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Woot! First Puma, Nike and Adidas committed to clean up by 2020. Now H&M has committed to 2020 at the latest. Hurray to the clickers and stickers, to the activists and researchers, and to the companies who get it!
Woot! First Puma, Nike and Adidas committed to clean up by 2020. Now H&M has committed to 2020 at the latest. Hurray to the clickers and stickers, to the activists and researchers, and to the companies who get it!
There's an amazing energy around Greenpeace right now, and it's not just because of our birthday, or because this announcement brings us to four clothing heavyweights who have committed to eliminate discharges of all hazardous chemicals across their entire supply chains, and their entire product life-cycle by 2020.
Global fast fashion giant H&M has also agreed (H&M's commitment) to publicise information about chemicals being released from its suppliers' factories. The first round of information is due to be published by the end of 2012, and will include H&M's key suppliers in China and other countries.
Millions of people live near factories around the world, not knowing what toxic and often invisible chemicals are being discharged into local water supplies. Imagine the impact this water pollution information will have for local communities, journalists and officials.
Campaigners from our Detox campaign spent all day Friday with H&M representatives, after activists in 12 countries spent a week sticking huge "Detox our future!" and "Detox our water!" stickers on the shop windows of H&M stores. Online activists and H&M fans from around the world also encouraged the Swedish retailer to Detox on Twitter and Facebook.
H&M uses Twitter extensively to share news about the brand, and to reply to comments from customers. So we launched a Twitter petition one week ago, which spread quickly around the world reaching over 635,000 people who are following the roughly 1,200 people who "retweeted" to sign it.
If the company had to pick just one social network though, it would probably be Facebook, where no less than eight million people have "liked" H&M's page. Many of those fans began posting and "liking" comments and questions about the Detox campaign on H&M's Facebook page. By Friday morning, as our Detox campaigners arrived to meet representatives at H&M HQ in Stockholm, it was plain to see from the company's Facebook page that its reputation as a sustainability leader was on the line.
Ten weeks into our Detox campaign, the world's three biggest sportwear brands, and now one of the world's biggest clothing groups, have committed to eliminate discharges of all hazardous chemicals across their entire supply chains, and their entire product life-cycle by 2020. All four brands are now preparing individual Detox Action Plans to show how they will concretely put the detox commitment into practice to bring about real change in the clothing industry. Our campaigners will continue to work with these companies to ensure they live up to their promises.
H&M is the largest clothing company featured in our Dirty Laundry and Dirty Laundry 2 reports, which detail the science behind the Detox campaign. Our research confirmed that H&M has links to factories discharging a range of hazardous chemicals into China's rivers, and that clothing -- including kids clothing -- sold by H&M, contain nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) that break down into the toxicnonylphenol (NP). These chemicals are a cause for serious concern, as they are known hormone disruptors and can be hazardous even at very low levels.
The company's success and influence means it is ideally positioned to be a catalyst for wider change in the clothing industry. By committing to Detox its supply chain, H&M is setting the trend for this season, and for every season to come. Which clothing company will be next to Detox? Who's going to wait to be called out by fans for committing the latest fashion faux pas?


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A 21-year-old pop singer in the group Girlicious is facing possible cocaine charges after cops allegedly found more than a dozen bags of drugs stashed in her Gucci bag, according to reports.
Natalie Mejia, of Diamond Bar, Calif. was a passenger in a 1998 Ford Mustang that was pulled over for speeding Tuesday evening at Victory Boulevard and Winchester Avenue near an onramp to the Ventura Freeway, Glendale police told The Los Angeles Times.
Mejia was en route to the airport and was late for her flight, cops told the Times.
The car's driver, Peter Asencio, 28, of Burbank was reportedly found to be driving with a suspended license. A subsequent search of the car turned up what appeared to be cocaine in Mejia's bag, the Times reported. Both Asencio and Mejia were booked on suspicion of cocaine possession for sale or distribution, cops said.
Mejia told cops the drugs were not hers and she did not know how they found their way into her Gucci bag, according to the Times.
The singer posted $30,000 bail on Wednesday and was ordered to appear in court on April 15.
Girlicious' first album was released in 2008 after Robin Antrin of the Pussycat Dolls founded the group.

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The Denver Broncos have been in direct communication with John Fox's wife, Robin, regarding the coach's health. Everything is progressing well, and Fox's recovery from Monday's aortic heart valve replacement procedure is on track, according to a team source.
Fox remains in intensive care and is being monitored closely by doctors, the source said. The goal is for him to be transferred to a different level of the hospital within the next couple of days. Fox has a home in Charlotte, N.C., and it would make sense for him to begin his recovery in North Carolina.
The Broncos said that if Fox had his way, the high-energy, enthusiastic head coach would be back on the sideline as soon as possible. The team wants him to take as much time as he needs, however, and to listen to his doctors rather than to rush back. The Broncos have emphasized they want Fox to take things very slowly, and they are prepared to be without him for an extended period.
Defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio is serving as the Broncos' interim coach.
In the meantime, the Broncos are doing everything possible to make sure Fox feels involved. Broncos players, coaches and members of the organization are in the process of recording video messages for him, in addition to signing a card that will be sent to Fox as quickly as possible.
The Broncos visit the San Diego Chargers this Sunday.
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Scheduled to release October this year, only on the Nintendo 3DS.
The graphics look boss of course, but the Pokémon designs... eh. The Y legendary (which I'm assuming is the red one), looks like an overvamped evolution of Mandibuzz, and the other reminds me of some Arceus/Dialga/Stantler crossbreed. o_O; And the starters...
