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Corporate Responsibility
Nachhaltiges Engagement für Mitarbeiter, Umwelt und Mitbürger
This site serves as an overview of our corporate social responsibility and integrates our performance measures from 2014. The achievements made in 2014 are highlighted within each area.
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- Overview
- Governance Structure
- Ethics
- Anti-Corruption and Privacy
- Supplier Diversity
- Continuity of Business
Solid management, performance and compliance for a sustainable enterprise
Strong compliance practices ensure that SAS conducts business in an honest, respectful, fair and safe manner. Guided by the Code of Business Ethics (PDF), SAS' compliance practices have earned the company a strong reputation as an ethical and responsible employer and business partner. SAS is committed to maintaining this reputation and ensuring all aspects of the business are conducted in a way that promotes ethical practices.
Public Policy
SAS actively engages in public policy discussions, particularly related to the role of technologies to help solve the larger macro-societal issues that challenge our localities, states, federal and international governments. These challenges include, without limitation, delivering better and safer health care while minimizing fraud, waste, and abuse; mitigating environmental impacts while utilizing scarce resources more effectively; providing better stewardship of taxpayer resources with greater government accountability; and helping governments make better use of their data assets to better fulfill their mission (such as helping detect terrorist financing and money laundering schemes). SAS also actively engages in public policy discussions to help it more fully protect the valuable intellectual property resources that are the underpinning of its business.
SAS Institute Inc. is a North Carolina corporation. It has been privately held since its inception in 1976. Jim Goodnight, Chief Executive Officer, and John Sall, co-founder and Executive Vice President, constitute the board of directors and serve as executive officers, overseeing corporate performance and investment decisions across environmental, social and economic interests. Jim Goodnight and John Sall are also the company's principal shareholders.
The SAS Americas division includes twelve companies (SAS Institute Inc. and 11 operating subsidiaries), which provide software and services to customers in specific territories. The Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific division includes approximately 48 such subsidiaries. SAS also has a number of representative and branch offices in the above regions, with a presence in more than 55 countries. SAS has subsidiaries in the Asia Pacific region that are dedicated to conducting research and development activities for SAS and its affiliates.
Corporate social responsibility initiatives and priorities are set by the board, working with Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Jim Davis. The SAS Executive Sustainability Council, formed in 2008, continues to ensure that SAS global operations conduct business in a sustainable manner. This group includes representation from senior-level executives. Read more on SAS' sustainability initiatives.
SAS is headquartered in Cary, NC. The company operates through functional divisions that include Worldwide Marketing, Research & Development, Finance, Legal, and Corporate Services.
The company delivers software and related services to customers throughout the world. These sales operations are conducted primarily through SAS and its controlled sales subsidiaries, which operate in 57 countries. These entities are grouped into three regional sales divisions – the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia-Pacific.
IDeaS, Memex and JMP are separately branded but affiliated lines of business that are operated either through dedicated wholly owned subsidiaries of SAS or as integrated divisions of SAS.
SAS strives to employ the highest ethical standards, demonstrating honesty, fairness and accountability in every decision and action – in every interaction with employees, customers, suppliers and competitors. This SAS Code of Ethics applies to every employee – at every subsidiary and in every region – as well as all members of the board of directors, officers appointed by the board of directors, agents and employees.
Employees are responsible for immediately communicating any concerns regarding suspected unethical or illegal conduct to a supervisor, Human Resources or the General Counsel. SAS does not take retaliatory action against people who report suspected violations in good faith, and all reports of misconduct are investigated as appropriate.
Specific procedures for reporting such concerns are provided on the Legal Division's website. Employees submit their comments via email, help line or an anonymous online form. Employees can also submit anonymous reports.
The SAS Code of Business Ethics helps the company maintain highest standards for respect, honesty, fairness and accountability. An ongoing corporate ethics and compliance program helps educate employees on the code and regulatory issues pertaining to their work. This program is managed by the Assistant General Counsel and is reviewed regularly.
To help ensure compliance, SAS has phone and email reporting systems and a non-retaliation policy to protect whistleblowers. Reports can also be made anonymously. All employees have access to an internal compliance Web portal that provides guidance on compliance issues.
SAS has developed a compliance system that tracks and reports on lobbying, gift, and campaign contributions – accounting for local variances in jurisdictions where SAS works with government entities. SAS maintains an export management system complete with product licensing and screening processes, and customer and supplier screening practices and systems. SAS has obtained an employee data safe harbor to safeguard the movement of employee data into and out of its US headquarters, and SAS adheres to applicable privacy and information security requirements for the jurisdictions in which it conducts business.
As part of the Corporate Services Division, the manager of Supplier Diversity is responsible for SAS' Supplier Diversity process. The company's goal is to develop and maintain effective relationships with suppliers that create incremental value throughout the life of each contract based upon economy, quality, environmental preservation and social values. SAS is a member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and the Women's Business Center of North Carolina (WBC-NC). SAS is also represented on the boards of various minority supplier development councils and economic development initiatives.
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Supplier Diversity Policy Statement
SAS customers represent a wide range of industries, people and locations – and we want this same level of diversity reflected in our supplier community. Because SAS is not a typical manufacturing environment, the creation of our product does not require purchasing materials or component parts, but rather relies on a highly skilled staff of technical professionals. SAS complies with the federal laws and regulations which prohibit discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
As a federal contractor, SAS also complies with Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the implementing rules and regulations of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistant Act of 1974, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
In the area of professional services offered to its customers, SAS provides small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and women-owned small businesses the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the subcontracts it awards to the fullest extent consistent with the efficient performance of the contract.
Regarding the procurement of goods and services to support corporate operations, SAS is committed to continuously seek ways to make business opportunities available to small businesses and businesses that are:
- Minority-owned.
- Women-owned.
- Disabled-owned.
- HUBZone-certified.
- Veteran or Service-Disabled Veteran-owned.
At SAS, Continuity of Business is paramount in light of any threats or hazards that may affect our employees and customers and disrupt our business operations. COB planning incorporates corporate governance, information security and corporate social responsibility.
SAS is a business partner that our customers can entrust with the viability of their operations because we provide vital customer-facing services and are able to continue core operations. Even if SAS does not experience a business disruption, we improve and standardize operational processes by planning and training employees on how to respond and recover from one.
SAS' global business continuity program goals are to:
- Prepare employees to know what to do in a crisis.
- Provide timely communications between local offices and SAS world headquarters.
- Put plans in place to recover SAS' most critical business operations that support our customers.
- Develop backup strategies, such as providing support to customers from another office until the affected office can resume normal operations.
- Avoid and minimize business interruptions through greater awareness and risk management.
SAS' COB initiative extends to all SAS offices. Response and recovery teams from Security, Facilities, IT, Communications, and the business units work together proactively to develop resilience and mitigation strategies, and, in the event of a business disruption, coordinate to execute recovery plans.
Through business continuity planning, SAS exercises operational controls to ensure our long-term viability and meet the expectations of our customers in an increasingly risk-conscious regulatory environment.
More information on SAS' COB program can be found in the Continuity of Business white paper (PDF).
Improving lives through learning
SAS CEO Jim Goodnight believes that education is the engine of economic growth. As a high-tech company, SAS depends on a strong educational system for its long-term success. By supporting efforts that prepare more graduates for college, work and success in the 21st century, SAS continues to play a vital role in the global community.
In addition to education-focused philanthropy, SAS supports K-12 and higher education through innovative products and services that improve teaching, learning and administration. Hosted solutions for both K-12 and higher education empower decision makers with a complete view of administrative areas such as finance, enrollment, attendance, assessments, human resources and transportation. With value-added assessment technology for K-12, education leaders can measure schooling effectiveness and predict student performance on benchmark assessments.
