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Top 25 Graphic Design Schools and Colleges in the U.S. with BFA Programs – 2020 College Rankings
Posted by ACR Staff. Last updated February 05, 2020.
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Top 25 Graphic Design BFA Programs – 2020 College Rankings
1 Rhode Island School of Design Rhode Island
2 Pratt Institute New York
3 Maryland Institute College of Art Maryland
4 The New School's Parsons School of Design New York
5 School of Visual Arts New York
6 ArtCenter College of Design California
7 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Illinois
8 Savannah College of Art and Design Georgia
9 California College of the Arts California
10 California Institute of the Arts California
11 Otis College of Art and Design California
12 Ringling College of Art and Design Florida
13 Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia
14 Cooper Union New York
15 Portland State University Oregon
16 Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minnesota
17 Columbia College Chicago Illinois
18 University of North Texas Texas
19 University of Texas at Austin Texas
20 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Massachusetts
21 University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign Illinois
22 University of Georgia Georgia
23 Texas State University Texas
24 Washington University in St. Louis Missouri
25 University of Southern California California
Below are the Top 25 Graphic Design schools and colleges in the US offering Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree programs for 2020. For an explanation of ranking criteria, click here.
1. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Founded in 1877, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is one of the first art and design schools in the U.S. Serving approximately 2,500 students from across the U.S. and 57 other countries, the school has 19 studio majors and leading to bachelor's or master's degrees in the Fine Arts, Architecture, Design or Art Education. The school's most popular programs are Graphic Design, Film/Animation/Video (FAV), Illustration, Painting, and Industrial Design.
One of the largest departments at RISD, the school says Graphic Design offers "countless opportunities to collaborate within and beyond the discipline," thanks to access to more than 160 undergraduate majors. Course highlights for the BFA program include Spatial Dynamics, Color + Surface, and Design Studio. The program culminates in a "challenging, self-defined degree project that taps into each student's strengths, interests and experiences," says the school.
An impressive 96% of all RISD graphic design graduates are employed one year after graduation, and 70% are employed in positions directly related to their major.
2. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Founded in 1887, Pratt Institute serves more than 4,800 students enrolled in more than 25 undergraduate degree programs and concentrations and more than 26 graduate degree programs in its Schools of Art, Design, Architecture, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Information. Founded in 2014, The School of Design offers "up to four of Pratt's oldest and most esteemed disciplines," says the school, including Communications Design, Fashion Design, Industrial Design, and Interior Design.
The Communications Design program is the "only program in the country that recognizes and embodies the convergence and integration of Illustration, Advertising, and Graphic Design as the primary forces for the visual expression of ideas." Students may concentrate in any of three areas (Illustration, Advertising Art Direction or Graphic Design). The undergraduate program for aspiring graphic designers leads to a BFA in Communications Design with a Graphic Design Emphasis.
Students in the program have the opportunity to enroll in one of more than 20 study abroad programs and international exchange programs in over a dozen locations such as Florence, Milan, Copenhagen, London, and Tokyo.
Graduates are prepared to enter careers in print and digital media, typography, identity systems and branding, design strategy, social media and interaction design, motion design, environmental design, data visualization, information design, and user experience design.
3. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Founded in 1826, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is the oldest independent, continuously degree-granting college of art and design in the U.S. The College enrolls nearly 3,500 undergraduate, graduate and open studies students from 49 states and 52 countries. Around 80 programs leading to the BFA, MA, MFA, and MPS degrees are available in the areas of fine arts, design, electronic media, art education, liberal arts, and professional studies. Post-baccalaureate certificate programs are also offered.
MICA says that it "sees graphic design as a comprehensive activity of visual problem solving for professional leaders working in branding, UI/UX, packaging, spatial design, publication design, and typeface design, among others." The school offers a BFA in Graphic Design with three Concentrations: Graphic Design Studio, Book Arts Studio, and Graphic Design + Humanistic Studies. The curriculum for this 120 credit hour program consists of a three-year sequence of core design courses. Course highlights include Art Matters, Frameworks: Themes in Humanistic Studies, Color/Design/Process, Body/World/Machine, Haptics and Optics, Cartographies, PhotoImaging, and Flexible Design Studio. Senior Seminar (worth three credits) and internship opportunities are also part of the program.
Graduates of the Graphic Design BFA at MICA "bring the ability to think" and "thrive as professional designers."
4. The New School's Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
The New School was founded in 1896 by American Impressionist William Merritt Chase. Back then, the school was known as The Chase School, and later as New York School of Fine and Applied Art. Today, known as The New School's Parsons School of Design, this art and design college serves nearly 6,000 students enrolled in 130 degree and diploma programs across five schools including the School of Art and Design History and Theory, School of Art, Media and Technology, School of Constructed Environments, School of Design Strategies, and the School of Fashion.
The School of Art, Media, and Technology offers a BFA in Communication Design that begins with "an intense focus on typography and interaction," says the school. A related program, the BFA in Art, Media, and Technology, is offered at the Parsons Paris campus. Students in the Communication Design program go on to complete courses, internships, and sponsored projects in editorial design, interaction design, branding, web/mobile product design, type design, motion graphics, advertising design, and information design.
In hands-on, collaborative courses, students work directly with peers throughout the university, including students in programs housed at other schools within The New School, and with external partners. Electives on topics such as environmental graphics, design for social engagement, business, and media studies enhance learning. And art and design history and theory courses "contextualize" work while students "develop research, writing, and critical reasoning skills." Parsons' resources, including labs, libraries, galleries, and research institutes, support students' ideas and projects.
Graduates pursue careers in advertising, branding, exhibition/retail design, and environmental graphics, information visualization, interaction design, publication design, and motion graphics.
5. School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
Founded in 1947 as "Cartoonists and Illustrators School," School of Visual Arts (SVA) serves more than 3,700 students enrolled in over 30 programs in areas ranging from fine arts and graphic design to filmmaking and photography. The programs at SVA lead to the BFA, MFA, MA, MAT or MPS degree.
The BFA in Design is a "multidisciplinary educational system in itself, offering separate majors that include Graphic Design, Motion Graphics and 3D Design," says the school. The program can be divided into package design, editorial design, information graphics, corporate identity, publication design, CD packaging, book jacket design, environmental design and website design. Other program highlights include intensive one-week workshops, exhibitions that are routinely covered by NBC, CBS. ABC, and CNN, competitions, enrollment in the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artists) and the Art Directors Club—two of the most prestigious design organizations in the country, industry review, and internships.
Graduates of the program have gone on to work for commercial and not-for-profit corporations, institutions, and businesses. Many have founded their own start-ups, design firms and studios. Some have become partners in businesses and individual projects. Graduates have started over 50 design studios around the globe.
6. ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California
Founded in 1930, ArtCenter College of Design serves approximately 2,250 students representing more than 40 countries. The school offers 11 undergraduate and seven graduate degree programs in a variety of Industrial Design, Visual, and Applied Arts Disciplines. A joint MS/MBA program with the Drucker-Ito School of Management is also available. The school, which has a campus in Berlin, two campuses in Pasadena, and satellite studios in Los Angeles at the Peterson Automotive Museum, offers a BFA in Graphic Design.
The school says that students in the program "develop sophisticated typographic and image-making skill sets working across both emerging and traditional media—everything from letterpress to data visualization and packaging to spatial experiences—to create emotionally resonant messages." Course highlights for the program include Type 1: Letterforms, Design 1: Materials Lab, Narrative Sketching, Narrative Imagine, Art of Research, Package Design, Visual Interaction Design, Editorial Print, Mediatecture, Transdisciplinary Studio, and Advanced VxD Studio 8.
Students are also required to complete courses such as Business & Professional Practice, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences. Portfolio & Career Preparation are also part of the program.
Graduates of the BFA in Graphic Design at ArtCenter College of Design hold positions such as Creative Director of Special Projects, Nike; Visual Strategist, NASA; Partner and Creative Director, Gee + Chung Design; Founder and CEO, Blind, and Chief Creative Officer, Frog Design.
7. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Founded in 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is one of the oldest accredited independent schools of art and design in the country. Serving nearly 3,700 students from 78 countries, SAIC offers more than 50 areas of study from Animation and Costume Design to Visual Communication Design and Writing. The Visual Communication Design Department offers a BFA program with two major areas of focus: Physical Media (print, objects, and environments) and Virtual Media (interactive and time-based media).
Course offerings include both physical and virtual design areas such as artists' books design, environmental graphics, exhibition design, font/typography design, information design, interaction design/interface design, identity design/strategic design, illustration/imagery design, letterpress printing and bookbinding, motion graphics design, offset printing/digital printing, packaging design, poster design, publication design, sustainable design, symbol design, and website design/cross-platform design.
Other program highlights include an active AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) student chapter, Exploratory Languages (a lecture series featuring leading designers and design educators from across the country), and CIPB (Chicago International Poster Biennial), which is an international competition representing leading designers from throughout the world. Internship and optional study abroad opportunities are also available.
8. Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) was founded in 1978. With campuses in Savannah, Atlanta, Hong Kong, and Lacoste, France, the school serves more than 14,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Offering more art degree programs and specializations than any other art and design university, SCAD has plenty of opportunities to study at domestic and international locations. The school also offers more graphic design programs than just about any other school on our list. Options include BA, BFA, MA, and MFA degrees in Graphic Design and a Design Management MA. A Minor in Graphic Design is also available.
All programs highlight Product Packaging, Entrepreneurship, Mobile Technology, Interface Design and User Experience. Students have the opportunity to declare a double major in the areas of Advertising, Branded Entertainment, Illustration, Motion Media Design, Sequential Art and more. They also have access to Minors such as Mobile and Interactive Design, and Advertising Copywriting. Students may complement their degree with a Certificate in Digital Publishing.
The BFA is offered in Atlanta, Hong Kong, Savannah, and online. The Certificate program is offered in Atlanta, Savannah, and online.
SCAD graduates are prepared to join elite agencies, multinational companies, or start their own businesses as they lead branding, visual marketing, interactive media, and immersive campaigns. Graduates work at top companies around the globe including Apple, IBM, Ralph Lauren, Under Armour, Verizon, and many others.
9. California College of the Arts, San Francisco and Oakland, California
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) serves around 1,900 students enrolled more than 30 degree programs. The BFA in Graphic Design offers the opportunity to immerse in the areas of Brand Identity, Print, Motion Graphics, and Screen-Based and Interactive Design. The school says elective offerings "strengthen" students "design toolkit," while CCA's "extensive" internship program provides the opportunity to gain real-world experience. CCA students intern for design firms, publishing houses, and nonprofits as they work toward a polished thesis project.
"Situated within a top art college," says the school, "the Graphic Design program also benefits from an atmosphere of hands-on making and experimentation. Students are constantly giving and getting feedback and testing their ideas with faculty, visiting experts, and peers."
Graduates of the Graphic Design BFA Program at CCA have landed positions at innovative design firms, museums, publishing houses, technology companies, nonprofits, and more.
10. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
Walt and Roy Disney formed California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 1961 through the merger of two existing Los Angeles schools for art and music. The school became the nation's first postsecondary institution to offer graduate and undergraduate degrees in both the visual and performing arts. Just shy of a decade later, the new college, CalArts, opened its doors to offer programs in art, design, film, music, theater and dance.
Today, the school serves around 1,500 students enrolled in more than 70 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across six schools including the School of Critical Studies, The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, the School of Art, the School of Film/Video, The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, and the School of Theater. The School of Art houses the undergraduate Graphic Design Program, which leads to a BFA.
The BFA program is a full-time, four-year program that prepares students for a career in print and publication design, web and interface design, motion graphics for broadcast and film, branding, identity and type design, and design history and education. Each year in the program "builds on the experience of the previous as a sequence of additional classes explore image-making, typography and design history. Baseline coursework is followed by more specialized classes in areas such as web design, motion graphics, and type design."
In addition to core studio classes, all BFA candidates are required to pass a Graduation Portfolio Review in order to complete the program and obtain the BFA degree.
11. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
Otis College of Art and Design (OTIS) was established in 1918 by founder and publisher of the Los Angeles Times, General Harrison Gray Otis. The school serves approximately 1,100 full-time students enrolled in 11 BFA degree programs ranging from Graphic Design to Toy Design. The school also offers MFA degrees in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Public Practice, and Writing, as well as a variety of minors and certificate programs.
The BFA in Graphic Design is offered through the Communication Arts Department as well as a Minor in Advertising Design and a Graphic Design Certificate. Formats covered in the BFA Graphic Design Program include branding and logo development, posters, books, package design, apps, websites, and interactive design. Students in the program "learn to articulate a critical and theoretical perspective and develop graphic design skills, such as type design and traditional letterpress," says the school. "Strong craft and presentation skills are emphasized throughout," with students achieving "the highest level of design excellence through critiques, reviews, and workshops."
Course highlights for the program include Drawing and Building Form, Connections through Color and Design, History of Graphic Design, Illustration, and Advertising Design, Publication, Advanced Image Making Projects, Systems and Identity Design, and Type and Alternative Media. A Senior Thesis/Research Paper, Senior Project/Seminar, and Capstone are also part of the program.
Graduates of the Graphic Design programs at OTIS have landed positions at major companies such as Apple, Anthropologie, LACMA, Guess, Metro, Capitol Records, and others.
12. Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD) was established in 1931 by circus baron, art collector, and real estate developer John Ringling. A member of the only global association to serve art and design education research (Cumulus), RCAD opened with just 75 students and 111 course offerings. Today, the school serves more than 1,600 students enrolled in 13 BA and BFA degree programs and nine minors. Graphic Design, Computer Animation, Film, Game Art, Illustration, and Virtual Reality Development are just a few options.
RCAD programs offer a rigorous curriculum, which combines studio and liberal arts, with client projects, substantive internships, and national competitions. The school's BFA in Graphic Design prepares students to design "show-stopping solutions for print and interactive media," says RCAD. Launched in 1980, the program allows students to collaborate with other artists such as copywriters, printers, photographers, illustrators, and developers to "make their ideas a reality." Course highlights include Design & Typography, New Media Design, Contemporary Design Culture, Interactive Design, Drawing & 2D Design, Drawing & 3D Design, and Visual Persuasion. For Course GDES 491, students have three options: Design Center, an Internship, or Graphic Design Elective.
RCAD internships have led to many full-time employment opportunities. Graduates have been hired by companies such as Google, Facebook, Adult Swim, CBS Interactive, ESPN, Apple iTunes, Leo Burnett, Microsoft, Yahoo!, American Greetings, IGN Entertainment, Wieden + Kennedy, Walt Disney Company, Birchbox, Inc. and many others.
13. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was established in 1838. The school serves more than 31,000 students enrolled in 225 academic programs across 13 schools and one college. An additional four programs are offered at VCU's Qatar campus. The School of the Arts (VCUarts), which serves more than 3,000 students, offers 25 degree programs. The Department of Graphic Design here offers BFA degrees in Graphic Design and Communication Arts.
