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March – December 2013
Registration fee includes:
• Admittance to all conference programs Friday – Sunday
• Vegan lunch for both Saturday and Sunday included
• Saturday night party/social (snacks & karaoke)
• Conference materials (schedule, etc.)
The Free the Animals Conference will empower and energize activists across the U.S. to attack the animal experimentation issue head-on and make concrete changes for the tens of millions of animals who are imprisoned in laboratories.
Inspiring Speakers, Vegan Food, the opportunity to work directly for former lab monkeys, and Florida in March! What more can you ask for??
The Free The Animals Conference includes optional in-service days on March 1st & March 4th at the Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary.
Confirmed Speakers include:
• Rae Sikora (Plant Peace Daily)
• Camille Hankins (Win Animal Rights)
• Michael Budkie (Stop Animal Exploitation NOW)
• Jennifer Feuerstein (Save the Chimps)
• Susan Dunne (Stop Animal Exploitation NOW)
• Bob Ingersoll (Nim Chimpsky Trust)
• Kari Bagnall (Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary)
• Anthony Bellotti (White Coat Waste Project)
Presentations by experts will share their knowledge with activists in:
• Professional investigative techniques for laboratories andcorporations that experiment on animals
• Professional approaches for spreading the anti-vivisection message through news media
• Professional methods for effectively packaging our anti-vivisection message for the public
• Organizing effective events to target animal laboratories and corporate vivisectors
• Caring for former laboratory primates in a sanctuary setting
Experienced activists will present thought provoking speeches on:
• The necessity of non-violence for anti-vivisection activism
• The scientific fallacies of animal experimentation
Effective Anti-Experimentation campaigners will discuss:
• The Huntingdon Life Sciences Campaign
• The National Campaign to expose criminal laboratories
• Direct Action in anti-experimentation Campaigns
• Local campaign updates
All of this for a low special early registration fee of only $50! Price increases on February 1st and increases again for on-site. A limited amount of hardship volunteer opportunities exist to offset conference cost. Please contact us before registering: email@example.com or 513-575-5517.
Promoting the Compassionate and Respectful Treatment of Domestic Fowl
The Second Annual Conscious Eating Conference will inform attendees about the true nature of sustainable food choices. There's a growing awareness of food and its relationship to our planet, our communities, our health, and the animals who share our planet. As we face unprecedented global challenges from climate change to food deserts, we realize that agriculture plays a crucial role in these challenges and that it is our responsibility to make informed and conscious choices. Discussion will focus on issues surrounding backyard chicken-keeping, small-scale farming, "eating local," animal-free farming, sanctuary experience, and vegan living as alternatives to the agribusiness model of food production and animals.
Conference Hosts: United Poultry Concerns, Animal Place, Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy
Registration: FREE for students with IDs. $10 all others
Food: Continental breakfast, Lunch for all participants, Dinner for speakers
Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns, sanctuary director & author of books including Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry.
Presentation: Is Backyard Chicken-Keeping an Ethical Alternative to Factory Farming?
Will Anderson, Founder of Greenpeace Alaska in 1978 and most recently of Green Vegans and author of the new book This is Hope: Green Vegans and the New Human Ecology.
Presentation: How We Find Our Way to a Humane and Environmentally Sane Future.
Hope Bohanec, Former Grassroots Campaigns Director for In Defense of Animals, longtime Bay Area animal activist leader & author of the new book The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat?.
Presentation: The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat?
Michael Greger, MD, Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States and author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching. Dr. Greger's nutrition videos are freely available at Nutrition Facts.
Presentation: The Role of Diet in Preventing and Reversing the 15 Leading Causes of Death.
Melanie Joy, PhD, Ed.M., Professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts, worldwide speaker and founder-president of the Carnism Awareness & Action Network and author of the award-winning primer on Carnism, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows.
Presentation: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism.
Kim Sturla, Executive Director of Animal Place, a sanctuary for farmed animals that she cofounded in 1989 with facilities in Grass Valley and Vacaville, California. Sturla has been a central figure in the animal rights movement for more than 30 years including shelter work and legislative campaigns for animals.
Presentation: The Emotional World of Farmed Animals: What Sanctuaries are Showing Us.
Join us for a powerful gathering of movement building to end endemic systems of animal exploitation
The 2013 Animal Systems Conference is a rare opportunity to join with and learn from leading activists in the field working to end animal exploitation in the legacy of non-violent activism for radical social change.
Over the course of two days and more than ten presentations we'll establish how to put into place institutional changes that result in similar protections for an animal individual that exist for a human individual in a civil society. Together we will explore the oppressor mindset, learn to recognize the interconnected systems that tolerate animal exploitation, and build a framework for comprehensive animal rights legislation.
Through workshops, dialogue, and reflection we will collectively expand our capacity for tackling the roots of systemic oppression within and around us while becoming more effective advocates for animals and the just and verdant world we all believe in.
Speakers include Alexis Fox, John Sanbonmatsu, Karen Davis, Julie Lewin, Pattrice Jones, Mary Bennett, Anthony Bellotti, Laurence Van Atten-Holyoak, Heidi Weber, Michael Budkie, and Roberta Kalechofsky.