SAS maintains a keen focus on education initiatives in the statewide community of our world headquarters in North Carolina. The company also participates in select international efforts to improve education, particularly in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). This philosophy of thinking globally while acting regionally generates support for strategic education initiatives that benefit the worldwide community.
The quality of education in the K-12 system has a direct impact on economic growth and prosperity. SAS offers several products and services at no cost to schools as part of an effort to increase access to skills in the critical areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
This product provides interactive, standards-based resources in the core disciplines for middle and high school students in traditional, virtual or home learning environments. SAS Curriculum Pathways is available to every educator in the US at no cost.
SAS® Programming for High School
SAS provides five days of training, all instructional materials, assessments and teaching guides necessary to teach SAS programming to high schools. Students will leave this course with skills that allow them to sit for the SAS Certification Exam, a globally recognized certification. These resources are available to educators at no cost.
The North Carolina 1:1 Learning Collaborative
SAS is a founding partner of this public-private partnership providing laptops, professional development and critical support to schools in rural areas. The final stage culminated with Redesign 2.0, a proof of concept based on best practices from the NC 1:1 Learning Technology Initiative.
This collaborative effort helps mathematics teachers identify and engage in highly effective instructional practices and address disparities in mathematics achievement related to race and income. Schools in the Triangle High Five Partnership, which includes five public school districts (Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Durham, Johnston, Orange and Wake Counties) are striving to increase the number of students who are prepared to be successful in Algebra 1 in middle school.
SAS also supports other efforts devoted to improving the quality of education, including the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, JOBS Commission, e-Learning Commission, Wake Education Partnership, NC Public School Forum and other nonprofits.
SAS® Teaching Materials in the Classroom
The SAS Education division provides teaching materials to help professors and instructors incorporate SAS into their teaching, including presentation slides, data sets and printable/editable files of the student manual. These materials are provided free of charge, with copyright permission for professors to use any of the content in their own class notes.
Support to Universities and Community Colleges
SAS provides numerous guest lecturers to universities and community colleges in North Carolina and other states – at no cost to the institutions. In addition, from time to time SAS provides assistance with symposiums held at the universities.
Institute for Advanced Analytics
In 2007, SAS and North Carolina State University partnered to create the Institute for Advanced Analytics (IAA) to promote graduate education in analytics. This partnership created a unique and intensive, one-year advanced analytics master's degree where so far 100 percent of graduates have received high-paying job offers, strongly indicative of the great demand for these 21st century skills.
SAS® Software for Higher Education: Teaching
SAS Curriculum Pathways is used in community colleges across the country to help with remedial learning, engaging students with an interactive curriculum that prepares them to continue their higher education pursuits.
SAS OnDemand for Academics provides an online delivery model for teaching and learning data management and analytics. By connecting to a SAS-hosted server over the Web, users access the analytical power of SAS software through a user-friendly, point-and-click interface at no cost for professors and minimal cost to students.
Other Support Programs for Higher Education
- The SAS Scholar Award Program annually awards five $2,500 undergraduate scholarships for children of eligible employees in the United States.
- The SAS Student Ambassador Program is a competitive program that recognizes and supports students who use SAS technologies in innovative ways that benefit their respective industries and fields of study. Ambassadors are given the opportunity to present their research at the annual users conference, SAS Global Forum.
- Each year, SAS provides a free trip for five student winners of a poster competition to the Business Forecasting Conference in Cary, NC, and the Data Mining Conference in Las Vegas. These scholarships offer the recipients a venue to present their work in an industry environment.
- Each year, SAS conducts an event to share the latest analytical training with professors who teach data mining.
- SAS, Dow Chemical Co. and Central Michigan University Research Corp. collaborate to offer a Data Mining Shootout, where student and faculty teams compete to solve a real-world data mining problem. Winners receive a free trip to the annual SAS Data Mining Conference, an invitation to present their work during the conference, and cash prizes from $2,000 to $5,000 for their departments.
- SAS works closely with institutions to develop certificate programs in a variety of areas of SAS expertise, including data mining, statistical methods, data analysis and programming.
- SAS provides course notes, slides and data sets from many of its public training courses, free of charge, for university instructors to use in teaching SAS to students.
- SAS presents an informational lecture - An Analysis of Institutional Research Data Using SAS - to help institutional researchers learn more about how SAS can help them better understand, analyze and report on research data.
SAS support is directed toward sustainable programs that help teens succeed in the classroom and graduate from high school. In particular, SAS supports programs that focus on the integration of technology that will strengthen the education system and increase the number of students entering careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Programs must also show that their efforts have a long-term impact and affect significant numbers of people, without discrimination. Examples include:
- Communities in Schools, the nation's largest dropout prevention organization.
- Common Core Standards, an effort to define common curriculum standards for all states.
- DonorsChoose.org, "the eBay of online charitable giving," is a national nonprofit that connects employees with classrooms in need. Each year, SAS matches employee contributions to the cause.
- In-Kind Donations for nonprofit organizations that need computer equipment or software. SAS gives hundreds of thousands of dollars in surplus computer hardware, office equipment and other tangible items to community groups that can benefit from the donation.
- NC Center for International Understanding, a program to ensure that North Carolina is the most globally engaged state in the nation.
- NC Science Festival, a statewide showcase of science activities.
- North Carolina State University, a leading land-grant institution globally recognized for its leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
- Triangle High Five Partnership, committed to seeing that students graduate from high school ready for higher education and careers of their choice.
- UNC Public Television broadcasts enriching, life-changing television to North Carolina citizens of all ages. SAS is proud to support award-winning, educational programs that are watched by more than 4 million viewers each week.
- Wake County Public Schools, the largest school district in North Carolina and the 18th largest in the nation.
- Wake Education Partnership, an independent nonprofit organization that mobilizes business and community involvement in Wake County schools.
- Wake Technical Community College, a two-year, public institution serving Raleigh, NC, and surrounding Wake County.
- YMCA of the Triangle, with 15 facilities to meet community needs through programs that promote good health, strong families and solid communities.
SAS employees give generously through thousands of hours volunteered at programs such as the Employee Volunteer Fund, in which SAS provides cash contributions to education-based nonprofit organizations where employees volunteer. Other community organizations and programs where SAS employees contribute include North Carolina Food Bank, Communities In Schools, North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, SAS EcoAdvocates Volunteer Program, UNC Public Television and the Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen, where SAS cafés also donate leftover food through the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (part of Feeding America).
SAS support focuses on strategic initiatives in the region surrounding SAS world headquarters that increase interest and achievement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). SAS-supported programs meet the following criteria:
- Have nonprofit tax exemption status under Internal Revenue Service code 501(c)(3).
- Have a responsible board of directors serving without compensation.
- Show financial stability as evidenced by annual financial statements.
- Employ ethical methods of publicity, promotion and solicitation of funds.
- Raise funds without payment of commissions, street solicitations or mailing of unordered tickets.
- Operate from a detailed annual budget.
- Request funds for programs or operations with a minimal portion applied to overhead.
- Use the in-kind donation to benefit organizational members or constituents.
- The SAS Community Relations program does not consider funding or in-kind donations for the following:
- Sponsorship of professional athletic or amateur sports teams or individuals.
- Single events such as walk-a-thons, fundraisers, workshops, seminars, etc.
- Religious causes.
- Political parties, candidates or issues.
- Organizations that are in any way exclusive.
- Trips, tours.
- Independent film/video productions.
- Requests from individuals
If your organization meets all the above criteria, proceed with the donation application process.
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- Overview
- Environmental Governance
- Solar Initiatives
- Green Buildings
- Biodiversity and Habitats
- Environmental Programs
Stewardship for today, preservation for tomorrow
SAS is committed to minimizing the environmental impacts of our business. This commitment is not just good will, it makes good business sense. Investments in environmentally responsible practices and technologies deliver returns for SAS in three significant ways:
- Reducing costs through intelligently managed resource consumption.
