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India vows $500m for Myanmar infrastructure
New Delhi praises Myanmar's recent steps towards democracy during President Thein Sein's official visit.
Myanmar's President Thein Sein is on a four-day state visit to India [EPA]
India has promised Myanmar a $500m credit line to improve infrastructure after praising the country's steps towards democracy as it tentatively opens up after half a century of harsh military rule.
The money and warm words on Friday came as Myanmar President Thein Sein met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi during a four-day state trip.
Myanmar has been on a campaign to shed its international pariah status.
The country recently launched economic reforms and eased limits on freedom of speech by relaxing censorship and unblocking banned websites.
It also freed several hundred political prisoners earlier this week, the latest sign of reforms in the poor and tightly controlled Southeast Asian country of 50 million people.
Thein Sein has surprised critics by signalling a series of political reforms since taking power in a controversial election last November, and has also held direct talks with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Expanding co-operation
On Friday, the leaders of both countries agreed to expand co-operation in oil and gas exploration, open up border trade and speed up the construction of natural gas pipelines.
They emphasised in a joint statement the need for energy security, and Myanmar agreed to encourage more Indian investments in its energy sector.
Private and state-owned Indian energy companies have already made substantial investments in Myanmar.
Myanmar has large undeveloped gas reserves and straddles busy Bay of Bengal shipping lanes, making it strategically important for energy-hungry emerging power neighbours India and China.
"The prime minister of India congratulated the president of Myanmar on the transition towards democratic government and offered all necessary assistance in further strengthening this democratic transition," they said in a joint statement.
International pressure
India has long weathered criticism from international partners for its accommodating stance to Myanmar.
New Delhi feels the signs of reform vindicate its policy of engagement.
India put aside concerns about human rights in the early 1990s for fear of losing access to oil and gas as China stepped in with military assistance and loans to help the country withstand sanctions.
The United States, Europe and Australia are unlikely to soften sanctions on Myanmar unless nearly 2,000 more political prisoners are released.
Other Asian countries, however, are keen to access resources in the mainly Buddhist nation.
The $500m credit line follows a similar $300m scheme last year. India buys most of Myanmar's agricultural exports and wants its neighbour to raise output further by planting on idle land.
Trade between India and Myanmar totalled $1.28bn last year. The two countries have set a modest target of $3bn by 2015.


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Samsung Galaxy S Advance now on pre-order in UK
Phones, UK
February 2, 2012 by Gaurav Shukla
UK retailers Clove and Mobilefun have started taking pre-orders for Samsung's recently announced Galaxy S Advance. It is expected to ship in late-February. No retailer has given an exact availability date.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance is an upgrade over the original Galaxy S and comes with dual core 1GHz processor, 4inch Super AMOLED display with 800X480p resolution, 768MB RAM, Android 2.3, 5MP rear camera and VGA front camera.
It has been priced at £295 (INR 23K) (£354 inc.VAT) in the country. There are rumors that Samsung also plans to release an upgrade of Galaxy S II at Mobile World Congress and it will be dubbed as Galaxy S II Plus.
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James finished in third place last year and so was determined to win this time around! He has continued to improve as a long distance runner and this result shows his calibre and potential in the sport. He is an inspiration to other runners at d'Overbroeck's. Well done, James!
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18. Crocodilus porosus Schn. – Saltwater crocodile – "S. China (Lessen, Grey)". – as the numerous references in the Chinese literature demonstrate, a crocodile species – it could only be porosus – was at home in South China in eariler times and was the source of detriment [to humans]. Equally certain is that they were exterminated a long time ago. Nowadays saltwater crocodiles are seldom cast on to the southern Chinese shores. In 18 years, I was made aware of two such carcasses on Hong Kong islands. The skull of one of these was found on the island of Lantau by the Pearl River Delta and was given to me (Dr. Müller-Hong Kong) and now resides in the Zoological Museum of Berlin.
Many thanks for this wonderful info. I might see if I can trace the skull at the museum and get some more info.
Update: I have written to the herpetology curator at the museum in Berlin – lets see if I can trace this skull and get some more details (size, photo, exact location etc).
Thank for your human translation of the text 🙂 It will be great if you can get more info.
"Unfortunately, the C. porosus skull mentioned by Mell (1922, p. 110) could not be found. We have no specimen in our collections – neither preserved in liquid nor dry stored – which we can connect with the locality mentioned by Mell or which can be connected to Mell or Dr. Müller as collectors. During the 2. World War the collection was stored offsite and unfortunately the labels, which are the most important dats for the collection, were lost for a part of the turtle and crocodile collection.
So it looks like the skull is probably there but we will never know for sure.


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DrLight66 wrote: Gonna somewhat disagree about Yooka-Laylee as the games are much more enjoyable post-patches than at launch, however the console versions only run at 30fps and this is a game clearly meant to be played at 60fps and 60fps is a million times better anyway.
If you ask me, 60fps only seems about 2x better than 30fps.
