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FeaturesApril/May 2010 Issue
A Closer Look at Gluten-Free Labeling
The number of products designated "gluten-free" is exploding. Can you trust every claim?
In late 2008, a newspaper investigation revealed that certain gluten-free products manufactured by Wellshire Farms and specifically marketed to children were mislabeled. As news spread about the faulty designation, parents of food allergic kids became furious—and scared. At least two children with wheat allergies developed anaphylaxis to the mislabeled food and required hospitalization. In addition, countless children with celiac disease were sickened, including 2-year-old James Fourie.
"We had just started him on the gluten-free diet," explains James' mom, Stephanie Fourie of Boulder, Colorado. "I cook a lot from scratch but I also rely on packaged foods from time to time, especially when I was first learning the gluten-free diet."
Fourie had purchased mislabeled chicken bites and given them to James. Within an hour or two, his behavior changed, explains Fourie. He crouched down in a corner of his room and was saying something but he was too young to verbalize how he was feeling. From his body language, it looked like he was having severe stomach cramps.
Trusting the product was properly labeled, it didn't cross Fourie's mind that the chicken bites were to blame for her son's symptoms. When she offered them to James at a second meal, he refused them. At the time, it was frustrating.
"The chicken bites weren't cheap and I didn't want to make several different things for dinner," says Fourie, who has two other small children.
When she read the newspaper report that Wellshire Kids Gluten Free Dinosaur Shapes Chicken Bites, Chicken Corn Dogs and Beef Corn Dogs contained up to 2,200 parts per million of gluten—more than 100 times what celiac experts generally view as acceptable—it was like a light bulb went off. That was why James had mysteriously fallen ill!
Fourie was outraged. She immediately contacted the store where she bought the chicken bites and told them about the mislabeling. But without an official product recall, the store would not pull the products from its shelves.
"It was so upsetting," Fourie recalls, "I couldn't stop thinking about all the other parents out there who hadn't read the newspaper story and were feeding their kids these mislabeled products that were making them sick. Who knows how many kids may have had reactions to the mislabeled food? I was so disappointed that no one was doing anything about it."
Wellshire Farms has since posted a response to the mislabeling episode on its website. Although the company pointed to contaminated corn batter as the culprit—it's now working with a new batter supplier—Fourie says the experience has made her wary of the gluten-free label. "I've lost a lot of trust," she says.
Cause for Concern
Shortly after the incident with the chicken bites, Fourie began reading up on gluten-free labeling. She was surprised—and frustrated—to learn that currently in the United States, there is no definition for the use of the term "gluten free" with regard to food labeling. Neither the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees egg, meat, and poultry products, nor the Food and Drug Administration, which covers packaged and most other foods, specifically define the term "gluten free."
Yet both agencies permit gluten-free labeling, as demonstrated by the increasing assortment of gluten-free foods available. The USDA reviews "gluten free" and other so-called health claims on a case-by-case basis—Wellshire Farms reportedly received USDA approval for its chicken bites in 2001—while the FDA allows manufacturers to affix a gluten-free label on FDA-regulated products provided the claim is "truthful and not misleading." Generally, if a food labeled "free" of a substance actually contains that substance, the FDA considers the claim misleading.
But this line of reasoning falls short with gluten-free claims.
With other "–free" claims, such as sodium-free or calorie-free, free means zero. But with gluten-free foods, there's no way to test for zero gluten. The technology just isn't there yet, says attorney Andrea Levario, executive director of the American Celiac Disease Alliance (ACDA).
Instead, extremely small quantities—known as parts per million (ppm)—of gluten can be reliably tested. Current analytic techniques can consistently detect 20 ppm of gluten in a variety of foods, including raw, cooked and baked foods. Since celiac experts generally agree that 20 ppm of gluten is a safe threshold for people with celiac disease, many countries have adopted gluten-free standards at or below 20 ppm.
The FDA proposed a less than 20 ppm gluten-free standard in 2006—its first explicit attempt to define the term gluten free—but the agency has yet to finalize it. And the USDA is awaiting the FDA's decision before moving ahead on the subject.
With the number of products making unregulated gluten-free claims on the rise, the marketplace can be potentially dangerous for consumers with gluten sensitivity and wheat allergy.
And it's no longer just people with celiac disease buying gluten-free foods, notes celiac nutrition expert Shelley Case, RD. Sales far exceed what the portion of the U.S. population diagnosed with celiac disease might purchase. Consumers are scooping up gluten-free products for reasons that range from weight loss and general health concerns to simple curiosity.
Delayed Gluten Regulation
There may be as many as a dozen variations in gluten-free claims, such as "no gluten," "without gluten," "free of gluten," and "no gluten ingredients used."
Is the purity of a product labeled 'no gluten ingredients' the same as one labeled 'gluten free,' wonders Fourie. "It's very confusing."
She and other consumers aren't the only ones confused. According to a recent FDA report, many food manufacturers would welcome a gluten-free standard to eliminate uncertainty or misunderstanding regarding labeling, as well as to help level the playing field. These companies argue that a standardized definition could assist the industry by promoting fair competition. With a standard in place, all manufacturers would have to adhere to the same labeling requirements.
