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Junior High students breakdown into grade and gender small groups for deeper discussion and opportunities to build friendships with peers.
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Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) party has won local elections but fallen short of a sweeping victory that the prime minister was aiming for.
Tayyip Recep Erdogan's AK party won 39 per cent of Sunday's vote, far less than the 47 per cent it had secured during last year's parliamentary elections, state-run television reported on Monday.
The result, yet to be confirmed by Turkey's election board, signals a significant slide in support for the AK party since it swept to power in 2002.
Erdogan said the result was "a fresh vote of confidence" in his party, but admitted he was not satisfied with the figures.
Drop in popularity
"We will study the results closely and ... see why we have ended in this position," he said.
The Republican People's Party, Turkey's secularist main opposition, came second in the poll with 23.2 per cent of the vote, followed by the Nationalist Action Party with 16.1 per cent.
Turkish exports have fallen dramatically since this time last year – down 35 per cent. As factories close, industrial output has plummeted by 21 per cent. The value of the Turkish lira is down 26 per cent. Unemployment in the nation of 71 million people has soared to a four-year-high, at 13.6 per cent. Turkey's budget deficit has soared to $4.4bn.
The drop in the ruling party's popularity comes against a backdrop of record unemployment and a worsening economy in the country.
Erdogan aggressively campaigned across Turkey for weeks, particularly in the southeast, aiming for a win that would bring a shift in a region marred by separatist violence that has weighed heavily on the country's economic and political development.
He had said on Friday that he would consider it a failure if his party received less votes than the 47 per cent it won last year.
The party was unable to win the city of Diyarbakir, the largest city in the Kurdish southeast, and several other key cities, including Izmir.
The secularist opposition also made inroads in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, and in the capital Ankara.
Economic factors
About 48 million people were eligible to vote in the polls in 81 provinces.
Turkey's once booming economy has been severely hit by the global economic crisis.
Unemployment stands at 13.6 per cent and the economy is expected to go into recession in 2009 after years of unprecedented growth.
The International Monetary Fund and Turkey have been in talks for months on a deal said to be aimed at protecting the $750bn economy from the financial crisis and Erdogan is expected to complete those talks after Sunday's vote.
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Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught, reporting from Istanbul, said there were tensions ahead of the vote, particularly in the southeast, but the fighting was very localised, and not party-related.
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Event Date 1: March 12, 2011 08:30 am - 10:00 am
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will participate in a panel discussion at the 11th National TAP Conference: Changing the Landscape for Educator Support and Evaluation, hosted by The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET), at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 12 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The panel, moderated by TAP founder Lowell Milken, will address how to Implement Effective Education Systems Reform. Deputy Secretary Miller will discuss the administration's initiatives to support teacher and leader effectiveness and he will recognize and encourage the important leadership role teachers and principals play in school improvement. The TAP Conference will join 1,500 practitioners, policymakers and members of districts, states, organizations, foundations and businesses who play a significant role in TAP's implementation, expansion and sustainability across the country.
TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, created by Lowell Milken and others at the Milken Family Foundation, is a strategy to attract, retain, develop and motivate talented people to the teaching profession. TAP combines career advancement, ongoing professional development, rigorous evaluation and accountability, and performance-based compensation into a powerful reform package for teachers and principals.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller,
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|TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Achievement 11th National Conference
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Charley: You know, little girl, you freak me the hell out. On the outside, you're just pretty as a picture, but on the inside, you're a...She's gorgeous, she's sexy, and she's got a 50,000-mile warranty. She's the Robot Girl, a staple character type in anime. Most commonly found in science fiction and Sentai shows, but not exclusively. Despite their artificial nature, Robot Girls are never — well, hardly ever — sexless; they are at the very least cute as hell, and more often drop-dead gorgeous, if not outright seductresses. (Robotic males, on the other hand...) Despite how cute or sexy she may be, though, the Robot Girl is often a dangerous opponent in a fight, even if they're only created to do common household chores. The robot girl is not necessarily a completely mechanical creation — the character type can encompass cyborgs, bioroids and even virtual/nonphysical beings. While not unheard of in American shows (My Living Doll, Small Wonder, Mann And Machine) the robot girl on American TV tends to be a gimmick or MacGuffin on which to hang a series concept rather than a character type in its own right. Of course, Japan being the worldwide leader in consumer electronics, androids are quite popular in that country. These androids could be male, but due to the fandom's preferences, most of them are sleek, sexy females. (Technically they would be gynoids, if you're the kind of person who cares.) Sometimes the character is shown to be an android by some unusual accessory to cue the audience. Due to the popularity of To Heart's Multi, having antennae-like ears is almost universally understood (although, like the character in this picture, visible mechanical joints are another dead giveaway). Very often an Innocent Fanservice Girl. After all, why in the world would a drop-dead gorgeous female facsimile have any conception of chastity, much less modesty, programming notwithstanding? If the Robot Girl is the lead female or at least an important one, this innocence and naivety can be a large part of their character or even the theme of the work. Occasionally, even if the robot girl is initially depicted as totally emotionless and incapable of compassion, empathy, humor or love, often such traits - or the simulation of such traits - will begin to sneak in. Examples of this have included Cameron from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Eve Edison from Mann & Machine and Rhoda from My Living Doll. Unless, of course, the robots are programmed from the start to simulate - or even genuinely experience - emotion, such as the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica (Reimagined) or the Replicants from Blade Runner. Compare Fembot, Projected Man, Robosexual. A few may also be a Robotic Spouse. Contrast Uncanny Valley Girl and Spaceship Girl.
