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WORLD: The Jewel Trade's Fading Luster
by V. Dion Haynes and Rama Lakshmi
Washington Post
March 28th, 2009
The drop in U.S. demand for high-end jewelry in a slumping economy is having ripple effects around the globe as stores close, workers are laid off in mass in the diamond-polishing factories of Gujarat, and countries like Botswana experience a dramatic drop in diamond revenue.
US: An Inconvenient Bag
by ELLEN GAMERMAN
Wall Street Journal
September 26th, 2008
It's manufactured in China, shipped thousands of miles overseas, made with plastic and could take years to decompose. It's also the hot "green" giveaway of the moment: the reusable shopping bag.
UK: Are we falling out of love with Tesco?
by David Smith and Zoe Wood, The Observer
The Guardian
June 29th, 2008
As the biggest beast in the jungle, Tesco has been accused of monopolisation, exploitation and bullying anyone who dares to stand in its way. It has become a lightning rod for every critic of corporate power, homogenised high streets and the malign influence of multinationals in the developing world.
US: Mannatech Settles Holder Suits
by SUZANNE SATALINE
Wall Street Journal
June 13th, 2008
Dietary-supplements maker Mannatech Inc. said it settled several lawsuits with shareholders who accused the company of using improper sales tactics to boost the value of the stock.
US: Wal-Mart's Detractors Come In From the Cold
by MICHAEL BARBARO
New York Times
June 5th, 2008
But after waging an aggressive public relations campaign against Wal-Mart for three years, the company's full-time, union-backed critics, who once vowed never to let up, are lowering their pitchforks.
US: Walgreen to Pay $35 Million To Settle Drug-Switch Charges
by HEATHER WON TESORIERO
Wall Street Journal
June 4th, 2008
Walgreen Co. has agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that it improperly switched customers to more expensive forms of pills paid for by Medicaid, the government health care program for the poor.
US: Judge Finds Dell Engaged In Deceptive Practices
by CHAD BRAY
The Wall Street Journal
May 27th, 2008
A state judge in Albany has found that Dell Inc. and its financing unit engaged in deceptive business practices related to financing promotions for its computers and technical support, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
US: Express Scripts to Pay $9.5 Million To Settle Drug-Swapping Allegations
by ANDREW EDWARDS
The Wall Street Journal
May 27th, 2008
Pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Inc. agreed Tuesday to pay $9.5 million to settle allegations that the company asked doctors to switch drugs primarily to get bigger rebates from pharmaceutical companies.
UK: Retailers in tobacco price probe
April 25th, 2008
n the case of Gallaher, Imperial Tobacco, Asda, Sainsbury, Shell, Somerfield and Tesco, there was an indirect exchange of proposed future retail prices between competitors, it adds, allegedly between 2001 and 2003.
US: When a Corporate Donation Raises Protests
by STUART ELLIOTT
The New York Times
March 12th, 2008
But a coalition of childrens advocates contends that the hospital went too far by agreeing to name a new emergency department and trauma center after another locally based retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch, in exchange for a $10 million donation.
US-CHINA: Staples cuts ties with APP on environment worry
February 8th, 2008
Staples Inc, the largest U.S. office supplies retailer, said on Friday it ceased doing business with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) late last month because of environmental concerns.
INDIA: Many rescued child laborers in India soon back at another dismal job
by Heidi J. Shrager
Chronicle Foreign Service
December 23rd, 2007
A 2006 report by the Child Welfare Committee found that 12 of 22 children from a village in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar were re-trafficked, mostly to different states, within a year after being rescued from a Delhi hand-embroidery sweatshop.
CHINA/US: The Recalls Aftershocks
by Louise Story and David Barboza
New York Times
December 22nd, 2007
Toy makers are investigating whether they need to treat their tainted products with stabilization chemicals or if they must seal the toys in giant polyethylene bags.
US: A World Consumed by Guilt
by Eric Wilson
New York Times
December 13th, 2007
Buying green may not be so easy.
US: Group: Wal-Mart Blind to Illegal Logging
by Marcus Kabel
December 12th, 2007
A nonprofit group has found that Wal Mart's wood products use timber from a Russian region rife with illegal logging.
US: Class-Action Bias Suit Against Wal-Mart Reaffirmed
by Reuters
New York Times
December 12th, 2007
Wal-Mart Stores suffered a legal setback on Tuesday in its attempt to head off the biggest sexual discrimination case in United States history when an appeals court allowed the case to remain a class-action lawsuit.
NIGERIA: Nigeria suspends Siemens dealings
BBC News
December 11th, 2007
Nigeria has cancelled a contract with Siemens and suspended dealings with the German telecoms firm pending an investigation into bribery allegations.
US: Wal-Mart Takes Image Hit From Shank Case
by Kimberly Morrison
The Morning News
December 7th, 2007
Wal-Mart won a lawsuit against a former employee, injured in an accident that left her brain damaged, divorced and penniless, for reimbursement from her medical care.
US: Gap Campaigns Against Child Labor
by Amelia Gentleman
New York Times
November 15th, 2007
Gap has begun an effort to rebuild its reputation after a child-labor scandal in India.
US: Mom: Chemical-Laced Toy Made Son 'Drunk'
by Dikky Sinn
Washington Post
November 7th, 2007
Chemical on toy beads makes children sick.
US: Gap plans 'sweatshop free' labels
by Dan McDougall
November 4th, 2007
In what would be the biggest commitment to ending child labour ever undertaken by a major retailer, Gap Inc is drawing up plans to label its products 'Sweatshop Free'.
GERMANY: FSC's 'Green' Label for Wood Products Gets Growing Pains
by Tom Wright and Jim Carlton
Wall Street Journal
October 30th, 2007
The Forest Stewardship Council -- a widely recognized third-party labeling system to identify "green" wood and paper products -- has acknowledged that some companies using its label are destroying pristine forests and says it plans to overhaul its rules.
US: Indian 'slave' children found making low-cost clothes destined for Gap
by Dan McDougall
October 28th, 2007
Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids.
INDIA: A Backlash for Big Retail in India
by Madhur Singh
New Delhi Times
October 17th, 2007
Supermarkets open across the country and international big box stores partner with smaller local stores to gain a toehold in the market.
US: Wal-Mart Workers Win $62 Million
by Marieclaire Dale
October 4th, 2007
Wal-Mart workers in Pennsylvania who previously won a $78.5 million class-action award for working off the clock will share an additional $62.3 million in damages, a judge ruled Wednesday.
US:Nike Adds Indian Artifacts to Its Swoosh
by Andrew A. Green
NY Times
October 3rd, 2007
To the amusement of some and the disapproval of other, Nike introduces a shoe designed specifically for American Indians, complete with arrowheads and feathers.
UK: Three 'face jail' over Ikea deals
BBC News Online
September 7th, 2007
A supplier and two employees of the furniture giant Ikea have admitted to using bribes in purchasing deals.
US: Lead found in more baby bibs? Bibs sold in Toys R Us, Babies R Us questioned
by Anna Marie Kukec
Daily Herald
August 16th, 2007
A California consumer group said Wednesday it has filed a legal action against Toys R Us and Babies R Us for selling vinyl baby bibs said to contain high levels of lead.
INDIA: Indian Activists' Rising Clout
by Jackie Range
Wall Street Journal
August 16th, 2007
India's Supreme Court is poised to decide whether a British company has the right to mine in a sacred tribal forest, a case that underlines the complexity of undertaking large-scale industrial projects here. The case's hearing by the court reflects the growing clout of activist groups in India.
INDIA: Indians Protest Wal-Marts Wholesale Entry
by Amelia Gentleman
The New York Times
August 9th, 2007
Wal-Mart, in a struggle to expand its global reach, is trying to enter India through the back door, but many consumers here have taken notice.
WORLD: We must count the true cost of cheap China
by Richard McGregor
Financial Times
August 2nd, 2007
In the wake of the multiple scandals over tainted Chinese food and drug exports in recent months, Chinese goods now have an indelible image of being not just cheap, but life-threatening as well. But the fact that wrongly labelled foods, liquor and pharmaceuticals have routinely sickened and even killed people en masse in China has been largely overlooked.