- Growing new markets through inventive, eco-friendly business practices.
- Responsibly meeting the expectations of customers, government and the public.
The concept and practice of sustainability is embedded into every aspect of our business, from consideration of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) principles in building construction and maintenance to reusing IT equipment for optimization of asset life to recycling in the company's cafés to creating an analytic software solution that enables SAS customers to better manage their sustainability initiatives.
As in last year's report, we used SAS® for Sustainability Management to provide the facts and figures regarding our environmental footprint. All content has been reviewed by executive leaders and other internal stakeholders.
The SAS Executive Sustainability Council, formed in 2008, reviews metrics of SAS' sustainable performance and provides guidance on ways to conduct global operations in a sustainable manner. This group includes representation from senior-level executives, including co-founders and company owners Jim Goodnight, CEO, and John Sall, Executive Vice President.
The Executive Sustainability Council – and the steering committee that reports to it – is chartered to act on an environmental policy statement and mandates.
Environmental Policy
SAS is an active and committed partner in the communities where we live, work and conduct business. At SAS, we recognize that environmental sustainability is a continuous effort that requires prudent use and preservation of our natural resources. We encourage our business operations in offices around the world to take steps to minimize environmental impacts by complying with and exceeding all environmental regulations. To accomplish this, all employees are asked to integrate environmentally responsible practices and seek innovative solutions to optimize operational efficiencies.
Environmental Mandates
- Corporate priority – Establish policies, programs and practices for conducting operations in an environmentally sound manner, as one of the highest corporate priorities.
- Integrated management – Fully integrate environmental policies, programs and practices into all functions, business units and global offices.
- Continual improvement – Continue to raise the bar on environmental performance in alignment with technological developments, scientific understanding and stakeholder expectations.
- Employee education – Educate, train and motivate employees to conduct their activities in an environmentally responsible manner.
- Assessment – Conduct impact assessments before starting a new activity or project and before decommissioning a facility or leaving a site.
- Products and services – Develop and provide products or services that have no undue environmental impact throughout the product life cycle – from development to delivery, use and disposal.
- Customer support – Advise and educate customers, distributors and the public in the safe and environmentally responsible use, transportation, storage and disposal of SAS® products.
- Facilities and operations – Develop, design and operate facilities and conduct activities with constant consideration for minimizing resource consumption, adverse environmental impact and waste.
- Research – Conduct or support research on the environmental impacts of SAS activities and how to minimize adverse impacts.
- Contractors and suppliers – Promote the adoption of these principles by SAS contractors and suppliers, encouraging and (where appropriate) requiring improvements in their practices.
Implementation of environmental strategies is largely the domain of the SAS Corporate Services Division Environmental Management Program. The Environmental Program facilitates environmental efforts at company headquarters in the US, collects and reports key environmental indicators for global operations, and provides guidance and support to offices worldwide. Highest priority is assigned to energy conservation and solar projects, emission management and pollution mitigation, water conservation, waste reduction and recycling, procurement and green building.
The Environmental Program applies best practice ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) processes and structure to include:
- Using SAS® for Sustainability Management and other tools to measure and improve environmental performance.
- Ensuring environmental affairs are addressed by executive management.
- Addressing immediate and long-term impacts of products, services and processes on the environment.
- Providing global direction about addressing environmental concerns through the allocation of resources, assignment of responsibility and ongoing evaluation of practices, procedures and processes.
- Enabling continual improvement of environmental processes.
Naturally, SAS uses its own analytics technology to measure and analyze the performance of its sustainability initiatives. SAS® for Sustainability Management is used to calculate our global carbon footprint and measure the impacts of business processes and mitigation initiatives. SAS for Sustainability Management supports the application of global standards such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the Global Reporting Initiative. Adherence to global standards provides for measurement and reporting in 57 countries in which SAS operates.
The SAS Solar Farms are a combined 2.2 megawatts in capacity and are located on 12 acres at world headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. The photovoltaic (PV) solar arrays generate 3.6 million kilowatt hours of clean renewable energy each year, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by more than 3,500 tons annually – equivalent to the emissions produced by consuming more than 367,000 gallons of gasoline.
- Solar Farm I - generating power since December 2008. The array is 1 megawatt in capacity, 5 acres and 5,040 panels in size, and generates 1.7 million kilowatt hours of clean renewable energy each year.
- Solar Farm II - generating power since July 2010. The array is 1.2 megawatts in capacity, 7 acres and 5,236 panels in size, and generates 1.9 million kilowatt hours of clean renewable energy each year.
SAS also has several rooftop solar photovoltaic and thermal hot water installations generating renewably-sourced energy for office buildings at world headquarters.
- Building C - 405 roof-mounted panels - 74 kW capacity solar PV system generates 100,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually for use in the building – reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 95 tons each year.
- Building R - 702 roof-mounted panels - 169 kW capacity solar PV system generates 200,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually for use in the building – reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 190 tons each year.
- Building T – 24 roof-mounted 4'x10' solar thermal panels provide hot water for one of our on-site cafeterias. The energy output is equivalent to about 15 typical residential solar water heating systems.
- Building G – 42 roof-mounted 4'x10' solar thermal panels provide hot water for the campus gymnasium. The system produces hot water for showers and laundry services. The energy output is equivalent to about 25 typical residential solar water heating systems.
- Building C – 8 roof-mounted 5'x6' evacuated tube type solar thermal panels produce hot water for one of our on-site cafeterias. The system works in concert with a building HVAC chilled water system, which makes use of additional heat extracted from water-to-water heat pumps. The energy output is equivalent to about 10 typical residential solar water heating systems.
SAS strives to be a leader in environmental sustainability. From U.S. headquarters to our offices around the world, SAS is committed to making a difference. Globally, SAS uses the best design, engineering, materials and technology available to minimize environmental impact when building or remodeling business facilities. This commitment led the design and construction decisions for our newest buildings.
In March 2011, SAS opened Building C, which comprises the Executive Briefing Center, cafe and an office tower for employees. The Executive Briefing Center uses cutting-edge technologies to help customers learn about SAS software. In keeping with SAS' commitment to protecting the environment, Building C achieved LEED for New Construction Platinum certification for water and energy conservation. The Platinum award, the highest level awarded by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), was the first for any building in Wake County and only the fifth in North Carolina at the time to receive this certification. The building consumes 40 percent less energy and 50 percent less water by integrating numerous highly efficient technologies and sustainable features:
- Photovoltaic panels generate 100,000 kWh annually to support lighting and building systems.
- Solar thermal panels provide hot water for the café.
- Thermal slab floor cooling uses water cooled in off-peak hours by building chillers to help maximize air conditioning efficiencies.
- Radiant floor heating is used in the atrium to maintain floor-level heat for greater occupant comfort and minimize heat loss through the roof.
- Highly efficient HVAC systems integrate economizers, enthalpy wheels, variable speed drives, and various heat recovery systems to increase energy savings.
- Regenerative drive elevators produce power for the building on descent.
- Energy is saved by using T5 fluorescent and LED lighting fixtures along with individual lighting controls, motion sensors and automatic timers.
- A one-acre sedum green roof minimizes stormwater runoff and provides increased insulation. This significantly reduces the heat-island affect for this micro-climate.
- The installation of high-efficiency (low-flow) and electronically activated plumbing fixtures greatly reduces employee water consumption, resulting in 63% savings compared to EPA standards.
- A rainwater collection system with two 20,000-gallon cisterns captures water for use in bathrooms.
- A 655,000-gallon retention pond collects stormwater runoff and provides landscape irrigation.
In October 2010, SAS opened a new Data Center– Building D – at SAS world headquarters. The 38,660-square-foot facility includes two server farms and provides the additional data-handling capacity needed to expand SAS' OnDemand offerings, hosted solutions and continued growth of R&D requirements. The facility was awarded Gold certification by the USGBC. The goal was to design and build the most efficient and green facility, allowing SAS to continue providing the high level of IT support customers expect and deserve. Environmental technology designed into the building included the implementation of a reclaimed water system and selection of mechanical and electrical systems emphasizing efficiency of operation.