- Oppressor Mindset
- Identifying Systems that Tolerant Animal Exploitation (Agriculture, Laboratory, Entertainment, Fashion, Mill, Wildlife, Legal, Legislative)
- Ideology of Speciesism
- Non-violent Solutions – Building the Framework for Animal Rights
- Activist Traps from Flare-up to Burn-out
- Linking Movements
- Subtle Mechanisms Employed to Degrade Animal Advocates
- Why Impede Animal Advocates
- Using the Weak Links in the Chains on Animals and Animal Advocates
- From Collecting Info to Acting on Info
- Keeping the Message from being Stolen and Twisted
- Tactical Analysis
- Working Animals into the Political System
- Reviewing Tools for Change – (Education, Legislation, Litigation, LtE, Negotiation, Media, Public Relations (PR), Economic, Language, Street Activism Poll, Familiar….)
- Creating Cultural Change
- Solving Animal Exploitation through Interconnected Systems
This conference is focused on issues concerning all fur-bearing animals, particularly the exploitation and cruelty of fur farms, wool and leather production, "harvesting" of wildlife (hunting, trapping, penning, etc). It will also explore other areas of animal exploitation including vivisection, puppy mills, animals in entertainment, horse slaughter, animals for food.
Attention will be given to individuals and groups dedicated to the care of and advocating for fur-bearing animals; farmed, domestic, or wild. Also of interest are issues relating to the environment, which directly affects all living beings on our planet, our air, our food and water, which are seriously compromised by chemicals and pollution caused by animal exploiting industries like factory farms.
This exciting conference offers a new view and approach to animal rights advocacy and leadership, as it is also designed for grassroots activists and organizations, namely:
• to provide a forum for those who rarely have an opportunity to speak to large audiences about the work they do;
• to create a platform for grassroots activists that focuses on: "Reviving the Animal Rights Movement: Effective Grass Roots Activism." A New View and Approach to Animal Rights Advocacy and Leadership.
AFS Conference Highlights Include:
• Over 20 outstanding national and international speakers, leaders in the field of animal rights
• Opportunities to meet and network with people of like-mind during and after the conference
• Ground-breaking animal rights films, some never before seen by the public
• Opportunities to chat with animal rights authors, artists, filmmakers.
• Provocative and informative presentations and panels on fur bearing animals, and many other animal rights issues: animals killed for food and clothing; "disposable" pets, hunting for "sport", lobbying for animals, knowing your legal rights and more.
• Vegan Banquet and Reception with surprise guests, entertainment and silent auction
• Vegan breakfast buffet, lunches, reception and banquet included in full registration VIEW REGISTRATION
Resistance Ecology is about movement building. It is about cultivating an ecology of resistance that can adapt to the circumstances of domination. For us, this work begins with scrutinizing the state of the animal liberation and radical ecology movements of North America by addressing previous shortcomings and providing remedies.
The Student Animal Liberation Coalition is pleased to announce the first annual Resistance Ecology Conference in Portland, Oregon, May 31st to June 2nd 2013, at Portland State University (PSU). This conference is a cooperative effort between the Student Animal Liberation Coalition (PSU), the Jericho Movement and a new movement organization: Resistance Ecology.
The conference advocates for a movement of resistance that is multi-layered, unified, diverse and intersectional. Previously, the organizers of this conference have helped to organize the Let Live and Law and Disorder Conferences in Portland, Oregon as well as the Portland Anarchist Bookfair. There will be speakers, panels, and workshops occurring all three days.
Resistance Ecology is about movement building. It is about cultivating an ecology of resistance that can adapt to the circumstances of domination. For us, this work begins with scrutinizing the state of the animal liberation and radical ecology movements of North America by addressing previous shortcomings and providing remedies. The most novel way that we can achieve this is by creating a movement-wide discourse that is accessible to everyone involved.
Our mission is to compel others to evaluate the systematic exploitation of other species and ecological communities, and to inspire personal transformation, engagement and activism through educational and participatory events. We exist to keep the discourse of animal and ecological liberation thriving on our campus, with the intent of promoting the confrontation and abolition of these exploitations as they manifest in our lives and community.
We work to network and organize with other campus and off-campus organizations, beyond the boundaries of animal rights or environmentalism, in order to create the most functional, resilient and ever-evolving liberation movement. Liberation, for animals and for the earth, cannot be thought of as isolated from other revolutionary struggles as the structural causes of racism, sexism, and speciesism are interrelated.
We strive to create an open dialogue where members and the community can communicate with one another to achieve the goals that we want to see.
It is also our mission to interject issues of animal and ecological exploitation into discourses where they have been historically absent.
The 12th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies is being held at Minneapolis Community and Technical College from June 20-22, 2013.
About 350-400 national and international scholars, activists, and scholar-activists generally attend this conference each year. This conference merges academic and activist insight, with presentations from scholar-activists and grassroots organizers alike.
Theme: Breaking the Silence on Global and Local Intersections of Ethnicity, Spirituality, and Nonhuman Animals
As the poor become poorer, more prisons are constructed, and the global south struggles with exploitation, disease, hunger, and mass displacement, social justice activists are becoming more intolerant of global racism and discrimination. In kind, the theme of this year's annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies is the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, animals, and spirituality. Some of the foundational questions that the conference is interested in discussing include: Can activists compare struggles of racism to nonhuman animal suffering? What is the intersectional history of ethnicity and animals? Do you have to be anti-racist to be an animal advocate? How has religion aided in the marginalization of people of color and nonhuman animals? How has religion aided in the liberation of people of color and nonhuman animals? How, if at all, do animal advocates challenge colonization, imperialism, and racism? What are the theoretical and scientific similarities between racism and speciesism? How have different ethnic and spiritual groups addressed animal advocacy?
