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Shell Funded Lobbying For Trump's Pro-Fossil Fuel Financing Looking To Block Banks' Climate Action
green queen: By Sally Ho Published on Mar 4, 2021 Last updated Mar 3, 2021
Anglo-Dutch global oil and gas giant Shell funded an industry group lobbying to block efforts by U.S. banks to tackle climate change, an investigation has found. Even as the corporation made new sustainability pledges and made net-zero its goal publicly, documents reviewed by nonprofit journalism platform SourceMaterial and HuffPost showed that Shell backed the lobbyists in favour of the controversial federal rule on fossil fuel financing that the Trump administration implemented in its final days. read more
Despite Its Pledges, Shell Funded Anti-Climate Lobbying Last Year
BUSINESS: 25/02/2021 10:45 GMT
The oil giant belonged to one group that pushed for a rule designed to preempt banks' policies against lending for Arctic drilling and coal mining.
By Luke Barratt
Alexander C. Kaufman, HuffPost US
Royal Dutch Shell vowed last September to reach net-zero carbon pollution in its business by 2050. The goal was vague but notable, and seemed to become more realistic when the corporation announced earlier this month that its crude oil production had peaked in 2019 and would likely never increase again. read more
Shell CEO hopeful Biden will speed up climate change fight
Laura Hurst, Bloomberg Dec. 4, 2020
Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc., speaks during CERAWeek by IHS Markit Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Houston. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle) Photo: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle
The change in the U.S. presidency will bring the collaboration and set of progressive policies needed to tackle the energy transition, Royal Dutch Shell Plc's chief executive officer said.
President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on global warming and railed back environmental protections while promising to keep the coal industry alive. read more
Why the World Worries About Russia's Natural Gas Pipeline
U.S. sanctions… forced Swiss contractor Allseas Group SA to withdraw its pipelaying vessels
By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Dina Khrennikova | Bloomberg: Oct. 8, 2020 A natural gas pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea from Russia to the German coast is shaking up geopolitics. Nord Stream 2, as it's called, fuels worries in the U.S. and other countries that the link could give the Kremlin new leverage over Germany and other NATO allies. As the project neared completion, U.S. sanctions and calls for European restrictions, as well as a Polish move to fine Russia's Gazprom PJSC on antitrust grounds, have left the construction in limbo and ratcheted up political tensions.
1. What is Nord Stream 2?
It's a 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) gas pipeline that will double the capacity of the existing undersea route from Russian fields to Europe — the original Nord Stream — which opened in 2011. Gazprom owns the joint Russian-European venture, with Royal Dutch Shell Plc and four other investors contributing half of the 9.5 billion-euro ($11.2 billion) cost. Initially expected to come online by the end of 2019, the link has been delayed by U.S. sanctions that forced Swiss contractor Allseas Group SA to withdraw its pipelaying vessels. The pipeline operator is looking for solutions to lay the remaining 6% of the pipe, which includes construction work in Denmark's waters. read more
Why the World Worries About Russia's Natural Gas Pipeline By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Dina Khrennikova | Bloomberg September 4, 2020 at 3:26 p.m. GMT+1
A natural gas pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea from Russia to the German coast is shaking up geopolitics. Nord Stream 2, as it's called, fuels worries in the U.S. and other countries that the link could give the Kremlin new leverage over Germany and other NATO allies. As the project neared completion, U.S. sanctions and calls for European restrictions have left the construction in limbo as political tensions with Moscow mounted.
It's a 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) gas pipeline that will double the capacity of the existing undersea route from Russian fields to Europe — the original Nord Stream — which opened in 2011. Russia's Gazprom PJSC owns the joint Russian-European venture, with Royal Dutch Shell Plc and four other investors contributing half of the 9.5 billion-euro ($11.2 billion) cost. Initially expected to come online by the end of 2019, the link has been delayed by U.S. sanctions that forced Swiss contractor Allseas Group SA to withdraw its pipelaying vessels. The pipeline operator is looking for solutions to lay the remaining 6% of the pipe, which includes construction work in Denmark's waters. read more
How the Pandemic Is Changing the Outlook for Peak Oil
Jul 3rd, 2020
By Will Kennedy | Bloomberg: July 3, 2020 at 5:56 p.m. GMT+1
One big question emerging from the pandemic is whether it will speed up the global shift away from oil. Life under lockdown gave a taste of a world that burns less petroleum, with consumption down by about a quarter and city dwellers from Los Angeles to New Delhi relishing the cleaner air. As restrictions eased, things weren't exactly returning to normal. Many workers had given up on commuting and there was talk that air travel might never recover. On the other hand, rock-bottom oil prices and the desire to avoid crowded public transport had some people driving to work for the first time or taking road trips instead of flying. read more
Shell defends Pennsylvania project as outside report questions its viability
BY FRANK ESPOSITO: JAN 5, 2020
Shell Chemical says the development of a major plastics and petrochemicals complex under construction near Pittsburg remains "important" to its overall global effort, despite a report that questioned its viability.
In an email to Plastics News, Michael Marr, Shell business integration lead, responded by saying that Shell's chemicals business at Monaca, PA., "enjoys strong fundamentals" and that the Pennsylvania project "is an important part of our global effort to build-out new business models that will allow Shell to participate and thrive in the energy transition." read more
cna: Shell plastics plant Trump touted faces oversupply risks: Energy institute report
Shell plastics plant Trump touted faces oversupply risks: Energy institute report
04 Jun 2020 12:16PM (Updated: 04 Jun 2020 02:58PM )
WASHINGTON: A massive Pennsylvania plastics project that President Donald Trump touted during a visit last year faces risks of oversupply and a low price outlook for the materials, a report by an institute that examines energy issues said on Thursday.
The Pennsylvania Petrochemical Complex plant in Beaver County, owned by Shell, has been promoted by some as an economic savior in a region still suffering from the demise of steel industry in the 1980s. read more
Climate change litigation: Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday
By Brian Melley | AP May 26, 2020 at 7:22 p.m. GMT+1
LOS ANGELES — Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by California cities and counties seeking damages for the impact of climate change.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by energy companies and ruled state courts are the proper forum for lawsuits alleging producers promoted petroleum as environmentally responsible when they knew it was contributing to drought, wildfires, and sea level rise associated with global warming.
The lawsuits claim Chevron, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and other companies created a public nuisance and should pay for damage from climate change and help build sea walls and other infrastructure to protect against future impact — construction that could cost tens of billions of dollars. read more
Reuters ANALYSIS-Coronavirus widens climate rift between European and U.S. oil majors
* European oil majors boost share of low-carbon investments
* European CEOs see faster energy transition after coronavirus
* GRAPHIC: European oil majors' spending tilts green tmsnrt.rs/3dWh9VV
By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla
LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) – Europe's top oil and gas companies have diverted a larger share of their cash to green energy projects since the coronavirus outbreak in a bet the global health crisis will leave a long-term dent in fossil fuel demand, according to a Reuters review of company statements and interviews with executives. read more
Bloomberg: The World's Most Controversial Gas Pipeline Is Nearing Its Endgame
The World's Most Controversial Gas Pipeline Is Nearing Its Endgame
The almost 10 billion-euro ($11 billion) project is being financed by Royal Dutch Shell Plc… and…
Bloomberg News: Jonathan Tirone: May 13, 2020: 5:29 AM EDT: Last Updated May 13, 2020
(Bloomberg) — Construction of the world's most controversial natural gas pipeline is about to enter the endgame of an energy dispute that's pitted the U.S. against Russia and some of its closest trans-Atlantic allies, satellite images show.
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, built to increase the flow of Russian gas into Europe's biggest economy, was thwarted five months ago after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sanctions that forced workers to retreat. Now, after a three-month voyage circumnavigating the globe, the Akademik Cherskiy, the Russian pipe-laying vessel that's a prime candidate to finish the project, has anchored off the German port where the remaining pipeline sections are waiting to be installed. read more
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Bloomberg: U.S. Says It Has Thwarted $6 Billion Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline
Bloomberg News: Patrick Donahue and Matthew Miller: February 15, 2020
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump's top energy official said he's confident that Russia won't be able to complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea — and signaled that the U.S. will press forward with its opposition to the project.
Asked about Russian efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions on the pipeline by completing it on its own, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said "they can't" — and dismissed claims that project owner Gazprom PJSC will face only a short delay. read more
FT: Surge in plastics production defies environmental backlash
At a time when the oil industry is gripped by fears that demand for petrol will collapse in an era of electric vehicles, many hydrocarbon producers are betting on petrochemicals — and in particular, plastics — to fill the gap.
Michael Pooler in Paris: 12 Feb 2020
Along the banks of the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, giant cranes whir overhead as thousands of construction workers toil away at what will be one of the largest plastic factories in the world.
The multibillion dollar Royal Dutch Shell plant, on the site of an old zinc smelter in the American rust-belt, is the biggest investment in the state since the second world war…
At a time when the oil industry is gripped by fears that demand for petrol will collapse in an era of electric vehicles, many hydrocarbon producers are betting on petrochemicals — and in particular, plastics — to fill the gap. But doubts are emerging about the wisdom of a huge expansion in capacity that will leave the world awash in products that can take hundreds of years to decay. read more
Risk of a sharp collapse in asset prices of oil companies
The $1.3trn cost of leaving energy underground
Unless a solution is found for climate change in the coming decade, there is a risk of a sharp collapse in asset prices of oil companies.
Alan Livsey: Feb 5, 2020
Donald Trump was thinking about the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg when he took aim at what he called the "prophets of doom" at Davos in January. But just as easily he could have been targeting global investors whose trenchant criticism of hydrocarbons has led to a shift in investment away from the traditional energy sector and into renewables.
This move represents a big problem for energy groups such as Exxon, BP and Saudi Aramco. Vast swaths of their oil, gas and coal reserves may never be extracted and burnt because doing so would intensify global warming, worsening weather events and threatening the loss of farmland and huge population displacement. read more
Real reasons Trump left the Paris Climate Summit?
Jan 22nd, 2020
Letter to the editor published by the News Tribune
From Mike Barnhill
Time Magazine's recent article on "Can the oil-and-gas industry survive the climate-change fall-out?" may explain why President Trump left the Paris Climate Summit.
The Netherlands oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, is the country's biggest business. As oil flirts with the prospect of decline, Shell is diversifying by expanding its plastics business and diversifying into electrical power. Some firms such as America's ExxonMobil, are positioning themselves to squeeze the last lucrative years from the oil economy while attempting to convince shareholders that they will be able to sell all their oil. read more


