text: (Bloomberg Opinion) -- It's another round of primaries today, with voting in Arkansas, Kentucky and Georgia, plus runoffs in Texas. The big headline race is the battle of the Staceys: the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary between Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans. There's also a relatively low-key runoff among Democrats for Texas governor and quite a few contested U.S. House races, plus the usual down-ballot stuff. .I've talked before about the Democratic primary in Kentucky's 6th House District as an example of the nationalization of state and local races. Fifty years ago, there really were no national parties. In some states, there was hardly any coordination between one city and another, or between urban and rural areas. Formal national parties were rudimentary at best until maybe the 1950s, and even then they were hardly central to anything. And while there were long-term ties between state parties in some cases, there were few purely national party actors for a very long time. National parties mainly existed at the quadrennial national conventions and, to some extent, through the presidential campaigns that followed, but that was about it. .No more. It's not just that the formal party organizations — the Republican and Democratic National Committees, and each party's House and Senate campaign committees — are now well-established organizations. It's also that thousands of political operatives — campaign and governing professionals — are nationally, not locally, based. .So when you hear that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has intervened against one candidate, as it did in Texas' 7th District against Laura Moser, don't assume that means the national party is on one side. As it happens, another Democratic Party-aligned group, Emily's List, has supported Lizzie Pannill Fletcher in that race, but there are a number of other national groups that have gotten involved, including the Bernie Sanders-derived Our Revolution and national-party-aligned interest groups. Even those groups that organize locally, as the Indivisible groups have, are usually nationally networked as well. .Parties are defined through nominations. Nominations are determined, in large part, by the choices of various party actors — some individually, others in groups; some nationally based, some organized at the state or local level. There's nothing wrong at all, and nothing unusual, with conflict among these people and groups. There's a lot at stake: not just the policy preferences of the party's politicians, but also their priorities about what policies they'll actually act on when they have the chance. Sometimes party actors can work this all out among themselves and one candidate gets overwhelming party support, but sometimes they can't, and it goes to the primary election voters. .None of that is inherently unhealthy, nor is it undemocratic. The results, however, are often extremely complex. Obviously the first step to sorting it out is to realize how complicated networked parties can be. But then, understanding that complexity can be tricky. Conflict simply doesn't necessarily sort out along the lines that the national media expect. Good local reporters will often be good guides, but in many areas there really aren't good local reporters anymore. There certainly are good national reporters who learn what's going on, but it's not always obvious which ones can be trusted. And even the good national reporters and analysts are just going to find it difficult to balance a deep understanding of individual contests and the need to generalize across all elections..1. John Patty at Mischiefs of Faction on the defeated farm bill and what it tells us about how Congress is (and isn't) working..2. Seth Masket at Pacific Standard on the big test coming for Democrats. .3. James Lebovic at the Monkey Cage on President Donald Trump, toughness and North Korea. .4. Josh Putnam has updates on what's happening with Democratic presidential nomination process reforms, including any changes with superdelegates. .5. Max Boot on one week of Trump norm violations. .6. Harry Enten points out how few public polls have been published ahead of this year's Senate elections. .7. Kevin Drum sorts through some of the latest speculation about corruption and, perhaps including, Trump. .8. And Politico's Eliana Johnson, Emily Stephenson and Daniel Lippman on the big security risk in the Oval Office. .To contact the editor responsible for this story: Brooke Sample at firstname.lastname@example.com.©2018 Bloomberg L.P.


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Baby Boomers Get Agitated As They Face Age-Bias Issues
MY COLUMN last week on how employers are failing to prepare for an aging work force brought a torrent of mail from readers who are already feeling burned.
Anger over age bias is growing as the oldest baby boomers turn 55 this year, landing in the category many employers label "older workers."
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Caught In the Knots of Energetic Snarls
As we move through life, we may find ourselves entangled in unhelpful energies.
Untangling energy snarls generally falls into one of three categories of shamanic work:
Unwinding Ancestral Entanglements
Clearing the Unfinished Business of Past Lives
Clearing and Unraveling Curses, Bindings and Oaths
Ancestral entanglements can be seen, understood, and unwound beautifully via constellations, as can the unfinished business of past lives. Clearing curses and curse-like energies, including binding oaths our ancestors made, or promises made on behalf of the family, can be done in stages via shamanic journey work and the help of specialized Helping Spirits.


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R Brow lift (Browpexy)
Age related changes of upper face include brow ptosis or dropping of the eyebrow which reduces the distance between the eyebrow and upper eyelashes and gives a tired look.
This also adds to the skin fold visible on the upper eyelid. If the distance between the eyebrows and upper eyelashes is acceptable then no surgery is required for the eyebrows but when there is brow ptosis then position of the eyebrow needs to be addressed.
Traditionally eyebrow position was addressed through a forehead lift or endo brow lift which are quite invasive and extensive procedures. It is well known that these procedures used to leave a surprised look on the face with eyebrows positioned too high on the forehead. In the recent years less extensive eyebrow lift has been performed through temple lift and browpexy.
The temple lift addresses the outer half of the eyebrow through a scar at the temple just inside the hairline and browpexy is performed through the scar of upper blepharoplasty which is in the crease of upper eyelid. Mr Riaz has modified the technique of browpexy by performing the dissection deep to periosteum which is more extensive than the usual browpexy technique.
There is less risk of bleeding and injury to the muscle or nerves. Dissection is also quick in this plane. An ellipse of periosteum is removed and then deep sutures are used to approximate the two edges of periosteum which obtains eyebrow lift of outer half of the eyebrow to achieve a pleasing appearance. As the sutures are quite deep there is no surface indentation left below the eyebrow. This technique obtains quite stable results. Further details are given in the section of facial surgery.
Here are the procedural steps to completing an upper and lower blepharoplasty cosmetic surgery procedure.
Incision & Dissection
- The lateral skin incision marking.
- Subcutaneous undermining.
- Sub-ciliary incision.
- Incision of the orbicularis oculists muscle.
- dissection of the sub-muscular plane releasing the fascia over the SOOF.
- Orbito-malar ligament release and lateral pocket dissection.
Volume Augmentation
Volume augmentation over the inferior orbital rim and, malaria tissue lift and lateral canthopexy.
- The post septal fat in all three compartments is teased into a uniform apron.
- Plication of the inferior orbital septum and redrawing of the post septal fat over the infraorbital margin (first layer of volume augmentation).
- SOOF double-breasting over the post septal fat on the infraorbital margin (second layer of volume augmentation whilst simultaneously lifting malaria tissues) see arrow.
- Three to four similar sutures are used from medial to lateral.
- Excision of excess muscle.
- Lateral canthopexy suture.
Orbicularis suspension and Results
Orbicularis suspension and opposition, Reconstruction and immediate post-operative results.
- Two orbicularis suspension sutures
- Third orbicularis opposition suture
- Excess skin excision
- lateral conturing suture
- Immediate post-operative result (antero-posterior view)
- Immediate post-operative result (lateral view)
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R Brow lift Cosmetic Surgery Testimonials
I am proud of the work my team and I provide and am always willing to share the testimonials from my patients, here are just a few.
Consultations, Clinics & Info
Live outside Hull & East Yorkshire? Here's some useful information if you need to travel and stay over as part of your R Brow lift cosmetic surgery procedure.
Mr Riaz's patient support team will arrange with you which of the three main (Hull, Grimsby & Doncaster) clinics your consultation and cosmetic surgery procedure will take place. We have detailed below useful information for each of the locations, which will assist you during your cosmetic surgery journey.
Mr Riaz's Patient Support team can be contacted during office hours on 01482 841228 & 01482 841229.
Spire Hospital
Lowfield Road
Hull & East Riding
01482 841228
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St Hugh's Hospital
St Hugh's Hospital
Peaks Lane
01472 898725
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Park Hill Hospital
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01302 553355
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Meet Your Surgeon
Mr Muhammad Riaz - FRCSI, FRCS(GLASG), FRCSED, FRCS(PLAST)
I have worked as a Consultant Plastic, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgeon since 1999 and currently work in the UK at The Department of Plastic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, in East Yorkshire. I received an honorary appointment to the Academic Staff of the Hull York Medical School (HYMS). My role is one of Senior Clinical Tutor and involves teaching, research and curriculum development.
Myself, my anaesthetic, medical and patient support teams look forward to meeting you in person.
Cosmetic Surgery Guides & Information
Patient information leaflets and resources are detailed below relating to eye, brow and facial cosmetic surgery procedures.
Use this information in conjunction with advice from Mr Riaz or other health care professionals looking after you.
Cosmetic Surgery - Professional Bodies
You should ask yourself a number of questions before embarking on any treatment, most important of all is, how do you know if he has undertaken the appropriate and relevant training?
In short – Plastic, Cosmetic and Aesthetic Surgeons in the UK cannot describe themselves as such unless they are recorded on the General Medical Council Specialist Register. Surgeons can only qualify for entry onto this register after they have undertaken and completed accredited training in plastic surgery over a number of years, which is recognised by the GMC.
Mr Riaz is registered and an active member of all of the above professional bodies, is your surgeon?