About ICAS
Critical animal studies is a field that promotes total liberation and explores the ways in which oppression intersects amongst human animals, nonhuman animals, and the environment. This year's special theme is Breaking the Silence on Global and Local Intersections of Ethnicity, Spirituality, and Nonhuman Animals.
The Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) is a fully volunteer non-profit organization that is dedicated to the liberation of human and nonhuman animals, as well as to the end of environmental destruction. We are also an intersectional organization interested in coalition building and exposing of the interconnectedness of all oppressions.
Saturday, June 22nd – 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
8:00–9:00 – Registration and Vegan Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:15 – Welcome
9:15–10:30 – Jonathan Balcombe, Animal behavior expert and author of four books, including Pleasurable Kingdom.
10:30-10:45 – Break
10:45–noon – Michael Budkie, co-founder and Executive Director, SAEN (Stop Animal Exploitation Now).
noon–1:30 – Vegan Lunch, Networking
1:30–4:00 – Harold Brown, former beef farmer and founder of Farm Kind. He is also a subject of the documentary film Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home. The documentary will be shown and discussed by Farmer Brown.
5:00–7:00 – Guests are invited to attend an informal dinner at Jazzy Veggie – 15% off entrees for conference attendees.
Sunday, June 23rd – 8:00 am – noon
8:00–9:00 – Vegan Continental Breakfast
9:00–noon – Roundtable Discussion lead by Scott Harris, with Jonathan Balcombe, Michael Budkie, Harold Brown and Jill Fritz.
Please attend and learn what we can do in Michigan, our communities and in our lives to better the lives of all animals.
The Symposium of Animal Liberation is a conference intended to unite, inspire, and motivate activists and anyone new to the animal rights movement or interested in learning more about it. This is the very first Symposium and it will consist of workshops addressing different animal abuse and exploitation industries, effective forms of activism, vegan and activist lifestyles, and more! You'll hear presentations from experienced activists, network and meet other people who share your views, and have the opportunity to visit the exhibit hall.
The idea for the Symposium stemmed from the notion of advancing the positive, powerful effects FARM's Animal Rights National Conference produces. Individuals are motivated to get active, provided with knowledge, form friendships, and those who do not yet follow a compassionate lifestyle are inspired to take the leap. The majority of animal rights conferences and veg-fests, however, are usually on either the East coast or the West coast. So why not have one farther inland to spread the inspiration to impel change to those who might not otherwise be able to take part in such a powerful experience? Anyone is enthusiastically welcomed — encouraged — to attend: the Symposium is not limited to Arizona residents.
Joe Miele, Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting; Karen Davis, United Poultry Concerns; Morgan J. Dunbar, Animal Allies NY, Farm Kind
• Desensitization & Indoctrination Within the Academic Industrial Complex: How Vivisectors are Made…and Broken
• Staffing Tables and Leafleting for Animal Rights
• Moving Beyond the Rhetoric of Apology and Speciesism
• "Varmint"/Small Game Hunting in the Southwest
Film Screenings
The Animal Rights National Conference is the premiere annual event for the U.S. animal rights movement. It is also the world's largest and longest-running animal rights gathering, hailing back to 1981. By serving as a platform for training, skill-sharing, philisophical discussion, and networking, it provides the best annual forum to legitimize the animal rights movement as a social justice struggle. It is the only conference open to all points of view on achieving animal liberation.
AR2013′s four-day program will feature over 70 presenters from more than 60 organizations representing virtually all sectors of our movement.
These presenters appear in seven Plenary Sessions, which bring all attendees together, and 75 daytime workshops, which are configured along three concurrent tracks: Issues, Organizing, Remedies. On select days, the program also includes Rap Sessions, Campaign Reports, and Videos.
In each time slot, you choose the session that best fits your needs and interests:
The Issues track covers various types of animal abuses and the underlying issues (best for newcomers).
The Organizing track suggests improvements in personal and organizational effectiveness.
The Remedies track addresses campaign strategies and outreach to various constituencies.
Rap Sessions engage participants in debates about controversial issues.
Campaign Reports report on recent achievements in preventing various types of animal abuse.
Videos are shown on Friday and Saturday.
Networking Receptions, every evening, offer free snacks and a chance to meet fellow attendees.
The Awards Banquet, on Saturday evening, features award presentations and a keynote address. Exhibits, open between 10am – 6pm, showcase movement merchandise, educational materials, and delicious vegan treats.
Speakers too numerous to list. Click here for the presenters.
Vegetarian Summerfest is the 39th annual conference of the North American Vegetarian Society. It is set for July 3 – 7 at the Conference Center at Pitt-Johnstown, on the picturesque campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, PA. The campus is a 650-acre mountaintop wildlife preserve with 40 acres of hiking trails.
The conference features experts in the fields of health, nutrition, animal rights, the environment, exercise and related lifestyle areas, plus talented chefs. Click here for the speakers list.
How do you build a No Kill community? How do you get animal control, the health department and other government agencies to embrace it? How do you include feral cats in your community's lifesaving protection?
And what about those big black dogs, shy cats and other "compromised" animals with impediments to adoption – can good homes be found for them too?
Come to the conference that has been called "a prerequisite for rescue groups and organizations that are serious about changing their communities to No Kill."
You'll get practical answers to end the killing of pets in your community including finding homes for dogs, cats, rabbits and other animals most shelters currently consider unadoptable. Not in ten years, not in five years, but now – because Animals Deserve Our Protection Today!
