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Holding out for role models, not glamour models
On International Women's Day, BBC Sport's Ben Dirs speaks to UK Sport's outgoing chair Baroness Campbell about the giant strides made by female athletes in Britain and what still needs to be done.
Kim Kardashian is getting a bit fat. Well, she is pregnant. Jodie Marsh has had a row - I know! Another one! - with Katie Price, because Katie has only gone and called Kelly Brook "a heifer". The cow...
… this isn't a dream I had last night, this is the world many hoped the London Olympics might wipe out - or at least turn the volume down on. This stuff actually happens, in women's magazines on a shelf near you. A world of hideous orange, where pneumatic celebrities rule and Lady Gaga thinks Adele is fatter than her, even though Joan Rivers thinks… blimey, even the old girls are joining in. I give up, I really do…
"In the society we live in, young women are still looking at size two models in magazines and worrying what they look like," says Baroness Sue Campbell, who will shortly step aside as chair of UK Sport after 10 years in the job.
"So to see these women athletes capture the public's imagination and be something to aspire to at both the Olympics and Paralympics was tremendous.
Baroness Campbell resume
Netball: British Universities and Colleges netball captain; England Under-21 & England team member; extensive coaching experience
Athletics: Junior international; international pentathlete; extensive coaching experience
Professional posts held: PE teacher; lecturer, University of Loughborough; Sports Council regional officer; National Coaching Foundation chief executive; Youth Sport Trust chair; Non-political adviser to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education and Skills; UK Sport chair
Honours: MBE (1991), CBE (2003), Baroness (2008)
"They were so articulate and comfortable in themselves, a range of physiques but all very feminine: Kath Grainger is tall and strong, Jess Ennis packs her strength into a slim frame, Nicola Adams is small but powerful. I would much sooner young women aspired to look like them than some Page Three model.
"It's not all about young women necessarily becoming Olympians and Paralympians, it's about them being healthy and feeling good about themselves."
For a fiercely intelligent woman like Campbell, a former England netball international, PE teacher, university lecturer and still chair of the Youth Sport Trust, the fact this corrosive celebrity culture continues to prevail when such a healthy alternative has been shown to exist must rankle.
That said, Campbell's use of the word "feminine" touches on a central paradox and confusion within women's sport. For there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the more feminine - and for "feminine" read "beautiful" - a female athlete is perceived to be, the greater their fame and potential earning power.
That Anna Kournikova has a net worth (an estimated £33m) just shy of Venus Williams (£39.8m), despite winning no Grand Slam singles titles to Williams's seven, speaks volumes.
As does the fact that when you type "Jessica Ennis" into Google, the first two suggestions are "Jessica Ennis hot" and "Jessica Ennis bum". Of the top 10 predictive searches, not one of them relates to sport.
Some female athletes are more complicit. Victoria Pendleton is not averse to stripping down to her smalls for the odd "tasteful" photo shoot. Asked whether she would be willing to follow suit, British racing driver Susie Wolff replied, cryptically: "Hopefully I won't have to do it, it's not something I'd really like to do. But I would if it's going to make me go faster and give me a better chance to win races."
These are the realities of British society in 2013 and Campbell is being similarly realistic by recognising that women's sport in this country has to work within these parameters.
GB women at the Olympics
London 2012: 24 of 65 medals (37% of total)
Beijing 2008: 20 of 47 (43%)
Athens 2004: 13 of 30 (43%)
Sydney 2000: 12 of 28 (43%)
Atlanta 1996: 1 of 15 (7%)
Barcelona 1992: 6 of 20 (30%)
Seoul 1988: 5 of 24 (21%)
* There have been more medals on offer for male athletes at every modern Olympic Games
Putting aside the suspicion that most of the Google users searching for pictures of Ennis's backside are males, Campbell is probably correct in her assertion that many young women are as likely to be inspired by a successful sportswoman's femininity as by anything she has achieved.
"A lot of girls drop out of sport in their early teens because they start changing shape and they're less comfortable in their body," says Campbell.
"But also at that time they realise there's this thing called the opposite sex and therefore they want to look good. In school, we put them in gym knickers, the showers might not smell too good and they think 'this isn't really being a woman'.
"We've got to ask ourselves: 'Can we present this in a much more effective way for young women? And can we encourage enough women to recognise you can be young, fit, athletic and healthy and still be a woman?'"
Campbell points out that while British newspapers brim with images of sportsmen going about their trade, sportswomen are close to invisible some days. Indeed, an unscientific flick through four randomly selected nationals on Monday 4 March - two broadsheets and two tabloids - revealed that in 65 pages of sport there were only eight photographs of women.
Baroness Campbell
"In school we put girls in gym knickers, the showers might not smell too good and they think 'this isn't really being a woman'"
Four were of Perri Shakes-Drayton, winner of the 400m at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, two were of event rider Laura Collett, sat atop champion race horse Kauto Star, and one (a very small one) was of Holly Bleasdale, winner of the pole vault in Sweden. Another was of Chris Robshaw's girlfriend and another was of American girl group The Three Degrees.
A more scientific study, carried out by the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF), revealed that only 5% of media coverage of sport in the UK was devoted to women.
"You cannot overestimate the effect this has on women, and not just sportswomen," says Campbell.
"A lot of men who look at images of footballers are never going to play in the Premier League but those images are really important to their sense of belonging, who they think they should be - not always in a good way - and what they think they should look like.
"There isn't that kind of imagery around women's sport and we need it. It's not just about sport, it's also about the impact sport has on society."