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As you can see from my current pearltree I love Japanese culture (mainly their shinto and otaku culture), art (design, experimental art, large-scale displays, demonstrations (ex: art using or demonstrating math and physics), murals, manga, art-books, paintings, pictures, illustrations, illusions, arts and crafts, figures and models, etc.), gaming, and futuristic technology (assembly-line robots, medical robotics, etc: ASIMO Honda Robot might help clean up nuclear waste!). However, I am actually an avid reader and I love to learn about interesting things even though I have no talents and have had trouble in school--and life in general. I love antiques, relics, fossils, insects, uniquely evolved plants and animals, rocks and minerals, crystal caves, the largely unexplored deep depths of the sea, I mainly love meaningful fantasy books Like _The Name of the Wind: Kingkiller Chronicles_ by Patrick Rothfuss, _The Deed of Paksenarrion_trilogy by Elizabeth Moon, _The Last Herald Mage_ series by Mercedes Lackey, The Twelve Kingdoms series by Fuyumi Ono (beautiful cover art and illustrations, unique story filled with references to Chinese culture and mythology (author majored in Chinese Culture) (etc). I enjoy fantasy books with history mixed in , historical fiction books with fantasy/scifi mystery elements, fiction, and mystery. I'm interested in ongoing research around the world in many different subjects and unexplained things happening on earth like the sudden increase in largescale disappearances of bees--often leaving few clues behind as to what happened (unknown bee virus and/or parasite?...hard to know because they _disappear_ --little to none available bodies of affected bees to study from affected hives (studies have and are being made of bees in affected regions though and many dissected bees just have common parasites => imunosuficient insects? bee AIDS?: not ruled out as far as I know (please excuse me if I'm wrong: haven't read-up on the more recent studies-- just having fun speculating ^_^) insecticides=> fairly well regulated in western societies, not as much in eastern and south-eastern societies, largescale migration?... billions of migrating bees would be kindof hard for beekeepers, farmers, and entemologists to miss, Bees unable to find their way back to their hives?, aliens capturing them to introduce into their own world for easy pollenation (hahaha...you can never be sure--many things are theorectically possible)? Chinese workers now have to pollinate plants by hand--I read a more hardy hybrid bee was being created with African and Australian honey bees (I think) in Australia to import into different regions to help alleviate the problems. Research on the largscale disappearance of bees and their decreasing population is still inconclusive as far as I know but it is causing more farmers to pay beekeepers to bring their hives to their farms to pollinate their crops (very expensive). We rely on these amazing efficient pollinaters. If bees disappear across the world, it would bee devastating to our food supply because it would debilitate the largscale crop production and force farmers and their workers to hand pollinate their crops. Anyway sorry for the longwinded rant. I'm interested in many things and I am mainly using Peartrees to find and organize my favorite websites and interests. I recently lost all my bookmarks (T_T) so I don't have many pearls to add right now but I thought this would help me keep track of my favorites. Thank you to the developers of pearltree for this amazing firefox extension! (^_^) <3 ~Pamela
Animal videos. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy:So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. Rabbids! - StumbleUpon. [타치의 자작그림] 09년 10월 1일 목요일. Nichijou. AMV's. Sebastian Singing and Acting Lesson. Wolf Children - Official Trailer (English dub) Yaoi ;) Terry Pratchett movies. Jeeves and Wooster. Gilbert and Sullivan. Games. Yoshitaka amano art. Takehiko inoue art. Anime News Network. Vagabond Manga - Read Vagabond Online For Free. Berserk. Wilcon Berserk is similiar to Gungrave on alot of points.
Both of the series have this serious, dark, and abit depressing feeling, and they both follow the same pattern in the storytelling. Samurai Champloo. Sothis Truly, Bebop and Samurai Champloo are all about style.
I didn't like Bebop a great deal, but love SC, so it all depends. Regardless, I still realize they are very, very good recommendations for each other. Oozing style from the character designs, to the music, to the episodic plotline. Natsume Yuujinchou. Oneredpanda Both series feature a boy with the ability to see spirits.
Both are episodic and include a lot of shinto culture. Both deal with how the protagonist relates to the spirits, as friends or enemies. Watch Natsume Yuujinchou Episodes Online. Series Information Title: Natsume Yuujinchou Type: TV Series, 13 episodes Year: Jul 8, 2008 to Sep 30, 2008 Genre:
Utawarerumono. Reimius Scrapped Princess is like Utawarerumono because of the way the plot turns out.
Each Series starts out with a medievil tone and setting, but as the story progresses, you'll find out secrets about the world each series takes place in. These two both take that approach in telling the story, so if you liked the way that one of these shows worked, you'll like the other. Spice and Wolf. Chihayafuru. KuroiTsubasa You might say that these series have nothing in common as their plotlines revolve around completely different things - Bakuman centers around young people trying to become manga authors and Chihayafuru is about youth playing karuta.
But on the other hand, these shows have plenty of similarities as they both depict young people moving towards their desired goals, steadily improving, competing to become the best, making new friends and meeting new rivals. Azumanga Daioh. Liquidhell Lucky Star is an anime also based on 4-panel manga, and thus, shares success with Azumanga Daioh in it's simplicity and non-sequiter (absurd/random) humour.
Mawaru Penguin Drum. StudioGirlKoi Madoka Magica and Mawaru Penguin Drum have this dark, shrouded atmosphere that makes their worlds seem hopeless, unpredictable, and better off just letting the ''fate'' of their worlds take over.
These shows have the power of taking people who seem so ordanairy and making their lifes a living hell, constantly fighting for what they want, even when they know that it may not come to light. The fate of the characters seems just about impossible to change... The fantasy aspect, which usually makes a lot of shows more bright and loving, can make the worst darkness come out. Hana-Saku Iroha. Twelve Kingdoms, The. Saiunkoku Monogatari. Sarwor248 Both series feature a smart heroine who ends up surrounded by male suitors.
Scrapped Princess. Carrot The pacing is very similar in how they handle comedy/serious transitions.
Although Stellvia is sci-fi and Scrapped is only sciantisy the feeling of emotion in both series holds a connection. Seirei no Moribito. Kawaiipie Both Seirei and Mushishi have high quality animation and environments, and an interesting narrative. They are contemporary fantasies that are set in the past, and have similar pacing. Mushishi's plot is more circular; every episode has a different story.
It's about a Mushishi named Ginko who travels around ridding people of their Mushi (invisible insect-type creatures) problems; there is a reason why he can never settle down for too long. Kurenai. Jyu Oh Sei. DrunkenBlowfish Both are sci-fi anime that focus on a powerful young man finding his old life torn away from him as he is thrown into a new life where he much lead a following of people to find peace. yamirakuen 1. The graphics are SO similar I immediately thought of Toward the Terra while watching Jyu Oh Sei.
The genre is also sci-fi, where humans are inhabiting non-Earth planets. Last Exile. Sublime Being totally different genres of anime doesn't stop me from recommending fans of Scrapped Princess to see Last Exile and vice versa. Excellent captivating plots and characters you can empathise with means you'll always be eager to find out what happens next. TheBurningCrow Man if there are ever 2 series that make you constantly wanting to watch the next episode, it's Last Exile and Scrapped Princess. Although the stories aren't the same, or the animation, the flow of the episodes and the characters endeavors are very captivating and you get sucked in, even if you don't want to. Guilty Crown.
Noein. Steins;Gate. Watch Steins Gate Episodes Online. Series Information Title: Speed Grapher. Texhnolyze. TheBurningCrow. Le Chevalier D'Eon. Azaireal Le Chevailier D'Eon is a revenge story which takes place during the reign of King Louis the XV. Murder, intrigue, betrayal and conspiracy are all key plot elements. Gankutsuou is also a revenge story which takes place in France, in what is inspired by a Nineteenth century setting; intrigue, betrayal and conspiracy are all key plot elements. Blood+ Skavo.