BuraddoRun wrote: Wish I would've known what code to use before I ordered. I quit after R3D and CENSORED failed to work.
CENSORED didn't work? I used it and even double-checked and it got through.
Can it be that they put some sort of minimum order value even for those $3 codes? I got both the Switch pack with soundtrack and both the PS4 games.
Maybe. i really don't know what happened. I just know I got annoyed and worried that I might miss out, and so gave up after 2 tries. My order was just for those 2 games and nothing else.
...once I misread Oniken as Oinken, and I still think that'd be a great title for a game about a pig.
FoP wrote: ...once I misread Oniken as Oinken, and I still think that'd be a great title for a game about a pig.
Perhaps a spin-off from Tomba starring the enemy pigs? I'd buy it.
Actually, there's only one frame being disaplayed at any time, there's not any motion blur reduction if the game never had motion blur in the first place. There's games with low fps and no motion blur. The same number of pixels on screen are always the same at all times(unless of course the game runs at a variable resolution.) The player's reaction time wouldn't be better, just the number of allowed inputs per second.
Yeah that looks sweet. Probably will go for the vita one.
So I see in the email a price for both standard and collectors, and then it says there will be no standard and I can't find a link for regular edition. Anyone else see it?
315retro wrote: Yeah that looks sweet. Probably will go for the vita one.
Maybe you were the one who asked this on twitter too but they said the regular edition listing was an error, it's limited edition only.
This pricing model was left as an error. There will only be Limited Edition copies.
so it a error on they part ONLY limited edition will go on sale!
Haha yes thanks for the info guys. I think I might go for this since tj&e is such a long preorder window I can hold up on that this week.
I haven't checked now, but earlier - for some strange reason - the banner on the site only directed to the VITA version.
What is the launch (UK) time?
Retrorunner wrote: What is the launch (UK) time?
I'm pretty sure that it's 15:00 for UK, and 16:00 for Germany and Sweden.
The times on the banner on their site contradicts itself, but I think the most likely thing to have been messed up there is just the naming of the time zone.
Don't forget that GhoulBoy launches today at 11PM HKT/10AM EST/3PM UTC, which is 1 hour away as of this post.
There are no standard editions for either version this time, so they will remain some of the rarest titles for these platforms ever released.
For those who don't know, all Play Exclusives like these have free shipping, even when bought together with other Play Exclusives.
And as usual, make sure to use a coupon like NDEAL, HAMSTER, or CENSORED for $3 off.
Fries wrote: GhoulBoy is now live!
NDEAL still works as a coupon code for $3 off. First time I've been able to use one.
I got a PS4 copy! Finally decided to use that $13 I had in my P-A wallet... it's been sitting there for quite some time, and was kinda saving it for "worse times", but then thought that if it gets really bad then I wouldn't but limited games anyways so today I thought was a good time considering the LRG double release days and the SRG three-pack this week. Cost me like $25 total with VAT after the coupon and wallet was subtracted.
I emailed them, hopefully it gets straightened out... I couldn't find where to use the code so I didn't.
What is this exactly? I can't find anything on SRG's site or Twitter.
Yeah going off your last part I couldn't find a place to input a code.
I almost missed it too. The word Coupon appears in small letters, either on the final screen or the screen right before that.
Sorry, I'm talking about SRG2 (Super Rare Games).
The original SRG releases so few games I tend to forget about them.


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News	The Grand Tour Game's price slashed to just £11.99 days before launch
Kevin Dooley
Game: The Grand Tour Game
Platform: PS4, XBox One
Publisher: Amazon
The Grand Tour Game is currently available to purchase on Amazon, PlayStation Store, and the Microsoft Store for just £11.99 – that's less than half of its original price of £24.99.
Any drastic and last-minute discounts always raise cause for concern regarding a game's pre-order numbers or general confidence in the product. Indeed, very little of the game has actually been revealed adding further fuel to the fire of doubt.
Fortunately, We won't have to wait long to find out if the game is "ambitious but rubbish" as it launches on January 15 across the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles.
What Makes the Better Racer: the Car or the Driver?
Developed by Amazon Game Studios and Stellar Entertainment (Burnout Paradise: Remastered) The Grand Tour Game is based on the Amazon Prime series The Grand Tour.
The title will deliver episodic gameplay to coincide with the next series of The Grand Tour which starts on January 18, 2019. Stand out features for the game include four-player split-screen multiplayer and seamless show-to-gameplay transitions (which have been catching a few players out).
Will you take a punt on The Grand Tour Game at this price point? Do you have any concerns with the last-minute price drop?


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Lessons Learned After 9/11 Can Guide Us Through the COVID-19 Crisis
June Noronha
There were just three of us on the plane from Minnesota to Washington, DC, one week after September 11, 2001. The Pentagon and the World Trade Center had been attacked, and the "20th hijacker" arrested in connection with the attacks had been taking flight training courses in Minnesota, where I was based. Although only one of the terrorists entered the United States on a student visa, international students nationwide became a key security concern as the government moved quickly to secure our borders. It was a frightening and challenging time for international educators.