Why hasn't the FDA finalized its 2006 definition of gluten free? As part of sweeping legislation known as FALCPA, the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, Congress ordered the FDA to define and permit the voluntary use of the term gluten free on the labeling of foods by August 2008. As directed, the FDA issued its proposed gluten-free regulation on schedule but has failed to follow through with a final ruling.
While there has been no official explanation for the nearly two-year delay, Levario speculates that the voluntary nature of the gluten-free regulation could have something to do with it. Because it's not mandatory, it may not be viewed as an immediate priority, she says. In addition, the 2008 deadline for the final ruling coincided with changing White House administrations.
"It might have been a bit of bad timing," Levario says.
In November 2009, the FDA announced plans to conduct an experimental study on gluten-free labeling. The agency hopes the study will gauge public perceptions of various gluten-free claims (e.g., free of gluten, without gluten, no gluten), in addition to related statements (e.g., made in a gluten-free facility, not made in a facility that processes gluten-containing foods). While the study will likely provide the FDA with useful information, Levario advises that it may further delay nailing down a definitive gluten-free standard.
Flimsy Oversight
Without regulation in place, enforcement of gluten-free labeling is feeble at best.
"Until the FDA regulations are finalized, it's a question mark at what point the agency would say a product is mislabeled or misleading. Right now, there's no way to know that," says Levario. When gluten-free products have received attention for potential mislabeling in recent years, it's been primarily from consumer groups, not the FDA.
In contrast, when peanut labeling errors have occurred, the FDA requires immediate product recalls. The difference is that there is a labeling standard in place for peanuts, in part because there is an immediate risk to consumers with an allergy, explains Levario, "Someone could die from eating mislabeled peanut products. Gluten doesn't fall into the same risk category."
While Wellshire Farms may not have been required to issue a recall of its mislabeled products, it could have done so voluntarily. For Fourie, this is hard to swallow.
"A recall would have been the responsible thing to do. Mislabeling a product is bad, but failing to recall it is unacceptable," she says. "Companies should want to make the highest quality product. When they issue a recall, it speaks volumes about the company, that they're trying to do the right thing."
A problem with recalls is that many people never hear about them, says Levario. Typically, a recall starts with a press release that's subsequently picked up by various media outlets, blogs and support groups. To stay current, Levario suggests signing up with the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network's (FAAN) special allergy alert listserv at foodallergy.org. FAAN's focus is on product recalls of allergens like milk, eggs, peanuts and soy. Wheat is also covered, but not gluten.
Making Progress
Despite the challenges, considerable progress has been made in product labeling that's been a God-send for food-allergic consumers. FALCPA requires clear identification of the top eight allergens (milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat) and Levario points out that the law indirectly benefits those on the gluten-free diet.
"Labeling wheat dramatically reduced the label-reading burden for gluten-intolerant consumers," agrees dietician Shelley Case. "The majority of gluten in the North American diet—up to 95 percent of it—comes from wheat."
FALCPA was also a huge step in getting food manufacturers on the side of the food-allergic and food-intolerant community, explains Levario, "We really need to partner with manufacturers and continue to encourage them. Most have been working very hard to comply with the law."
In fact, many companies started proactively planning for gluten-free regulation as soon as FALCPA passed. Some began researching product-testing protocols from countries with established gluten-free standards. Many looked to Canada, which has had a gluten-free policy in place since 1995. Canada officially defines "gluten free" as no gluten; however, practically speaking, detection analsyes used put the cut-off for gluten-free foods at 20 ppm.
Internationally, gluten-free labeling standards vary considerably but that may be changing. In 2008, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which sets international standards for food and food safety, revised its widely referenced gluten-free guideline. Codex now stipulates that gluten-free foods may not contain more than 20 ppm of wheat, rye, barley or oats,* a definition comparable to FDA's proposed gluten-free regulation.
Gluten-Free Certification Programs
While some companies voluntarily observe the less than 20 ppm standard, others have gone further and sought certification from one of several gluten-free certification organizations. In recent years, the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG), the Celiac Sprue Association (CSA) and the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) have each developed their own certification program to help consumers identify gluten-free foods with more confidence. GIG's program is the Gluten Free Certification Organization (GFCO).
"We modeled GFCO after the top-notch kosher and organic certification programs," says GIG executive director Cynthia Kupper, RD.
To obtain GFCO certification, companies undergo an application process that, according to Kupper, is not a walk in the park. "Making a gluten-free product is different than certifying a product. Companies that apply for GFCO certification are the cream of the crop. They're doing more than they have to," she says.
The standard for GFCO-certified products is much stricter than even the proposed FDA standard. GFCO sets 10 ppm as its upper limit. (Once FDA rules on its gluten-free standard, GFCO expects to maintain its 10 ppm limit).
Companies with certification want to win consumer confidence—and they are, reports Kupper. "Consumers used to rely on product lists to identify gluten-free products. Now they're looking for the GFCO stamp. We've grown phenomenally since starting the certification in 2004."