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Somali asylum seeker arrested by ICE agents
Immigration advocates are expressing concern over how a man was arrested inside a Portland courthouse on Thursday.
Abdi Ali, a Somali immigrant, was handcuffed by federal agents after meeting with his attorney. He was at the courthouse to appear on an OUI charge.
Advocate Sue Roche believes a courthouse is not the place to make these kind of arrests.
"It changed the focus from trying to access justice to fear of being deported," Roche said. "We certainly understand the federal authorities need to do their jobs, but it shouldn't be in our courts."
Rep. Larry Lockman, a Republican from Amherst, agrees the ICE agents were simply doing their job
"I'm surprised that there's any controversy about this," said Lockman when reached by phone on Friday.
Lockman argues a courthouse is the safest place for authorities to make these arrests.
"Anybody who is in the country legally and is not committing crimes doesn't have anything to fear from being in a courthouse," Lockman said.
But Roche believes Ali's abrupt arrest rattled the immigrant community.
"It is feeding into the fear and the anxiety that is already a huge problem here with our clients," Roche said.
In an email sent to WMTW News 8, ICE Public Affairs Officer Shawn Neudauer said Abdi Ali was arrested because he has an extensive criminal history, including a misdemeanor assault conviction.
Immigration enforcement has been a priority since President Trump took office, but Ali's attorney, Tina Nadeau, said this is the first time she has seen or heard of a someone being detained here in Maine.
Neudauer said Ali initially resisted arrest as he walked out of Nadeau's office, but agents followed protocol.
"ICE officers used a minimum amount of force to safely effect the arrest due to the subject's refusal to comply with commands," Neudauer said.
Nadeau denies that Ali resisted arrest.
Court officials said there is no policy that keeps federal agents from making arrests in the courthouse, but Nadeau believes the ICE agents were out of line.
"Federal agents should not be allowed access to our courts as a hunting ground for people that they feel should be detained. It's not right," Nadeau said.
Nadeau worries people in Ali's situation may now be afraid to show up for their court dates.
Neudauer said Ali remains in federal custody.


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This thing is monstrous. If it is ever built, it it would be the world's tallest skyscraper. Assuming that another tower isn't erected which is mightier than Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Tower in Jeddah when is currently under construction and if it is finished in 2019, will be the world's tallest building.
It is fascinating that this tower is proposed for Basra, Iraq. How audacious, is that. The building and the locale both of which defy gravity in so many literal and figurative ways. It is designed by British-Iraqi architecture firm AMBS. The firm wants to create a 'virtual city.'
Here is an illustration of the proposed design:
The actual height of Kingdom Tower seems to be a moving target. But the illustration below projects the three tallest buildings in the world, assuming Kingdom Tower (under construction) and this, "The Bride of the Gulf" are completed.
Illustrations and article: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/20/the-worlds-tallest-building-planned-in-ex-warzone-basra-iraq
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Amid a biting recession and at the end of a week of raw weather, Saturday was a good day to warm up around the table of brotherhood. The Norwich NAACP's Annual Sweet Potato Festival provided the perfect opportunity.
"Food has a psychological effect on people," Cora Lee Bouleware, a member of the Norwich Board of Education, said while seated with three friends at the festival in the United Congregational Church. "It's not called soul food for nothing."
Several guests remarked that good food does more to lift spirits. Norwich NAACP President Jacqueline Owens lauded the efforts of head chef Chris Cagle and his assistants. Cagle, a Stonington resident with a degree in culinary arts, said he seasons his creations with family spirit.
"I come from a big family and this is how we throw down on the holidays," Cagle said, adding that he made Sweet Potato Supreme this year using his father's recipe. "It's simple, hearty stuff."
Three kinds of chicken, collard greens, macaroni, corn bread, rice and beans were generously spooned out by Norwich Board of Education Chairman Charles Jaskiewicz and others.
Guests, including state Sen. Edith Prague, D-Columbia, and state Rep. Kevin Ryan, D-Montville, were impressed.
"The food is excellent," Telka Wirhun, of Norwich, said while seated at a table with three companions. "I told the cook personally."
United Congregational, hosting the festival for the second year, is looking to promote family feeling among the entire community.
"These old white churches should be full of people from all walks," said the Rev. John Lancz, United Congregational's pastor.
The fact that United Congregational was the first Sunday school for black children in Eastern Connecticut is a source of pride for Lancz. He likened that fact to Prudence Crandall's school in Canterbury for young black girls that was controversial in its day but has since become a national symbol for improving race relations.
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Music also lifts spirits and the festival had that, too, as Down Stage Center, a chorus of eight backed by Norwich Free Academy senior David Smith on piano, performed. Smith, the group's leader, said Saturday's event was a warm-up for Haiti benefit shows planned for March and April.
Festival joy has its limits, one participant noted. Devon Thornton, of Uncas Health District, was there with health program brochures. He kept a low profile, sitting alone at a table.
"People want to hear about health, but not while they're eating," he said.
The Sweet Potato Festival was the final event of Black History Month for Norwich's NAACP. The month included a visit by U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and a friend of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.


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An evening of sol@s with Hadar Ahuvia, Ilona Bito, Lorene Bouboushian, Alex Romania, Sandra Wieser. Organized by Alex Romania.
Tuesday February 17th 7-11pm
Sol@ making has kept me from dying. sol@trophy is an evening of sol@s spanning different disciplines and topics, an opportunity to examine how these makers do things alone... or maybe not so alone sometimes. Sol@'s so that we don't rot away. Yes, sol@s. @ Glasshouse. Some recent INVISIBLE ARTISTS articles will float around.
About participating artists:
Ilona Bito is a dance artist and educator living in NYC. She is currently dancing for Kathy Westwater, and developing a solo score for Thousands of Civilians (working title)- in equal parts in the dance studio and in outdoor public spaces.
Hadar Ahuvia has been choreographing and presenting work in New York City since 2010 that is grounded in physical research and political consciousness. Ahuvia has created and performed 'new techniques' to challenge the symmetry and aesthetic rigidity of of ballet, conceived performances of cleaning and physical labor to bring to light the isolation and exploitation of of domestic workers. She is currently working on a solo performance in which I reconcile with a legacy of Zionism through the restaging of Israeli folk dances and songs Ahuvia grew up in Israel and Florida, trained at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and earned a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. Past and current collaborations include work with Stuart Shugg, Tatyana Tenenbaum, Kathy Westwater, Anna Sperber, Molly Poerstel, Jon Kinzel, Sara Rudner, and Jill Sigman. Ahuvia has presented work at DTW/NYLA (2011-2012 Fresh Track Artist), EMPAC, The Chocolate Factory's Throw, CPR, Dixon Place, Aunts, Catch 59, and at the Eastport Art Center, Maine.
Lorene Bouboushian is a choreographer, vocalizer, and performance artist originally from rural Texas. She is fascinated by the grotesque, the absurd, and the intimate, utilizing "self-exposure and vulnerability in real, risky ways" [CultureBot, 2011]. She has shared work at Dixon Place, Danspace Project, JACK, Panoply Performance Lab, Outpost Artist Resources, and Grace Exhibition Space, as well as New York Live Arts as a Fresh Tracks Artist-In-Residence. She has also worked as a performer with Melinda Ring, Bruno Isakovic, luciana achugar, Lindsey Drury, Panoply Performance Lab, Daria Fain, and Kathy Westwater. She is also an interdisciplinary arts educator, Pre-K to post-secondary. www.lorenebouboushian.com
Sandra Wieser is a Swiss/American artist. She studied visual arts at the Kunsthochschule Weissensee Berlin, as well as performance at the HEAD in Geneva and recently moved to New York City to work as an office intern at Movement Research. Her work has been presented at the Tanztage Festival Berlin, Zeitraumexit Festival Mannheim, in the Uferstudios Berlin and in ada studio Berlin. She has been curating the Petunien Improvisation Series in ada studio Berlin with Meltem Nil since 2009.
Sandra has taught improvisation and composition at Ponderosa Movement & Discovery and at the Mime Centrum Berlin. In 2013-14 she was given the Life Long European Grant for Adult Education to teach and focus on the Living Library project at Ponderosa. She has recently performed in Ivo Dimchev's FEST at the American Realness Festival in New York City and at Fringe Arts in Philadelphia.
Alex Romania - as a multidisciplinary maker, performer, organizer, and teacher, Romania has performed and taught around the States. Recent work has been presented by SOLOW Fest (Philly), Old Furnace Artist Residency (VA) and Glasshouse ArtLifeLab where Romania sometimes curates evenings of work and organizes public discussions for online journal 'Invisible Artists' (cargocollective.com/invisibleartists). Romania has performed in works by Eddie Peake, Simone Forti, Steve Paxton, and currently dances for choreographers Kathy Westwater, and Jacob Slominski. Romania looks forward to developing a new work as a Chez Bushwick Artist in Residence this Spring, to performing in the Performance Mix Festival this June, and to other performances along the way. cargocollective.com/alexromania
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According to a study out Monday on global climate change, your dog (or your cat) is probably killing the environment, and if you want to stem the tide of global warming, it's time to say "good-bye" to Fido and Fluffy.
The study, which appears in the online journal PLOS, claims the human compulsion to seek out animal companionship is one of the primary factors affecting our climate, particularly in the United States where there are 163 million companion animals — roughly one pet for every two Americans — the highest number of any country in the world.
Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia claim that those 163 million pets have a detrimental impact on the environment, from the food they consume to the waste they produce.
"In the US, there are more than 163 million dogs and cats that consume, as a significant portion of their diet, animal products and therefore potentially constitute a considerable dietary footprint," the study's abstract proclaims. "Here, the energy and animal-derived product consumption of these pets in the US is evaluated for the first time, as are the environmental impacts from the animal products fed to them, including feces production."
The problem isn't just the United States, though. The popularity of companion animals has grown worldwide.
"Americans are the largest pet owners in the world, but the tradition of pet ownership in the US has considerable costs. As pet ownership increases in some developing countries, especially China, and trends continue in pet food toward higher content and quality of meat, globally, pet ownership will compound the environmental impacts of human dietary choices," it continues.
There's only one solution: no more pets. "Reducing the rate of dog and cat ownership, perhaps in favor of other pets that offer similar health and emotional benefits would considerably reduce these impacts," the study concludes.
Alternatively, the researchers recommend having your pets go vegetarian, something that's not recommended by veterinarians or animal health and welfare experts who concede that having some type of meat-based protein is best for your four-legged friends — particularly those whose ancestors were carnivorous.
The study, the researchers say, isn't designed to dissuade animal lovers from taking in the maximum number of pets possible, but rather encourage Americans to consume less meat. Livestock farming is a significant contributor to global climate change, they say, and the less meat we consume, the better it is for the environment. And humans make up the vast majority of that consumption; dogs and cats consume only around 19% of the meat protein humans do.
Researchers probably won't find much success in convincing Americans to ditch their furry friends, anyway. Americans love their pets, and despite claims to the contrary — and pervasive environmental hysteria — Americans have greatly reduced their carbon footprint over the last decade, pets and all.
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Almost? You have to let it out, man, otherwise you're full of puke. If you don't like "carbon footprint", maybe "Easter Island" will ring your bell.
I would take my dog over most people, so if they really believe things are so bad, tell them to end it all, my dog is much above these lying corrupted so called humans!