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An autologous stem cell transplant is a multi-step process:
Step One: Pre-transplant evaluation
Step Two: Central venous catheter placement
Step Three: Mobilization therapy
Step Four: Stem cell collection
Step Five: High-dose therapy
Step Six: Stem cell transplant
Step Seven: Awaiting engraftment
Step Eight: Recovery
What is a stem cell transplant?
Your oncologist has recommended that you receive very high-dose therapy to treat your cancer. This will include high-dose chemotherapy and possibly total body irradiation (TBI). This will destroy cancer cells, but unfortunately the treatment cannot tell the difference between cancerous cells and healthy cells.
The high-dose therapy destroys many types of cells that divide and reproduce rapidly, including healthy cells that produce red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Without these blood cells, the risk exists for infections, bleeding problems and lower amounts of oxygen in the blood.
Your own stem cells can be collected before the high-dose therapy is given and returned to you intravenously afterwards to replace the stem cells that were destroyed. These stem cells may come from either the peripheral blood or bone marrow.
What is a stem cell?
A stem cell is the cell from which all blood cells develop. Blood cells are essential to life. The different types of blood cells are red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
White blood cells
White blood cells are the body's primary defense against infections. They are produced mainly in the bone marrow. White blood cells divide rapidly, have a relatively short life span and are very sensitive to therapy. While receiving high-dose chemotherapy, your white blood cell count will drop below normal.
Red blood cells
Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body's cells and tissues. When your red cell count is low, you may be considered anemic. The bone marrow is responsible for producing red blood cells. They generally live approximately 120 days. Because of their long life span, they are less affected by the high-dose therapy. Other measurements of red blood cell function are the hemoglobin and hematocrit. The hemoglobin is often used to determine whether you will need a red blood cell transfusion.
Platelets are small cells with a relatively short life span. They are produced in the bone marrow and help form clots that stop bleeding when tissues are damaged. While receiving high-dose therapy, your platelet count will also drop below normal.
What is the difference between bone marrow transplant and stem cell transplant?
A peripheral blood stem cell transplant is done to replace the same type of cell (stem cell) that is replaced in a bone marrow transplant. The difference is the method of stem cell collection.
To collect or "harvest" bone marrow stem cells for a bone marrow transplant, the patient is taken into the operating room and given general anesthesia. A needle can be inserted into the pelvic (hip) bones to draw out the bone marrow. This is repeated until enough bone marrow is obtained for the transplant. The area from which the marrow is drawn may be sore for several days.
Before your stem cells are collected, your oncologist or transplant physician will order diagnostic tests to determine if you should proceed with the transplant. Depending on the type of cancer you have, these tests may include X-rays, CT scans, PET imaging, MRIs, bone scans, blood tests, urine tests, heart scan, EKG, and lung function tests.
You will also undergo one or two marrow sampling tests to determine if the cancer involves your bone marrow and the extent of the involvement. Other tests will be done to evaluate your general physical condition. High-dose chemotherapy places extra stress on your body. Minor problems that may not be readily apparent can cause major complications after high-dose chemotherapy.
You will also be asked to have a dentist check your teeth if this has not been done recently.
A central venous catheter (CVC) is a flexible, hollow tube made of soft silicone. A surgeon or radiologist places the catheter through the skin and into a vein in the chest or neck. The tip of the catheter is threaded through the vein to a point just above the heart. There will be a catheter exit site on your chest, and several inches of the catheter will remain outside of the body.
The external portion of the catheter will have two or three ports, or lumens, that have special connectors on the ends that can be used to draw blood for lab tests and to administer chemotherapy, medications, IV fluids and blood products.
Mobilization is the process used to increase the number of stem cells in the peripheral blood. Two common methods of mobilization are chemotherapy and growth factors, or growth factors alone.
Growth factors (such as Neupogen) are human proteins that the body normally produces to increase blood cell production. As the stem cells in the bone marrow begin producing more blood cells, increased numbers of stem cells are also produced and released into the blood stream. Growth factors are given daily for three to 14 or more days. You may receive it in the clinic or hospital.
The most common side effect of growth factor is mild-to-moderate bone pain or fever, which can often be controlled with Tylenol (acetaminophen). You may also experience a fever when taking growth factors. Always inform your doctor if you have a fever.
If you receive chemotherapy as part of mobilization, you may receive it in the clinic where you received your other chemotherapy treatments or in the hospital. This chemotherapy may be the same as your other chemotherapy treatments or may be stronger. If it is stronger, you may experience different side effects and may have different instructions for taking care of yourself after the chemotherapy. Your doctor and nurse will explain the chemotherapy treatment and how you should care for yourself.
The collection of stem cells (apheresis) is a painless procedure that takes about four hours. During the procedure, you may relax in bed, watch television, listen to tapes or read. Your blood will be withdrawn through your CVC and circulated through a cell-separating machine. This machine separates and collects white blood cells, including the stem cells, along with a few red blood cells and platelets. The remaining blood cells are returned to you through your CVC. Only a small amount (about 1 unit) of your blood is in the separator machine at any one time. Your blood is returned to you at the same rate it is removed.
Sometimes patients have a little dizziness, numbness, tingling, chilling, or lightheadedness during the procedure. These symptoms are caused by a substance that keeps the blood from clotting as the cells are collected. If you notice any of these symptoms during the collection procedure, tell your transplant or pheresis nurse immediately. These symptoms can be managed by temporarily slowing or stopping the procedure, giving you some calcium, or covering you with warm blankets.