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Akcja

Określa, jaka akcja powinna być podjęta.

Dopuszczalnymi wartościami tego pola są :

Odtwórz po zakończeniu

Proces zostanie uruchomiony ponownie, gdy tylko się zakończy (np. getty).

Czekaj

Proces zostanie uruchomiony raz podczas wchodzenia na określony poziom
i init będzie czekał na jego zakończenie.

Jednorazowo na poziomie

Proces zostanie uruchomiony raz podczas wchodzenia na określony poziom.

Podczas startu

Proces zostanie uruchomiony raz podczas startu systemu. Pole poziomu
uruchamiania jest ignorowane.

Podczas startu, czekaj na zakończenie

Proces zostanie uruchomiony raz podczas startu systemu, a init
będzie czekał na jego zakończenie (np. /etc/rc). Pole poziomu uruchamiania
jest ignorowane.

Nic nie rób

Nic się nie stanie.

Kiedykolwiek na poziomie A, B, C

Proces oznaczony przez poziom uruchamiania <tt>na żądanie</tt> zostanie
uruchomiony podczas wywołania określonego poziomu <tt>na żądanie</tt>.
Jednakże, nie nastąpi zmaina bieżącego poziomu uruchamiania (poziomami na
żądanie są `a', `b', i `c').

Domyślny poziom

Wpis <tt>domyślny poziom</tt> (<tt>initdefault</tt>) określa, na jaki poziom
uruchamiania system powinien wejść po starcie. Jeśli go nie podano, init
zapyta o ten poziom na konsoli. Pole procesu jest ignorowane.

Podczas startu systemu

Ten proces będzie uruchomiony podczas startu systemu przed jakimkolwiek
z procesów <tt>Podczas startu</tt> czy <tt>Podczas startu,
czekaj na zakończenie</tt>. Pole poziomów uruchamiania jest ignorowane.

Zanik zasilania

Proces będzie uruchomiony gdy wystąpi zanik zasilania. Init jest zazwyczaj
o tym informowany przez proces monitorujący połączenie UPS-a
z komputerem. Init będzie czekał na zakończenie działania tego
procesu przed kontynuacją.

Zanik zasilania, nie czekać

Tak jak dla <tt>Zanik zasilania</tt>, lecz init nie czeka na
zakończenie procesu.

Powrót zasilania

Ten proces zostanie uruchomiony natychmiast po powiadomieniu init-a
o przywróceniu zasilania.

Brak zasilania

Ten proces zostanie uruchomiony, gdy init zostanie powiadomiony, że
akumulatory zewnętrznego UPS-a są niemal całkowicie rozładowane
a zasilania nadal nie ma (pod warunkiem, że zewnętrzny UPS oraz proces
monitorujący jego stan są w stanie wykryć tę sytuację).

Ctrl-Alt-Del

Proces zostanie uruchomiony, gdy init otrzyma sygnał SIGINT.
Oznacza to, że ktoś nacisnął kombinację klawiszy CTRL-ALT-DEL przy konsoli.
Najprawdopodobniej ktoś chce uruchomić pewien rodzaj <tt>shutdown</tt>-a,
aby uzyskać poziom jednoużytkownikowy lub wykonać restart maszyny.

Specjalna kombinacja klawiszy

Proces zostanie uruchomiony, gdy init otrzyma sygnał od procedur
obsługi klawiatury, że na klawiaturze konsoli została naciśnięta specjalna
kombinacja klawiszy.