In 2001, I was president of NAFSA and knew the association had a key role to play. Now, COVID-19 again threatens global mobility, with worldwide economic failure, closing of borders, and growing xenophobia.
Let me share what NAFSA did in 2001 to engender hope. First, we aimed to allay the concerns of our members, who were now viewed with growing suspicion and saw their employment in jeopardy. Members received regular messages of empathy and concrete suggestions for actions they could take at the local and state levels. Second, we launched an aggressive public communication and policy campaign on behalf of the field of international education. Staff did stellar work on Capitol Hill to be included in immigration and security planning, and our input contributed to key immigration legislation. We succeeded in educating the world that international students were key to our security. This is a very different narrative than the media originally promoted, and shaping this message helped NAFSA protect the international student program.
Members were energized as NAFSA raised the profile of international exchange and touted its benefits in a precarious political climate.
More than ever, the world now needs our vision of international education as a crucial buffer to xenophobia and narrowing perspectives. We live and work in a global community, and solutions (just like infections) are not bounded by borders. COVID-19 will bring paradigmatic change to both education and mobility, and I believe international educators specifically have the skills to create new solutions.
In 2001, we kept front and center our belief that international education is at the core of an interconnected world characterized by peace, security, and well-being for all. NAFSAns can do the same today and continue to lead.
June Noronha served as NAFSA president and chair of the board of directors from 2001-2003.


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Law students, graduates, and legal trainees from seven countries will participate in the INADR-SWPS University International Mediation Tournament. The event will take place in the second half of September at the Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznań. The competition and the accompanying scientific conference will be an opportunity for networking within the international mediation community.
InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution
A group of lawyers, judges, professors and experienced mediation professionals established the International Academy of Dispute Resolution (INADR) in 2002. The Academy aims to raise general awareness of mediation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
INADR pursues its mission through educational activities, including organizing mediation tournaments for law students. The largest and oldest competition of its kind is the annual International Law School Mediation Tournament.
INADR-SWPS University International Mediation Tournament
The International Academy of Dispute Resolution joined forces with our Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznań to hold the INADR-SWPS University International Mediation Tournament from September 21 to 25. Twelve three-person teams from Poland, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ukraine, Georgia, and India will compete in the contest. Each team member will serve as a mediator, as well as an advocate and a client.
During the first day of their stay in Poznań, the team members will participate in an intensive workshop on mediation and advocacy skills. The preliminary rounds will begin on September 22 and determine which teams advance to the finals.
Over the years, SWPS University's School of Law students have participated in international and national negotiation and mediation tournaments. As a lecturer and mediator, I know that learning through experience, through competing with the world's leading law schools, is one of the best education methods. Mediation scenarios used in the tournament are based on real-life cases. The participants have an opportunity not only to learn in action but also to enjoy an exciting adventure and establish international connections.
Tomasz P. Antoszek, Ph.D./Assistant Professor
Head of the Department of Private Law at the SWPS University's Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznań
The tournament is held in English. Participants must be current higher education students, recent graduates (who received their degree no more than 12 months before the contest), or first-year legal trainees.
Two teams will represent SWPS University:
Kinga Jałkiewicz, Aleksandra Wągrowska, Izabela Kuśmirek
Anna Lewandowska, Marek Grabowski, Krzysztof Zarzycki
Dr. Tomasz P. Antoszek, a member of the International Law School Tournament Committee, is the supervisor of the event on behalf of SWPS University. In addition, members of the Legal Research Club Consilium affiliated with the Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznań at SWPS University are involved in organizing the event.
International mediation conference
During the tournament, on September 23, SWPS University will host the "Clients–representatives–mediators. International mediation from different professional perspectives" conference.
SWPS University students awarded in mediation tournaments
Three years ago, the SWPS University team won second place in the best Advocate-Client pair category in the INADR Mediate'19 international negotiation tournament held in Białystok.
Learn more about the tournament.
In 2020, our team won the prestigious ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Hong Kong.
Read our interview with the winners.
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Sustainability Report Q4 2021
THE SUSTAINBILITY REPORT:
THE SUSTAINABILITY REPORT: 2021 YEAR
Okay, so we know 2021 felt more like 2020 than most of us expected. But if there is one bright spot, it's that climate change is finally being taken seriously by more big companies. Sustainability has been our priority since we were founded in 2009, so this report isn't just about last year, really. It's about what we did in 2021 to make progress towards our long-term commitments.
Our mission to bring sustainable fashion to everyone continues to be an important guide to shape our strategy–how we prioritize investments and how we make decisions. We use these reports to be transparent about what we're doing and why. We celebrate our wins. And talk about where we fall short. We're approaching 2022 with a greater sense of urgency, more means for accountability (including from people like you asking more of brands), and more investment and collaboration for us all to do this work in 2022. Let's do it.
