|  |  |  | | | | | Huffington Post | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Conservation International (CI) has actively and transparently engaged with corporations for more than 20 years for the purpose of improving environmental practices and preserving the benefits we all receive from nature, like fresh air and clean water. Because the environmental issues facing humanity are massive and complex, we believe that the most effective way to find solutions is to work with other organizations, including corporations, governments and other NGOs. It is simply not sufficient to throw stones from the sidelines; we must work together to address the needs of a rapidly growing global population that is dependent on a fragile and already overstressed environment.
CI's corporate engagement practices have been attacked recently in a so-called "sting." The original article explicitly states that, "There is no suggestion of illegality or wrongdoing on behalf of CI." However, the headlines that accompany the original and follow-on articles are sensationalist and misleading. Moreover, the accusations leveled in the articles are baseless and dishonest. At CI, we take our mission to protect the environment very seriously.
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  "Weight can be inherited, but it can also be contagious."
-- Brian Wansink, author or "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think"
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  David Pogue, the New York Times' star technology writer, and his wife Jenifer were arrested on Monday at their home in Westport, Conn., the Westport News reported Thursday. According to the paper, both were charged with disorderly conduct "following a domestic dispute...that police said turned physical."
Pogue is one of the Times' more high-profile writers. He writes a popular Thursday column reviewing the latest gadgets and technology news, and blogs and shoots web videos for the paper. In addition, he is a correspondent for CBS News.
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | He'd been running for ONE DAY, and already with the whining.
Yes, the electrons displaying Newt "I'm The GOP Visionary, If You Can Believe It" Gingrich's Tweet announcing his comic-relief candidacy for prez were still warm, and already the self-parodying Supremo of Do As I Say, Not As I Do was complaining:
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  A little over a year ago, I started as Rooftop Farm Director at Uncommon Ground on Devon, a restaurant in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, blogging about the experience for the Huffington Post.
Last year I wrote about the swarms difficulties and harvests successes of growing on a rooftop but in the end we felt pretty good about the season.
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For NFL fans, the ruling from the Eighth Circuit to keep the lockout in place may actually bode well for football being back in business sometime this summer. Beyond the immediate emotion and disappointment that fans have about the NFL still being closed for business, the ruling on Monday night - followed by a similar result on appeal - may be the most direct path to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and a full season in 2011.
The ruling and the appeal
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  A video claiming to be an interview with a young Dr. Dre on 1970's game show "Child's Play" has been getting a lot of attention this week, but as Best Week Ever's Eliot Glazer pointed out, it's probably not him.
That doesn't make the interview any less funny, though. Honestly, does it really matter if we're looking at Eminem's mentor's adorable baby face or Ronald Blair Wilkinson III's adorable baby face? It's an adorable baby face!
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I am the product of a famous family and the product of a famous divorce. I have seen it done well and fairly and lovingly and I have seen it become a war zone with PTSD results.
If my parents lived in the age of Twitter and TMZ and 24/7/365 media coverage I'm sure there would have been a maniacal media stake out and photos and videos of my father and his 17-year-old girlfriend and images of me and my sister and our mother as we tried to conduct ourselves through our days as we grappled with our new reality and the loss associated with it.
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Public Policy Polling (D)
5/12-16/11; 1,098 likely voters, 3% margin of error
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5/12-16/11; 807 adults, 3.5% margin of error
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  You've all seen the signs on the subway: the world is ending this Sunday. But that just means you've got to live it up even more for your last weekend on earth. We thought we'd help:
Madison Square Park Food Market1
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5/11-17/11; 807 registered voters, 3.4% margin of error
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  WATERLOO, Iowa — Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says he's not surprised that the first week of his formal campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been bumpy.
Gingrich told reporters Thursday that he's calling for real change, and that causes controversy.
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When California preacher, Harold Camping, predicted the world would end this Saturday evening, several of my Rapture-ready friends insisted I finish reading the Left Behind series and make my preparations.
Camping's ubiquitous billboard messages: "Blow the trumpet, warn the people!" were all over Seattle. People were so giddy with anticipation, it recalled the many loopy, no-exit conversations I've had with my righteous neighbor.
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Tina Fey recently hosted Saturday Night Live and resurrected her brilliant impersonation of Sarah Palin in a 2012 Republican presidential debate skit in which The Wasilla Wonder incredulously declares "I just hope the lamestream media won't twist my words by repeatin' em verbatim."
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Chris Licht, the executive producer of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," is moving to CBS News, the network announced Thursday. Licht will become the vice president of programming at CBS.
The move was widely anticipated, and is the latest in a series of reshuffles at the network. In recent weeks, Katie Couric has been replaced as the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" by Scott Pelley, and that program, as well as the ever-struggling "Early Show," has gotten a new executive producer. In addition, CBS has a relatively new president and chairman.
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Via Curbed LA: The Los Feliz estate known as the Van Griffith Residence has just hit the market for $4.875 million. The home was built by Griffith Park benefactor Griffith J. Griffith in 1925 and features six bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms. The .79 acre compound features a main house and a guest house, both of which are tucked away behind a long, double-gated driveway for added privacy. The main home features a rooftop deck, speak-easy, wine room, and state-of-the-art security system. Outside, the guesthouse sits next to the swimming pool and spa, and the property includes a generous amount of manicured lawns, a loggia with an outdoor fireplace, barbecue, and views of downtown LA, as well as the Griffith Observatory and Park. The Montecito-style estate also has room for ten cars.
Photos by Patricia Ruben and William MacCollum, courtesy of the official listing with Patricia Ruben, Sotheby's Int'l Rlty-Los Feliz.
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  It is no secret that the popularity of tattoos has been steadily increasing over the last few decades. According to a 2006 American Society of Dermatological Surgery survey, 24 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 50 have a tattoo. What once people felt the need to cover up, has now become, for the most part, an integral part of society. Case and point? The 14th Annual New York City Tattoo Convention. Thousands flocked to the event that took place inside NYC's Roseland Ballroom. Around 75 vendors were said to be on-site for the convention and while some visitors were just looking around, many opted for more ink.
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Starring perhaps the biggest movie star in the world returning in perhaps his most iconic role, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," is without question Johnny Depp's movie. Add in legends Ian McShane and Geoffrey Rush as veteran pirates, and Penelope Cruz as a swashbuckler as well, and it's the topline of the marquee is already very, very full.
But when audiences leave theaters this weekend, they just may find themselves asking, who is that new guy?
More... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Mick Foley is missing part of an ear and a few front teeth. Known to some as "Cactus Jack" or "Mankind," the pro-wrestler's weapons of choice in the ring have included barbed wire bats, the mandible claw and a sock puppet aptly named "Mr. Socko," which often found its way down his opponents' throats. This bearded face, framed by haphazard curls, is not one that you would expect to proudly represent the movement to end rape and sexual violence.
But when Foley, 46, talks about sexual assault, which occurs approximately every two minutes in the US, he leans forward and his eyes ignite. As he makes his points, eloquently -- he has written New York Times best sellers without ghostwriters, after all -- the plaid-wearing wrestler makes sure that everyone in the room is listening.
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Wayne Rooney doesn't respond well to 
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