US: Mattel Recalls One Million Toys
by Louise Story
New York Times
August 2nd, 2007
Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, is recalling nearly one million toys in the United States today because the products surfaces are covered in lead paint. According to Mattel, all the toys were made by a contract manufacturer in China.
MEXICO: Thousands of Unpaid Teens Bag Groceries for Wal-Mart
by Joseph Contreras
August 1st, 2007
Wal-Mart prides itself on cutting costs at home and abroad, and its Mexican operations are no exception. Wal-Mart is Mexico's largest private-sector employer in the nation today, with nearly 150,000 local residents on its payroll. An additional 19,000 youngsters between the ages of 14 and 16 work after school in hundreds of Wal-Mart stores, mostly as grocery baggers, throughout Mexico-and none of them receives a red cent in wages or fringe benefits.
US: States Target Big-Box Stores; Maine Is First to Require That Wal-Mart, Rivals Undergo Impact Studies
by Kris Hudson
The Wall Street Journal
June 29th, 2007
Maine Gov. John Baldacci last week signed into law a measure requiring developers of retail stores exceeding 75,000 square feet to conduct studies gauging the project's impact on municipal services, the environment and local businesses. Similar measures have been passed in other states.
US: At Home Depot, How Green Is That Chainsaw?
by Cliffard Kraus
New York Times
June 25th, 2007
As companies rush to carry "environmentally friendly" products, Home Depot encourages suppliers to pitch to have their products included in its new Eco Options marketing campaign. Critics argue that the green label is overused and overmarketed.
US: Fired worker wins Wal-Mart case
BBC News
June 20th, 2007
A female pharmacist dismissed by Wal-Mart has been awarded nearly $2m (£1m) in damages after a jury concluded she was the victim of discrimination.
US: Gag order for former Wal-Mart employee
CNN Money
April 9th, 2007
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) won a gag order to stop a fired security operative from talking to reporters and a judge ordered him to provide Wal-Mart attorneys with 'the names of all persons to whom he has transmitted, since January 15, 2007, any Wal-Mart information.'?
US: Laid-off Circuit City workers allege age bias in suit
by Molly Selvin and Abigail Goldman
The Los Angeles Times
April 6th, 2007
A lawsuit by three older Circuit City Stores Inc. employees, alleging that the retailer violated California age discrimination laws by laying them off because they were earning too much, is part of a surge in age bias complaints from disgruntled baby boomers.
US: Fired Wal-Mart worker claims surveillance ops: report
Reuters UK
April 4th, 2007
The Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
worker fired last month for intercepting a reporter's phone calls says he was part of a larger, sophisticated surveillance operation that included snooping not only on employees, but also on critics, stockholders and the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., The Wall Street Journal reported.
US: Wal-Mart Agrees to Pay $33 Million in Back Wages (Update3)
by Lauren Coleman-Lochner
January 25th, 2007
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest U.S. private employer, will pay $33 million in back wages plus interest under an agreement with the U.S. Labor Department
US: US farming watchdog accuses Wal-Mart of mis-selling
by Stephen Foley in New York
Independent (UK)
January 21st, 2007
Wal-Mart, the controversial retailing giant, is under investigation in the US over allegations it is trying to pass off non-organic foods as organic.
US: Wal-Mart Charged with Selling Nonorganic Food as Organic
by Mark A. Kastel
The Free Press
November 14th, 2006
The Cornucopia Institute, the nation's most aggressive organic farming watchdog, has filed a formal legal complaint with the USDA asking them to investigate allegations of illegal organic food distribution by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Cornucopia has documented cases of nonorganic food products being sold as organic in Wal-Marts grocery departments.
US: Wal-Mart must pay workers $78m
October 13th, 2006
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, has been ordered to pay at least $78m in compensation to workers who were forced to work during breaks.
US: Wal-Mart to Add More Part-Timers and Wage Caps
by Steven Greenhouse and Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
October 2nd, 2006
Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, is pushing to create a cheaper, more flexible work force by capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling more workers on nights and weekends.
US: Wal-Mart to Shrink Options For New Hires' Health Care
by Ylan Q. Mui and Amy Joyce
The Washington Post
September 27th, 2006
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is scaling back the health-care plans available to new employees, sparking fresh criticism over whether the giant retailer is providing adequate coverage to its workers.
US: Chicago's Council Fails to Override Daley's Veto (Update3)
by Lauren Coleman-Lochner and Kevin Orland
September 13th, 2006
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other large retailers claimed victory in Chicago after the City Council failed to override Mayor Richard Daley's veto of an ordinance requiring them to increase their minimum wage.
US: Wal-Mart bank battle escalates
Bloomberg News
August 29th, 2006
A battle over Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s effort to get into financial services might derail the growth of company-owned banks, as well as Utah's ambitions to become to such lenders what Delaware is to corporations.
US: Suit Against Wal-Mart Is Narrowed
Bloomberg News
August 29th, 2006
A federal judge Monday dismissed civil racketeering claims against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., narrowing the scope of a lawsuit that accused the retailer of knowingly employing illegal immigrants to clean its stores.
US: Proposal to Build a Wal-Mart in Southern S.I. Is Scrapped
by Steven Greenhouse
The New York Times
August 25th, 2006
Wal-Marts plans to open its first New York City store at the southern tip of Staten Island have fallen through, company officials confirmed yesterday.
CHINA: Wal-Mart Agrees to Unionization
by David Barboza
The New York Times
August 9th, 2006
After years of fighting unionization efforts at its stores, Wal-Mart, the worlds largest retailer, said today that it would work closely with Chinese officials to establish labor unions at all of its outlets here.
GERMANY: Wal-Mart Finds That Its Formula Doesn't Work in All Cultures
by Mark Landler and Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
August 1st, 2006
Some of Wal-Marts problems stem from hubris, a uniquely powerful American enterprise trying to impose its values around the world. At Wal-Marts headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., however, the message from these missteps is now registering loud and clear.
US: Corn Plastic to the Rescue
by Elizabeth Royte
Smithsonian Magazine
August 1st, 2006
Wal-Mart and others are going green with "biodegradable" packaging made from corn. But is this really the answer to America's throwaway culture?
GERMANY: Wal-Mart Decides to Pull Out of Germany
by Mark Landler
The New York Times
July 28th, 2006
Wal-Mart Stores, admitting defeat in Germanys giant, cutthroat retail market, said today that it would sell its 85 stores here to a German retailer, the Metro Group, and incur a loss of $1 billion.
US: Chicago Orders Big Box Stores to Raise Wage
by Erik Eckholm
The New York Times
July 26th, 2006
After months of fevered lobbying and bitter debate, the Chicago City Council passed a ground-breaking ordinance yesterday requiring big box stores, like Wal-Mart and Home Depot, to pay a minimum wage of $10 an hour by 2010, along with at least $3 an hour worth of benefits.
US: Bankers urge Congress to stop Wal-Mart bank
Bloomberg News
July 25th, 2006
Banking industry representatives on Monday pressed federal lawmakers to block a bid by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to open a bank, a move they say would damage the industry and blur the divide between banking and commerce.
US: Judge Gives Wal-Mart Reprieve on Benefits
by Reed Abelson and Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
July 20th, 2006
In a setback to state efforts to force employers to provide more generous health benefits, a federal judge yesterday struck down a Maryland law that was aimed at the nations largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores.
US: Wal-Mart Warms to a Green Outlook
by Claire Hoffman
The Los Angeles Times
July 13th, 2006
Bentonville, Ark., seemed like an Emerald City of sorts Wednesday as hometown giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. put on display its latest efforts to go green.
US: Wal-Mart's New Jersey ATM sparks cries of foul from wary banks
by Lauren Coleman-Lochner
Bloomberg News
July 12th, 2006
In Kearny, New Jersey, a 20-minute drive from Manhattan, a Wal-Mart-branded automated teller machine is reigniting fears among small banks that the world's largest retailer wants to drive them out of business.
UK: Wal-Mart Faces Asda Workers' Strike
by Jonathan Birchall and Andrew Taylor
The Financial Times
June 22nd, 2006
Wal-Mart is facing the threat of a potentially damaging strike at Asda, the UK subsidiary that accounts for about 40 per cent of its international sales, in a dispute with one of the country's largest unions over bargaining rights.