So while women's sport in Britain has made giant strides in terms of success on various fields of play, in terms of coverage its athletes have a long way to go before they achieve parity with British men. That will only change when media outlets are convinced British sportswomen will pull in similar numbers of readers, viewers and listeners as men, which could be a long time coming.
WSFF figures show that at the age of 14 only 12% of girls are doing what is considered enough physical activity, half that of boys the same age. And if they are not doing, chances are they are not reading, watching and listening either.
At the same time, and no doubt connected, women make up only 22% of board members at British sports organisations. Almost two-thirds of boards do not meet UK Sport's minimum target of 25% female members and six boards, including British Cycling, do not have any women on them at all.
Some will no doubt cry "tokenism!" at the push for more female movers and shakers in British sport. But Maria Miller, Culture Secretary and Minister for Women, is surely right when she says that the aim to get more girls involved in sport is better served with more passionate women at the top.
Women like Baroness Campbell, a thoroughly pleasant 64-year-old woman shot through with a double dose of ruthlessness. One can only hope her successor is equally cold-blooded: ruthlessness will ensure you lose friends and alienate people but it is apparently one way of ensuring you win sack-loads of medals.
That so many of Great Britain's 65 medals at the London Olympics were won by women - 37% of the total - was more the result of this ruthless pragmatism on the part of Campbell and her organisation than any crusading feminist spirit.
Heptathlete Denise Lewis was the only British female athlete to win a medal (a bronze) at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, where Britain won only 15 medals overall.
But after lottery funding was introduced in 1997, the increased accountability that came with all that extra money led governing bodies to look to both men's and women's athletes to deliver tangible success - tangible success that would in turn lead to more money being pumped into their sports and funnelled towards the best coaches.
"It didn't matter what gender people were, it opened up a different way of thinking," says Campbell.
This ruthless pragmatism means GB's female cycling and rowing contingents are now powerhouses on the international stage and has turned the likes of Pendleton and Grainger into household names. For Campbell, it is proof that the increased profile of women's sport in Britain is about so much more than a few more gongs on an Olympics medal table.
Some will be of the view that "girls are just less into sport than boys, get over it". But looked at in the context of physical well-being and literacy, confidence and all-round self-improvement, rather than potential success at the elite level, such aims begin to look more worthy and less cynical.
An 11% increase in funding for Rio 2016 suggests the ruthless pragmatism as exemplified by Campbell is more than a passing fancy and has become part of UK Sport's genetic make-up.
It is a trait that has made a generation of British sportswomen into figures of inspiration and adulation. Campbell's only regrets are that there could have been so many more and that so many young British women still care whether or not Kim Kardashian is fat.
Comment number 205. Posted by Allieon 9 Mar 2013 12:28
If these ministers want female role models, invest in tennis at school. It's the one female sport played all year, every year so its in the media spotlight. Get public courts back. The only female athletes I can think of that get as much attention as their male counterparts. And people obviously want to see womens tennis as even WTA only tournaments are usually sold out or very near to.
Comment number 204. Posted by billy goat gruffon 9 Mar 2013 12:11
@144 "To get such a body a girl would need the correct genes combined with an obsessive approach to eating and training."
Yes of course you do, but that does not mean she is not healthy
Normal, never. Elite athletes are cut from a different physical cloth (for instance very high VO2 max)
To suggest men can do this easily is sexist and stupid
Comment number 203. Posted by Congeron 9 Mar 2013 11:00
My 15 year old daughter was just complaining the other day, why at her all girl state school do they only have female role models talked about.
She says, "why can't a woman become the next Richard Branson instead of JK Rowling? "
My personal feeling is this positive discrimination is going too far these days.
Sex, colour, religion have no bearing on the selection of a role model.
Comment number 202. Posted by Owainon 9 Mar 2013 01:35
The Olympians made me sooooo proud. The average English girls behaviour and mentality explains why I have not dated an English girl in 8 years.
Comment number 201. Posted by steveon 9 Mar 2013 01:18
Always happy to watch competative women's sport, Laura Trott's achievements at Olympics were the highlights for me. For me the well developed muscles just add to attractiveness.
Comment number 200. Posted by Soowieon 9 Mar 2013 01:07
.......Jessica Ennis deliberately wears tight Lycra when competing to attract attention to her curves - her and Kim Karshian are cut from the same cloth IMO.......
....what an idiotic remark !
Comment number 199. Posted by ALHon 9 Mar 2013 00:41
Sporting hierarchy must accept some blame. Women cyclists at the recent world champs made mention of Victoria Pendleton as a role model. She is the most successful female cyclist GB has ever had; she retires and the recognition is a CBE (?). Others who have been considered as "pioneering" in their areas receive higher honours. Her crime was not conforming to the desires of male senior managers.
Comment number 198. Posted by Jeffon 9 Mar 2013 00:41
I want to be a footballers husband
Comment number 197. Posted by missbad92on 9 Mar 2013 00:24
I didn't do significant sport in school, mostly because I would prefer to do something I enjoy like dance as opposed to something that I hate which just makes me hot and miserable.
We had a teacher who couldn't count to 8 to keep time and a curriculum that required us to "move to interpret a theme" rather than teaching dance.
No swimming pool either for the other sport I would willingly do.
Comment number 196. Posted by Jeff_Beaveron 9 Mar 2013 00:23
To be fair, some male sports stars (David Beckham for instance) aren't shy about a half naked photo shoot.
Comment number 195. Posted by James80on 9 Mar 2013 00:10
I love Ennis' bum.
Comment number 194. Posted by TheMardleron 8 Mar 2013 23:48
The reason girls dont play as much sport is that schools offer the wrong sports and humiliate pubescent kids in front of the opposite sex ,and the whole country spends more on provision for boys sports. Where girls pay to participate in sport outside school; they do well. The problem is not sport, it is the whole country is brainwashed into an obsession with a false body image and over grooming.
