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The win is icing on the cake, I'm just excited I didn't lose a player or suffer a permanent injury.
Boo i don't want a Bye i want to CRUSH!!!
Who we waiting on in Tickle 2?
Oily, I'm working the next 2 nights, so I probably won't have time then, but from probably evening Sunday on I should be free. Let me know what works for you.
Sunday is baaaaaad. I'm quadruple booked at present.
Tboon killed my kicker. Poor "Demonweb" Pitts.
I'll make him write the summary of our game, but it's pretty much what you would expect from a 2-1 orcs over dark elves - early casualties on my side lead to scoring opportunities, I get lucky on a break away, etc.
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Who we waiting on in Tickle 2?
Just check the schedule. ;)
Let's go Tickle 2! Tickle 1 is pulling away!
onewild...we're playing eachother. I'm Hox in the steam group. Look me up and lets see if we can schedule our game.
Can someone validate my game with TBoon. Looks like it hasn't happened yet.
Oh sorry I didn't even realize I was scheduled. I'm free during the morning/afternoon today and tomorrow and all day Monday.
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Can someone validate my game with TBoon. Looks like it hasn't happened yet.
I'm going to blame Prozac for that. He'll probably use some excuse like "I'm having a baby" or something.... ugh. Anyhow, match is validated.
Looks like there is just one game left to be played in Tickle league 2. *Legion*, GregRampage, how's it looking?ComplainerPenguin wrote:
Sunday is baaaaaad. I'm quadruple booked at present.
No worries. Looks like I now have to work Monday night as well, how's your Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday looking?
posting from my phone at the hospital. sorry lars i would have validated if i could... uh oh here comes the next contraction...
No worries, Lars, hit me up Tuesday.
And GL Prozac!
My wife took 50 hours to pop the kid out, hopefully it doesn't take that long! She really doesn't need you there that much, so if it turns in to a hassle just tell her you'll catch up with her later.
Game played - 1 - 1
Props must go to Chabuda, who had the chance to just sit it out near my endzone but instead scored and gave me 2 turns to score.
Played my game with gregrampage. Score was him: a bunch, me: 0.
My goal this season is to score a point.
LOLth Cats defeats Prozac's Ex-Wives 1-0
Long running drive in the first half, followed by an absolutely brutal turn 8 where my guys were ground to pieces. The nurgle couldn't quite manage to score in their second half drive. I briefly took the ball away and picking it back up was too hard.
If someone could validate, that would be awesome.
The mighty LOLth Cats trounced me thoroughly 1-0. It wasn't as close as it sounds. He managed to keep me out of the end zone starting the second half down 8-11. The last turn had an opportunity to score, but a failed pickup finished me off for good.
The beast was my MVP, which pretty much says it all.
I'm pretty sure buying an assassin immediately before playing Amazons makes me a bad person. I apologize in advance.
woo! bye week!
more time for garrus!
I'm still waiting to here back from Pride of Odin on the main thread. for our Tickle league match.
Games left to play:
Tickle League 1
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Pride of Odin vs Necrophobia
D'Kow War Rats vs Orc 'n' Pie Boar Boyz
Kickbadguy vs The Hammer is my penes
BYE WEEK Rascists, only lizards
Tickle League 2
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The Clan of Urist vs Roughing United
BYE WEEK Bye Weeks
Any games going through tonight or tomorrow night? If so, I'll wait to advance, if not, I'll just go ahead and do it. Let me know.
I'm in crunch time at work so not likely to be able to play. I'll take my (inevitable) loss.
Okay well if you see me online, and have an hour and change to play ping me and let's play.


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PureDWTS reader Lisa/@NotEnoughHough filmed some amazing footage of the Grand Casino Hinckley, Minnesota dance event that took place on February 3rd. Tristan MacManus, Peta Murgatroyd, Karina Smirnoff and Mark Ballas were all on tap to dance and entertain and that they did. Mark Ballas performed an acoustic set as well. Kevin Farley, brother to the late Chris Farley, entertained with some stand up comedy. Lisa reactions are so cute. More below and at her You Tube Channel. Lisa, thanks so much for sending these to us. It was worth the wait!! 😉


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When President Bush marked the sixth anniversary of his landmark No Child Left Behind reforms this week, he did it at a Chicago elementary school that has shown impressive gains over the past few years.
In many ways, Chicago – a city that embraced accountability, standards-based reforms, and consequences for failing schools even before the 2001 law mandated them – is a perfect place to examine how such reforms are playing out.
"Chicago's been lucky for having a real reform history and maybe even a little innovation tossed in with that," says John Easton, executive director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago. "We were ahead of No Child Left Behind on accountability."
With several complex reform measures of its own ongoing, it can be hard to distinguish which changes in Chicago are due specifically to the federal law. But No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and its effects have proved as controversial here as they have nationwide.
Some of the shortcomings of the law, such as an inability to follow through on promises that students in failing schools can transfer, are magnified in a big city like Chicago, because higher-performing schools are already at capacity. In other ways, the transparency and accountability NCLB promises – already in place in Chicago before the law – are starting to pay off as some schools record gains.