US: Wal-Mart Could Hike Pay and Keep Prices Low: Study
by Emily Kaiser
June 15th, 2006
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N) could significantly increase employee wages and benefits without raising prices, and still earn a healthy -- albeit smaller -- profit, research released on Thursday concluded.
US: KFC Gets Burned for Using Unhealthy Fat
June 13th, 2006
A consumer group is suing the operator of the KFC to try to stop it from frying foods in an artery-clogging trans fat.
US: Wal-Mart Likes Chicago, But Not City's Wage Plan
by Gary Washburn
Chicago Tribune
June 13th, 2006
A Wal-Mart official said Monday that his firm could be interested in building "10 or 20" stores on city sites during the next five years, but he added that passage of a minimum wage measure by Chicago's City Council could have a chilling effect on the company's plans.
US: Fendi sues Wal-Mart over fake handbags
June 11th, 2006
Italian fashion group Fendi S.R.L. sued Wal-Mart Stores in U.S. federal court on Friday, accusing the world's largest retailer of selling counterfeit handbags and passing them off as genuine at its Sam's Club warehouse stores.
US: Three Restaurant Executives Will Admit Fraud Charges
by Floyd Norris
The New York Times
June 8th, 2006
Three former top officers of Buca Inc., an operator of Italian restaurants, have agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges in connection with a scheme to create false profits for Buca and allow executives to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for a wide range of expenses including the use of an Italian villa and visits to strip clubs.
US: Biggest pension fund boycotts Wal-Mart
by Terry Macalister
The Guardian
June 7th, 2006
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer and owner of the Asda supermarket chain, is being boycotted by the world's largest pension fund for alleged "serious and systematic" abuses of human and employment rights.
US: With Links to Board, Home Depot Chief Saw His Pay Soar
by Julie Creswell
The New York Times
May 24th, 2006
US: Ad Calls for Wal-Mart to Change Principles
Associated Press
May 23rd, 2006
One of Wal-Mart's most vocal union-funded critics took out a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling on the company to live up to the ''moral responsibilities'' of being the world's largest private employer by improving wages and health insurance.
US: Wal-Mart Tries to Enlist Image Help
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
May 12th, 2006
US: Unwitting Shoppers Recruited for Wal-Mart PR Fight
by Marilyn Geewax
Cox News Service
April 4th, 2006
Last December, Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ark., created its own grassroots group, Working Families for Wal-Mart. It hired Edelman, a global public relations firm, to organize the group out of its Washington office and launch a nationwide campaign.
US: Wal-Mart to Open Stores in Struggling Urban Neighborhoods
The Associated Press
April 4th, 2006
Wal-Mart said it will build the stores in neighborhoods with high crime or unemployment rates, on sites that are environmentally contaminated, or in vacant buildings or malls in need of revitalization.
US: Exxon Dethrones Wal-Mart on Fortune 500 List
by J.W. Elphinstone
Associated Press
April 3rd, 2006
Skyrocketing energy prices propelled ExxonMobil (XOM) to the top of the 2006 Fortune 500 list, and consigned Wal-Mart (WMT) to the No. 2 spot on the magazine's annual ranking of the nation's largest publicly traded companies.
US: Wal-Mart Begins Quest for Generals in P.R. War
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
March 30th, 2006
Wanted: two people to help defend the nation's largest retailer against critics. Requirements: plenty of experience managing a crisis.
US: A Show of Hands on Wal-Mart
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
March 24th, 2006
Like almost anything involving Wal-Mart these days, the dispute has less to do with specific legal or regulatory questions than it does with the deep rift the company has opened across the American landscape.
US: Wal-Mart critics put workers in spotlight over health care
by Marcus Kabel
Associated Press
February 28th, 2006
One of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s most vociferous critics launched a campaign Tuesday with 17 current and former Wal-Mart workers speaking out against health insurance coverage they claim is too expensive, leaving them uninsured or on taxpayer funded programs.
US: Wal-Mart to Loosen Health Insurance Limits
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
February 23rd, 2006
Wal-Mart Stores, facing a raft of state legislation that would require it to increase spending on employee health insurance, will lift several of its long-standing and most-criticized restrictions on eligibility over the next year, the giant retailer said this morning.
US: Sales Brisk for "Wal-Mart" Docu As Accusations Fly
February 15th, 2006
Berlin's European Film Market became the backdrop for yet another verbal battle between Wal-Mart and its filmmaker nemesis Robert Greenwald on Tuesday. The Greenwald-directed film "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" made for hot sales but heated words at the market.
US: Wal-Mart's Musical Moves
by Abigail Goldman and Charles Duhigg
Los Angeles Times
January 26th, 2006
This latest example of Wal-Mart's "direct procurement" approach continues the company's practice of upending the traditional relationship between the makers of goods and those who sell them. The deal has some in the recording industry alarmed at the thought of Wal-Mart's establishing direct partnerships with musicians and cutting out the labels. And it may just be the start.
US: The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart
by Charles Fishman
Fast Company
January 20th, 2006
US: Suit Alleging Wal-Mart Pressured Workers Into Working Through Breaks Granted Class-Action Status
Bloomberg News
January 13th, 2006
A Pennsylvania judge granted class-action status yesterday to a lawsuit contending that Wal-Mart employees had been pressed to work through breaks and after hours.
US: Maryland Sets a Health Cost for Wal-Mart
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
January 13th, 2006
The Maryland legislature passed a law Thursday that would require Wal-Mart Stores to increase spending on employee health insurance, a measure that is expected to be a model for other states.
US: For One Clerk, Fight for Wal-Mart Bill Is Personal
by Mary Otto
Washington Post
January 12th, 2006
The debate over the Fair Share Health Care Fund Act, commonly known as the Wal-Mart bill, has dominated politics in the run-up to the General Assembly, with the retailer arguing that Democrats have unfairly singled out one company and union leaders arguing that workers deserve better treatment.
US: SEC Opens Informal Probe Into Home Depot
January 12th, 2006
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal investigation into charges that Home Depot Inc. inflated profits through supplier payments meant to cover the cost of damaged merchandise
ANALYSIS: Was Wal-Mart's Anti-Union Image Used as a Shield?
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
January 9th, 2006
The "union project" was a secret scheme, approved by senior Wal-Mart executives, to pay union members for information about which stores they planned to organize.
US: Ex-Wal-Mart Executive Expected to Plead Guilty to Fraud
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
January 7th, 2006
The former vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Thomas M. Coughlin, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that he defrauded the company of at least $350,000, people close to the negotiations said yesterday.
US: Wal-Mart Web Site Makes Racial Connections
by Ylan Q. Mui
Washington Post
January 6th, 2006
Wal-Mart apologized yesterday after its retail Web site directed potential buyers of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Planet of the Apes" DVDs to also consider purchasing DVDs with African American themes.
US: Wal-Mart in Their Sights, States Press for Health Benefits
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
January 5th, 2006
US: Wal-Mart Bank faces tough opposition
by Shaheen Pasha
January 4th, 2006
It's a new year and the fate of Wal-Mart Bank still hangs in the balance.
UK: Corner shops face closure 'within a decade', MPs warn
by Saeed Shah
Independent UK
January 2nd, 2006
An influential group of MPs will warn in a forthcoming report that independent retailers and wholesalers will disappear within a decade, piling pressure on government and competition authorities to curb the power of the big four supermarkets.
US: Jury Awards $207 Million To Wal-Mart Workers
Associated Press
December 22nd, 2005
A California jury on Thursday awarded $207 million to thousands of employees at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. who claimed they were illegally denied lunch breaks.
US: Wal-Mart Under Investigation for Hazardous Waste
Associated Press
December 20th, 2005
US: Best Buy Sued for Bias
by Jason Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
December 10th, 2005
Six current and former employees of Best Buy filed a race- and sex-discrimination lawsuit Thursday against the consumer electronics chain in federal court in San Francisco, accusing it of denying better-paying sales and managerial jobs to African Americans, Latinos and women in favor of white men.
US: Jewellers throw weight behind mining bill protest
by Ben Bain
The Financial Times
November 17th, 2005
Jewellers throw weight behind mining bill protest US gold retailers fear proposed reform of an 1872 law could prompt an environmentalist backlash against them.
