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light has a solid style, latia's style would be absolutely excellent for print stuff, NV is another incredible artist who could do something amazing, roach has done a print in the past, mulattafury would be good as would kdubz, kendraw may not be as interested in homestuck, but i'm sure they'd be willing to work with stuff if they felt compensated for it, dasmuskel could also do something incredible. there's a ton of artists if you're just willing to look for them.
i don't think it's at all an issue with the artists. if something isn't being done right at WP, then it's someone else's job to stand up and say "hey, maybe we should fix this" ESPECIALLY after the debacle with the kickstarter rewards. saying this is all andrew's fault would be lazy and really doesn't address the real issue. andrew's one dude who is hard to get a hold of. whatpumpkin is an organization with multiple channels of contact. there was a post i read earlier that was wrong on a lot of fronts, but did ask a question i'm asking myself which is basically "WHYYYYYYYY IS THIS HAPPENING AGAIN?" we should be past this.
EDIT: added art links, careful as some of it might not be safe for work
it's pretty absurd that even after the whole kickstarter ordeal (when they all seemed really contrite and like they genuinely wanted to fix things???) literally nothing has changed. and when the whatpumpkin workers go on twitter to make fun of "white artists with poc headcanons" (what the fuck btw) and how difficult it is to cater to their specific tastes it's just like…there are literally hundreds of extraordinarily talented artists in this fandom, most of whom would be elated to contribute to official merch, and many of whom already draw the kids as poc anyway?? it's not like it's a struggle to find artists to appease the oh-so-picky fans. it's just that the artists that they have selected up till now have drawn (either of their own choice or because they felt pressured to conform to the previous body of merch) a bunch of skinny, lily-white, boring kids. and i think that the blame rests completely on the shoulders of the people who commission and approve the art for the store. im just baffled as to why we're having to have this exact same conversation again.
thanks for the shoutout tho :P
no problem! and yeah, that bit about it being on the shoulders of the people who commission and approve the art for the store is very true.
i do get that it's an awkward conversation to tell a POC artist that you feel their work isn't representative enough, but sometimes awkward conversations have to be had. i remember left mentioning something before they erased their messages. it was along the lines of "saying that the POC artist draws characters to look white would be the same as asking why anime producers make their characters look white." that does make sense, but it just reads as someone who is reluctant to admit they were wrong and is coming up with excuses as to why it would be wrong to have this conversation.
not to mention that they also said (and promptly erased) that "these people won't take you seriously if you don't answer them publicly" which is malarkey. i was thinking they were going to answer me privately, because i just wanted some answers for myself, not to turn this into a repeat of the kickstarter incident.
As a company, it is our place to encourage artists we commission to prioritize variety, something that we include and reiterate in every piece of correspondence with our commissioned artists; however, it is absolutely not our place to demand commissioned artists reach some kind of implied diversity quota, or to request that they specifically make changes to completed artwork, and I frankly think that would be insulting for us to attempt to do so.
This isn't to say that we're done working hard, in fact, we work hard every day; however, I think that to say that no improvement has been made is to insult the contributions of the artists who have worked with us.
I'm not sure, but something about this reads as business lingo that doesn't quite sit right. The most diverse thing that's been created was the tarot card set. And that, if I remember correctly, was something WhatPumpkin went back and told their artists to please change. I would think that whole kerfuffle would have taught you guys something.
Mentioning a "diversity quota" actually wouldn't hurt. A little note to the artists that you're paying to do this that instructs them "please mix up the humans' ethnicities or keep to the blank skin" would be a restriction, but that's what you're paying them to work around. Creative directors from different parts of the industry axe bad designs all the time. Most of those "bad designs" tend to be things they just don't believe are marketable and it's not a coincidence that those same designs are usually of widely different body types or skin colors than what is the "norm." And if you're artists refuse to play ball, you can get different artists. The Homestuck fandom is HUGE and has a massively talented group of people willing to work for you and bring the diversity that I've seen nothing of since the above mentioned Tarot Card deck.
I don't have a doubt that WhatPumpkin is filled with hard workers from all walks of life. And I'm still planning to buy a Vinyl figure and consort, because that is some truly desirable merchandise. But I also feel like there's something that's not happening that should be.
You have the opportunity to do something amazing here. And I'm just wondering why you're not.
oh god i'd heard about the "i won't commission artists who undercharge for their art" post and now it's making its rounds on my dash.
please understand that this concept does not actually help anyone. the sensible thing to do if an artist is undercharging is to tip them for what you think their work is worth, and be sure to let them know that. even if this doesn't cause them to actually change their base prices, at least YOU'RE paying for what it's worth, and THEY'RE getting business instead of nothing.
by essentially boycotting artists who are already unsure of the value of their own work (and are thus underpricing) you're not sending any positive message. no one is going to up their commission prices when nobody is buying them. the only thing the artist gets out of it is that people don't want to buy their art for some reason, and people whose products aren't selling aren't going to say "oh i guess it was because i wasn't charging enough, i'll pump up the prices!"
if you want to support a commission artist, please do it by actually SUPPORTING THEM WITH COMMISSIONS rather than by choosing to take your business elsewhere because their prices were too low.
OH YEAH since im going away commissions are closed !!
I felt like i had to post some art with it so heres an old johnrose drawing i hastily coloured OK
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So I work in video games right now and sometimes stuff just happens that makes me really not happy with the total lack of creative risk-taking in the industry |:< Specifically with regards to characters that are anything other than white, male, 30-something, scruffy, and probably named Jack.
In cases like this designing ladies is my comfort food.
1. Money wins every time
2. If more people bought games with alt. MC's then they'd be more prevalent
3. Solution? Make a great, marketable game with a character that isn't a straight white male
Please don't forget that while you may disagree with it, there's a LARGE percentage of gamers who are not only typical dudebros, but white straight males. Most of them being ignorant only buy games with Macho McBeefHulk on the front. It's no one's fault but the consumers.