The Bottom Line
Next to buying certified products, the best safeguard you can take remains reading food labels, says dietician Shelley Case. Because companies can reformulate products or packaging at any time, reading ingredient labels every time is absolutely paramount for gluten-free consumers, she says. If you're unsure about an ingredient, she recommends contacting the manufacturer directly. If you're unsure about the meaning of a gluten-free claim, she suggests asking the manufacturer questions like these:
- Is the product made in a dedicated gluten-free facility?
- If the product is made in a shared facility (one that produces both gluten-containing and gluten-free foods), is the product made on dedicated equipment?
- What steps does the manufacturer take to prevent cross contamination?
- Does the manufacturer regularly test the final product for gluten? If so, does the product consistently fall below 20 ppm?
Rebuilding Trust
It's been more than a year since Fourie's son, James, ate the mislabeled chicken bites. Happily, he hasn't had any subsequent episodes of painful stomach cramps.
"I've been reading labels diligently," reports Fourie. She also seeks out products that bear GFCO certification. "I'm willing to spend a little more on products that have certification. When I need an item that doesn't, I call the company to make sure the final product is tested. If they can't give me an answer I'm comfortable with, we don't eat it."
She says she now cooks from scratch more than ever. "Even though it's very time-consuming, I try to provide as many homemade meals and snacks for my children as possible."
Fourie is certain these precautions help keep James healthy. But she worries that a mislabeling fiasco could happen again.
"I can take lots of preventative measures but there may be a time when a product is mislabeled and I won't figure it out. To me, it demonstrates the urgency of passing a gluten-free standard."
She looks forward to the day when there's accountability behind every gluten-free claim. "That peace of mind will be wonderful," she says.�
Medical writer Christine Boyd lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
*The 2008 Codex standard allows oats provided they're not cross contaminated with wheat, rye or barley. However, it's up to individual countries to determine how they handle the use of oats.
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Tim McGraw Shares What Makes America a Great Place to Live
There's no day quite like the Fourth of July to make Americans reflect on the freedoms and gifts we too often take for granted as citizens of the U.S.A. And nobody salutes the red, white and blue quite as often or as seriously as country music stars. In light of this year's Independence Day, longtime country music king Tim McGraw paused to reflect on what makes America a great place to live.
No. 1 on McGraw's list of things that make him feel patriotic is the fact that the 'Better Than I Used to Be' hitmaker rose from small town citizen to mega-star status.
"The small town that I grew up in, in a lot of ways, sort of the situation that I grew up in, I don't think there's any other country in the world that I could have had the success that I've had and come from where I come from," McGraw says (quote courtesy of Big Machine Records).
When McGraw talks about where he came from, he's referring to a few tiny towns in Louisiana, where he was raised by his single mother. McGraw didn't meet his biological father until he was age seven, but his dad didn't actually acknowledge paternity until the country star was 18. Against all odds, McGraw moved to Nashville, where he signed to a label and become a household name in the 1990s. The 'Indian Outlaw' hitmaker truly lived a rags-to-riches story. That kind of "pulling yourself up from your bootstraps" transformation isn't possible just anywhere.
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This week, McGraw and his pal Kenny Chesney took a few days off of Chesney's Brothers of the Sun Tour. Mum's the word about what the two country stars will do to celebrate America's birthday, but we're sure that they'll salute the flag in style. They'll resume the tour on Saturday with a rocking show at Soldier Field in Chicago.

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Josh Turner fans will soon be able to get their hands on a new full-length album from their favorite deep-voiced singer. But it's not a typical studio album that Turner will be releasing exclusively through Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores across the country. The 12-track 'Live Across America' album, available on Aug. 27, will be all live songs.
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Earlier this week, I posted about this week's announcement of the collaboration between the Open Media Network and the Public Service Publisher initiative, of which I've been the ad hoc chair. This generated a number of news stories which are linked below.
Open Media Network Launches Public Beta. Billboard PostPlay.
Open Media Network Launches. Link: BoingBoing.
Netscape pioneers launch free content network. Link: CNET News.com.
Free film and video clip network hits the Play button. Link: ComputerWeekly.com.
Netscape Veterans Launch Video Startup. Link: Forbes. Note: Associated Press story run here and many other places. --Dennis
Open Media Network offers free internet video delivery. Link: informitv.com.
Entrepreneurs launch film startup. Netscape veterans Homer, Andreesen hope to help producers distribute video over the Internet. Link: Inside Bay Area.
Network Shares Audio and Video, Screens Out Bootlegs. Link: Los Angeles Times.
Open Media Network: iTunes for video. Link: The Mercury News.
Search engines, startup media sites dream of becoming video hubs. Link: Online Journalism Review. Note: This one also has a good current overview of this space. --Dennis
Open Media Network, with DRM. Link: p2pnet.net.
Netscapers Launching Open Media Network. Link: paidcontent.org. Note: This one includes a 5-minute MP3 interview with OMN principal Mike Homer. --Dennis
Open Media Network Launches. Link: Red Herring.