Drawing over 800 people from 44 states and 10 nations, last year's No Kill Conference was the sold out, must attend event of the year. And we're doing it again!
In 2012, over one new community per week achieved a save rate of at least 90% and as high as 99%. The No Kill revolution is ON THE MARCH. Join us as we celebrate that achievement and teach you how to do the same.
Life-Changing Summer Camp for Youth Making a Difference!
YEA Camp is a unique and inspiring leadership summer camp for youth 12-17 who care about community service, activism and social justice. A week-long sleep-away program in a beautiful camp location, YEA is designed to be a fun and transformative experience that builds life-long friendships between youth with similar interests. Our program also provides a meaningful opportunity for campers to learn more about some of the issues facing our planet and to get inspired and empowered to take action on those issues.
For more information, visit our website: www.yeacamp.org
When: July & August 2013, See website for session dates
Where: OR, CA and MA
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or 503-347-0223
Watch a two minute video about our program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ4T15gx_UU
We welcome all animal rights activists and all people who care about animals, the environment, and would like to learn more about animal rights in both theory and practice.
What is the Goal of the Conference?
The organizers of the conference are active in the animal rights movement in Luxembourg and other countries in Europe and have participated at various others conferences in Europe and the United States and also organized the international conferences in 2011 and 2012. The goal of the International Animal Rights Conference 2013 is to provide a truly international platform for people active in the animal rights movement and those interested in learning more about animal rights. The conference should function as a networking platform for animal rights activists, but should also present current animal rights views. One main aspect is also the practical animal rights work. Therefore we have decided to provide/organize the following:
• presentations
• workshops
• discussions
• panel discussions
• campaign reports
• stalls and exhibits
• animal rights concerts
• animal rights protests
Why Luxembourg?
We have been searching for a while for an appropriate location for the second international animal rights conference. Since we did not want to organize just another regional animal rights conference where mostly participants from close by areas would attend, we needed a truly international location which provides that basis for bringing animal rights advocates from various countries together. We believe that Luxembourg is such a location, since this small country in the heart of Europe does hot have a large animal rights community itself and since this multilingual region is very international by itself.
Click here for the Speakers List (which include Steve Best, Chris DeRose, Anthony Marr, Kim Stallwood, others).
Join Farm Sanctuary this fall for our annual Farm Animal Care Conference, which will be held on September 14 and 15 at our New York Shelter in Watkins Glen. This weekend workshop offers an in-depth look into what it takes to start and operate a farm animal sanctuary.
Our interactive seminars will provide participants with information about animal care, day-to-day operation of a nonprofit sanctuary, program administration, educational outreach, and fundraising, while also offering hands-on experience with the animal residents at our shelter. Members from our senior staff are excited to share insight from more than 25 years of experience as the nation's leading farm animal protection organization. Farm Sanctuary is uniquely qualified to offer expert training to participants; all will leave with a greater understanding of what is needed to rescue and provide lifelong care for farm animals in a sanctuary setting.
The ticket cost for Farm Sanctuary's Farm Animal Care Conference is $175 per person, and registration is open to adults 18 or older. The registration fee covers all workshop activities and materials and a vegan breakfast and lunch on both days. Accommodations during this conference will not be provided; however, participants are welcome to camp on sanctuary grounds.
Registration is limited to ensure each attendee gets the most out of this experience, so be sure to register today to reserve your spot!
Educating for a Just, Peaceful & Sustainable Future is a groundbreaking opportunity to discover your role in comprehensive humane education — and lead global change. If you are a teacher, educational administrator, changemaker, policymaker, humane educator and/or concerned citizen, please join us Saturday, Sept. 21, for an exciting and transformative day.
You will gain new skills to communicate and teach others about the most important issues of our time, meet and network with people in your field, explore the purpose of education, and witness extraordinary examples of relevant education for our time.
The conference features keynotes from Jane Goodall, Arun Gandhi, and Zoe Weil, hands-on humane education workshops and an International Day of Peace parade.
Presented by Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART), the Institute for Humane Education (IHE) and Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots, this conference features a dynamic program of speakers including Jane Goodall, DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute; Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute; Zoe Weil, president of the Institute for Humane Education; and many other acclaimed speakers.
The conference also includes applied humane education workshops and a parade in honor of the U.N. International Day of Peace, when the United Nations calls upon all nations and people to cease hostilities for 24 hours and to offer education and public awareness about issues related to peacemaking. The theme for this year's observance is "Education for Peace." Our humane education conference will offer information, tools and motivation to people wishing to help build a peaceful world for all people and all species through education.
The conference will be hosted by New York University's Animal Studies Initiative in the NYU Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life. The conference welcomes educators, changemakers, students and concerned citizens from across the United States and abroad. Early general registration is $75 through Aug. 1, 2013, and $95 thereafter. Student registration is $25 through Aug. 1, 2013, and $35 thereafter. If the cost prevents a potential participant from registering, an adjusted rate may be considered on a sliding scale. Please use the Contact Us tab to submit a request.
Effective action against vivisection. The Free the Animals Conference will empower and energize activists across the U.S. to attack the animal experimentation issue head-on and make concrete changes for the tens of millions of animals who are imprisoned in laboratories.
Registration includes:
- Admittance to all conference programs Friday-Sunday
- Three full days of training, motivation, and tactics
- Private screening of Project Nim
- Saturday night social (light vegan fare)
- Conference materials (schedule, etc.)