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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Madden, What Happens if There's a Strike?
A strike is looming, and the fatter cat team owners could possibly survive a two year lockout. Click here for a report.
While things might not turn out well financially for the NFL and the NFLPA come March 4th, 2011 (the day the lockout officially begins); many fans are wondering what this coming Fall will be like should America's most popular pastime is MIA?
I was thinking about all of this when suddenly, the thought occurred, "What the heck happens to the Madden video game franchise if the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement ends and a lengthy lockout occurs?"
While analysts have talked about the amount of money that might be lost in more mainstream sectors from a lockout; not any I've seen have talked about the $788 million dollars EA Sports will lose. EA already came up short of projections $391 million in 2010. (report here) In my opinion, EA will be obviously hurt, and I'd think it would have an even greater effect on the company that makes Madden franchise EA-Tiburon.
More importantly, what happens to the gamers!?!?
Will EA-Tiburon move to an edition that only highlights the classic rosters? Could they have something up their sleeves none of us can imagine? Surely they are prepared for what's looking more and more like a lockout eventuality; but it is a difficult question that I can only speculate about.
What is your speculation?
Let's start the discussion; what do YOU think?
2 comments:
- Nelson said...
If I was EA I would just use the most up to date schedule and roster that I had and put the game out. No need to stop the gravy train just because the owners and players can't figure out how to split up billions of dollars. Besides, when they do start playing you can send an update with the latest roster changes.
It's not like the old days when you were stuck with what was available on release day.
- March 2, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Fred said...
True... I'm sure they will release something along the lines you are stating; I'm very interested to know what the details are however. My other thought is if it's an extended lockout; will this cause fans to flock to Madden for some sort of football outlet; or will it somehow cause the other sports video game franchises to swell with users who have rediscovered the other sports that maybe they've fallen away from.
If people still want to stay with a proper American Football game, will the college version of the game sell even better?
Everyone knows I'm a huge NFL fan, so the last thing I want to see is a lockout; but if there is no pro ball; collage is going to have to fill that void.
- March 2, 2011 at 6:50 PM


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This elephant crying is the saddest Christmas advert ever made
Unfortunately, animal cruelty and endangerment is an issue which is ever-present in our world, but there are reasons why the subject is being talked about at great length at the moment. The World Wildlife Fund has just released a new advert for Christmas about how these issues affect African elephants, to challenge the recent ruling made against animal sentience in the UK, as well as Donald Trump's view that hunting trophies are permissible.
In the UK, MPs recently voted to reject the inclusion of animal sentience, which is the view that animals feel emotion and pain, into the Brexit bill. The move was greatly criticized by animal rights activists, who stated that the vote undermined environment secretary Michael Gove's pledge to prioritise these rights during the withdrawal from the European Union.
This issue has also come up in the states recently, as the Trump administration announced it would reverse the ban on trophy imports from Zimbabwe that had been imposed by the Obama administration. Two days later, however, Trump walked this back after tweeting that elephant hunting is a "horror show".
To put things in perspective, the WWF released an advert that focuses on the plight of the African elephant, as part of their Just Like Us campaign. In stark contrast to the more sentimental advertisements that pop up in the Christmas period, this video shows an elephant weeping as it sees one of its herd become a victim of the ivory industry.
The advert uses CGI to portray real events that have happened across the Savannah, showing brief glimpses of an elephant being gunned down by poachers for its ivory tusks. The hope is that this ad will pull on people's heartstrings, encouraging them to stand up for these poor elephants and end the illegal trade. You can watch the full, heartbreaking video below:
The charity states that more African elephants are being killed than are being born, due to the high demand for ivory. In fact, around 55 elephants are killed a day for their tusks, using the valuable material to create ornaments and trinkets.
"Like all of us, elephants vary in many characteristics, emotions and personalities," WWF chief executive Tanya Steele said, "The impact of poaching not only threatens the future of elephants, but it is strongly felt among them and leaves a lasting impression. Time and time again we see elephants grieve for those tragically killed."
On their website, the WWF provides a detailed explanation of the issue they are hoping to solve:
"Together, we're helping train rangers and law enforcers, deploying new technology, working with local communities, tackling consumer demand for wildlife products, and working with governments to change legislations.
"The illegal wildlife trade is a huge international organised crime, and the methods used by poachers and smugglers are becoming more and more sophisticated. It's threatening to undo decades of conservation work.
"In Asia, elephants have disappeared from approximately 85% of their historic range. While in Africa, their range has shrunk by over half since 1979. Poaching is an ever-present threat, with around 20,000 African elephants being killed each year."
If you adopt an elephant or otherwise support the WWF, you can help the charity to protect habitats, restore degraded biological corridors, train and equip anti-poaching patrols, as well as fund their work with local communities to monitor elephant movement and reduce human-elephant conflict. If you're interested in supporting their cause, you should check out their website.


