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Conference Circuit: Fruits and Veggies

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The Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference will take place in Savannah, Georgia, during the first week of January. Associations: Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association and the South Carolina Peach Council. Conference: Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference. Exhibitors: 290.

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Conference Circuit: Home Sweet Home with the Apartment Association

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This year’s National Apartment Association Education Conference and Exposition is aiming high in Denver. Other associations can make note of NAA’s conference planning, from its event app to its attendee resources , to find inspiration for planning their own gatherings. Actor Michael J. The Week Ahead. Down the Line.

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Civil Rights Groups Welcome FCC Ruling On Prison Phone Fees

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A group of seven South Carolina inmates who created a music video while in prison received harsh punishments, including a combined total of nearly 20 years in solitary confinement, for their creation. “Now Now that we know how dearly each inmate paid for their participation, the video takes on all new significance.

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Weak Second Half Slows Tradeshow Industry in 2012

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“The reality is that 2012 wasn’t the good, robust year we’d hoped it would be,” CEIR President and CEO Doug Ducate said in announcing the findings at the Society of Independent Show Organizers CEO Summit in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Transportation, as well as communications and information technology, also showed strong numbers.

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Is Your Board Ready for a Crisis?

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For the American Counseling Association, Tennessee legislation that countered the profession’s code of ethics moved ACA to consider moving its next conference out of Nashville; the American Public Transportation Association pondered moving a meeting out of Charlotte after South Carolina passed a law diminishing LGBT protections.