SAS Canada's office building was the first LEED-certified new office building in Canada. With rainwater harvesting and energy conservation measures resulting in savings of more than 6 million kWh of energy per year (equivalent to 4,000 tons of avoided CO2 emissions), the SAS building has served as an example for many other new buildings in Toronto.
SAS is also embracing USGBC LEED guidelines for remodeling and retrofit of existing buildings. For offices located in countries that do not use LEED as a resource, SAS is working to incorporate country specific best practices and pursue equivalent certifications for new construction projects and maintenance of existing buildings.
SAS is very careful to minimize impact on biodiversity and the surrounding habitats as the company continues to grow and expand its operational footprint at the two company-owned locations in the US.
Of approximately 900 acres at SAS headquarters, about 80 acres have been used for buildings, roads and other impervious surfaces. The remaining 820 acres have been retained as old growth woodland, lakes and streams, farmland, natural areas and approximately 60 acres of maintained grassy lawns, primarily used for employee recreation and landscaping.
The company applies LEED best practice guidelines for new and existing building projects, smart land use planning and campus landscaping, such as:
- Preserving large areas of open space in construction projects to minimize disruption to local ecosystems.
- Reducing the heat island effect by installing white reflective materials and sedum, a living plant species, on rooftops. The use of sedum on rooftops provides additional insulation, minimizes stormwater runoff and provides habitats for wildlife.
- Collecting rainwater from rooftop systems, retention ponds and cisterns to minimize storm water runoff and provide water for landscape irrigation.
- Planting drought-resistant and native plants that require only minimal irrigation.
- Harvesting timber from construction sites so artisans can craft unique pieces of furniture and accent walls for buildings.
- Restoring land disturbed by construction projects with native and adaptive, drought-tolerant plants that help local ecosystems thrive and reduce our dependence on water and chemicals.
- Growing local produce for SAS cafeterias from the onsite culinary farm.
The SAS Austin, Texas, office is located on 94 acres of mostly undisturbed land where deer and other wildlife freely roam. Only about three acres are used for facilities and access roads. The property has intentionally been left wild and features a long, winding driveway and natural walking trails surrounding the more landscaped areas around the building.
The Austin property is home to several types of endangered birds and spiders, which are protected by landscaping and conservation guidelines, such as the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP). The BCCP is a joint venture of the City of Austin and Travis County that protects habitats for several locally occurring species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. SAS works closely with BCCP managers in a joint effort to maintain the natural integrity of these important habitats.
Water Conservation
SAS' 900-acre headquarters campus in Cary and 13 owned offices globally use water for office and data center cooling, cafés, gymnasium operations, landscape irrigation and general employee consumption. Conservation of water is of the utmost importance to SAS because many of our facilities operate in communities that have experienced significant water shortfalls and are subject to water use restrictions. At SAS headquarters, a combination of water-saving technologies and practices, coupled with increased employee awareness about water usage, has resulted in significant savings.
- Installing high-efficiency (low-flow) and electronically activated plumbing fixtures greatly reduces employee water consumption, resulting in 63% savings compared to EPA standards.
- Using rooftop rainwater collection systems to capture water for use in office bathrooms.
- Replacing building cooling towers with higher-efficiency systems that can be operated with utility reclaimed water.
- Replacing potable water consumption with wastewater options such as reclaimed and gray water.
- Reducing and customizing irrigation schedules to optimize requirements for various plant types.
- Collecting rainwater in retention ponds and cisterns to minimize storm water runoff and provide water for landscape irrigation.
- Planting native and drought-resistant plants and warm-season grasses that require less frequent irrigation.
The Environmental Management Program at SAS assigns top priority to energy conservation. Energy management is a multifaceted program that includes energy conservation, energy generation, policy compliance, and employee education and engagement.
SAS for Sustainability Management is used to help improve processes for collecting, understanding and managing energy requirements for facilities worldwide. As this understanding grows, the ability to report and proactively influence consumption trends increases.
Key energy and emissions initiatives include calculating and reporting SAS global carbon footprint, building to LEED guidelines, investing in solar energy, pursuing leading-edge energy efficiency technologies for operating buildings and data centers, and proactively maintaining facilities to the highest efficiency standards.
Energy and Emissions Management
The Environmental Management Program at SAS assigns top priority to energy conservation. Energy management is a multifaceted program that includes energy conservation, energy generation, policy compliance, and employee education and engagement.
SAS for Sustainability Management is used to help improve processes for collecting, understanding and managing energy requirements for facilities worldwide. As this understanding grows, the ability to report and proactively influence consumption trends increases.
Key energy and emissions initiatives include calculating and reporting SAS global carbon footprint, building to LEED guidelines, investing in solar energy, pursuing leading-edge energy efficiency technologies for operating buildings and data centers, and proactively maintaining facilities to the highest efficiency standards.
Waste Management
- The SAS Waste Management Program at world headquarters has established processes to more effectively measure and monitor the operational waste stream. With more than 13,000 employees worldwide, SAS realizes that significant environmental benefits can be generated from efforts at an individual or local level.
- On-site recycling options are available for aluminum, batteries, cardboard, electronics, glass, magazines, newspaper, pallets, paper, plastic bottles, printer cartridges, scrap metal and more.
- SAS annually strives for 100 percent e-waste recycling by repurposing equipment for internal use, recycling with responsible vendors and donating to educational institutions.
- Polystyrene-based disposables have been eliminated in favor of earth-friendly compostable options.
- Food waste from cafeterias is composted and used by SAS landscapers to enrich soil throughout the SAS campus – waste vegetable oil is recycled and converted into biodiesel fuel.
- Reduction of paper consumption (globally) is aided by available online resources.
- Use of biodegradable and recyclable materials is strongly encouraged.
- Building construction projects regularly achieve greater than 80% waste diversion from landfills.
- Grassroots programs for employees reduce waste and encourage increased recycling efforts.
- Since 2009, SAS has increased the percentage of operational waste diverted from landfills from 26% to 47%.
In addition to employing various sustainability measures at world headquarters and global operations, SAS takes pride in environmental education and awareness efforts. We regularly engage employees and the communities where we operate with educational campaigns and communication through speaking engagements, visits to the SAS solar farms, companywide Earth Day activities, featured articles posted on the internal green website, published white papers and webcasts. By engaging with customers, employees, industry leaders and world leaders, SAS seeks to extend the reach of our sustainability initiatives.
SAS is working with leading international organizations to apply technology to the global issues of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as other environmental and social concerns. Customers use SAS software to facilitate the efficient generation of power, promote better utilization of critical resources to minimize waste, assist environmental protection agencies, and improve the production and delivery of goods.
Supply Chain
- SAS recognizes that the environmental impact of business activities extends beyond the campus and employee workspaces and actually spans the entire supply chain, from suppliers to distribution channels to product use. SAS continually researches options for incorporating corporate social responsibility elements into procurement processes, and seeks to reduce the environmental impact of supply chain processes.
- SAS annually completes the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Supply Chain questionnaire related to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and related climate change management.
- For sourcing, SAS strongly encourages our employees to give consideration and preference to environmentally friendly suppliers when ordering goods and services.
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Secluded luxury ... the Datai Langkawi is nestled in rainforest between the Mat Cincang mountain range and the Andaman Sea.
The master bedroom of my villa overlooks a private 12-metre pool even though the beach is just a few metres away on the other side of a fence. An elegant open-plan living and dining area leads to a private sun deck. The bathtub is big enough to fit a family of five (or more suitably a pair of honeymooners). And the buffet breakfast is a buggy ride down to the lobby.