Startup to offer digital TV, radio shows online for free. Open Media Network to distribute content OKd for distribution. Link: San Francisco Chronicle.
Open Media Network debuts. San Jose Business Journal.
Public video-on-demand service launched by Internet pioneers... Link: SiliconValleyWatcher.
Open Media Network. Link: Steve Gillmor's InfoRouter. [Note here that for the past three months, Steve has been a valuable member of the Public Service Publisher initiative's core working group.]
Internet TV Age Is Dawning, but Who Will Watch? Link: Washington Post. Also at Steve Rosenbaum's Docu-Blog.
Netscape Pioneers Start Open Media Network. Link: Web Host Industry Review.
The news release, Open Media Network, A Free Consumer Service for Viewing Public Service Content on the Internet, Launched in Public Beta Today, is available at Business Wire, eContent, eHomeUpgrade and on the OMN web site.
Four bloggers have criticized the beta for being Microsoft-centric: OLDaily, PVRblog and SearchEngineWatch and Television Archiving. Be patient. Firefox and Apple support are on their way. Also see Stephen Downes' comment below for clarification on the OLDaily post.
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Hitting the wall of government growth means resentment of elites will grow. It also means the elite factions and other factions will come into more direct conflict and settled issues will become unsettled again. Fixed entitlements will become unfixed. Decades long promises will be broken. As governments approach bankruptcy old settlements of political battles will be repudiated out of necessity.Not only will resentment against elites grow, but so will resentment against the Establishment in general. Big business, in pushing for open borders, will take it for trying to socialize costs while privatizing profits. While native employment levels have decreased during the recession, employment levels among the foreign-born have increased. In euphemism, Pew explains:
Immigrants' job gains may result from greater flexibility with regard to wages and hours or greater mobility. ...Bringing in more Latin Americans will make the US more like Latin America.
Even as immigrants have managed to gain jobs in the recovery, they have experienced a sharp decline in earnings. From 2009 to 2010, the median weekly earnings of foreign-born workers decreased 4.5%, compared with a loss of less than one percent for native-born workers. Latino immigrants experienced the largest drop in wages of all.
Bryan Caplan argues that increased immigration is a good thing for those who want to see the welfare state dismantled because it creates resentment among natives who perceive an increasing amount they pay in taxes going to foreign settlers rather than to their fellow Americans. So in a similar vein, I guess I'll argue that the "recession" (though I think the term incorrectly insinuates that a recovery is just around the bend when there are so many fundamental indicators suggesting things are going to continue to get worse before they get better) is a good thing for immigration restrictionists. Pew reports that Hispanics in the US have soured significantly on immigration from Latin America over the last three years:
Hispanics are also divided about the impact of illegal immigration on Hispanics already living in the U.S. Roughly equal shares say the impact has been positive (29%), negative (31%) or made no difference (30%). This mixed judgment stands in sharp contrast to views that Latinos expressed on this subject in 2007. Back then, fully half (50%) of Latinos said the impact was positive, while just 20% said it was negative [with the remaining 30% saying it made no difference].That is, just three years ago, for every two Hispanics who thought illegal immigration had a negative impact on Hispanics already in the US, there were five who thought it was having on positive impact on them. Fast-forward to the present and there are now slightly more Hispanics who assert that illegal immigration is a negative than their are Hispanics who say it is a positive thing. That's a huge shift in opinion.
Kudos, parenthetically, to Pew for having the courage to report as much--the center is left-leaning for sure, but it is empirically honest, which is what's important.
A lot of the polling data I've sifted through in previous posts dates back a few years. I would like to see Zogby do another poll as comprehensive as the one it conducted in 2006. I suspect Americans have become even more restrictionist across the political and economic spectrums since then.


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Wow. Most parents are thrilled to be able to find an available babysitter so they can enjoy dinner and a movie out once in a while, but apparently that's just not good enough for Beyonce and Jay-Z.
Their little angel, Blue Ivy Carter, has a $1 million nursery suite set up in the basement of the Barclays Center, you know, so she can play with her toys in style while Mommy and Daddy chill out and watch the Brooklyn Nets play.
Yep, while Bey and Jay are upstairs enjoying their VIP courtside seats, little Blue Ivy is down in the basement, presumably with a nanny, living it up like the celebrity baby she is.
And honestly, I don't know why anyone is surprised over the fact that baby Blue has a personal playground fit for a princess. I mean, considering Beyonce and Jay-Z spent $1.3 million in renovations to the hospital suite their daughter was born in, it's really not a huge shocker for them to shell out a huge amount of cash for a place to keep their baby happy and occupied while they indulge in a little adult time.
Ok, ok -- I guess renting out the $1 million a year (OMG!) suite at the Barclays center is a bit extravagant and over-the-top even for them, which is why it's important to note that Jay-Z also uses the space to entertain his buddies. In addition to Blue's toy area, the suite also boasts a TV and champagne bar, so it does sound like a pretty cool place to hang. (I'd SO go to a party there.)