Sustainability scorecard
We want to be the best we can be so we asked Eco-Age, a third-party sustainability strategy agency, to measure our progress and help us find opportunities to grow as leaders in sustainable fashion. Each year, Eco-Age makes changes to the benchmark to reflect the ever-changing sustainability landscape. In 2021, they added five new topics (including Biodiversity, Circularity, and Animal Welfare) and made this the most rigorous assessment yet.
HOW WE STACKED UP
Eco-Age measured our performance across sixteen different topics, aligned with other industry reporting frameworks and priorities.
We're excited that we earned a Leadership rating for our overall score for the second year in a row, and have at least Best Practices for all topics.
You can read the full report here to dig into the details and recommendations and check out the scorecard methodology here.
The results and recommendations are an important input into the work we plan to do. Get a detailed look at our proposed plans in our updated Sustainability Framework.
Eco-Age helps us review our work as a whole, but keep reading for our 2021 highs and lows and an in-depth look at where we're headed in our four main areas: People, Product, Planet, and Progress.
There are a lot of awesome people behind our clothes, and we are responsible for ensuring safe, healthy, and equitable working conditions for every single one of them.
Joined the Fair Labor Association
We joined the Fair Labor Association (FLA) in 2021 as an Affiliate Participating Company to improve working conditions throughout our supply chain. We're committed to expanding programs to support workers and protect their rights with the support and collaboration of the FLA and its members.
Moving target for living wage
The US living wage increased approximately 20% in 2021 due to updated methodologies and data sources. So we went from 100% to 59%1 compliant with the current living wage standard for our employees. We believe all workers should have the ability to meet their basic needs and maintain self-sufficiency. We processed significant wage increases in 2021 and will continue this work in 2022 and beyond. It won't happen overnight, but we're committed to pursuing fair wages for all Reformation team members.
Education for action
We believe that positive change happens through communication, collaboration, and education. So we're building a new and engaging sustainability platform that educates our employees, customers, and partners and connects them to real solutions and ways we can all take action.
Our commitment to DEI
We're committed to making Ref both a great place to work and a brand that reflects and respects the diversity of our world. At Ref, we are working to improve representation at all levels of the company and increase our team's sense of belonging and engagement each year. We know that as a company and member of the global community our work will never be done here. But it is important that we remember that this is not an objective that we solve overnight–it is a way of thinking, working, and interacting that is deeply rooted in the understanding that DEI is ongoing work.
We believe an important place to start is to adopt equal hiring practices and tools. Starting early this year, we're partnering with Mathison, a platform for diversity hiring and retention. Mathison has a lot to offer our teams in terms of learning, best practice development, and practical recruiting support to make sure we're reaching a more diverse workforce.
Here's our 2021 end of year snapshot of team demographics. Given improvements in how we collect this information and develop reports, we'll use this as our baseline to track future progress.
In 2021, we launched a new culture survey using the Culture Amp platform. We will continue to use the feedback we get from our team to improve our programs, practices, and workplace culture so everyone feels included, valued, and heard and track our progress over time.
Just like other parts of sustainability, DEI efforts need to go beyond the work of just one team and be genuinely integrated into who we are and what we do every day. We still have a lot to learn, but we've continued this work in a few key ways in 2021:
Focused on sourcing diverse talent across the industry
Sponsored scholarships and provided an executive mentor for Creatives Want Change (CWC)
Continued our work with Black In Fashion Council (BIFC) and participated in an accountability survey in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Launched an Executive DEI Committee
Our employee-led Culture Committee and DEI subcommittee focused on making time and space to recognize and celebrate diversity within the company
Offered DEI focused trainings company-wide, and made tailored and mandatory sessions for our marketing teams, managers, Leadership, and our Board
168 Refs participated in a DEI training in 2021
~70% of corporate team members offered a training session participated
These training sessions were really impactful, but only reached ~25% of all Refs. In 2022 we'll be focused on making training and development opportunities that are bi-lingual for our factory and warehouse teams, and that are more accessible for our retail field teams.
Throughout our supply chain, we work with incredible partners who share our values of accountability, transparency, and sustainability. We know we're not perfect, but we'll always do our best to be transparent and keep pushing for positive change. We require all of our direct cut, sew, and finish manufacturing partners to adhere to our Code of Conduct (basically our requirements for ethical operations). This ensures fair and safe labor conditions and fundamental labor rights, like the prohibition of child labor or forced labor, and the meeting or exceeding of local legal minimum wage requirements.
Our suppliers participate in independent, third-party social assessments to ensure fair, safe, and healthy working conditions. These assessments are conducted not only to ensure that they're meeting our Code of Conduct but to identify areas of progress for improvement. All substandard audit findings must be remediated in a timely manner.
We use a color-coded rating system for our supplier audits and continuous improvement efforts. Our goal is to maintain a "Green" rating for 75% or more of Tier 1 facilities. This year, we updated our audit protocol to be in line with the Fair Labor Association standards, so we ended at 51% green ratings. We're confident our partners will adjust to the new reporting requirements and other changes, especially since 100% of our factories now meet the highest standards ("Green" and "Yellow").
Currently, six of our suppliers have attained a social compliance certification like Fair Trade, SA8000, or WRAP.