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The Pro Kabaddi League's fourth season is all set to hit the mat on June 25 when the Puneri Paltan take on Telugu Titans in Mumbai in the opener followed by clash between former champions U Mumba and the inaugural season champions Jaipur Pink Panthers.
The teams have been preparing at their respective preparatory camps for the upcoming season. This will be the league's fourth season in the last 24 months.
This season, the league will see 24 international players from 12 countries including Iran, Kenya, Japan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, United Kingdom and more.
"The sport must not only encourage our players, but also give countless millions who follow it a thrill. The past three seasons have proven that the country is ready to not only watch and accept more of Pro Kabaddi, but also form loyalties toward players and teams. Season 4 will only reinforce that the Kabaddi eco system will grow stronger as the league progresses," Janardan Singh Gehlot, International Kabaddi Federation president, said.
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UX events: 10 unmissable workshops, conferences and talks
Usability training, interaction design, design thinking or just plain old UX inspiration. We've got the bases covered with these 10 unmissable UX events worldwide through March
There are plenty reasons for attending a UX event over the coming 3 months. Whether you made a UX resolution to brush up your technical skills, improve your professional networks or just want to stay on top of the latest IT trends (tough, but you can try!), there's a UX event that will cater to your needs. Also, you'll meet fellow UXers and designers who'll probably end up inspiring you to work better, or at least differently.
Justinmind has checked out the must-attend upcoming UX events and courses both online and in-person and selected 10 that will take you up until the start of April 2017. From San Francisco to Hong Kong, make a date to attend one of these courses, conferences or workshops. Speakers come from a wide range of backgrounds, including academia, public policy and the corporate sector
UX, Usability and Design Conferences
Awwwards Digital Thinkers Conference London, 2 – 3 February 2017
"2 days, 2 workshops, 20 talks and a historic party". With a tagline like that, the Awwwards Digital Thinkers Conference is hard to resist. The London event sees speakers such as Adrian Zumbrunnen (the conversational interface guy) and Andrew Herzog, both of Google, take to the podium, as well as consultant Paul Boag and the Signal Noise founders. These talk sessions are complemented by two workshops: "Virtual Reality: Strategy, Storytelling and the evolution of the industry", and "Data visualisation". Digital Thinkers ends with the Awwwards prizegiving ceremony and that 'historic party' they mentioned, at The Old Library, Guildhall.
Interaction 17, 6 – 8 February 2017
This is IxDA's 10th conference, and with 1000 design leaders expected to attend it looks like being a bumper outing. This year's theme of Design in Content asks "how does environment shape interaction, and how should we, as designers, respond?" UXers will be interested in talks such as Daniel Yang's "Design to Fight Crime and Save Lives", and "Design-led Cultural Innovation" from Cindy Chastain, Mastercard's SVP of Global Experience & Design. There are also curated sessions to attend, covering subjects such as conversational AI and Complexity in User Experience.
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UX Hong Kong, 24 – 25 February 2017
UX Hong Kong is a great opportunity for the budding Asian UX community to get together and talk shop. The two day conference comprises 5 talks from UX experts on day One, rounded out with workshop sessions on day two. The talks look eminently practical: the Executive Director of the User Experience Center at Bentley University will discuss "Moving your UX Career to the Next Level", and Cornelius Rachieru will provide hints on how to defend design decisions in "The Anatomy of a Design Argument".
Usability Week San Diego, 26 February – 2 March
The Nielsen Norman Group curates 5 whole days of full-day courses with NN Group experts and invited speakers in San Diego. You can attend all 5 days or just one, but there's only time to attend one course per day so make sure you choose wisely. Topics range from Information Architecture, UI Principles and Usability Testing to Lean UX principles and wireframing and prototyping.
Convey UX, 28 February – 2 March
Seattle's upcoming Convey UX will see Pacific Northwestern UXers get together for the fifth year running. This year's event lines up some truly great speakers: Steve Krug will explain why anyone not doing user testing is nuts; Harvard cyborg anthropologist Amber Case will discuss designing 'calm technology', or devices that engage our attention appropriately. There are also speed networking sessions and social meet-ups to close out each day.
O'Reilly Design Conference, 20 – 22 March
O'Reilly never fails to provide top-line resources for designers of all stripes; their publications, videos, training sessions and conferences condense news, expertise and creativity in accessible formats. That's why we're excited about March's Design conference in San Francisco. The event promises to "arm designers with the skills, connections, and inspirations to create the products and services of today and tomorrow"; this future-forward vision will be backed up by talks from some of the most influential designers and UXers today. Alan Cooper of Cooper fame, Facebook's Julie Zhou and IBM Design Lead Desiree Garcia are just some of the bigname speakers. Plus there will be pratical presentations and workshops on topics such as designing voice user interfaces and desgning chatbots that inspire trust.
UX, Usability & UI Design Courses
American Graphics Institute UX Design Class, 20 January (online)
This one day course covers UX design principles from brainstorming to strategy, through UI design for web and apps, and testing principles. Obviously each section is introductory, but the aim of the workshop is to provide a strong basis for further study. You can download the schedule here.
UX Design Immersive Course, 30 January – 7 April (Melbourne)
General Assembly's 10 week, fulltime course in Melbourne aims to help people become fully-fledged UX Designers in just over 2 months, equipping them with skills, connections to possible employers and a ready-to-go portfolio. The days are a full-on mix of class time and pratical workshops topped off with networking, and the course leaders are an impressive mix of UI/UX Designers and UX Strategists. At $13,500 the course isn't cheap, but it is wide-ranging and thorough in what it offers.
Human factors training course, 6 – 7 March (Washington DC edition)
Human Factors International run their training courses globally year-round, and in March it's the turn of Washington DC. The courses train new UXers to become Certified Usability Analysts (CUA), and cover everything from UX foundations to user-centred analysis, UI design for web and mobile, and usability testing.
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We are aiming to increase connections between the UK creative sectors and young creative professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa and to expand knowledge of contemporary African art in the UK.
Global Short Docs Forum is a unique initiative connecting short doc filmmakers with digital platforms; the next edition is open for applications now.
UK filmmakers will be out in force at IDFA which opens 14 November; this year's edition is screening 23 feature-length and shortform, immersive and live performance pieces across the programme, from the Masters and Best of Fests strands to the various competitive sections.
We're fastening our seatbelts in London today as the London Film Festival gets ready to open its doors for the 62nd time later tonight - and British Council's Film team will be getting involved across the programme.
Seven UK/UK co-productions screen at this year's Busan International Film Festival, Korea (4 - 13 October 2017), including Pawel Pawlioski's Cold War and UK/Mongolia co-production They Sing Up on the Hlll, which is receiving its international premiere.
British Council Film is delighted to be supporting this year's Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival in Bristol, 25 to 30 September 2018 – one of the most important dates in the international short and animation film calendar.
More than 30 British films are headed for the prestigious and popular Toronto International Film Festival 2018 – you can download a TIFF catalogue detailing them all below.
Apply now for the next Euro Connection short film pitching programme at Clermont-Ferrand.
We made Five short films with LGBTQ+ themes available to watch online for free across the globe earlier this year – and more than 6 million people took the time to watch.
At this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival – its 72nd edition – we are proud to continue the British Council's support of the McLaren Award for Best British Animation.
A strong UK talent contingent is heading to Annecy this year – one of the biggest events in the animation calendar.
The British Council will be on panels, supporting our international delegates and, of course, watching films at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018.
Director Sinéad O'Shea represents the UK and Ireland at European Film Promotion's showcase of female filmmaking.
British Council Film's Wendy Mitchell chaired a discussion about how short filmmakers can make the most of the international festival circuit.
The British Council is readying for a busy Cannes Film Festival 2018.
Ten outstanding European documentaries have been selected for The Changing Face of Europe, a new collaboration between European Film Promotion and Hot Docs.
The British Council is aiming to increase connections between the UK cultural sectors and young creative professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa.
We've made five short films with LGBTQ+ themes available for the world to watch online for free
From Berlin to Rotterdam to Cannes – find out where we've been, where we're going, and how to get your film seen by festival programmers.
Keep up with the latest from British Council Film.
Copenhagen's documentary festival (15-25 March) features an impressive array of British filmmaking and musical talent.
It's another busy Berlinale for the Brits, with film screenings, market meetings and some time for celebration, too.
This year's BAFTA-nominated British short films are going global.
We are delighted to be partnering One World Media in an exciting new initiative connecting international filmmakers of documentary shorts with digital platforms – the Global Shorts Doc Forum.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will host a bevy of British titles during its 2018 edition, which runs 24 Jan-4 Feb.
The festival, which last year played the same film simultaneously in six Western Balkan cities, is returning to the region with an expanded programme.
We're delighted to be opening the 2018 London Short Film Festival industry programme with a networking session over afternoon tea on Saturday 13 January.
Sundance 2018 will welcome a large British contingent, with the festival presenting a huge crop of British productions and co-productions.


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There's a passage in Proust that offered useful guidance during meetings to judge this year's Goldsmiths prize, about "artificial novelty" in a work of art being less effective than a repetition designed to reveal a new truth. (I imagine he's implicitly defending his own method as a novelist.) What we were looking for – in a prize designed to reward the "genuinely novel" – wasn't innovation as such, but writers able to take fresh possession of the form's resources. Books that had strong advocates among the judges but couldn't quite displace the six on our list have earned thanks for the pleasure they gave us – Jonathan Buckley's The Great Concert of the Night, Jeremy Gavron's Felix Culpa, Danny Denton's The Earlie King & The Kid in Yellow, Nick Harkaway's mighty fantasy Gnomon.
There have been novels in verse before, but the one we selected, Robin Robertson's The Long Take, does a remarkable job of harnessing the dynamics of prose fiction and has a superb sense of time and place. The main character, a traumatised veteran of the second world war, sees the world collapsing around him a second time in the corporate destruction of Los Angeles as a liveable city. Cinephiles will particularly respond to the element of film noir, not a matter of vague atmosphere but specified shots, angles and film shoots.
It's not new to base a novel around a woman trying to make a success of a social occasion while other people fall apart, but this describes Olivia Laing's Crudo as well as Mrs Dalloway. Laing's Twitter-addicted narrator is getting married rather than throwing a party, but she's much more aware of the fragility of her privilege, and collapse feels very near, even without the greedy, disruptive voice of Kathy Acker breaking through from page to page.
Rachel Cusk's Kudos is the final part of a trilogy, both of whose earlier parts were shortlisted in previous years, and it was clear to the judges that this vein of writing, undertaking a cool survey of the unbalanced present, is far from exhausted. In its early pages the book mentions the EU referendum campaign, but Kudos treats politics glancingly as a metaphor for the hidden inequalities within relationships and even the discontinuities within individuals – "the question of whether to leave or remain was one we usually asked ourselves in private".
It would be a stretch to compare Guy Gunaratne's turbulent In Our Mad and Furious City with Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, though you could make a case for an overlap since both use competing monologues to tell a tightly focused story. The great success of the book comes from Gunaratne's ability to give the rawest of material a sophisticated treatment without denaturing it, lovingly notating the language of the streets and not restricting himself to the voices of a single gender, ethnicity or generation.
There couldn't be a greater contrast between Gunaratne's book and the quiet unspooling of Gabriel Josipovici's The Cemetery in Barnes, which shows the powerful effects that can be achieved without ever raising your voice. In one way this is the most "literary" of the books on the list, with its deceptively serene progress and wide range of reference, but it is also charged with awareness of last things, all the threats to culture and happiness.
There have been books, plays and films about Alan Turing before, but in Murmur, Will Eaves ambitiously inhabits the mind of a gay mathematician closely based on him under a different name, giving himself the freedom to explore an explore an obsession (what constitutes a person?) shared by novelists and thinkers about artificial intelligence. A novel is a low-tech device that passes the Turing Test – as long as it moves or excites you.
• Adam Mars-Jones is the chair of judges for the 2018 Goldsmiths prize. The winner will be announced on 14 November.
Goldsmith's prize 2018 shortlist
Kudos by Rachel Cusk (Faber)
Murmur by Will Eaves (CB Editions)
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne (Headline)
The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici (Carcanet)
Crudo by Olivia Laing (Faber)
The Long Take by Robin Robertson (Picador)