You may need to undergo several collection procedures before enough stem cells are collected to give back to you after your high-dose chemotherapy. These collections are usually performed daily. It is a good idea to eat a normal meal before collection and include calcium-rich foods (milk, yogurt, or cheese for example). These foods can help prevent some of the side effects of the procedure.
High-dose therapy will include high-dose chemotherapy and sometimes total body irradiation (TBI). The purpose of this therapy is to destroy cancer cells with higher doses of chemotherapy than are used in standard chemotherapy treatments.
Chemotherapy treatment plans vary with the type of cancer, its stage, and the treatment protocols being used. These chemotherapy drugs may be given in the outpatient clinic or hospital. The treatment lasts several days. The daily treatment may take up to eight hours and requires the administration of large amounts of fluid.
Your transplant day is the day your stem cells are given back to you. This will occur 24-72 hours after the high-dose chemotherapy is completed. Several staff members will help you during this time, including nurses and laboratory technicians. Your caregiver may also be with you.
You may notice some chilling, nausea, fever, cough, flushing, headache, abdominal cramps or diarrhea. Your nurse will give you medication to decrease these effects.
Although a stem cell transplant sounds dramatic, the actual procedure is simple. The stored frozen cells will be thawed in warm sterile saline and infused through your CVC. During the cell infusion, you may notice a garlic-like odor and taste. Sucking on hard, candy may decrease this taste if you find it unpleasant.
The cause of this odor is the preservative DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide), which is used during the freezing process to prevent ice crystals from damaging the cells. The odor, which may be detected in your breath, urine, stool, saliva, and perspiration, will be noticeable to those around you for one to two days after the infusion and will then disappear.
The high-dose therapy can cause a variety of side effects as it destroys normal cells in addition to cancer cells. Some of these side effects may be apparent during the chemotherapy or immediately afterward. Other side effects may not occur until days, weeks, or even months later.
Your body will begin to repair the damage from the high-dose therapy as soon as it occurs, but the repair efforts will be more effective once your blood counts have recovered. You and your caregiver will be taught how to treat and relieve these side effects.
You will need careful monitoring until you recover from most of the side effects of the high-dose therapy and your stem cells begin to grow. You will have lab work done and will be seen by a doctor daily.
The most common side effect of the high-dose therapy is low blood cell counts. You will be supported with red blood cell transfusions and platelet transfusions until your body makes enough of these cells on its own. You also may receive injections of a growth factor to stimulate the growth of your stem cells.
Because your white blood cells will be low, you will be at risk for infections and will be given antibiotics to prevent or control these. While your white blood cell count is low, it is very important for you and your caregiver to practice good hygiene habits.
One to three weeks after your transplant, we expect to see signs that your stem cells are growing (engrafting) and beginning to produce blood cells. As this starts to occur, you may notice aching in your bones, especially your pelvis, lower back and thighs. As your blood counts begin to rise, your white blood cells will start to fight and prevent infections. If you have had fevers while your white blood count was low, they may get better now.
Progress during this phase of treatment may seem slow. Keep in mind that the long-term recovery phase may take a year or more. You may feel frustrated because you want to get well rapidly and put this experience behind you. Everyone feels some fatigue and many patients feel depressed during this period.
Community support groups and other transplant recipients are good sources of support. You may ask your nurse or doctor for names of transplant recipients who are willing to talk with you about their transplant experience.
Despite feeling fatigued, it is important to stay as active as possible. You will need to identify which activities are most important for you. (In other words, pace yourself). Low impact exercise such as walking may help you regain your energy level. Please remember that all patients will have some fatigue. This may persist for several months after transplant.


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Saigon Premier Container Terminal – SPCT , located along the western shore of the Soai Rap River on the 40 hectares Hiep Phuoc Industrial Park and 16km from Ho Chi Minh City center, is a state of the art facility which began operations in October 2009, just two years after construction began in September 2007.
Phase I of the development has 2 berths and storage capacity for up to 15,000 TEU (twenty foot equivalent container units) at a time, including 650 refrigerated container slots.
The continued development of the infrastructure by government authorities includes dredging of the Soai Rap river to a depth of 9.5m by early 2011, allowing SPCT to serve vessels with a nominal capacity of up to 5,000 TEU close to the city. SPCT will then be able to serve both the intra-asia market and deep sea trades, further reducing logistical cost for Vietnamese exporters and importers.
The project is an 80:20 joint venture between DP World and the Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Company (IPC) - Vietnamese state-owned company.


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BEMIDJI, Minn. (March 2, 2012) Founding members of Bell(e) Collective, Sarah Paradis and Stephanie Frye, will perform on March 16 in the Thompson Recital Hall in the Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex on the Bemidji State campus.
The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free.
Paradis, assistant professor at Bemidji State and trombonist, and Frye, tubist, have given performances and masterclasses at numerous universities and colleges in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Paradis and Frye provide the groundwork for a chamber group of flexible instrumentation.
The duos name is a play on words with belle meaning beautful in French and bell referring to the bells on their brass instruments.
As individuals, Paradis and Frye teach and perform across the Midwest. Paradis teaches low brass and music theory at BSU and has played with several orchestras including the Richmond Indiana Symphony Orchestra as principal trombonist.
Frye is the undergraduate tuba instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and performs frequently as principal tubist in Wisconsin based orchestras including the Manitowoc Symphony.
Bell(e) Collective performs works from a variety of styles and periods, including those by Charles Small, Dmitri Shostakovich, and John Stevens.
The duo will perform at the International Womens Brass Conference in Kalamazoo, Mich. in June 2012.
More information on the recital is available by contacting the Department of Music at (218) 755-2915.