MEXICO: Wal-Mart's Plans for Indigenous Areas Under Fire
by Diego Cevallos
August 25th, 2005
Wal-Mart, which last year opened a store near the ancient Teotihuacan pyramids of Mexico despite loud protests from local activists and small businesses, is now seeking a repeat of its earlier victory, this time in two heavily indigenous areas: in Pátzcuaro in the state of Michoacán and Juchitán, in the southern state of Oaxaca. But local opponents are set for a pitched battle.
US: Wal-Mart to be More Like Target
by Emily Kaiser
June 23rd, 2005
Wal-Mart, the No. 1 retailer, is widening its array of stylish-but-cheap goods in hopes of winning over middle-income customers, putting it head-to-head with a rival that has proved it can compete and thrive against a company six times its size.
US: Wal-Mart Is Focal Point Of Democrats' Health Bill
by By Amy Joyce
Washington Post
June 23rd, 2005
Several congressional Democrats introduced a bill that would force states to report the names of companies that have 50 or more employees who receive government-funded health care, an effort to pressure Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in particular to improve employee health coverage.
US: Health Care for People Too Busy for Doctor Visits
by Barbara Pinto
ABC News
June 22nd, 2005
Speed and convenience aren't the only reasons these clinics are popping up at Target stores, CVS pharmacies and supermarkets. It's also good for business.
US: Logging On With Wake Up Wal-Mart
by Amy Joyce
Washington Post
May 31st, 2005
Not much has changed since these staffers were with the Howard Dean, Wesley K. Clark and John F. Kerry presidential campaigns. But this time, they are trying to win one for the Wal-Mart workers.
US: Mall Hopes You'll Try Products in Person but Buy Them Online
by Rachel Thorner
New York Times
May 23rd, 2005
A new shopping complex in Ohio will try to combine the convenience of online stores with the hands-on experience of browsing at a mall.
US: Teflon Target
by Chris Serres
Star Tribune
May 22nd, 2005
For years, Target has cultivated an image of itself as the "anti-Wal-Mart," a retailer that refuses to sacrifice workplace standards in the pursuit of higher sales and stock prices. But now, after a decade of meteoric growth at both Target and Wal-Mart, labor groups say the two retailers are no longer very different in the way they treat their workers.
US: Clean-Energy Mega-Mall
by Amanda Griscom Little
May 20th, 2005
The developer of a new mall planned for Upstate New York vows that it will be the closest thing to an "Apollo Project" for renewable energy that America has ever seen -- one that grows the economy, strengthens national security by encouraging energy independence, and protects the environment.
UK: Internet Helps Link Fed Up Consumers
by Rob Griffin
The Independent
May 7th, 2005
Fed up with a product, service or company? Then share it with millions online
US: At Wal-Mart, Choosing Sides Over $9.68 an Hour
By Steven Greenhouse
New York Times
May 4th, 2005
CANADA: Closure of First Unionized Wal-Mart Sends Signal
by Paul Weinberg
May 1st, 2005
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, may be violating international and Canadian laws by using covert strategies to undermine a unionising drive at its Canadian stores, say labour experts and union activists.
US: Wal-Mart to Fund Wildlife Habitat
by John Heilprin
Associated Press
April 13th, 2005
Acre for acre, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it would buy an amount of land equal to all the land its stores, parking lots and distribution centers use over the next 10 years. That would conserve at least 138,000 acres in the United States as "priority" wildlife habitat.
US: Union Zeroes in on Target
by Chris Serres
Star Tribune
March 29th, 2005
An international labor union that has launched organizing drives at Wal-Mart is now taking aim at Target Corp.
MEXICO: Teoti-Wal-Mart
by John Ross
The Progressive
March 14th, 2005
Wal-Mart puts down roots in the shadow of the Pyramid of the Sun in San Juan Teotihuacan. Is the global leviathan any match for Quetzalcoatl?
US: Wal-Mart Starts Image Boosting Ads
January 13th, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, launched a national advertising campaign on Thursday to burnish an image tarnished by allegations that it discriminates in hiring and promotions and drives smaller rivals out of business.
GUATELMALA: Supermarket Giants Crush Farmers
by Celia W. Dugger
New York Times
December 28th, 2004
Across Latin America, supermarket chains partly or wholly owned by global corporate goliaths like Ahold, Wal-Mart and Carrefour have revolutionized food distribution in the short span of a decade and have now begun to transform food growing, too.
CHINA: Wal-Mart Allows Unions
BBC News
November 24th, 2004
Wal-Mart has said it will allow its Chinese workers to join a trade union, marking a u-turn on previous policy.
US: States Are Battling Against Wal-Mart Over Health Care
by Reed Abelson
New York Times
November 1st, 2004
In the national debate over what to do about the growing number of working people with little or no health insurance, no other company may be taking more heat than the country's largest employer, Wal-Mart Stores.
Wal-Mart to be More Like Target
by Emily Kaiser
June 23rd, 2004
Wal-Mart, the No. 1 retailer, is widening its array of stylish-but-cheap goods in hopes of winning over middle-income customers, putting it head-to-head with a rival that has proved it can compete and thrive against a company six times its size.
US: Wal-Mart Faces Huge Sex Discrimination Suit
by Bob Egelko and Jenny Strasburg
San Francisco Chronicle
June 23rd, 2004
US: Remaking America in Wal-Mart's Image
The Black Commentator
February 19th, 2004
The only competition that exists among the corporate players at the commanding heights of the American economy is the race to determine who can squeeze the workers first and hardest. The Safeway, Kroger and Albertsons chains and their subsidiaries claim underdog status, as they grind $10 an hour workers into the dirt. The real problem the traditional grocery chains face is weak demand and an inability to raise prices in a deflationary environment not Wal-Mart pricing pressure. They eagerly follow Wal-Mart's model that there is no limit to how far they are willing to reduce labor costs. If there is a bottom, Wal-Mart will find it first, and the pack will eagerly follow.
CHINA: Wal-Mart Turns Blind Eye To Factory Conditions
by Grant McCool
February 9th, 2004
Labor rights groups on Monday accused the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., of turning a blind eye to abusive conditions at a factory in China that makes plastic toys for the company.
US: In-House Audit Says Wal-Mart Violated Labor Laws
by Steven Greenhouse
New York Times
January 13th, 2004
An internal audit now under court seal warned top executives at Wal-Mart Stores three years ago that employee records at 128 stores pointed to extensive violations of child-labor laws and state regulations requiring time for breaks and meals.
MEXICO: Wal-Mart Invades
by Tim Weiner
New York Times
December 6th, 2003
The company that ate America is now swallowing Mexico. Wal-Mart, the biggest corporation in the United States, is already the biggest private employer in Mexico, with 100,164 workers on its payroll here as of last week. Last year, when it gained its No. 1 status in employment, it created about 8,000 new positions -- nearly half the permanent new jobs in this struggling country.
US: The Great Wal-Mart Wars
by Ruth Rosen
San Francisco Chronicle
June 30th, 2003
Wal-Mart has announced its intention to open 40 new supercenter stores each the size of four football fields in such fast-growing California suburban areas as Contra Costa County.
US: Up Against Wal-Mart
by Karen Olsson
Mother Jones Magazine
April 28th, 2003
At the world's largest and most profitable retailer, low wages, unpaid overtime, and union busting are a way of life. Now Wal-Mart workers are fighting back.
EU: Boycott of American Goods Over Iraq War Gains Momentum
by Erik Kirschbaum
March 25th, 2003
BERLIN - No more Coca-Cola or Budweiser, no Marlboro, no American whiskey or even American Express cards -- a growing number of restaurants in Germany are taking everything American off their menus to protest the war in Iraq.
USA: Group Blasts Dental Academy's Deal with Coca-Cola
by Amy Norton
March 4th, 2003
A US interest group on Tuesday sharply criticized the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's new partnership with soft-drink giant Coca-Cola, saying the deal will make the dental group a "captive" of Coke.
US: Sweatshop Case Settles for $20M
by Alexei Oreskovic
The Recorder
September 27th, 2002
Three overseas sweatshop lawsuits involving dozens of the United States' largest retailers and a 30,000-member class of garment workers have settled for $20 million.
US: Store Customer Cards a Source for FBI?