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Virginia High Court Invalidates Gov. McAuliffe's Executive Order…
In a historic move, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order restoring voting rights to more than 200,000 ex-felons who paid…
Republicans File Lawsuit To Strip Voting Rights From…
GOP lawmakers in Virginia are trying to reverse Gov. Terry McAuliffe's executive order to restore the voting rights of more than…
Lawmakers In Virginia Sue Over Blanket Restorations Of…
Republican lawmakers in Virginia are planning to sue Governor Terry McAuliffe because he overturned a 150-year-old law giving more than 200,000 convicted felons…
NEWS ROUNDUP: Prince Reportedly Stayed Awake For 154…
As people continue to mourn the death of legendary singer Prince, more details surrounding his final days are being released.

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Reporting to the HR Director you will be viewed as their successor, and as such, must show the desire and appetite to step up when called upon.
Have worked with a highly educated, highly skilled white collar workforce.
If this role is of interest please send your CV to Matt Greenberg at matt.greenberg@networkhr.co.uk. Alternatively Matt can be called on 0121 450 5030 for an initial conversation.


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The word cyber has lost all meaning.
It's hard to argue with the sentiment, but what does it actually mean? Is she suggesting that companies should invest in data breach insurance? That governments should build new weapons? That police should have better decryption tools? That tech companies should write safer code, especially for critical infrastructure? That international differences in internet governance must be resolved? That individual citizens should review their online behavior? Or all of the above?
The problem is in the word cyber. At first, the word's flexibility was a good thing—it helped raise awareness and offered an accessible gateway to discussing all kinds of security. But it has now become an obstacle to articulating credible solutions.
The term cyber has been around for decades, stretching back to MIT mathematician Norbert Wiener's coinage of cybernetics in the 1940s. Wiener borrowed the ancient Greek adjective 'kubernētikós', meaning governing, piloting, or skilled in steering, to describe then futuristic idea that one day we would have a self-regulating computing system, solely running on information feedback. In the 1980s, novelist William Gibson married the prefix to space, creating the term so ubiquitous today. Since then, cyber has been used by anarchists and policymakers, scholars and laymen, artists and spies. It has been attached to concepts ranging from warfare to shopping, and it can denote opportunity as well as threat.
The hollow aesthetic captured by Gibson—the peculiar position of being both intuitively meaningful and a self-consciously strange word—is part of the appeal of cyber. The prefix is popular, and growing in use, not despite its hollowness, which is bemoaned by many, but because of it.
Thomas Rid, in his book Rise of the Machines, shows how various narratives have accompanied the prefix cyber since World War II, all of which cross boundaries between technology and society, between science and culture, and between the impetus created by war and security and more benign visions.
As Rid explains in the preface, the cyber idea is "self-adapting, ever expanding its scope and reach, unpredictable, yet threatening, yet seductive, full of promise and hope, and always escaping into the future." In short, it is a sponge—but one that fails to clean up the conceptual problems of its terrain.
We can see this clearly in recent events. With new information seeping in on an almost daily basis about the Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, the cyber sponge has been absorbing everything related to disinformation campaigns, information warfare, social media bots, and election hacking.
Clinton's talk demonstrates all of this. "In the 21st century, war will increasingly be fought in cyberspace. As Americans we need to approach this new threat with focus and resolve. Our security, physical or otherwise can't be taken for granted," she said. She went on to discuss the various new "weapons of choice" coming from "the highest bowels of the Kremlin": email releases, probing voting systems, the industrialization of fake news, targeted use of Facebook ads, and more.
She isn't wrong about these things, but speaking about them in this manner mashes them together with previous uses of the term in relation to militarized cyber operations, critical infrastructure attacks, DDoS attacks against Estonia and Georgia, and Stuxnet. In this case, the cyber label doesn't improve our understanding of this influence. Instead, the generic term flattens the terrain by conflating the potential hacking of critical infrastructure systems and the buying of advertisements by foreign nations. This incorrectly implies similarities in response, suggesting that we can handle all of these things in a similar manner. But ensuring that the industrial control systems of a power plant will not be accessed by a malicious actor requires a very different set of actions than curbing the spread of fake news. Labeling both actions as cyber encourages the inappropriate transplant of policies and technologies across these issues.
Finally, cyber also masks significant political and organizational hurdles. Clinton speaks about "the need for public and private cooperation," but this cooperation takes very different forms for critical infrastructure and social media, not to mention questions of state and commercial offensive actions—yet all fall ostensibly under the rubric of cybersecurity.
We've wrung all the utility we can out of the cybersecurity sponge. To address the "serious and urgent challenges" of our time, we need to acknowledge that they are indeed challenges plural—not one single, monolithic domain.


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Conservative Jewish groups condemn Bannon appointment
(JTA) — Six top member organizations of the Conservative movement have called on President-elect Donald Trump to rescind his appointment of Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist.
Released Friday afternoon, the statement asserts that under Bannon's leadership, the right-wing news site Breitbart News "trafficked in white nationalism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and misogyny."
"Breitbart is an outlet for the alt-right, a movement that is contrary to both our American and Jewish values," the statement continued. "We further affirm that any appointment made by a US President or President-elect must by definition exclude individuals who promote ideas that are antithetical to the values of our country.
"As Jews, we are compelled not to remain silent in the face of hate or the vilification of any group."
The statement was issued by the Rabbinical Assembly, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the Cantors Assembly, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Women's League for Conservative Judaism and the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs.
Despite what its name suggests, Conservative Judaism is a centrist denomination, positioned between the stringently traditional Orthodox and the religiously and politically liberal Reform.
Earlier in the week, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued a statement saying his organization was "deeply disturbed" by the appointment of Bannon, citing many of the same reasons as the Conservative Judaism statement. The Anti-Defamation League has also condemned the choice.
Two groups on the right, the Zionist Organization of America and the Republican Jewish Coalition, have defended Bannon and Breitbart as pro-Israel.
READ: Modern Orthodox rabbis' letter to Trump focuses on Israel
When a photographer trains her lens on her Jewish family, the personal gets political
By Sarah Rosen January 4, 2022 5:15 pm
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This Israeli play is being performed across New York City — but only in people's living rooms
By Julia Gergely November 15, 2021 2:01 pm
Polish soccer referee sends antisemitic rant to group fighting antisemitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz November 10, 2021 12:37 pm
Shmita is Judaism's sabbatical year. It can be a model for tackling climate change and inequality.
By Sen. Meghan Kallman and Rabbi Lex Rofeberg September 20, 2021 12:56 pm
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By Mik Moore June 25, 2021 10:44 am