But, I'll admit, that I had the same sort of skepticism with Black and White and their sequels, but ended up thoroughly enjoying them. So maybe X and Y will have its own charms, aside from the 3D graphics...? I guess only more time and trailers will tell. So long as the games aren't just region-specific (where only Pokémon from that region/generation could be encountered until after the E4), I don't think I'd mind too much.
Either way though, these are the games that'll most likely finally put the 3DS up there with the other handhelds.
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Thank you to Timmy's parents for sharing this story.
Day 1 – "Dad, did you know you should turn off the water when you brush your teeth? Because, you don't want to waste our water"
Day 2 – "Dad, you know what I do, I turn off the water now when I brush my teeth and wash my hands" happily trying to positively encourage Dad.
Day 3 – "Dad, you know what my friend Alex told me? His Dad turns off the water when he brushes his teeth, isn't that a good idea?" Assuming Dad would crack under peer pressure, the child is hopeful.
Days 4 & 5 – Dad is observed again, by the small shadow peeking in from the hallway, brushing his teeth, without turning off the faucet. No comments were made nor gentle reminders uttered, the shadow just made a face, shook its head and walked away, somewhat discouraged but not to be deterred
Day 6 – Dad enters his bathroom, but a little earlier than his regularly scheduled brushing time… The Dad smiled, thought he had escaped his smart, thoughtful and eco minded son, but as he reached down to turn on the faucet he noticed a book, politely propped open and a note on the side – "please read before brushing". Dad picks up the book, reads the page:
"You got me!" Dad was surprised his son went to such lengths to encourage him to change his ways, he was also surprised his young son cared so much and was absolutely floored when he implemented the book strategy. He thought, well if my kid can turn off the water while he brushes his teeth, and Ashley does, and Alex's Dad does… I guess I can too!
Some facts:
- Less than 1 percent of all the water on earth is available or clean enough to drink. The rest is salty or frozen.
- Every person in America uses about 160 gallons of water a day.
- Families turn on faucets about 70 times a day
- 2/3 of the water your family uses is used in the bathroom.
- Each person uses 2 gallons of water to brush their teeth (unless you turn off the faucet while you brush then you only use 3 cups)
Please read before brushing challenge, how many gallons can your family save a day, in a week and in a month?


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Two gunmen died on Saturday in Dagestan following a shootout with special forces soldiers. The two blockaded themselves in a house in the village of Semender Kirovsky, and then tried to escape through the heating system, but were later killed in an exchange of fire.
The two men, identified as Omargaji Ibragimov and Kuldu Kulduyev, were wanted on a number of charges including money-laundering.
"They were involved in extorting large sums of money from businessmen and kidnapping, as well as attacks on law enforcement and special services personnel," the National Anti-terror Committee said.
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Oct 1, 2012
Baker Exegetical Commentary Now Available
I'm pleased to announce that the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (BECNT) is now available as an Accordance module. BECNT has long been one of our most requested commentary series, and it's no wonder. Bestcommentaries.com ranks more than half the volumes in this series among the top three commentaries on their respective books of the Bible, and most of the other volumes rank in the top ten. For more about the series and its individual volumes, see this detailed article.
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It's almost enough to make you feel sorry for Republicans. Almost. The mess the GOP finds itself in, after appointing itself to Medicare's "death panel," would be laughable if it weren't also so pathetic.
Especially since it's a mess of GOP's own making, and they know it. That's why Republicans pitched a collective hissy fit when — and this is the beauty part — Newt Gingrich told them the truth.
What is it about Newt Gingrich that makes the GOP so mad?
- It's not patriotic philandering.
- It's not his history of intolerance.
- It's not his overt appeals to racism — which includes calling Barack Obama "the food stamp president" and "Kenyan anti-colonial", and a proposal to bring back poll tests.
- It's not his ability to out-lie Pinocchio.
- It's not his unpaid Tiffany's bill.
- It's certainly not his unpaid state taxes.
- It's not even his cynical moral relativism.
Instead, it's what Gingrich about the GOP budget and its plan to virtually destroy Medicare.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich distanced himself on Sunday from a House GOP plan to make cuts to Medicare, calling it "too big a jump" for the American people.
…The House GOP budget plan, proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), would effectively turn Medicare into a voucher system in which seniors were given money by the federal government to purchase private insurance, creating a radically different system than the current guaranteed benefit plan for seniors.
Gingrich said he would prefer a system that preserved the current Medicare program and also created a private alternative.
"I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering," he said. "I think we need a national conversation to get to a better Medicare solution for seniors."
That, and none of the rest above, is all it took for the GOP to go from calling Newt their "idea man" to screaming at him, "What's the big idea, Newt?"
Now, what did Newt say that was wrong? What did Newt say that the GOP hasn't already heard? Gingrich only told Republicans what their constituents have been telling them at their town hall meetings.
House Republicans returning to their districts on Monday faced harsh criticism for voting to turn Medicare, the federal health care program for retirees, into a voucher system. GOP lawmakers faced this same constituent ire mere weeks ago when they first voted to support House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget plan, which would lower tax rates for corporations and the wealthy while replacing Medicare with private-insurance subsidies for those under 55.
Speaking in his home state of Arizona Monday night, freshman Rep. Ben Quayle (R), son of former vice president Dan Quayle, took heat from constituents who demanded to know why he supported turning Medicare over to private insurers.
Quayle isn't the only lawmaker who, after voting in favor of Ryan's plan, faced anger at home this week. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) faced a similarly boisterous crowd at her first Vancouver town hall, while Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) weathered disapproving audiences in Worcester County.
