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Indigenous Designs Corp. prides itself as a truly green supplier. Its women's clothing is made from all-natural, sustainable materials, such as organic cotton, silk and alpaca. It adheres to strict fair-trade manufacturing practices overseas, runs its U.S. corporate office on solar power and encourages employees to bike to work. But all that feel-good stuff isn't what the Santa Rosa, Calif., company pushed when it met with executives from the Dillard's Inc. department-store chain at a trade show earlier this year. Instead, the apparel maker talked up fashion, design, and price -- mentioning the organic and fair-trade chit only as an extra bonus. .
Moniker.com to Hold Premium Domain Name Auction at PubCon Las Vegas ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Moniker, the first and only provider of Domain Asset Management(TM) services, today announced that it will be hosting the first live and online auctions of premium domain names during PubCon Las Vegas 2007, the Search Engine & Internet Marketing Conference, on Wednesday, December 5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. PubCon Las Vegas 2007 runs December 4 through December 7, 2007 and is the premiere educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website owners. Moniker has pioneered the domain name auction, hosting 15 live and online auctions since 2004, generating more than $50 million in sales combined at past events. Premium domain names that will be available for purchase during the private auction include: - 401KPlans.com - Banners.com - BlogPosts.com - BusinessDirectory.info - Closings.com - CommentBox.com - Communication.com - ConsultingFirms.com - ConsumerElectronics.com - ContentManagementServices.com - Copiers.com - Debit.com - ePayments.com - FootballTickets.net - GoodRestaurants.com - GovernmentServices.com - Grandprize.com - HighDefinition.com - Invest.net - LinkTrade.com - LosAngeles.net - MotorcycleSports.com - MovingTruckRentals.com - NewCars.info - SportsScores.com - StockQuotes.com - Taxes.com - UPCCodes.com - WebHostingCompanies.com - WebSearchServices.com "Moniker.com is excited to bring its premiere live and online domain name auctions to PubCon Las Vegas 2007," said Monte Cahn, co founder and CEO of Moniker.com.
Dust to dust? More ask for eco-friendly funerals
PORTLAND, Ore. - Cynthia Beal wants to be an Oregon cherry tree after she dies. She has everything to make it happen — a body, a burial site and a biodegradable coffin. “It is composting at its best," said Beal, owner of The Natural Burial Company, which will sell a variety of eco-friendly burial products when it opens in January, including the Ecopod, a kayak-shaped coffin made out of recycled newspapers. Biodegradable coffins are part of a larger trend toward “natural" burials, which require no formaldehyde embalming, cement vaults, chemical lawn treatments or laminated caskets. Advocates say such burials are less damaging to the environment. .
Real Madrid's 29 seconds of madness could prove costly
When a goal is scored in Spain, as in many a Latin country, the commentators come into their own. "Gooooool!" they shout into the microphone, stretching out the word like a tenor holding onto a top note for as long as breath will allow. Late on Sunday in the Bernabéu stadium in Madrid, the poor guys had to do it twice in half a minute. No sooner had they exhausted the larynx on a Real Madrid "Gooooool!" that was disallowed than the ball was in the net at the other end, and Getafe had scored the most audacious winner of this or many a year. February is much too early in a 10-month season to speak of a league being won or lost in half a minute of madness but this will take some beating. There were 29 seconds between the referee, Arturo Daudén, annulling Madrid's goal for offside and Getafe racing the length of the ground to score.
Business Briefs: Chamber organizes annual trade show
The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the annual Business Expo on March 27 at The Classic Center. Organizers for the 2008 Business Expo have adopted the theme "Let's Make a Deal" and will provide activities throughout the day. The day will start with a networking event, Business Before Hours, and end with award presentations at 4 p.m. The awards will include the annual Small Business Person of the Year. Trade show organizers are expecting more than 100 exhibitors, said Rich Cary, the chamber's vice president of member services. Exhibition booth costs are $475 for members and $575 for non-members. For more information, visit the chamber's Web site at www.athensga.com or call (706) 549-6800. Toccoa company plans $1M expansion Combat Training Solutions, a Stephens County company that manufactures simulated explosives for the military, announced that it plans to add more than 30 jobs and invest $1 million to expand a facility in Eastanollee.