Comment number 193. Posted by trevoron 8 Mar 2013 23:45
Girls meet up with friends and drink coffee or wine, whilst talking about TOWIE or something else equally as dreadful. blokes meet up and play or watch footy/rugby/golf/cricket. The reason that women's sport is so poor is a lack of interest from the majority of women. Do your male friends/family members ever complain if someone puts on the football when coronation street is on?
Comment number 192. Posted by 01001100011100001111on 8 Mar 2013 23:16
"6. So the kit required for female athletics (and other sports for that matter) is dictated by a desire for attention? What an absurd statement.
At elite level, equipment such as tight lycra is most likely going to be chosen for functionality rather than sexuality."
Really? Then explain the bare midriffs. You don't see the male athletes competing with their abs out - why's that?
Comment number 191. Posted by Jameson 8 Mar 2013 23:09
Even (let's not pretend is as statistically competitive as men's) in women's sport if you reach the top you are almost certainly an example of sacrifice and determination as well as talent - an attractive body is just a by-product but probably follows too. That the media are interested in all of these is only natural - reading too much into it smacks of agenda.
Comment number 190. Posted by Toaston 8 Mar 2013 23:05
The simplest answer to a lot of these gripes is: Women, get interested in sport. Start doing sport, start watching sport, start talking about sport, and start PAYING to see it. All these complaints, but meanwhile the stand at the women's rugby international is still only 3% full. And even then most of the spectator's are men.
Comment number 189. Posted by Crowon 8 Mar 2013 22:47
As far as the bitchy celeb stuff goes, I don't go there, no point feeding the trolls. To me it's just part of the noisy pollution that makes Google harder than ever to use these days.
As far as which role model to follow in terms of appearance, I vote Jessica Ennis. She is hot. Need I say more? :)
Comment number 188. Posted by FERRARI246on 8 Mar 2013 22:07
Susie Wolff (Stoddart) has done a good few racy shoots and nothing wrong with that. Getting to the top of any sport means 100% commitment and if that means 8 hours a day training, doing press interviews, corporate sponsorship days or photoshoots that focus on your good looks then so be it. The media don't feed us role models, we choose them. The gossip mags will put whoever sells on the over.
Comment number 187. Posted by Tiber Septimon 8 Mar 2013 21:50
People like Jessica Ennis are great role models, watching her and Mo at the olympics was inspiring. But take the olympics, you see them for a month and then for a little while after. But celebrities are constantly pumped down our throats 24/7. T.V, the internet and racks of magazines. If people look upto celebrities as role models then its as much the medias fault for cramming them at people.
Comment number 186. Posted by willwanderon 8 Mar 2013 21:39
Whats so special about people who are good at sport that they should be held up as role models?
If you are arguing that sports people are worthy role models because they have good bodies then you are reinforcing the argument that you need to be healthy and therefore attractive to be a good person.
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For our rating of the X6, it is a serious tech car, given the cabin electronics and the power train. The transmission stands out pretty seriously for its smart programming. But it takes a number of hits as well. Although we really like this engine in BMW sedans and coupes, it doesn't perform as well in the X6, delivering poor economy and only satisfactory acceleration. We do give it credit for exceptional handling from its suspension components. The iDrive interface loses it points on design, as does the compromised rear head room. Aesthetically, a couple of staff members referred to it as the BMW Aztek, so we knock it a bit there. For cabin electronics, we give it good scores for the traffic reporting feature, Bluetooth cell phone integration, and the iPod adaptor. We also like the HD radio, a feature currently unique to BMWs and Minis. Although we weren't overwhelmed by the audio system, it's still very good, so doesn't really hurt the score. It just loses a point for the slowness of route calculation and iPod loading.

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With James coaching, Sofia and Minimus train together for the Try-Out Race but no matter how hard he tries, Minimus can't fly up through the steeple that is the last obstacle for the race.
But when the race finally comes, despite a rough moment when Prince Hugo makes Sofia fall off Minimus, with Sofia's resolve and encouragement, Minimus finally makes it through the steeple, and together they, along with James and his horse, win the race, earning them a spot on the Team.
He appears again in "The Shy Princess", modelling for the students as they paint.
He plays a bigger role in "Finding Clover", where he helps Sofia, along with Robin, Mia and Crackle to find Clover. He also shows a little fear of Crackle's fire-breathing until it helps save the day.
He appears in Princess Butterfly when Sofia needs his help to catch Wormwood and get her amulet back. He didn't speak any words (he only neighed) because Sofia couldn't understand a word he was saying since she didn't have her amulet.
He appears in, "Holiday in Enchancia" when Sofia brings him home to spend the holidays with her. Later, he pulls the flying sleigh when the family goes looking for Roland. He is last seen singing at full blast with the other animals after the family is reunited.
In "The Flying Crown" Minimus shows an interest in Hugo's new mare, Electra, who returns it after they win the race.
Minimus, in every sense, is a worrywort and lacks confidence. He also has a bit of self-esteem issues. On countless occasions he is doubting his capabilities. He tried convincing Sofia to choose another horse as her racing partner. But while Minimus doubts himself, the true talent within him overpowers the doubt.
While being Sofia's partner, Minimus is steadily growing bolder and gaining confidence in himself. However he is still very withdrawn and - like Sofia - avoids confrontation. But when it came to Hugo quitting on the Derby Team just hours before the championship race in The Flying Crown, Minimus becomes enraged and wishes to speak human, so he would give him a talking-to.