A town hall meeting held by freshman Allen West (R-Fla.) on Monday night degenerated into a shouting match, with one person having to be removed from the meeting by police.
A recent speech by Ryan, meanwhile, was met with dozens of protesters marching outside a hotel in downtown Chicago and carrying signs that read: "Hands off my Medicare" and "Paul Ryan plan: Let them eat cat food."
Now, mind you, in the wake of all this the GOP has attempted to simultaneously circle the wagons and beat a hasty retreat.
On the one hand, conservatives have vilified Gingrich rallied around Paul Ryan and his budget, essentially making support for the GOP/Ryan budget the latest Republican litmus test. And it's worked. Gingrich, the former bomb-thrower has been cowed, and has apologized to Paul Ryan for daring to criticize a budget he himself once supported (probably because of what it would do to a program that Gingrich once wanted to see "wither on the vine"). Most recently, Republicans have toyed with the idea of tying Medicare cuts to raising the debt ceiling.
On the other hand, the GOP is failing it's own new litmus test, starting with the budget's author. Having shelved any plans for a Senate run — thus putting the kabosh on a 2012 presidential run, despite the idea's popularity with the tea party — Paul Ryan seems to be giving up on his own budget, failing to mention it a recent speech that was supposed to be a rebuttal to critics of his budget.
If Ryan's in retreat, he'd better be careful he doesn't get crushed in the stampede. Now that it looks like Ryan's budget has already cost them one election, Republicans have grown cool to Ryan's plan. Boehner is "not wedded to it", and even Michelle Bachmann has concerns about "shifting the cost burden to seniors."
For once, Michelle Bachmann's concerns may be well founded.
Never mind that this is a plan that would leave as many as 44 million more low-income Americans uninsured, and doesn't balance the budget without abolishing Medicare.
Many of us on the left thought the hilarity reached its peak when freshmen GOP House members cried "Mediscare!", called for a "truce" and asked Democrats so stop criticizing them for the budget they voted for in the first place.
This has to be one of the funniest political stories of recent weeks: On Tuesday, 42 freshmen Republican members of Congress sent a letter urging President Obama to stop Democrats from engaging in "Mediscare" tactics — that is, to stop saying that the Republican budget plan released early last month, which would end Medicare as we know it, is a plan to end Medicare as we know it.
Now, you may recall that the people who signed that letter got their current jobs largely by engaging in "Mediscare" tactics of their own. And bear in mind that what Democrats are saying now is entirely true, while what Republicans were saying last year was completely false. Death panels!
Well, it's time, said the signatories, to "wipe the slate clean." How very convenient — and how very pathetic.
This? from the party that brought us "death panels" in 2009? It had to be a joke. Right?
Republicans are undergoing two strange, simultaneous reactions to the Paul Ryan budget. The first is that they're recognizing it's a political disaster and frantically trying to reframe the issue as classic tax-cutting "pro-growth" Republicanomics. Is second, oddly enough, is enshrining the Ryan budget as party orthodoxy.
… This does seem like a worst-of-all-worlds situation for the GOP. They invested a huge amount of energy into branding Ryan's budget as the Republican plan and the one thing standing between America and the abyss. Republican voters, and many elected officials, took that seriously. So seriously that it's become an issue where Republican elected officials are going to have to hold the line upon pain of enraging the base.
But at the same time, Republicans — including, from I can tell, Ryan — are panicking over the politics of the issue, and realizing they have handed Democrats a powerful weapon against them. They enshrined as party orthodoxy something that's so unpopular a Democrat in a heavily Republican district can single-handedly use it to surge into the lead. That's a horrible combination.
The GOP has met its own private "Mediscare," and can't handle the truth. Just ask Newt Gingrich.


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It is time that we all start talking about hemp (a type of cannabis sativa)!
Industrial Hemp or "hemp", can provide many of the raw materials we need as a society to function. Hemp food, hemp oil, hemp plastics, hemp insulation, hemp concrete, hemp paper, and other hemp composites all available today! And yes, the list goes on and on. Plus, Hemp is both Eco-friendly and Renewable. Hemp is one of the fastest growing plants in the world producing about 10 tons of dry product per acre per year. Hemp was one of the first plants to be processed and used by humans making the history of hemp over 12000 years long! Hemp Building materials are becoming more and more known and available as well! Industrial hemp, learn more and get active with hemp eco-products! What is hemp?
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The Empire of Tea: The Remarkable History of the Plant That Took Over the World
by Alan MacFarlane & Iris MacFarlane
You know you've read too many books on tea history when you find yourself getting weary of that quaint little myth about tea's origin. You know the one - the Chinese emperor who just happened to be boiling water...outside. A few tea leaves just happen to blow off of a conveniently located tree and land in the water. The emperor drinks it and voila, thousands of years later everyone's got their drawers in a pinch about how good this stuff is for you.
For a work of tea history that treads relatively little of this oh so familiar ground you might want to turn to Iris and Alan MacFarlane's, The Empire of Tea.
Iris MacFarlane opens the book with Memoirs of a Mesahib, a chapter in which she relates her time spent on a British tea plantation in the Assam region of India, one of the world's most productive tea growing areas. MacFarlane offers up a fascinating reminiscence from someone who gradually woke up to the sobering truth of what British colonial policies had wrought, in this case, specifically with regard to tea production.
Son Alan MacFarlane, a Cambridge professor, takes over for the rest of the book, presenting an unvarnished and often highly critical look at how the British essentially took over the tea industry from the Chinese by cultivating the plant on an enormous scale in Assam, as well as other regions of India and a few select other countries.