But, should you feel like staying in, no worries. Your personal butler will cook for you in a separate pantry at the rear of the villa. Immersed in an ancient rainforest, the sprawling, secluded Datai resort, where I'm fortunate enough to be staying, is nestled between the Mat Cincang mountain range and the Andaman Sea on the Malaysian island of Langkawi.
The resort features 110 rooms, three restaurants and a private beach that's perfect for paddling, snorkelling, windsurfing and sailing. I'm one of the first to experience one of the Datai Langkawi's new luxury beach villas. Staying in a rainforest villa the previous night had seemed decadent enough — the room generous, the rear view onto the rainforest serene and private.
Tropical ambience ... a spacious suite at the Datai Langkawi.
But the new beach villas are in another class entirely, with its private outdoor shower and an XXL shower head on the indoor version. This is the sort of place where there's fine attention to detail, with the hotel emailing its guests before they depart for Malaysia to ask what pillows they would like in their room.
Once at the Datai, the range of activities offered at the resort are numerous and impressive. A Balinese massage at the spa is an experience bordering on the transcendental. The Thai cooking class teaches you how to make two simple and delicious traditional dishes, which we enjoyed with a glass of wine. The resort's restaurants are good, too, particularly Gulai House, offering Malay and Indian specialties. Breakfast is bountiful and includes optional champagne and DIY cocktails. The fitness room is well equipped while pools throughout the resort provide options for couples and families.
A highlight of my stay is the nature walk, led by the Datai Langkawi's resident naturalist, Irshad Mobarak. A former banker and rugby player, the polymathic, warm-natured guide held our interest for hours as we explored the rainforest and nearby mangroves on the Kilim River.
Unfortunately for me, it was a cloudy afternoon when I took a ride on the Langkawi cable car and the attached Langkawi sky bridge — a 125-metre bridge 700 metres above sea level — was closed for renovations. On a clear day, views would doubtless be magnificent, though those with vertigo, beware — it's a long way to the top.
On your way back to the airport, stop in at the Bon Ton Resort, a boutique hotel comprised of eight unique antique Malay villas. Stray cats rescued by animal-loving owner, Australian-born Narelle McMurtrie have been nursed back to health and happily roam the peaceful grounds. The resort's Nam restaurant is one of the island's finest, and perfect for pre-flight departure tapas and drinks.
Besides the cable car and a few wildlife parks of varying quality, Langkawi doesn't offer much in the way of kids' activities, but the beaches, rainforests and hotel pools are fine places for adults and children to while away the days.
The main town of Kuah is a good place to stock up on duty-free alcohol, chocolates, perfume and tobacco in supermarket-style shops, and the island of Pulau Payer, 35 kilometres south of Langkawi, is a great day trip for snorkelling, diving and baby shark feeding.
If you want the warmth and exoticism of a Bali or Thailand holiday, without the hordes of tourists, Langkawi, and particularly the Datai, is a close and appealing luxury option. This was my first visit to the island, but it definitely won't be my last. Oh, and those pillows? The best I've ever slept on.
The writer was a guest of the Datai Langkawi resort and Malaysia Airlines.
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Getting there
Malaysia Airlines operates 14 flights weekly from Sydney direct to Kuala Lumpur with regular connections to Langkawi. 13 26 27, malaysiaairlines.com.
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Deluxe rooms at the Datai Langkawi, which is about 30 minutes from the airport, start from 1888 ringgit ($591) a night, with a two-bedroom beach villa costing $4600. +604 959 2500, dataihotels.com.
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I am fascinated by archaeology, I didn't anticipate the great recession, and I love my wife. All of which explains our move from our home in Michigan to Lima, Peru.
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I hadn't planned on retiring in 2008. But the downturn in the economy, $4-a-gallon gasoline and a sinking building-materials industry (in which I worked for 40 years) made us reconsider. My wife was born in Peru, and we decided we should spend some time there.
So we sold our house and put our favorite belongings in storage, taking only two suitcases each for our adventure. We would give Peru one year; if we didn't like it, we would return to the U.S., enjoy time with our children and grandchildren, and try something else.
Almost five years later, we are still living in, and learning about, Peru.
From Ocean to Mountains
We aren't strangers to this part of the world. After we married, we visited Peru every few years for vacations. Little known to most Americans, the country offers a wide variety of climates and landscapes: Pacific beaches, coastal desert, the Amazon jungle and the Andes. Here, you can hike the Inca Trail to the ancient city of Machu Picchu (often identified as one of the Seven Man-Made Wonders of the World) or spend a week camping beside the Amazon River (often called one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World).
We settled in Lima because we like its oceanfront setting and because of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. (More on this in a moment.) Home is a three-bedroom apartment in the Miraflores neighborhood, a nice mix of parks, shops and restaurants.
The weather is delightful, with temperatures rarely above the 80s in summer or below the 50s in winter. There is no ice or snow in Lima. Tornadoes and hurricanes are unheard of (though we do feel the occasional earthquake).
Expenses are low (but climbing). We live what would be considered an upper-middle-class lifestyle for less than $4,000 a month. That covers food, utilities, housing, transportation and incidentals. Health care is adequate and inexpensive. We are too old (late 60s) to buy insurance here, so it is all cash up front: about $40 to see a doctor and just under $100 for lab work.
We don't own a car; we walk almost everywhere—for shopping, dining out, medical care, the local beaches. For longer trips, taxis are plentiful and inexpensive. A ride downtown or to the Pontifical University is about $4.
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And speaking of the university…I have long had an interest in archaeology. During our early vacations to Peru, I found myself marveling at structures and sites 2,000 years old (and older) and always would make a point of talking with the archaeologist in charge at the "digs" we visited.
At one point, a friend suggested that I contact the Pontifical University if I was serious about learning more. I submitted my college transcripts and was accepted into the school's International Exchange Program. To date, I have accumulated about 30 credit hours and continue to take one or two archaeology classes each semester. (What little Spanish I knew before moving I had picked up listening to my wife and her relatives. An intensive Spanish-language course here helped greatly, and now I enjoy the pressure of written exams, term papers and oral presentations in front of classmates and professors.)
During my first semester, I began to feel that classes alone weren't enough; I wanted to get my hands dirty! As luck would have it, Huaca Pucllana, a 1,400-year-old pyramid and active archaeological dig, is not far from our home in Lima. I work there as a volunteer—excavating artifacts, discussing elements of discovery with top specialists and helping unwrap ancient mummies.
Of course, our lives here are more than archaeology. In the States, we always looked forward to three-day weekends; now, we take a three-day weekend every week. We visit some of the towns near Lima or spend a nice day downtown at the Plaza de Armas in front of the Presidential Palace or maybe see the Cathedral of Lima, founded in the 16th century by Francisco Pizarro.
I also have been asked to help with medical missions in the jungle. (When younger, I served in the Army as a medic.) The Peruvian American Medical Society organizes weeklong trips to remote areas where American and Peruvian doctors, nurses and technicians donate time, equipment and medicine. Each group consists of about 30 people; on each trip, we help about 2,000 patients who otherwise would receive little if any health care.
Peru certainly has its shortcomings. Rude drivers, with little regard for pedestrians, are a problem, as is the fact that everything here starts late (at least to our way of thinking). Some shops don't open until 11 a.m.; lunch usually goes from 1 to 4 p.m. and dinner from about 7:30 to 10. We've also noticed that people generally have no respect for waiting in line, much like in Europe.
But so far the rewards far outweigh any headaches. We probably will return to the U.S. at some point. (The pull of family is strong.) For now, we will continue to explore this beautiful country, and get my hands as dirty as possible.