Teleconferencing Gets Ready for Prime Time
Reaching a TelePresence studio, they press a phone pad button to make the call and start the meeting. Cisco uses outside contractors, dubbed "advance technology partners," to manage build-outs. Those costs are part of the purchase price, via Cisco's service/support agreement. The telephony-based system has no monthly fees and its operating costs are comparable to that of a T-1 line, Cisco advises. CISCO'S LEGAL TEAM Mark Chandler, Cisco's senior vice president, secretary and general counsel, is -- as the saying goes -- eating his company's dog food. Chandler has enthusiastically embraced Cisco's TelePresence systems, and says their use has dramatically reduced his law department's national and international travel and meetings costs -- and carbon footprint.
EAST COAST BIAS
The NFL counted it the third-coldest game in league history. The Giants didn't care because this wasn't at Giants Stadium, where they were 3-5, they might want to sign the deed and title over to their Jets roommates. But then, that's what had made the Giants' meteoric recovery all the more stunning. This is a team that started 0-2 with a coach fans wanted fired and a quarterback they wanted benched. Instead of imploding, the Giants set out to prove the world terribly mistaken. "We like to make things exciting," Giants quarterback Eli Manning said. "We don't like to win the easy way with the short field goal. We have to hit the long one on the road." Blame that on Tynes, who could have prevented further exposure to hypothermic conditions by making a 43-yard field goal with 6:49 left in the fourth quarter.
McCain: Santorum, Cochran 'Not Most Respected Senators'
Off the top of my head, McCain supports the war on Islamic terrorism, Bush's judicial nominees and pro-life legislation (Hillary voted for the war before she voted against it). Hate to burst your bubble, but Bush IS a moderate-conservative, at least in my reckoning. That said, I have the utmost respect for him, epsecially considering that he managed to get elected. .
As Windows Server 2008 RTMs, Customers and Partners Adopting with Help ...
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 4, 2008 –Approaching the company's largest enterprise launch in its history, Microsoft reached another important milestone today with the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Server 2008. The response from IT professionals and developers has been strong as the company moves toward the worldwide launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 on February 27. One indication of the momentum that is building around the latest server operating system is the number of beta and evaluation versions that customers and partners have obtained: more than two million. IT professionals face increasing pressure from rapidly changing technology, increasing costs and security concerns, and expanding business needs. Windows Server 2008 helps alleviate these pressures by automating daily management tasks, tightening security, improving efficiency and increasing availability.
Music Preview: Jon Anderson says Yes to the School of Rock
They are Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars, as seen in the documentary "Rock School." With guidance from the Philadelphia-based Green, an avid classic-rock fan, the kids became fans of Yes' style of progressive rock and invited Anderson to perform on the soundtrack for the film. The next step was a tour, for which he happily obliged. The band is playing a set that includes about 10 Yes songs, including the challenging, nearly 20-minute-long suite "Close to the Edge" from 1972. .
March 2008
Some new news to share about autism today. At a press conference this morning, a Georgia family will describe how the government has conceded that a vaccine "contributed" to their daughter's autism symptoms. The family will receive compensation from a federal vaccine court.That doesn't mean the federal government agrees that vaccines cause autism (click here for more on autism). Nor does this 9-year-old girl's case mean the 4,900 other families in the vaccine court have won their claim that vaccines resulted in their children's autism. That case continues.Advocates who see a vaccine-autism link point to Hannah Poling's case as a big victory for their cause - evidence of the potentially disastrous side effects of vaccines.Within 48 hours after receiving her vaccinations, Hannah, then 19 months old and by all accounts a normal little girl, developed a high fever, inconsolable crying and some signs of regression, including difficulty walking and speaking.Over the next several months, she had countless visits with doctors finally culminating in the diagnosis of encephalopathy with features of autism spectrum disorder.
AFL Explained - Past & Present
This encourages Sydney & Brisbane to invest in local players who were not selected at either the NAB AFL Draft or the NAB Pre-Season Draft. A club can retain a maximum of three players on its rookie list for a second season provided it nominates those players at the time of the compulsory list lodgement. top The AFL Ladder As the competition has changed over the years, starting with 8 clubs, jumping to 10 to 12 then eventually to the current 16, the ladder has had to change also. We have had a final four, final five, five six, then & currently a final eight, but even though the number of clubs, the finals have changed numerous time over 109 years, the working of the Ladder have not. One of the most frequently asked questions by just the normal footy fan or someone new to the game is how does the AFL Ladder work, most of all how do we calculate a teams percentage, hopefully the following answers the question top Calculation of Ladder Each team receives four match points for a win and two match points for a tie POINTS FOR = total points scored by the team as an aggregate of it's scores for the season POINTS AGAINST = total points scored against the team as an aggregate of it's opponents' scores for the season Determining of Ladder Positions 1.
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