Nationally, Mr. Bush has been touting NCLB, crediting it with raising fourth-grade reading scores and narrowing the achievement gap between whites and minorities. Others say they're still waiting to see major results and blame the law for an increased focus on "teaching to the test" rather than giving more resources or training to underfunded schools.
NCLB has become a whipping boy for teachers' unions, state legislatures, and Democratic presidential candidates. On Monday, a federal appeals court revived a lawsuit on the part of the National Education Association and several school districts, arguing that states shouldn't have to comply with the law because it creates unfunded mandates. The constant criticism has some advocates worried that when changes are made to the law the good will be thrown out with the bad.
"Nobody is jumping up and down and throwing confetti and saying 'victory,' " says Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust, which works to close the achievement gap. "But we are in a better place than we were before NCLB."
The improvements on national test results, while tiny, are important, as is the slight narrowing of the achievement gap in certain grades and subjects, says Ms. Wilkins. As she sees it, the law has accomplished part of its mission to get accountability measures in place and provide data on how each school and subgroup is performing. Now she'd like to see changes to the law that would help schools do better: improve instruction, give states the resources to create high-quality curricula, make districts and states take responsibility for failing schools.
Few expect that NCLB will be reauthorized before a new president is in office, though Bush and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) of Massachusetts have continued to call for it. In his speech at a Chicago's elementary school Monday, Bush reiterated his belief that the law can be strengthened through key changes, and noted that he's asked Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to take steps to adapt the law if reauthorization does not occur.
He highlighted steps the Department of Education has taken to give schools in certain pilot states credit for the growth students make from year to year – even if those students are still not reaching the target proficiency levels – and discussed implementing a more accurate way to measure the dropout rate and making it easier for students to get tutoring.
"I know No Child Left Behind has worked," Bush said. "And I believe this country needs to build upon the successes."
Many critics say NCLB has been not only ineffective at producing big results in achievement, but also harmful, narrowing curricula, pushing teaching geared only to faulty tests, and punishing schools or closing them down rather than helping them improve.
"Having some set of growth expectations is reasonable, but the fantasy that all kids will be proficient in 2014 should be removed," says Monty Neill of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, a frequent NCLB critic. He'd like to see classroom-based assessment measures rather than standardized tests, and have kids tested less frequently than every year. Mr. Neill sees Chicago as a perfect example of why NCLB is ultimately the wrong approach.
"Chicago took the jump-start on No Child Left Behind," he says, citing in particular the city's program of shutting failing schools and opening new ones, many of them charters and contract schools. "It's a spurious reform effort with a lot of statistical sleight of hand going on."
Some parents and local groups have criticized Chicago's approach, particularly the havoc it can wreak in the lives of children pushed from one school to another. But others note that the city has made impressive gains, especially in its elementary schools, since it created a strong accountability system in the mid-1990s.


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Stretch your soul in ten minutes a day
It's a new year, and time to get cracking on those resolutions. In addition to those vows to exercise regularly, eat better, save money, get organized, and call Mom more often, make room on your list for one more improvement: spiritual growth.
We know what you're thinking: This year, you'll start every day by attending Mass or saying the rosary, or participating in Morning Prayer. Or maybe you just want to get to Confession or adoration more often. Or you think you're finally ready to take that eight-day retreat. Whoa—not so fast! Some of you (those who quit smoking cold turkey thanks to a previous New Year's resolution) might manage to make good on those goals, but the rest of us would be wise to take some spiritual baby steps.
Instead of resolving to become a mystic by December only to abandon your promise before March, take a look at our spiritual fitness guide, a list of practices that will stretch your soul in less than 10 minutes a day. We promise that if you adopt any one of them, you'll be in better spiritual shape at the end of this year than you were at the beginning.
Daily Mass
Daily Mass seems to perfectly meet our recommended daily allowance of the spiritual good stuff: readings and prayers, homily, the Eucharist. But it's not always possible to fit it in between the demands of daily life, and sometimes it's just not an option for those who lack good health or transportation.
Daily scripture readings
Two of our favorite daily scripture resources are Bible Diary and Daily Gospel (both from Claretian Publications). The Daily Gospel is a compact volume that includes each day's gospel reading, a short reflection, plus the first reading citation. These are also available online at bible.claret.org/resources.html.
The U.S. bishops' website, usccb.org/nab, offers podcasts of the daily Mass readings, and dailygospel.org e-mails you the gospel reading each morning. Also worth a visit is sacredspace.ie, a website run by the Irish Jesuits that guides you through the daily gospel reading with some additional material.
The Bible Diary offers some practical pointers for how best to encounter and pray with the daily readings: "Write down your reflections and realizations, your resolutions, little dialogues with yourself. . . . When you look back and read them all over, you will begin to see and discover more about yourself."
Lectio divina
Take a cue from the monastics, and try lectio divina (Latin for "sacred reading"), their time-tested way to engage scripture. While any part of scripture is fair game, people often focus on one of the daily readings.