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Francis Crick, the scientist who helped describe what DNA looks like, wrote a letter 60 years ago to his 12-year-old son saying he and a colleague had discovered something "very beautiful'' -- the structure of DNA.
Now, the note and its hand-drawn diagrams are being auctioned off in New York.
Christie's estimates the letter could fetch $1 million or more at the April 10 sale.
Crick's letter describes to his son how he and James Watson found the copying mechanism "by which life comes from life.'' It includes a simple sketch of DNA's double helix structure which Crick concedes he can't draw very well.
Now-72-year-old Michael Crick said Saturday he immediately understood his father had made a breakthrough.
Half the auction's proceeds will benefit the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif.


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The end of corked wine??
Sun 15 May 2005
A French biochemist Gerard Michel claims to have invented a 'Dream Taste' remedy kit for corked wine.
By pouring a 75cl bottle of corked wine into Dream Taste's glass carafe and then adding a bunch of plastic grapes - made from copoylmer - Michel claims that the molecules of TCA (trichloroanisole) present in corked wine are extracted from the wine and it is restored to its original taste. The process can take from 20 minutes to an hour, depending on how badly the wine is corked. A new bunch of grapes must be used each time, at a cost of around £3.50 (5 Euros).
French based Tasting International will launch Dream Taste from 1 June, although a UK launch date for the product has yet to be confirmed.


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Speaking of my election night adventures, one of my favorite moments was when I was walking along the concourse at 30 Rockefeller Center ("30 Rock," as apparently everyone but me knows) and I heard a raspy, New Yorker voice behind me calling, "Rocket Man! Rocket Man!" I turned back and shook hands with a young man who was evidently working at the building. I took him for a custodian; he said that he reads Power Line daily and loves our commentary. He asked whether I would be in New York for the lighting of the Christmas tree. I said I wasn't planning on it; he gave me his card–he is, it turns out, the Assistant Chief Engineer at Rockefeller Center–and told me that I should let him know if I could make it. "I'll put you in the front row, right next to the Christmas tree!" he said.
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The Christmas tree was lit tonight, without us. I have no doubt that, had I followed up, our friend would indeed have put us in the front row. So, justly or not, I'm in the doghouse, as my eight-year-old daughter, in particular, regrets missing the ceremony. But I do take some comfort from knowing that no matter how stupid the pontifications of the talking heads may be, the people who keep the elevators running, the building functioning, and the Christmas tree upright are friends of ours.
UPDATE by BIG TRUNK: Rocket Man's friend at 30 Rock writes:
Great post Rocket Man!! The show was great and the weather was perfect. And indeed, if you did come, you would have been right up in front. This was my 13th tree lighting ceremony here at The Rock and hopefully not my last. I


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I finally made it to a local LUG meeting, which is kind of pathetic, meaning pathetic that it took me so long. I just realized that all my friends are all over the world, but I don't know anybody in my home town. Sheesh! So I walk into the room and I'm the only girl out of maybe fifty people. Not only that, but almost everybody was over forty. That was particularly weird, because at 31 I'm used to being an old lady of Linux. I wonder if it's regional, or national (does living in the Midwest of the U.S. have anything to do with it, I wonder)? Not that it makes the slightest bit of difference how old you are, or what your reproductive function is, but I wonder if most of the people who use Linux are older in Ann Arbor, Michigan, or is it just that most of the people who are involved in that particular LUG are older?
Anyway, everybody there was way cool, of course, and I've pledged to get more involved locally than I have been.
On the ed front, I'm perplexed as to whether I should go for a Master's degree in math or computer science. I'm particularly interested in AI, and it seems that in order to come up with really new ideas, one should study mathematics, and then create completely new applications to the mathematics. On the other hand, lots of people a lot smarter than me have been doing CS in the AI world for a number of years now, and I should learn what they're up to. Maybe I'll just do both, dammit.


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See you down at Lamprey Chunks
Sorry to be so apocalyptic about this but selling your arena name to a snake oil merchant is the kind of thing you do right before you sell the office furniture.
I was in grade school in Sacramento when the Kings moved there. Reggie Theus came to our junior high to tell us not to do drugs. Why, Reggie? So that we could one day grow up to hand our meager paychecks over to an embarrassing corporate sponsor for Thneeds we don't needs? Reggie???
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You're a busy professional who knows what's required for every type meeting for which you are responsible. You also know it is not really possible for you to personally handle every detail on some of your projects: the meeting is too large; the time frames between sessions and events are too short; there is not enough staff available. What you need is another you!
Well, there is no other you, but there is something out there that may come close. No matter where your meeting or project is scheduled, help is as close as your nearest Destination Management Company. The newest association in the meetings management field has begun to take some of the mystery out of the most invisible component of the invisible industry of meetings.
"Destination Management Company" is a relatively new term, but the companies carrying this descriptor are anything but new. Some 30-something years ago, transportation companies started to see an increase in the number of clients wishing to rent equipment of all types: buses, vans, limousines, etc. This increase was in direct relation to a proliferation of more meetings and larger conventions. When this occurred, some clients started to request services other than transportation equipment. These companies attempted to meet the need, and the name "ground operator" came into being.