- Major demonstration at the UCLA campus
Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN) was founded in 1996 to force an end to the abuse of animals in laboratories. Our first major event was a news conference that revealed the suffering endured by dogs, rabbits, and primates in 9 laboratories across the United States.
Documents obtained by SAEN had revealed severe abuses within the laboratories of Michigan State University, University of Southern California, University of Washington, Stolle Research and Development, University of South Florida, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center (associated with Emory University), University of Florida, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Toledo. The USDA fined several of these laboratories, and abusive primate experiments within the laboratories of the University of Toledo were terminated subsequent to the SAEN news conference.
Since our inception, SAEN staff and the tireless volunteers who support our campaigns on the local level have allowed us to make a real difference for the animals. With the help of grassroots activists, SAEN has ended pound seizure (the sale of former pets from animal shelters to labs) in Nashville (TN), and we have also ended abusive experiments on primates in San Diego (CA).
Our investigations have revealed abuses within laboratories from Boston to California and from Florida to Washington. Facilities that torture animals in Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, and North Carolina have been exposed. SAEN has been able to bring the truth about animal experimentation to the public through dozens of newspapers, magazines, and television & radio stations. Literally millions of people have seen the results of SAEN investigations. But Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! is probably the best kept secret within the animal rights movement.
In 2001 SAEN filed the largest Official Complaint in history with the United States Department of Agriculture. Our complaint uncovered abuses in nationally known laboratories like UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Yale, Harvard, The Salk Institute, MIT, and dozens of other laboratories.
In April of 2002, SAEN released the results of an investigation into the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the bankrolling of U.S. animal experimentation. The SAEN report asked for a General Accounting Office audit of the NIH to examine the issues of duplication and redundancy. Media coverage of the SAEN report reached over one million people.
In June of 2002, SAEN again filed a milestone complaint with the USDA revealing that Harvard and Yale had lied to the USDA about the number of primates experimented on in university laboratories.
In our brief history SAEN has made a concrete difference for the animals, and we will continue to fight for their freedom until all the laboratory cages are empty.
About Michael Budkie
Michael Budkie, A.H.T., is the co-founder and Executive Director of Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN), that works exclusively on the animal experimentation issue by successfully terminating research projects, forcing the USDA to take legal action against laboratories, and coordinating release of animals into sanctuaries. After witnessing the atrocities of animal experimentation during his education, he successfully ended a head injury experiment on cats at the University of Cincinnati that launched his career leading to positions with several national organizations before he co-founded SAEN in the mid-1990s. He has been published and he travels extensively, appearing on TV and radio programs to expose the truth about animal experimentation.
A conference on "Personhood Beyond the Human" will be held at Yale University, December 6-8, 2013. The event will focus on personhood for nonhuman animals, including great apes, cetaceans, and elephants, and will explore the evolving notions of personhood by analyzing them through the frameworks of neuroscience, behavioral science, philosophy, ethics, and law.
The conference will be co-sponsored by the Nonhuman Rights Project and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies in collaboration with the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics.
Special consideration will be given to discussions of nonhuman animal personhood, both in terms of understanding the history, science, and philosophy behind personhood, and ways to protect animal interests through the establishment of legal precedents and by increasing public awareness.
By the close of the conference, attendees will have gained an enhanced understanding of the neurological, cognitive, and behavioral underpinnings of personhood and those traits required for such consideration; personhood theory; the history of personhood consideration and status (both in terms of philosophical and legal conceptions); and the legal hurdles and requirements for granting personhood status outside of the human species.
The Nonhuman Rights Project will be presenting our research from the past five years including research on the varying legal causes of action that the Nonhuman Rights Project will use to argue legal personhood for specific nonhuman animals.
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The official tourist board guide to caravan parks in Cornwall. Whether you are looking for a small quiet touring caravan site or a holiday park with static caravans for hire with all the facilities you need, you'll be spoilt for choice. Plenty of cheap caravan holidays up for grabs from up to 100 sites. All parks listed on this website have been graded or inspected as approved UK caravan parks by the AA, Visit Britain or a recognised local inspection scheme.
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View PropertiesDestination: Steamboat Springs
Area: Trappeur's Crossing Area
Resort: Trappeur's Crossing Resort & Spa
Type: Condo/Villa
Number of Floors: 3
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The Bright Stuff (See Jane Color)
37 comments:
- christine donee said...
I love that topshop coral dress! I know what my shopping of the week is going to be! :)
- March 16, 2011 at 3:17 AM
- Style-Pursuit said...
Haha! Great minds think alike! I've got a similar post prepared for today... :o) Totally different picks, though!
x - March 16, 2011 at 3:24 AM
- Kim said...
Love it, such a fun colorful mix! Would definitely want nr. 1,3,9,7 and 5!
brunetteblogging.com - March 16, 2011 at 4:40 AM
- AmyW said...
I pre-ordered those Nine West sandals in black and tan, but I've been thinking about switching to the red and orange - ahh and I still have to wait until the end of April to get either one!
- March 16, 2011 at 5:37 AM
- Collette Osuna said...
LOVE the colorblock heels....fabulous!
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- Styles 'n Cream said...
I was just thinkinbg the same how I need some bright colors in my spring wardrobe. My winter and spring wardrobes are the same color palettes as yours. The trick is wearing bright colors to the office and I think the key there is a little bit goes a long way - an accessory or just a blouse will go a long way.
