? How much is enough? Globe. ____________________ Wampanoag head sees casino funds fulfilling basic needsHendrick promises to not be like MarshallThe new chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag expressed hope yesterday that revenue from a proposed casino in Middleborough would eventually raise the quality of life for all members of the Cape Cod-based tribe. "I hope we, as a council and a tribe, will put the funds into health and education, human services, and housing," Shawn W.
World Series win boosts Sox autograph prices
Fans throughout the Seacoast and beyond are still celebrating the Boston Red Sox World Series victory. Considering the fact that it took another World Series win to get people to stop talking about the 2004 championship, chances are the celebrating for '07 is going to continue until, well, the next one. In the midst of all this pomp, circumstance and celebration, Red Sox collectors are grabbing all the commemorative items they can, especially of the autographed variety. But as we saw in the wake of the 2004 victory over the Cardinals, it's not going to be cheap. Call it the World Series factor. Consider rookie sensation Jacoby Ellsbury, he of the famed four-hit Game 3 World Series performance. He was scheduled to do an autograph signing at BC Sports in Natick, Mass., on Saturday.
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