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|Main Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2005
|Nice easy day hike to take the girlfriend on. Great views of "Big Blue". I definitely have to come back with my skiis, the eastern chutes and bowls look awesome.
|Posted Sep 28, 2006 6:12 pm
|Nice Leg Stretch
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006
|A nice way to escape (reduce) the crowds a bit on my first trip to Tahoe.
|Posted Sep 21, 2006 5:56 pm
|descent the Cross
Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2003
|This time I dragged my snowboard up to the top of Mt. Tallac, with 2 of my skier friends who carried their skis with me, how nice of them. I had planned on descending the Sunny Side Bowl, but once on top the conditions allowed us a chance to descend the cross. I will never forget the steepness, and how humbled I felt when I dropped into this section of the mountain.
|Posted Sep 14, 2006 4:40 pm
|Glen Alpine
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006
|Another rehab outing for my broken ankle (16 weeks ago) and my second trip up Tallac. Nice cool September morning and I had the trail and the summit to myself on the way up. Passed over 50-75 people on the way down.
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|Posted Sep 11, 2006 1:18 am
|Mt Tallac Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006
|Started early to avoid the crowds. Beautiful day and great views. ~ 4.5 hrs car to car.
|Posted Aug 31, 2006 2:57 pm
|Route Climbed: Cathedral Lake
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2006
|Perfectly clear weather all day. Wind kicked in as soon as I climbed out of the bowl above Cathedral Lake, but died down when I was on the summit. Leisurely 7-hour round trip
|Posted Aug 29, 2006 8:27 pm
|gilmore lake route
|Went early in morning, not so crowded and had summit to ourselves. On way down passed hurds of people heading up. A not so hard hike with great views.
|Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:51 pm
|Route: Mt. Tallac Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2006
|Lots of people up there. Nice trip though. Definitely an amazing view of Tahoe.
|Posted Aug 20, 2006 7:17 am
|Peak Baguette
|My first "real" summit
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
|A kind stranger coaxed me into summiting (thank you, stranger!) I also met "1000 Peaks" at the summit. Way better than the view from my couch! Tallac inspired me to explore more peaks!
|Posted Aug 19, 2006 4:36 am
|Glen Alpine from Aloha Lake
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006
|Hiked up from Aloha Lake where I was camping w/a few friends. Made for a long day, but the views from the top are worth it! There were a few suspicious clouds in the sky, so when my hair started standing straight up, the ~20(!) people at the summit high-tailed it down in a stampede.
|Posted Jul 31, 2006 6:00 pm
|SE chutes
Date Climbed: May 13, 2006
|Another training climb with Vendulka - hauled 40-60 lbs packs... great weather and actually fun snow climb. I never get tired of the views from the summit.
|Posted May 18, 2006 3:16 am
|Moonlit Path
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2004
|Second trip to the top of Tallac. This time it was done by moonlight and headlamp. Great full moon hike on a warm summer night.
|Posted May 17, 2006 2:31 am
|Glen Alpine Trail
|August 2003: It's an easy walk-up, but I really enjoyed it. The wildflowers were great and the views were equally good.
|Posted May 14, 2006 10:27 pm
|Matt Worster
|very nice day trip from Oakland
|Posted Mar 16, 2006 9:39 pm
|Route Climbed: Glen Alpine
Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2005
|Great Hike. Trail was busy for a weekday in late Sep :(....
|Posted Mar 7, 2006 2:09 am
|Lost Trail
|Went with a firend who claimed to know the way, and lied; bushwhacked the first third, then found a trail. Very mellow, very beautiful. Watch out for flys.
|Posted Feb 19, 2006 3:29 am
|Date Climbed: a few years ago ?
|Really nice views, but way too crowded at the summit.
|Posted Jan 9, 2006 11:55 pm
|Route Climbed: Cathedral Lake Date Climbed: January 8, 2006
|(August 2, 2008) Climbed from Lily Lake TH as part of a traverse over to Dicks Peak and Jacks Peak.
(January 8, 2006) Great weather the entire day. Almost no wind at all. Did the entire thing with snow shoes, however there was some pretty solid ice on the exposed face leading up to the back side of Tallac.
|Posted Jan 9, 2006 3:04 am
|Route Climbed: SE Chutes Date Climbed: December 4, 2005
|After bailing on the NE ridge due to insufficent snow and way too much bushwacking, we hiked/snowshoed the SE Chutes to the summit. Spent the night on the South ramp at ~8800' and tagged the summit in the morning.
|Posted Dec 5, 2005 2:02 am
|Route Climbed: Stanford camp spur/Mt Tallac trail to Glen Alpine Date Climbed: October 22, 2005
|My girlfriend JoAnn and I did this as a loop. Leaving our car at the Glen Alpine Trailhead, we walked back down the road to Stanford Sierra Camp. Climbed the steep, brushy trail from Stanford camp to join the main Tallac trail just short of Cathedral Lake. Had a great hike to the summit, then returned to the Glen Alpine trailhead via Gilmore Lake. Beautiful fall day, only marred by a little smoke from a controlled burn.
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Marvel went to C2E2 armed with a plethora of publishing announcements for the Chicago crowd, focusing largely on special projects like miniseries and some pretty cool-sounding Original Sin tie-ins, but with a couple auspicious new series as well. In an inspired bit of comic book casting, Our Love Is Real and Avengers A.I. writer Sam Humphries will write the The Legendary Star-Lord, a new series drawn by Paco Medina starring the Guardians of the Galaxy leader. In similarly agreeable news, fan favorite X-Men leader Storm will star in a new ongoing series, this one courtesy of Greg Pak and Victor Ibanez.


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Mathies Named WBCA All-Region Nominee for Second Straight Season
March 19, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky women's basketball senior standout A'dia Mathies has been named an All-Region 3 nominee for the 2013 WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team, the WBCA announced.
There were a total of 52 candidates named from the eight regions, all of whom will be in the running for selection to the 10-member WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team. The All-America Team will be announced at 2:10 p.m. ET Saturday, April 6 during NCAA® Women's Final Four® Super Saturday festivities in New Orleans Arena.
Mathies, the Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Year by the Southeastern Conference coaches, has been a key cog in the Wildcats' success again this season. UK won a school-record tying 13 games in conference play, and finished the regular season ranked in the top 10 of both national polls for the first time in school history. The Wildcats, heading into their school-record fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance on Sunday, are just one win shy of tying the school record for wins with a 27-5 overall mark.
The Louisville, Ky., native leads No. 7 Kentucky in scoring (15.9 ppg), 3-point field goals made (64), 3-point percentage (.408) and field goals made (185). She is second on the team in assists (2.3 apg) and steals (1.9 spg), and third in rebounds (4.5 rpg). She has reached double figures in 30-of-32 games this season, including 23 in a row. She ranks in the top 10 on four UK single-season lists, including third in 3-point field goal percentage (.408), tied for sixth in 3-point field goals made (64), tied for ninth in scoring (510) and eighth in 3-point field goals attempted (157).
In SEC-only games, Mathies ranked second in scoring (18.2 ppg) and 3-point FG percentage (.447), third in 3-point field goals made per game (2.4), fifth in free-throw percentage (.810) and eighth in field-goal percentage (.417).
In addition to being named the SEC Co-Player of the Year, Mathies also was named to the All-SEC first team and SEC All-Tournament team. She is the first player to earn back-to-back SEC Player of the Year titles from the league coaches since Seimone Augustus of LSU did it in 2005 and 2006.
Mathies, who was named an All-Region 3 nominee last season, is also a finalist for the Wooden Award, the Naismith Trophy and the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award. She is the third player in school history and second player under head coach Matthew Mitchell to be named on the All-Region Team. Valerie Still was a three-time All-American from 1981-83 and Victoria Dunlap earned All-Region honors in 2010 and 2011.