Minimus is loyal to Sofia. In fact he loves her as much as Clover does. He's willing to do anything to make her happy. From saving Clover to trying out new Derby Team plays.
Season One
- "Just One of the Princes"
- "The Shy Princess"
- "Finding Clover"
- "Princess Butterfly"
- "Holiday in Enchancia"
Season Two
Season Three
- "The Secret Library" (yet to air)
- Minimus' name is like a combination of Mini and Pegasus, referring to him being a small winged horse.
- Minimus is also Latin for "smallest".
- Despite being called a horse, Minimus looks more like a pony. However, Hugo referred to Minimus as a pony when he said, "When you're done, James, can you help my sister get on her pony?"
- He could be a reference to Tangled's Maximus, since they are opposite names.
- Though as mentioned before, it's likely just a size thing.
- Minimus, however, has vocal talent and cowardice larger than him.
- In the episode "The Flying Crown", he mentioned that he is rumored to be from a line of flying donkeys when he was trying to smooth-talk Hugo's horse Electra. If Minimus is telling the truth, then at least one of his relatives is a mule.


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The September lecture, entitled "Painterly Technology: Art Communicates America's Technological Identity in Nineteenth Century Painting," was given by Associate Professor of Communication Arts Larry Lambert.
Lambert's primary area of scholarly research investigates nineteenth-century rhetoric surrounding technology in written, spoken, and visual media and the impact of this discourse on the construction of American identity.
His lecture focused on early 19th century American paintings and the underlying messages within their depictions of work, labor, progress, and technology.
"It gave me a chance to present my perspective on issues and research that I am working on, gaining feedback from an audience of faculty, students, and staff who are interested and may have expertise that they provide," says Lambert. "It also gave me a chance to engage other minds in a public process of communication," he added.
During the fall semester, the series will be held on the last Wednesday of every month in Fireside Room B at the Grill on the IU South Bend campus from noon to 1 pm.
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The 11th annual Teen Choice Awards will be hosted by the Jonas Brothers. Voting for the 2009 Teen Choice Awards is open now at the official Teens Choice website, where nominees for other categories like movie, music and pop culture can be found. Winners will receive their Surfboards during an awards ceremony on August 10, aired by FOX at 8/7c.
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This paper describes a new algorithm for solving the N-camera stereo correspondence problem by transforming it into a maximum-flow problem. Once solved, the minimum-cut associated to the maximum-flow yields a disparity surface for the whole image at once. This global approach to stereo analysis provides a more accurate and coherent depth map, than the traditional line-by-line stereo. Moreover, the optimality of the depth surface is guaranteed and can be shown to be a generalization of the dynamic programming approach that is widely used in standard stereo. Results show improved depth estimation as well as better handling of depth discontinuities. While the worst case running time is O(n(2)d(2)log(nd)), the observed average running time is O(n(1.2) d(1.3)) for an image size of n pixels and depth resolution d.
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Kaduna spare parts market victims seek compensation
Victims of last December 7 explosion at the popular spare parts market at Oriakpata in Kaduna yesterday said the state government has failed them.
They said they lost goods worth over N300 million to the explosion.
Spokesman of the victims Fabian Uzochukwu spoke with reporters in Kaduna.
Uzochukwu said: "Till this day, February 21, no building or relief materials have been given to the victims to cushion the effect of the sufferings of nearly 70 people that were affected by the incident. twelve people died as a result of the explosion and they have been buried and uptil today, none of the deceased's families have been visited by any government official or compensated.
"Fourteen shops and all the goods therein were brunt to ashes, goods that worth hundreds of millions of naira. Three flats and 10 living rooms within the building and the property therein were completely burnt to ashes, while all the shop owners have been displaced as a result of the unfortunate incident.
"About 12 families were displaced by the incident and till today, many of them are still squatting with friends without hope of paying for another apartment."
Fabian, who was accompanied to the briefing by some other victims, wondered why they have been treated separately from other victims who have received some form of relief from both government and relief agencies, saying "our case is not different and assistance ought to have come by now to alleviate our suffering and predicament."
He added: "As law abiding citizens of Nigeria, the government should at all times protect its citizens and come to the aid of her people, especially when there is a crisis of this proportion, such as ours. We were doing genuine business within that building and had never derailed in paying our taxes and dues.
"The unfortunate incident was like a war declared on us. December 7, 2011 came like every other day, but the difference was that the day will never be forgotten by us because it brought death, misery and pain to us and none of us will ever wish our enemy such a day.
"We lost all our property and we lost 12 of our beloved ones and till this day, all the bereaved families are still weeping and mourning because they have lost their future. We appreciated the visit of the state governor a day after the incident and we are appealing directly to him to come to our aid to alleviate the untold hardship and suffering of the victims of that sad incident.
"Those affected included Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. The governor gave us assurance when he came, but we are yet to hear anything from him. The words of the governor when he visited us were very encouraging. But I must say that the victims are suffering from what happened on that day and we insist that the explosion was a bomb and not gas."
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Chicken And Crab Filling
15 Jul 2010
|Whole chicken breast
|1 Small
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced
|Cooking oil
|1 Tablespoon
|Chopped chinese cabbage
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Finely chopped pea pods
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chopped water chestnuts
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Chopped onion
|2 Tablespoon
|Crab meat
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (Canned Or Cooked)
|Beaten egg
|Soy sauce
|2 Tablespoon
|Dry sherry
|1 Teaspoon
|Wonton skins/6 egg roll skins
|Cooking oil
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (For Deep Fat Frying)
Skin, split, and bone chicken; finely chop.