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Dog bite injuries total over $400 million every year in medical expenses and liability claims against pet owners. Unfortunately, many homeowners or renters insurance policies exclude coverage for injuries caused by dogs, which can result in expenses being met by pet owners out-of-pocket, which can lead to bankruptcy. Another important issue to consider is the […]
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|ALDF v. Quigg
This case establishes the relative inability of third parties to challenge the veracity of an existing patent for genetically engineered animals. Judicial review is rare in such cases because third party plaintiffs, under the Administrative Procedures Act, lack standing to challenge the Patent and Trademark Office's interpretation of existing law.
|Allen v. Pennsylvania Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
|Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Austin
|Plaintiff challenged the defendants' approval of the Rennic Stark Project in the Ninemile Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest under the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act. The Project proposed a host of forest management measures. Under the National Environmental Protection Act, the defendant published an Environmental Assessment ("EA") for the project in November 2012. The EA discussed the likely effects of the project on a number of wildlife species, including the ESA-listed threatened Canada lynx, the Forest Service-sensitive fisher, the Forest Service-sensitive North American wolverine, goshawk, and westslope cutthroat trout. The defendant signed and issued a Decision Notice adopting Alternative 2 from the EA, as well as a Finding of No Significant Impact. Plaintiff timely appealed the defendant's decision, but the defendant denied the appeal. Plaintiff then filed its complaint in this court and moved for summary judgment. Defendants filed their cross-motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was denied on all claims and defendants' motion for summary judgment was granted on all claims.
|Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Salazar
Environmental organizations challenged constitutionality of Section 1713 of the 2011 Appropriations Act ordering Secretary of Interior to reissue a final rule removing a distinct gray wolf population in the northern Rocky Mountains from protections of Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Court of Appeals held that the statute did not violate the separation of powers doctrine, and reasoned that Congress amended, rather than repealed, ESA as to delisting of gray wolf by directing Secretary to reissue rule without regard to any other statute or regulation.
|Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Weber
|Alliance for Wild Rockies v. Lyder
|Alternative Research & Dev. Found. v. Veneman
|Alternatives Research & Development Foundation v. Glickman
|Altman v. City of High Point
|Am. Anti-Vivisection Soc'y v. United States Dept. of Agric.
|The American Anti-Vivisection Society and the Avian Welfare Coalition sued the Department of Agriculture and its Secretary alleging that the Department's failure to promulgate bird-specific regulations is unreasonable, unlawful, and arbitrary and capricious in violation of the APA. The Plaintiffs sought court-ordered deadlines by which the Department must propose such rules. The Department moved to dismiss the Plaintiff's claims arguing that the Plaintiffs lack standing to sue, that it is not required by law to promulgate regulations for birds, and that it has not taken a final action reviewable by the court. The District Court ultimately held that, although the Plaintiffs have standing to sue, both of their claims fail. The Department is not required by the Animal Welfare Act to issue avian-specific standards; rather, it must to issue welfare standards that are generally applicable to animals. Secondly, although the Department has not taken any action to develop avian-specific standards, that does not mean that will not do so in the future. The District Court granted the department's motion to dismiss.


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Zsuzsanna - I was born in Hungary and came to the US when I was 19 years old. I put on 70 lbs, became a chain smoker and drank way too much. I made the decision to lose the weight, to quit drinking, stop smoking and I started running that same week, which is now10 years ago.
I did my first ultra marathon race, the Cape Cod Frozen Fat Ass 50k4 years ago and I truly fell in love. I do a lot of road running stillbut I LOVE the trails and the ultra running community. Since I made the change for the better, I have completed eleven 50k's, five 50 milers, five 100k'sand three 100 milers. My favorite race is the Escarpment Trail Run in NY. I am looking forward to the 2015 season with the MPF / RNR Team!


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Japanese researchers came up with a way to cool down a humanoid robot named Kengoro — allowing it to sweat out of its 3D printed "bones".
Humans sweat in order to cool down our muscles and avoid overheating. When we sweat, water is pumped out of our bodies and body heat is removed. It evaporates and cools us down in the process so we can keep going with our activities.
However, robots like Kengoro can also overheat when they have high torque demands on their motors. For this humanoid, that means doing push-ups for 11 minutes, running laps, and other 'sporty' activities. Much like a person, overexertion can be a major limitation to the robot's performance.
There are many different ways that engineers can tackle this problem, such as using heat sinks, fans, and radiators. Unfortunately, all these cooling solutions take up valuable space and add extra weight to the robot's frame.
This week at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Japanese researchers presented a totally new concept. They argue that a better way to cool a humanoid robot is to design it so it can sweat like a human.
Kengoro — a robot with a 3D printed frame — demonstrated just how this new concept works.
"Usually, the frame of a robot is only used to support forces," lead author Toyotaka Kozuki told IEEE Spectrum. "Our concept was adding more functions to the frame, using it to transfer water, release heat, and at the same time support forces."
The team from University of Tokyo's JSK Lab built Kengoro to stand at 1.7 meters tall. But with a weight of 56 kilograms and 108 motors on board, there was no space for regular cooling systems. The researchers needed a way to add an efficient, yet light alternative.
They came up with the idea of using Kengoro's existing components to create an effective cooling system. They decided to use the metal frame of the robot and try a "passive technique" which allows water to "sweat" out of the frame.
For this idea to work, and to avoid water spilling out everywhere, the team elected to create Kengoro's frame from aluminum powders using selective laser sintering (SLS).
The researchers used a laser sintering process that allows them to modify the laser's energy density and thus vary the permeability of the metal they produce. With laser sintering, they can fabricate the structure with areas of both low and high permeability, which was ideal for Kengoro.
Areas of the humanoid's structure with high permeability have small gaps and tunnels for water to escape, while other areas have lower permeability. The finished aluminum 'bones' transport water, and porous layers near the surface of the robot's frame allow the water to evaporate out.
As a result, Kengoro, can be active for much longer and can do sporty activities without overheating. Behold, the sweaty Terminator!
To learn more about Kengoro the robot, visit the JSK/University of Tokyo website.
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Fujoshi Rumi, Volume 1
Media Blasters, 2008 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 208 pages
Takahiro Abe is an ordinary, well-adjusted, proper young man. In his freshman year in High School he fell in love with Rumi Asai, an anything but ordinary, Yaoi Moe Otaku girl. Rumi is utterly convinced Takahiro and Shunsuke Chiba, Abe's best friend from middle school are in love with each other and is letting her Fujoshi Fantasies run wild! Can lover happen between an ordinary guy and Fujoshi?
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London2012-Official Game v1.4 Apk | 46 MB + 26 MB Cache file | Mediafire
Requires Android:2.2 and up
Play the London 2012 Olympic Games on your smart phone!
**Premium version provides additional 3,000 stars and 5 max. stamina points, double stat rewards (Worth $5.50)**
– The Official London 2012 mobile game!
– Get ready for the London 2012 Olympic Games, train the ultimate athlete and compete in 9 fast paced events
– 9 Olympic events: 100M, 110M Hurdles, 100m Freestyle, Double Trap, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, 100m Butterfly, Kayak (K1) and Archery
– Train and customise your athlete with over 220 items
– 3 game modes: Training / Olympic / Challenge
– 8 languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish
– Easy to play – difficult to master
– Enjoy authentic London 2012 Olympic venues
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Leadership Skills Training Program
This intensive workshop on Leadership Skills for high performance is a highly interactive workshop designed for new supervisors who want to grow their management skills fast – and get on the fast track to achieving leadership success. Comprehensive leadership training will cover the proven management techniques and powerful strategies you need to become a stronger, more confident and respected leader.
- Deliver constructive feedback in a way that produces positive change, not resentment or anger
- Motivate your people to perform "above and beyond" without spending an extra dime
- Gain proven strategies for curbing absenteeism and tardiness
- Turn chronic complainers into satisfied, productive employees
- Build on your unique strengths to develop a confident, professional leadership style
- Supervise friends and former co-workers without hassles or stress
Leadership Fundamentals and Issues All New Managers Face
- Crucial differences between being the leader and boss
- The challenges facing leadership today
- How to acquire a supervisor's mindset and image
- The emotional requirements of being a supervisor
- Maintain friendly nature with respect and compliance
- Tips for avoiding the problems that come from supervising friends and former coworkers
- Most common mistakes new supervisors make and how to avoid them
Developing Your Personal Leadership Strengths
- How to build on the leadership strengths you've identified and shore up your weaknesses
- Why your "people skills" will be the No. 1 driver of your success as a leader
- Understanding how your leadership style can work for or against your employees
- Adopting the "success habits" that effective leaders swear by
- "How-to's" for establishing your credibility as a leader — fast!
- The 7 classic principles of influence … and how and when to use them to your advantage
- What are the keys to results? Focusing your efforts on that which makes the greatest impact
Building a Highly Motivated, High-Performance Team
- Your crucial role you play in driving your team's effectiveness
- Keys to making every team member feel valued and important
- Building relationships that enhance cooperation in the team
- Ignite enthusiasm and gain buy-in for accomplishing goals
- Understanding the basic things that motivate today's workers: You may be surprised
- Proven morale-boosters for employees nearing burnout
The Mechanics of the Manager's Job
- Proven tips for recruiting top-notch employees
- Do's and don'ts for effective interviewing
- How to help new employees hit the ground running and succeed on the job
- Techniques for addressing poor performance so that positive change results
- Strategies for curbing absenteeism, tardiness and rule-breaking
- When firing seems imminent: Key legal considerations you must understand
Communication Techniques Every Manager Should Know
- Why developing your communication skills is essential to management success
- Your role in keeping lines of communication open at all times
- Words and phrases that can destroy your credibility and authority and what to say instead
- The secret to giving crystal clear directions that are understood the first time
- Active listening techniques that ensure you'll hear what's really being said
- Pointers for speaking more confidently in meetings
How to Turn Around Difficult Employees and Eliminate Problem Behaviors
- Tips for turning chronic complainers into satisfied employees
- Tools for combating a variety of attitude problems
- What's your role in settling disagreements between employees?
- "How-to's" for a professional, productive employee confrontation
- Proven techniques for appearing calm and in control when you're feeling anything but
Managing Your Time, Priorities and Projects
- Tips for saving tons of time using e-mail, voice mail and fax
- Prioritizing techniques that save the day when everything on your desk is "urgent"
- Increase your "Plan management Quotient" and watch difficult tasks disappear
- Why failing to delegate is a big, big mistake for managers
- A super time- and effort-saver: Learn how to say "no" in a professional manner
- Guidelines for tracking projects so nothing falls through the cracks
The Leader's Role in Making Change Happen
- Understanding why people often instinctively resist change
- Top reasons why organizational change often fails
- Important considerations to address before introducing any change
- The keys to overcoming employee resistance to change
- Project confidence that inspires your people during change
Career Mapping: Preparing Yourself for the Next Level
- Fine-tuning your skills: Why continuous learning is crucial to your ongoing success
- Incorporating core beliefs into your career path
- Traits upper management looks for when deciding who to promote
- Tips for "tooting your own horn" so your accomplishments are recognized