"In lectio we read slowly, attentively, gently listening to hear a word or phrase that is God's word for us this day," writes Father Luke Dysinger, O.S.B. After finding the word or phrase, "memorize it and slowly repeat it to yourself, allowing it to interact with your inner world of concerns, memories, and ideas." The final two steps of lectio are to speak to God and then rest in God's embrace. Check out the Irish Dominicans' website (goodnews.ie/lectio.shtml) for an introduction to lectio divina.
Spiritual direction
This doesn't necessarily sound like a difficult exercise since spiritual direction usually only happens once a month for an hour or so. But trouble finding the right spiritual director and keeping some semblance of continuity might stop you from moving ahead.
The daily examen
Instead of just ditching this worthwhile goal, start on your own. Jesuits use the general examination of conscience—also called the examen—as part of their spiritual path.
The five basic steps as outlined by St. Ignatius of Loyola are: 1. Give thanks to God for favors received; 2. Ask for the grace to know your sins; 3. Examine how you have lived this day; 4. Ask forgiveness for any faults; 5. Resolve to amend with the grace of God.
Plan on taking 10 minutes at the end of each day to do the examen. The website jesuit.org says it doesn't matter how long one takes, but that "the important thing is to open oneself to recognizing and responding to God's movement in your heart."
Whether you prefer putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, journaling can help you focus on finding God in the everyday events of life. In Journaling as a Spiritual Practice (IVP), Helen Cepero assists both new and experienced journalers in paying attention to one's own life through writing. Finding the right time, place, and manner of reflecting on the past, assessing the present, and looking forward to the future can help you work through struggles, find healing, and be mindful of God's activity in and around you.
Daily rosary
If you already pray the joyful mysteries on Mondays and Saturdays, the sorrowful mysteries on Tuesdays and Fridays, the glorious mysteries on Wednesdays and Sundays, and the luminous mysteries on Thursdays, congratulations. If you're head is still swimming from that last sentence, there's no harm in starting slow.
Single-decade rosary
You can pray a single decade—an Our Father and 10 Hail Marys—on a regular rosary, or you can pick up a single-decade rosary. These smaller strings of 10 beads and a cross, also known as chaplets, come in tiny ring variations and slightly larger hand rosaries. The latter can be nice to use when walking or running—you won't get twisted up in a full-size rosary while you potentially work on two New Year's resolutions at once. For instructions on how to pray the rosary check out rosary-center.org.howto.htm.
Chaplet is also the name of a prayer form that uses rosary beads but assigns different prayers to each bead. Some are dedicated to Jesus, others to Mary, and still others to saints. These may take longer than 10 minutes but will still typically take less time than five decades of a traditional rosary. A roundup of various chaplets (and a disclaimer related to some of the chaplets' historical accuracy and theological orthodoxy) is at campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/chaplet.html.
Jesus Prayer
At its heart, the rosary is a meditative form of prayer. You can explore this prayer form with the much shorter (and bead-free) Jesus Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." This ancient prayer is popular in Orthodox Christianity, and the Orthodox Church in America suggests praying it constantly and continually, no matter what one is doing. (See their guidelines at oca.org.)
While some people find that using certain prayer postures enrich the experience of praying the Jesus Prayer (bowed head, controlled breathing, paying attention to one's heart), these techniques are entirely optional.
Centering prayer
Much like the Jesus Prayer, centering is a meditative practice that requires repetition of a sacred word to focus on one's relationship with God. Its roots go back to the Desert Fathers, and the practice is influenced by the anonymous 14th-century book The Cloud of Unknowing as well as Christian mystics such as Teresa of Ávila, Francis de Sales, and Thomas Merton.
Trappist monk Thomas Keating, who has taught centering prayer for more than 25 years, offers four centering guidelines: 1. Choose a sacred word as the symbol of your intention to consent to God's presence and action within you; 2. Sit comfortably with eyes closed, settle briefly, and silently introduce the sacred word; 3. When engaged with your thoughts, return gently to your word; 4. At the end of the prayer, remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.
Keating suggests taking 20 minutes. Plenty of resources and information on workshops and retreats are available at contemplativeoutreach.org.
Morning or Evening Prayer
The Liturgy of the Hours is a prayer of praise and petition that includes a hymn, psalms, a reading and response, intercessions, and silence. All told, Morning and Evening Prayer each take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes. The church recommends praying it in community. That's feasible if you're a monk but can be a touch more challenging for the rest of us.
Part of Morning or Evening Prayer
Try one of the canticles that are a part of every Morning, Evening, or Night Prayer. In the morning pray the Benedictus, also known as the Canticle of Zachary (Luke 1:68-79). In the evening pray the Magnificat, or the Canticle of Mary (Luke 1:46-55). Before bed, pray the Nunc dimittis, the Canticle of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32).
For more variety try one of the daily psalms. You can find the prayers for each day (or whatever part you choose) online at universalis.com. The site also includes helpful guidelines on how to pray the Hours.
Just as you're more likely to exercise if you have a workout partner, consider finding a prayer partner. You'll have the added benefit of engaging in communal rather than individual prayer—perfect for the Liturgy of the Hours!