In the early 1980s, some segments of the U.S. economy were struck by a recession, which resulted in downsizing (sound familiar?) by some organizations. They let their meeting professionals go, but they still needed the services performed by them. What to do? Hire them back as an independent contractor on a short-term basis. That was fine for the company, but it did not fully meet the needs of the meeting professional. To be able to continue in the profession they had chosen, these professionals would need to work for more than one company or organization. They also recognized the need to know everything there is about the destination in which they perform their services. Which company has the most reliable buses? What entertainer is available for that special evening? Do we need a permit to hold a picnic in that park? Where do we get the permit? How much will it cost? What are the other rules and regulations related to holding this picnic (or ball game, or concert)? What is the history of this area (destination)? Are there sufficient, well-versed guides to take people to see the areas of interest? What restaurants can handle this size group? Should box lunches be an option, and if so, where do we get them?
These questions are only a few that faced the early practitioners of destination management. Not only did they need to know all the foregoing, but they also needed to determine how to set up a small business; because that, indeed, is what they were becoming. Do we hire every person who works on these events? How much office space and staff will I need? What about insurance? What type company--corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership?
Marketing, networking, which organizations are best for the company, all were questions needing answers. Because many had come from the meetings management segment of the industry, they understood the need to stay current in that segment of the industry and joined MPI, PCMA, ASAE, and the other meeting-related organizations. And all had and have one thing in common -- a "can-do" attitude. Even if they had not performed a particular service before, if the client needed it, they found the way to do it!
Now the destination management component is maturing, and meeting professionals have come to rely on these mainstays to get them through some challenging projects. Many times, the meeting manager does not have the luxury of time to research all the answers for various projects and components. The destination management professional knows he/she is obligated to know about the peculiarities of their specific destination. They become locale-specific logistic and event experts for their respective destination. They research what new locations are available, what the cost of various sites are, whom they contact, and how to make everything work. The staff is continually educated on all aspects required. Quality independent contractors with special skills and talents are investigated and recruited. Most use only people who have been personally recommended by someone who already has performed outstanding project work. For a large event, it is not unusual to draw on a pool of 150 contractors. Care is taken to match the project staff with the needs of the meeting professional.
An additional sign of coming of age for this segment of the industry is that of forming an educational association to raise the level of professionalism, to explore the best ways of doing business and serving customers, and to educate those customers as to what they can expect from a destination management company. To this end, the Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME) came into existence on June 24, 1995. The fledgling organization held its first Annual Conference in January, 1996, and of course, among the first-ever speakers were meetings professionals from both the corporate and association fields.
Destination management companies are architects and general contractors for meeting professionals. They outline ideas via proposals, and once the decision is made, set out to make the desired component happen. Just as convention services managers in hotels and Decorating Companies in the exhibit hall become extensions of your staff, your ultimate outsource partner outside the education sessions and exhibit halls, is your destination management company.
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Sunderland: No wrongdoing over Ji
Sunderland say none of their Premier League rivals have raised any formal objection to the fact that they received just a fine for fielding South Korean striker Ji Dong-won while ineligible.
The Black Cats issued a statement on Friday afternoon denying any wrongdoing in regard to the matter. Ji made four Barclays Premier League appearances without the correct international clearance, plus one in the Capital One Cup. Their opponents in that competition, MK Dons, also released a statement on Friday saying they would not pursue the matter further.
Sunderland were fined in December last year after they alerted league officials to the fact that they did not have international clearance for Ji, although the news has only emerged in the last 24 hours.
A club spokesperson said on Friday: "The issue of Ji Dong-won was explained in detail to (Friday's) Premier League shareholders meeting and no issues were raised by any club.
"Sunderland AFC confirmed that they had complied with all the procedures and the Premier League stated that the player was duly registered on the extranet system and in all other Premier League mechanisms.
"The club has never accepted any wrongdoing, but did acknowledge that a technical fault occurred and as such, were fined by the Premier League accordingly in December.
"The matter is now closed."
MK Dons said in a statement: " The club sought clarification from the Football League regarding the allegations and the League confirmed that they only became aware of the situation in late November.
"The club acknowledges that the Football League board dealt with the situation as they saw fit and will not be pursuing the matter further."
However, former Sunderland manager Steve Bruce, who signed Ji in June 2011, was less forgiving.
''That's pretty bizarre stuff that it's only surfaced now and he's played in four games," the Hull manager said on Friday morning.
''They should be in serious trouble, I would have thought.''
Asked if he would expect a club fielding an ineligible player to be handed a points deduction, Bruce replied: ''It's the first I have heard of it and it will be interesting, I would have thought so though.''
Sources on Wearside insist there is no ongoing investigation amid speculation that the relegation-threatened club could yet be docked points.
Sunderland currently lie in 19th place in the table, four points adrift of safety with just eight games to play.
Press Association Sport also understands club secretary Liz Coley left her job in December to take up a new position, but not as a result of the problem with Ji's clearance.
Ji featured as a substitute in league games against Fulham, Southampton and Manchester United and from the start at Crystal Palace before the mistake was discovered.
Only one of those games, a 1-1 draw at Southampton on August 24, saw then manager Paolo Di Canio's side rewarded with a point.
The confusion appears to surround the striker's return to Sunderland after a loan spell with German Bundesliga club Augsburg last season.
His spell back in English football, however, proved brief and he returned to Augsburg, this time on a permanent deal, in January this year having made just two more senior appearances under current boss Gus Poyet.
Ji initially joined the Black Cats from Chunnam Dragons for £2million in June 2011 during Bruce's spell in charge, but started only six senior games for the club, although he did score a memorable winner against Manchester City on New Year's Day 2012.
Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose side is currently one place and a single point better off than Sunderland, was philosophical on the matter.