My point is: make the game you want to play if it bothers you so much. You obviously have artistic talent. Put it to use instead of complaining about "Cis-scum"(white hetero males, myself) on Tumblr.
Hey there! I just wanted to clarify that the focus of my frustration is not the consumer, and definitely not white hetero males themselves. Dudebros are great, and the world would be a poorer place without them just as it would be without ladies.
All three of your points are super true: money wins, consumers have power, and making games that are different will help create the change we need. BUT. Creating those games that give the consumer the opportunity to vote with their money is, I have discovered, extraordinarily difficult. The big studios have a winning formula (the white male 30-something protagonist) that they know is low-risk and will likely guarantee them the safest chance at a profit.
Spending the last year employed by Microsoft, you see this kind of thing happening constantly on both smaller and larger titles. A big game coming within inches of having a main character that completely breaks this pattern, but gets shut down by executives higher up the chain who have the power to make that call when they feel a creative decision is a business risk.
Independent game developers can take those risks and make games that are outside that pattern. Big studios are locked into this rut because, as you say, money wins every time. It's a frustrating situation, and a challenging one to solve. The issue lies in the system, the bureaucracy, and the business. Many, many artists, writers, and devs are trying hard, VERY hard, to make that game that will break the cycle. But getting it through the system without breaking the integrity of the vision is nigh impossible.
I hope this helps clarify the situation and my feelings on it a bit.
Maybe I'm just feeling feisty and defensive of my friends (and Bridget had the decency to leave you such a thoughtful response even though you 100% didn't deserve it), but theredmages? Fuck off, man.
Using art to vent frustrations with the industry is a legitimate tactic for change. Your logic is flawed, tired, and dated. Saying "if you want it so bad why don't you make it" is a sad diatribe parroted by people who:
- don't actually have any goddamn idea how games are made
- cannot cite actual statistics about the games industry because that would be too much work
- cannot deal with someone else being passionate about something they clearly don't care about
In today's climate of internet/social media, public opinion moves mountains. Anyone worth their salt in this industry knows that. The barrier between developers and consumers is far more transparent than it's ever been, and it suddenly means that marginalized people are in a place to voice their opinions and be heard.
Also, how the fuck do you think we make games? They don't just sprout out of the ground fully-formed and shrink-wrapped. Trying to stomp out creativity at the source is a pretty dick move.
"But consumers don't buy [x] so developers don't make [x] so consumers don't buy [x] so developers don't make [x]!" is some seriously cyclical logic. Step back and listen to yourself. If there were games out there driven by white, male, 30-something, scruffy dudes named Jack, I would buy them up in a second- but there aren't. You can't preemptively assume that games wouldn't do well without white male protagonists just because that's been the status quo for decades.
This legitimacy of this Henry Ford quote is questionable, but the sentiment still holds true: "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
You're talking down to someone who actually works in the industry. Bridget literally makes video games. This is what she does. What we do. Even by your weird, exclusionary logic about who has a right to proactively critique the media they consume, Bridget is that exact person.
You are complaining on the internet about the futility of other people complaining on the internet. Shut your mouth and walk away. You're what's wrong with this industry.
Well said. When someone brings up these tired arguments to shut you up, remember that their purpose (whether they realize it or not) is to shut you up, not to further a discussion.
That's the difference between critical responses and oppressive responses. If you can boil down someone's argument to "stop talking" or "just give up," they're not interested in what you have to say. They just want you to go away because you're threatening their little world.
Criticism is essential to furthering art, but all too often these days someone saying "just stop, just shut up" is masquerading as critical analysis.
Some people would complain that these characters wouldn't fit in a game, which is bull. I have ideas for these women just off the top of my head!
[number 1-8,from left to right, top to bottom]
1. She'd be in a game right alongside number 4. They'd be the selectable main characters in an action game. They would have two very distinct playstyles. Number 1 focuses on a Devil May Cry style swap of gunplay and fist weapons (like Beowulf from DMC3, Gilgamesh from DMC4 or Eryx from the new DMC.) Her gunplay would be fairly acrobatic, but the fist attacks would be very heavy and have a solid feel to them. Some of the stronger attacks might cause the screen to shake a little on contact. For a neat change up, she might even combine the two, essentially using her guns as miniature clubs to strengthen her punches. The effects of her attacks would be colorful and vibrant. If you managed to get a long combo chain, the flowers on her left arm would glow and bloom and have a sort of water color effect following her. [See below for detail on Number 4.]
2. This lady would be featured in a more exploration heavy game. Something like Zelda, but with a more sci-fi, cyber punk feel. For an appearance think a mix of Tron and the Black Velvetopia level from Psychonauts. Her main weapons would be two disc like weapons she summons from her earrings and the beads on her little belt loop thing would be used for long range. They'd also gain upgrades as the game moved on that would make them more useful for exploration (bead loop hookshot, disc earring glide ability, that sort of thing)
3. [See number 5]
4. Stars in an action game alongside 1. Her play style would be more speed oriented, quick stabs and jabs. Taking another example from Devil May Cry, it would be similar to how Rebellion is used. For a similar effect to 1, she'd have streaks in her hair that began to glow different colors and create a similar moving water color effect. I just really like the idea of the game being bright and colorful.
5. Bare with me on this one! Number 5 and number 3 don't just co-star, but they are actually the same character. She'd be the star of a puzzle game that had a time hopping mechanic, where in you jump back and forth between two incarnations that allowed you to traverse the levels. I'm not sure how you'd nail it, but I think it'd be really fun.
6. Number 1's Momma! You'd go to her for upgrades to your weapons and special skills. Thinking on it, I think it'd be fun if the story line of the game was to save Number 1's Poppa.