- March 16, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Accessories. Please. said...
I all about embracing the bright colors this spring. It is just so much fun to walk around in a red dress with orange sandals!!!!
- March 16, 2011 at 5:53 AM
- RosaLovesDC said...
That blouse!!!!
If you are looking for red pants, I found a pair of skinny red jeans at forever 21 and I love them...
http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog_name=FOREVER21&category_name=btms_jeans&product_id=2000005314&page=1&trend=&fit=&pgCount=25 - March 16, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- Closet Fashionista said...
LOVE it!! I really need to add color to my wardrobe, I dress so darkly, haha
http://www.closet-fashionista.com/ - March 16, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- IntoxicatedChameleon said...
Ah-Mazing! I love how the colors burst into life! Good luck in your quest to brighten up your closet! ;)
- March 16, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Cassie Lee said...
I am going to incorporate some color in my wardrobe too--starting with baby steps, accessories first!
- March 16, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- PursuitOfLLT said...
i'm with you! i wear neutrals a lot and have to bring in a pop of color when i can. i usually like to do it with a clutch, scarf or cardigan.
- March 16, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Nicole Marie said...
so excited for spring and all the color that's going on! i need that necklace and bag!
- March 16, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Alicia said...
I need those neon bow earrings! SO fun!
- March 16, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Kirstin@CrimsonRosella said...
Oh gosh, that top shop coral dress is amazing. I love the accordian pleats on it!
- March 16, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Meggy said...
Looooove those Nine West heels. So very much.
Meggy from Chasing Davies - March 16, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Taylor said...
OMG - We seriously did the same post today - WE EVEN HAVE THE SAME EARRING POSTED!!! Great minds think alike, a neon clutch is in my future too! ;)
- March 16, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- TrophyBoutique said...
Coral dress? Yellow shorts? Yes, please.
- March 16, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Miranda said...
Totally digging all the bight colors for spring! These are lovely selections.
www.indcfashion.com - March 16, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- Caroline said...
I love number 1 and 7. Great finds!
- March 16, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Lynzy said...
I am obsessed with those Nine West sandals, but the last time I checked they had sold out of my size :(
- March 16, 2011 at 11:39 AM
- Kara said...
Yay for color! Love the pink flats and the yellow shorts (and of course those cute neon bow earrings!).
http://sprinklesinsprings.blogspot.com/ - March 16, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Kayla said...
I am obsessed with adding color into my life this spring. Too many neutrals are dragging me down.
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- Valerie said...
I'm loving all the brights out right now and especially loving bright yellow and orange. Those pink flats are also really cute!
- March 16, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- FRANKIE HEARTS FASHION said...
ahhhh...I will take one of everything! Especially loving those flats. xo
- March 16, 2011 at 2:42 PM
- this free bird said...
#9, #9, #9!! So many great things here to consider :)
C - March 16, 2011 at 3:08 PM
- Ana said...
I love that top shop blouse!
Ana, - March 16, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- Josie said...
I love that Marc Jacobs bag! Super cute. I also need to incorporate some bright shades into my wardrobe, especially since I've been emphasizing neutrals and blush shades for spring as well.
xo Josie
http://winksmilestyle.blogspot.com - March 16, 2011 at 5:02 PM
- Julie and Lauren said...
I love those Sigerson Morrison flats! I'm sure the red pants are adorable : )
Xox - March 16, 2011 at 9:03 PM
- Jammer said...
Oh I'm same way with color! I'm all about the neutrals, so I'm attempting to gradually incorporate it into my wardrobe more and more.
- March 16, 2011 at 9:22 PM
- Amber's Notebook said...
You are going to make me all jealous when you start rocking color!! You are going to look just fab in color!
Amber's Notebook - March 16, 2011 at 10:24 PM
- Collections said...
Love the aldo necklace.
www.fashionablecollections.blogspot.com - March 16, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- TheChambrayCountess said...
I love your picks! I wish the MJ bag was in my budget, but I love the necklace and it is in the budget- yea!
- March 17, 2011 at 2:42 AM
- Jamie said...
I am obsessed with color for spring! Loving that bag!
http://www.glamlatte.com - March 18, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- Allie said...
Need that pleat dress.
xx Allie - March 19, 2011 at 12:52 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Just ordered those bow earrings a few days ago, I can't wait to get them!
- March 25, 2011 at 5:13 AM
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Lacey Hagen: You have studied, interned, worked, and traveled all over world. Why did you pick HVS as the company you wanted to begin your post-graduate career with and why start in the United States?
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: As always in life I was at the right place at the right time. I actually never knew that the job I am doing now existed until my last semester of college. I went to school in the Netherlands and participated in a global program that allowed me to do a semester in Hong Kong and in the United States (at Penn State). I took a hospitality real estate class at Penn State and loved it! Towards the end of the semester Steve Rushmore spoke in our class about HVS and the hotel valuation process and I immediately applied for an internship with HVS New York.
I was never planning on staying in the U.S. after my internship was completed; I always wanted to go back to Asia. HVS has several offices in China and also one in Hong Kong and I really wanted to move there after my internship. However, in order to get a work permit you need two years of work experience, which I did not have. The U.S. never seemed to be an option either, because it's even harder to get a work permit here. After I knew that China wouldn't work out, one of the MD's in the New York office encouraged me to look into U.S. visas, and because the economy was still down in 2011 and most companies stopped sponsoring foreign employees, the contingent of visas wasn't exhausted. I got really lucky and returned to New York in the beginning of this year with a three year work permit. I am actually really happy that things turned out this way; I love my job, have great colleagues and managers, and life in the city is always exciting.