Morning Offering
This 19th-century prayer is one way to get in the habit of starting the day with prayer. Additionally, it serves as a reminder of how to consider the events of the day, both before and as they unfold. The following version appears in the Encyclopedia of Catholicism (HarperSanFrancisco), but other versions are available online:
"O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for the intentions of your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the general intention recommended this month."
Eucharistic adoration
Churches that offer adoration often suggest that participants spend an hour or more in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament each week. According to the Pope John Paul II Eucharistic Adoration Association of the Archdiocese of Chicago, "Eucharistic adoration fosters a genuine sense of conversion from over-preoccupation with one's own will to the embrace of Christ's will for oneself and others."
While some parishes offer perpetual adoration, making it easier to find a time that fits your schedule, most parishes that organize official times for adoration keep shorter Holy Hours.
Practice of the presence of God
One of the purposes of adoration is simply to spend time with God, meditating and praying in the presence of Christ in the consecrated elements. But because God is always with us, we can find the divine at all times.
Brother Lawrence was a 17th-century French monk who did just that as he worked as a cook for his Discalced Carmelite community. His sayings and letters were collected by Father Joseph de Beaufort and published after Lawrence's death in a slim volume titled The Practice of the Presence of God.
Beaufort observed: "In the greatest hurry of business in the kitchen, [Brother Lawrence] still preserved his recollection and heavenly-mindedness. He was never hasty nor loitering. . . . 'The time of business,' said he, 'does not with me differ from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clutter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were upon my knees at the Blessed Sacrament.' "
With Brother Lawrence as a guide, remember to recognize and appreciate the presence of God during the regular events of your day.
Sacrament of Reconcilation
Forgive us, Father, for it's been a looong time since our last Confession. The thought of absolution is appealing, but the steps to getting there—really taking stock of all those sins, then confession, contrition, and penance—feel pretty overwhelming. Where to start?
Examination of conscience
Preparation is crucial to making Reconciliation a truly meaningful experience. An examination of conscience has been an important spiritual practice since the first centuries of the church.
There are plenty of ways to do it: Reflect on where you are in relationship to the Ten Commandments, the seven deadly sins, or responsibilities and relationships of your life.
Father Pat Umberger of the LaCrosse, Wisconsin diocese has a comprehensive list of questions at his website (frpat.com/examen.htm) to help you conduct an examination of conscience based on the Ten Commandments. An examination of conscience based on the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity are also available online at domestic-church.com under "sacraments."
Custody of the eyes
If you've already examined your conscience and are just waiting to get to Reconciliation, consider employing this practice (from the Encyclopedia of Catholicism) of "lowering or diverting one's gaze to protect the imagination and the memory from sights that might tempt one to greed, lust, or idle curiosity."
Custody of the eyes can come in handy plenty of other times, too: Do you really need to slip into the Apple store to check out the new iPhone or flip through a gossip magazine while in the grocery store checkout line?
Make a retreat
So you've decided this is the year you'll sign up for that retreat you've wanted to take for so long. You're ready to meditate, contemplate, find God's will in your life, and stretch your soul more than you ever have. The only problem now is juggling your schedule to squeeze out a full week—or the entire month of July—to dedicate to the spiritual exercises. Yikes!
If your calendar isn't cooperating with your good intentions, there is another option.
The 19th annotation retreat
Thankfully, when Ignatius of Loyola compiled his Spiritual Exercises in the 16th century, he built in some flexibility for those whose lives have less of it. The 19th annotation of the document reads, "A person of education or ability who is taken up with public affairs or suitable business may take an hour and a half daily to exercise himself."
Unlike other spiritual practices mentioned earlier, this one isn't quite appropriate for beginners. The Campion Renewal Center in Weston, Massachusetts offers this retreat, and staff there ask that applicants be engaged in regular prayer, be in ongoing spiritual direction and comfortable talking with a director about their prayer experiences, be comfortable using scripture in prayer, and have made individually directed retreats in the past.
Most people take between 30 and 35 weeks to complete this retreat, spending about an hour a day on the retreat in addition to a weekly meeting with a director. Places that offer the 19th annotation retreat have varying expectations of retreatants, so it's worth doing a little research. One of the easiest to take part in is Creighton University's online 19th annotation retreat (creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/cmo-retreat.html). Adapted by Creighton's Collaborative Ministry Office, the online retreat can be started anytime and takes 34 weeks.
This article appeared in the January 2009 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 74, No. 1, pages 18-22).
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We will be spending the summer talking about some of our favorite movies and how they teach us about issues like conforming to culture, where is God when He doesn't do what I thought he would do, becoming complacent in life, why would God use "little o me?", and many more. You won't want to miss this fun and exciting series.
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President Barack Obama slammed Mitt Romney on Tuesday for "writing off a big chunk of the country" after a secretly made video showed the Republican presidential nominee dismissing Obama supporters as victims who are dependent on the government.
"One of the things I've learned as president is you represent the entire country," Obama said on CBS's "Late Show With David Letterman."
"My expectation is if you want to be president, you've got to work for everybody, not just for some," he said to applause from the studio audience.
In the video, the first part of which was published on Monday by the liberal Mother Jones magazine, Romney told donors that 47 percent of Americans would back Obama no matter what and "my job is not to worry about those people."