Lets face it, we never grow out of our childhood favourites. From Ghostbusters to Disney, and Harry Potter to pick n mix, we can really make a birthday a feel good occasion.
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New 200-Room Hotel Almost Ready to Rise Over Streeterville
By Curbed Staff Sep 4, 2015, 10:45am CDT
As many new hotel rooms are now in the finishing stages of construction with the current cycle of our hotel boom, another project is about to begin. The Steeterville Organization of Active Residents announced in a newsletter earlier this week that a construction plan has been published for the upcoming project at 224-228 East Ontario Street. The 21-story hotel, to be branded as a Marriott Autograph Hotel was designed by the architecture firm formerly known as Koo & Associates, but has since dropped the "& Associates" from the name. The firm led by Jackie Koo has a portfolio filled with hospitality projects and had also designed The Wit Hotel at State and Lake streets as well as the proposed Out Hotel on Halsted, which has since faded away in the wake of neighborhood opposition despite the planned location amid a thriving nightlife district.
The approximately 200-key hotel in Streeterville is being constructed on 60 foot wide lot where three low-rise buildings were cleared away last year. The building will fill the lot with the exception of a roughly 10 foot setback along the front sidewalk. The design is being constructed as-of-right within the existing zoning of the block, which as a DX-12 district, is just one step down from the densest base zoning classifications in the city. While the site is quiet now, we can expect initial preparations to begin soon, including the conversion of the parking lane on the south side of Ontario Street to a traffic lane for maintaining two lanes of open circulation while a protective canopy for pedestrians is placed on the north side of the street. Shifting pedestrian flow off the sidewalk will open up more room on the tight site for construction equipment to maneuver during the foundation work expected to begin later this fall. The tower crane will then be erected in January 2016 with removal anticipated in July after the structure is topped out. The building is expected to be more or less completed by November 2016, just in time for the busy holiday season.
— Shawn Ursini
·Previous Koo coverage [Curbed Chicago]
·Hotel Boom Town archives [Curbed Chicago]
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Update: Motel raid nets suspects, dogs and 'gator
@jimwalsh_cp
ATLANTIC CITY - Investigators found a homicide suspect, an alligator and much more during a raid at a motel here early Tuesday.
Police made seven arrests and removed 33 residents during early-morning action at the Bayview Inn & Suites on Albany Avenue, authorities said.
Seven dogs were removed and an eighth — a pit bull — was fatally shot, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.
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Investigators also seized cash, drugs and replica guns during a search of 80 rooms at the motel, which was heavily damaged during Superstorm Sandy, the prosecutor's office said.
One of those arrested, 25-year-old Jamal Campos of Egg Harbor Township, was charged with strict liability homicide for causing a drug-overdose death. He also was accused of possessing heroin and being the leader of a drug-trafficking network.
Investigators were led to Campos following a probe into the April 2016 overdose death of another Egg Harbor Township man, Adam O'Gara, the prosecutor's office said.
Six other people were arrested on unrelated warrants.
The prosecutor's office did not give a reason for the removal of residents from the hotel. It said the group included men, women and children.
It said the pit bull was shot by an Atlantic City police officer "when the animal made an aggressive move towards the officers as they attempted to enter a room."
A three-foot alligator was found in the motel's pool. It was taken to the Cape May County Zoo.
Jim Walsh; (856) 486-2646; jwalsh@gannettnj.com


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Nickolas Ashford (* 4. Mai 1942 in Fairfield County, South Carolina; † 22. August 2011 in New York) und Valerie Simpson (* 26. August 1946 in Bronx, New York) waren ein US-amerikanisches Songwriter- und Produzentenduo, das in den 1960er Jahren mit Kompositionen für das Plattenlabel Motown Musikgeschichte schrieb.

Soul-Klassiker wie Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1967), Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing oder You're All I Need to Get By (1968) entstanden in dieser Zeit. Ab 1973 nahm das Duo auch selbst Platten auf und Hits wie It Seems to Hang On (1978), Found a Cure (1979), Solid (1984), Outta the World (1985), Count Your Blessings (1986) und I'll Be There for You (1989) machten Ashford & Simpson weltweit bekannt. Im Laufe ihrer über 40-jährigen Karriere fungierte Ashford in der Regel als Komponist und Simpson als Liedtexterin.

Karriere
Nickolas Ashford und Valerie Simpson lernten sich 1964 in der White Rock Baptist Church in Harlem kennen. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war Ashford obdachlos und schlief zeitweise auf einer Bank, die heute eine Plakette mit der Inschrift "Nick Ashford slept here" ("Nick Ashford hat hier geschlafen") trägt. Mithilfe der Kirchengemeinde konnte Ashford das Leben auf der Straße hinter sich lassen, er wurde Mitglied im Kirchenchor und freundete sich mit Simpson an. Die Beziehung blieb zunächst platonisch: Gemeinsam begannen sie Gospellieder zu schreiben, später kamen auch säkulare Stücke hinzu. Für das kleine Label Glover nahmen "Val & Nick", wie sich die beiden zu diesem Zeitpunkt nannten, noch 1964 ein paar erfolglose Singles auf. Während ihre Karriere als Musiker nicht abhob, versuchten sich Ashford und Simpson weiterhin als Songwriter. 1965 nahmen Soulgrößen wie Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown (Baby Take Me) sowie Betty Everett (The Real Thing) Lieder des Duos auf. Der Durchbruch folgte 1966, als Ray Charles mit dem Ashford/Simpson-Song Let's Go Get Stoned auf Platz eins der R&B-Charts landete. Ashford bemühte sich im gleichen Jahr vergeblich, eine Solo-Karriere zu starten. Seine wenigen Singles für Verve floppten, immerhin wurde aber I Don't Need No Doctor auch von Ray Charles aufgenommen. Ashford und Simpson sangen auch die Backing Vocals für andere Interpreten, so im Februar 1966 beim Bobby-Hebb-Hit Sunny.

Hits für andere und Valeries Solo-Aufnahmen: Die Motown-Jahre
Im April 1967 wechselten Ashford und Simpson als feste Songwriter zur Motown Corporation, der seinerzeit erfolgreichsten Plattenfirma im Soulgenre. Sie komponierten Hits und produzierten sie meist selbst in den Motown Recording Studios in Detroit. Der Erfolg stellte sich auf Anhieb ein: Marvin Gaye und Tammi Terrell hatten mit Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothin Like the Real Thing und Your Precious Love noch im gleichen Jahr gleich drei Hits mit Ashford/Simpson-Kompositionen. 1968 folgte You're All I Need to Get By. Diese Lieder entwickelten sich zu Klassikern des Soulgenres und wurden zahlreich gecovert. 1970 nahm beispielsweise Diana Ross eine Fassung von Ain't No Mountain High Enough auf und landete damit auf Platz eins der US-Charts. Zuvor hatte Ross mit der Ashford/Simpson-Komposition Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) ihren Einstand als Solistin gegeben. Andere Motown-Künstler wie Gladys Knight & the Pips, Supremes, die Four Tops oder The Marvelettes folgten Ross' Beispiel und nahmen Songs von Ashford und Simpson auf. Das Duo blieb noch bis 1973 bei Motown.

Simpson versuchte sich zu Beginn der 1970er Jahre auch als Solistin und veröffentlichte auf dem Motown-Sublabel Tamla zwei mäßig erfolgreiche Alben, Exposed (1971) und Valerie Simpson (1972). Diese Aufnahmen wurden teilweise 1977, nachdem sie sich mit ihrem Ehemann erfolgreich in den Charts etablierte hatte, unter dem Titel Keep It Comin' wiederveröffentlicht. Mit Silly Wasn't I hatte Simpson einen kleinen Hit in den amerikanischen Pop- und R&B-Charts.