The 122-credit BFA in Graphic Design is designed to "educate students to be capable of integrating form and information for the purposes of effective visual communication." Course highlights for the program include Design Technology, Design Methods and Processes, Imaging, Letterpress, Book Arts, Visual Narrative, Studio Management, and Interaction. Seminar courses are also part of the program.
The Communication Arts BFA is a flexible degree program that allows students to study Advanced Figure Drawing, Scientific Illustration, 3D Modeling, Sequential Imaging (such as comic books and storyboards), Concept Design and Entertainment Design (such as video games and visual effects). "The program is centered on a rigorous investigation of studio methods and practices which explore conceptual and theoretical concerns for understanding and creating image, media, content and context."
The focus during the junior and senior years is typography, visual studies design, figure drawing, introduction to 3D modeling, the history of visual communications, digital drawing, concept drawing, sequential imaging, advanced illustration, and advanced 3D modeling. The senior year culminates with the capstone portfolio course and a variety of electives are offered each semester to provide students the opportunity for specialized study.
Both BFA options prepare students to create effective visual communications for the advertising industry, marketing, business, retail, entertainment, public relations, publishing and more.
14. Cooper Union, New York, New York
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union or CU) was founded in 1859 by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper. The school offers programs in the areas of Art, Architecture and Engineering, and courses in the Humanities and Social Sciences. With nearly 900 students enrolled, the school's art students account for 32% of the student population.
The School of Art at Cooper Union offers a flexible BFA in Art with a Specialization in Graphic Design. Students in the program may take elective studio classes and seminars, offered on a rotating basis, they may choose to focus their work in one or more areas of specialization, and they may enroll in advanced studio classes with the same course number multiple times. The school says that students are also "encouraged to follow an integrated approach by selecting from various areas while observing a prerequisite system designed to allow in-depth study in specific disciplines." Other program highlights include internship and study abroad opportunities.
15. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Portland State University (PSU) opened its doors in the summer of 1946 to just 220 students. Today, the school spans 50 city blocks, and it houses nine colleges and schools, 226 degree programs, and more than 25,000 students. The College of the Arts is home to the schools of Architecture, Art + Design, Music, and Theater + Film.
With around 1,400 students enrolled, the School of Art + Design offers BA, BS, BFA degrees and Minors in areas from Art History to Graphic Design. The Graphic Design Program has two options: the BFA and an eight-course Minor that includes Digital Design, Digital Imaging and Illustration, and Communication Design Systems, to name a few.
The BFA provides "a comprehensive education in design principles, applications, theories, history, and practice," says the school. "The curriculum places particular emphasis on craft, concept, and research skills, as well as the development of effective design processes, the generation of meaningful narratives and story-telling techniques, and engagement with various community partners." Students in the program work with faculty primarily through studio courses that introduce an increasing complexity of design problems and methodologies, combined with opportunities for independent development and interaction with professionals.
The first two years of the program culminate with a required Sophomore Portfolio Review, occurring once each year at the end of the Spring term. Only after successfully passing the Review are graphic design majors allowed to continue progression through the program. First and second year course highlights include Type & Communication Design, Digital Image and Illustration, Interactive Media, Communication Design Systems, and Contemporary Design Projects. During the third and fourth years of the program students "choose courses of increasing specialization, have opportunities for engaging in professional internships, and work to develop a professional portfolio as the culmination of their design studies."
Summer Study Abroad experiences such as Printmaking and Mixed Media in Guanajuato, Mexico, Art History in Rome, and Berlin: The Fall and Rise of an Art City, are also part of the program.
16. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) was established in 1886. The school, which shares a block with the Minneapolis Institute of Art, serves more than 800 students from 45 states and 15 countries. Of these, 50% are enrolled in Design, 38% in Media Arts, 10% in Fine Arts, and the remaining 2% in MCAD's new Arts Entrepreneurship Department. More than 20 programs are available across several departments, including a BFA in Graphic Design.
Students in the 120 credit hour BFA program "will develop their own voice and produce original work, they will research, engage with, and create innovative concepts, content, and form, and learn to communicate ideas visually," says the school. Students will also "refine their technical and conceptual design skills in preparation for a professional career in graphic design."
Students learn through courses, critiques, student activities, and more. Course highlights include Graphic Design, Publication Design, Digital Production, Web and Screen, Coding Concepts, Type Plus, and Ideation and Process. Advanced Graphic Design Seminar, Professional Practice and an internship are also part of the program.
Students in the BFA program have the unique opportunity to study abroad as well, in places such as Italy, Japan, Ireland, England or Germany, or elsewhere in the U.S.
17. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Established in 1890, Columbia College serves more than 7,300 students from nearly every state and more than 60 countries. The school has over 100 academic majors or programs across several schools and more than 20 departments. Schools include the School of Media Arts, the School of Fine and Performing Arts, and the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The School of Fine and Performing Arts offers a BFA in Graphic Design.
In this program, students will "develop advanced skills in typography, layout, information design, packaging design, and other applications through hands-on courses," says the school Students will learn the software and technology needed to "deliver dynamic visual communications," and gain experience in research and client management.
Students in the BFA degree track do not choose a concentration and will take advanced courses across disciplines including Web Design, Publication Design, and Visual Identity. Course highlights include Photo Communication, Design Thinking, Publication Design, Experimental Typography, Visual Identity and Narrative, Letterpress Studio, Website Design, Graphic Design: Branded Environments, and Business of Design.
Students will complete a Design Portfolio and they have the opportunity to intern at firms such as Leo Burnett—one of the largest advertising agencies in the world, and with clients such as Procter & Gamble, and Foote, Cone & Belding—a global advertising agency with clients around the world. Students have also interned at Pivot Design-an award-winning branding, marketing, and advertising agency, Pressley Johnson Design—one of the premiere design communications firms in the Midwest, and 50,000feet,Inc.—a firm that has worked with some of America's top brands. Graduates of the BFA program are often hired by these and many other firms.
18. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
University of North Texas (UNT) was founded in 1890 as Texas Normal College and Teachers' Training Institute. With around 39,200 students enrolled, UNT is the fourth-largest university in Texas. The school offers 105 bachelors, 88 masters and 37 doctoral degree programs across 12 colleges and one school. The College of Visual Arts and Design is home to the Design Department, which houses the Communication Design Program.
The BFA in Communication Design covers the basic principles of design, image making, color theory and typography. It is also designed to "help students learn to be effective conceptual thinkers and, most importantly, creative problem solvers in the disciplines of Advertising and of Graphic Design," says the school. Students in the program have the opportunity to complete an internship, study abroad, and access "valuable resources" consisting of over 1,000 reference books, magazines and paper/print samples of photography, illustration, typography, graphic design and advertising.
Graduates go on to careers in Graphic Design, Advertising, Marketing, User Experience Design, and many others.
19. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) was founded in 1881. The school opened its doors in 1883 with one building, eight professors, one proctor, and 221 students. Today, UT Austin is home to nearly 52,000 students enrolled in over 500 degree programs and fields of study across 18 colleges and schools. The College of Fine Arts, School of Design and Creative Technologies offers a BFA in Design.
Students in the program develop research, problem-solving and critical thinking/making skills through studio-based courses. Elective courses and the university's core curriculum emphasize the liberal arts. In their junior year, students must complete at least one professional internship, which may include working at major companies with offices in the Austin area. Just a few include Google, Dell, IBM, Apple, Samsung, Frog, Pentagram, and EA Games.
The BFA is a pre-professional degree program encompassing typography, image creation/manipulation, interaction design and 3-D design that is intended to prepare students for employment in the field of design. During the senior year, BFA Design students undertake a capstone design project and show their work in a public exhibition at the Visual Arts Center.
20. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) was founded in 1873 as a training institution for aspiring drawing teachers, architects, artists, and designers. Today, the school offers more than 20 undergraduate art programs, nearly a dozen graduate programs, and around seven certificate programs to a population of nearly 2,100 students.
In the Communication Design BFA Program, students "gain a robust working knowledge of print design, information design, branding, and dynamic media (user experience design)," says the school. Program highlights include hands-on studio classes led by practicing designers and design educators, and internship opportunities. "Throughout the program, students are challenged to develop design solutions in the areas of package design, publication design, web and app design, interactive communication, and advertising, as well as the creation of graphic identities and brand systems."
Graduates of the Communications Design BFA work for ad agencies, in-house corporate design departments, design studios, and as freelance designers. Some graduates even go on to launch their own start-ups.
21. University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, Champaign, Urbana
Established in 1867 as Illinois Industrial University, University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign is one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions created after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act. The school serves nearly 48,000 students through 15 colleges and instructional units. The College of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Art and Design offers a 122 credit hour Graphic Design program that leads to a BFA.
The program prepares students for entrance into the professional practice of design visual communications. The school says, "studio work addresses graphic design fundamentals (typography and image making), design history and contemporary practices, research methods, user experience, and social responsibility." In addition, "students have the opportunity to develop their personal interests by taking advantage of a highly interdisciplinary selection of elective courses offered by the School of Art + Design including Photography, Video, Traditional Printmaking, Sustainability, and Advanced Interaction Design.
Other course highlights include Observational Drawing, The Image World, Time Arts, Interaction, Typography Practice, Graphic Design Inquiry, Ethics of a Designer in a Global Economy, Design Methods, Graphic Design Toolbox, and Type & Image. Graphic Design Inquiry, Graphic Design Practicum, and Graphic Design Capstone are also part of the program as well as the opportunity to assist in the design of Ninth Letter—a nationally-distributed and award-winning literary arts journal.
Graduates of the program are prepared to seek positions in advertising, graphic design, marketing, entertainment, digital media, publishing, and more.
22. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Established in 1785, University of Georgia (UGA) serves 38,920 students enrolled in more than 370 fields and areas leading to the bachelor's, master's, specialist education, professional, or PhD degree. Programs are offered in 17 schools and colleges, including the Lamar Dodd School of Art—home of the Art Program. The School offers a BFA in Art with Concentrations in Graphic Design, Printmaking & Book Arts, and ArtX: Expanded Forms.
The school says, "all BFA degrees include the Studio Art Core, comprised of a year-long survey of art history, introductory-level studio foundations, secondary-level ideation and methodologies, and upper-level interdisciplinary thematic studio and professional practice courses." The Graphic Design pathway stresses "a strong grounding in design and communication fundamentals like typography, information hierarchy, concept development, and visual exploration."
Students in this program can expect to take courses such as Graphic Systems, Type & Image, Visual Narrative Systems, Advanced Typography, Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art and Environmental Graphic Design. Electives include Data Visualization, Advanced Illustration, and Topics in Digital Platforms & Dynamic Media, to name a few.
Students seeking the BFA degree will enter the School of Art as Intended Art majors. "In most studio programs, students are required to present an exhibition or final portfolio that serves as a capstone experience before graduation, demonstrating their achievement in developing a mature and cohesive body of work."
All art and design students have access to a large study abroad program that offers experiences on all seven continents and UGA campuses in Costa Rica, Central America, Cortona, Italy, and Oxford, England.
23. Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Founded in 1899, Texas State University, San Marcos (TXST) serves more than 38,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in more than 200 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs — from biology to music to business to geography and more. With two campuses in San Marcos and Round Rock, Texas, TXST offers programs through 10 colleges, including the College of Fine Arts & Communication—home of the Communication Design BFA Program.
The school says the Communication Design Program is "one of the largest public programs in the country." Students have three areas of professional study to choose from including Graphic Design, Art Direction, and Interactive Media. Courses in art direction, brand experience, corporate identity, design research, environmental graphics, human centered design, interactive design, sustainable packaging and typography prepare students for professional practice within a designer/client relationship. Students may further their education with independent study courses and professional internships.
The Communication Design courses are taught in a studio environment, with class sizes limited to approximately 16. Students have access to the Mitte Complex, which has Macintosh labs, an open lab for student use, digital color printing availability including RISO, digital still and video camera checkout, and a photography studio and a multidisciplinary innovation lab equipped with laser cutter, CNC router, 3D printer and die cutter.
TXST Communication Design students have had their work published in CMYK, Step Inside Design, Graphis New Talent Annual, and PRINT. Students have also received recognition in national, regional, and local competitions such as The One Show, American Advertising Federation Awards, National DSVC Student Show, Creative Summit, Art Director's Club of Houston, Austin Addy Awards, and San Antonio Addy Awards.
24. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Founded in 1853, Washington University in St. Louis serves more than 14,500 students enrolled in more than 300 academic programs in a number of colleges and schools. The College of Art houses the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, which offers a BFA in Communication Design.
The BFA is a "collaborative program at the intersection of graphic design, illustration, and interaction design," says the school. Students in this program can choose to design interfaces for mobile devices and the web, they can make pictures for games and motion graphics, or illustrate stories and create comics and design printed posters and books. Students can also choose to apply design skills to social problems in the community, including areas such as public health and urban education, or they may study the history of printed images, comics, and advertising through the Douglas B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library.
The first year requires studio coursework in drawing, 2D and 3D design, digital design, and a weekly lecture course. Second year students explore disciplines across art and design, selecting from introductory courses in graphic design, typography, illustration, printmaking, painting, photography, sculpture, and fashion design.
Course highlights include Word & Image, Interaction Foundations, Interaction Design: User-Centered Applications, Illustration Concepts & Media/Visual Journalism, Content to Cover: The Design of Books, Design for Social Impact, and Art Practice. The program culminates in a Senior Capstone, which may be an illustrated book, zine, screen-based presentation, graphic novel/mini-comic, or digital experience. The final project is displayed in a public exhibition and reviewed by external design professionals.
25. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Established in 1880, University of Southern California (USC) serves 47,500 students enrolled in more than 200 undergraduate programs, 300-plus graduate programs, and more than 150 minors. Program options for aspiring graphic designers are offered in the Roski School of Art and Design. First organized in 1883, the Roski School of Art and Design at USC is the oldest art school in Southern California.
"A supportive environment for experimentation in visual art of all media," says the school, Roski "encourages interdisciplinary, progressive approaches to studio art, design, curatorial practice and critical studies." The school offers a BFA in Design that requires 26 units of electives. This allows students to refine their focus. The program requires courses such as Art and Design Studio, Typography, Publication Design, Web Design, Drawing for Art and Design, Digital Tools in 3D Design, and 3D Design: Materials and Tools. A Professional Internship in the Arts, Special Projects in Design, and a Senior Thesis are also part of the program.