About Bemidji State University Bemidji State University, located in northern Minnesotas lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling more than 5,000 students, the University offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate programs encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. The University is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding. For further information about the University, visit bemidjistate.edu. Become a fan of Bemidji State University on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.


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Making a Difference in Brazil: Alpargatas Institute
Categories: Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
Alpargatas S.A. is one of the largest shoe manufacturing companies in Latin America, and has been Timberland's distributor in Brazil since 1998. The company has 13 factories in Brazil and Argentina, and employs more than 17,000 employees worldwide.
In 2003, Alpargatas founded the Alpargatas Institute with the mission of contributing to the improvement and quality of education for children, teenagers and young people through sports and culture in the communities in which the company operates.
The institute has partnered with the government and local NGOs to develop various programs for students, both during and after school. The institute's programs focus on education via sport, education through culture, volunteering activities, as well as donations.
The actions of the Alpargatas Institute reflect the strong social concern that is embedded in the DNA of Alpargatas. Sport and culture are directly linked to the promotion of quality of life, welfare, integration, overcoming barriers as well as for the understanding of individuals and teams. Therefore, we believe that by supporting sports, educational and cultural activities Alpargatas is adding elements to the school curriculum of these communities that are part of the everyday life of our business and our way of being and living.
- Alpargatas' President, Mr. Marcio Utsch
The Alpargatas Institute currently has programs in 13 cities in 4 states, and to date, these programs have benefitted over 348,000 children, helping them to gain a wealth of knowledge, experience, confidence and hope for a better future. In addition, these programs have helped to contribute to the improvement of the Basic Education Development Index – an indicator created by Brazilian Federal Government to evaluate the quality of education in the country – in the cities in where it operates.
We are proud of the positive impact that Alpargatas is having in its communities, and pleased to call them a long-time Timberland partner.
Timberland's Quarterly CSR Reporting
Categories: Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
Timberland recently announced its Q2 2012 CSR performance. You'll find highlights from our second quarter's performance below, organized by our four CSR Pillars: climate, product, factories, and service. For complete Q2 2012 performance data and analysis, please visit the Goals & Progress section of our Responsibility website.
- Greenhouse Gas emissions for Timberland owned and operated facilities, as well as air travel, decreased 18% compared to Q2 2011, primarily due to new clean energy purchases in the United Kingdom and a slight reduction in air travel.
- We continue to reduce the environmental impact of our products by focusing on chemicals management in manufacturing. In Q2 2012, our global average grams/ pair of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) used in footwear production was 63.2, which is near constant vs. Q2 2011. We anticipate improvements in VOC reductions as early as Q1 2013, as we are now evaluating new products during the development stage and targeting additional support and training for factories that are most challenged with VOC consumption.
- Our parent company (VF) conducted 68 audits of Timberland suppliers in Q2 2012. 19 were Accepted (28%), 45 were Accepted to be Upgraded (66%), and 4 were Rejected (6%) – an improvement vs. Q1 2012 results. Action plans are in process for all factories that are Accepted to be Upgraded. Primary issues at Rejected factories are lack of social insurance contributions, proper hours/wages recordkeeping, adequate fire alarms and machine guarding, and transparency. If improved ratings are not achieved with re-audits, these suppliers will be dropped.
- Timberland employees served a total of 55,189 hours as of the end of Q2 2012. The Hours Utilization Rate (HUR – the percentage of employee service hours used compared to total available according to the Path of Service program) year to date at the end of Q2 2012 was 28%, which is up 7% vs. Q2 2011.
More detail about our Q2 2012 CSR performance can be found on our Responsibility website. Have a question, comment or want to continue the conversation? Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Timberland's Quarterly CSR Reporting
Categories: Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
Earlier this week, Timberland announced its CSR performance results for the first quarter of 2012. Highlights from each of our four CSR pillars (climate, product, factories, and service) are below. Specific Q1 2012 performance data and analysis can be found on the Goals & Progress section of Timberland's Responsibility website.
- Our Greenhouse Gas emissions decreased 8.5% compared to Q1 2011, primarily due to new clean energy purchases in the United Kingdom, as well as Italy and Germany. Other factors were slight reduction in air travel and a warm winter (whereby we used less heating throughout global facilities).
- We have successfully upgraded our product lifecycle management software to better automate Green Index® scores for our footwear. During 2012, we are working towards our goal to have all footwear scored by the end of this year.
- Timberland continues to prioritize the use of environmentally-preferred materials in our products. In Q1 2012, 34.6% of materials in our apparel production were recycled, organic, or renewable (ROR). Timberland's International Design Center continues to drive improved ROR use across our apparel production. We are also working with our Licensee partners to further incorporate these materials.
- In Q1 2012, our new parent company (VF) began assessing Timberland suppliers. Consistent with VF's commitment to promote best practices and continuous improvement throughout its factories, Timberland's Code of Conduct team (renamed to Supplier Sustainability Team in 2012) will continue to engage suppliers by providing remediation assistance, capacity building and "beyond compliance" efforts. For more information about changes in our Compliance & Supplier Sustainability program see http://responsibility.timberland.com/factories.
- Timberland employees served a total of 23,555 hours as of the end of Q1 2012. The Hours Utilization Rate (the percentage of employee service hours used compared to total available according to the Path of Service program) year to date at the end of Q1 2012 was 11.8%, which is up 3.8% vs. Q1 2011. This is primarily driven by significant increases in hours served by our employees in the Dominican Republic and North America.