Erfolge mit eigenen Platten: Die Warner-Jahre
1973 erschien bei der Plattenfirma Warner Gimme Something Real, das Debütalbum von Ashford & Simpson. Im folgenden Jahr heiratete das mittlerweile auch privat verbundene Duo. "Dank sorgfältig produzierter Soulsongs" zählten Ashford & Simpson in den folgenden Jahren zu den "gefragtesten Protagonisten der Black-Music-Szene". (Taurus Press) Dafür sorgte vor allen Dingen das fünfte Studioalbum Send It ein, das in den USA 1977 vergoldet wurde und den R&B-Hit Don't Cost You Nothing hervorbrachte. Mit dem Folgealbum Is It Still Good to Ya konnten die beiden 1978 den Gold-Erfolg wiederholen, die Single It Seems Hang to On kam in den R&B-Charts bis auf Platz zwei, das Album sogar an die Spitze. Die LP Stay Free von 1979 brachte unter anderem die Hit-Single Found a Cure hervor, die Ashford & Simpson erstmals bis in die Top 40 der Pop-Charts brachte und zum Disco-Klassiker avancierte. Diesem Genre hatten sie sich bereits auf den vorherigen Alben gewidmet, ohne allerdings ihre Soulwurzeln zu verleugnen. Für Stay Free nahm das Duo außerdem seine dritte Gold-Auszeichnung entgegen.

Zeitgleich versorgten Ashford und Simpson auch andere Kollegen mit Hits im Disco-Beat: So schrieben sie 1978 die feministisch angehauchte Disco-Hymne I'm Every Woman, Chaka Khans ersten Solo-Hit, der 1992 auch für Whitney Houston ein großer Erfolg wurde. 1979 produzierten sie das gesamte Album The Boss für Diana Ross, die damit als Disco-Queen nach einigen Flops wieder auf die vorderen Ränge der Charts zurückkehrte. Die gleichnamige Single erreichte Platz eins der amerikanischen Disco-Hitliste von Billboard. Auch Gladys Knight & the Pips (Alben About Love und Touch, 1980 bzw. 1981), Cheryl Lynn (Believe in Me, 1982) oder Stephanie Mills (Keep Away Girls, 1982) profitierten von den kompositorischen Künsten des Duos.

Nach achtjähriger Zusammenarbeit endete der Vertrag mit Warner im Jahre 1981 mit der Live-LP Performance.

Größter Hit Mitte der 1980er Jahre: Die Capitol-Jahre
Mit dem 1982er Werk Street Corner und dem gleichnamigen R&B-Top-Ten-Hit begann die Zusammenarbeit mit Capitol, die schließlich auch den größten Hit von Ashford & Simpson ermöglichte. Nachdem die LP High-Rise (1983) entgegen dem prophetischen Titel nicht sonderlich weit oben in den Charts gelandet war, verkaufte sich das Album Solid und vor allen Dingen die gleichnamige Single 1984 hervorragend. Solid toppte die R&B-Charts und scheiterte nur knapp an den Top 10 der amerikanischen Pop-Charts. Noch besser lief es in Europa: In Großbritannien und in Deutschland stand das Lied in den Top 3. Die nachfolgenden Singles Outta the World und Babies schafften je nach Land ebenfalls den Sprung in die Charts, konnten den enormen Erfolg von Solid jedoch nicht wiederholen. Es folgten R&B-Hits mit Count Your Blessings (1986) und I'll Be There for You (1989), danach endete der Plattenvertrag mit Capitol.

Die Jahre ab 1990
Die Single Hungry for Me Again für den Horrorfilm Def by Temptation (1990) sollte der letzte Top-40-Hit von Ashford & Simpson in den R&B-Charts bleiben. Insgesamt brachte es das Duo hier auf 33 Einträge. Als Live-Künstler blieb das Duo gut im Geschäft, Plattenveröffentlichungen blieben allerdings sporadisch. 1996 entstand Been Found in enger Zusammenarbeit mit der Schriftstellerin und Menschenrechtlerin Maya Angelou. 2002 wurden Ashford & Simpson in die Songwriters Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Der Rolling Stone listete das Duo 2015 auf Rang 83 der 100 besten Songwriter aller Zeiten.

Privat
Valerie Simpson ist auch familiär mit der Musik verbunden. Ihr Bruder Raymond "Ray" Simpson ist der aktuelle Polizist bei den Village People. 1978 produzierte sie gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann das Album Tiger Love für ihren Bruder.

Nickolas Ashford starb am 22. August 2011 in einem New Yorker Krankenhaus an den Folgen einer Kehlkopfkrebs-Erkrankung. Er hinterließ neben seiner Frau auch zwei Töchter.

Diskografie

Literatur
 Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul. 3. überarbeitete Auflage, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, S. 18–20 – ISBN 0-312-02573-4.