In skillet stir-fry chicken and garlic in the 1 tablespoon hot cooking oil about 2 minutes.
Add vegetables; stir-fry 2 to 3 minutes more.
Flake crab meat.
In bowl combine crab, chicken-vegetable mixture, egg, soy sauce, sherry, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
Cool slightly.
Wrap wontons or egg rolls.
Fry wontons or egg rolls, a few at a time, in deep hot oil (365°) for 2 to 3 minutes or till golden brown.
Using a slotted spoon or wire strainer remove wontons or egg rolls.
Drain on paper toweling.
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Difficulty Level:Easy
Method:Stir Fried
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The AFGC needs a new General Manager if this is the best corporate spin they can produce as the points made are just spurious nonsense.
Sorry Jenny, but corporations can no longer just get away with producing rubbish and think that they have no responsibility over the ramifications of their production process, or think they have no responsibility merely because it may reduce by a tiny amount the shareholder returns (which it doesn't as as you point out the cost is passed onto the consumer, and the retailer doesn't need to add a mark up onto the refundable component of the packaging costs in order to maintain their current return of investment).
For example BP states that since first signing the National Packaging Covenant BP it has progressively worked towards improving waste management across their operations. They specifically state "As a brand owner and retailer of packaging in Australia, we are proud of
achievements delivered under previous action plans, including phasing out single-use plastic bags and expanding cardboard recycling facilities across our convenience stores to divert more than 45% of our waste from landfill. Under the joint AIP (Australia Institute of Petroleum) Action Plan we were involved in establishing a national program for the collection and recycling of plastic oil bottles". BP is to be commended for their logical and appropriate decision to take responsibility for their packaging.
Another example is Target, since they removed the single-use plastic bags and moving to biodegradable bags (that cost ... wait for it! ... 10 cents... yes a 'fortune' I know!) they have stopped around 100,000,000 plastic bags going into landfill or being littered and impacting on our environment and wildlife. Target is to be commended for their logical and appropriate decision to take responsibility for their packaging.
May I suggest the AFGC take note and realise that corporates must take responsibility for their packaging materials.
Complaining about people raising attention and highlighting the failures of the corporations you represent as a lobby group does not in anyway make your argument more successful, in fact it does the opposite Jenny.
It is time that you stopped trying to shoot the messenger and instead focused your energies on doing something worthwhile, like getting the corporations you represent to take responsibility for the rubbish they produce. You never know, they might just earn a bit more market share from using good environmental practices, now that is something any shareholder would appreciate.


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It may be freezing cold outside this January, but fans of Captain America will be able to warm up with a hot new ongoing series: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIGHTING AVENGER, courtesy of writer Brian Clevinger.
For Clevinger, writing Captain America in his first project with Marvel came as an easy choice.
"Cap is a great character," he says. "It's easy to paint him as a symbol of jingoism, but to do so requires that you to ignore his whole history. Cap is everything we should seek to be as citizens both of our nation and of the world. He embodies this ceaseless optimism about what America could be and what we ought to be as Americans. Who wouldn't want to work with that?"
However, to do so, Clevinger felt he had to offer something unique on the Sentinel of Liberty. As such, his tale takes fans back to Captain America's early days, post-serum, but pre-legend; the time that shaped Steve Rogers into the Captain America everyone respects today. For the writer, this period promised the most fertile ground for looking at Cap with new eyes.
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"Cap is the peak of human athleticism and that's going to be a huge edge on the field of combat, but he's still human and he's still just one man, one part of a larger fighting force," Clevinger explains. "Our goal is to show Cap busting Nazis and their weird technologies without overshadowing the contributions of un-enhanced soldiers."
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Monday's U.S. launch of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 was mixed, with some stores selling out and others selling just a handful of units. Apple has released another Mac OS X 10.6.5 beta, and Adobe's CTO defended Flash battery performance, claiming that the test was flawed and that Apple is inciting "negative campaigning" against Flash.
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Dropping Adobe Flash boosts Apple's MacBook Air battery life by 2 hours
11/04/2010, 05:11 pm
Apple has stopped bundling Adobe Flash on new Macs, ostensibly so users could obtain the latest, secure version themselves, but vastly increased battery life seems to be another leading reason.
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AT&T issued a statement Wednesday refuting T-Mobile's claim to "America's largest 4G network." The Skyfire browser iOS app, which converts Flash video to HTML5, "sold-out" after just 5 hours of availability, and a security flaw in the PayPal iPhone app could let hackers intercept user passwords.
Brightcove adds support HTTP Live Streaming for Apple iOS devices
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Internet video host Brightcove, among the first to begin supporting iPhone-compatible H.264 video and HTML5, is now moving to support Apple's open HTTP Live Streaming format as well, hammering another nail into the coffin of Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight.
Skyfire iOS browser approved by Apple, converts Flash video to HTML5
11/02/2010, 08:11 am
A new Apple-approved iPhone and iPad mobile browser from a startup company, set to launch this week, converts video from Adobe Flash to HTML5, though it won't work with Hulu.
Apple's iOS pushes Microsoft to dial down Silverlight for HTML5
10/29/2010, 06:10 pm
While Apple's success with its mobile iOS platform is credited with invoking the proliferation of HTML5 video at the expense of Adobe's Flash, it's also causing a major shift in strategy for Microsoft's Silverlight.
More than half of online videos are now in iOS-friendly HTML5 (H.264)
10/27/2010, 11:10 am
Apple's crusade against Adobe Flash has shown success in a new survey, which found that 54 percent of video online is now available in H.264 via HTML5, the modern standard for the web embraced by Apple in iOS and Mac OS X.
