Acting as an antagonist to the trapezius, both rhomboids elevate the medial border of the scapula medially and upward, working in tandem with the levator scapulae muscle to rotate the scapulae downward.

He is best known for the claim that for one day ( March 4, 1849 ) he may have been Acting President of the United States.

Acting to humiliate yourself may be linked to a personal belief ( as with mortification of the flesh, with some religions ), or it can be part of erotic humiliation where the belittling activity provides emotional and / or sexual arousal or heightened sensation.

Acting out these ideals may make young men more likely to engage in antisocial and criminal behavior.

Apart from presiding over National Assembly debates, the Speaker may also assume the duties of Acting President, if the position is vacant.

Some may obtain commissions in the RAF Volunteer Reserve, in the rank of Acting Pilot Officer.

However, the Prime Minister may fire the designated Acting Prime Minister, as he is authorized to fire any minister in his Cabinet.

( d ) One of the Ministers who is a member of Knesset may be designated as Acting Prime Minister.

Civil Court Judges may be designated to sit in the city's Criminal Court or as Acting Justices of the New York State Supreme Court for either the civil or criminal term.

Seniors may choose an emphasis in Directing, Music Performance, Dance, or Acting.

Unlike other RAF ranks which officers may hold in an acting capacity, Acting Pilot Officer is maintained as a separate grade.

Senior cadets on a University Air Squadron may become Acting Pilot Officers.

In the year 1528, the Spanish may have found some small Indian villages, when the Acting Governor Diego de Castañeda ordered captain Gabriel do Rojas to search the passage from the location to a sea in the north.

The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

Acting Administrator Andrew F. Juras said that because of Field's unique position and knowledge in the program, the agency now would be seriously handicapped if he was not continued for a period.

As President pro tempore, and therefore Acting Vice President, under the presidential succession law in place at the time, Atchison was believed by some to be Acting President.

However, in reality this also would not be true, because of the aforementioned standard of which the claim can be made, making every Vice President an Acting President.

* 1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, " We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking ... We are making progress.

Acting as commander-in-chief of the territory, Mason appointed Brigadier-General Joseph W. Brown of the Third U. S. Brigade to head the state militia, with the instructions to be ready to act against Ohio trespassers.

** Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports he was given on November 13, U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells his nation that, while much remained to be done, " We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking ... We are making progress.

Hanks told New York magazine in 1986: " Acting classes looked like the best place for a guy who liked to make a lot of noise and be rather flamboyant ... I spent a lot of time going to plays.

In fact, most post-1930 acting philosophies have been strongly influenced by Method acting, and it continues to be taught at schools around the world, including the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York and Los Angeles, the Actors Studio Drama School in New York, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York and Los Angeles, the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, Calif., HB Studio in New York, Le Studio Jack Garfein in Paris and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Their proposal specified the process by which a President could be declared disabled, thereby making the Vice President an Acting President, and how the President could regain the powers of his office.

Upon this finding by the Congress, Section 4 states that the Vice President would " continue " to be Acting President.

That declaration could be responded to by the Acting President and the Cabinet in the same way as stated earlier.

Raymond Edwards, Limbless Association Acting CEO, was the first amputee to be fitted with the i-LIMB by the National Health Service in the UK.

In some jurisdictions, the mayor's successor is not considered to be an acting mayor but rather fully mayor in his or her own right, much in the manner that the Vice President of the United States is not styled or considered to be Acting President following the death or resignation of the President, but rather President in every sense.

Soong Ching-ling, the widow of Sun Yat-sen and PRC Acting President twice ( from 1968 to 1975 and 1976 to 1978 ) and former Vice-President ( the first woman to hold this position ), was named to be the Honorary President of the PRC before the passage of the Constitution of 1982.

The above texts raised many questions regarding the status of a Vice President upon the death or resignation of the elected President, and whether he would be an " Acting President ," which raised the following questions:

An Acting Secretary would, likely, face the same test: to countersign the Presidential order or be relieved from office.

This potential cycling of Acting Secretaries of Defense could be reminiscent of the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre at the Department of Justice.