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Asked how he would feel if the Bluebirds' survival or otherwise came down to one point, Solskjaer added: ''It would be ifs and buts, but you have to accept whatever is the decision made.
''You have got to trust (the Premier League) to make the right decision according to the rules. I can't read through the rules and regulations and put a point across now.
''But hopefully we will have enough points to be safe anyway.''
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MIKE OLT! and the Increasing Possibility for Third Base Out of Spring Training
Chicago Cubs prospect Mike Olt came into Spring Training with a great deal to prove, most of it related to his 2013 season and eyesight issues. In 2012, he looked like a future big league third baseman, and maybe even a star-caliber one. We all know what happened in 2013, and, thus, at the outset of Spring Training, even with all the happy stories about his eyesight issues being resolved, I wouldn't have pegged him at better than 20/80 to break camp with the big league team.
Where does that breakdown stand now? I think you've got to call it 50/50, right? At least?
Not only is Olt producing (.258/.294/.645 in 34 plate appearances (small sample size, 12 strikeouts)), but he's also receiving praise from all the right sources (i.e., the manager and the front office). I still see some upside in letting Olt head to AAA Iowa for a month to confirm that the bat is where it needs to be and that the eyes are great and that the confidence is there. And, frankly, I really don't hate the Luis Valbuena/Donnie Murphy platoon over there for a little while.
But if Olt, who's been battling a sore shoulder, shows his defense is as good as advertised, maybe the Cubs pull the trigger on handing Olt the full-time job.
The plan is for that evaluation to begin today, with Olt starting at third base. I'd expect him to get plenty of looks there over the last 10 days of Spring Training.
In the interim, Olt will keep getting plenty of attention from the media (and around here). Here's a piece, here's a piece, here's a piece, and here's a piece.
While Spring Training is rife with faux storylines that emerge and get beaten to death because there's only so much you can say about fake baseball, this Olt one is legit. Not only does Olt emerging as a success at third base bear interesting possibilities down the road, it's something (1) that could really happen, and (2) with real upside. Right now, fans don't have a whole lot of "the future" to look forward to, because the bulk of the Cubs' incoming prospect wave is still a year or more away. Olt, however, really is right on the doorstep, really could win a job, and really could be a two or three-win player this year.
(Oh, and as an aside: given his age (25), the uncertainty of his future success, and his past service time, we're not likely to see any service time games with Olt. It's not really a consideration at this point.)


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Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish by Janet Halfmann, illustrated by Joan Paley. Henry Holt / Christy Ottaviano Books (May 2011); ISBN 9780805090734; 32 pages
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"Beneath the crashing waves, another kind of star clings to the rocks with hundreds of sticky tube feet. She is an ochre sea star, the common starfish of the Pacific Coast."
This book provides a fascinating and exciting look into the life of a sea star. A female ochre sea star makes her way onto the shore and hunts for food. The sea star passes by sea anemones, crabs and other sea animals until she finally discovers a mussel bed. With amazing strength the sea star pries the shell open using her tube feet and devours the mussel. After she finishes her meal she encounters a dangerous enemy. The gorgeous college illustrations by Joan Paley depict the sandy shores and colorful ocean water with beautiful pictorially textured detail. The end of the book includes a nice, two-page, informative overview of sea stars.
Every time I read one of Halfmann's books, I'm amazed at how much information she slips into her books. She has a unique ability to inform without overwhelming the reader and also skillfully draws the reader into her stories. Such is the case of Star of the Sea. Early on, the reader feels a special connection to the sea star and begins to see the sea star as a unique personality, a creature to root for even as it devours a mussel and especially when a seagull attacks. My kids were a little concerned when the sea star loses one of its rays, but Halfmann quickly explains that the lost ray will eventually grow back. Thanks to Halfmann, we learned a ton about sea stars and hope to see a real one again someday.
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Janet Halfmann is currently hosting a release party for her new book. Visit her website and enter for the chance to win one of five signed copies of Star of the Sea. Contest ends on Friday, 6/9/2011 at midnight.
Tactile art projects help kids explore through touch and are great for toddlers and young kids. Since we're not likely to get a chance to touch a real sea star anytime soon, I thought it would be fun to make a pretend version using homemade puffy paint. I first saw a version of homemade puffy paint on mumma made it.
This was our first time experimenting with homemade puffy paint and it was so fun that we'll be making more paint soon. It's simple to make and yields super impressive results.
1 Tablespoon Self-rising Flour (I used the flour we had on hand Gold Medal Unbleached All-purpose - worked fine)
1 Tablespoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Water (I used a little more than this to thin the paint out)
Food Coloring
Mix together the flour, salt and water. (If you want a larger amount of paint, just make sure to use equal amounts of the flour, salt and water.) Add food coloring to mixture and stir. Voila! The paint is ready for your project.
Create a sea star -- Apply puffy paint liberally to the paper. (We used cardstock)
When painting is finished, place in microwave for a short time. We microwaved our pictures for 15 seconds on high, but time will depend on your microwave. We removed the picture from the microwave when the paint started to puff up. Cut out the shape of the sea star when the paint cools.
See, doesn't it puff up nicely? My son loved this part of the process. The paint feels leathery. If you wanted to add a little rough texture after microwaving, you could draw a few spine lines with glue and spinkle sand on top.
Create the ocean by following the same steps used to create the sea star.
Glue the sea star and ocean waves to a piece of sand paper to create a cool touch-and-feel ocean scene. Add a few sea shells for more tactile fun.