But still, it does seem interesting that they'd opt to bring Blue with them to the games instead of just leaving her in the comfort of her own home with a trusted nanny instead. It's no secret that basketball games can run pretty late sometimes, and being cooped up in a basement suite, no matter how luxurious, has to be a bit tiring for a baby who is just shy of a year old.
Actually, Blue Ivy turns one on Monday, and something tells me this $1 million dollar suite is only the beginning of the lavish gifts she'll no doubt be showered with. She's one pampered kid, all right -- but who can blame Beyonce and Jay-Z for spoiling her? Wouldn't we all do the same if we had their bank account?
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YORK, PA – The York College volleyball squad opened their 2011 home slate with a split of a tri-meet on Saturday in York. The Spartans downed Elizabethtown 25-20, 25-18, and 26-16 before falling to Westminster in the nightcap, 24-26, 25-21, 25-9, 21-25, and 15-10. Westminster defeated Elizabethtown in five in the middle match on Saturday. York and Westminser are now both 2-1 overall while Elizabethtown is 0-2.
In the opener, the Spartans got off to a strong start and kept on going in route to the straight set win. Senior Julie Coombs paced a balanced Spartan attack with 10 kills and nine digs for a team-leading 11 points. Freshman Katie Huston added nine kills as she hit a blistering .538 for the match. She also had a block assist and a service ace as she had 10.5 points in the contest. Senior setter Cortni Rentzel handed out 30 assists while she also had five service aces for the Spartans. Junior Melissa Patterson had five kills with no errors while fellow junior Ashley Rineman led the Spartan defense with 19 digs.
The Spartans got off to another good start in game one against Westminster. The Spartans would go on to pull out a two-point win, taking the early edge. York sprinted out to a 14-6 lead in game two but then the Titans got things rolling. Westminster outscored York 36-16 over the next game and a half as they seized a 2-1 lead heading to the fourth game. York forced a fifth game but the Titans overcame an early deficit in the game to earn the five-point fifth set win.
Huston and sophomore Jessica Moyer led the Spartan offense with 10 kills each. Rineman was outstanding defensively as the junior had 24 digs while Coombs was the other Spartan in double figures with 13. Rentzel notched 31 assists, five kills, nine digs and two block assists. Coombs also had nine kills while Patterson contributed seven to the Spartan offense.
Rebecca Riemer led the Titans with 18 kills while Tara Ott added 16. Megan Romocean was the third Titan in double figures in kills with 11. Setter Jessie Szakacs handed out 53 assists while she also had 12 digs. Libero Tamber Schaef led the Westminster defense with 17 digs.
York returns to action on Tuesday night as they host Salisbury in the conference opener for both squads. The match is slated for a 7:00 pm start at Wolf Gymnasium.
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Around 600 delegates representing Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), non-governmental and international organizations, and partners, are currently gathered in the sunny city of Cali in Colombia to give the final push to the negotiations on the international regime to regulate access to genetic resources and the distribution of the benefits derived from their use.
This is the ninth and final meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) before the tenth Conference of the Parties of the Convention (COP10). The Working Group has been mandated to finalize its work and deliver an ABS international regime to be adopted at COP10 in Nagoya, Japan later this year. The clock is thus ticking but despite the pressure, delegates seem positive about a favourable outcome of the meeting.
During the opening of the meeting on Monday 22nd March, the co-chairs of the Working Group, Canadian Timothy Hodges and Colombian Fernando Casas, suggested basing the negotiations on non-papers of a draft protocol and a draft decision. The delegates agreed to move forward as proposed. On Tuesday, four contact groups were opened with specific terms of reference to provide solutions for different issues by keeping the original text in the draft protocol proposed by the co-chairs, amending the text or suggesting additions to it. The co-chairs also made a special plea to all delegations to avoid using bracketed text, following the experience of the Montreal Annex (the result of the last two meetings of the Working Group) which contained some 3800 brackets!
Key issues under discussion include the relationship of the ABS protocol with other existing instruments and processes, issues of jurisdictional scope and temporal application of the protocol, flexibility for sectoral approaches, relationship between ABS activities and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, diversity of national circumstances and customary laws, monitoring, reporting and tracking, use of genetic resources, as well as derivatives and the relationship between benefit sharing and technology transfer. With respect to the scope of the regime, some delegations have mentioned the need for a holistic view within the protocol and refer to access to genetic resources and biological resources and the distribution of their benefits as a whole. However, this discussion has not been taken forward and the majority of delegations taking the floor have been referring only to genetic resources, paraphrasing the wording in the Convention's text.
IUCN has been following the negotiations closely and sees this process as intimately related to the process of revising and updating the CBD Strategic Plan and the post-2010 targets. The Union would like to see a strong ABS regime to be proposed for adoption at the Nagoya Conference of the Parties. IUCN stands ready to provide its support and technical advice to the Parties to make this possible.
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The Clarke boys basketball team let an opportunity for a win slip away against Davis County here on Feb. 1, losing 76-67.
Clarke trailed 19-18 at the end of the first quarter, and 38-34 at halftime, but remained in striking distance.