While certifications are not everything, we're working closely with our suppliers to increase their participation in more social certification programs to ensure equitable working conditions for employees throughout our supply chain.
→ Learn more about our factories
1 For US living wage methodologies, we've referenced: the MIT Living Wage Calculator to estimate the living wage needed to support "1 adult + 0 children".
People SDG
5 Gender Equality, 8 Decent Work & Economic Growth, 10 Reduced Inequalities,
12 Responsible Consumption & Production, 17 Partnerships for the goals
We encourage our teams to take paid volunteer time off at least once a quarter. This year, our Community Action Committee created a volunteer database to make it even easier for Refs to get connected to causes that matter most to them. We organized company-wide events like cleanups and composting workshops and worked with food banks and homeless shelters to build care kits and pack lunches. In the month of December, Ref also matched employee donations to community organizations supporting those in need during the holidays.
How and where we make our product matters. We focus on things like fiber standards and clean chemistry to ensure we lessen the environmental and social impacts of our stuff.
Invested in innovative materials
We want to leave the Earth better than we found it, so we launched two regenerative fiber collections in 2021. Regenerative fibers can help reverse climate change by absorbing more carbon than they release, therefore reducing carbon emissions in the atmosphere. Our FibreTrace™ denim collection featured Good Earth Cotton from the first climate positive farm in Australia and embedded traceability technology. We also worked with NATIVA™ to source 100% traceable wool that's produced using regenerative practices.
For footwear, we launched shoes with Cereal Leather, our 100% vegan leather alternative, which contains just 25% virgin plastic–the lowest amount in any material out there.
We didn't hit our clean chemistry goal
In 2021, our goal was to have 75% of our fabrics dyed and printed in facilities that hold third-party clean chemistry certifications like Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and bluesign®.2 We fell short by about 30%. Some of this was due to continued COVID-19 impacts on our sourcing last year, but regardless, we need to do better.
Improve resource efficiency
This year showed us that partnering with our suppliers is key to reducing our environmental impact by improving energy, water, and chemical efficiency and pushing for zero hazardous chemical use in their facilities. To help support our goal, we joined as a bluesign® SYSTEM PARTNER and are committed to meeting the highest criteria in regards to resource efficiency, environmental impact, and worker and customer health and safety.
is about knowing exactly where our stuff comes from. We want to be able to answer
"who made our clothes" at every level of the supply chain. Our goal for 2021
was to reach 100% traceability into our Tier 1 & 2 suppliers.3
Finished goods assemblers & subcontractors
Dyers & printers; finishers, weavers, knitters
Fibers, spinners, recycled material collector/processor
Raw materials (Farm, Forest, Ranch)
We did it, but we aren't stopping there. Next up, we'll dig deeper into Tier 4 to influence sustainable practices at the very beginning of our product's lifecycle.
Transparency is key to accountability, which is why we disclose 100% of Tier 1 finished goods manufacturers and subcontractors within our supply chain. We have promised to align with the Transparency Pledge and are participating in the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) to expand on the details that are made public so we can be more accountable for the working conditions in our partner factories. We've also signed onto the Call to Action by The Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur region. The Coalition's Call to Action is endorsed by over 300 civil society organizations and labor groups who want to end human rights abuses against Uyghur people.
Fiber standards
The materials we use are a major driver of the total impact of our products. We have our own Ref Fiber Standards that are as holistic as possible, taking into consideration water input, energy input, land use, eco-toxicity, greenhouse gas emissions, human toxicity, availability, and price. We also look at garment care implications, like microfiber shedding. Our goal was to have 95% of fabric sourcing for apparel meet A/B for Ref's Fiber Standards by 2022.
95% of our fabrics meet our A/B rating4
→ Learn more about Ref fiber standards
Clean chemistry
44% of our dyers and printers have a clean chemical certification5
We're passionate about working with our partner printers, dye houses, and tanneries to ensure responsible use of chemicals, water, and energy so that products are safe for workers, you, and the environment.
2 Certifications included in this total are Oeko-Tex Standard 100, bluesign®, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), Global Recycled Standard (GRS), and Leather Working Group (LWG). Calculated for total fabric yardage that was used in 2021 excluding deadstock materials.
3 Traceability is calculated by total fabric yardage for apparel and by upper fabric volume for shoes 2021. This excludes all deadstock materials.
4 Fiber performance is calculated by total fiber volume usage YTD 2021. Leather and deadstock are measured by total material volume usage. Percentages have been rounded up.
5 Percent of clean chemical certifications for dyers, tanneries, and printers is calculated by total fabric yardage for apparel and upper fabric volume for shoes YTD 2021. This excludes all deadstock materials.
Product SDG
6 Clean Water & Sanitation, 12 Responsible Consumption & Production, 14 Life Below Water, 15 Life on Land
We want to keep our planet safe for future generations, so we track and share the environmental impact of everything we do and innovate new ways to go easier on the Earth.