A Mommy's Adventures hosts the "stART" meme (Story + Art) each week. Add your kids craft post to the Kid's Get Crafty linky at Red Ted Art's Blog. Join in Read Aloud Thursday at Hope is the Word. Show off your ideas at ABC & 123 Show and Tell. Wrote a post about play? Join the It's Playtime party! Find more great book tie-ins at JDaniel4's Mom Read, Explore, Learn link-up.
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Blantyre House is an adult male category 'C/D' resettlement prison. The buildings themselves are located in a country house which was taken over by the Prison Commission in 1954, having previously operated as a Fegan Home. It was a Detention Centre for young offenders before converting to a resettlement prison for long term prisoners. Amalgamated with East Sutton Park in 2007.
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Operational Capacity: 122 as of 2nd January 2008
Regime: The regime at Blantyre is designed to prepare men for their eventual release. Within the first six months it is compulsory for the men to continue to build upon their education, which will include obtaining Basic Skills qualifications and taking part in courses such as healthy lifestyles, social and life skills, independent living and preparation for work. There are also a number of vocational courses on offer including IT, Dry-lining and Plastering. Once risk-assessed prisoners are allowed the opportunity to develop their education by attending external colleges to obtain further employment skills. As well as education, prisoners are able to work as cleaners, kitchen workers, orderlies etc. Those prisoners risk assessed and who are able to go out, initially take part in escorted project parties within the local community, then move on to individual community work unaccompanied. Eventually prisoners will be able to find full time paid work up to a maximum of 12 months before release.
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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team defeated Vermont by a score of 67-41 on Wednesday night. The Blue Devils (3-3) scored 46 points in the first half to take a 19 point lead into halftime. Senior Jaclyn Babe led the way for Central with 15 points and seven steals.
The Blue Devil offense of the first half was sparked by 26 points in the paint, most of those points came on fast-breaks with CCSU scoring 14 points on the break. Central also scored 22 points off of Vermont's 17 first half turnovers.
Jaclyn Babe led the Blue Devils in the first half with 11 of her 15 points. As a team Central shot 16-of-30 (53.3%) from the floor in the period. The Blue Devils also continued their great free throw shooting with a 14-for-17 performance from the line.
Junior Jessica Babe had eight points in the half and senior Kirsten Daamen, junior Lauren Arbogast and sophomore Kaley Watras all had six points.
The Blue Devil offense really turned on midway through the period as the team turned an eight-point lead at the 9:37 mark into a 22-point lead with 2:23 left in the period.
In the second half, both teams struggled from the floor, but the Blue Devils held their advantage and outscored the Catamounts (3-7) 21-14 in the period.
The Blue Devils were able to build a 32-point lead with 5:47 left in the game. It was Central's biggest lead of the game and the team's largest of the season.
Arbogast and Jessica Babe both scored five points in the second-half to pace the squad.
Redshirt freshman Amanda Harrington recorded nine rebounds in the game. Jessica Babe contributed eight rebounds and four assists and Arbogast chipped in five boards.
Jaclyn Babe led all scorers with 15 points. She was joined in double-digits by Jessica Babe (13) and Arbogast (11). The double-digit points for Arbogast mark the thrid straight game she has reached double figures.
Jaclyn Babe led a defense that posted 16 steals in the game. Babe had seven, matching her career-high.
Central finished the game with a 32-12 advantage on points in the paint and a 32-7 advantage on points off turnovers.
The Blue Devils will return to action on Sunday at New Hampshire. The game will tip-off at 2 p.m.


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A ballsy attempt at the dirty dark!
Kanu's Titli is an insane scrutiny into the head of a protagonist born in shambles. Surrounded by a filthy immoral environment that has affected his upbringing, Titli is a complex character breathing in a rotting muck with a dream.
The direction of Titli is one of the finest kinds. Behl spends ample amount of time on mundane things, captures mire gorgeously. He has caught the broken and the shattered perfectly. He literally walks behind the protagonist with a shaky camera to execute a well prepared live action drama to perfection. His frames are slow, and fade to the next ones with a purpose. He also incorporates great backdrops to complement his work. Little unnoticed things have been brought into the vanguard. Things that we see and forget quickly have been slapped on his frames. Like a spider dangling to the movie's score, or an old tattered ceiling fan making every effort to breathe in a trampled house. He captures an entire developing city marvelously to insinuate how a lot of people are slaves to dreams like that of Titli's.
The flick begins with Titli's dream, in a parking lot of a mall. It focuses on how the lad is trying really hard to escape from the swamp he has been breathing in. Then comes the unfortunate incident that topples his life over. He finds himself at Ground Zero once again. His brethren marry him to a girl for advantage. The girl on the other hand brings another story with her. The whole plot is about pursuing his dream, tackling hell whilst doing so and his life being smacked between his dream and someone else's.
The movie also compels you to think about the choices Titli takes at odd crucial hours. It lets you dive deep into the head of an abnormal person whose life had been nothing but chaos. There are a lot of things going in the skull of Titli, character exceptionally portrayed by Shashank Arora, and you can almost read him like a book. Lalit Behl's character is that of an onlooker and a freeloader, a leech who doesn't involve himself in anything and yet piggybacks to feed himself. As Titli, eventually calls him a 'pig' an apt
Some of the bits in the movie are downright outrageous. There is a lot of retching going on, which might disgust you beyond limit. When you see someone take up a hammer or a stick, you expect some badass bludgeoning, but alas this wasn't put a proper thought to, and it looks more animated than real. Such places you can almost see through their acts.
Titli touches the thrilling dark which might give you the chills at times. It is scintillating at many junctures, fills you with sympathy and a plenty of times with disgust.