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Patriots could get needed boost from Rob Ninkovich against Browns
Tom Brady might not be the only player returning to the lineup on Sunday for the Patriots. Rob Ninkovich is reportedly "healthy enough to play" after suffering a torn tricep in training camp. Matt Patricia's defense would definitely benefit from the veteran's return, especially after struggling to make stops against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
#Patriots get LB Rob Ninkovich back from suspension, and I'm told he's healthy enough to play with his triceps. Could play vs. #Browns.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 3, 2016
Ninkovich had been serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy. His suspension expired Monday at midnight. The time he spent sidelined was sufficient enough to recover from the injury, according to Rapoport.
The Patriots struggled mightily Sunday against Tyrod Taylor, LeSean McCoy and the Buffalo offense. The Bills tallied 24 first downs to New England's 13. They also dominated the time-of-possession battle, 36:11 to 23:49. Taylor was able to extend many plays with his legs and McCoy succeeded in beating defenders to the edge and getting up field for chunks of yards.
Ninkovich would likely see significant time along the defensive front if he's able to go. He is a fundamentally sound player. He excels at staying true to his rush lanes and can also set the edge to slow the run game. The 250-pound veteran has 30.5 sacks and 160 tackles since 2012.
Cleveland's Isiah Crowell is second in the NFL in rushing with 386 yards. He's averaging 6.4 yards per carry. The Patriots will need all hands on deck in order to keep him in check. Ninkovich's return would certainly lend a big help.
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Publication Date: 2007-Jan-19
Edward Said and "Orientalism"
Chronicle of Higher Education , v53 n20 pB4 Jan 2007
In the nearly 30 years since Edward Said published the hugely influential Orientalism, his indictment of racism and imperialism in Western scholarship on the Orient has had its share of plaudits and condemnations. Now Robert Irwin, the Middle East editor of The Times Literary Supplement, has reignited the controversy with his broadside against the late Columbia University professor. In Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents (published in Britain as For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and Their Enemies), Irwin defends the work of 18th- and 19th-century European scholars who wrote about the East and denounces Orientalism as "a work of malignant charlatanry in which it is hard to distinguish honest mistakes from wilful misrepresentations." This article presents a debate among Said's longstanding critics and staunch defenders. (Contains 5 resources.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarship, Racial Bias, Cultural Differences, Asian History, Cultural Awareness, Bias
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Dueck leads Chargers to back-to-back wins
By Kevin Sparrer | Bay Area News Group, Campbell Reporter, Cupertino Courier, Saratoga News, Willow Glen Resident
The Leland boys basketball team has had a strong start to the season–Justin Dueck has seen to that.
Dueck scored a combined 36 points in the first two games of the year in the Mt. Hamilton Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League, which has helped the Chargers to two victories.
On Jan. 7, Dueck put up 17, including a three-pointer and a pair at the line, in a 45-44 double-overtime win over Oak Grove, and on Jan. 5 he scored 19, with a three and four free throws, to lead the Chargers over Willow Glen 47-46.
Dueck was not alone in his efforts against Oak Grove. Jason Habash aided the effort with 11, which included a three-pointer. Dylan Bell helped with six that all came from beyond the arc, Tucker Gootee had six with a pair at the line and Nate Rohrer put up five with a three.
In the win over Willow Glen, Gootee stepped up with 10, including a pair of free throws, Bell added seven with a three, Habash had six, Peter Engfelt knocked down a three and Rohrer sunk two at the line.
Leland took part in two tournaments during the holiday break. From Dec. 28-30, the Chargers played in the Pioneer Classic and went 2-1, losing in the championship game to Serra 58-33 on Dec. 30 with Habash leading the attack with nine, including a three. Rohrer helped with eight with six from beyond the arc.
On Dec. 29 Leland defeated host Pioneer 42-34 with Dueck scoring 13 with seven at the line and a Rohrer adding 12 with a three and a free throw. Habash put up eight with a three and a free throw, Bell had five with a three and two at the line, and Gootee had four.
On Dec. 28 the Chargers downed Woodside 64-61 with Dueck back out in front with 23, including seven free throws. Rohrer was right behind him with 18, including six points from beyond the arc and four at the line. Bell added nine with a three, Gootee put up six with two free throws and Brandon Higgenbotham had four with two at the line.
Leland also was a part of the DJ Frandsen Memorial tournament at Bellarmine and fell in the first round, but won its second game against Wallenberg 58-34 on Dec. 23. Dueck dominated Wallenberg with 25, including nine points from beyond the arc. Habash was also a force on the floor with 13, including a pair of threes and a free throw. Gootee had nine with a three, Engfelt hit a three, while Johnny McGaugh, Rohrer, Bell and Higgenbotham each had two.
Leland lost in the first round of the tournament 59-46 to Burlingame. Again Dueck was out in front with 13, including three at the line, while both Habash and Engfelt had 10. Habash popped three threes and a free throw, while Engfelt had a pair of threes. Bell put up six from beyond the arc.
The Chargers will head to Independence on Jan. 14 for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
The Leigh boys basketball team has been almost perfect this year. The Longhorns have won both of their Mt. Hamilton Division games so far and only lost one of 10 preseason games.
Leigh defeated Westmont 80-73 in triple overtime on Jan. 7 with Sohn Nijor putting up 29 with 11 at the line and Trevor Peterson adding 21 with 15 from beyond the arc and four free throws. Deven Patterson scored 16 with a three and seven at the line. Kyle Morrison had seven with a three, Scotty Guyon had four, Ryan Tanaka sunk two at the line and Jared Williams buried a free throw.
On Jan. 5, Leigh defeated Oak Grove 53-44 with Nijor out in front again with 21, including nine from beyond the arc and two at the line. Connor Peterson put up 12 with a pair of threes, T. Peterson had eight with two threes, Morrison had five with a three, Guyon had four and Tanaka sunk a three.
During the break, the Longhorns suffered their only defeat so far in the St. Francis Holiday Classic, losing to Deer Valley 81-69 on Dec. 29. Leigh was led by Nijor again with 18, including a three and seven at the line, while Patterson put up 16 with a three and a free throw. T. Peterson added 15 all from beyond the arc, Guyon scored 10, Tanaka had six, all from three point land, and C. Peterson had four with two at the line.
Prior to its loss, Leigh won the Del Mar Christmas Tournament by crushing all three of its opponents. In the championship game, Leigh defeated Lincoln 73-44 with Patterson dominating with 27, including a three and six at the line. Nijor was next with 17, including a pair of threes and three free throws. T. Peterson followed with 12, including a three and three at the line. C. Peterson had six with a three and a free throw, Morrison put up five with a three, Guyon had five, including a free throw, and Brett Nakano sunk one at the line.
Leigh downed More 83-40 on Dec. 22 with Nijor leading with 26, including a three and three at the line, while Patterson added 21 with a three and six free throws. Sean Kurian had eight with a pair at the line, C. Peterson put up eight with four free throws, Morrison had six, Tanaka buried a three and a pair of free throws, T. Peterson had five with a three and Larry Donald had four.
The Longhorns will host Willow Glen on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m.
Pioneer has struggled so far in league, falling in its first two Santa Teresa Division games. On Jan. 7 the Mustangs lost 59-46 to Branham despite Adam Flores scoring 21 with a three and four at the line. Conner Swearingen added 10 with six free throws, Brian Hikido had eight with a pair of threes, Frankie Wilson scored four and Colby Campbell had three with a free throw.
On Jan. 5 Pioneer fell 61-58 to Evergreen Valley with Hikido leading the pack with 17, including a three and a pair at the line. Flores followed closely with 12, including two free throws, Swearingen had nine with three free throws, Wilson put up eight with a pair of threes and two at the line, Campbell had eight, Steven Montesano added three with a free throw and Chris Bush buried one at the line.
Pioneer finished 1-2 in its own Pioneer Holiday Classic, losing to Los Gatos 46-42 in its final game on Dec. 30. On Dec. 29 the Mustangs lost to Leland 42-34 after winning a first-round game 61-60 over Mt. Pleasant.
Pioneer will head to Sobrato on Jan. 14 for an 8 p.m. tip-off.
Leland's girls split in their first week of league play. On Jan. 6, the female Chargers downed Del Mar 46-41 with Bianca Zakerani leading the effort with 15, including a pair of threes and a free throw. Leigh Huira added eight with four at the line, Amy Chen and Krisanne Keiser both had five with a three, while Sabrina Sherrin had five with a free throw. Kailey Erickson put up four, Cristina Yamashiro buried two from the line and Leann Nakamura had two.
Prior to defeating Del Mar, the Chargers fell to Branham 51-37 on Jan. 4. Again it was Zakerani who was out in front with eight with a three and a free throw and Huira also had eight. Jackie Lyons put up six, Sherrin had five with one at the line, Keiser added four, Chen and Nakamura both had two and Yamashiro and Alison Griffeth each sunk a free throw.
During the holiday break Leland took part in a tournament at Alvarez and was unable to find a win, going 0-3. The Chargers fell to Pacific Collegiate 34-18 on Dec. 30, 60-30 to Half Moon Bay on Dec. 29 and 43-33 to Santa Catalina on Dec. 28.
Against Pacific Collegiate, Erickson stepped up as the leading scorer with nine, including five at the line. Zakerani and Lyons both had six, Aileen Ngo and Nakamura had four, Griffeth had three with a free throw and Keiser had two.
In the loss to Half Moon Bay, Chen led with seven, including a three and a pair at the line, Zakerani and Huira both had five with a free throw, Ngo and Erickson had four, Lyons and Jia-Min Ooi had two and Keiser hit a free throw.
Zakerani was the big scorer against Santa Catalina with nine, including three at the line, Yamashiro and Huira both had six with all of Huira's coming from the line and Yamashiro's from beyond the arc. Chen scored five with a three, Keiser had three from the line, and Ngo and Erickson each had two.
Leland, 1-1 in the Santa Teresa Division and 4-8 overall, will host Independence, Jan. 17, 7 p.m.
Pioneer did well in its first week of the season, winning twice in league play. On Jan. 6 the Mustangs bested Branham 54-39 with Rachel Baity scoring 13, including a three and four at the line. Katrina Rojko put up 12 with a pair of threes, Tessa Gonzalez had 10 with a three and a free throw, Jessy Marshall scored six with a pair at the line, Leah Baity also had six, Colleen Bush had five with a free throw and Katie Smith added two.
On Jan. 4, Pioneer defeated Independence 46-17 with L. Baity on top with 12, including four at the line. R. Baity also put up nine with a free throw, Gonzalez had six with a three and a free throw, Rojko had five with a three, Bush and Heather Allison had four apiece and Michelle Meyer, Cindy Contreras and Marshall each had two.
Pioneer took part in the Saratoga Shootout on Dec. 18-21 and finished 2-1, defeating Evergreen Valley 62-50 on Dec. 21 after falling to Los Gatos 36-24 on Dec. 20 and winning the first round game against Saratoga on Dec. 18.
The Mustangs, 2-0 in the Santa Teresa Division and 8-4 overall, will head to Sobrato on Jan. 14 for a 6:30 p.m. tip.
Kevin Sparrer
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Q: How do I get Windows XP Professional upgrade to boot directly without having to choose it at startup? I installed a Windows XP Professional upgrade onto a computer I'm going to use as a dev server, but whenever I boot up I have to choose between the pro or regular version. Is there a configuration somewhere that I can change so I don't have to choose?