Romney said they did not pay income taxes and were people "who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them."
Obama said he tried to reach out to people who did not support him after his victory four years ago.
"When I won in 2008, 47 percent of people who voted, voted for John McCain. They didn't vote for me," Obama said.
"And what I said on election night was, even though you didn't vote for me, I hear your voices and I'm going to work as hard as I can to be your president."
Obama, who as a candidate in 2008 made a damaging gaffe of his own that white rural voters clung to guns or religion, indicated he thought Romney should admit his remarks were a mistake.
"When you run for president, you are under a microscope all the time. All of us make mistakes. That incident in 2008, I immediately said, 'I regret this,'" Obama said.
"What I think people want to make sure of is you're not writing off a big chunk of the country."
Despite the focus on the video that was shaking up the presidential campaign, Obama's appearance was not wholly serious in tone. Upon arriving on stage, Obama told the comedian that he looked sharp.
"You haven't seen me naked," Letterman replied.
"We're going to keep it that way," Obama retorted.
Letterman opened his show, which airs later on Tuesday, by poking fun at an incident at the Republican National Convention in which film star Clint Eastwood delivered a diatribe addressed to an imaginary Obama in an empty chair.
"I want to know before we get started if you want to say something to the empty chair," Letterman said. Obama smiled.
"Late Show With David Letterman" airs at 11:35 p.m. on CBS.
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L'Oréal Inaugurates Its Largest Factory In The World In Indonesia To Meet Fast-Rising Demand In The South-East Asian Beauty Market Group
L'Oréal invests EUR 100 million in the first LEED certified factory in Indonesia
Jababeka, 7 November 2012 – L'Oréal announced today the opening of its largest factory in the world. The 66,000 m2 building is located at the Jababeka Industrial Estate, West Java, Indonesia, around 60 kilometers east of Jakarta. With a staged investment totalling EUR 100 million (approximately IDR 1.25 trillion), this new factory will serve as the production hub for the South-East Asian region.
"As we have been successfully operating a factory In Indonesia since 1986, the country is therefore the clear choice for L'Oréal's ASEAN production hub," said Jean-Philippe Blanpain, L'Oréal's Executive Vice-President of Operations. "Building our largest factory in Indonesia once again demonstrates our dedication to providing Indonesians and the markets in the ASEAN region products with superior quality and value."
In line with the Group's ambition to reach one billion new consumers in the next ten years, the factory will respond to increased market demand in Indonesia and ASEAN, which represents new frontiers of growth for L'Oréal.
"With the highest growth of the Group in Asia Pacific, Indonesia is a key contributor to the L'Oréal objective of reaching one billion new consumers. The Jababeka plant reflects our confidence in the continuous expansion of the Indonesian market and our strong commitment to the country," said Jochen Zaumseil, L'Oréal's Executive Vice-President, Asia Pacific Zone.
State-of-the-art facility dedicated to consumer products
L'Oréal's first factory in Indonesia was established in 1986 in the suburb of Ciracas, Jakarta. Due to the tremendous growth experienced over the last 4 years, it was decided to build a new and larger facility, and to transfer all the activities to the Jababeka plant.
Making a total of 43 L'Oréal factories worldwide, the new Jababeka plant will manufacture hair and skin care products for the mass market brands, L'Oréal Paris and Garnier. 30% of the production will cater to the domestic market while 70% will be distributed to all other countries in the South-East Asian region.
In 2013, the plant will produce 200 million units and has an installed capacity of 300 million units with the potential to reach up to 500 million units per year. The plant features state-of-the-art facilities including high-speed production lines, processing tanks with automatic recipes management, a lighting system based on movement detection and an advanced technology water treatment plant which is currently under development.
Commitment to sustainable development
The Jababeka plant is the first LEED certified factory in Indonesia and has been built following LEED requirements. These consist of a US standard which defines excellence in terms of design and building construction process with regard to key aspects of sustainability including water and energy efficiencies, atmosphere management, materials and resources utilization and environmental quality.
Since 2005, L'Oréal Indonesia has reduced waste and water consumption per unit by 52%, and CO2 emissions per unit by 38%. The goal is to decrease absolute CO2 emissions by 50% from 2005 to 2015 (from 2,000 to 1,000 tons).
Contribution to the local people and economy
L'Oréal employs nearly 800 people in Indonesia with almost 450 of them working at the new factory in Jababeka. Throughout the transfer process of the factory, L'Oréal has succeeded in retaining 96% of its existing employees from the former factory in Ciracas. In order to facilitate the move to the Jababeka premises 40 km away, L'Oréal provided employees with transfer and housing incentives. A total of 262 employees and their families have now become home owners in the surrounding areas of the new factory.
In addition, the factory, which plans to expand according to market needs, will use local materials and suppliers as much as possible.
Mohamad S. Hidayat, Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia stated, "The government of Indonesia appreciates the strategic decision taken by the L'Oréal Group in supporting the development of the industrial sector in Indonesia, specifically the beauty industry, by opening their largest factory in Indonesia."