Another great thing about the movie is its exceptional cast. Their acting prowess is extremely engaging. Little unaffected acts that cover 'em up with profundity are quite delightful. Everyone is engulfed in their bits and that just nails the coffin perfectly. We surely can't overlook Amit Sial's bit in the movie. Ranvir Shorey is simply outstanding too.
The editing department of the flick could have seen some more cuts, since the movie ended up being lengthy.
Bottomline: Titli isn't for everybody. If you are into dark cinema or wish to watch quality movies, go for it.
- Outstanding direction
- Exceptional acting by the cast
- Top-notch frames that capture a developing city
- A bit lengthy
- Could have used some more editing
- Disgusting when it came to showing excessive retching, puking and blood


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ETS Publishes the First Piece in a Series of White Papers Discussing the Future of K–12 English Language Assessment Systems
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Educational Testing Service (ETS) is releasing the first in a series of white papers presenting research-based ideas, principles and recommendations for those who will be designing, developing and implementing the next-generation of English language proficiency (ELP) assessment systems.
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Creating a Next-Generation System of K–12 English Learner (EL) Language Proficiency Assessments, the first in the series, discusses the history of the current ELP assessment systems that were shaped under the No Child Left Behind Act. It also provides a high-level vision of what ELP assessments currently being planned or developed should be and do to support K–12 EL students.
"The advent of Common Core Standards raises both challenges and opportunities related to the education of English learners," said Stephen Lazer, Vice President of Student and Teacher Assessments. "That is why it is important to begin public discussions about how to improve English language proficiency assessments that can better support the needs of the K–12 EL students and teachers that depend on them."
The main limitations of the current generation of ELP assessments that the paper discusses include the lack of consistent standards between states, and the lack of balance between implementing assessments that are used for accountability and assessments that support teaching and language development.
The white paper addresses three key qualities that the next-generation of K–12 ELP assessments should consider. The three qualities include the need to be designed as an assessment system rather than as single assessments; the need to be based on an overarching, well-defined conceptual framework with a clear construct of interest for the entire system; and the need to contain crucial supporting elements designed to increase the access and usefulness of the information provided by the various assessments in the system. The paper also discusses the potential advantages and challenges that are associated with using digital delivery models for K–12 ELP assessment systems
The successive papers in the series will continue to address a variety of important topics on the subject of how to improve the next-generation of ELP assessments. Some of the topics will include issues regarding accessibility, the validity and consequences of ELP assessment uses, the role that digital technology should play in the design of ELP assessments, and the roles that teachers should perform in the effective use of assessment results.
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At ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for people worldwide by creating assessments based on rigorous research. ETS serves individuals, educational institutions and government agencies by providing customized solutions for teacher certification, English language learning, and elementary, secondary and post-secondary education, as well as conducting education research, analysis and policy studies. Founded as a nonprofit in 1947, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC ® tests, the GRE ® tests and The Praxis Series™ assessments — in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. www.ets.org
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By Kiara Catanzaro, '15
St. Bonaventure University's Model United Nations (SBUMUN) club will host its annual Model United Nations High School Conference Friday evening March 21 and all day Saturday, March 22, in Plassmann Hall on campus.
The conference allows high school students to demonstrate their debate skills in a competition for several awards, according to Lauren Loftin, secretary general of SBUMUN.
There are seven committees that the students will participate in. Committees include: United Nations Security Council, Arab League, Disarmament and International Security Committee, International Labor Organization, World Health Organization, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and United Nations Development Program.
There are 13 high schools participating in the conference, including Coudersport Area School District, St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Bradford Area School District, Seneca IU9 School District, Nardin Academy, Johnsonburg Area School District, Kane Area School District, Lancaster High School, Olean High School, Ridgway Area High School, Tapestry Charter School, Lake Shore School District and Northern Potter School District.
"St. Bonaventure students will be the facilitators of the committees where they will guide their delegates in negotiations, resolution writing and mediate discussions on pertinent issues related to international relations. The high school students are also competing for 'excellent' and 'superior' medals along with the highly coveted school awards," Loftin said.
Sixteen St. Bonaventure students will help operate the conference, including Lauren Loftin (secretary general), Kathryn Moore (vice president), Douglas Smith (head delegate), Miguel Nesbitt (undersecretary of public relations), Rachel Mercredi, Meghan Rahill, Alyssa Scherer, Umar Asif, Mackenzie Grubbs, Benjamine Barnhart, Sabine Wakim, Sierra Nutt, Casey Hale, Eloina Dominguez, Caitlin Blue and Kayla Godoy.
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According to Brett McCracken, who maintains a blog called The Search, there's a new trend we didn't even know about. (We hate being the last to know!)
The trend: Christian Hipsters.
This new breed of 20-something blends everything that you love about hipsters and Christians.
In case you want to know more, McCracken is even writing a book about the curious phenom. In it he maps out the topography of "cool Christianity" and runs down a handy list of Christian Hipster "Likes and Dislikes," and offers up an excerpt in this blog post.
So how can you spot a Christian Hipster -- or tell if you're one?
Here's a sampling of Christian Hipster Dislikes:
Megachurches; Pat Robertson and/or Jerry Falwell; Braveheart, The Passion, and Mel Gibson in general; The PAX Network; "Christian films (except ironically)"; Evangelism involving "sock puppets, ventriloquism, mimes"
…and their Likes:
Skateboarding; "Worshipping with candles"; The Pope; "Smoking a lot of different things"; Chuck Klosterman and/or David Sedaris; Piercings; Carrying flasks; Lent


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