But, Davis County got some separation in the third quarter thanks to a 19-13 advantage. Clarke won the fourth quarter 20-19, but it wasn't enough to complete the comeback.
The Indians featured balanced scoring, as four players finished in double figures.
Dylan Diveney recorded a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Indians. Brin Evins pitched in 16 points and eight rebounds. Colin Morris added 14 points, while Jared Jamison dropped in 10 points with four steals and three assists.
Matt Blanchard netted nine points for the Indians, which fell to 3-13 with the loss.
Clarke also suffered an 81-48 setback on Feb. 2 against Winterset on senior night.
Winterset jumped out to a 31-11 lead after the first quarter and held a 55-26 lead at halftime.
Morris led the Indians with 20 points, while Diveney chipped in 10 points with five rebounds and four blocks.
Jamison added nine points, while Blanchard scored six points. Evins scored two points, but grabbed nine rebounds.
Senior Mitch Lampe made 1-of-2 free throws to score one point.
Two senior players were honored for Clarke — Lampe and Johannes Zehnter.
Clarke opens postseason play on Monday at Central Decatur. The winner advances to take on Interstate 35 on Feb. 14.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Led by junior Kevin Kegarise with 19 points, the 11th-ranked Birmingham-Southern men's basketball team held off the upset bid from Rhodes College Sunday afternoon, winning 76-66 in Memphis.
The Panthers move to 20-1 with their 13th-straight win, and advance to 12-1 in the SCAC. The Lynx fall to 14-8 overall and 9-4 in the conference.
BSC jumped out to an 8-2 lead to start the game, and led 11-4 at the 15:06 mark. The Lynx fought back to tie things up 13-13, but the Panthers pulled back ahead and stayed just in front of Rhodes for the rest of the half, leading 36-34 at halftime.
Rhodes tied it up twice in the first minute-and-a-half of the second half before taking its first lead of the game, 40-39, at the 17:57 mark. The lead was short-lived as junior Zac Richards made a lay-up to put the Panthers back up by one, but a made free throw a minute later tied it up again, 41-41.
The Panthers scored seven straight points after the 41-41 tie to take back their lead, but the Lynx responded after that with their own 7-0 run to tie it up yet again, 48-48, with 13:07 left to play. Another tie, 50-50, came at the 10:37 mark before BSC used a 10-3 run to go up 60-53 with 5:22 left in the game, but the Lynx wouldn't stay down, clawing back to tie it up once again, 60-60, at the 3:38 mark.
BSC then used an 8-2 run to go up 68-62 with 53 seconds remaining, and held onto the lead down the stretch, eventually winning by 10.
Kegarise led all players with his 19 points on 6-of-12 shooting, and Richards and senior Jasen Jonus added 14 points apiece. Richards led with seven rebounds, and junior Blaise White led with four assists and four steals.
BSC shot nearly 50 percent from the field, hitting 23-of-47, and exactly 50 percent (10-of-20) from three-point range. The Panthers were 20-of-25 (80 percent) from the free throw line.
Rhodes out-rebounded BSC 30-24, but the Panthers committed 10 turnovers, seven less than the Lynx.
The Panthers are at home next weekend, returning to Bill Battle Coliseum to host Centre, Friday, and Sewanee, Sunday. BSC also hosts the 2012 SCAC Basketball Championship, Feb. 24-26.


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Please share some of your favorite quotes in this thread. This thread is for general quotes not related to tennis or by people involved in the tennis industry. If you would like to share a few tennis related quotes, we have a thread for that at http://www.tennisw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6430
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Safdie Architects announced today that it has been chosen to design a 10- million-square-foot mixed-use complex for a historically significant site at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, in the inland Chinese city of Chongqing. The project, which was also announced in Singapore and Hong Kong by development partners CapitaLand, CapitaMalls Asia, and Singbridge, will feature residential and office space as well as retail and cultural facilities, a service residence, a hotel, restaurants and clubs, a park, gardens, and hubs for land and water transportation, including ferry docking and landscaped boardwalks.
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We believe we offer the best early childhood program in Southeastern Wisconsin and we are excited to share it with you. We believe that a quality school is achieved through quality faculty members and thus, many of our teachers have degrees in early childhood education and related fields; many have spent years at the JCC teaching young children. Most simply, they love children and are committed to engaging and guiding each child's natural curiosity about the world around them.
Our classrooms are places of learning and exploration, rooted in Jewish values, where every child is a gift. They are aesthetically beautiful places, filled with organic materials that elicit a curiosity about the natural world and provide a warm home-like environment for learning. Our Jewish setting, celebrations, and activities promote Jewish values and encourage children to learn about Judaism. Shabbat is celebrated every Friday with songs, stories, and fresh challah.
We believe children are truly powerful and capable of constructing their own learning as they negotiate the world around them. At our school, children's inherent inquisitiveness is encouraged and nurtured, allowing their interests to emerge into learning opportunities. Research has shown that for children to fully understand and remember what they have learned, it must be meaningful to them in the context of their own experience and development. This educational approach is inspired by the theories and practices of the early childhood schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy.