Looking for more? Additional details about our quarterly performance, goals and progress can be found on our Responsibility website. If you have thoughts, questions or comments about our CSR performance, we'd love to hear them. Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Timberland Honored for Reinventing the CSR Report
Categories: Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
On June 25, 2012, Timberland was proud to be one of the companies honored at Ethical Corporation's Responsible Business Awards, receiving the award for Best Sustainability Report for the way in which we've been able to "reinvent the CSR report" with our online Responsibility portal. Ethical Corporation's annual awards honor leading companies and individuals for impressive contributions to the responsible business agenda.
When we launched our Responsibility portal in August 2011, we aimed to provide a dynamic, integrated experience to inform, inspire and engage consumers and stakeholders around our key impact areas (also known as Timberland's Four CSR Pillars):
Climate: Protect the outdoors
Product: Innovate cradle-to-cradle
Factories: Improve workers' lives
Service: Engage communities
The judges praised the high level of interactivity evident in Timberland's entry: "It is designed to help people understand the issues at stake and contribute their own comments. Timberland provides comprehensive and honest information on its supplier factories. Its quarterly updates add a real time aspect to the report."
What's most rewarding about receiving this award is knowing that we met criteria emphasizing the importance of balanced transparency: Ethical Corporation evaluated companies in this category for how well they are "communicating progress whilst being honest about the challenges they face and clear about the business wins their report has achieved for the company." These are opportunities and responsibilities we take seriously and work hard to achieve.
We are humbled by Ethical Corporation's award, and excited that our new approach for transparently measuring and communicating results in an open and accessible way is resonating. In addition to digging deep into data online, stakeholders who visit http://responsibility.timberland.com can easily access stories about progress we're making against groundbreaking initiatives. For example, check out what's behind our most eco-conscious footwear, learn about our ability to incorporate social responsibility into sourcing strategies, and find out how to we're scaling engagement in local communities. It's all part of our effort to leverage social and environmental responsibility as an asset within our brand's comprehensive communications strategy.
Let us know what you think! We invite you to follow our CSR efforts in real-time at http://responsibility.timberland.com, where you can also join ongoing online discussion through a variety of channels including Timberland's Bootmakers Blog, CSR Stakeholder Calls, the Voices of Challenge dialogue, Twitter and the brand's YouTube channel.
CSR Stakeholder Call Summary: June 11th Scaling Sustainable Change Dialogue
Categories: Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
Earlier this week, Timberland hosted a CSR Stakeholder Call about how to scale local community engagement efforts. Timberland's VP of CSR Mark Newton was joined by Chuck Bennett, VP of Earth & Community Care at Aveda for a stimulating discussion about employee engagement, extending volunteerism up and down the supply chain, and how to scale efforts through collaboration and partnership.
Corporate community engagement
Did you know that 2012 is the 20th Anniversary of Timberland's Path of Service™ program? Path of Service is our employee volunteer program, which provides Timberland staff up to 40 paid hours for community service. When the program was started, the idea of giving employees paid time off to perform community service was unconventional. Through this program Timberland offers our most valuable resource – our employees' time – to engage in the communities where we live and work.
What was unique in 1992 is not so today; many companies now offer similar programs, and we're fortunate to be informed and inspired by many of them – including Aveda, whose employee engagement program was outlined on this week's call.
What's the value of these community engagement efforts? We know our commitment to community engagement helps us retain employees and contributes to a healthy corporate culture. In our last global employee survey, 67% of employees reported that our Path of Service™ program plays a strong role in their decision to work at Timberland.
Extending up and down the supply chain
Just as we've seen increased employee development, attraction and retention inside our own company, we have encouraged and supported factories that produce our products to serve their local communities as well. See Timberland's Responsibility site for examples of this engagement in factories in China.
We also have opportunity to engage business partners in service. By inviting others to join with us, we inevitably increase our impact. In fact, in 2011, 40% of the volunteers at Timberland-sponsored service events worldwide were business partners, and we hope to increase that percentage in 2012. Whether we're working together to transform a school, build community gardens, or plant trees, we know that the bonds formed through service are more powerful than simply taking a customer out to dinner. Some of these organizations have even formed their own community engagement programs!
Consumer engagement
On the call, both Timberland and Aveda discussed opportunities to extend their community engagement efforts to their consumers and retail partners. For Timberland, our 20th anniversary of Path of Service™ presents a unique opportunity to invite these important stakeholders to join us. Timberland Taiwan is leading the way (with over 3,000 hours served by consumers and employees to date!), and we aim for other regions to also engage their consumers this year.
We were inspired to learn more about Aveda's Serve from the Heart program, whereby Aveda provides grants to retail stores to invest in their local community organizations of their choosing – and store employees are also encouraged to volunteer. And there's no doubt that Aveda's Earth Month campaign is having a profound impact: in 2011, the company exceeded its goal of raising $4 million for global and clean water projects.
The importance of collaboration and partnership
Clearly, neither Timberland nor Aveda could successfully engage these local communities without their employees, business partners, consumers, and local community members. For Timberland, we're always willing to share our experience – organizations looking to run their own service events might find some helpful tips in our Community Service Toolkit.
If you missed this week's call and want to hear more, you can listen to the entire podcast here. Learn more about Timberland's community engagement efforts and stay tuned for opportunities to continue the conversation at http://responsibility.timberland.com.
Tune In: Timberland and Aveda Talk about Scaling Sustainable Change
Categories: Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
Since 2008, Timberland has hosted regular calls with a diverse set of stakeholders to support our long-term corporate CSR strategy. This level of transparency and accountability helps Timberland elevate dialogue on material issues for our industry, while also giving us critical feedback to become a more sustainable organization.