Legally speaking, any " interim " Prime Minister appointed by the Governor General would not merely be an " Acting Prime Minister ," and would have the full powers and prerogatives of any other prime minister.

He sucked in his breath and kept quiet while Killpath laid down the sheet again, wound the gold-wire stems of his glasses around his ears and then, eying the report as it lay before him on the desk, intoned, `` Acting Lieutenant Gunnar Matson one failed to see that the station keeper was properly relieved two absented himself throughout the entire watch without checking on the station's activities or the whereabouts of his section sergeants three permitted members of the Homicide Detail of the Inspector's Bureau to arrogate for their own convenience a patrolman who was thereby prevented from carrying on his proper assignment four failed to notify the station commander Acting Captain O. T. Killpath of a homicide occurring in the district five frequented extralegal establishments known as after-hours spots for purposes of an unofficial and purportedly social nature and six '' -- he leaned back and peeled off his glasses `` -- failed to co-operate with the Acting Captain by returning promptly when so ordered.

Regina Dubey, Acting Director for the Department of Defence Task Force for Business and Stability Operations ( TFBSO ) stated that " this is just one more piece of evidence that Afghanistan's mineral sector has a bright future.

Acting as a judge in lawsuits was one of many duties of the Magistrates of counties and Administrators of commanderies.

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank will serve as Acting Secretary of Commerce until a new one is nominated.

* Acting Awards: Only one production, South Pacific ( 1950 awards ), has won all four of the acting awards in a single year.

* In 1868, after President Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives, the Senate came one vote short of removing him from office ; if Johnson had been removed, President pro tempore Benjamin Wade would have become Acting President.

For example, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General ( and Acting SG for one case ) during the George H. W. Bush administration and Associate Justice Samuel Alito was an Assistant to the Solicitor General.

Acting on the testimony of one Robert Young, the Queen had arrested all the signatories to a letter purporting the restoration of James II and the seizure of William III.

As one of 40 + reviewed television pilots from a pool of thousands available pilots, clips of Acting Sheriff were used by The Best TV Shows That Never Were show to insinuate that it was one of the worst aired pilots.

Acting as a provider of loans is one of the principal tasks for financial institutions.

Perón, however, was in precarious health ; by at least one account he was actually senile ; Isabel had to take over as Acting President on several occasions during his tenure.

On May 20, 2011, Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal released an unusual statement denouncing one of his predecessors of more than 65 years ago, Solicitor General Charles Fahy.

In the spring of 6, Acting Emperor Wang selected the child Ying — then just one year old — as the designated successor to Emperor Ping, claiming that soothsayers told him that Ying was the candidate most favored by the gods.

In 1972, LuPone became one of the original members of The Acting Company, formed by John Houseman.

Acting without orders, François decided to take his forces to Stallupönen where one of the Russian divisions was resting.

In the spring of 6 AD, Acting Emperor Wang selected Ying — then just one year old — as the designated successor to Emperor Ping, claiming that soothsayers told him that Ying was the candidate most favored by the gods.

Acting clients include Emmy Award winners Ellen DeGeneres, Edie Falco, Marg Helgenberger, Alfre Woodard, and Alan Alda, and television's most recognizable talent, including Jon Hamm, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tony Shalhoub, Calista Flockhart, Kevin Dillon, Dule Hill, Lauren Graham, Jeff Garlin, Ian Somerhalder, Eric Mabius, Jada Pinkett Smith, Paul Wesley, Taye Diggs, and the four of the adult leads of the ABC hit series, Modern Family-Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ed O ' Neill, Eric Stonestreet and one of the child actor leads Ariel Winter.

The Secretary would serve as the chief assistant to the Governor and, in the event of a vacancy of the Governorship ; the Secretary would serve as the Acting Governor until a new one could be appointed by the President.

" Lynda Hart, one of the authors of Acting Out: Feminist Performances, felt that the video " alternated between two competing representations of Madonna ...

Acting as both adapter and producer, Wilson created one of the BBC ’ s most popular and successful drama serials of all time, which was a huge hit on its eventual screening on BBC Two in 1967, and was quickly repeated on BBC One.