Yep, now the world has what it may or may not have known it wanted: a light beer with more alcohol than a Smirnoff Ice. It's "triple filtered for that top shelf taste," proclaims Bud Light Platinum's website, though the word "rail" rather than "shelf" comes to mind when you drink it. By depleting the brew's beer-ish qualities (via making it "Light") while enhancing its alcohol content (via making it "Platinum"), Bud has created the world's most conceptual "beer." Essentially, it's a cheap vodka tonic.
But hey, vodka tonic—gets the job done! I've talked with several different people about the new brew, and it's appreciated best by the mainstream bros and bro-ettes who want to hit it hard and get a buzz while maintaining the pretension of unpretension—that they're drinking "beer" rather than a mixed drink or girly drink. My sister, on the other hand, was skeptical: she likes Bud Light precisely because she can drink it at after-work happy hour without ending up under the table and skipping the gym.
The brand's secret weapon, it turns out, is its solid-blue bottle, which everyone I talked to loved. Drinking-vessel gimmicks are to mainstream beers as screen prints are to microbrews: totally part of the appeal, even though everyone says they just like the taste. Recently breweries have presented us with the vented beer can (Food & Beverage Packaging blog: "The point of the channel is to allow drinkers to swig more easily") and the laughable "vortex" bottle; given that this is a Platinum brew, Bud supplies no provision for shooting, typhooning, or whirling the beer into your mouth. You just hang out feeling like a baller with your solid blue bottle, sipping it like The Game sips Hennessey.
Here's another guess I'll hazard: Bud Light Platinum is going to be the beer fad of the summer. Better scrub your bathroom floor, because someone's going to be lying on it before Labor Day.


