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Participating Organization(s)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Funding Opportunity Title
Demonstration Projects for Systems Biology of Aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (R01)
Activity Code
R01 Research Project Grant
Announcement Type
Related Notices
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number
Companion FOA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
FOA Purpose
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is seeking research projects with the potential to demonstrate whether systems level analyses can provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms of aging. The research projects will utilize the single-cell organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which has been used extensively for genetic and molecular studies on aging.
Posted Date
August 5, 2011
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)
October 4, 2011
Letter of Intent Due Date
October 4, 2011
Application Due Date(s)
November 4, 2011, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)
Not Applicable
Scientific Merit Review
February - March 2012
Advisory Council Review
May 2012
Earliest Start Date(s)
July, 2012
Expiration Date
November 5, 2011
Due Dates for E.O. 12372
Not Applicable
Required Application Instructions
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts). Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. Applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Part 1. Overview Information
Part 2. Full Text of the Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
Section II. Award Information
Section III. Eligibility Information
Section IV. Application and Submission Information
Section V. Application Review Information
Section VI. Award Administration Information
Section VII. Agency Contacts
Section VIII. Other Information
The molecular basis of aging has been examined using numerous methods and organisms. As a result we have substantial information about individual gene-products, biochemical pathways, environmental factors and cell biological mechanisms that impact aging. We do not have similar levels of insight into the ways these components interact to cause (or retard) aging in any organism. However, networks can be used to describe and understand the complex interactions of components to produce a biological outcome. Therefore the NIA anticipates that networks – as developed using systems biology - can be used to describe aging and to make discoveries in the basic biology of aging. The goal of this FOA is to test whether new discoveries can be made in the basic biology of aging using systems biology. These demonstration projects will use the single-cell organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) which has been used extensively for aging research (for a recent review of aging studies in yeast, see M. Kaeberlein (2010) Nature 464: 513 - 519). An example of new discoveries from systems biology in an already well-traveled field (not related directly to aging) may be found in the killing mechanisms for - and drug resistance to - bactericidal drugs (reviewed in M.A. Kohanski et al. (2010) Nat Rev Microbiol 8: 423-435). If a demonstration is made showing that systems biology provides new understanding of the basic biology of aging in the simplest case - using a single-cell organism that is a proven model in aging research - that could provide a stronger impetus to apply systems biology to aging in multicellular organisms.
This is a request for applications to employ systems biology to generate new insights about the molecular mechanisms of aging. The application may propose to develop a new interaction network for yeast or yeast aging, or employ existing networks (although the former may have advantages in terms of discovery); network construction or analytical algorithms should already be in the 'toolbox' of a Principal Investigator submitting the application because de novo development of such algorithms will not be supported by this FOA. It is also expected that the application will involve high-throughput data collection (such as - but certainly not limited to - gene expression or metabolomic profiling) under numerous conditions that perturb aging in yeast. It is critical that such technology be available and reliable, and it will be important to identify in the application the metrics that are used to ensure reliability of the technology. If feasible, temporal aspects could be incorporated in the network. The discoveries from systems level analysis of aging would be testable through genetic, biochemical and environmental manipulations in yeast and these tests will be integral parts of an application submitted in response to this FOA.
For these demonstration projects, the studies are restricted to S. cerevisiae because it is a single-cell organism for which experimental aging paradigms are well-established, for which extensive molecular and genetic tools are available, and for which interaction networks have been constructed previously (c.f, C. Boone et al. (2007) Nat Rev Genet 8: 437 - 449). A single-cell organism reduces the level of complexity for cell types, although it is recognized that populations of single-cell organisms are inherently heterogeneous. There are two aging paradigms – Replicative Life Span and Chronological Life Span – and multiple environmental and genetic approaches to perturbing aging in yeast that can be used in applications submitted in response to this FOA. These features suggest strongly that this organism is an optimal model with which to demonstrate whether the potential power of systems biology can lead to a new discovery in aging research; this is the overarching goal of this FOA. If successful, this could lead to broader use of systems biology in research on the aging of multicellular organisms.
Examples of research goals that would be responsive to this FOA are listed here. This should not be taken as a comprehensive list, nor are they cast (here) as hypotheses. While it is essential that systems level analysis be used, the research should not be limited to identify or discover changes that occur with aging, but also to test experimentally whether the identified or discovered feature is regulatory for aging. Please see the criteria for responsiveness and nonresponsiveness listed at the end of this section.
Identify and test experimentally network or emergent properties that regulate aging.
Identify and test experimentally age-dependent changes in network or emergent properties that regulate aging.