7. I really like the idea of this girl being Number 2's rival. She's small and unassuming, which you don't see a lot of in an antagonist, but I think it'd be fun if she wasn't actually as timid or weak as she looks. Her appearance makes you think she's not that big of a deal, but the first time you have to deal with her, it'd be made very clear that she's nothing to sneeze at.
8. Off the top of my head, I thought she'd be the star of some sort of rhythm game, like Guitaroo Man or Parappa the Rappa. Then I figured she'd be fun as a reoccurring villain character in 1 and 4's game. Either way, she'd be very loud and expressive. If she were an antagonist, she'd be that pain in your ass character that is fun to see come on screen, but that you really don't want to fight against.
This is the best thing I have ever bought for my squishy
i am the squishy in question and this is our child. the adoption agency didn't think we'd do very well, but we've shown them. how many kids do you know have this kind of talent?
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I personally found it accurate - still a Ravenclaw, secondary house being Slytherin.
I got Ravenclaw, which surprised me. I thought I was a shoe in for Hufflepuff. I'm a little surprised that I scored as high as I did with Gryffindor, too.
You scored 29% on Gryffindor, higher than 44% of your peers.
You scored 42% on Hufflepuff, higher than 76% of your peers.
You scored 51% on Ravenclaw, higher than 77% of your peers.
You scored 12% on Slytherin, higher than 4% of your peers.
Gryffindor! I've, uh, never read the books, so I'm a little iffy on what that means and what each house stands for, short of Gryffindor being the Do-Gooder house and Slytherin being the one full of Nasty Grinches.
That was the Slytherin emblem, right? And Voldemort had a pet Grinch that was part of him and that's why his soul was full of gunk? And then Team Potter buried Tiny Tim and had to make a bargain with the Heat Miser, and Dumbledore was the Ghost of Christmas Future and brought Harry back to life and the last horcrux was his trademark shiny red nose?
I may have been a little lost during the last movie
(43% Gryffindor in the 86th percentile, 38% Hufflepuff in the 66th percentile, 32% Ravenclaw in the 24th percentile, 19% Slytherin in the 16th percentile)
heh, i got hufflepuff. aaah, yeah, common room right next to the kitchen.
You scored 28% on Gryffindor, higher than 41% of your peers.
You scored 41% on Hufflepuff, higher than 74% of your peers.
You scored 40% on Ravenclaw, higher than 47% of your peers.
You scored 26% on Slytherin, higher than 37% of your peers.
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the part of new mexico i grew up in looked exactly like that.


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Last night was the annual Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and this year's theme was PUNK: Chaos to Couture. Check out Kristen Stewart in red! A smile might've been nice, but she still looks great. What do you think?
Snow White and The Huntsman sequel confirmed for 2015!! Click the pic for the full story!!
Well this was unexpected. Kristen Stewart and Lindsay Lohan are reportedly friends…. Sources claims they've hung out before, but I guess it's hard to say you're "friends" after hanging out just once. But, hey, we think Lindsay could use a real friend these days.
Twilight fans can finally relax. Robert Pattinson is finally back in L.A. and hanging out with Kristen Stewart. Sources state that Pattinson was thrilled to be back and the two went straight to their favorite bar together to hang out.
Here's an update on Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart: Pattinson has literally been in the middle of nowhere Australia filming his latest movie and an insider claims Robert has been loving it. It has given Robert time to think about his career and relationship with Kristen Stewart whom he will have a talk with when he returns. Rob has been avoiding almost all of Kristen's calls while he's been filming.
Hmm… Tabloids are reporting that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart might be on the rocks again. They are stating that while Robert is filming in Australia he is keeping Stewart away saying he needs a break…
Uh oh. Robert Pattinson is off shooting a film in Australia so, naturally, the tabloids are running stories that Kristen Stewart has been flirting with Patrick Schwarzenegger… click the pic for more.
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Kristen Stewart just can't catch a break. Most recently she was voted as the UK's "Least Attractive Woman" and now she is taking a lot of grief from her Oscars appearance. But, given how she looked and acted, it makes us wonder: was she on something? Maybe too much to drink?
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People always say, especially elderly people, 'trust nobody', means we have to distrust anyone first before assessing his trustworthiness?
I am a professional. Generally, friends and relatives advise to trust no one in life. I am always concerned with that advice. I believe I do not have the knack of knowing hidden intentions of other people. This talk suggests we should ourselves become trustworthy. Can we be trustworthy to someone we may not trust. at least yet?
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Oct 11 2013: Trust is something that we give and unless you give it to yourself first you will never know when someone else is trustworthy. Once you give your own self trust you will understand that at times we fail our own self. Being able to move on when we find we are not trustworthy of our own trust sets us up with the proper perspective in which we can judge other peoples trustworthiness. Trust is something I give to the people I encounter in my environment and is also one of the ways that I can share of myself with my environment.
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Managed to get Diddy Kong Racing, Yoshi's Island, and Prof Layton The Last Specter from TRU. Wanted Kirby Mass Attack, but they could only find one copy and it was on hold and I didn't want to drive back later :(
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Biography Edit
Kahler-Tek was originally from Gabrean on Kahler. He was one of many "volunteers" who were experimented on by Kahler-Jex and his team of scientists to create a weapon to end the war on their homeworld. Tek was transformed into a cybernetic war machine along with countless others who ended the war within a week. (WC: The Making of the Gunslinger) However, during that time Kahler-Tek was damaged in the field leading to the resurgence of his original personality. This meant he did not obey his pre-programmed instructions to deactivate after the war ended and began hunting down the scientists who experimented on him.
After many years he tracked the remaining two scientists to Earth. He found the first in the American desert who tried to appeal to his original nature but the cyborg executed him anyway.
He tracked his final target, Kahler-Jex, to the town of Mercy where he had become the town doctor. He then placed the town under siege, as if he went in, innocent people may have gotten in the way of his gunfire, so he waited, suspecting they would throw him out. However they didn't.