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John Wilkes Booth was an actor and Confederate sympathizer. After the American Civil War ended in Union victory, Booth attempted to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. However, superman Atticus Kent was attending the theatre with Lincoln and overheard Booth preparing to fire his pistol, thereby saving the President's life. Kent threw Booth out of the balcony and he fatally landed on his own dagger.
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Four years ago we started Proud Pour to delight people with delicious drinks that help the planet. We launched an excellent Sauvignon Blanc that funds wild oyster reef restoration. Two years ago we released our awesome Pinot Noir that plants bee habitat on farms. Now we're asking you to help bring to life our third beverage, a Cider for Sea Turtles, which will help rehabilitate injured sea turtles.
Proud Pour is two of us, and we started selling our wines four years ago in one state with a one-person wine distributor and a single environmental nonprofit we supported. With real determination and some hard work, Proud Pour is now in 575+ shops and restaurants in 21 states and supports the work of 20 environmental groups.
Our Mendocino County Sauvignon Blanc funds the restoration of 100 wild oysters per bottle to estuaries across the U.S., and our Willamette Valley Pinot Noir plants 90 sq ft of bee habitat per bottle on dozens of farms. With the help of our fans, who we'll love until end of time, we're up to 11 million oysters and 53 acres of bee habitat restored!
By the way, the wines are always sustainable, vegan, and exceptionally good. Our website has a map of all the spots to get them across the U.S.
Six of the seven sea turtle species are threatened or endangered due to human activity, and they're critical to the health of our oceans. Sea turtles help control jellyfish and sponge populations, stimulate sea grass growth by feeding on it, and with their unhatched eggs provide nutrients to otherwise nutrient-scarce beach ecosystems.
With your help, we are beyond excited to be ready to launch our third beverage, a Cider for Sea Turtles. We'll be working with an amazing cidermaker, Soham Bhatt of Artifact Cider, and sourcing sustainably grown apples from the Connecticut River Valley. The hard cider will be dry to semi-dry and will show you all the greatness of New England apples! The plan is to launch it in July 2019.
We'll be canning our cider, in part because cans are easier to recycle and have lower carbon emissions than glass. The cider will come in 4-packs of 12 oz cans, with the packaging fully recyclable and made from 100% post-consumer material.
And the sea turtles! We are thrilled to get started by supporting the work of the New England Aquarium's Animal Care Center and the Brevard Zoo's Sea Turtle Healing Center. These sea turtle hospitals take in hundreds of injured and sick sea turtles every year and rehabilitate them to get them back in the wild. Each case of our cider will provide enough funds to feed an injured sea turtle patient for a half day.
The New England Aquarium and the Brevard Zoo are part of an amazing network of sea turtle hospitals around the country, and once we get going we'll launch with many more!
We love good drink and we love the planet, so we decided to marry the two. Berlin started Proud Pour in New York City when she was working in real estate finance and spending all her free time geeking out on fermentation with the New York City Homebrewers Guild. Brian worked for environmental nonprofits and practiced law before coming on board with Proud Pour in 2015.
We've put everything we'd saved into Proud Pour. We've never taken on an investor so we don't get any pressure to give less to the environment.
We give back 13% of Proud Pour's top line revenue to our environmental partners, which is 10x what the average give back company gives (usually 1% of revenue or 10% of net profits, about the same thing). That leaves us very lean, which is how we like it; our fans want us protecting the Earth, not paying ad agencies. However, while the wines are self-sustaining and growing, there's not enough left over to launch new beverages for all the critical species and ecosystems that need help. So we thought Kickstarter would be a fun and effective way to connect with new fans and raise some money to get that cider in your hands!
If you'd like to see the Cider for Sea Turtles in the world, please donate to our campaign! You'll get Proud Pour loot you can't find anywhere else, some of which we make ourselves. Check out our rewards and photos of some of our oyster-related swag below - the sea turtle swag will be in the same spirit - and if you have any questions let us know. Thank you so much for taking a look at our Kickstarter and for your support. Cheers to Change.
(We have to make a small mention of our 20 nonprofits partners doing amazing work to save oysters and bees. They work hard for the planet, and they deserve all our love and support. Follow their activity on social, give what you can, and if you live near one show up to their events and volunteer days! You can find them here and here.)
Risks and challenges
We expect to release the cider in July, and we're realistic that there could be unexpected issues that come up. We've also been at this for four years and have good ideas for how to mitigate the risks.
Sourcing & Production - There could be unforeseen challenges with sourcing and production, such as problems with the apples we've sourced or contamination during the fermentation process. For that reason, we're working with an experienced cidermaker who's done this many times before.
Regulation - Alcohol is a highly regulated industry. Along with our various wine permits, we hold the required federal permit to sell the cider and anticipate no problems acquiring additional permits as necessary in the few states that will require them on top of our wine permits.
Rewards - Finally, we expect the rewards to ship in a timely manner, but there could always be challenges and delays that come up in executing on the rewards. We'll work diligently to get them to you!Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Kennel Sponsorship 'Your gift has gone to the dogs!' Donation
For that special dog-loving person in your life who doesn't need more 'stuff' for Christmas!
Your gift will keep on giving throughout the year with more than 15 rescue dogs likely to call it home while they patiently wait to find a new loving owner. Kennel sponsorship will help pay for food, bedding, enrichment toys and vet care, and there will even be a plaque attached to the kennel in your recipients honour for the next 12 months.
100% of the proceeds of this donation go towards helping our dogs.
Delivery via digital download after payment processed.
We will contact you after purchase to arrange the custom plaque.