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Wilhelmina FitzClarence (1830-1906), Countess of Munster lived a fairly standard peeress's life – despite being an illegitimate granddaughter to William IV of England. As a young girl she travelled widely in Europe, eventually marrying her first cousin William in 1855. The couple lived in Brighton and had nine children.Wilhelmina's first novel, Dorinda (1889), about a female art-thief, was praised by Oscar Wilde for its characterisation, although her second novel, social satire A Scotch Earl (1891), was less well-received. She also wrote numerous short stories and articles for periodicals, and published an autobiography in 1904.
Ghostly Tales (1896) consists of stories in a supernatural and/or Gothic vein and some (as in Isabella Banks' Through the Night, which it in many ways resembles) are supposed to be drawn from stories recounted by its author's family and friends. This is reflected in the milieu of the tales' protagonists – the grand European tour, the marriage market and aristocratic country and town life. Although the collection contains several stories which fit easily into the traditional Victorian ghost story genre (most notably 'The Ghost of My Dead Friend') the volume contains a wide breadth of 'weird' or uncanny phenomena – from religious visions and animal telepathy to the narrator's unsettling encounter with a mentally disturbed young man.
Ghostly Tales [Kindle]
Ghostly Tales [Epub]
Ghostly Tales [PDF]
A facsilmile edition, containing a number of illustrations, can be downloaded for free from from the British Library.
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The Joss: A Reversion (1901)
Best known for The Beetle (1897), Richard Marsh was a hugely prolific fin de siècle writer whose output includes several highly entertaining works characteristic of the late-Victorian mode of the Gothic. This novel, first published in 1901, begins with a haunted house and ends with a truly bizarre story of an Englishman's transformation or, as the subtitle has it, his 'reversion'. The nature of this horror is revealed gradually through multiple narrators, initially focussing on Mary Blyth, whose unfair dismissal from her job as a draper's assistant turns out to be one of the least terrible events in what transpires to be the most horrific week of her life!
The novel deals in typical fashion with characteristic late-Victorian fears about racial degeneration and contamination by a foreign other. The setting too is highly characteristic, depicting London as a labyrinthine metropolis at the heart of Empire, in which mystery lurks behind the façade of every building and down every dark alley – the London of Bram Stoker, Arthur Machen, Conan Doyle and Stevenson – and is a must-read for any fans of the period's Gothic tales.
The Joss: A Reversion [Kindle]
The Joss: A Reversion [Epub]
The Joss: A Reversion [PDF]
This entry was posted in Gothic, Horror, Richard Marsh (1857-1915) and tagged 19th century, 20th century, books, download, ebook, edwardian, epub, fin de siecle, free, free ebooks, full text, Gothic, gothic novel, horror, joss, kindle, late-victorian, literature, marsh, nineteenth century, pdf, richard marsh, supernatural fiction, tales, text, the beetle, the joss, victorian on February 19, 2015 by stylesofdying.
Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), Biblical scholar, antiquary and mediaeval historian is also, quite possibly, the twentieth century's most influential writer of ghost stories. His tales of leisured Edwardian gentleman-academics whose narrow-minded investigations bring them into contact with nameless horrors from the past are flat-out classics of the genre and their reputation was enhanced by several highly-regarded BBC television adaptations in the 1970s – adaptations that echoed the stories' original conception as tales to raise a chill around the Christmas fire.
And yet, James never intended to publish his stories in book form. Despite having submitted his first two compositions, 'Canon Alberic's Scrapbook' and 'Lost Hearts' for publication in journals during the 1890s, his stories were by and large written solely for the entertainment of his academic colleagues and students. On Christmas Eve, James would emerge from his study clutching his hand-written manuscript, ready to address the acquaintances who had gathered in his rooms to hear this latest tale of terror read aloud over their late-night tipple. It was only with the death of a close friend, whom James had invited to illustrate the tales as a distraction from a final illness, that the tales gained a wider audience. James McBryde, the promising artist in question, died at a tragically young age and James decided to publish a selection of the ghost stories complete with McBryde's illustrations as a posthumous tribute to his young friend. The stories were very well-received, however, and although James's academic achievements hardly went unrecognised, it is for his ghost stories that he is best remembered today.
Five volumes of James's ghost stories were published during his lifetime: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), More Ghost Stories (1911), A Thin Ghost and Others (1919), A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925) and Collected Ghost Stories (1931) – the latter contained the entire contents of the previous four volumes, together with a few further pieces: 'There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard', 'Rats', 'After Dark in the Playing Fields', 'Wailing Well' and 'Stories I Have Tried to Write'. A further three completed stories remained uncollected during James's lifetime: 'The Experiment', 'The Malice of Inanimate Objects' and 'A Vignette'. I have included all of these in the edition for this blog (see below) along with a selection of James's writings on the ghost story genre. I got the latter from the always splendid ebooks@adelaide.
A number of unpublished drafts were also left extant on James's death. These haven't been included in the ebook below for copyright reasons, but you can read them at the Ghosts & Scholars website – Rosemary Pardoe's outstanding online resource for all things Jamesian. The drafts are 'The Game of Bear', 'Merfield House', 'The Fenstanton Witch', 'Marcilly-le-Hayer' and 'John Humphreys' (an early version of 'Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance'). Rosemary Pardoe's notes on these stories are also available. Three other related pieces by James have not been included, but can also be read online. These are the early story, 'A Night in King's College Chapel', James's scholarly article, 'Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories' and his children's novel The Five Jars (1920).
Here are the download links for the ebook edition of Collected Ghost Stories I've prepared for this blog:
Collected Ghost Stories [Kindle]
Collected Ghost Stories [Epub]
Collected Ghost Stories [PDF]
Finally, readers might be interested to know that, in collaboration with Jane Mainley-Piddock and James Mussell, I am currently organising the first ever academic conference dedicated solely to James's ghost stories. Information, including a call for papers, is available here.
This entry was posted in Christmas, Ghost Stories, Horror, M.R. James (1862-1936) and tagged 19th century, 20th century, antiquarian, books, british, conference, download, ebook, edwardian, epub, free, free ebooks, full text, ghost stories, ghost stories for christmas, ghost stories of an antiquary, ghost tales, Gothic, horror, kindle, literature, m r james, montague rhodes james, nineteenth century, pdf, supernatural fiction, tales, text, thin ghost, victorian, warning to the curious, whistle and i'll come to you on October 9, 2014 by stylesofdying.
Collected Ghost Stories of John Kendrick Bangs
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American writer, mainly of humorous fiction, and editor of the popular Harper's Weekly, as well as the New Metropolitan Magazine. In 1904, he became the editor of Puck, a successful American humour magazine.
Amongst his prolific output are many volumes of supernatural novels and stories, mainly in keeping with his predilection for humour and parody. His short supernatural fiction appeared in three story collections, pictured above and published between 1894 and 1901. Facsimiles of the fully illustrated first editions can be seen here and here. The illustrations from Over the Plum-Pudding can be seen here.
"I thought a mile was the proper distance" [Illustration from 'The Flunking of Watkins's Ghost']
John Kendrick Bangs, shortly before his death in 1922
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Black Spirits and White (1895) by Ralph Adams Cram
"In 'The Dead Valley' the eminent architect and mediævalist Ralph Adams Cram achieves a memorably potent degree of vague regional horror through subtleties of atmosphere and description."
Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942) was a noted architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings. Born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire in December 1863, Cram was apprenticed to the architects Rotch and Tilden in Boston, before moving to Rome to study classical architecture. In 1887, he converted to Roman Catholicism. He designed or co-designed the Cathedral of St John the Divine and Saint Thomas Church (both in New York city) but is probably best known as the architect of Princeton University, a major example of his passion for the Gothic Revival in architecture.
Appropriately, given his penchant for the Gothic in architecture, Cram's only major foray into fiction is the highly regarded collection of horror stories, Black Spirits and White (1895), whose name derives from Macbeth Act IV, Scene i. Of particular note is the final story in the collection, 'The Dead Valley', whose memorable climax was singled out by H.P. Lovecraft as a favourite moment in the history of supernatural fiction.
Black Spirits and White [Kindle]
Black Spirits and White [Epub]
Black Spirits and White [PDF]
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The Italian (1797) by Ann Radcliffe
At last, the first lady of the Gothic makes a long-overdue debut on the blog. The last of her novels to be published in Ann Radcliffe's lifetime, The Italian: or the Confessional of the Black Penitents was written in response to Matthew Lewis's The Monk (1796). Whereas Lewis's novel employed a panoply of demons, ghosts and gore that bordered on camp, Radcliffe's more subtle account of the machinations of the evil Father Schedoni puts into practice her preference for terror (the sublime stimulation of the nervousness or anxiety that foreshadows horrific events) over horror (the abject revulsion that inevitably greets the horrific reality of catastrophes and abominations directly observed). Presented in the form of an assassin's confession, the resultant psychological drama is amongst the best the genre (and Radcliffe) has to offer.
The Italian [Kindle]
The Italian [Epub]
The Italian [PDF]
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The Phantom Ship (1839) by Captain Frederick Marryat
Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an experienced and highly-regarded naval officer, who had fought with distinction in the Napoleonic wars, during which career he also invented a maritime flag signalling system, which bears his name and is still widely used. As if this weren't enough, he was also a prolific writer of fiction, wildly popular during the nineteenth century and hugely influential in the adventure genre. He is perhaps best known today for his children's novels, Mr Midshipman Easy (1836) and The Children of the New Forest (1847).
The Phantom Ship (1839) is his only overtly supernatural novel. It is based on the legend of the Flying Dutchman – a ghostly vessel cursed to sail around the Cape of Good Hope for all eternity. The novel is a sort of sequel to the legend, in which Philip Vanderdecken, the son of the ship's Dutch captain, battles to save his father from the curse. One particularly memorable section involves an insert story featuring a werewolf, which has been widely anthologised as 'The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains'.
The Phantom Ship [Kindle]
The Phantom Ship [Epub]
The Phantom Ship [PDF]
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Viewed as a percentage increase over current salaries, the proposal might have seemed excessive at first blush, but the pay for these offices was last raised in 2002 and the new figures don't amount to anything more than long-overdue cost-of-living adjustments.
This proposal was also justified by comparison to salaries in other municipalities. It would still have left the compensation of the mayor of Indiana's largest city below that of his counterparts in Gary and Fort Wayne and approximately the same as the mayors of Carmel and Fishers, both much smaller cities in the same metropolitan area.
A legislative or senior executive pay raise has a negligible effect on the overall municipal or state budget. But council members are understandably chronically reluctant to increase their own salaries, and end up unable to take action on this issue even though most agree it should be done.
Infrequent large increases in compensation have several undesirable effects. The failure to revisit Marion County salaries for 14 years has produced the same anomaly that characterizes the salary structure of state government: The chief executive makes less than many of the public employees he or she appoints.
Failure over many years to revisit compensation of any employer creates another more serious problem akin to boiling a frog by gradually turning up the heat. The most recent 14 years include the post-Great Recession years that have seen interest rates at historic lows. Despite the resulting relatively low inflation, the salaries of the mayor and council members now have only 75 percent of their purchasing power when the amounts were fixed in 2002. In less-favorable periods of that length—for example 1970 to 1984—inflation slashed a fixed salary to 30 percent of its initial power.
If the council agrees that the current compensation is inadequate, it should consider avoiding the need to make occasional dramatic increases by adopting some version of the plan the General Assembly adopted in 2008 to address a long-standing freeze on judicial pay. At the same time a catch-up pay increase was implemented, the law permitted future increases, intended to approximate cost-of-living adjustments, without further legislation.
This allowed all judges in the state, and all considering a judicial career, to plan their financial future with some confidence that they would not face the potential destruction of their earning power over time.
Compensation of executive-level officials and legislators should not be an incentive to seek public office, but neither should it be so low that only the independently wealthy or those without families to educate and support can afford to serve. For offices that are, or should be, term-limited, the economic hardship from reduced pay is of short duration relative to a person's career, and therefore less of a disincentive to serve.


