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Los Angeles Proposes Plastic Grocery Bag Ban

Associations Now

Associations’ reactions were mixed after the Los Angeles City Council voted to ban the use of plastic bags by grocery stores. Los Angeles grocery store clerks are going to need a new line of questioning for shoppers if the city’s plastic bag ban gets final approval. Association reaction was mixed following the vote.

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Daily Buzz: The.Org Battle Gets a Public Protest

Associations Now

On Friday, protesters will gather outside the Los Angeles offices of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)—a global nonprofit that manages the internet’s address system. A productive disagreement can actually have a positive impact on your output at work, says Buster Benson, author of Why Are We Yelling?

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Tuesday Buzz: The Cramped Airline Seat Blues

Associations Now

Those people were signatories of a petition from the advocacy group FlyersRights.org to the Federal Aviation Administration asking the agency to put a moratorium on shrinking seat sizes and create a panel that would decide on a minimum seat size, according to the Los Angeles Times. The FAA has promised to review the petition.

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Olive Oil Groups Dispute Standard Setting

Associations Now

.” One area of confusion NAOOA wants to clear up is the issue of olive oil standards and ratings, particularly after the California Department of Food and Agriculture approved a proposal, submitted by the Olive Oil Commission of California, for a grading system for oil produced by many of the Golden State’s olive growers and millers.

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Visitors Bureaus and Businesses Feel the Shutdown’s Sting

Associations Now

Felicia Fonseca of the Associated Press reported on a proposal by Arizona Gov. Those proposals were orginally rejected when the government insisted that the state pick up the entire cost of keeping the park open until the shutdown was lifted. Jan Brewer (R) that would use state money to keep the park open.

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How SLA members were involved in Alignment research - TypePad

Executive Connections

.   In the language exploration phase of the research, we held five separate focus groups for information pros in cooperation with SLA chapters in Vancouver, Seattle (two sessions, one just for students), Los Angeles and D.C., each with 25 to 30 participants.    Period. Categories. Current Affairs. Television.

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Association Brain Food: 11.24.23

Reid All About it

Until around 2010, philosophers couldn’t speak to one another, let alone communicate with the public, says Crispin Sartwell at Los Angeles Review of Books. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. Have a proposal due, but no new ideas? Off-topic Practical philosophy. Need help with your 2024 plans?

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