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Law School Association Ditches Texas Over Immigration, Bathroom Bill

John Council , Texas Lawyer July 21, 2017    |  3  Comments share Thank you for sharing! Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. Choose Existing Folder Your (Article, Chart, Blog) was successfully saved to your folder My Default Folder Don't forget you can visit My Briefcase to manage your folders at any time. The American Association of Law Schools is moving a 2018 conference from Austin to Chicago and will no longer host events in Texas, its president told state lawmakers . This premium content is reserved for Texas Lawyer subscribers. Continue reading by getting started with a subscription. Already a subscriber? Log in now "); });

Out Of The Tub, Into The Shower

As Options Increase, Custom Showers Are Replacing Fancy Tubs In Popularity. September 8, 2002 | By Molly Millett, Saint Paul Pioneer Press Showering isn't just about getting clean anymore. Instead, it's therapy. "It's not just a shower. It's a mood enhancer," says Gary Pember, Moen's group product manager for the bath. "Where people used to go to a spa to pamper themselves, now they want to integrate those features into their own homes. It's part of looking at the whole therapeutic value to water. Today's shower does a whole lot of things for the psyche." Homeowners can now choose custom shower features that include steam units (with aromatherapy options); body sprays along the walls that make the shower feel like a "vertical whirlpool"; larger and multiple showerheads that offer settings ranging from a misting rain to a hydromassage, and some that even offer mood lighting ; shower benches and built-in storage space for sham...

Inside the Evolving Hotel Bathroom

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Drew Shepard, senior director of consumer insights for Marriott Hotels , spends copious amounts of time listening to travelers: in 2010 and 2011 combined he interviewed more than 7,000 hotel guests in person or through surveys to inform the renovations now underway at Marriott. “The bathroom is a really important signal for a bunch of things,” he said. “You hope it’s a little aspirational, a little better than what you have at home. A little fun.” And it’s the little things, he said, that add up, which is why Marriott is not only renovating but also investing in things like thicker towels and a new amenity brand (from a Thai company called Thann ). It’s also considering — attention, fellow longhaired travelers — more powerful hair dryers . An internal study of more than 6,000 guests last year found that seven in 10 women use a hair dryer when at a Marriott and, when asked, everybody requested higher wattage . When it comes to bathroom light wattage , TrustYou said it’s not something ...

Bathroom battles part of war over 'normal'

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A prominent Christian leader suggests the ongoing issue of transgendered people and public restrooms is about more than where people should potty.  "When you pull up your anchor and you have no moral compass that says true north, then increasingly you lose the ability to understand what's normal," warns Dr. Richard Land, who leads Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Land is commenting about so-called "bathroom bills" and transgendered people, a cultural battle in which some state governments have reacted to the relatively new controversy of mentally ill men stating they are women and demanding access to women's restrooms and locker rooms. The most infamous political fight took place in North Carolina, where then-Gov. Pat McCrory and legislators took action with bill HB2 after a Charlotte ordinance forced business owners to allow men to use women's restrooms or be fined for refusing to do so. Homosexual activists reacted as e...

Hotels dispensing with tiny bathroom amenities

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I’m a lucky duck and have been staying at some really posh hotels lately. Not just posh in terms of price and number of pillows; but posh in terms of properties where the staff is truly friendly, helpful and attentive to details that can really count when you’re out on the road. Like the handful of bite-size end-of-the-day chocolates I was given when I checked into a Staybridge Hotel earlier this week in Elkhart, Indiana. And the complimentary pot of strong coffee that showed up outside my door at 6 am at an Omni Hotel in Indianapolis, even though I only signed up for the free program that offers that amenity (and free Wi-Fi) the night before. Are those amenities more important than having a complete set of personal-sized toiletries in your bathroom? Take a look at my Well-Mannered traveler column – Hotels dispensing with bathroom clutter – on msnbc.com this week, vote in the survey and let me know what you think. Here’s the story: ( Courtesy RoomsService Amenities ) You arrive at a...