For more information, please visit www.beauty-indonesia.com
About L'Oréal
L'Oréal, the world's leading beauty company, has catered to all forms of beauty in the world for over 100 years and has built an unrivalled portfolio of 27 international, diverse and complementary brands. With sales amounting to 20.3 billion euros in 2011, L'Oréal employs 68,900 people worldwide. Regarding sustainable development, Corporate Knights, a Global Responsible Investment Network, has selected L'Oréal for its 2012 ranking of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. L'Oréal has received this distinction for the 5th consecutive year. www.loreal.com
About L'Oréal Indonesia
In Indonesia, L'Oréal has been present since 1979 and is now operating through two entities: PT L'Oréal Indonesia, which handles marketing and distribution activities, and PT Yasulor Indonesia, which focuses on manufacturing operations. L'Oréal brands in Indonesia comprise of: L'Oréal Professionel; Kerastase Paris; Matrix; L'Oréal Paris; Maybelline New York; Garnier; Lancôme; Biotherm; Shu Uemura; Yves Saint Laurent; Kiehl's; perfumery which includes Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Diesel; and The Body Shop which is distributed by a third party agent. www.loreal.co.id
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Annex - Key Figures
Worldwide Operations Key Figures
- 43 plants across the world (including the new factory in Jababeka, Indonesia)
- 146 distribution centres
- Over 20,000 Operations employees across the world
- 5,8 billion cosmetics managed units, of which 87,4% are produced internally
- Over 84% of plants are ISO 9001 or FDA (quality), ISO 14001 (environment), OHSAS 18001 or VPP (safety) certified
- EUR 398 million Operations capital spending in 2011
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Once installed, these modifications are rarely removed. The bits and pieces read like a history of flight-test research. Among the most heavily modified F-18s is a plane known as No. 853. It has been the testbed for several projects, including flying with a bending wing and being tweaked to fly like a plane missing a wing. NASA let us into the hangar to have a look at No. 853 and learn a little more about some of the unusual feats it has accomplished. Above: No. 853, high above the Mojave in 2004 during one of its more interesting projects, the Active Aeroelastic Wing project. The goal was to explore twisting, or warping, the wing to provide roll control at transonic and supersonic speeds. Photo: NASATechnicians tend to No. 853 inside one of the sprawling hangars at NASA Dryden. The plane, shown here getting routine maintenance, carries evidence of past research projects. Some of the instruments and devices are left in place because they may be used again. Others are there simply because leaving them on the plane is easier than removing them. Anything left behind doesn't adversely impact the performance of the airplane. NASA Dryden maintains a diverse fleet of aircraft. In addition to supersonic fighter jets, Dryden pilots also fly everything from Gulfstream business jets converted into research platforms along with a Douglas DC-8 airliner and a former U-2 spy planes now known as ER-2s. Many of these aircraft are used as science platforms for work not necessarily related to flight testing. In addition to #853, the F-18 pictured here, Dryden also operates three other F-18s that are used as "chase aircraft." These airplanes provide an observational/safety aircraft that works with the airplanes doing the actual flight testing as well as being flown for pilot proficiency. The test pilots also currently fly an F-15 fighter as a test platform. NASA Dryden recently acquired a few more F-15s that are currently being converted for use by the flight test group, one can be seen in the back of the hangar behind the ladder on the right side of the picture. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comNo. 853's nose is home to an array of navigation and guidance gear, along with research equipment like the Airborne Research Test System. ARTS — it's all about the acronyms at NASA — is a computer that allows engineers to quickly and easily test new software and equipment without installing a dedicated computer for each project. That gray box at the bottom of the nose is an ARTS. To keep all of the wiring from getting mixed up, flight test systems are wired in orange while everything else is wired in other colors. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comNo. 853's left wing details the longest history of the plane's role as a test mule. It bears little resemblance, aside from its shape, to the sleek, smooth wing the plane had when it left the factory. The wing is dotted with sensors, equipment and remnants of the epoxy-like material engineers use to hold everything in place. The plane still wears some of the sensors and equipment used during the Active Aeroelastic Wing project that started in the late 1990s. Engineers explored twisting or warping the wing to provide roll control at transonic and hypersonic speeds instead of using the differential rolling horizontal tail, or stabilator traditionally used by F-18s at those speeds. The wing warping on No. 853 was achieved using aerodynamic forces. The thin skin covering the wing was replaced with an even thinner version allowing the wing to flex up to five degrees. Additional actuators were placed in the wing that allowed differential control of the slats on the leading edge of the wing as well as the traditional ailerons on the trailing edge of the wing to induce the wing flex. Here, a technician works on No. 853's wing during routine maintenance. Beyond keeping the aircraft in tip-top condition, the technicians inspect and install strain gauges and other instruments for the next research project. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comNo. 853 was known officially as the X-53 for the Active Aeroelastic Wing project. To accurately measure and monitor the wings during the project, sensors along the wing measured air pressure as well as strain on the wing structure. The line of circles shows the location of small holes where the difference in air pressure could be measured during flight testing. The black diamonds mark the location of mirrors used to measure the strain on the wing as it is flexed and twisted. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comSmall reflectors are placed along the wing. Light emitted from a transmitter along the spine of the airplane is bounced off the reflector back to the box, allowing engineers to precisely measure wing strain in three dimensions. Engineers placed more than 350 strain gauges on the wings of No. 853. Two of the "previously owned" F-15s being converted for use by NASA Dryden can be seen in the background on the left. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comThe blue box houses the transmitter and receiver that work in conjunction with the reflectors to measure wing strain. All of those sensors and other equipment require miles of wire, and No. 853 is packed with them. By using wing warping to control roll, No. 853 was something of a retro-plane. The Wright Brothers used wing warping on their early airplanes to control roll, including on the airplane used for the first powered flight on December 17, 1903. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comThese tubes protruding from the wing spars of No. 853 once were connected to the static pressure sensors on the wing. The sensors measure air pressure over the top of the wing to help determine the airflow during various maneuvers. The lift generated by the wing is dependent on the flow of air around the wing. Engineers can better understand the effects of various tests such as the wing warping if they have a precise way to measure the air pressure over the wing Many of the sensors, parts and other instruments of past projects are left on the plane when the experiment is done. They provide a tangible history of past research, and often are used in later projects. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comNASA researchers found wing warping could produce adequate roll rates at transonic and supersonic speeds. The software control laws that manage warping to control roll offer several advantages over traditional roll control, including reduced drag and improved maneuverability. And perhaps counter intuitively, a lighter structure can be used because aerodynamic forces on the wing can be more closely controlled, reducing strain. NASA Dryden's #853 F-18 is an early "A" model former Navy aircraft and among the oldest still in service. Their advanced age means they require more maintenance, but given how much is invested in the electronics and instrumentation, NASA keeps them in the fleet. Some of the other F-18s NASA Dryden uses as chase aircraft are actually pre-production "Y-ish" F-18s. These early models were part of the flight testing program used by McDonnell Douglas when the company was developing the F-18. In recent decades, many of the pre-production fighters were given a "Y" rather than the more familiar "X" in front of their designated number such as the YF-16, YF-22 or the YF-17 which led to the F-18. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comThis is the office of a NASA Dryden test pilot. It's not the biggest, or most comfortable workspace, but it's got a window and you can't beat the view. Most Dryden pilots who have flown in the flight test programs over the years are former military pilots who have graduated from either the Air Force or Navy test pilot schools. The cockpit of No. 853 has been upgraded from the original with glass avionics and other improvements in the decades since she rolled off the assembly line decades ago. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.comYou'll find all kinds of interesting airplanes parked outside the maintenance hangars at NASA Dryden, further evidence of projects past. That's a highly modified F-15B in the front formally known as the NF-15B to signify its research status; the canard wings near the nose are actually tail surfaces from an F-18. The airplane participated in many research projects with both the Air Force and NASA, spanning more than 30 years. Among them was short take off research, thrust vectoring experiments and advanced fly-by-wire research. No. 851 is another F-18 used by NASA. Behind it is No. 848, a highly modified F-16 modified with asymmetric delta wings. Photo: Jason Paur/Wired.com


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Peter Jackson felt overwhelmed at the world premiere of the first installment of "The Hobbit" movies in New Zealand on Wednesday as 100,000 fans flocked to the capital of Wellington to support the blockbuster.
The director revealed on Saturday that he was rushing to put the finishing touches to the film ahead of the red carpet event – and he succeeded in his mission.
Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis were among the stars of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" who took to the red carpet for the premiere, and Jackson admits he found the massive event overwhelming.
He told reporters, "It's emotional and very humbling to see all these people in my hometown who've turned out.
"It's been two years with this narrow focus on the film where we're trying to keep everybody out. You have security, you don't want people to know what you're doing.
"Then you get to that moment where filming's over and 100,000 people come along to the premiere, it's kind of like the whole world has turned upside down."
The movie, the first of three films based on the book by J. R. R. Tolkien, will hit screens in December, with the second part in the trilogy set for release next year and the final installment scheduled for 2014.


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The Massachusetts Audubon Society's Visual Arts Center in Canton will soon be getting a big boost of energy right from the sun.
The Massachusetts Audubon Society's Visual Arts Center in Canton will soon be getting a big boost of energy right from the sun.
This summer, the non-profit organization installed a photo-voltaic system of 44 solar panels, which will help produce about 27 percent of the energy needed at the visual arts center and will help save about $50,000 during the 25-year life span of the panels, according to Jan Kruse, Public Relations and Communications Manager for Mass Audubon.
"The latest solar installation is part of a system-wide effort by Mass Audubon to be a leader in reducing the impact of climate change," Kruse said. "We have installed other (photo-voltaic) systems at eight other facilities around the state, are committed to building green and have made energy improvements at most of our existing facilities."
Founded in 1896, the Mass Audubon consists of 44 wildlife sanctuaries and 35,000 member families, and remains the largest conservation organization in New England, as its sanctuaries stretch from the Berkshires to Cape Cod, said Amy Montague, Director of the Visual Arts Center.
The panels are split into two groups with 24 panels on the roof of the site's barn, which was built in about 1860, and another 20 panels situated on the ground next to a field. Considering the age of the barn, there were some structural issues that needed to be overcome, Montague said.