Three weeks later, the Eleventh Doctor arrived with his in-laws, Amy and Rory and learned about the Gunslinger's presence in the area. After learning what Kahler-Jex had done to him, the furious Doctor threw him out of the town but allowed him to return before the Gunslinger could kill him. Tek accidentally killed Jex's friend, Isaac, who sacrificed himself to save Jex from the Gunslinger's energy beam. Frustrated, Tek warned that he would return the next day and kill everyone unless the Doctor handed Jex over.
Tek returned, as he had promised but did not go on a murderous rampage, sparing everyone in the town despite the threat he'd made the day before. When he realised that Jex had left he was enraged but Jex contacted him from his ship, expressing regret about what he had done to him. Tek demanded that Jex return and face him but instead Jex chose to commit suicide.
Believing that he no longer had a purpose, the Gunslinger decided to go into the desert and self-destruct but the Doctor persuaded him to stay and act as the town's protector. (TV: A Town Called Mercy)
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Kahler-Tek was a very vengeful person and was determined to kill the entire team of scientists that had turned him into a cyborg. However he was unwilling to harm innocent people and although he threatened to kill everyone in the town, he did not intentionally harm any of the people that lived there, even though they hadn't handed Kahler-Jex over to him. After Jex committed suicide, the Gunslinger felt that he no longer had any reason to live and decided to go into the desert and self-destruct. The Doctor convinced him to stay and act as a protector to the town. (TV: A Town Called Mercy)
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Built to be a weapon, Kahler-Tek was armed with a powerful energy weapon. The weapon was linked to an automatic targeting computer, capable of calculating the probability of harming innocents, advising him based on this to either disengage or terminate the target. He also had sensors that could see through walls and rocks, and identification software that could seemingly detect heartbeats and vital signs and identify Kahler markings. He also possessed a short-range teleport. (TV: A Town Called Mercy)


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- M.A. in Sociology (with Distinction), 1994 — University of New Mexico
- B.A. in Sociology (with Honors), 1991 — University of California, Santa Cruz
2014 – American Sociological Association, Best Article Award, Section on the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS)
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Distance 2.82 miles (4.54 km)
Total ascent 150m
Steepest climb 13% (1 in 8)
Time 1 – 1:30 hours (Walking)
Start/finish The short connecting road by the traffic lights in the centre of Calver on the A623 in the Peak District, SK237750
Terrain Good tracks with a short section of grassy and slightly muddy ground on one section.
Seasonal variations Can be done year round but is especially good on a clear winter's day with frost or light snow underfoot.
Weather and hill conditions mwis: Peak District & Yorkshire Dales – Met Office: Peak District
Public transport There are a number of busses from Sheffield and Chesterfield which will drop you off in Calver.
Maps OS Explorer OL24 (1:25,000), Harvey/BMC Dark Peak (1:40,000), OS Landranger 119 (1:50,000)
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A short little walk from Calver, that offers some easily-earned and lovely views back towards Froggatt and Curbar edges.
This is a quick and easy walk ideal for a family when time or motivation is short. After an unspectacular start up Coombs Dale, the walk takes you gently up and then descends down a ridge back towards Calver with spectacular views. At the end of the walk you pass the Claver Sough Garden Centre which may be of interest to some family members. Next door is the sweet shop which will probably be an attraction for the others.
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Supposedly the other shoe drops this week at F8, the Facebook developer conference.
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There is a gun show in Montgomery Nov. 4 & 5. Several of our members who live in the area and I are planning to get together on Satudeay and get to know each other in person. If you are in the area drop by and we can put more faces with names.
I will be arriving at the Alcazar Shriners Temple at 555 Eastern Blvd. on Saturday between 9:30 and 10 AM. I may be the easiest to recognize since I will be wearing my Combat Carry name tag.
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On your frozen mobs, add an Ice Lance with your Frostbolt to get two crits in one.
For the deep frost talents, the Winter's Chill talent stacks up automatically on my main pew-pew Frostbolt to allow all mages with Frost spells to get higher crit rates. The Improved Frostbolt adds crit aswell.
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Frost DPS needs to be maxed out with the Water Elemental if possible.
Arcane has higher burst damage and stat change, Fire has highest per-shot damage and DoTs, but Frost has most sustained criticals and mana-efficiency. This all balances out .. with Frost the option is you can afford less upfront damage because you live longer. If you die, then your spec doesn't matter, you are causing 0 DPS anyway.
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I studied law and sociolegal studies at the LSE, Warwick, and Yale Law School. I took my PhD in sociology at Northwestern University in Chicago under the supervision of Howard Becker, Jack Heinz and Art Stinchcombe. I worked at the American Bar Foundation as a research associate and Indiana University-Bloomington before joining the University of Westminster. I have been an Exxon Fellow in Ethics in the Poynter Center at Indiana University, an Academic Visitor in the Sociology Department at LSE, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and TranState Adjunct Professor at the University of Bremen. I was a Visiting Professor in the School of Law at the University of Miami. I am currently a Visiting Professor of Law at UCL where I coordinate the Law Without Walls programme. Since 2010 I have been a member of the Legal Services Board's Research Strategy Group. In 2012 I was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to study the new legal services market.
My research focuses primarily on the legal profession and the globalization of law. My first major study was of barristers' clerks, which is being revisited through a Nuffield Foundation sponsored grant. This was followed by an ethnography of a large law firm in Chicago looking at the organisation of the law firm and the relationships between lawyers and clients. This is being published in late 2013 by Quid Pro Books, Tulane. I have continued to study the role and position of legal elites in society, especially in the global context. Here my research has looked at the globalization of insolvency as initiated by the Maxwell insolvency, the development of the large global law firms and MDPs, and the relationships between financial institutions and their professional advisers in the context of capital markets. Recent research, funded by the German Science Foundation at Bremen University, examined cross-border lawmaking in large law firms.