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
August 1st, 2002
WASHINGTON -- So you have a secret craving for Little Debbie peanut butter bars and a penchant for Kendall-Jackson merlot? While that customer loyalty card at the supermarket might perceivably save you a few pennies at the checkout counter, your buying habits could end up in the hands of government agents.
EGYPT: Protest Groups Boycott U.S. Products
by Khaled Hanafi
Islam Online
July 22nd, 2002
Environment and anti-globalization organizations worldwide called on all citizens suffering from 'U.S. injustice' to give up drinking American soft drinks, especially Coca-Cola, for the day of Monday, July 22, 2002.
US: Gap Admits Strategic Errors After $34m Loss
by Mariko Sanchanta and Lina Saigol
Financial Times
February 27th, 2002
Millard ''Mickey'' Drexler, Gap's chief executive, on Tuesday admitted that the company had ''misread fashion tea leaves'' and violated its own principle of ''keeping things simple'' in making a series of fashion mistakes that led to its reporting a $34m loss.
USA: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town
by Tamara Straus
May 24th, 2001
The largest retailer in the world has 3,000 stores in the U.S. as well as chains in Britain, Germany, China, Korea, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. It opens a megastore every two days. It is the U.S.'s largest private employer, with 925,000 people on the payroll, and the second largest employer in general after the Federal government. The company also boasts the largest computer, surpassing the Pentagon's, and the world's largest fleet of trucks. Wal-Mart might as well appear in the dictionary under the word huge. I know the above statistics because I just watched ''Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town,'' a documentary film by Micha Peled that will air on PBS in early June. ''Store Wars'' is not exactly a critique of Wal-Mart's business practices, but it is hard to come away with a favorable view of the company.
US: It's Not Easy Being Green
by Katharine Mieszkowski
December 7th, 2000
The truth is, even policymakers, social scientists, environmentalists and engineers don't really know for sure. Researchers are only now beginning to study what e-commerce means for the Earth.
FRANCE: Yahoo! Ordered To Block Users
by Pierre-Antoine Souchard
Associated Press
November 20th, 2000
In a landmark ruling, a French court on Monday ordered Yahoo! to block French Web users from its auction sites selling Nazi memorabilia.
NICARAGUA: US Retailers Contract with Sweatshops
by Carrie Antlfinger
Associated Press
August 22nd, 2000
Gonzalez was one of two workers invited Monday to recount conditions at two Nicaraguan factories that human rights, religious and labor groups claim supply Kohl's Department Stores with cheap garments.
by Michael Barbaro
The New
Wal-Mart Stores, facing a raft of state legislation that would require it to increase spending on employee health insurance, will lift several of its long-standing and most-criticized restrictions on eligibility over the next year, the giant retailer said this morning.
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Meet Goldman Sachs's New Asia Partners
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s list of new partners is not only the smallest since the bank went public in 1999, it also has lower representation from Asia than in the last few years.
Of the 70 new partners, nine, or 13% of them, are based in Asia-Pacific, with none from Australia. However, the lower number of Asia-based partners this year doesn't reflect a weaker focus for the bank on the region, but comes after Asia had an unusually large showing in the partners list in the previous two years, said a person familiar with the matter.

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Anti-gay VA official Eugene Delgaudio wants your contribution to his winger org NOW.
Oh the humanity! As non-profit and charitable orgs ask you for donations in the waning hours of 2010, look at who is begging for dollars to fund the anti-gay agenda — none other than Eugene Delgaudio, the batsh*t member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in Virginia, who moonlights running Public Advocate of the United States. See the inspiring patriotic logo below.
This is the elected official who made the Blend for his incredible statement a few weeks back about the latest pat-down procedures by the Transportation Security Agency, saying it will be an all-out grope-fest for horny homosexual TSA wage slaves – "the next TSA official that gives you an 'enhanced pat down' could be a practicing homosexual secretly getting pleasure from your submission."
He also sent out an e-blast saying "You see, Homosexuals do not reproduce. They must recruit our children into their filthy perversion to increase their numbers."
So you can imagine how motivated you would be to open your wallet for Eugene on New Year's Eve as you read this e-blast…
Dear Friend,
Just weeks remain before Public Advocate reaches a critical deadline — before every radical homosexual activist holds a copy of Public Advocate's financial records in his conniving hands.
December 31st is the deadline for contributions to appear on the IRS 990, the public report that discloses how much money Public Advocate raised and spent in 2010.
But right now, our figures are falling short of my 2010 objectives.
If I'm to meet budget expectations this year, I must raise $102,595 with all checks postmarked before December 31st.
If I fail to raise $102,595 by December 31st, I'll be forced to broadcast our weakness and vulnerability to the Homosexual Lobby.
After the brutal fights this year on the Gay Bill of Special Rights, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the Homosexual Classrooms Act, the Homosexual Lobby must not find Public Advocate with little money left to fight next year.
Friend, don't worry, no one in the Homosexual Lobby will ever know how much you've contributed to Public Advocate.
More below the fold…
I assure you your personal information is fully protected and kept confidential.
But when I turn in my 990 next year, the Homosexual Lobby will know exactly how much money I raised — and how much I still have left to oppose the Homosexual Agenda next year.
After November's election results, the radical Homosexual Lobby will be looking for ANY sign of weakness in the pro-family movement. Believe me, they haven't given up.
And since they just defeated us by passing the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, they're hungry for more blood. If they see Public Advocate's treasury depleted they will have an opening to tempt newly-elected Congressmen into passing the Gay Bill of Special Rights, the Homosexual Classrooms Act.
Without your financial support and prayers, Public Advocate would be nothing — totally helpless against the radical homosexuals' assaults on our families.
Friend, you have done so much for our cause. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Today, I'm asking you to dig even deeper. I hope to count on you for at least $50 — $100 or even $200 if you can afford it.
Please don't just set this email aside or delete it.
If we hope to best the Homosexual Agenda next year, we must end this year strong — and the last thing I want to do is submit a public financial report that shows I clearly did not meet my budget goals for 2010.
That's why I'm asking you to give whatever you can afford today.
My friend, I hope you understand why this deadline is so important to me.
Deviant Homosexual Operatives are about to know exactly how much I raised this year, and how much cash I have on hand to oppose their radical agenda.
The Homosexual Lobby utterly despises Public Advocate and ridicules all the work you and I do to defend morality in America.
The Human Rights Campaign, The Gay Task Force, GLAAD, The North American Man/Boy Love Association, and every other radical homosexual organization will be scouring our finance report to exploit every chink in my armor.
The consequences could prove dire for the American family.
Right now Homosexual Activists are plotting to tempt the newly-elected Republicans into passing their perverse agenda. They will tell them passing the Gay Bill of Special Rights will "expand the tent" and "keep you in the majority.
And I have almost nothing left financially.
I have the troops and volunteers.
I have their commitment to fight on.
I have the organization to take this battle to the front lines.
But without the financial armaments to take on the radical homosexual threat, I can do nothing while our government helps eradicate biblical morality from America.
And now that President Barack Obama and far-left Democrats have passed Thought Control AND repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the threat grows more and more powerful every day.
I must know if I can continue to count on you — if you'll stand with me in reaching my budget goals before December 31st.
I hate having to tell you like this, but I have no other choice.
Money is so tight now that I may have to scale back critical pro-family programs at the worst time of year — as Congress begins its new session in January.
As you know, my office doesn't receive public funding for our important pro-family campaigns.
While the Homosexual Lobby continues to siphon millions of taxpayer dollars to bankroll ideological subterfuges like "AIDS Awareness" campaigns and radical "sex education" initiatives, I raise every penny from concerned Americans like you.
Today, my friend, I ask you to please make a generous contribution — now, before it's too late.
I pray I can keep all of Public Advocate's programs running strong to confront the radical Homosexual Agenda and defeat the deplorable tactics of their shadowy Congressional cronies.
But Public Advocate can't keep up the pace without additional financial support from pro-family patriots like you.
The radical Homosexual Lobby outspent Public Advocate 30 to 1 this year, and their dirty war chest continues to grow at an alarming rate.
Nevertheless, Public Advocate managed to check the Homosexual Lobby on several fronts.
We used your petitions to strike fear in the hearts of enough Congressmen and Senators to stave off a vote on the Gay Bill of Special Rights and the Homosexual Classrooms Act.