Climate Positive Roadmap
We made a commitment to be Climate Positive by 2025. We shared our roadmap of exactly what that means and how we plan to get there to hold ourselves accountable. We also published a guide to help other businesses that want to do the same.
One of our goals was to improve our reporting accuracy with more primary data and relevant emission factors. Good news, we were able to get this done in 2021! But that means we can't really compare our current footprint to 2019 since how we calculated them was so different. And while we'd love to take the credit for some serious reductions, a lot of that came from better data and not necessarily more efficient practices. So change of plans: we'll update 2021 as our new baseline. No sweat, we'll keep our same Climate Positive ambition and timeline.
Renewable energy within our supply chain
Climate Positive is a big goal, so we're taking big steps to get there. This year, we're partnering with industry experts to work with our suppliers to strengthen their environmental management systems, increase their resource efficiency, and transition their energy sources to renewables like solar and wind power. We'll start by adding on-site solar to our own factory. We'll be focusing on helping our suppliers set roadmaps to reduce their energy use and implement effective renewable sourcing strategies, like the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits (REC) and Energy Attribute Credits (EAC).
2021 Carbon Footprint
We calculate our total carbon footprint annually to keep us accountable and measure our progress towards our Climate Positive goals. Our footprint measures the total emissions associated with our onsite operations and our entire supply chain. Taking an inventory helps us better understand our impacts and where we can make the most meaningful change.
RefScale tracks our environmental footprint by adding the pounds of carbon dioxide emitted, gallons of water used, and pounds of waste generated. Then we calculate how much Reformation saves compared to conventional clothes bought in the US. The whole equation follows the lifecycle of clothes—everything from growing textile fibers and making fabric, dyeing, transporting materials, manufacturing, packaging, shipping, garment care, and even recycling clothes when you're done with them.6
We offset our product footprint 100% but always push for better materials, factories, and operations to keep our footprint as low as possible.
2021 Product Footprint
Carbon dioxide (Metric tons)
Ref footprint: 29,595
Conventional footprint: 64,631
Savings: 35,036
Water (M gallons)
Ref footprint: 3,013
Conventional footprint: 7,125
Savings: 4,112
Waste (Metric tons)
Savings: 76
That's like removing 7,620 cars off the road, reusing 6.23 olympic sized pools of water, and preventing 4.18 garbage trucks of waste.7
In 2021, we partnered with Native on CO2 reduction projects like supporting clean cookstoves in China, a clean energy project in India, and a reforestation project in Tanzania. Through our partnership with Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), we've helped restore over 561 million gallons of water since 2015 by supporting projects across California and the Colorado River Basin. In 2021, our main project was a system conservation project with the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT).
6 We publish our methodology on our website so you can really dig in and understand what we include in the calculations.
7 CO2 equivalency comes from the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator, Water from the Patagonia Alliance, and Waste from Frog Hauling.
Planet SDG
6 Clean Water & Sanitation, 7 Affordable & Clean Energy, 12 Responsible Consumption & Production, 13 Climate Action
In order to push sustainability forward, we challenge our efforts and take risks to solve hard problems. We are committed to investing in the future, leading the way for a more sustainable fashion system, and will share our progress openly.
Launched RefRecycling for Ref Shoes
This year, we launched Ref Shoes, a more sustainable alternative to your average dress shoe. We focused on their whole lifecycle, starting at the beginning by knowing 100% of the farms our leather comes from, and going all the way to the end of our product's life by making 100% of our shoes recyclable. In October, we rolled out the first phase of our RefRecycling program to enable shoe recycling at all US retail locations. For every pair recycled, you'll get $25 in Ref Credit.
Didn't reach our goal to reuse or recycle 500,000 garments
We got close, recycling or reusing almost 400,000 garments in 2021, a big portion of which comes from our resale program. We get that you have a ton of places to resell your Ref these days, and we're just happy to see it staying in use out there. We'll keep our partnership with thredUP going so we can make resale easy, but we'll also look for other innovative ways to encourage recycling stuff that you can't resell or keep wearing.
Expand RefRecycling program
We'll be expanding our recycling program to include more categories like active, denim, and sweaters. Our goal is to make new materials from the products that we take back, so we can eventually make new Ref out of old Ref. We want to take responsibility for the full lifecycle of our stuff and make it easy for you to recycle clothes so these materials can keep circulating in the fashion system.
Never not circulating
There is actually enough clothing and textiles in existence today to meet our annual demand globally.
392,447 garments reused or recycled8
Equivalent to 3,103 metric tons of CO2, 20 million gallons of water, 244 metric tons of waste.
It's important to us that all Ref team members and our community understand why we do what we do, AKA, work on making fashion more sustainable. We've started by working with The Wardrobe Crisis to create a Sustainable Fashion 101 training course available to all employees. The course demystifies the science and the complexity of really important issues like climate change and social justice. This training aims to empower our team with the knowledge of what the issues are, what's being done, and what we need to do together. This is open and available to everyone, so you can join too. In 2022, we'll be expanding our hub of resources because it's our goal to be a destination for sustainability education and action.