My research agenda has now taken on the regulation of lawyers under the Legal Services Act 2007 and the global impact of the legislative changes.
Current research projects include, among others: Barristers' clerks; globalization, law and lawyers; the implications of Clementi on the legal services market and legal education.
The In Progress page features my latest papers that are awaiting publication. They indicate what I am involved with currently.
John Flood teaches on the masters' courses in the law school being responsible for teaching research methods and introductory approaches to globalization and law, as well as supervising a number of PhD students. I also teach on the undergraduate skills course which introduces students to the modern legal profession and its markets and I also teach torts. For the University of Miami I teach a new course "Global Legal Entrepreneurship". In addition I am involved in the Law Without Walls program coordinated by the University of Miami School of Law. I also teach a course on new legal services in connection with ReInvent Law based at Michigan State College of Law and the University of Westminster.
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Yes, I love me some Doctor Who...and I'm a maniac with a computer. That's a kind of box.
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For any bellyaching I may do or problems I may have? I will watch it. I will give it a chance.
Because people? I didn't watch BBC SHERLOCK for AGES…because I didn't think it looked any good based on the previews and such.
CBS Cares.
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Potlatch Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust, which focuses on investments in real estate, including the sale of standing timber. The company through its subsidiaries engages in real estate sales and development business and wood products manufacturing facilities that produce lumber and plywood. It operates through three segments: Resource, Real Estate and Wood Products. The Resource segment engages in managing the timberlands. The Real Estate segment engages in the sale of selected non-core timberland real estate. The Wood Products segment manufactures and markets lumber, plywood and particleboard. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Spokane, WA.


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At the Intersection of Work and Play. Hop aboard the free shuttle that takes guests between Memphis International Airport (MEM) and The Four Points by Sheraton Memphis Southwind. Once youre here, it can take you anywhere within a 5-mile radius of our hotel, like FedExs world headquarters and the TPC Southwind golf course. Or take a quick drive on the expressway to get to downtown or Graceland. We Know Our Guests Needs. Our free wireless High Speed Internet Access makes it easy to stay in touch with home or the office. Theres always something going on in the lobby, from productivity in the free business center to daily breakfast, Starbucks coffee throughout the day, and dinner and drinks in the evening. Our modern 1200-square-foot event space and our executive boardroom can accommodate up to 75 people combined. When you want some time to yourself, head to the fitness center, heated indoor pool, or indulgent spa. Fit for The King. Our 93 spacious suites have everything you need, whether youre here for business or leisure. Choose from one king or two queen Four Points by Sheraton Four Comfort Beds , and put up an overnight guest or two on the queen-size sleeper sofa. Stay a while and enjoy the conveniences of home, like a microwave, refrigerator, built-in closet, and more.
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Kevin P. Ryan is the Founder and CEO of Gilt Groupe, an innovative e-commerce company offering highly coveted products and experiences at insider prices.
In 2007, Kevin along with a founding team created Gilt Groupe as an invitation-only site for coveted women's apparel and accessories. Today, Gilt Groupe has over three million members and has added business lines in home; children; men's apparel and gear (GiltMAN); vacation travel (Jetsetter); local services and experiences (Gilt City), and has launched the leading flash-sale site in Japan (Gilt Japan).
Kevin is one of the leading Internet entrepreneurs in the United States launching several New York-based businesses, including Gilt Groupe, Business Insider, ShopWiki, and 10gen/MongoDB.
Kevin helped build DoubleClick from 1996 to 2005, first as president and later as CEO. He fostered DoubleClick's growth from a 20-person startup to a global leader with over 1,500 employees.
Currently, Kevin serves on the board of Human Rights Watch, the NYC Investment Fund and INSEAD.
He is a member of the Yale International Council and the Council on Foreign Relations.
He holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.
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When the GAMA executive board was in Washington, D.C., for the industry briefing earlier this year, acting NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker assured GAMA members that the Safety Board "has its eye on the GA ball."
Aviation International News » April 2006
Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), whose district includes Wichita, used the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) annual industry review and market outlook briefing to tout his "Promotion Responsibility for Our U.S. Aviation Act of 2005" bill.
The Northeast Schedulers & Dispatchers Regional Group plans to hold a networking luncheon on Friday, April 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport. An informal luncheon will be sponsored by Air Routing International. The featured speaker will be from the Bradley air traffic management team.
Consult AIN's annual FBO Survey results in this issue, starting on page 20. You'll find listed in order the 40 top-rated facilities in the Americas. Elsewhere, Jet Aviation has won a bid to open a new FBO and executive terminal at Dusseldorf International Airport. The new terminal was expected to become fully operational last month.
Though active only in evening and night hours, they will be in effect through December 31 and are likely to be renewed. Originally extending from 12,000 feet to 14,000 feet, they are expected to be changed to extend from 14,000 feet to 16,000 feet. The TFRs were issued in response to U.S. Customs Service and Border Patrol unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance operations.
The service marks the entry of charter broker parent company Air Partner Group in the market. The new company is offering route analysis; computerized flight planning and slot coordination; diplomatic clearances and overflight and/or landing permits; Notam updates and weather briefings; fuel purchasing; ground handling; and catering, ground transportation and personal accommodations.
The 90-day performance tolerance standard assessment was prompted by a review at New York Tracon conducted last year that revealed some small operational-error violations on final approach that were detected by later examination of radar records. Controllers are not being assessed an operational error on final approach if aircraft separation is inadvertently reduced from 3 nm to 2.7 nm (excluding larger separation standards for heavies).
Erica Sheward's long-awaited book Aviation Food Safety is now available from Blackwell Publishing, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DK, England, telephone +44 1865 776868, or contact Castle Kitchens at +44 1903 891400, www.castle kitchens.com. Sheward is technical director for Castle Kitchens and a long-time advocate of safety in food handling in the aviation industry.