A: The MS support article is (probably?) right, but there's a nicer way to do this.

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*Press Win+Pause on the keyboard to open system properties.

*Click the tab Advanced.

*In the section Startup and recovery, click the button Settings.

*The dropdown list Default operating system should contain two entries on yor computer: one entry for each of your Windows installations.

*Choose the Windows XP Pro installation.

*Optional: You can set the timeout to maybe just 3 seconds if you like.

*Click OK to close the two windows.

Now, on reboot, the Pro installation should start!

A: See this microsoft KB article that explains how to do what you're looking for: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

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The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's Commitment to a Framework for Responsible Innovation
Owen, R, 2014, 'The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's Commitment to a Framework for Responsible Innovation'. Journal of Responsible Innovation, vol 1., pp. 113-117
In October 2013, the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) made a formal policy commitment to a framework for responsible innovation. I describe the development of this framework over a four-year period since 2009 and key inputs which shaped its evolution and framing. I conclude with some thoughts about future directions, as EPSRC itself transitions from understanding what RI means, to how it could be meaningfully implemented.
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Clothing retailer
Primark Stores Ltd UK website
Associated British Foods PLC
owns 100% of Primark Stores Ltd
UK website email
Food manufacturer
Diversified international food, ingredients and retail group operating in 47 countries. 54.5% owned by Wittington Investments, a company controlled by the founding Weston family.
Wittington Investments Ltd
owns 55% of Associated British Foods PLC
Wittington Investments is controlled by the Weston Family, and is the ultimate holding company of Associated British Foods plc (ABF), one of Europe's largest food companies and owners of George Weston Foods in Australia.
» Garfield Weston Foundation
owns 79% of Wittington Investments Ltd
Grant-giving charity
Founded 1958. The Weston family controls a string of businesses through this charitable trust, including Associated British Foods, Primark and Fortnum & Mason. Owns nearly 80% of Wittington Investments, its main source of income.
Primark Stores Ltd
69/100 in KnowTheChain Benchmark
In 2020/21 KnowTheChain benchmarked over 180 large global companies in the ICT, Food & Beverage, and Apparel & Footwear sectors on their efforts to address forced labour and human trafficking in their supply chains. This company received a score of 69/100.
Source: KnowTheChain (2021)
Turkmen Cotton Pledge signatory
This company has signed the Cotton Pledge with the Responsible Sourcing Network, signifying a public commitment to not knowingly source Turkmen cotton for the manufacturing of any of their products until the Government of Turkmenistan ends the practice of forced labor in its cotton sector. Each cotton season, Turkmen public sector workers are forced by the government to fulfill cotton picking quotas and private businesses are forced to contribute to the efforts financially or with labor. This places a huge burden on the health, education, and general well-being of Turkmen citizens.
Source: Responsible Sourcing Network (2021)
The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority citizens from the far west region of Xinjiang to factories across the country. Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uyghurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of international brands. The 2021 Laundering Cotton report investigates how forced-labour-produced cotton and cotton-based goods from the Uyghur Region wend their way into international supply chains of well-known international clothing brands, including brands owned by this company.
Source: Sheffield Hallam University (2021)
Workers rights in India
This company sources garments from factories in the Tamil Nadu region of South India. The yarn used in these factories also comes from Tamil Nadu, where large scale forced labour is used in the spinning mills. Workers in these mills are enslaved by employers who withhold their wages or lock them up in company-controlled hostels. They work long hours, face sexual harassment and do not even earn the minimum wage. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Source: India Committee of the Netherlands (2016)
Maid in India', a 2012 report by two Dutch NGOs (SOMO and ICN) revealed how workers in the South Indian garment and textile industry continue to suffer exploitative working conditions while making garments for Western brands. While some recent improvements have been made, thousands of girls work under recruitment and employment schemes that amount to bonded labour. This company was shown to be sourcing from one or more of the four garment manufacturers investigated. While they did respond to a review request, it is unclear whether they are taking sufficient actions to address the problems. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Worker exploitation in Bangladesh
War on Want's 2008 report 'Fashion Victims II - How UK clothing retailers are keeping workers in poverty' focuses on garment factories in Bangladesh producing clothes for Primark, Tesco and Asda. The report found that garment workers are still struggling to survive on extremely low pay, suffering poor working conditions, arduous hours and no trade union representation in the factories. [listed under information due to age of report]
Source: War on Want (2008)
Zero discharge of hazardous chemicals
In 2011, a group of major apparel and footwear brands and retailers, including this company, made a shared commitment to help lead the industry towards zero discharge of hazardous chemicals by 2020. It includes specific commitments and timelines to realize this shared goal.
Source: ZDHC (2019)
Detox commitment
Greenpeace launched its "Detox My Fashion" campaign in 2011 to expose the direct links between global clothing brands, their suppliers and toxic water pollution around the world. As a result, many companies, including this one, committed to Greenpeace's Detox Program. The 2016 Detox Catwalk report focused on implementation, assessing the steps taken by fashion brands to fulfil their commitments using three criteria: Detox 2020 plan, PFC elimination and Transparency. This company is "committed to Detox and has made progress implementing its plans, but its actions need to evolve faster to achieve the 2020 Detox goal".
Source: Greenpeace (2016)
Uzbek Cotton Pledge signatory
This company signed the Uzbek Cotton Pledge with the Responsible Sourcing Network, signifying a public commitment to not knowingly source Uzbek cotton for the manufacturing of any of their products until the Government of Uzbekistan ends the practice of forced labor in its cotton sector. However the Pledge was lifted in March 2022 after the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights, who monitored the annual cotton harvest since 2010, found no state-imposed forced labor in the 2021 harvest.
Source: Cotton Campaign (2022)
This company has publicly banned sandblasting. Sandblasting is a dangerous and deadly process which involves workers firing sand at jeans under high pressure. It has been known to kill workers within months as the inhalation of large amounts of silica dust generated during sandblasting causes silicosis, a potentially lethal pulmonary disease.
The Apparel and Footwear Supply Chain Transparency Pledge (Transparency Pledge) helps demonstrate apparel and footwear companies' commitment towards greater transparency in their manufacturing supply chain. Transparency of a company's manufacturing supply chain better enables a company to collaborate with civil society in identifying, assessing, and avoiding actual or potential adverse human rights impacts. This is a critical step that strengthens a company's human rights due diligence. This company has published some supplier factory information, but falls short of the Pledge standard.
Better Work Partner