The 25-year reductions of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides resulting from the new solar panels would be equivalent to planting 692 trees or avoiding 162,000 miles of driving, Kruse said.
"As an organization, anything we can do to preserve energy or replace with clean energy—it's a good thing to do," said Steve Landry, who is the Property Manager in Canton.
All the panels would have been placed on roofs but they found that not be practical. Once they determined additional panels would need to be on the ground, Landry said they focused on a placement that would have as little impact on the site as possible.
Like Kruse said, along with conserving energy through projects such as the solar panels, the organization is also interested in building and restoring with green supplies. Montague said many of the Audubon sites are replacing older appliances with newer ones, because the newer products are much more energy efficient.
The energy from the solar panels will directly benefit the society's art exhibition gallery. Because of the nature of artwork, it must be kept in a climate-controlled environment, which takes considerable cost to maintain temperature and reduce humidity throughout the seasons. For that reason, Mass Audubon was pleased to have the solar panels installed in Canton, which houses all of the artwork for the entire society, Montague said.
It took about one year to finalize plans for the panels and now the society is waiting to tie up loose ends before they can begin to feel the benefit, Landry said.
Landry also said, as part of the state grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, which helped fund the project, the state will help distribute information to the public to help in the overall education process.
In choosing the sites for the panels, the company that installed the panels, Solar Works, chooses locations where the panels will catch the most optimal rays from the sun. Solar Works installs panels for both residential and commercial sites, Landry said.
In addition to the art gallery, the Canton site spans 138 acres and includes a traditional nature center. The Audubon Society in Canton offers a variety of art and nature-related programs such as nature photography and landscape painting.
"We're really interested in the inter-disciplinary nature that pulls art and science together," Montague said.
The Canton site, which was officially opened in 1999, was a gift from Margaret Morse Allen, who was an artist, filmmaker and avid bird watcher. The art exhibition gallery was formerly Allen's art studio, Montague said.
"Even when she lived here, she always thought of the land as a wildlife sanctuary," Montague said.
"In Audubon's Footsteps: Denis Clavreul's Journey through Watercolors" is currently on display in the art gallery. Clavreul, a French artist, is visiting and painting the various sites the namesake of the society, John James Audubon, visited and lived during his life. His work will remain on display until Sept. 23, Montague said.
The art gallery is open Friday through Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and costs $4 for adults and $3 for children and seniors. Massachusetts Audubon members get in for free.
For more information on the Massachusetts Audubon Society, visit www.massaudubon.org.
For more information on the visual arts center visit www.massaudubon.org/visualarts.
- Canton (Mass.) Journal


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By Chris Wright
In Spain, Father's Day (or El Dia del Padre if you'd prefer) falls on March 19th and to mark the occasion Lionel Messi went about getting the handprints of his five-month old son Thiago implanted within the epidermis of his sainted calves…
Perhaps pull those shorts down a little, eh champ? Don't really fancy taking the visual tour of Gooch Valley.
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Can a One-Two Punch of Launches Help HTC Fight Back?
Taiwanese phone maker HTC is hoping that two key product launches this month will give it a much-needed boost.
The company announced the One back in February. After a short delay, that high-end phone is due out later this month.
That launch will also roughly coincide with the debut of the HTC First, the midrange "Facebook phone" announced this week.
The launches represent a critical opportunity for the once white-hot HTC, which has seen its sales decline for months amid stiff competition from bigger rivals Samsung and Apple.
"It's big for us," HTC President Jason Mackenzie said this week in an interview at Facebook's event on Thursday. "We've got to get the brand out there in huge ways."
While other phone makers may well offer their own devices preloaded with Facebook Home, HTC is hoping that being first will translate into some renewed attention from consumers.
"It's hard to put a value on the buzz," Mackenzie said.
HTC is looking to up its presence in other ways. This weekend, the company is kicking off a range of promotional activities, including live demos at selected theaters, and a series of concerts as part of an 11-city "live experience tour."
The company has also been more aggressive in other ways lately, showing up outside Samsung's Galaxy S 4 launch to demo the One.
But its moment in the sun could be brief. That Galaxy S 4, which is due out this quarter, will no doubt be accompanied by a marketing blitz much larger than any HTC can afford.
And, thanks to its new partnership with Best Buy, Samsung will have hundreds of new storefronts from which to tout its wares.


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The Fisher 5K, a charity race organized by the Fisher 5K Association of the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, is an annual Run/Walk (5 kilometers or 3.1 miles) which began in 2004 and is held on The Ohio State University campus. It is the largest service event hosted by the Fisher graduate students and the largest 5K on Ohio State's campus. Every year this charity race is organized during the spring and the proceeds of the race go to the benefit of the Boys and Girls Club of Columbus. In 2010, over 700 people participated helping to raise over $17,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Columbus.
The weather has been fantastic every year they've held the race - fingers crossed for more good weather on May 1, 2011! Not only does the event raise money for a very good cause, the race's course is a great way to see, up close and personal, much of Ohio State's beautiful Columbus campus!
To register and for more information, please click here.