The effort began in May last year with the formation of a collaborative decision-making workgroup. The initiative, called the Airspace Flow Program, is meant to replace multiple ground delay programs in support of Swap (the severe weather avoidance program). An advanced session on the subject was on the agenda at the Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in January.
There is reportedly one HFB 320 Hansa still flying or flyable, based in Turkey. And the last crash of a Hansa–perhaps the last flying Hansa in the U.S.– happened on Nov. 30, 2004. Only 47 of the marque, popularly called the "Hansa Jet," were built in the late 1960s by Hamburger Flugzeugbau in Finkenwerder, on the Elbe River near Hamburg, Germany.


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Should I get a WiFi extender, an access point, or a better router?
So, I live in my parents' basement, and I'm positioned at the very front of the house down here. The router (a Linksys WRT54GL, stock firmware) is down here with me right on my desk along with the cable modem and moving them is not an option. I need the simplest solution possible, perhaps something I can put upstairs on the main floor.
My parents have a gazebo out in the back as shown below and they like to take their laptop out there and even though it functions, they say that the signal is just barely strong enough and so it reduces the performance noticeably as compared to being in the house (roughly where that chimney is, but on the main floor). I can see that because I'm literally at the front of the house in the basement (as close to the front as you can get, right about in the center and I'm facing West and so the router is right up against the wall). So, the router is as far away from the gazebo as is possible, outside of putting it in the front yard or something.
So as you can see, it's not exactly close! So do they need a WiFi extender, an access point, or should I get a better router? What's the best option without costing too much money?
Additionally, I don't know what's good or bad on the market, and so I need your help with that as well. I'd like to get them the best unit possible whatever that may be (extender, access point, or router) so that it does an excellent job and can keep working for as many years to come as possible. However, my parents said that they don't want it to be too expensive either. I don't know how much is too much for them, but I know that they probably wouldn't want the most expensive unit available either. Of course, that definitely depends on the prices out there too. I mean, to put it in another way: let's say that there's a better router that would solve this problem. That extender or access point can't cost more than that router. So, it has to be at a reasonable price. I'm open to getting a new router if the price is right and if it would solve the problem.
Again, we need something wireless that will go up on the main floor to be in the middle between the gazebo and the router. Either that, or a router that's known to be much more powerful than the WRT54GL
One final requirement: if we get an extender or an access point, then I would like it to have some kind of On/Off switch or button.
I thank you for looking!
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TwoCables, I'm not ignoring you, I just have little experience with that issue. Maybe this article can give you some ideas.
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TwoCables, I'm not ignoring you, I just have little experience with that issue. Maybe this article can give you some ideas.
Thank you for the link to that article. I was in over my head when my parents asked about this. For some reason, I can't "get" anything that involves networking.
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You will need an 802.11b/g/n router to get increased range. The "n" router will also give increased WiFi speed.
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Time to lighten up on US stocks
There are numerous parallels with the market's current malaise and last summer's 15% drop. And this summer's swoon could be even worse, Jim Jubak says.
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It's déjà vu all over again.
Or at least that's the fear.
Last summer the U.S. economy slowed. Gross domestic product growth dropped to 1.7% in the second quarter of 2010 from 3.7% in the first quarter and from 5% in the fourth quarter of 2009. In 2011, GDP growth has dropped to 1.8% in the first quarter from 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2010. Economic indicators are pointing to weak growth in the quarter that ends June 30.
And last summer the stock market went into a significant swoon. From an April 26, 2010, close at 1,212, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ($INX) fell 15.2% to 1,028 on July 6. Stocks then recovered to 1,126 on the S&P 500 by Aug. 5 before giving up almost all that regained ground and hitting 1,047 on Aug. 26.
From there the market staged a sustained rally, climbing 30.3% to 1,364 on the S&P 500 on April 29, 2011, from that Aug. 26, 2010, low.
You can understand feelings of déjà vu as we head into the summer of 2011. And the fear. The S&P 500 hit a high on April 29, almost the same date as the 2010 high on April 26. From there the S&P 500 has lost 4.9%, and the index finished lower last week for a fifth straight week.
So how likely is it that the summer of 2011 will turn into a replay of the summer of 2010? That would mean we're in for a 10% drop from here.
And what, if any, changes should you make in your portfolio?
The fear in 2010 was that the economy was slipping back toward a double-dip recession -- or at best to a period of stagnant growth as the effects of the February 2009 stimulus package wore off and the Federal Reserve started to reduce its balance sheet. The Federal Reserve had started to buy mortgage-backed securities in November 2008 to help stabilize the financial markets in the wake of the Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers bankruptcies. By June 2010, the Fed's balance sheet had reached $2.1 trillion, up from $700 billion to $800 billion before the crisis, and the bank decided to halt further purchases because the economy had started to improve. That had the effect of gradually reducing the Fed's holdings as debt securities matured. In June, the Fed's balance sheet was projected to fall to $1.7 billion by 2012.
Jim Jubak
Sound familiar?
In June 2011 the 2009 stimulus package is even farther away in the rearview mirror, and first-quarter higher oil prices cost the U.S. economy about $120 billion, enough to pretty much wipe out the stimulus from the December lame-duck tax package. The Federal Reserve has announced that its second round of bond buying, QE2, will come to an end in June, although the bank has not yet said when it will stop buying new Treasurys as current holdings mature.
The parallels are even stronger if you include the euro crisis.
By the end of April 2010 the Greek debt crisis had panicked European financial markets and politicians. Would Spain be next? Could the United Kingdom get sucked in? Germany's leader, Angela Merkel, voiced the opinion that Greece should never have been allowed into the eurozone.