Roger Taylor is an Omega. Everyone else (including his band mates) believe he is an Alpha. He's fine with this until he runs out of his Suppressant Pills.
An excuse to write Roger angst.
Roger has been drifting away from the band for quite some time. Perhaps it was a little bit too late to bring him back.
Roger is stuck in an a manipulative, abusive relationship and the band works hard to find out what is really going on with their drummer.
Roger and Brian are as happy as can be, they are traveling the world and are completely in love. But how will Brian cope when Roger is taken away from him.
Here's a fic where Roger is sick and the band is worried about him. Short but sweet.
He was a Malfoy - things like that just didn't happen to people like him. He was one of the people who heard about it happening to others. He was never supposed to be the one experiencing it.
Draco Malfoy is abducted from Hogsmeade at the young age of thirteen. With no witnesses to his kidnapping, Aurors embark on a search that spans almost three years in total to find the Malfoy heir before it's too late.
And for Draco, he just keeps finding deeper levels of hell.
Brother Diarmuid is about to pay for the death of Raymond de Merville with his life, but the mute reappears. How is he still alive, and what do they do now?


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Bug's Eye View
American Bird Locust, Vol. 6, No. 15
Insects, Insects-Pests
Shistocerca americana
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
The locust that is causing so much devastation to crops in Eastern Africa, Pakistan, India and other Middle Eastern countries is the desert locust, Shistocerca gregaria. We don't have desert locusts here in the US, but we do have American bird locusts, Schistocerca americana. American bird locusts, a.k.a. American grasshoppers, are similar to desert locusts in appearance and general biology, but American bird locusts never enter a plague level, migratory phase, like desert locusts. Although they eat a wide variety of plants, American bird locusts are rarely numerous enough to cause serious damage here in Mississippi, and when they do, it is usually in combination with other grasshopper species.
These are large, showy grasshoppers with females exceeding two inches in length. They earned the "bird locust" part of their name because of the way they fly. If you flush an adult while walking through a field, they are not going to just hop a few feet away. Instead, they may fly several hundred feet before landing in a tree. Most other grasshoppers overwinter as eggs in the soil, but American bird locusts overwinter as adults. There are two generations per year, with numbers being highest in the fall.
We used to have a "plague locust" here in the US, but not anymore. Early settlers of the western US were periodically devastated by huge outbreaks of Rocky Mountain locusts, Melanoplus spretus. The numbers of grasshoppers occurring during these outbreaks is difficult to comprehend. Firsthand reports often told of swarms that darkened the noon day sky. In 1875, Dr. Albert Child documented a swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts that took five days to fly over his location in Nebraska, flying at approximately 15 miles per hour. By telegraphing other towns in the area he determined this swarm to be at least 110 miles wide, and, by using a telescope and his meteorological training, he estimated the swarm for grasshoppers flying overhead to be ¼ to ½ mile thick. Estimates of the number of locusts in this swarm range from 3.5 to 12.5 trillion.
The damage such huge numbers of hungry grasshoppers can cause is even more incredible. Devastated farmers reported whole fields of corn being completely consumed, stalk and all, in as little as three hours. "They ate everything but the mortgage!" was one of the more memorable quotes used to describe the aftermath of a locust swarm.
How could an insect go from these kinds of numbers in 1875 to being extinct by 1902?
The book referenced below provides the full story, but the short answer seems to be that as settlers continued to move west and put more and more land to the plow they inadvertently destroyed habitats where these locusts lived and bred when they were not in plague stage.
In other words, it happened by accident!
See past issues of the Bug's Eye View newsletter for information on two other grasshoppers common to Mississippi: Carolina grasshoppers and pygmy grasshoppers .
For more information on the Rocky Mountain locust, its impact on the western US and why it went extinct, see the book, Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier by Dr. Jeffery Lockwood.
Blake Layton, Extension Entomology Specialist, Mississippi State University Extension Service.
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CHASTAIN: 'Surrender To No One' Cover Artwork, Release Date
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The reformed CHASTAIN — featuring Leather Leone on vocals — will release its comeback album, "Surrender To No One", on November 19 via Leviathan Records.
"Surrender To No One" track listing:
01. Surrender To No One
02. Fear My Wrath
03. I Am Sin
04. Stand And Fight
05. Freedom Within
06. Bleed Through Me
07. Call Of The Wild
08. Evil Awaits Us
09. Save Me Tonight
10. Deep Down In The Darkness
11. Rise Up
The cover artwork can be seen below.
Guitarist David T. Chastain and Leather Leone have been writing material since January. Also back in the saddle is original bassist Mike Skimmerhorn. The drum tracks for the CD were recorded by Stian Kristoffersen (PAGAN'S MIND, FIREWIND) since original drummer Fred Coury is still busy touring with CINDERELLA and other projects.
The Leather-fronted version of CHASTAIN recorded five CDs in the mid-to-late 1980s: 1985's "Mystery Of Illusion", 1986's "Ruler Of The Wasteland", 1987's "The 7th Of Never", 1988's "The Voice Of The Cult" and 1990's "For Those Who Dare". After the "For Those Who Dare" tour, David and Leather amicably went their separate ways but kept in touch over the years.
Leather last year released the debut album from her SLEDGE LEATHER project, "Imagine Me Alive". The CD was inspired in 2010 when Leather called Sandy Sledge to collaborate on the Ronnie James Dio track "Egypt" for a demo tribute recording. Due to the overwhelming response for more material, SLEDGE LEATHER was born and was confirmed for Germany's Keep It True festival in April 2011.
Regarding the new CHASTAIN material, David states: "We are trying to write and record music that is expected of us but with some modern twists and turns. We demoed up 20 tracks and it was difficult to leave any of them off the CD. Stian did an amazing job with the drum tracks and his performance is probably the best drumming on any CHASTAIN release to date. We have been in no rush as we wanted to make sure everything would live up to our past releases, but at this point we are in the home stretch."
Leviathan Records in 2010 released "The Reign of Leather", a collection of CHASTAIN tracks Leather had a hand in writing during her glory days with the band. Leviathan also reissued two of the classic CHASTAIN CDs with Leather: "The 7th of Never" and "The Voice Of The Cult". Both were digitally remastered and are in their original unedited versions.
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In this video I am taking a step back and going to the basics.
Installing Qooxdoo from github, and starting your first project.
This will generate a simple push button on a web page.
Now granted that this is not the coolest web page out there but you have only spent about 5 minutes to create it. Now if you spend some more time on it you can eventually create more complex applications, like a Random Password Generator ( approx 100 lines of code ) or a simple calculator ( approx 200 lines of code ).
As a matter of fact you can create quite complex applications which natively support multiple languages, multiple Themes, multiple icon sets etc … . I believe if you have an idea of a complex web based application you will find a solution with Qooxdoo.
Please don't hesitate to leave a comment below if you have questions or suggestions. I had fun creating this short tutorial and I hope it is useful to you.
I will move it up and create backend tutorial next. I will work on using a PHP backend first. Using a Qooxdoo backend would require to run NodeJS which is unavail in most shared hosting environments.
Thank you so much for your effort! I have a solid background in desktop and client/server development but I'm noob to web technologies. I found the qooxdoo is probably the best framework around for me to try move into web development. Unfortunately I can do this in my spare time only and the learning is very slow. There are literally no video tutorials about the development with qooxdoo on the net except few very old and simple. I purchased a book 'qooxdoo Beginner's Guide' and managed to build the example but there are still many questions.
What I'm still don't understand completely is how to work with back-end data. It will be very helpful to see the building steps and best practices how to work with data and organise the code.
Ideally for me (and I'm sure for most learners) could be if you could create a simple full-stack order-entry application with backend written also in qooxdoo (why not?) using JSON server as db server for simplicity.