text: Does anyone else have some dark historical stuff that went on in their family tree? My mum was telling me today about one of our descendents who back in 1944 drowned herself and her 5 children. I think she was pregnant with a 6th child, which considering the youngest was 3 months old must have been very stressful. Quite fascinating. There are a few articles available on the internet about it too so it made the news of the day back then. In fact the most fascinating thing is the link to this article which explains her state of mind. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11826286?searchTerm=drownings


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Communicating with your child's schoolIt's important for the you to have the effective communication with school and school staff, which will help you in monitoring your child's growth as well as it'll provide you the opportunity to understand the effectiveness of the school in your child's success.
Parental Guidance: How to Avoid Obesity in Indian KidsIt is a worrying fact that the ratio of obese kids in India is going up by 12-15% every year. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the chief medical correspondence of CNN, explains...
Finding the right school for your child.Finding a right school for your kid is the most important decision in the early life. You need to be informed and be decisive, for that ask yourself as what your child wants and start gathering information early, as just going by the school facilities may
Children's hobbies making families go brokeAn article by Alina Tugend. In an effort to give their kids everything, families are depleting financial resources and emotional energy. Is it a case, not offering every possible opportunity considered to be a bad parenting.


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I kept bees in Michigan about 30 years ago but due to a job requiring a lot of moving, I sold my equipment. Now that I am retired and enjoy gardening I am getting a few hives for the fun of it and as pollinators for my garden and orchards. My questions:1: When I purchased my equipment, they came with a screened bottom board. Something new since I got out of the hobby. But do you keep this under the stack the entire year, even thru winter? Seems to me that this would hinder the cluster from being able to maintain a comfortable temp thus using more stores to maintain body heat.2: I see a lot of people using medium supers as a brood box and again for winter food storage. Does not the smaller super acting as a brood chamber not inhibit brood production. I would think that the larger box would allow more brood production thus a stronger hive.Also, in all the literature I am reading, special mention is made of spring hive inspections with an emphasis on food supplies and supplementing with pollen and other nutrients. It makes more sense to me to simply provide a larger box for fall build up thus giving the bees the food that nature provides. Anyway - just my thinking and questions. Any input greatly appreciated.
I have a few hives with deep brood boxes and some with medium brood boxes. And either will work. In the mediums the bees will use two or even three boxes in the winter to cluster and raise brood in late winter here in TN. That may be a problem in colder climates but works around my area. As far as the SBB. I can't see leaving that much open area for the cold to get in. Imagine leaving you doors and windows open all winter and the energy it would take to heat your house. There are smarter ways to let the moister out.
welcome back stalker. i'm back into it again too. i like going into winter with double deeps for a few reasons. i'm an old timer, a deep full of honey should be enough to get almost any colony through winter, it makes it easy to do early splits and if i need to find the queen it's easier to go through 20 frames instead of 50. welcome back and get ready for mites and beetles.


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My bike was stolen at about the same age as your son. I still remember the feeling of loss. About four years later, I was delivering newspapers and saw my bike in someones garage. i took it. they called police on me. They said it was theirs and prove it was mine. I had placed my initials inside the tire rim w. my grandfathers engraving tool. I told cop, just look on ibnside of rim, my name is there. There response was I had applied the writing after I stole it.
Yes the engraving was old and dirty.
My neighbour did take action though he wired his garage door handle "as the main door is fiberglass" to an electric fence battery as he can enter the garage from the main house to disconnect it.


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|If you are reading this blog then I am pretty sure that you are interested in the agility that can be achieved by rapidly provisioning middleware systems and standing up virtual applications in a private cloud environment. However there are other aspects of agility that you should also consider. One such aspect is the ability to build applications that can be easily maintained, updated, and extended. This is where OSGi technology comes into the picture.
|If you have been working with the IBM Workload Deployer (or watching some IBM Workload Deployer demos) you may have noticed a category of components in the virtual application builder called OSGi Components.
|Maybe you already know all about OSGi applications and the value they bring to an enterprise. Or, perhaps you noticed this and decided that you would search for some more information on this odd acronym and just what an OSGi application is all about.
|In a nutshell OSGi technology is a way to define dynamic modules for Java. It provides a standard way to encapsulate components (called bundles) with metadata that define versioned package dependencies, service dependencies, packages exported, services exported, etc... basically everything you need to know about this bundle so that it can be connected up with other bundles to support a particular solution. These bundles can then be grouped together into applications and dynamically wired to fulfill necessary dependencies at runtime. The OSGi framework provides all of the necessary capability to manage the dependencies and resolve any problems.
|Those who leverage OSGi technology benefit from improved time-to-market and reduced development costs. The loose coupling provided by the OSGi framework reduces maintenance costs and facilitates the dynamic delivery of components in a running system. Of course there's a lot more to it than just that ... involving portability across different environments, achieving the appropriate level of isolation or sharing within an environment, and integrating with the many different technologies and patterns already available today. I don't think I know enough about OSGi to do it justice here. But fortunately for me (and you) there are several experts who can make it all clear.
|One such expert is Graham Charters and there is a great opportunity to hear him introduce this topic and also participate in a dialogue about the concepts and what they mean for your business. Graham will be leading a Global WebSphere Community Lab Chat on Wednesday of this week (July 20th) entitled: How can OSGi make your enterprise more agile. Graham is the IBM technical lead in the OSGi Alliance Enterprise Expert Group and an active participant in the open source community implementing many of these standards. So register now for this free session and learn how OSGi can make your enterprise even more agile.
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This is probably the closest to a great Indian Masala Tea I have ever had (being Indian myself). The after taste of this drink remind me so much of home. It is also a great drink to wash down your snacks and biscuits.
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Posted by sumant on Oct 03, 2010 | Verified Purchase
This is probably the closest to a great Indian Masala Tea I have ever had (being Indian myself). The after taste of this drink remind me so much of home. It is also a great drink to wash down your snacks and biscuits.
Will definitely reorder this tea
Posted by Reviewer3033170 on Mar 07, 2010 | Verified Purchase
I bought this Chai along with a few others to try out. This one was so good, it was all I drank. I steep the bag in a pan of boiling water for about 5 minutes to get all the flavor out of the tea (I hold the teabag in the pan by clipping the bag's tag to the edge of the pan with a clothespin). Then I add half-and-half. This tea warms me up and is a delicious treat. The best thing is that it is so flavorful and stimulating without having any caffeine in it. I love this stuff. I drink this in the evening and I drink Yogi Tea's Black Tea Chai in the morning. These two Chais have the best flavor of any chais I've tried.
excellent cup of tea
Posted by Reviewer2320140 on Aug 17, 2008 | Verified Purchase
this was one of the best blends of Chai tea i've ever had. It was smooth but had a spicy little kick. I'll definitely order this one again.
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Posted by Reviewer2892962 on Dec 02, 2008 | Verified Purchase
I purchased this (and three other varieties) for my Grandmother. She loves tea anyway but I chose it for the express purpose of helping her dry throat/mouth that she suffers from because of radiation therapy done to her throat. The ingredients in the tea helped to stimulate her saliva glands and gave her some relief from the dryness. I was worried that she might not like the taste or miss the caffine but she really likes it. I will be sending her more.
love it
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totally in love with this tea, it's calming and has a very pleasant flavor! will reorder for sure
Posted by Reviewer1302807 on Sep 18, 2009 | Verified Purchase
This is the best chai tea out there -- other chais in a teabag just dont taste authentic. This is the one you want
Great tea!
Posted by Reviewer2985632 on Jan 21, 2009 | Verified Purchase
The tea taste REALLY GOOD! Will buy again for sure!
nice taste for winter
Posted by Reviewer2454115 on Nov 08, 2008 | Verified Purchase
tastes good, the spices are not that overpowering. It makes a good non-caffeine alternative for chai.
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Posted by Reviewer1407017 on Feb 27, 2008 | Verified Purchase
Not bad, but I prefer organic African red bush tea with nothing else added.
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This tea is ok but I prefer Tazo's Chai tea.