The Harry and Rose Samson Family JCC Gan Ami Early Childhood Education programs are fully licensed by the state of Wisconsin and meet strict guidelines for safety, cleanliness, faculty-to-child ratios, and faculty qualifications. We follow guidelines endorsed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
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This chapter describes Scheme 48's module system. The module system is unique in the extent to which it supports both static linking and rapid turnaround during program development. The design was influenced by Standard ML modules[7] and by the module system for Scheme Xerox[4]. It has also been shaped by the needs of Scheme 48, which is designed to run both on workstations and on relatively small (less than 1 Mbyte) embedded controllers.
Except where noted, everything described here is implemented in Scheme 48, and exercised by the Scheme 48 implementation and some application programs.
Unlike the Common Lisp package system, the module system described here controls the mapping of names to denotations, not the mapping of strings to symbols.
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Katie Brown Workshop "Best of Summer" Host Katie Brown's summer-inspired recipes and outdoor-entertaining projects make the most of the season. In the Kitchen: cucumber salad, poached salmon with dill and berry cake. Projects: fashioning etched glass globe candleholders and sand and a beach-glass vase with orchid. D
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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Sunset" In this study, Jerry shows his students how to use the 2-inch hake brush and the wet-on-wet technique to create a beautiful sunset. He also uses a photo of the sunset as his reference material and how to convert it into the painting. D
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Charitable Gambling Up In Minnesota [POLL]
ST. PAUL (AP) - Charitable gambling appears to be rebounding in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Gambling Control Board says pulltabs, bingo and other forms of charitable gambling is up 8.6 percent this fiscal year, the biggest percentage increase in more than 20 years. Gross receipts are expected to top $1 billion.
Allied Charities of Minnesota represents the nearly 1,200 nonprofit groups running charitable gambling operations in the state. Allied's executive director, Al Lund, says it's clear the economy has rebounded and people are willing to donate to their local charities.
Lund says young people are fueling a resurgence of bar bingo. He says more than 90 percent of statewide charitable gambling revenue comes from pulltabs.


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Review Group Week 209 - CHOKER #1/TAILS OF THE PET AVENGERS
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by S.F. Jude Terror » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:28 pm
And then, like a month or two after that, thanks to all those bumps from thefourthman, it will be X-Men Forever AGAIN!
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:30 pm
Like I said week before last, sometimes I enjoy reviewing a book rated "2".
by Starlord » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:36 pmOriginally I though doomwar #1, but after looking over the list, and knowing that I'm going to have to read a Clairmont book next week I'm going with Supergirl #50.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:37 pm
I was just going t predict that!!
by Starlord » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:38 pmit was either doomwar, supergirl, or The outsiders.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:41 pmI hate The Outsiders. They are a second-rate Teen Titans. Wait, the Teen Titans are currently a second-rate Teen Titans. So The Outsiders are a third-rate Teen Titans.
by Starlord » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:42 pmno prob.
by spidertour02 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:55 pm
I've long suspected that he used ghost artists (from his Aspen Comics stable) to draw many, if not most, of his covers.
Case in point ...
That cover, from Action Comics #813, is clearly the work of Talent Caldwell. Not only is the face a giveaway, but Caldwell drew the interior of the comic.
by S.F. Jude Terror » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:33 pmTails of the Pet Avengers
Story: I started out reviewing each story on its own here, but by the fourth one, I started to realize there really wasn't much to say about them. These are like cartoon shorts. Cute little stories meant to entertain kids, with perhaps a simple moral, or a couple of jokes thrown in there. In some cases, like the Zabu story, I feel it accomplishes its mission well. In others, like the Frog Thor story, I worry that it is too mired in continuity and in-jokes to be of much value to a new young reader. Then there are stories like the Lockjaw one which clearly seem to be for an older audience.
I wish the book would decide one way or the other what it wants to be. Is it silly fanwank, or is it a clever way to introduce kids to the Marvel U? If it had chosen one or the other (preferably the second), it would rate a higher score.
Art: The art was well done throughout. inconsistent, of course, as it was a different artist on each story, but the colors seemed to mesh well overall and bring it all together somehow. The artist on the first story was named IG, so I expected some improper lawn maintenance, but it was actually very nice. Nothing spectacular, but better than quite a few more mainstream titles.
Overall: 5.5
by Eric Ratcliffe » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:44 amNext week i'm looking forward to. I may skip jude's week though.
Why do you guy think I didn't want to give him any of my bumps? that's why!
by 3MJ » Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:23 am
Because my nerdy side is a very small part of my life, and not something I want to show to people I want to bone?
by 3MJ » Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:26 am
Good. Less people buying this shitty book.
by MrBlack » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:03 amTails of the Pet Avengers #1
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the original Pet Avengers mini. It was a good mix of light humor and superheroics which managed to be kid friendly without being condescending. Now we have a Pet Avengers one-shot before their second mini (previously an ongoing) launches next month. This comic features six vignettes covering almost every member of the team. Furball is not featured, but perhaps his absence will be covered in the next mini (or perhaps he's just spending time with his newly non-insane former master).