The decreased function of the thyroid gland, hypothyroidism, is a fairly common disease, afflicting mainly women. Today, the treatment of hypothyroidism is of high quality and most patients live entirely normal lives after starting their treatment. Problems may however occur in patient who do not follow their treatment and allow their symptoms to develop into a full fledged myxedematic coma, which can directly endanger their lives.
The treatment of hypothyroidism is aimed on the location of the disease, the thyroid gland. Hypothyroidism is the medical term for a decreased function of this gland, which produces less hormones as a result. This significantly influences many organs of the body, which are entirely dependent on thyroid hormones. The most common cause of hypothyroidism is a chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland, known as the Hashimoto's disease. Hypothyrodism afflicts around 1% percent of population. It is 5% of population above 60 years of age.
The thyroid gland influences practically all processes in the human body with its hormones, triiodothyronine (T3 for short) and tetraiodothyronine (thyroxine or T4). These hormones are absolutely indispensable for the body. They control metabolic processes, participate in managing energy, heat, their effect influences the growth of organism and the development of organs. A sufficient supply of iodine in diet is important for the production of these hormones in the thyroid gland. The amount of hormones the thyroid gland releases into the bloodstream is controlled by another hormone, called thyrotropin or TSH. Thyrotropin is produced in the hypophysis. Therefore, a supply of thyrotropin, of iodine and a healthy thyroid gland are all required for maintaining the correct level of thyroid hormones. If even one of these three requirements is not met, the thyroid gland will produce smaller or even no amounts of hormones. This state is called hypothyroidism. It is a serious condition, which is why treatment is needed.
In order for your doctor to be able to diagnose you with a lack of thyroid hormones and subsequently begin treatment of hypothyroidism, a general examination and a blood sample, used to determine the concentration of thyroid hormones and TSH, is needed. Hypothyroidism is always signified by a low level of both triiodothyronine (T3) and tetraiodothyronine (T4). If the amount of thyrotropin (TSH) is low as well, the cause of hypothyroidism is the incorrect function of the hypophysis. If, on the other hand, the level of TSH is increased, the cause of hypothyroidism is a disease of the thyroid gland or a lack of iodine in diet. The treatment of hypothyroidism is entirely dependent on the diagnosis, medication cannot be described only based on judgment. Although before the most common cause of hypothyroidism was the lack of iodine in diet, which is then brought into the thyroid gland and used to produce hormones, today it is the Hashimoto's disease, which is an autoimmune inflammation.
Treatment of hypothyroidism is neither taxing nor painful. The treatment is done by a specialist, an endocrinologist. Whatever the cause of lower levels of hormones, it is necessary to raise these levels to their normal value by supplying hormones from the outside. Drugs containing the thyroid hormones are prescribed to the patient, to be taken for a long time, usually for the rest of his life. Only small doses are used at the start of the treatment are are gradually increased up to the dosage needed to reach the correct levels of hormones. Frequent visits to the doctor and blood testing are required to set the correct dosage.
A successful treatment of hypothyroidism depends to a great degree on a cooperation between the doctor and the patient. If you suffer from hypothyroidism, it is extremely important to maintain regular examinations and follow the doctor's instructions on drug usage. Neglecting your own treatment in any way will cause you a series of unpleasant complications. You can do a lot for your health by avoiding excessive physical and mental stress and having plenty of rest. A change of diet is also very beneficial during the treatment of hypothyroidism. Your diet should contain food with high content of iodine, such as seafood. Your doctor can also recommend you diet supplements containing iodine. You should avoid greasy food. It is also advised to avoid consuming food which influences the thyroid gland, strumigens. An example of these are Brussels sprouts, cabbage or broccoli.
The amount of thyroid gland diseases is currently on the rise. The greatest risk group are women above the age of 40, but other people are affected as well. If any thyroid gland disease occurs in your family, you should inform your doctor, who will then monitor your thyroid hormone levels in the long therm. This will help you avoid many unpleasant symptoms and make for a simpler treatment in the case of any disease. If you are already diagnosed with hypothyroidism, you need to take a great care for your health. You can life a full life if you correctly maintain your treatment.