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Hire a car in Athens and spend some time exploring the wonders that surround this ancient city.
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British Airways car hire, in partnership with Avis, includes all of the mandatory charges that you'll need to drive away your car in Athens.
The spectacular ruins of ancient Greece extend far beyond the capital city. Hire a car in Athens and see the sites of the surrounding areas, which range from the World Heritage Site of Meteora to the ancient town of Corinth.
Car rental gives you the freedom and flexibility to explore at your own pace. When you hire a car with us, in partnership with Avis, you will receive great benefits and incredible 24-hour customer support. Tailor-make your perfect fly-drive holiday and select a car type that suits your budget and requirements. Book a flight + car together to save money – it could come in handy for a car upgrade.
Combine the sights of modern Athens with the sites of historical importance on this comprehensive five hour sightseeing tour. With an expert guide on hand to explain all the top Athens attractions, your tour passes Constitution Square and Parthenon temple -- home of the first modern Olympic Games. Explore the incredible UNESCO World Heritage-listed Acropolis of Athens on foot, seeing famous monuments like the Pantheon.
See the best of Athens and its surrounding highlights on this sightseeing super saver that combines two best-selling tours. Begin with a leisurely paced walking tour to see top Athens attractions, like Syntagma Square and the historic neighborhood of Plaka, on your way to the Acropolis. Tour the incredible UNESCO World Heritage Site and its ruins with your guide, and then travel to picturesque Cape Sounion in the afternoon to see the Temple of Poseidon.
Visit three beautiful Greek Islands in one day on an island-hopping cruise from Athens. Visiting the Saronic Islands of Hydra, Poros and Egina, this sightseeing tour includes a delicious Greek lunch and hydrofoil boat transfers. Sightsee, shop, swim or join exciting excursions, like a trip to the Temple of Aphaia (own expense), on this must-do day trip from Athens. Enjoy free time on each contrasting island, from the pretty windmills and waterfalls of Poros, to the quaint alleys and charming red-tiled houses of Hydra and the vibrancy of the larger island of Egina.
Fuel your appetite with a night-time tour of Athens and the Museum of Ancient Greek Musical Instruments, before relaxing with a Greek dinner show. Your evening tour commences with a relaxing panoramic drive through central Athens over to Acropolis, which you will see lit up against the night sky. Next you will visit the Museum of Ancient Greek Musical Instruments, and then continue to Plaka, in the old city of Athens. Here you will dine in a typical Greek restaurant and enjoy a folklore show with live music and dancers in traditional Greek dress.
Taste the local flavours of Greece, during this three hour small-group cooking class. Taking place at the endearing Klimataria Tavern, your cooking class is run by its owner, Maria, who is famous throughout Athens for her traditional family Greek cooking. Under her watchful eye, prepare an authentic Greek feast and then sit down with fellow food-lovers in your group to eat. This small-group cooking class is limited to 12 people, ensuring you'll learn all about Greek cooking in an intimate atmosphere.


text: Since i bought my wrx a year ago i haven't modified my car yet due to my dilemma . i don't want to waste money taking unnecessary steps. i talk to some shop(4 to be exact) one shop said to buy the crawford 2.7l boxer engine and build from that, another said to buy an sit engine and build, and the last shop said i didn't have to buy another engine just use the one i have and open it up. Mind you i told these shops my ultimate goal is 750-1000hp while keeping the stock look. so i would like to build an engine that is capable of that but not all at once. first build towards 500hp then 600hp and etc… just fyi this car is for dd and occasion track.


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Right now everything is here. the car is automatic with a 34K mile auto tranny, car is white in color. No rust anywhere. All the interior plastics are good and even has a factory rear cargo cover It's a shame to part this, but I am and life is going to go on.
All parts (other than the tranny and motor) are $75 or you can make a reasonable offer, and if the offer is good enough it's yours. Lowball offers won't get a response. This will not be around much longer I promise. Inquire about whatever you want/need, and please do so fast.
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2.0 16v motor, ran good until the fuel system screwed up, with brand new ignition components (cap, rotor, Beru wires), and a brand new oil pump, and extra newer knock sensors. $250


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Ethiopia has been used by the Bush administration as its chief ally in the fight against terrorism in east Africa. The Ethiopian army was encouraged by Bush to invade Somalia in order to defeat Muslim fundamentalists. As part of the anti-Somali stance, the Ethiopian army has been engaged in destroying any Muslim opposition in the region of Ogaden in its own nation. The area is inhabited mainly by Somalis some of whom are part of the Ogaden National Liberation Front(ONLF). Human Rights Watch has uncovered evidence of a systematic campaign by the Ethiopian army to destroy villages and drive people away from their homes in order to deprive the ONLF of support. Civilians have been forced to fight and the Ethiopian army is killing livestock, driving people from their homes, burning over 80 villages and publicly executing people it deems to be part of enemy forces.
Human Rights Watch representative in Africa, Georgette Gagnon, said, "We don't like to rank abuses in the world, but what is happening in the Ogaden is up there with the worst." She added there were numerous examples of women being raped by Ethiopian soldiers.


text: By Craig Donofrio NEW YORK ( MainStreet)--Both Sony's ( SNE)PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's ( MSFT)Xbox One have been revealed and will be released later this year. They both play games, sure, but there's more to them than that. These machines are gaming console milestones with the potential to be either your living room's cutting-edge multimedia cornerstone, or a traditional gaming powerhouse. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One offer unique skillsets and different price points, so before you preorder one, you should know which one is best for you. Price The Xbox One is priced at $499, and the PlayStation 4 is set at $399. However, be prepared to shell out another $50 or more if you want access for either system's online perks and multiplayer services. Also see: Student Loan Twofer - Both Senate Rate Cap Bills Shot Down >> Subscription services If you're planning on using the new Xbox for any of its apps or multiplayer gaming, you will have to pay a monthly fee. Microsoft requires you to pay for any real Internet access via their Xbox Live Gold service, even if you're only using it to access your Netflix queue (yes, the one you already pay a monthly fee for). A 12-month subscription typically goes for $60, although with some bargain hunting (sometimes just by checking Amazon) you can find it for around $50 or less. Similarly, you'll need a PlayStation Plus account for most multiplayer games. However, you won't need a Plus account to access your apps. A one-year Plus subscription will run you $50. If you currently have a PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold account, you will be able to use it with your PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, respectively. Also see: Skin in The Game - Student Loan Rate Depends on When You Signed Up >> DRM Restrictions Update: June 19, 7 p.m. You know how when you 'buy' a Kindle book, you're more of a licensee than an owner? Console games are also entering the world of Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions, and there was fear that the Xbox One would follow suit. As of this afternoon, however, Microsoft has completely reversed its gaming DRM restrictions for the Xbox One. Microsoft published the announcement, written by Microsoft's president of interactive media Don Mattrick, mon the Xbox website. Microsoft will no longer require a 24-hour online check-in, allowing you to play offline games whenever you want, and without ever having to connect to the Internet again. Microsoft is also removing mandated DRM restrictions on game trading, so you can "play, share, lend, and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360," wrote Mattrick. Downloaded games will not be able to be traded or shared, which is the same as it is now. Now that DRM is basically a non-issue, the two systems are closer than ever. The PlayStation 4 doesn't have the check-in requirements for its games, and Sony has promised its first-party games to be DRM-free, so you can trade them around like current console games. But the new PlayStation isn't DRM-free bliss, either. Sony has said it's up to third-party publishers to impose DRM restrictions. For the moment, it seems unlikely that DRM restrictions will be the game-changer in the console war, at least not at first. According to Matthew Sakey, a games industry consultant and gaming expert, DRM may indeed prove to be a problem for next-gen system buyers but only after they've bought it. "I doubt it will be a deciding factor in deciding which--or whether--to purchase," he said. Prev 0 of 3 Next