After facing these setbacks, however, the Homosexual Lobby is ramping-up their attack strategy.
They weren't prepared for electoral wave that swept across America.
Now they're promising never to let that happen again.
With anti-family Barack Obama ready with pen in hand, Democrats in charge of the Senate and weak kneed Republicans in the House, the Homosexual Lobby still has plenty of allies in Washington to ram though their perverse agenda.
They seek to force your state to recognize homosexual "marriages" from Massachusetts by repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, effectively making our victories in places like Maine null and void.
And moreover, you can expect to see the rest of the pro-homosexual bills like the Gay Bill of Special Rights trotted out before Congress once again.
They'll be looking to exploit our every weakness in the months to come.
No wonder they'll be pouring over my finance report like demented hyenas in search of fresh meat.
My friend, that's why your emergency gift of $50 — $75 or even $100 is so important.
Without it, the Homosexual Lobby will be able to show Public Advocate's 990s to moderate politicians as proof there is no effective opposition to their agenda.
Not only that, if we fail to meet our goals we won't be able to fund all of our pro-family programs next year — we must not only show the Homosexual Lobby we have the funds, but we must also be able to follow through with the actually programs.
I am counting on you to stand by my side and to help me raise the funds I need by December 31st.
Only with your continued financial support and prayers can I continue to defend the American family in key battles across America.
My friend, whether you can send $50 — $100 or even $200 — or whatever you can afford — I would be tremendously grateful.
You have been there for me in the past. I hope and pray you will pull through for me before December 31st by sending your most generous contribution.
Thank you, and God bless.
Eugene Delgaudio
President, Public Advocate of the United States
P.S. I urgently need your help before December 31st — the cut off for me to disclose to the IRS exactly how much money Public Advocate has raised and spent this year.
And after a long year of leading the fight to oppose the Homosexual Agenda in Washington, I have little ammunition left to fight back or mount an offense.
However much it pains me to say it, I haven't met my fundraising goals this year — and if I turn in a report advertising that fact, the Homosexual Lobby will exploit our weakness and move in for the kill.
Your emergency gift of $50 — $75 or even $100 will save Public Advocate from certain defeat next year as the Homosexual Lobby still has many allies in Congress and the anti-family Obama White House.


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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
California Vital Statistics and Homicide Data, 1990-1999 (ICPSR 3482)
Principal Investigator(s): Van Court, Jason, California Department of Health Services. Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch
This data collection resulted from the project "Linked Homicide File for 1990-1999," which was conducted by the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch, for the purpose of studying homicide and providing evidence for the development of strategies to reduce homicide in California. The researchers combined the strengths of law enforcement reporting and medical reporting in one dataset. The homicide data contain information on victims and circumstances of the 34,542 homicides investigated by law enforcement agencies in California for the period 1990 to 1999. The data are Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR), which are received monthly by the Department of Justice from all local California law enforcement agencies as part of the national Uniform Crime Reporting program (UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS [UNITED STATES]: SUPPLEMENTARY HOMICIDE REPORTS, 1976-1999 [ICPSR 3180]). The researchers linked the SHRs to the CDHS vital statistics mortality data, which contain the death records provided by the medical examiner or coroner of each county after investigation of the death. Variables include total number of offenders involved, weapon used in the homicide, county of the victim's residence, location and date of the incident, date of death, cause of death, date of arrest for the suspect, and whether supplemental homicide report matched the death record. Demographic data include age, sex, and race of the victim and the suspect, relationships between the suspect and the victim, and the victim's marital status.
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Years ago for Sunday, Aug 07, 2011
Aug. 4, 2011 at 3:04 a.m.
Aug. 9 - Comparing the present condition of the cotton crop in this county with the condition last year and letting 100 represent the condition at the time last year, the condition of the crop now is about 80. The leaf worm is present and doing considerable damage, but the coil weevil is not as destructive as in former years. The crop is earlier than usual.
Aug. 11 - A fine mule belonging to Mrs. Dora Davis died a few days ago, and Mrs. Davis alleged that its death was due to some London purple which it ate in the barn of a neighbor. Mrs. Davis wanted the neighbor to pay her $200 for the loss of the mule, and when he refused, she brought the case before Justice Carsner, who advised the contending parties to settle their differences out of court, which both desired to do. They finally did so with the neighbor paying Mrs. Davis $75.
Aug. 7 - The Victoria District Fair, for the past 12 years one of South Texas' outstanding events, will not be held this year. The board of directors of the Victoria district Fair Association voted at a meeting last night to cancel this year's fair in view of the Victoria Centennial Celebration, which is to be held Wednesday, Oct. 28.
Aug. 8 - Although information on the proposal was available here Saturday, the Cuero Record in a front page editorial Friday, stated that a Junior Chamber or Commerce would probably be organized in Victoria in the near future.
Aug. 9 - Miss Clover Dell Hill is listed among the summer student at Texas A&I at Kingsville who will receive degrees this month, She will receive a bachelor of arts degree. Another Victorian at the same college, Mrs. Helen Lamprecht Davis, is a member of the contributing staff of the college weekly newspaper, The South Texas.
Aug. 7 - Grocery Specials: Grapes, white seedless, pound, 19 cents ; Tuna, StarKist, No. can, 25 cents; Salad Oil, Mazola, quart, 59 cents; Prunes, pound, 7 cents; Corn, young tender, ear, 5 cents; Celery, large stalk, 12 cents; Crisco, 3 pounds, 89 cents; Tomato Sauce, 5 ounce can, 5 cents; Tide, large size, 29 cents; Sugar, 5 pounds, 49 cents; Flour, Gladiola, 5 pounds, 39 cents.
Aug. 8 - Electric service will be interrupted between 6-7 a.m. Tuesday in an area on Rio Grande and Nueces Streets between Cameron and Moody Streets. "Services will be restored as promptly as possible," J.B. Wilson, local CPL manager said. The service interruption is necessitated by work being done to clear space for the widening of Rio Grande Boulevard.
Aug. 11 - The descendants of John and Caroline Mnarik, pioneer Texans, held their annual reunion in East Bernard Sunday. Victorians attending were Mrs. John F. Blazek Sr., Frances Blazek, Virginia Blazek, Carol Ann Blazek, James Blazek, Rita Blazek and Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Blanek.
Aug. 12 - Eleven Victoria Boy Scouts earned national recognition this summer for completing a continuous mile swim at Camp Karankawa, near Mathis. They were George Horelka, Robert Meitzen, Mal Byrne and Allen Bass, Troop 108; Dubby Edgar and Tom Wells, Troop 107; Karl Putnam, Troop 241; Bill Jones, Gary Allen and Russell Putnam, Troop 247 ; and Mike Welton, Troop Troop 61. The eleven were among 292 Scouts and Explorers that qualified for the camp this summer.
Aug. 13 - Passenger car registration in Victoria County for 1936 have broken all past records, tax Assessor-Collector A.W. Pickering has announced. A total of 4,455 cars were registered from April 1 to Aug 8.
Aug. 14 - Airman Benito G. Ramirez, son of Mr. and Mrs. Augustine C. Moya, has completed his initial course of Air Force basic at Lackland AFB, San Antonio. He has been assigned to technical training school for supply at Amarillo AFB.
Aug. 7 - AUSTIN - Gov. Mark White, gambling with his political career future three months before the election, on Wednesday asked the Legislature for a temporary sales tax increase to help the state's $3.5 billion budget deficit.
Aug. 9 - In a hurried postscript to the three-week ritual of Amos Hosey Sr. in Refugio, the Goliad defendant was transferred early Friday to Huntsville state prison. Hosey, 36, was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in the Texas Department of Corrections, after being convicted of shooting and wounding a state game warden. The jury returned the sentence at 7:25 p.m. Thursday, and less than 12 hours later, Hosey was taken by Refugio County Sheriff's deputy to the diagnostic unit of Huntsville state prison.
Aug. 10 - When the old bur oak tree at 407 N. Moody St., better known as the "hanging tree," blew down last Sunday, a piece of Victoria's history was uprooted. But through the work of local artist and sculpture Sonny Time and woodworker Bobby Stubblefield, the old oak will be preserved in art work and furniture for residents of the county to purchase at a nominal price.