While in search of interesting examples of landscape architecture in Salt Lake City last spring, I came across a building and site with an unusual juxtaposition of formal and naturalistic design. The LDS Conference Center includes two sides that were designed to represent a mountainside, dominated by a series of terraces with coniferous trees. The other two sides of this massive edifice, however, are quite formal in design, with a prominent tower from which a water cascade falls to the street level below. The roof landscape also features this peculiar blending of nature and structure. It's almost as if vegetation were taking over the building from the east and north sides. Many parts of this design are quite attractive, but I'm not so sure that the scheme works as a whole.
LDS Conference Center (view from south) – The vast and stark hardscapes of the roof and entry plaza contrast with the naturalistic planting design of the roof's large meadow and trees.
Formally-designed elements of the building and landscape include a tower with a water cascade that falls down to the street level, and reflecting pools on the roof.
Green roofs have important environmental and economic benefits, which include reducing stormwater runoff, cooling urban air temperatures, improving air quality, and reducing energy usage in buildings. Another positive outcome that I hadn't given much thought to, until this week, is the wildlife habitat that green roofs create. This roof (below) in Boston supports a nesting gull, standing over its brood of chicks. Who could ask for a better home, with such great views of the city and harbor?


Looking for a recommendation for a projector for no more than $300 that has no rainbow artifacts and a decent picture for a small room with a big white wall. How does one attach powered bookshelf speakers if there's no AUDIO OUT jack only Audio In? It's not for gaming - just to show DVD's and/or tv in the den.
Brad, if your worried about rainbow effects you must stay well clear of any DLP projectors and go with LCD. Epson makes excellent LCD projectors, and an entry level Epson may be your best bet. But you may need to hook into an external amp and speakers to get any sound. But, I think you will need to spend about $600.00 to get something you will be happy with. I do not recommend purchasing a used digital projector as you are likely to have to buy a new lamp which could easily run $300.00 to $400.00.
Here is a review of the Epson 1060 by Projector Central.
As you can see it is rated top in its class, and will provide you with a superb picture. It has a built in speaker but no external audio out, so if you want to use an external amp and speaker system you just do the normal thing and go directly from the DVD audio output to the amp.
Though the Epson Paul links is superb for the cash but only a 1.2 lens and sits close to the screen.
Most decent NEC`s will have a simple audio out via a 3.5mm jack , the next like up on the Epsons do to.
My sons WXGA NEC looks easily as good as my epson WUXGA little over 1080p, and the NEC has much better escope image wise, it also does`nt lock you in to things 1080p image wise.
Some NEcs are sold with a 5 year warrenty on odd offers etc so you can get a year old one with 4 still left and they are superb on dealing with that if needed.
Thank you, fellas. On my way to check out all the links you've provided.
I have an Epson VP and we get a lot of enjoyment out of it: as I've said before, it doesn't give the same kind of hobby satisfaction as showing film, but it is great as a means of home entertainment. The experience is a lot more immersive than a normal sized flat screen TV, and the sound is great through my mixer and cinema sound system.
This extracts the audio from the digital video signal and presents it as line level analog audio on RCA jacks. I just plug this into the mixer and we're in business.
Mark is right: if there was any one change I would make to this projector it would be the ability to sit further back from the screen.
Then again if I left the 2 inch lens in my 16mm machine, it would come pretty close to being out in the back yard!
I like it if an LCD projector has the handy simple 3.5mm jack out, and just take mine to an old plug in amplified 2.1 computer speakers set up, cost me £8 delivered ages ago and sounds fantastic.
The NEC also has the 1.7 zoom range which is really so handy.
My own Epson I take the sound out of my Sony Blu Ray player via its RCA one jack out to a converter, about £5 that then goes to two RCA`s or a 3.5mm set up.
But the sound on the NEC is great anyway, the Epson, OK but very slightly tinny.
I`d recomend looking for one of the NEC LCD ones ( not the DLP ones ), and a quite high lumems, then on the 3 stage eco lamp setting they are absolutely silent and the lamp lasts for ages.
You should pick up an M range one with the 1.7 lens WXGA, half HD but looks easily as good for around $200 up.
Good luck if you try for one.
PS to me my sons NEC one looks more filmie slightly than the epson just out of interest. Its also much more forgiving of older B+W sources etc.
'The HC 1060 doesn't support 3D and it scores lowest in the group for black level and contrast, which limits its usefulness for traditional home theater'.
Personally, I'd save bit more and give myself a greater choice of models. I have an Epson projector that has 3D capability that has proved to be absolutely superb with blu-ray discs. My blu-ray recorder is permanently plugged in to my Yamaha amplifier and I enjoy a 6' picture, the biggest the room will allow. If possible, demo what you intend to buy and get some advice. Spend a bit more and avoid disappointment.
Hi, With reference to Marks comment about short throw lenses on video projectors I would like to make a couple of points.
1.I have had 2 Epson projectors. The first was an EMP 51 which ran for 10 years and the lamp failed after just over 1,000 hours. I then replaced it with an EH-TW3200 because it upscales to high definition, and seemed a better option due to the high cost of replacement lamps. Both models have a wide zoom range and ceiling mounted in the "Retro Roxy" about 16ft lens to screen giving a picture width of 4ft6ins. "academy" and up to 9ft6ins in Scope.
2. You can also extend the length of throw by attaching a large diameter 1.5X video telephoto lens as you would a scope lens on your cine projector. I used one on the EMP 51 and and earlier Sony 200E which used a 12v 50watt Halogen bulb with integral reflector. Obviously not good enough for scope but all of my VHS tapes were 4X3 or pan and scan. The use of the telephoto lens was suggested by Keith Wilton, and I got mine cheap from "Cash Converters". It was marketed by "Jessops". I have another one 2X by Aico but the lens diameter is 40mm and is too small for my projectors. It would be quite suitable for some of the newer small projectors around. Incidentally all sound outputs are routed through a Yamaha A5 amplifier. Ken Finch.


Grahamstown: Highway Africa, The African Editors Forum and the Media Foundation West Africa, 2007. Full text. 114 pages in PDF.
Entre tradition orale et nouvelles technologies: ou vont les mass médias au Sénégal? - Martin Taureg & Frank Wittmann, Editors.
Yacine Diouf: Des journalistes  des corrompus ?
Politics and the Media in Southern Africa. 1999. 122 p. in PDF.
SADC Media Law: A Handbook for Media Practitioners. Vol. 1. A comparative overview of the laws and practice in Malawi, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. 2003. 156 p. in PDF. Vol. 2. A comparative overview of media laws and practice in Botswana, Swaziland and Zambia. 2004. 125 p. in PDF. Vol. 3. A comparative overview of media laws and practice in Lesotho, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 2005. 158 p. in PDF.
"a non-profit and nongovernmental organization, registered as a trade union, which is an umbrella body for all Somali journalists." Alerts regarding press, radio, TV freedom. Video reports. Based in Mogadishu, Somalia. http://www.nusoj.org/ Has online its 2008 Annual Report, SOMALIA: A Precarious and Perilous Place for the Press. 12 p. in PDF.
Onadipe, Abiodun and David Lord - "Conciliation Resources - African Conflict and the Media"
Faultlines: Inquiry into Racism in the Media. Investigation into Racism in the Media. Full text in Adobe PDF. 2000.
The News in Black and White: an investigation into racial stereotyping in the media. In Adobe PDF, 60 p. 1999.
Number 7: Presse et D?mocratie: full text, in French only.
Number 9: Information and Communication Technologies: full text, has the 1997 Dakar Declaration on the Internet and the African Media.
Z Magazine - "Africa through the Canadian CorporateLens"
Walsh, Gretchen. The media in Africa and Africa in the media : an annotated bibliography / with an introduction by Keyan G. Tomaselli.
London ; New Providence, NJ : H. Zell, 1996. 291 p.