Our next call:
Scaling Sustainable Change
Monday, June 11 from 11 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST
Timberland's VP of CSR Mark Newton and Aveda's VP of Earth and Community Care Chuck Bennett will discuss how to build a more sustainable society by scaling environmental awareness and local community engagement through partnerships with employees, suppliers, customers, and peer companies.
Please register for the event by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. You'll receive a response within 24 hours that confirms successful registration.
Be sure to pre-register by June 8 to receive the call-in details! These materials will be sent on Friday June 8.
The results of this and other calls are posted online. Timberland's Responsibility portal will also be an online stakeholder engagement platform to continue discussion after the call.
Sharing Traditions (and Garden Tools) With Our VF Family
Categories: Boots On The Ground: Service Stories, Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
Last month, Timberland celebrated our first Earth Day as a member of the VF Corporation family. We're proud to share our 20-year tradition of community service with the other VF Brands, and were excited for the opportunity to share our first Earth Day service event with hundreds of volunteers from our new "sister brands" JanSport, lucy and The North Face.
Sharing our commitment to service is important to us – and so is the impact that it creates in communities and for the organizations we serve. Look at the good work our Earth Day team of volunteers did to benefit the Alameda Point Collaborative in California:
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Timberland's Path of Service program, which gives our employees paid time off to serve in the community. You can learn more about the program on our Responsibility website. To learn more about our Earth Day efforts, check out our previous posts.
Timberland Releases 2011 CSR Performance
Categories: Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
Last week, Timberland announced progress against our annual corporate social responsibility goals. Detailed information about our 2011 results can be found on our Responsibility site; highlights of our progress in 2011 include the following:
- Product: Innovate Cradle-to-Cradle Design
Timberland experienced continued growth of Earthkeepers® – our most eco-conscious line, now comprising one-third of total sales. Earthkeepers® products best represent our use of environmentally preferred materials – such as recycled, organic or renewable materials – and this is driving improvements across all product lines. In fact, for the 58.6% of footwear we measured in 2011, over half the materials were recycled, organic or renewable.
- Service: Engage Employees
2011 produced our best employee participation rates ever in the Path of ServiceTM employee volunteer program, which celebrates its twentieth year in 2012. We're proud to have met our Hours Utilization Rate goal of 42%, which measures total volunteer hours used vs. available Path of Service hours. In total, our employees served more than 92,600 hours this year.
- Climate: Protect the Outdoors
Our greenhouse gas emissions increased by 4.5% over 2010. While we didn't meet our 2011 target, this is still a positive achievement in a year of strong business growth. The emissions increase was primarily due to increased air travel by employees; in 2012, we will experiment with carbon budgeting to alleviate emissions increases from air travel. In addition, we met our industry-leading 2011 goal to source 15 percent of energy from renewable sources.
- Factories: Improve Workers' Lives
Global factory performance remained relatively static in 2011, with continuing business partners showing slightly improved performance. We were challenged to meet our 2011 target for factories' environmental performance, as measured by the Global Social Compliance Program. In 2012, Timberland will promote the benefits achieved by those factories that did meet its target to demonstrate financial incentives to other suppliers.
To learn more about our 2011 results and to compare them to our bold 2015 CSR goals, go to the Goals & Progress section of our website.
We're proud to continue our commitment to transparency and accountability by disclosing this information. How are we doing? Let us know your thoughts about our performance at firstname.lastname@example.com.
New Bags Bring Smiles for Students in China
Categories: Boots On The Ground: Service Stories, Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
Last October, employees at Stella Group, a longtime Timberland factory partner, organized a schoolbag donation at the Long Xiang primary school in Qingyuan City, Guangdong province, China. The school, which is located in a remote, mountainous area, serves more than 250 students between preschool and grade 6. There are just ten teachers.
For the school bag donation, Stella volunteers contacted the school to determine how many students in each grade, and the number of boys and girls. Then, they purchased school bags and study tools, including pens and pencils, erasers, notebooks, painting books and stationery cases. Once the supplies were packaged in each new schoolbag (pink for the girls and blue for the boys), the volunteers delivered and distributed at the Long Xiang school.
The students were all so happy to receive these colorful new schoolbags full of study tools!
Timberland's Quarterly CSR Performance
Categories: Making Our Difference: TBL CSR
In December, Timberland announced its CSR performance results for Q3 of 2011. Highlights from this quarter's performance are as follows, organized by Timberland's four CSR pillars of climate, product, factories, and service:
Greenhouse Gas emissions increased by 13% compared to Q3 2010. This change is primarily due to increases in air travel as our business rebounds, and related to efforts to integrate our business with VF Corp (VF acquired Timberland in September 2011). With forecasted business growth this year, we are targeting static emissions for our owned and operated facilities (and employee air travel) as compared with our year end 2010 result.
Helping to drive reduced environmental impact of our products is a continued focus on chemicals management in manufacturing. In Q3 2011, our global average grams/ pair of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) used in footwear production was 59.0. We continue efforts to reduce VOC consumption by substituting high-VOC containing chemicals or reducing their use altogether if a substitute is not readily available. We are also continuing to prioritize the use of environmentally-preferred materials in our products. In Q3 2011, 16.4% of materials in our apparel production were recycled, organic, or renewable (ROR).
In Q3 2011, no factories that Timberland sourced from received a "High Risk" rating. 33% of our suppliers had High Priority scores in Q3 2011, which is relatively the same as our Q2 2011 results. Controlling working hours and effective wage calculation/payment processes were issues for 100% of the High Priority scores in Q3, and our sourcing managers are working closely with these suppliers to ensure that orders are not beyond realistic production capacity of the factories.