The long-awaited Texas ZooFest will officially get under way at 11 a.m. Sunday on the grounds of the Texas Zoo in Riverside Park. The annual event, which will carry a western theme in celebration of the Texas Sesquicentennial, will have events and entertainment for the entire family


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Q: What exactly is Lil' Sibs Weekend?
A: Lil' Sibs Weekend is an opportunity for siblings, cousins, or family friends of current Marquette students to come to campus to share in the Marquette experience and to see the city of Milwaukee.
Activities and events will be sponsored throughout the weekend by the Residence Hall Association (RHA), Hall and Apartment Councils, the Marquette Student Government (MUSG), Late Night Marquette, and other organizations on campus.
Q: When is it?
A Lil' Sibs Weekend will be held the weekend of Friday, April 11th, through Sunday, April 13th. Check-in and day-of registration for the event will take place from on Friday, April 11th, in the Alumni Memorial Union (AMU).
(The AMU is located at 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. Parking is available in Structure 1, located on 749 N. 16th St., or Structure 2, located on 1249 W. Wells St.
*Please note that a fee may be required to park in the Marquette parking structures.*)
Q: Are there any limits as to who can come?
A: Lil' Sibs events are geared toward children five years of age and older. We extend the offer to participate in Lil' Sibs Weekend to all relatives or family friends of current Marquette students; exceptions to this rule will be made on a case-by-case basis. Up to two guests are allowed to stay overnight in the residence halls with each Marquette student. (While in the past up to three guests were allowed to stay with each Marquette student in accordance to Marquette policy the number has been brought down to two. Any questions or concerns about this guest limitation can be brought to Sarah Olejniczak at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
Q: How do I register a sibling or a friend?
A: The registration form for Lil' Sibs weekend is COMING SOON!
After registering, you MUST print and sign the liability waiver for each sibling or guest attending. The waivers can be found on the Lil' Sibs event page located at http://www.marquette.edu/orl/rha/lilsibs.shtml. Once the waivers are completed, please send them to the Residence Hall Association. You can return waivers in one of three ways.
Day-of registration will also be available on April 19th in the Alumni Memorial Union.
Q: Is there a cost?
A: Lil' Sibs Weekend participation costs $35.00 for each guest attending. The registration fee includes
The registration fee also includes an event T-shirt for the Lil' Sibs guests, costs associated with activities, and other miscellaneous fees.
Please note: Marquette students can purchase t-shirt(s) for an additional $10 fee; shirts for Marquette students hosts are not included in the in the cost of the weekend.
Q: What if I have a question about registration or need assistance with registering?
A: If you have any question or concerns, please contact the RHA office by email at email@example.com or phone at 414-288-5851.
Q: Will I be able to register on Friday, April 11th?
A: Yes! Lil' Sibs participants will be able to register the day-of at check-in at the AMU on Friday, April 11th, from 4pm to 7pm. Please note that each Lil' Sibs participant will need a waiver signed by a parent or guardian in the weekend's activities. If parents or guardian are not present at check-in to register, the waiver for participants is available for print on the RHA webpage and should be brought to check-in by the Lil' Sibs participant and Marquette student.
Q: Can I register for specific events ahead of time?
A: Specific events cannot be registered for ahead of time. All activities are listed on the Lil' Sibs website; some activities are open to all, and others are available only on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Q: Where do I CHECK IN on Friday, April 11th?
A: Check-in will occur on April 11th in Alumni Memorial Union (AMU), in Marquette Place. All Lil' Sibs participants must check in to receive a registration packet with a visitation wristband, materials about the weekend, and meal tickets.
On-site registration ends at 7pm; siblings arriving after this time who have not pre-registered will not have the opportunity to register. If pre-registered and arriving after 7pm check-in at the Marquette student's residence hall is available starting at 8pm.
Q: Can I check in my Lil' Sib(s) if they have not arrived yet?
A: The Lil' Sibs participants must be present to be checked-in.
If pre-registered Lil' Sibs participants arrive after the check-in time at the AMU, their packet will be located at the Marquette student's residence hall beginning at 8pm. For Marquette students living in the apartments, the registration packets for Lil' Sibs participants will be available at the Information desk on the 2nd floor in the AMU beginning at 8 PM.
Q: What if my child arrives later than 7:00pm on Friday?
A: If the *pre-registered* Lil' Sibs participant arrives after check-in has ended at the AMU, the Lil' Sibs participant registration packets will be available at the front desk of the Marquette student's residence hall beginning at 8 PM on April 11th.
For Marquette students living in the apartments, the registration packets for Lil' Sibs participants will be available at the Information desk on the 2nd floor in the AMU beginning at 8 PM.
Q: Where do I park?
A: You may park in Structure 1, located on 749 N. 16th St. or Structure 2, located on 1249 W. Wells St. *Please note that a fee might be required to park in the Marquette parking structures.*
Q: Where will the siblings attending the events stay?
A: Lil's Sibs participants stay with their Marquette relative or sponsor in the residence halls. Roommate approval is necessary for siblings to stay in the residence halls. We ask Marquette students to be sensitive to their roommate when hosting a Lil' Sibs participant of the opposite sex. All siblings are subject to the overnight guest policy as administered by the Office of Residence Life. In single-gender halls we will designate opposite gender bathrooms for the duration of the weekend.


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Jamie was at Comic-con, but not for New Moon! He was there signing autographs alongside James Caviezel and Lennie James for The Prisoner, and shared this twitpic.
So calm compared to the New Moon festivities! :-)
July 25, 2009
Can you spy Jamie Campbell Bower @ Comic-con?
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Yup!See him!In the right far corner , with his beautiful blonde hair =)ReplyDelete
Did he shave his head?? Oh I love James caviezel too- nice to see him-he was hit by some mentally challenged person while riding his bike down the road in WA. Glad to see he is alright.(must be the whole God thing-LOL)ReplyDelete
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But some of that is just picking nits. It doesn't matter a whole helluva lot if this is the earliest instance of pair programming, or a prototype for pair programming.
The earliest instance I remember coming across is in a book somewhere[*]. The author interviews a consultant from the early days of TTYs, where he had one TTY in the living room (probably a dialup line to a mainframe where they rented time). They would program in pairs in front of the TTY because they simply didn't have enough money or room to have a terminal for each programmer, so they wrote code in pairs.
*: Probably in one of the XP books, something vaguely about agile programming, or something recent by Tom Demarco or Gerry Weinberg. (Sorry, that's as close as I can remember off the top of my head.)
Jerry Weinberg told me that John von Neumann's team at IBM used Pair Programming in much the same form that XP employs it now. That'd be back in the days of punchcards. And Jerry is savvy enough to understand the difference between Pair Programming and desk checking decks.
It doesn't jive with my memories or experiences before I was using a dedicated terminal/machine, but I wasn't programming with John von Neumann or Jerry Weinberg.


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SELKS is a Debian-based IDS/IPS platform with LXDE. It is comprised of the following major components: Suricata IDPS, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Scirius. It is both a live and installable ISO, and is ready to use out of the box.
Scirius is a Web interface dedicated to Suricata IDS/IPS ruleset management. It handles the rules file and updates associated files.
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A tool for creating disk-at-once and track-at-once CDs, DVDs, and BluRays.
A Canvas Library for GPU accelerated 3D/2D HTML animations.


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Brave [2012] (BLU)
Disney / Pixar
3-Disc Blu-ray/DVD. Collector's Edition.
Pixar Animation Studios, the creator of Toy Story 3, whisks you away on an astonishing adventure to a land full of mystery and tradition. Bursting with heart, unforgettable characters and Pixar's signature humor, Brave is "a rousing, gorgeously animated good time," raves Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.
Take a heroic journey with Merida, a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the unruly and uproarious lords of the land. When Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos in the kingdom, she must harness all of her skills and resources - including her clever and mischievous triplet brothers - to undo a beastly curse before it's too late, and discover the meaning of true bravery.
Product Details
- Cast: Emma Thompson, Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Julie Walters, Craig Ferguson
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rating: PG
- Label: Disney Studios
- Release Date: 11/13/2012
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Catalogue #: 106766
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- Once Upon A Scene
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- Alternate Opening
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Qimmik wrote:Pharr apparently will try to have you translate English sentences into Homeric prose, which is an oxymoron. Homeric Greek doesn't exist outside its metrical framework, which is as much a part of the language as the individual phonemes.