The first story covers Frog Thor's bittersweet reunion with his tribe. This story pretty much has it all: a very brief summary of the previous mini, action, emotion, and perhaps the best art in the issue. It also manages to establish the nobility of its main character in a scant five pages, which is quite the feat.
The next story covers Zabu coming to the rescue of a pair of T-Rex hatchlings in the Savage Land. Again, this short story is able to establish a central facet of Zabu's character and show that he is more than what he appears to be in a bare handful of pages. The art here is not as detailed as the Frog Thor story, but it is clean and expressive.
The third story features Ms. Lion, May Parker's pet (male) dog. Ms. Lion was the Rick Jones or Snapper Carr of the group during their last outing, but showed his heroism during the final fight with Thanos. Here, Ms. Lion again establishes that he's far more than he appears, as he manages to stop a plot to rob a cruise ship through nothing more than his own quick thinking. It's a simple story, but it is good to see Ms. Lion continuing to act the hero outside of the team. The art is cute, and a good match for its title hero.
Lockjaw takes on Mad Dog for the Terrigen Mists in the fourth story. As in the prior Pet Avengers mini, Lockjaw manages to save the day without any acknowledgment from his human (or rather, Inhuman) masters. The art here looks almost like a modern Saturday morning cartoon in comic form, but I see that as a good thing. The characters are all very expressive and the layouts are effective at conveying the story.
I was not as fond of the Lockheed story as I was the others. We only see Lockheed in a few panels over the course of the story, with the main character instead being a high school girl constantly teased for being an introverted dragon loving weirdo. I have zero sympathy for this girl. When Lockheed finally does show up, the effect is not to help the girl make new friends and break out of her shell, but instead to drive people away and pull the girl deeper into her fantasy world. What a horrible story! The art here is well done, but really is not my cup of tea. It's very "Sunday Comics" looking.
The final story features Redwing, the Falcon's, umm, falcon, as he tries to stop a robbery with the help of Melvin, his biggest fan (and a pigeon!). Melvin ends up saving the day, with Redwing getting a bit of comeuppance for his arrogance. At the end of the day, both Melvin and the readers learn a powerful lesson about what truly motivates superheroes: guilt! The art here is serviceable, but not the best match for the story; unlike the Ms. Lion piece, it is not really the best fit for the title character.
Overall, this was a really enjoyable comic. The vignettes, with one exception, accomplished the goal of highlighting the main features of each character's personality, while showing that each is a hero in his own right. The Lockheed story was the only downside to this issue; I wish the writers had given us a Furball feature instead, especially since Lockheed has been getting more face-time of late in S.W.O.R.D. Still, this was an excellent comic and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a classic, fun superhero story.
Story: 8.5
Art: 8.5
Overall: 8.5
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April 9, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A 7-0 win over NEWMAC foe Babson College on Saturday lifted MIT's record to 7-1 on the year and 2-0 in conference play. The Engineers are experiencing their best start since they opened the 1999-00 season with 17 straight wins.
Eric Beren and Mark Egan did not drop a game in their 8-0 win in the No. 2 doubles spot. Peden Nichols and Melvin Makhni collaborated for an 8-2 victory while Evan Tindell and Thomas Dohlman posted an 8-4 decision in the No. 1 position.
Dohlman quickly defeated Jason Lynn, 6-1, 6-0, in the No. 2 singles slot. Egan and Nichols both won their matches, 6-1, 6-1, as Makhni picked up a 6-3, 6-0 victory in the No. 5 spot. Michael Price won his varsity match of the season with a score of 6-2, 6-0. Tindell wrapped up singles play with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jeremy Stein.
Babson College vs. MIT
Final Team Score: MIT 7, Babson 0
1. Evan Tindell/Thomas Dohlman (M) def. Jeremy Stein/Jason Lynn (B), 8-4
2. Eric Beren/Mark Egan (M) def. Kyle Machioni/Andy Shin (B), 8-0
3. Peden Nichols/Melvin Makhni (M) def. Walt Sea/Amit Nar (B), 8-2
1. Evan Tindell (M) def. Jeremy Stein (B), 6-3, 6-1
2. Thomas Dohlman (M) def. Jason Lynn (B), 6-1, 6-0
3. Mark Egan (M) def. Kyle Machioni (B), 6-1, 6-1
4. Peden Nichols (M) def. Andy Shin (B), 6-1, 6-1
5. Melvin Makhni (M) def. Walt Sea (B), 6-3, 6-0
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Pandora Continues To Push Users To Vote For Shameful Radio Performance Tax
from the can't-compete? dept
Apparently, Pandora has once again ramped up this effort to have the government tax its competitors. A whole bunch of you have been forwarding these ridiculous emails from Pandora that urge people to contact their elected officials in support of the RIAA Bailout bill. Most of those submitting those emails to us have said that you'll be doing the exact opposite, and are offended that Pandora is pushing you to support such a thing.
Yes, Pandora, it sucks that you got stuck with ridiculous webcasting rates that will make it difficult to remain profitable, but that's no excuse for trying to get the government to dump an unfair tax on your competitors.