As of the end of Q3 2011, Timberland employees served a total of 78,241 hours (year to date) in their communities. The Hours Utilization Rate (HUR – the percentage of employee service hours used compared to total available according to the Path of ServiceTM program) year to date at the end of Q3 2011 was 36%, which is an improvement when compared to our Q3 2010 result of 28% HUR.
Additional Q3 2011 performance data and analysis can be found on the Goals & Progress section of Timberland's CSR website.


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Jeans plus shorts equal jorts. Typically worn by "gangstas" and middle-aged men alike, they simply look ridiculous and are incredibly uncomfortable. After 4th grade, retire these.
A turtleneck that's all neck, no turtle.
The baggy pants that dared football fans to be different. See also 90's.
The tight, lycra-blend, boot-cut, ubiquitous black pants girls wore to bars and clubs in the late 90's. See also 90's.
Psst. Got something funnier? Add your own funny item of clothing.
These often return from the cleaners with a crease. See also Denim, Middle Age.
Especially when worn over socks.
Yes, there's actually a brand of mens' pants called Sansabelt that sells pantswell, how can I put thissans belt. See also Casual, Middle Age.
I'm thinking of pants that are cut like slacks, but are made of denim. This looks retarded. Why not just wear jeans? See also Casual, Denim.


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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officer Ben Davis investigated a report of a small black bear in the area of Stuart Road/Michigan Avenue areas Wednesday.
Davis said this morning officers responded to Peachtree Point Mobile Home Park after the small bear was spotted.
"The bear was probably a 40- to 50-pound yearling cub and just foraging for food," Davis said.
"Residents in the area of Hardwick Farms, Stuart, Michigan Ave., should make sure not to have their birdfeeders stocked and [do not] place trash where the bear could get into it," He added.
"Anyone who spots the bear should call local 911 and our officers will respond to attempt capture and move the bear to its natural habitat," Davis said.
- A number of thefts were reported to the Bradley County Sheriff's Office during the past few days.
According to Bob Gault, media relations coordinator, the owner of a towing business located on Georgetown Road reported the theft of tools from one of his wreckers.
The value of the tools was listed at $2,800.
A White Oak Valley Road resident reported the theft of a flat-screen television and gaming systems.
According to Gault, an X-box, Sony PlayStation and Wii gaming consoles were taken.
Also, on Strawhill Road, a resident reported the theft of his 1992 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
The cycle had been stored in a building located on his property.
- A green Kawasaki 125 ATV was reportedly stolen sometime last week.
Deputy Tim Robinson filed a report for Larry Monger.
Monger said he believed the ATV was taken from his Dogwood Circle residence sometime between last Monday and Wednesday.
The ATV was valued at $1,000.
- A child's bicycle was among a number of items taken from a Foxfire Road residence during a home burglary.
A report was filed by deputy Doug Graham.
Brian Gay said his family had been out of town and when he returned after Thanksgiving, he discovered glass broken out of a garage door
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Author Archives: Alec Rawls
With popular sovereignty and populist revolution bringing Islamofascism (or orthodox Islam) to power across the Arab world, it is important to remember that democracy is not the criterion of legitimacy. To be legitimate, government must be republican. That is, it must serve to establish a system of liberty under law. If the majority use democracy to violate the natural liberty rights of the minority, that "tyranny of the majority" is no more legitimate than the "tyranny of the minority" that is exercised by unelected dictators. Such, at least, is the founding ideology of the United States.
Flt 93 mother on Crescent jury: "I don't want to reach out to those people! They murdered my daughter!" [Reader Post]
Alec Rawls, who has been working with Tom Burnett Sr. to stop the Crescent of Embrace memorial to Flight 93, explains the circumstances (related by Mr. Burnett in 2008, but not published until now).
Mr. Burnett had been telling his fellow design competition jurors that the crescent is a well known Islamic symbol. In addition to the giant central crescent (now called a broken circle) Tom also objected to the minaret-like Tower of Voices. "I made a point at that meeting," says Mr. Burnett, "to tell people that we have an Islamist design here that can't go forward, please, stay with me."
It was 19 Islamic terrorists. That makes the broken-circle memorial to Flight 93 a memorial to the terrorists, who are depicted not only as smashing our circle of peace, but as leaving a giant Islamic crescent-and-star flag in its place:
My first post on this subject remarked on the number of scientists who assert that late 20th century global warming cannot have been driven by the sun because solar activity was not trending upwards after 1950, even though it remained at peak levels. To follow up, I asked a dozen of these scientists whether solar activity has to KEEP going up to cause warming?
Wouldn't that be like saying you can't heat a pot of water by turning the flame to maximum and leaving it there, that you have to turn the heat up gradually to get warming?
Has to be, because the rationale that ATF higher-ups gave to the operators makes no sense at all:
Agent Dodson and other sources say the gun walking strategy was approved all the way up to the Justice Department. The idea was to see where the guns ended up, build a big case and take down a cartel. And it was all kept secret from Mexico.
Readers of my occasional pieces here at FA might be interested to know that I'll be doing some guest blogging over at Watts Up With That ("…the world's most viewed climate website").
I had a short piece before Christmas, and a serious piece on Sunday. That one critiques the numerous solar scientists who claim that, because solar activity had no upward trend since the 1970′s, solar activity cannot be the cause of post-1970′s warming.
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Wow! Cannot believe it is already 2013! 2012 went by with a snap of my fingers. I was going to write a year in review post talking about my accomplishments for 2012 but the only one that really matters is this little guy, my most perfect and anticipated Christmas gift!