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Type: Defect
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Declined
Affects Version/s: Release 1.6
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: None
CLJ-935 changed clojure.string/trim to not trim all the characters less than or equal to \u0020 as Java does.
I noticed this because base64 uses null characters to pad the end of encoding blocks.
Clojure 1.6.0's trim leaves the null character in:
user=> (.length (clojure.string/trim "\u0000"))
java.lang.String's trim takes it out:
user=> (.length (.trim "\u0000"))
Here are the first 21 unicode characters and what Character/isWhitespace says about them.
(dotimes [n 0x20] (printf "
u%04x - %b\n" n (Character/isWhitespace n)))
\u0000 - false
\u0001 - false
\u0002 - false
\u0003 - false
\u0004 - false
\u0005 - false
\u0006 - false
\u0007 - false
\u0008 - false
\u0009 - true
\u000a - true
\u000b - true
\u000c - true
\u000d - true
\u000e - false
\u000f - false
\u0010 - false
\u0011 - false
\u0012 - false
\u0013 - false
\u0014 - false
\u0015 - false
\u0016 - false
\u0017 - false
\u0018 - false
\u0019 - false
\u001a - false
\u001b - false
\u001c - true
\u001d - true
\u001e - true
\u001f - true
The choice was made in
CLJ-935 to consistently define whitespace as Character.isWhitespace() across trim, triml, and trimr. There are many possible ways to define "space" (at least two as we see here). If your trimming needs differ from the standard library, then you'll probably need to define your own functions to trim your data. You can still use Java interop to call String.trim() directly if that happens to match your needs.
Indeed, it's an easy workaround to use Java interop once you figure out what your problem is.
It's just unintuitive that the character generally used for string termination isn't trimmed by clojure.string/trim.


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American Time Use Survey: Data Access System (ICPSR 34548)
Principal Investigator(s): Abraham, Katharine G., University of Maryland. Maryland Population Research Center
The goal of this project was to create an online system giving researchers easy access to American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data and documentation. The ATUS is a time diary survey funded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and fielded by the Census Bureau. ATUS respondents are drawn from households participating in the Current Population Survey(CPS). The data access system encompasses not only the ATUS data but also information from all of the monthly CPS interviews and CPS supplement interviews in which the ATUS households participated.
Access Notes
These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners directly for details on obtaining these resources.
Study Description
This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: access to information, databases, employment, everyday life, family life, leisure, quality of life, time utilization
Geographic Coverage: United States
These data are not available from DSDR or ICPSR. Researchers should consult the principal investigator directly for details on obtaining access to the data and documentation:
Dr. Katharine G. Abraham
Maryland Population Research Center
1218 LeFrak Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
email: email@example.com
web site: http://www.jpsm.umd.edu/jpsm/?people/faculty/kabraham.htm


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Democrat wins 10th term, but says with Republicans in control, many LGBT-positive bills won't get heard
DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer email@example.com
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has been considered a friend to the LGBT community since she served in the Texas House of Representatives.
"I grew up black in Waco, Texas. It's just hard for me to fight against anybody's rights," said the woman who just won re-election to Congress.
But Johnson dates her firm commitment to LGBT equality to a much more recent event.
She said that throughout her life she fought for civil rights, but "When they [the LGBT community] really got my attention was when they [anti-gay conservatives] were talking about putting something in the Constitution," she said. "You know, I have never seen them amend the Constitution to take rights away from people. So that's just the beginning and the end of my philosophy."
Johnson told a story about the subtle discrimination that she encountered in her first job as the first black nurse at the Dallas VA Hospital.
She worked a shift until midnight. When she got off on time, she'd catch the last bus to her home downtown.
But her supervisors purposely liked to delay her so that she'd miss the bus and have to walk up Lancaster Road and across the Corinth StreetBridge to get downtown.
"It brings tears to my eyes even now," she said.
But Johnson said she had on her comfortable white nursing shoes, all those nights, and she made it home. And she made it to Congress, where she hopes she's helped make other people's lives easier.
On Monday, Nov. 15, the lame duck session of Congress opens. But Johnson said she doesn't "anticipate a lot" of movement on the several bills of interest to the LGBT community that have been languishing this session.
She said that the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" has already passed the House, where she serves, and that the Senate has the votes. But still, she isn't hopeful it will go through.
She said she believes that if DADT had to come back to the House because of amendments, it would pass there again. But, "It depends on what the Senate does," she said.
Since Johnson expects that a number of House members who were defeated will not return for the lame duck session, she isn't hopeful that other legislation of interest to the LGBT community will even be brought to the floor.
She said the House had the votes to pass Employment Nondiscrimination. But if the legislation does come up during the lame duck session, whether it passes will depend on who has shown up for work.
Two immigration bills that might be considered could help the LGBT community: the Dream Act and the Uniting American Families Act. The Dream Act would give people who were brought to this country as children a way to become citizens. UAFA would give an American citizen the right to sponsor a partner for a visa and eventual citizenship, the same way a married spouse currently can.
Johnson noted that Republican Sen. John McCain had been a sponsor of the Dream Act but has since dropped his sponsorship. The bill would have an easier path to passage with his name on it, she said.
Johnson would like to see the omnibus immigration reform bill — which includes the Dream Act and UAFA and has been debated this session — pass while the Democrats are still in control.
"I wish we could because it would be much more acceptable," she said. "People have to have a path to becoming citizens."
Whether the two bills that would benefit the LGBT community would be considered in the next session, she couldn't say.
"They determine what comes to the floor," she said, referring to the majority party, which will be the Republicans.
Under Republican control, Johnson expects a piecemeal approach to immigration reform.
"If they mean to be productive, that's one thing," she said.
But she doesn't expect that in the new session.
And what would she like in the new Congress?
"To get along," Johnson said, with a sidelong glance that indicated that she didn't expect it to happen.
"There's going to be two parties up there, but it's going to be the Tea Party and the Republican Party," she said.
As we spoke in the conference room of her Dallas congressional office earlier this week, she revealed one of her darkest secrets: Some of her best friends in Congress are Republicans.
She also divulged one of her little tricks: Pralines from Neiman Marcus.
"This will make you a little sweeter," she'll tell a committee colleague when debating proposed legislation or funding for a project.
When Congress reconvenes in January, Johnson will once again be in the minority. She noted that she has spent fewer terms in office in the majority, so this won't be anything new for her.
She said Republicans have indicated that 60 percent of each committee will be named from their own party.
"And the rumor is they're going to cut them in half," she said regarding committee size.
That will leave Democrats scrambling for committee assignments. She believes her own positions on the Science and Technology Committee and the Transportation Committee are safe because of her seniority, but worries that Democrats will lose the opportunity to develop younger talent.
She recalled the last time Republicans took control of the House in the 1994 sweep. They were in control for the first time in decades and she called their initial leadership "mean-spirited."
First they fired all House staff, assuming them to be Democrats. Then they closed down a number of offices to outsource the work, including the printing and furniture building offices.
"Most of the furniture we use is made in house," she said. "They got rid of all that staff and then they found out that to make a desk was $150 — maybe — and to buy one was a thousand."
Johnson said printing is also done cheaper in-house.
She said doesn't expect the in-coming Republican leadership to make the same mistakes, and that she hopes her committees continue to act in a bipartisan fashion.
"There's no Democratic highway and there's no Republican sewer system," she said. "We tend to get along."
While delighted by her own huge landslide in the recent election and thankful to people who voted for her, Johnson said she is saddened by how many of her friends won't be returning to Congress with her in January.
Although the election coverage was all about the Tea Party candidates, only about a third were actually elected. Though many of the others lost by a small margin, Johnson defeated Stephen Broden, her Tea Party opponent, by more than 50 points. Her landslide was possibly the largest against a Tea Party candidate in the country.
Johnson laughs at coverage of her election that minimized the enormity of her win. She said that by looking at her opponent's campaign filings, she knew rank-and-file and local Republicans weren't supporting him. That indicated last-minute money might flow into his coffers from around the country.
But Johnson said she was prepared and ran her usual campaign, taking nothing for granted.
"People in my district know me," she said.
And in large numbers voted for her for a 10th term in office.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition November 12, 2010.