Apple: Not preinstalling Flash on Macs ensures users have latest version
10/22/2010, 12:10 pm
Apple has issued an official comment on the lack of preinstalled Adobe Flash on the newly released MacBook Air and all future Macs, saying the change was done to ensure that users always have the latest version of Flash by downloading directly from Adobe.
New MacBook Air ships without Flash installed
10/21/2010, 02:10 am
Users are reporting that Apple's MacBook Air models, which were unveiled Wednesday, are shipping without the Adobe Flash plugin installed.
Apple to target Flash with video iAds
10/15/2010, 05:10 pm
Apple is reportedly expanding its iAd program to target integrated advertising within video clips in an effort to address the market for ad-supported multimedia now dominated by Adobe Flash.
European Union ends antitrust investigations of Apple
09/25/2010, 08:09 am
The European Union has ended two antitrust investigations into Apple's iPhone policies after Apple relaxed developer restrictions and introduced cross-border warranty repair service.
Apple's relaxing of App Store rules has 'muted' effect on Adobe
09/22/2010, 10:09 am
Apple's decision to allow intermediary tools to port software from formats like Flash to the iPhone did not have a significant effect on sales of Adobe products, the company's CEO said this week.
Adobe releases beta of 64-bit Flash for Mac OS X, Windows
09/17/2010, 02:09 am
A preview release of a 64-bit version of Flash Player 10 is now available from Adobe.
Adobe resumes development of Packager for iPhone tool
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Apple opens iOS to third-party dev tools, reveals approval guidelines
09/09/2010, 08:09 am
Apple on Thursday announced that it would no longer ban intermediary development tools for iOS as long as App Store software does not download any code, potentially paving the way for third-party software to convert applications from other formats like Adobe Flash.
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Hardware acceleration added to Flash Player 10.1 for Mac
08/11/2010, 05:08 am
Adobe has released a new version of its Flash Player for Mac that officially supports hardware acceleration for H.264 video content.
European Union joins FTC investigation into Apple's opposition of Flash
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49 RBIs in 43 games. Wow! IF Volquez wasn't doing so well they'd be calling for Krivskey's head - oh. wait!!! Didn't matter!
Could be one of the most amazing trade ever!
49 RBIs in 43 games. Wow! IF Volquez wasn't doing so well they'd be calling for Krivskey's head - oh. wait!!! Didn't matter!
Could be one of the most amazing trade ever!
And This One Belongs to the REDS!!!
while i'm happy we have volquez, people outside of redsland have to wonder why we traded hamilton. 49 RBIs and it only mid may! i hope volquez continues to pitch as well as he has or people may start turning on him quick.
there's nothing like bowling a 300 game! 13 now and retired.
Ricky henderson has a higher OBP than C. patterson and he's retired. C. Trent 6-14-2008
I'm really happy for Josh and happy the Reds have Volquez. I don't think I've sen a trade where both players were so dominant for their new teams. Volquez ties the record for consecutive 1 ER or less starts and Hammy knocking in about everything Texas puts on the bases.
I have Hamilton AND Volquez on my fantasy team
As much as I'd love to be seeing him do this in GABP, I like watching Volquez mow down hitters just as much. In a few years this could be a really awesome trade to look back on.
They might face each other in the first inning of the All Star game at this rate.
The Sox traded Bullfrog the only player they've got for Shottenhoffen. Four-eyes Shottenhoffen a utility infielder. They've got a whole team of utility infielders.
Hamilton is amazing; go watch the clips of his great night on mlb.com- his swing right now is so pure- baseball poetry.
I'll always be a fan of Hammy's, but the Reds still need MORE PITCHING!!
I can't help think boy could we have traded Griffey, Free, Hopper or package of other guys and kept both. . It's nice to see both do so well. If both continue this for the year and go on to be studs this will be one of the most interesting deal EVER. Fun to watch though.
And This One Belongs to the REDS!!!
Before Hamilton packed his suitcase to head to Texas, he should have borrowed one of Brandon's old "The Franchise" T-shirts.
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Last year Hamilton had a .922 OPS for us.
Before last nights game, Hamilton had a .886 OPS for Texas, but he raised it 80 points tp .966.
He really isn't hitting much better this year than last, but is staying healthy and getting lots of playing time.
His OPS with runners on base is .931, with runners in scoring position is .929.
So, his RBI's are really a function of the hitters hitting around him getting on base, which is generally the case.
He's having a great season, but so is Volquez.
Texas came calling for Hamilton, it's not like they came looking to move Volquez.
For those who like stuff like this...Josh's home/road splits are slightly outrageous:
Home: .414/.747/1.161
Away: .320/.447/.767
Though he is having a ridiculous year, his numbers probably wouldn't be the same in Cincy.
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
2008: .839/.742
2007: .792/.717
2006: .803/.765
2005: .850/.747
Cincy home/road OPS splits:
2008: .776/.737
2007: .793/.751
2006: .812/.726
2005: .816/.755
Take it for what it's worth, but obviously Hamilton has mashed at home and is less than stellar on the road this year.
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4Remember that if your rabbit is not eating, there could be several reasons, all of which can stem from very serious conditions. Since rabbits have very delicate digestive tracts, drastic changes in eating habits could jeopardize your rabbit's life.
- Teeth problems, indicated by a rabbit that seems hungry but physically unable to eat, can be circumvented temporarily by force-feeding your rabbit with a feeding syringe and/or administering subcutaneous fluids (only if you know how).
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- Keep electric wires away from rabbit pens since some rabbits like to chew on things and if they chew on one they will get electrocuted.