By May 2011, it was clear that last year's bailout of Greece wasn't going to work as planned. The country's finances had continued to deteriorate, with revenue well below projections and asset sales lagging. Greece was supposed to be able to start accessing the financial markets to sell debt in 2012, but the country was clearly going to remain locked out of the markets for longer than that. Halting Greek progress on increasing revenue and cutting spending led Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the eurozone's group of financial ministers, to question the ability of the International Monetary Fund to pay out its part of the $17 billion that Greece needed to fund its debt in June. Without those funds, Greece looked as if it could be headed for default.
The parallels aren't nearly so close if you compare how the financial markets and the U.S. economy worked their way out of the slump in June 2010 and the available options in June 2011.
Some comparisons are quite grim
In 2010 the Federal Reserve could launch a new program of quantitative easing, saying in August that it would start buying Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to replace issues that had matured in order to keep the Fed's holdings at current levels. Then, in November, the central bank announced a buying program that would add $600 billion to the Fed's balance sheet by the end of the second quarter of 2011.
In 2011, the Fed doesn't appear to be seriously contemplating a third round of quantitative easing. Politically, it would expose the Fed to more criticism at a time when critics of the bank's policies have already turned up the heat. And economically, the Fed faces pressure from the interest-rate increases by the European Central Bank to begin normalizing U.S. interest rates.
More time of reckoning for one of the most corrupt institutions on the planet.
I will continue to invest my money in my own ventures where I am in complete control. Wall St. is proficient at leading fools to the poor house. It's hilarious to see even the most ardent stock investors get their proverbial arses handed to them. My guess is the next Wall St HARVEST is close at hand. I am proud to say this time I am not participating in the blood bath to come.
The upshot is that I hear a lot less talk of a double-dip recession in 2011 than I did in 2010.
Isn't that exactly the reason to take a look at that.
It's the thing you think is ok, or convinced that is all right that breaks thru on the downside.
Jim Jubak, the useless tool!
Where's your public portfolio?
His is on record. While the last 12 years the markets have been in turmoil, he's up pretty big.
My comment that was deleted said that I had 6 funds in an Annuity with Transamerica Life Insurance Co. and I wanted to go to Black Rock Money Market. A simple transaction that should have been done easily. I called them 6 times over 8 days starting on May 3, 2011 and finally got it completed on May 11, 2011. On the first call on the first day the man I talked to said it would be completed as of that business day. All calls have to be completed before the market closes for the day and it is good practice to give them a little extra time. Well we will se if this comment get deleted. The prior trade was over a year ago. I got a FedEx overnight letter dated May 13, 2011 from them saying I was guilty of Timed Trading. One lady even said Timed Trading was Illegal. I will copy and post it again if necessary.
Each year, if you work for a salary check, your life will become harder. Unemployment will stay very high for years.
I hope at least all the Green Jobs that were promised will help people get through the next few decades. Thank God for the man who gave us all these Green jobs.
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- it's interesting to note that Vincent Price is the star power here, and although he is integral to the story he's mostly the puppeteer and not really the main focus throughout - it's mostly centered around everyone else in the house and he keeps the horror going. obviously, the effects and scare points are pretty dated to a horror-savvy audience but the practical effects are still really good and gruesome. i think the overall creepy tone and careful reveal of plot points are what make this really suspenseful and effectively tense. and also, Vincent Price is just kind of a kooky and scary dude.
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2013 Sun Belt Tournament Bracket (PDF)
LAFAYETTE – The Ragin' Cajuns baseball team will open play in the 2013 Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. against FIU at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.
The 2013 Sun Belt Conference tournament is scheduled to run Wednesday-Sunday, May 22-26 at "The Tigue". It's the fifth time the friendly confines serves as host with previous tournaments held in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2008.
Louisiana (38-17, 19-11 Sun Belt) is the tournament's No. 3 seed and is paired with No. 2 seed South Alabama, No. 6 seed FIU and No. 7 UALR on one side of the bracket in the double-elimination event. Troy, Florida Atlantic, Western Kentucky and Arkansas State will compete in the opposite side of the bracket.
The Cajuns took 2-of-3 from FIU (25-30, 13-17 Sun Belt) in Miami the weekend of April 26-28 for their first series win over the Panthers since the 2007 season. After falling in 11 innings in the series opener, the Cajuns piled up multiple runs each of the first four innings and Cody Boutte came within an out of a shutout as UL won the middle game 9-1. On Sunday, Louisiana run-ruled FIU 14-4 in eight innings on the strength of nine extra base hits (five home runs) to capture the series win.
UL and FIU meet in the Sun Belt Tournament for the sixth time with the Panthers holding a 3-2 edge in the postseason event. Previous SBC Tournament meetings took place in Monroe, La. (2011), Troy, Ala. (2009), Mobile, Ala. (2000) and Metairie, La. (1999).
In the last SBC Tournament meeting, the Panthers defeated the Cajuns 11-8 in 10 innings in the final game of pool play of the 2011 SBC Tournament at Warhawk Field in Monroe.
The winner of the UL-FIU contest advances to Thursday's 7:30 p.m. winner's bracket contest. The loser is faced with an elimination game at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 23.
This season the SBC tournament moved back to the double-elimination tournament after two years of pool play. Teams begin play on Wednesday, May 22 at 9:00 a.m. and the tournament will be conducted over five days culminating with the Championship Game on Sunday, May 26 at 1 p.m. All games will be available via web stream on the Sun Belt Digital Network. The championship game will be aired on the Sun Belt Network.
Championship festivities get underway on Tuesday night with Championship Family Night, a celebration of this season's accomplishments both on and off the field for the student-athletes in attendance. There will be a home run derby, autograph session, baseball cards for the fans and much more.
Tickets for the 2013 Sun Belt Conference Tournament at "The Tigue" remain on sale. Only tournament booklets will be sold in advance. Prices are $75 for chairbacks (grandstand) and $45 for bleacher seating. All seating for the SBC Tournament will be reserved.
Purchases can be made in person at the UL Ticket Office located at the Cajundome (444 Cajundome Blvd.) or by calling (337) 265-2357.