LH: Do you have any advice for foreign students studying in the United States that would like to stay and work after they graduate?
: Based on how the visa process works, it is very important to start early. Most visa categories have caps, and contingencies may fill up quickly. It is also important to be patient and to be prepared for setbacks. I spent months on going back and forth between HVS, an immigration lawyer, and officials in Germany and the Netherlands to organize all the necessary paperwork.
LH: Can you provide some insight into your responsibilities as a Consulting and Valuation Analyst?
: We produce several different reports such as market studies, feasibility studies as well as valuations. A lot of our clients are banks, which for example, are looking into financing a hotel, or hotel owners, investors or developers, who want to know what a property is worth for investment purposes. Valuation assignment can basically be divided into four phases: pre-field work, fieldwork, analysis, and report writing. At HVS, associates work on projects individually, hence they work on the report from beginning to end. Once engaged by the client, I review all the information, then travel to the destination to look at the hotel and its competitors to get a deeper understanding of the market dynamics. I also speak to economic development and/or the Convention and Visitors Bureau to learn about the demand generators and to get a sense of the future outlook for that particular market. Once I am back at the office I sit down with my Managing Director to analyze the data I have collected. Once our "opinion of value" has been formed, I write the report with detailed explanations of the subject property, the market, historical performances and our future projections.
LH: You recently co-authored the HVI, which sounds like a very intimidating project for someone that is within their first year of working and not a native to the country or the language. Were you nervous about the project?
: It was definitely a challenging task, but I learned a lot about the U.S economy in general and, of course, about the hotel industry in particular. We have a wealth of resources and information available to us at HVS and I did a lot of work as an intern and in my first months as an associate in multiple markets as well. It probably took me longer to complete the project, especially because I am not native to the U.S., but the learning experience outweighs the work load by far.
LH: Finally, what were some of the main points on the state of the US hotel market that you discovered while researching for the HVI?
: Increases in occupancy, average rate, and demand, along with limited growth in supply thus far in 2012, are anticipated to result in relatively strong growth in net operating income (NOI). These improving dynamics, coupled with fewer buying opportunities, are expected to yield a positive per-room value change for the U.S. in 2012. According to this year's HVI, U.S. hotel values peaked in 2006 at $100,000 per room. The low point during the recent downturn occurred in 2009, when values dropped to $56,000 per room. We project that U.S. hotel value growth will persist through 2016, surpassing 2006 values in 2013.
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NEW YORK - His considerable lead, and a chance at history, slipping away, Andy Murray dug deep for stamina and mental strength, outlasting Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set, nearly five-hour U.S. Open final Monday.
It had been 76 years since a British man won a Grand Slam singles championship and, at least for Murray, it was well worth the wait.
Ending a nation's long drought, and snapping his own four-final skid in majors, Murray finally pulled through with everything at stake on a Grand Slam stage, shrugging off defending champion Djokovic's comeback bid to win 7-6 (10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2.
"Relief is probably the best word I would use to describe how I'm feeling just now," Murray said, adding: "You do think: Is it ever going to happen?"
Yes, Murray already had showed he could come up big by winning the gold medal in front of a home crowd at the London Olympics last month. But this was different. This was a Grand Slam tournament, the standard universally used to measure tennis greatness - and the 287th since Britain's Fred Perry won the 1936 U.S. Championships, as the event was known back then.
"He deserved to win this Grand Slam more than anybody," Djokovic said of Murray, who will rise to No.3 in the rankings behind No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 2 Djokovic.
Murray versus Djokovic was a test of will as much as skill, lasting 4 hours, 54 minutes, tying the record for longest U.S. Open final. The first-set
They repeatedly produced fantastic, tales-in-themselves points, lasting 10, 20, 30, even 55 - yes, 55 - strokes, counting the serve. The crowd gave a standing ovation to salute one majestic, 30-stroke point in the fourth set that ended with Murray's forehand winner as Djokovic fell to the court, slamming on his left side.
As the finish approached, Djokovic - who had won eight consecutive five-set matches, including in the semifinals (against Murray) and final (against Rafael Nadal) at the Australian Open in January - was the one looking fragile, trying to catch breathers and doing deep knee bends at the baseline to stretch his aching groin muscles. After getting broken to trail 5-2 in the fifth, Djokovic had his legs massaged by a trainer.
"Well, any loss is a bad loss. There is no question about it," Djokovic said. "I'm disappointed to lose the match, but in the back of my mind I knew that I gave it all. I really, really tried to fight my way back."
No one had blown a two-set lead in the U.S. Open title match since 1949, and Murray was determined not to claim that distinction.
When Djokovic sent a forehand long on the final point, Murray crouched and covered his mouth with both hands, as though even he could not believe this moment had actually arrived. The 25-year-old Scot took off his sneakers, grimacing with each step as he gingerly stepped across the court.
Murray was one of only two men in the professional era, which began in 1968, to have lost his first four Grand Slam finals - against Djokovic in the 2011 Australian Open, and against Federer at the 2008 U.S. Open, 2010 Australian Open and this year's Wimbledon.
The other guy who began 0-4? Ivan Lendl, who just so happens to be Murray's coach.
Djokovic totaled 65 unforced errors to Murray's 56; they combined for 49 more unforced errors than winners.