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Bob is a freelance trainer, coach, consultant and therapist with over twenty years experience in learning and development contexts as an English teacher, curriculum manager, and learning and development manager. He has written nationally accredited courses in teacher training (e.g. PGCEs) and sustainable quality improvement initiatives.
Bob has supported over 70 FE Colleges, schools, local authorities, ACAS, BUPA, Smurfit Kappa, the AA and others. He led a major culture change and training transformation project with the Ministry of Defence bringing together technical training provision for the Army, Royal Navy and RAF.
As a trained cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist and therapist, Bob uses his skills and expertise to support the mental health and well being of students and staff. This might be directly as a therapist, by helping staff (and sometimes students) to support other people's mental health and well-being or increasingly to help leaders to implement joined up and coherent approaches to this important area. In all his work he strives to build emotional resilience and enable leaders, learners and staff to be authentic, reflective and independent.
Bob delivers workshops and keynote speeches at national conferences on topics relating to: coaching and mentoring, mental health and well being, leading in times of change, nurturing 'can-do' mindsets, cultivating curiosity, developing resilience and promoting deep and sustainable learning.
Bob got married last year, walking over 150 miles through the heart of Scotland to meet up with his bride to be (after a shower or two and a couple of days recovery). He plays tennis, runs and enjoys reading novels, going to gigs and music festivals and spending time with friends and loved ones. In the summer of 2018 he plans to walk from Lands End to John O'Groats.


text: For a good bar, location is everything – and ours is perfect. Nestled within Bukharah Falkirk and walking distance from the city centre, this elegant bar is an ideal place to meet friends for drinks after work, or just to relax after a long day shopping or exploring the city's sights. The Bilberry Bar has an upscale vibe, and is decked out with plush furnishings and elegant fixtures. Contemporary, minimalist furniture, set inside a wall of glass give the chic space a real feeling of space and light. The bar has an open plan set-up which lends to a bustling atmosphere, with the bar staff on show and some of the finest mixologists await to serve you perfection, straight up or on the rocks. Our team have stocked the bar and selected specialty spirits and liquors from the world over. The Bilberry Cocktail Bar uses only the best and "time tested" recipes which are skilfully brought to life by our bartenders. Specialising in classic cocktails, our drinks menu leans heavy on our signature selection of creations that have stood the test of time as well as some of our own twists.


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Welcome to Aspiring Robot./
This is a project that I started thinking about a year ago, started really planning almost four months ago, and am finally officially launching today.
I like to create things. Writing, art, videos, podcasts. Food, collages, songs, stories. No matter what it is, I just feel better about myself when I'm making something.
From now on I'll be regularly producing podcasts, videos, writing pieces (both fiction and non-fiction), and word art. While they will almost all be available on major distributors (podcast hosts, YouTube, and Tumblr), everything will also be centrally located on this website.
It's hard to say what I'm most excited about. I'm a regular consumer of podcasts and YouTube videos, so it's great to experience this world through the other side of the looking glass. I've also been a writer since I was six years old but never seriously pursued it, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it develops as I actually attempt to make my writing publicly available. And the word art... Well, that's just a lot of fun.
I hope you'll join me on this adventure, and get some enjoyment out of all my content experiments.
My name is Quinn Rose, and I aspire to be a robot.


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New York: Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, Chairman of Reliance ADAG and DreamWorks Studios' Steven Spielberg inked a deal of $825 million for film production under the joint
company formed between Reliance BIG Entertainment and DreamWorks in November 2008.
The initial phase of funding will include an equity investment from Reliance ADA Group, debt financing from a syndication of banks, as well as funding from Disney.
As per plans, DreamWorks will eventually make 5-6 films per year. The Walt Disney Company will handle marketing and distribution of the studio's films around the world,
except for India where Reliance BIG Entertainment will retain distribution rights.
DreamWorks anticipates starting its first film for the new studio later this year. They have been actively acquiring properties and developing projects for release in 2010, an official release said.
"This venture with Reliance opens a new door to our future," said Steven Spielberg. "Their visionary step has given us a new set of dreams to work toward. Stacey Snider
(CEO, DreamWorks) and I thank them for their faith in us and their faith in the movie business."
Anil Ambani responded, "We are delighted to partner with such uniquely talented individuals as Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider. Ever since we looked at their business plan, I have never doubted that we would succeed in providing them with the financial muscle required to realize their dreams."


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Cotton Neckguard with Blue Flowers and Polka dots
A new concept from Puppia where a soft collar is stitched onto a wider (and slightly padded) Neckguard designed especially for dogs with delicate throats or tracheal problems.
Because they are so comfortable they are ideal for hairless breeds, puppies and any dog which has a sore neck or pulls on their lead.
The Puppia Gypsophilia Neckguard features a pretty blue an white floral and Polka dot pattern just perfect for walks in the park.
The White Gypsophilia Neckguard is made from soft 100% cotton, so you can be assured your dog is comfortable at all times.
Puppia added their Luxury label with small gold metal bone shape making these Neckgurards a beautiful accessory for your pampered pooch.
Features of the Puppia Gypsophilia Neckguard
• Polka dot and Flower pattern
• Designed for dogs with throat problems
• Great for Chafing and choking
• Made from 100% cotton
• Neckguard and attached Collar
• Metal Buckle and D-Ring
• Puppia luxury label
Size Guide for White Puppia Gypsophilia Neckguard
We will provide the measurements from the middle of the buckle (where the collar starts) to the first hole and last hole.
Small - First Hole is 20cm, Last Hole is 24cm (Max dog Neck 19cm) Width of Small is 4cm
Medium - First Hole is 24cm, Last Hole is 29cm (Max dog Neck 25cm) Width of Medium is 4.5cm
Large - First Hole is 26.5cm, Last Hole is 31.5cm (Max dog Neck 28cm) Width of Large is 5cm


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FTSE 100 Company prepares for new privacy law – EU GDPR
A global business with 2000+ users aims to become fully compliant with Global Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) by May 2018. REMORA was contracted to define and implement the steps to make the Client's company compliant with EU GDPR by addressing the requirements of EU GDPR across the Client's global offices.
REMORA: Services performed
The challenge: distributed data storage facilities, both on premises and in the cloud; extensive use of stored data in company's operational activities; use of various platforms and cloud-based analytical tools.
REMORA designed a phased EU GDPR Readiness Project with company-specific goals, execution plan and deliverables addressing scope, regulation, discovery, implementation and governance.
Elapsed Time: 5 months
Observations and Approach
The high level of awareness by personnel of the potential issues associated with the new regulation assisted greatly in establishing a set of actions required to make the Client's company fully compliant. The compliance systems already in place were up-to date but did not reflect the challenges of EU GDPR. REMORA focussed on 3 key areas crucial for business continuity under EU GDPR:
- Governance and compliance: develop a global data classification and storage policy that will both ensure privacy of the data stored and protect the individual's rights to data privacy.
- Enforcement: ensure the Client's company can monitor and track all data movements and prevent sensitive data leaks beyond the perimeter of the organisation.
- Seeking consent: the nature of the business is that data is a key asset in which case a key challenge is to seek, obtain and record consent to process personal data.
The project was run in close cooperation with all 10 of the Client's functional departments.
Deliverables and Conclusions
A comprehensive set of documentation.
A coherent data management process that is in line with current best practices, including ISO and NIST-approved processes and procedures for:
- Data Classification Policy
- Standard Operating Policies and Procedures
- Revised software and infrastructure requirements for EU GDPR compliance.
On completion REMORA delivered staged training to the firm's personnel to ensure every employee fully understands and adheres to the new data collection and retention policies and procedures and is aware of the consequences of non-compliance with the policies and regulations that arise under EU GDPR.
The Outcome
- Appropriate controls are in place to manage data infrastructure and fully prepare the company for EU GDPR;
- A revision of the firm's Policies & Procedures with Operations, Legal, Compliance and HR;
- Personnel are trained on new policies and regulations.
The Client is happy with the results of the EU GDPR readiness project.


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Explore Our Past with APU's History Major
APU's history major prepares students to use thoughtful study of the past to make good decisions for the future. As a discipline, history is comprehensive—it records and explains societal development over time, and explores humanity's possibilities and limits. The Bachelor of Arts in History provides a solid foundation in American and world history, geography, research, and writing. These then provide context for in-depth study of the student's preferred time periods, regions, and historical themes.
The degree prepares students for multiple career paths that call for clear and logical reasoning, the ability to analyze complex relations between cause and effect, well-developed writing skills, and familiarity with other cultures and historical eras. History majors leave APU equipped to make solid decisions that are grounded in the human experience.
Meet the Faculty: Verónica Gutiérrez
Meet Verónica Gutiérrez, MFA, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of History and Political Science
Get to know our history and political science faculty.
Pathway from Education to Vocation
Download the History Major Brochure to learn more about APU's pathway from education to vocation, including graduate school and career opportunities.
Is This Major Right for You?
You're a history major if you:
- Like to know the context for events.
- Are intrigued by the human condition.
- Enjoy reading, writing, and researching.
- Want to understand a changing world.
- Are fascinated by a certain time period, culture, religion, or geographic area.
Learn more about this major.
As a history major, I love studying the past. APU's history program has taught me to learn from the past to affect change in the future. I love the fact that I can talk to my professors outside of the classroom. This really encourages me to never stop learning and to treat the world as my classroom.
Note: This information is current for the 2019-20 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.