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...lately, commercials for the likes of Capital One and Dr Pepper. But now a coalition of activists headed by Jane Goodall, the renowned ethologist, wants to force the apes into retirement. Goodall is linking up with the Chimpanzee Collaboratory, a consortium of eight primate-welfare and -conservation groups, to launch a broad effort to persuade Hollywood to ban the use of actor-apes...
...priorities would be to launch a referendum on expelling all refugees and asylum seekers, without the possibility of appeal. Refugees determined to be at risk if returned to their own country would be sent to a safer destination. Another SVP referendum would seek to give local authorities the right to decide whether foreigners living in their areas receive Swiss citizenship, meaning that residents of a given town or village could vote on a candidate's suitability to become Swiss...
Another band, the Half Nelsons, have recently revamped their sound with a new bass player, and are taking this year to launch their careers as full-time rock stars...
African Studies Committee Chair Emmanuel Akyeampong has declared that “with the launch of these courses, we hope to become the leading institution in North America in the study of Africa.” This innovative program is certainly a decisive step in that direction...
...programming executives have noticed the trend. After learning that kids were big fans of the reality decorating show Trading Spaces, the Discovery Kids channel decided to launch a pint-size version for 8-to-14-year-olds. Trading Spaces: Boys v. Girls premiered in September. And in October ABC Family launches Knock First, in which teenagers redecorate while their parents are out. "We saw this as a unique take on how teens define themselves," says programming exec Robin Schwartz...