There were 10 points of at least 10 strokes each in the first-set tiebreaker, which lasted 25 minutes.
That loss to Federer in this year's Wimbledon final left Murray in tears, his voice cracking as he told the supportive Centre Court crowd, "I'm getting closer." He appeared to be really, really close Monday, after seizing that epic first set and then racing to a 4-0 lead in the second.
But Djokovic is nothing if not tenacious, and he would not go quietly. He broke for 4-1 and then again when Murray served for a two-set lead at 5-3. That's when Murray made three unforced errors.
When Djokovic held to 5-all, it seemed as though the second set might head to a tiebreaker, too.
But with Djokovic serving while trailing 6-5, he was the one who faltered. On a 31-stroke point, Djokovic missed a forehand to make it 15-30. Then Murray's defensive skills came into play, as he got one overhead back and forced Djokovic to hit a second, which sailed wide.
Two points later, Djokovic pushed an inside-out forehand wide, giving Murray that set.
Djokovic, though, knows how to fashion a comeback.
After stretching for a backhand volley winner to hold at 1-1 in the third, Djokovic let out a guttural yell and pumped his fists. In the next game, Djokovic kept up his better-late-than-never charge. He broke for a 2-1 lead, turning on a 126 mph serve with a terrific return. Soon enough, they were headed to a fourth set.
Djokovic held on to the momentum there.
A critical moment came with Djokovic facing a break point that could have let Murray pull even in the fourth set. After Murray missed a forehand to make it deuce, chair umpire Jake Garner warned Djokovic about taking too much time between points. A discussion ensued, and after winning the next point with a service winner, Djokovic sent a "Take that!" stare in Garner's direction.
Djokovic held to go ahead 3-1 and eventually forced the fifth set.
Murray broke to go ahead 3-0 and was on his way.
Federer, Djokovic and Nadal - who missed the U.S. Open with a left knee injury - had won 29 of the previous 30 major tournaments.
Now Murray joins the Grand Slam club.
"I think everybody's in kind of shock," Murray said, "that this happened."


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Talk to a couple of realty firms in your area? They might be able to do a market analysis on rental prices in your area. This could give you an idea on how much you could likely rent it out for...when the renovations are done. The renovations may be much costlier than the income of several years of renting. Taxes on a dwelling are also a consideration. (both if you renovate and if you raze the dwelling) If you do decide to tear it down, it should reduce your property taxes too. | ||||
I am sure that it varies from one place to the next, and perhaps you would be "grandfathered", but in our town you cannot have two residences on one lot. Also, if you make it a rental, the tenants will be your neighbors. The good thing is that you can manage it better, but it may also devalue your property if you need to sell. | ||||
I wanted to add another thing. Check with your local code officials. In our neighboring town, if it has not been continuously a rental, it costs $1000 to make it one. | ||||
Great ideas already posted here. "jdhomeowner," and btw, "Welcome to the Real Estate Boards! I'll add a few ideas. First, hire a home inspector to determine where you stand with compliance re rules and regulations for rentals. If you don't know one, ask several real estate agents who they use to do inspections on their properties and then choose one to do a thorough inspection. Then, request written itemized bids from at least three licensed/bonded contractors in your area re what it will cost to bring the property into compliance and renovated to make it attractive to prospective renters - compare the three to see if making it into a rental is feasible. Next to do, consult with a CPA regarding the tax consequences - both negative and positive - since this is also your primary residence. Finally, consult with an attorney well versed in real estate to find out the applicable zoning regulations and rules in your area and to draft a preliminary rental agreement so you will be aware of the responsibilities and obligations landlords have. All four of these need to be done BEFORE you even consider taking a step forward. Skip a step and, like Humpty Dumpty, it can all come crashing down around you! Good luck, it can be a profitable endeavor or one filled with pitfalls - move wisely! This message has been edited. Last edited by: Idaho Resident, | ||||
I wouldn't waste a Realtors time to determine rental value, until you get a contractor there to see if the place is habitable and structurally sound first. In addition, why pay a Home inspector $300-500 when you can get a free bid from contractors. Good point on the grandfather in zoning, which may be the case. Once you tear it down, you may automatically convert to present zoning in your neighborhood. 1 house per "x" square feet of land. Call your local zoning office and ask questions about zoning law in your town or city. Zoning laws vary quadrant to quadrant, town to town, county to county, state to state. | ||||
Because contractors might not know the local laws re inspections issues? Yes, they can build to specifications BUT someone has to tell them what those specifications are... Good luck, post back how this turns out! | ||||
THANKS TO ALL! You guys are great. I had the front house inspected a couple of years ago to help me with prioritizing repairs, so I may ask him to come. I'm afraid if I start with contractors, they will advise me to renovate, just because that's their business. A second house as a rental is pretty common around here, but I've only had relatives living there before.I'll post again as I make decisions. Thanks again! | ||||
You're welcome - looking forward to when you post back after getting some more information! | ||||
I have same query like you and your thread helps me so much in it. Thanks for make such a useful post. | ||||
IMHO it's premature hire anyone! especially when county or city code requirements are available; usually online. Make an appointment to discuss your plans and concerns with local Gov't representative....it's free. Once viability has been established, estimate expenses to bring the house up to basic liveability standards Vs anticipated rental income to determine cost effectivness. Should you find it would be less costly to demolish that house, contact your local fire dept - they may want to use it for training purposes. | ||||
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