This company is a partner of Better Work, an initiative of the UN's International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation which brings diverse groups together - governments, global brands, factory owners, and unions and workers - to improve working conditions in the garment industry and make the sector more competitive.
Source: Better Work (2020)
Make Fashion Circular participant
This company is a participant of Make Fashion Circular, a multi-stakeholder platform run by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which drives collaboration between industry leaders and other key stakeholders to create a textiles economy fit for the 21st century. Its ambition is to ensure clothes are made from safe and renewable materials, new business models increase their use, and old clothes are turned into new. This new textiles economy would benefit business, society, and the environment.
Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2019)
Textile Exchange member
This company is a member of the Textile Exchange, a global non-profit that works closely with its members to drive textile industry transformation in preferred fibres, integrity and standards and responsible supply networks. They identify and share best practices regarding farming, materials, processing, traceability and product end-of-life in order to reduce the textile industry's impact on the world's water, soil and air, and the human population.
CDP Forests Score of B-
In 2021, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts towards removing commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation from its direct operations and supply chains. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Forests Score of B-.
A 2015 investigation by the BBC has found workers on Indian tea plantations who pick tea for this company are paid less than £2 per day and live in inhuman conditions. Living and working conditions are so bad, and wages so low, that tea workers and their families are left malnourished and vulnerable to fatal illnesses. There was also a disregard for health and safety, with workers spraying chemicals without protection, and on some estates, child labour being used.
Source: BBC (2015)
34% in Forest 500 Rankings
Forest 500 identifies the 350 companies and 150 financial institutions with the greatest exposure to tropical deforestation risk, and annually assesses them on the strength and implementation of their deforestation and human rights commitments. This company received a score of 34%.
Source: Forest 500 (2021)
Unsustainable palm oil use
This company scores Ethical Consumer's worst rating for their use of palm oil, signifying they are using no or minimal certified palm products, and with no or minimal positive commitments.
Source: Ethical Consumer (2022)
Palm oil scorecard - WWF
The WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard 2021 assesses 227 companies on the actions companies have taken to ensure their own palm oil supply chain is sustainable and free of deforestation, natural ecosystem conversion, and human rights abuse. This company is rated 'lagging behind' with a score of 10.47 out of a possible total of 24.
Source: WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard (2021)
15.4% in Human Rights Benchmark
The 2022 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assessed 127 companies in the food and agriculture, ICT and automotive manufacturing sectors on their human rights performance. This company received a score of 15.4%. The overall average score was a disappointing 17.3% and the highest score was 50.3%.
This company scores Ethical Consumer's worst rating for the likely use of tax avoidance strategies, and has at least two high risk subsidiaries in tax havens.
This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 33/100 in the Food Products category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 21 Oct 2022). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Criticisms for Primark subsidiary
Primark is an Irish clothing retailer operating 271 stores throughout western Europe, and a subsidiary of Associated British Foods. Primark has been criticised for worker exploitation.
Source: Shop Ethical online profile (2014)
Tax avoidance in Zambia
In Feb 2013 ActionAid (UK) released a report revealing that this company is dodging its tax bill in Zambia, one of the world's poorest countries. ActionAid claims ABF has avoided an estimated US$27 million in taxes in Zambia since 2007, where the company operates a sugar company. ABF denies the allegations (http://bit.ly/1j7m8l6).
Source: ActionAid (2013)
34.2% in Newsweek Green Rankings 2016
This company received a score of 34.2/100 in the Newsweek Green Rankings 2016, which ranks the world's largest publicly traded companies on eight indicators covering energy, greenhouse gases, water, waste, fines and penalties, linking executive pay to sustainability targets, board-level committee oversight of environmental issues and third-party audits. Ranking methodology by Corporate Knights and HIP Investor.
This company has a number of sustainability claims on its website in the areas of renewable energy, worker safety, packaging reductions and ethical business practices
The 2020 Sustainable Cotton Ranking, published by WWF, Solidaridad and the Pesticide Action Network UK analysed the 77 largest cotton users among international apparel brands and retailers, reviewing their policies, actual uptake of more sustainable cotton and transparency in their supply chains. According to the report, this company is "starting the journey" with a score of 16.8%. The average score was 18.2% and the highest score was 79.2%.
Tier 4 in farm animal welfare rankings
The 2021 Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report ranks global food companies on how they are managing and reporting their farm animal welfare policies and practices. This company appeared in tier 4, "Making progress on implementation", with tier 1 being the best, and tier 6 the worst.
Source: BBFAW (2021)
Investment in nanotechnology
Friends of the Earth's 2014 report "Tiny Ingredients, Big Risks" names this company as one of over 200 transnational food companies engaged in nanotechnology research and development, and on their way to commercializing products. New studies are adding to a growing body of scientific evidence indicating nanomaterials may be toxic to humans and the environment.
Source: FOE (2014)
29.4% in Food and Agriculture Benchmark
The 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmark assessed 350 keystone companies across the entirety of the food system, from farm to fork. It covers three dimensions where transformation is needed: nutrition, environment and social inclusion. This company ranked #88/350, with a total score of 29.4/100.
Selling foie gras
Wittington Investments subsidiary Fortnum & Mason has been targeted by PETA for continuing to sell foie gras. Foie gras is made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been force fed grain through a tube for the last 12-18 days of its life under factory farm conditions. More than a dozen countries have prohibited foie gras production due to animal welfare concerns.
UK-based protest group, UK Uncut, targeted Wittington Investments during protests in March 2011 for their tax avoidance policies.
Source: UK Uncut (2011)
BOTTOM Rating - 54/100 for Good Shopping Guide rating
Brands in 'bread' category received BOTTOM Rating; with a score of 54 out of a possible score of 100 in the Ethical Company Organisation's 'Good Shopping Guide' (UK), which evaluates brands with regard to their environmental, animal welfare and human rights records.
Source: Ethical Company Organisation (UK) (2020)
Garfield Weston Foundation
Govenance
In 2010, the UK Charity Commission found that some of the family members who run the Garfield Weston Foundation allowed an investment company it controlled (Wittington Investments) to make illegal political donations between 1993 and 2007. The Charity Commission also found that the charity's nine trustees breached their duties in January 2006 by voting for a resolution allowing Wittington to make donations without giving proper consideration.
The Garfield Weston Foundation gives grants to UK registered charities, with the exception of animal welfare charities. Organisations with an 'exempt' or 'excepted' status such as churches, hospitals, educational establishments and housing corporations may also apply for grants.
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