The fashion industry has a major impact on the global economy and the environment. That's why we aligned our sustainability framework with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to make sure we're tackling the most important issues like climate change and economic inequality.
1 This includes Ref Vintage, Rent the-Runway, thredUP, Looptworks, and donations.
Progress SDG
12 Responsible Consumption & Production, 15 Life on Land
Okay, that's all for now.
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A 2012 orange KTM XC-F 350 bike was stolen from a parkade on the 3100 block of Via Centrale in Quail Ridge between January 8th and 9th, 2019. The bike was locked with a heavy chain and wheel lock, which was cut through with bolt cutters. The VIN of the bike is VBKMXL432CM178507. Video surveillance caught two male suspects and their red and black truck with a distinctive black tubed rack.


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Costumes and props from Doctor Who's Mummy on the Orient Express...
In the Doctor Who season eight episode, 'Mummy on the Orient Express', as the title suggests the time-travelling 'Doctor' and his companion 'Clare Oswald' face a supernatural mummy creature killing guests on a train in space modeled after the infamous luxury passenger train. Here's a collection of original costumes and props from the episode on display at the Doctor Who Experience exhibition at Cardiff Bay in Wales on April 20, 2015.
Original costumes and props from Doctor Who's
Mummy on the Orient Express episode
Included in the exhibit are costumes worn by British pop star, Foxes, as the singer on the train carriage (the golden dress on the left), plus the outfit worn by Daisy Beaumont as 'Maisie', an integral passenger on the train. Plus the cool alien-looking sarcophagus and the mummy creature from the episode were on show to see up close.
Clara Oswald flapper dress worn by Jenna Coleman in
Doctor Who's Mummy on the Orient Express
Also on display was Jenna Coleman's intricate flapper dress from the episode (Howard Burden is Series Costume Designer), which was supposed to be Clara's final journey with the Twelfth Doctor and a treat after their last adventure had ended on a sour note.
If you're a fellow Whovian, be sure to also check out all the other fab original Doctor Who costumes and props on display at this ever-changing exhibit near the studios where the 50-year-old sci-fi show is filmed.
Doctor Who Mummy on the Orient Express TV poster
Labels: Doctor Who, Doctor Who Experience, Movie Costumes, Movie Props, Period drama, Sci-Fi, TV
Marvel's most unlikely hero, 'Ant-Man', bursts on to the big screen this Summer and like all good origin stories, the tale of how this superhero movie was made was also fraught with its fair share of intrigue, trouble and strife. After being developed since 2006 by co-writer and director Edgar Wright, Peyton Reed was brought on board to replace the director in 2014. Fortunately Paul Rudd stuck around to play the size-changing, reformed criminal 'Scott Lang', whilst Michael Douglas was cast as the comic book's original Ant-Man, 'Dr. Hank Pym'.
Original Ant-Man costume worn by Paul Rudd
Paul Rudd's original Ant-Man costume was photographed on display in the foyer of the ArcLight Hollywood cinema on June 21, 2015.
Sammy Sheldon was Costume Designer on the movie, and is also known for her fantastic work on V for Vendetta, X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass, Hellboy 2 and The Imitation Game.
Ant-Man movie poster
In this Marvel Studios adaptation of the original Avenger, Scott Lang is recruited by Hank Pym and given super-suit which allows him to shrink in size, increase his strength and control an army of ants to help pull off the ultimate heist to protect mankind.
Marvel's Ant-Man movie suit in more detail
At first glance Ant-Man may not seem as mighty as the other Avengers, but I'm sure this hero from Phase Two of Marvel's Cinematic Universe will be a new favourite at conventions and Halloween in the future. Enjoy the photos, I hope the details help all the costumers, cosplayers and comic book fans out there.
If you're a Marvel fan, be sure to also check out all these Avengers: Age of Ultron costumes, Guardians of the Galaxy movie costumes, Thor: The Dark World costumes and props, Iron Man 3 armours and even costumes from The Amazing Spider-man 2.
I'm fortunate enough to be going the Hollywood premiere next Monday, so can't wait to see this suit (and a super-toned Paul Rudd) in action in what looks like a pretty funny, action-packed film.
Ant-Man movie poster wall at ArcLight Hollywood
Labels: AntMan, ArcLight Hollywood, Comic Book, Crime, Movie Costumes, Sci-Fi
Fortune Teller Booth prop from Warehouse 13 on display...
When I first glimpsed this Fortune Teller Booth from Syfy's Warehouse 13 on display at Universal Studio Hollywood's archive exhibit, I immediately thought of the 'Zoltar' booth from Tom Hanks 1998 movie Big. Alas this is not that booth, but this 'Sallah - The Soothsaying Sultan' fortune-telling arcade machine certainly evokes that magical movie prop and was featured in the season three Warehouse 13 episode, 'Insatiable'.
Original Fortune Teller Booth prop from Warehouse 13
If you like this fun prop and you're a fan of the television series which ran for five seasons from 2009 to 2014, be sure to check out all these other original Warehouse 13 costumes and props on display.