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package com.thexfactor117.lsc.items.base;

import com.thexfactor117.lsc.capabilities.implementation.LSCPlayerCapability;
import com.thexfactor117.lsc.init.ModTabs;
import com.thexfactor117.lsc.loot.attributes.Attribute;
import com.thexfactor117.lsc.loot.attributes.AttributeArmor;
import com.thexfactor117.lsc.util.ItemUtil;
import com.thexfactor117.lsc.util.PlayerUtil;
import com.thexfactor117.lsc.util.misc.NBTHelper;
import com.thexfactor117.lsc.util.misc.Reference;

import baubles.api.BaubleType;
import baubles.api.IBauble;
import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
import net.minecraft.init.SoundEvents;
import net.minecraft.item.Item;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.util.text.TextComponentString;
import net.minecraft.util.text.TextFormatting;

/**
 *
 * @author TheXFactor117
 *
 */
public class ItemBauble extends Item implements IBauble
{
	private BaubleType type;

	public ItemBauble(String name, BaubleType type)
	{
		super();
		this.setRegistryName(Reference.MODID, name);
		this.setUnlocalizedName(name);
		this.setCreativeTab(ModTabs.lscTab);
		this.setMaxStackSize(1);
		this.type = type;
	}

	@Override
	public BaubleType getBaubleType(ItemStack stack)
	{
		return type;
	}

	@Override
	public void onEquipped(ItemStack stack, EntityLivingBase entity)
	{
		if (entity.getEntityWorld().isRemote) entity.playSound(SoundEvents.ITEM_ARMOR_EQUIP_DIAMOND, 0.1F, 1.3f);
		else
		{
			if (entity instanceof EntityPlayer)
			{
				EntityPlayer player = (EntityPlayer) entity;
				LSCPlayerCapability cap = PlayerUtil.getLSCPlayer(player);

				if (cap != null && cap.getPlayerLevel() >= NBTHelper.loadStackNBT(stack).getInteger("Level"))
				{
					for (Attribute attribute : ItemUtil.getAllAttributes(stack))
					{
						if (attribute instanceof AttributeArmor)
						{
							((AttributeArmor) attribute).onEquip(cap, stack);
						}
					}
				}
				else player.sendMessage(new TextComponentString(TextFormatting.RED + "WARNING: You are using a high-leveled item. It will be useless and will not provide any bonuses."));
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	@Override
	public void onUnequipped(ItemStack stack, EntityLivingBase entity)
	{
		if (!entity.getEntityWorld().isRemote)
		{
			if (entity instanceof EntityPlayer)
			{
				EntityPlayer player = (EntityPlayer) entity;
				LSCPlayerCapability cap = PlayerUtil.getLSCPlayer(player);

				if (cap != null)
				{
					for (Attribute attribute : ItemUtil.getAllAttributes(stack))
					{
						if (attribute instanceof AttributeArmor)
						{
							((AttributeArmor) attribute).onUnequip(cap, stack);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
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	@Override
	public void onWornTick(ItemStack stack, EntityLivingBase entity) {}

	@Override
	public boolean canEquip(ItemStack stack, EntityLivingBase entity)
	{
		return true;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean canUnequip(ItemStack stack, EntityLivingBase entity)
	{
		return true;
	}
}


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Home › Entertainment › Music › John Rich Unveils All-American '1776' BBQ Sauce: 'Every Bite Tastes Like Freedom'
John Rich Unveils All-American '1776' BBQ Sauce: 'Every Bite Tastes Like Freedom'
by Josh Lanier December 24, 2020
written by Josh Lanier December 24, 2020 5:17 pm
(Photo by Frederick Breedon IV/Getty Images)
Big & Rich's John Rich wants to inject a little America into your barbeque. The singer announced recently that he is releasing his own line of signature sauces called 1776.
Rich gave an interview to Fox News' Pete Hegseth earlier this week to announce he'd teamed up with Redneck Riviera to release the line.
Had fun unveiling this today:) YES! #1776 @RedneckRiviera #BBQ Sauce is here and ready for you to partake:) https://t.co/H3ndQka7rU
— John Rich (@johnrich) December 24, 2020
Rich promised that the sauces are made in America and would support American workers. More than that, they taste like America.
"Every bite tastes like freedom," Rich told Hegseth. "God bless America, everyday."
And what does freedom taste like, you may ask?
"It lights your tongue up," Rich said. "There are no bad ingredients. There is no high fructose corn syrup. Even the plastic bottle is sourced in America."
The sauces went on sale recently. You can find out more here.
John Rich Hopes Hershel Walker Will Run for Georgia Gov.
John Rich of Big & Rich recently tweeted his support for the idea of getting the former University of Georgia superstar Herschel Walker to replace current Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. He tweeted the idea earlier this month.
Both Rich and Walker are both outspoken President Donald Trump supporters. Rich is upset with Gov. Kemp because he declined to intercede in the presidential election on Trump's behalf, USA Today reports. President-elect Joe Biden won the state by a slim margin.
Whether Walker would attempt to run to the right of Republican Kemp for a shot at the governor's mansion is unclear. Walker hasn't spoken on the matter directly. But he has expressed interest in public office in the past.
In 2010, Walker told ESPN's Page 2 that he had some ideas to fix the nation's problems.
"I might run for public office. We need to take back this country," he said at the time. "I'm not talking about running for mayor of my hometown of Wrightsville, Ga., but a bigger public office.
"Our problem in the United States is we always blame the president for our problems. We never blame ourselves," he continued. "We have to take responsibility for our actions and stop making excuses. People think you can just pray to make things happen. But you have to get up and do something."


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2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e Gets A Lot of Improvements
June 15, 2020 by Ryan
The forthcoming 2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e will arrive with plenty of refreshments. The new model beats the outgoing version in every category. It is a part of the X5 current generation, so BMW will deliver mid-cycle refreshments. However, the plug-in hybrid version will improve in every aspect.
With almost 400 horses, this SUV provides amazing performances. Moreover, this version will get more character, and it will look more unique. The interior should obtain a couple of high-tech amenities. However, the price will slightly increase for 2021. This model will go on sale in a two-month time in the U.S.
2021 X5 xDrive45e Facelift
For 2021, this SUV will get mid-cycle refreshments. The 2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e will get a more unique design, especially up front. The mid-size SUV now comes with more character, and it looks even more stylish. For a start, a double kidney grille remains intact. The same stands for the adaptive LED headlights.
However, BMW still offers premium 19-inch wheels as standard. The German manufacturer will introduce more creases, and aerodynamics are improved too. The rear part comes with a two-piece tailgate, and the rear bumper is larger. Overall, this model looks sleeker than before, without any doubts.
Interior Updates
As for the interior, the new 2021 BMW X5 xDriver45e will get an array of standard equipment. That includes a rearview camera, panoramic sunroof and power-heated front seats. Moreover, Live Cockpit Professional is in the offer. The newest version of the BMW's iDrive system comes with a 12.3-inch instrument cluster. Moreover, there is another 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen.
Navigation is also standard, and the latest phone integrations are here as before. As for the driver-assistance aids, X5 SUV will get plenty of them. That includes blind-spot monitors, collision warning and lane departure warning. Lastly, we'd recommend the Driving Assistance Professional Package.
xDrive45e Gets More Power
New 2021 BMW X5 xDriver45e PHEV comes with a single electric motor and a powerful battery pack. Thanks to the latest updates, arriving models will generate 389 horsepower. Moreover, this model will produce 443 lb-ft of torque. A four-wheel-drive system and eight-speed Sport Steptronic transmission are offered as standard. To compare, a regular X5 SUV is a rear-wheel-drive model. The gasoline engine is good for 282 hp, but the electric motor adds 111 horses.
An all-electric range has been rated at 30 miles, and electric top speed is set at 84 mph. However, total output reaches 130 mph, and it accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds. That means the 2021 model will outperform the outgoing SUV in every aspect. Lastly, BMW offers three driving modes – Hybrid, Electric and Sport.
2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e Release Date and Price
The all-new 2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e SUV will cost slightly more this time. The new price starts at $65,500, and the sales will start this July in the United States. However, the coronavirus outbreak could force BMW to reschedule its launch date.
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Q: How to get a list of preferred languages on Linux? Android, web browsers and Windows, for example, have an API that allows to get a list of preferred languages. Is there a similar thing on Linux (like Gnome API or KDE API)?

A: For something basic and somewhat platform-independent, you could try fetching the C locale information. It is a POSIX standard to set basic locale information in certain environment variables, the most useful of which for you would likely be $LANG. If you're on a Linux system right now, try running echo $LANG in a shell.
POSIX also provides a locale command. If you run locale in a shell, it will output information about the currently selected locale. If you want a list of available locales, you can try locale -a. The man pages locale(1p), locale(5), and locale(7) have more useful information about POSIX locales.

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