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|Canned apple pie filling
|21 Ounce (1 Can)
|Lemon juice
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1) In a saucepan, heat the applesauce, cinnamon candies and food coloring, until the candy is dissolved; allow to cool.
2) Stir into the ice cream and freeze for 6 hours or overnight.
3) Preheat the oven to 375° F.
4) In a large bowl, combine the topping mix and cake mix from the cinnamon streusel coffee cake mix thoroughly.
5) In a greased 9x9x2-inch baking pan, lightly press half of the mixture at the bottom.
6) Spread over the apple pie filling and sprinkle with the lemon juice.
7) Then top with rest of the dry mixture and sprinkle 1/4 cup water evenly over the topping.
8) Bake, uncovered in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
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The family's attorney hoped the court would strike down a decision allowing a court-appointed guardian to make medical decisions for the girl. By a 4-3 vote in mid-February, the court said it would not hear the case.
The guardian already has dropped her attempt to force the girl to resume chemotherapy for leukemia. But the family from northeast Ohio's Medina County still wants the original ruling thrown out because they say the decision robbed them of their constitutional rights.
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Escobar strikes out looking.
Patterson strikes out swinging. 2 outs.
Who the heck was that guy?
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
Bautista grounds out to 3rd. 0-0 mid 1st.
That may have been the best inning Volquez has had all year long. Impressive. Would love to see 8 more just like it tonight.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
1-2-3 inning for Edinson. Maybe it was the hair? The Cowboy thinks so. At the suggestion of Mario Soto.
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
I'm shaving my head right after this game
Stubbs grounds out to short on the first pitch
Anyone notice when Brandon gets in a slump, he swings at everything. He's there now.
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
Phillips lines a single to left.
Double play. Votto strikes out swinging and Brandon is caught stealing. 0-0 after 1.
"This isnt stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
Lind grounds to 1st. The throw from Votto goes past Volquez. Error on Volquez.
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Each week throughout the fall, each UK gymnast will share her thoughts about the upcoming 2015 season, what it's like being a Division I student-athlete at Kentucky and what makes being a Wildcat so special. Please note that these posts are the student-athletes' personal reactions and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Kentucky or UK Athletics.
First up is redshirt senior Kayla Hartley, a native of nearby Versailles, Ky. One of two captains on the 2014-15 team, Hartley talks about the team's fast start to preseason practice, helping the freshmen transition to life at UK and her excitement about coming back for one more year.
As the school year begins, so does the UK gymnastics team's preseason training. We've been practicing for a week and a half now, and it's been the best start to the season I've seen in my five years as a Wildcat. I feel like everyone has come in prepared and ready to go. We always want a fast start in the fall, as it makes the spring season easier because you're ready, and feel confident walking into an arena knowing you're going to hit your routines. Right now in the gym, we're working on getting the routines down. As preseason progresses, we'll slowly start perfecting these routines, and the faster that happens, the better our scores will be in the spring. Of course, it's always fun getting great scores.
Our fast start to the preseason was definitely evident with a 100-percent passing rate on this year's conditioning test. I was so happy to see everyone pass this year, I knew it would set the tone in the best way possible for the season. The conditioning test is the first time the team really comes together as one, supporting and cheering each other on. Knowing that we're all in this together helps push each other along. For the upperclassmen, we know the conditioning test is only the beginning of a season of conditioning. The conditioning test is time to show the freshmen that coming together and supporting each other will really help make preseason and all the conditioning a little easier. The way I see it, as a big family unit we suffer (conditioning mostly) together, we survive (conditioning again) together, and we succeed together (winning, or for the conditioning test, passing).
Not only can you see it in the conditioning test, but the notion that everyone feels they have a place on the team is a great sign. Everyone comes in knowing they have a job to do and they are going to do it. Breaking records is always fun but not as fun as actually making the goals. Our goal is always to make it the nationals. Last year Audrey Harrison made it and this year we want to make it as a team for the first time in program history. Everyone agrees that we can do it, we just have to stay on track and get ready and down to business.
We have an equal distribution of upperclassmen and underclassmen, which is going to be a good thing for this team. In the past we have mostly been a young team still learning how to compete. This year we have plenty of upperclassman leadership that will help the freshmen make the transition into the demands and expectations of being a Division-I student-athlete. Upperclassmen will be able to help the freshmen handle all the particulars of being a student-athlete with little tips we've learned along the way. Things like getting more study hall hours in on off days rather than on Thursday nights, when everyone is trying to get those last few minutes, and learning the back roads to avoid traffic and getting to class and practice on time are some of those tips that I've told the freshmen to make their first semester in Lexington easier.
I'm really excited for the opportunity to come back for one last season. I'm looking forward to being with these girls and competing with them all for the first or the last time. I'm ready to break more records and make history with this team, doing the sport I love, wearing the blue and white and competing in my home state. I'll always bleed blue.
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Mother, Two Sons Murdered; Suspect Caught
A mother and her two sons were murdered at a birthday party in the small Ellis County town of Bardwell Saturday night.
Residents Wait To Go Home After Milford Fire
Hundreds of families in Milford still cannot return to their homes on Friday after a pipeline explosion on Thursday forced an evacuation of the entire North Texas city.
Grapevine Police Hunt For Brazen Burglar
Five different law enforcement agencies are looking for one man suspected in a string of burglaries.
North Texas Child Molester Sentenced To 60 Years
An Ellis County jury has convicted a 52-year-old man of sexual assault of a child. On Thursday the jury sentenced Archie Lee Becks to 60 years in prison for assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
Man Convicted In Death Of Waxahachie Officer
A man accused of driving drunk when his vehicle slammed into a police cruiser has been convicted of intoxication manslaughter in the death of a Waxahachie officer.