Plus be sure to take a look at the cool costumes and props on display on my most recent visit to the NBC Universal Experience museum attraction at the theme park.
Warehouse 13 TV poster
Labels: Movie Props, Sci-Fi, TV, Universal Studios Hollywood, Warehouse 13
The Broadway musical-themed drama Smash ran for two seasons on NBC from 2012 to 2013, and in the freshman season Uma Thurman was brought in to add some star power to proceedings, playing the film star 'Rebecca Duvall', replacing the other hopefuls vying for the titular role in the Marilyn Monroe musical.
Gold dress worn by Uma Thurman as Rebecca Duvall in Smash
She wore this spectacular gold gown portraying the iconic Hollywood actress in the TV show, which was designed by Molly Maginnis and was photographed on display at Universal Studios Hollywood on May 8, 2015.
If you're wondering about cheerleader outfits beside her, they are original costumes from Bring It On and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Plus if you're a fan of the show, be sure to check out Megan Hilty's Ivy Lynn dress from Smash's second season too and if you're a fan of the actress, you can also take a closer look at Uma Thurman's Poison Ivy movie costume from Batman & Robin.
Smash season 2 billboard
Labels: Movie Costumes, Musicals, Smash, TV, Universal Studios Hollywood


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Stubborn Spirit
The birthday cake was ablaze with 105 candles, and many among the scores of people present at the Czech embassy in London this past spring for the party would not have been there – or anywhere – had it not been for the man in whose honor they had gathered.
Nicholas Winton, who remains in full possession of his faculties, including his sense of humor, saved the lives of 669 children, mostly Jewish, during the months before the Second World War broke out in 1939. There are an estimated 6000 people, many of those children, now grown, along with their own descendants, who are alive today because of his efforts, which went unrecognized for decades.
Born in 1909 in West Hampstead, England, Mr. Winton was baptized as a member of the Anglican Church and became a successful stockbroker. He lived a carefree life until December 1938, when a friend, Martin Blake, asked him to forgo a ski vacation and visit him in Czechoslovakia, where Mr. Blake had traveled in his capacity as an associate of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, a group that was providing assistance to refugees created by the German annexation of the Sudetenland regions of the country. Together, the two men visited refugee camps filled to capacity with Jews and political opponents of the Nazis.
Mr. Winton was moved by the refugees' plight. Knowing, too, about the violence that had been unleashed against the Jewish community in Germany and Austria during the Kristallnacht riots a mere month earlier, he resolved to do for children from Sudetenland what British Jewish agencies were doing to rescue German and Austrian Jewish children.
Audaciously (and illegally) "borrowing" the name of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, he began taking applications from parents, first at a hotel room and then from an office in central Prague. Thousands lined up to try to save their children's lives.
(When an interviewer recently remarked to Mr. Winton that his actions "required quite a bit of ingenuity," the interviewee responded, "No, it just required a printing press to get the notepaper printed." And asked about travel documents he had forged and the "bit of blackmail" that he had employed to save children, Winton, seemingly amused, just replied, "It worked. That's the main thing.")
Returning to London, Mr. Winton raised money to fund the children transports, including funds demanded by the British government to bankroll the children's eventual departure from Britain; and he found foster homes for the refugee children.
The first transport organized by Mr. Winton left Prague by plane for London on March 14, 1939, the day before the Germans occupied the Czech lands. After the Germans established a Protectorate in the Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, Winton organized seven further transports that departed by rail out of Prague and across Germany to the Atlantic Coast, then traveled by ship across the English Channel to Britain. At the train station in London, British foster parents waited to collect the children. The last trainload of children left Prague on August 2, 1939, and the rescue activities ceased when Germany invaded Poland and Britain declared war on Germany at the beginning of September 1939
During the war, Mr. Winton volunteered for an ambulance unit for the Red Cross, then trained pilots for the Royal Air Force. He married, raised a family and earned a comfortable living. For 50 years, his rescue efforts remained virtually unknown until 1988, when his wife found a scrapbook from 1939 with all the children's photos and names. (Asked why he kept his secret so long, he explained, "I didn't really keep it secret, I just didn't talk about it.")
Once his story got out, Mr. Winton received a letter of thanks from the late former Israeli president Ezer Weizman, was made an honorary citizen of Prague and, in 2002, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to humanity. His recent projects include providing help to the mentally handicapped people and building homes for the elderly.
It would be easy to place Nicholas Winton's story securely in the "Righteous Gentiles" file, along with the accounts of other non-Jews who proved themselves exemplars of humanity. But his life, as it happens, is not that simple. It may speak less to the greatness of chassidei umos ha'olam and more to the pinteleh Yid.
For the bittersweet fact is that Nicholas Winton was born Nicholas Wertheimer, and was baptized and raised Christian on the decision of his parents, assimilated German Jews.
This entry was posted in Holocaust, issues of morality or ethics, Jewish Thought, Personalities on September 19, 2014 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
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