Not gonna lie, things have been slightly insane around here lately with a stream of visiting family and friends and the general holiday craziness. I feel like I'm suffering from a bit of a holiday hangover and if I have to hear one more Christmas carol I may just lose it. Now I am no Scrooge, but it does take me a good 10 months or so to be able to gear up for the holidays again. Thankfully Christmas is only once a year!
So with that in mind, if I had to name one New Year's resolution it would be to simplify. Simplify my stuff and my life. Check back next Friday as I'll be starting a new column on organizing and streamlining things. Some will be baby related, some decor related but all with the idea of making things easier. I think we all need a little bit of that!
I've been trying to show you the plan for my master bedroom revamp for a while now but all will be revealed on Monday and how I plan to do it all for under $500. I think our wallets could all use a rest right about now, don't you?


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Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed tax increases on wealthy New Yorkers and tax relief for low-income city residents in her State of the City address Thursday. NY1's Grace Rauh filed the following report.
The city faces a $4 billion budget deficit. More than 50,000 jobs have been lost, and many employed New Yorkers are afraid they could be next.
It's against this backdrop that Council Speaker Christine Quinn went to bat for a host of new proposals she says will help the city stay strong.
"We may be in the worst fiscal crisis in decades, but New Yorkers know better than anyone that no crisis has ever stopped our city from moving forward," said Quinn.
Among some of the ideas, help for small businesses by waiving permit and licensing fees for one year, and allowing those who owe the city millions in unpaid fines to forgo late payments -- so long as they've fixed the problem.
Quinn also announced a plan to convert vacant condominiums into affordable housing and says she wants to lure the biotech industry to New York through a proposed tax credit.
"I have to apologize to the nice folks in San Diego and Boston, because we're going to start stealing those jobs, and bringing them back to New York," said Quinn.
On the public safety front, Quinn called for stiffer penalties for those who commit a crime as part of a gang initiation.
In the chambers, the speech was well-received overall. But Quinn's proposal to raise taxes on New York families earning more than $300,000 a year was met with some criticism.
Council Minority Leader James Oddo says he might consider supporting it if the tax hike was tied directly to budget cuts.
"You can't get out of this problem by simply taxing rich people. You have to, for the long term, reduce city spending," said Oddo.
Others said Quinn's speech didn't convey the severity of the economic crisis bearing down the city.
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The space agency issued its long-awaited announcement Tuesday,
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at least Q2 of 2006 -- NASA needs another alternative to launch its
satellites, as well as ferry cargo to the International Space
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By utilizing private spacecraft, the agency could reduce its
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earlier, to save funds needed for the development of the
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Goins held a 5-2 lead over Cumberland County before being pulled by Mustangs coach Joe Shamblin with one out in the seventh. Shamblin probably spent the rest of the night wishing he had waited to pull his starter after the Jets took advantage of Walker Valley errors to rally for four runs and pull out a 6-5 win.
"Kyle pitched a great game. He did exactly what we needed him to do," said Shamblin of Goins' performance. "If we make the plays and don't do silly things, we win the ballgame."
Cumberland County (2-1) outhit Walker Valley (1-2) 8-5, but it was key errors with the game in the bag that tripped up the Mustangs at the finish line.
Walker Valley left seven runners on base over the course of the night.
"We had some chances to score more runs and get a bigger lead, but we did some things on the bases that we know better than to do and it just cost us," said Shamblin.
"My hat goes off to Cumberland for staying in it. They were down 5-2 and should have been done.
Goins ended his outing with five strikeouts. He gave up seven hits in the first four innings but held the Jets hitless in the fifth and sixth before giving up a final single in the seventh.
After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first, the Mustangs tied the game on three walks and a Stu Clark sacrifice fly.
The Jets regained the lead in their half of the second, only to watch as the Mustangs jumped back out front in the bottom of the inning.
Bryan Oliver and Goins drew walks and scored on Ryan Shank's single to left field.
The lead held until the bottom half of the fourth, when Elijah West and Oliver cracked back-to-back doubles to left to make it 4-2.
The Mustangs added one more on a John Simmons RBI double in the fifth.
After a scoreless sixth, the shoes fell off the Mustangs in the top of the seventh.
Cumberland County loaded the bases with one out on two Mustangs' errors and a single. The second bobble brought Shamblin to the mound to pull Goins in favor of Zach Wilcox.
Wilcox nicked the first batter he faced, bringing a run home then got out No. 2 of a pop fly to first. A bases loaded walk made it a 5-4 ballgame. Cumberland County took the lead when the next batter singled in two runs. The Jets loaded the bases again on another hit batter, but Wilcox got the strike out to end the inning.
Trailing 6-5, the Mustangs' Bradley Smith reached on a Cumberland error and made his way to third with a stolen base and wild pitch. Two strikeouts and a fly ball to center ended the comeback attempt giving the win to Cumberland.
"We play these games early to work out the kinks, but still you put them out there expecting them to make plays and get hits. We are not hitting the ball right now and we've got to get some timely hits," said a disappointed Shamblin.
"We will just come back tomorrow, do it all over again and see if we can't get something going."
Cumberland County 110 000 4 — 6 9 0
Walker Valley 120 110 0 — 5 5 3
WP: Drew Vaden. LP: Zach Wilcox. 2B: Ryan Burgess, Vaden, Morgan Richards (CC); John Simmons, Elijah West, Bryan Oliver (WV). Other highlights: Burgess 3-4.
Records: Cumberland County 2-1; Walker Valley 1-2.