North Texas Woman Sentenced For Animal Abuse & Hoarding
North Texas prosecutors claimed a woman was an animal abuser and hoarder, a jury agreed and now she's headed to jail. An Ellis County jury found Michelle Lorraine Lehman guilty on nine counts of animal cruelty.
Jury Sentences Drug Dealer To 68 Years
An Ellis County jury sentenced Ryan Keith Mason, 41, of Italy, to 68 years in prison Friday after he was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.
DPS: Two Dead In Ellis County Small Plane Crash
Texas DPS officials have said two people died in a small plane crash in Ellis County Sunday morning.
Coach Beaned Player With Baseballs, Convicted Of Assault
An Ellis County coach has been convicted of criminal charges for hitting one of his young players repeatedly with baseballs.
Youth Coach Sentenced For Throwing Baseballs At Player
A youth coach has been sentenced to 15 days in jail after a jury convicted him of throwing baseballs at one of his players.
Ellis County Chemical Spill Caused By Alcohol, Ferrets
A DPS report says two ferrets and alcohol contributed to a wreck that spilled toxic chemicals on a county road in Ellis county last month.
North Texas Chemical Company Having Safety Issues
Three times in the last two months, chemical trucks operated by Waxahachie-based Magnablend have been involved in hazardous material spills that have required state intervention.


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A few weeks ago an intermodal executive asked me a question to the effect of, "Where should we be headed?" As I talked out my answer and the rationale, it occurred to me that on the surface I sounded cringingly mundane, my observation the type that could have been made in 1995, 2007 or today.
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The general slowdown in China's container exports was supported by the latest manufacturing data that shows weak factory activity being recorded in the mainland for the fourth consecutive month.
28 Apr 2015
There used to be few alternatives to manufacturing in China, but this infographic details how rising production costs in the "Factory of the World" is allowing sourcing competitors to threaten that dominance.
16 Apr 2015
Weak exports from China are driving Asia-Europe container freight rates down to new record lows, according to the world's largest shipping association.
02 Mar 2015
Global economic growth will accelerate next year driven by lower energy prices, a resurgent U.S. consumer as a global driver of growth, and stimulus measures being imposed by multiple central banks, IHS Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh told the 2015 TPM conference in Long Beach on Monday.
16 Dec 2014
A preliminary reading of an index shows Chinese manufacturing activity in December shrank for the first time since May, the latest sign of weakening European and broader global demand.
19 Oct 2014
U.S. imports of ocean containers reached a record high in September, as retailers expect a robust holiday season, but exports continued to decline from soft global demand, making 2014 so far the worst year for container exports in the past four years.
15 Oct 2014
Growth expectations for the Asian middle class are staggering, but so is the scale of supply chain upgrades that will be needed to meet demand.
01 Oct 2014
Two indices show Chinese manufacturing production rose in September at a time that factories would normally be powering down as demand to fill Western holiday orders wanes.
03 Aug 2014
China's factory output and total new orders in July rose to their highest levels since March last year, improving the operating conditions of mainland manufacturers and supporting carrier predictions of third quarter container volume increases in the seasonal build up to Christmas.


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Dynamics Beyond Uniform Hyperbolicity
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Under Title IX law enforced by the U.S. Department of Education, once a school knows or reasonably should know of possible sexual violence it must take immediate and appropriate action to investigate or otherwise determine what happened. The law applies even after the death of an alleged victim. Further, the federal Clery Act requires campus officials with responsibility for student or campus activities to report serious incidents of crime to police for investigation and possible inclusion in campus crime statistics.
Among the thousands of pages of documents gathered by Missouri administrators in late 2012 in response to a records request was a December 2010 online chat transcript between Menu Courey and a rape crisis counselor that had been saved in Menu Courey's university email folder. In the transcript, the former top swim recruit describes an assault after having consensual sex with an unidentified man. Another document discovered by a university hospital administrator shows Menu Courey had told a campus nurse and doctor in 2011 that she had been raped by a football player in February 2010.
Menu Courey committed suicide in June 2011, about 16 months after the alleged assault. The incident has not been reported to campus police, University of Missouri Police Capt. Brian Weimer said Thursday. City police and the Boone County prosecutor's office say they also have not received any reports.
On Thursday, after being shown medical records by "Outside the Lines," Chad Moller, athletic department spokesman, said that the university, in declining to launch an investigation, was honoring what it believes were the wishes of Menu Courey, who never reported the incident to police.
"An important consideration in deciding how to address a report of a sexual incident is to determine what the alleged victim wants," Moller wrote in an email. "In this situation, it is clear that Sasha chose not to report this incident to anyone at MU other than mentioning it to healthcare providers who were bound to respect her privacy."
At least one expert told "Outside the Lines" Friday evening that it appeared Missouri administrators had shirked their duties under Title IX law.
"At the point that the university's administrators had notice of the alleged rape[s], they had an obligation to investigate, based on the potential harm that the alleged rapists posed and pose to the university community," said Brett Sokolow, executive director of the Association of Title IX Administrators. "Title IX obligates universities to these actions, and to efforts to remedy the effects of the acts for the victim and the community."
"Outside the Lines" also reported Friday that Menu Courey shared with at least one other person details of the alleged assault. A friend, former Missouri wide receiver Rolandis Woodland, said he has seen a videotape of the alleged incident that corroborates the basics of what she told medical officials, and that three other Missouri football players actually were involved.
In a second release Sunday, Missouri took exception with reporting by "Outside the Lines" and stood by its actions over the past three years.


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