Single-game ticket sales will start on Wednesday, May 22. Prices will be $15 for chairbacks (grandstand) and $10 for bleacher seating.
Students from Sun Belt Conference institutions with a valid I.D. receive free admission (bleacher seating only). Children under age two will be admitted free of charge.
2013 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Seeds (Season Record)
1. Troy (39-16, 20-10 SBC)
2. South Alabama (40-16, 20-10 SBC)
3. Louisiana (38-17, 19-11 SBC)*
4. Florida Atlantic (35-20, 19-11)
8. Arkansas State (26-29, 12-18)
* - Louisiana-Lafayette went 2-1 against Florida Atlantic in the season series; therefore earns the No. 3 seed over the Owls
** - FIU went 2-1 against UALR in the season series; therefore, FIU is awarded the No. 7 seed over UALR.
2013 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Schedule
Wednesday, May 22
Game 1: 9:00 a.m. No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 5 WKU
Game 2: 12:30 p.m. No. 1 Troy vs. No. 8 Arkansas State
Game 3: 4:00 p.m. No. 2 South Alabama vs. No. 7 UALR
Game 4: 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Louisiana vs. No. 6 FIU
Thursday, May 23
Game 5: 9:00 a.m. Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 6: 12:30 p.m. Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Game 7: 4:00 p.m. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 8: 7:30 p.m. Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Friday, May 24
Game 9: 3:00 p.m. Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7
Game 10: 6:30 p.m. Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8
Saturday, May 25
Game 11: 9:00 a.m. Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9
Game 12: 12:30 p.m. Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10
Game 13: 4:00 p.m. *Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11
Game 14: 7:30 p.m. #Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12
* Game 13 is necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11.
# Game 14 is necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12.
Championship Sunday, May 26
Game 13: 1:00 p.m. Winner Game 11/13 vs. Winner Game 12/14 (Sun Belt Network)
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As is usual, Ms. White maps the characters of her stories to those of Jane Austen although, I think that they would be easy to identify without her hints. The Eltons own a peach plantation in Atlanta and are a part of the Georgia landed aristocracy. But, because of the spendthrift ways of the family patriach, Richard, and his eldest daughter, Evelyn, they are facing bankruptcy. Landon Russ, the sister of Richard's late wife, happens upon Darren and Sophia Cosby who are wealthy and successful peach processors. The Cosbys would love to lease the plantation and save money by cutting out the middle man.The action starts 10 years after the breakup of the second Elton daughter, Allison (Allie), and Sophia Cosby's brother, Frederick Wently. Allie has a master's degree in horticulture and would love to teach at the community college, but her father will not hear of it. Frederick, since the breakup has become an injured war hero and a successful private pilot. He comes to Atlanta to stay with his sister and brother-in-law. Macy, the youngest daughter, has married beneath her to Charlie Grove, Jr., the son of a wealthy septic business owner in Macon. They have twin boys. After the Eltons leave the plantation, Richard, Evelyn and her friend, Penny Clayton, engage a luxury condominium in Atlantic Beach and Allie goes to live in her sister Macy's guest house.
Well, you know the rest of the story. All the Persuasion characters are present with easily recognizable personalities. Most of the incidents have been well updated. I think that it is fun to see how she has translated them to modern times. I really enjoyed this novel. I am sorry that all the novels have now been updated. Maybe the author will tackle Lady Susan.
I found this book to be a very pleasant read. I recommend that you give it a try.


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For Immediate release:Majority Caucus Louisville Metro CouncilContact: Tony Hyatt 574-4137/526-3522Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh (D-9) unveiled "Operation Vital Nutrients" on Friday as a new program to provide essential multi vitamin health care to the men and women who are serving in the Kentucky National Guard.
"I am honored to be a part of such an important initiative for our Guard Members who serve us with honor and distinction here in Kentucky," said Ward-Pugh. "If our efforts provide even the smallest measure of nutritious benefit to these fine people, we have need to be proud."
'Operation Vital Nutrients' is a partnership between Nourish America, the Natural Alternatives International (NAI) and the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL). Another important partner is Kentucky's Adjutant General, Major General Ed Tonini.
Representatives of those agencies were on hand for the formal kick off which was held in Jefferson Square in Downtown Louisville.
NAI is providing multivitamins for one year for all 8,000 National Guard men and women currently serving in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Guard is facilitating distribution of the multi-vitamins to its members through the Kentucky National Guard Family Readiness Groups across the state.
"Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh has really stepped up to the plate to provide for the men and women who serve and protect Kentucky," stated Robin Read, President & CEO of NFWL. "NFWL has partnered with Nourish America and the National Guard on many initiatives and when Councilwoman Ward-Pugh realized that Nourish America could make a significant contribution to Kentucky's citizen soldiers by supporting their health and well-being she requested that Kentucky serve as the pilot state for Operation Vital Nutrients."
Councilwoman Ward-Pugh serves as Treasurer for the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL); a membership group comprised of women who are state and local legislators and tribal leaders who provide strategic resources to women leaders for leadership development and effective governance through conferences, effective seminars, issue education materials, professional and personal relationships, and networking at both the state and federal levels.
"It is our hope, Operation Vital Nutrients will be one way of saying thank you for your service," says Ward-Pugh.
For more information about Nourish America, go to www.nourishamerica.org. To learn more the National Foundation of Women Legislators go to: www.womenlegislators.org.
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Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh announces the kick off of Operation Vital Nutrients in Jefferson Square
Kentucky Adjutant General, Major General Ed Tonini talks about the importance of the program for more than 8,000 members of the Guard
The partners of Operation Vital Nutrients . Front Row from left to right: Robin Read, Pres. CEO of NFWL, Councilwoman Ward-Pugh. Back Row left to right: Michael Morton, Executive Dir. Nourish America, Major General Ed Tonini, and Dustin Alsey of Congressman John Yarmuth's Office


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