Identify and test experimentally "master regulatory" genes, macromolecules, pathways or modules that affect or cause aging.
Identify and test experimentally age-dependent changes in "master regulatory" genes, macromolecules, pathways or modules (or their network interactions) that affect or cause aging.
Demonstrate that different (or common) "master regulatory" genes, macromolecules, pathways or modules are linked to different (or overlapping) aging phenotypes.
Demonstrate that "master regulatory" genes, macromolecules, pathways or modules uniquely control one (or a subset of) aging phenotype(s).
Responsiveness criteria are grouped to identify responsive versus nonresponsive features of an application in order to provide a clear framework for hypotheses - generated by the applicants - that would meet the overarching goal of this FOA. Questions about these criteria may be directed to the Program Contact listed in this FOA.
Responsive features:
An application will identify an existing algorithm(s) for network construction (and analysis) that is in current use by the Principal Investigator(s) to be responsive to this FOA.
An application will identify the high-throughput technology(ies) for data acquisition and the methods for validation that are in current use by the Principal Investigator(s).
An application will use S. cerevisiae as the experimental organism for aging studies.
Nonresponsive features:
An application proposing to use an organism other than Saccharomyces cerevisiae will be considered nonresponsive to this FOA.
An application with the goal of identifying new (previously unreported) genes that affect aging would be considered nonresponsive to this FOA. The reason is that hundreds of genes are known to affect aging; simply adding to that list would not be seen as a successful outcome for these demonstration projects. New genes may of course be identified in the course of constructing an aging network, but that in itself is not a sufficiently compelling outcome to achieve the overarching goal of this FOA.
An application that proposes to develop new methods to perturb aging in yeast will be consider nonresponsive to this FOA. Gaining acceptance of new methods would delay or compromise achieving the overarching goal of this FOA.
An application in which the principal investigator(s) lacks established expertise in systems level analysis and yeast biology (aging and/or genetics) will be considered nonresponsive to this FOA. Given this constraint, a multi-PI application may be useful but is not required (see "Eligible Individuals (Program Director/Principal Investigator)" in Section III.1.).
An application including development of a new algorithm for network construction or analysis will be considered nonresponsive to this FOA.
An application seeking to establish a new high-throughput technology, or to bring high-throughput technology into the laboratory of the Principal Investigator(s) will be considered nonresponsive to this FOA.
Funding Instrument
Application Types Allowed
The OER Glossary and the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide provide details on these application types.
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards
The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations, and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
NIA intends to fund up to two awards, corresponding to a total cost of $800,000 for fiscal year 2012. Future year amounts will depend on annual appropriations.
Award Budget
Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect actual needs of the proposed project.
Award Project Period
Five years
NIH grants policies as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement will apply to the applications submitted and awards made in response to this FOA.
Higher Education Institutions:
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
For profit Organizations
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
Applicant organizations must complete the following registrations
as described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide to be eligible to apply
for or receive an award. Applicants must have a valid Dun and Bradstreet
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number in order to begin each of the following
All Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD/PIs) must
also work with their institutional officials to register with the eRA Commons
or ensure their existing eRA Commons account is affiliated with the eRA Commons
account of the applicant organization.
All registrations must be completed by the application due date. Applicant organizations are strongly encouraged to start the registration process at least four (4) weeks prior to the application due date.
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources
necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director/Principal
Investigator (PD/PI) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an
application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic
groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply
for NIH support.
For institutions/organizations proposing multiple PDs/PIs, visit the Multiple Program Director/Principal Investigator Policy and submission details in the Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Component of the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Applications may use the Multiple Principal Investigators option. Additional information on this option may be found at http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/multi_pi/index.htm.
This FOA does not require cost sharing as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.
NIH will not accept any application in response to this FOA that is essentially the same as one currently pending initial peer review unless the applicant withdraws the pending application. NIH will not accept any application that is essentially the same as one already reviewed.
Applicants must download the SF424 (R&R) application package associated with this funding opportunity using the "Apply for Grant Electronically" button in this FOA or following the directions provided at Grants.gov.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, except where instructed in this funding opportunity announcement to do otherwise. Conformance to the requirements in the Application Guide is required and strictly enforced. Applications that are out of compliance with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Although a letter of intent is not required, is not binding, and does not enter into the review of a subsequent application, the information that it contains allows IC staff to estimate the potential review workload and plan the review.
By the date listed in Part 1. Overview Information, prospective applicants are asked to submit a letter of intent that includes the following information:
Descriptive title of proposed research
Name, address, and telephone number of the PD(s)/PI(s)
Names of other key personnel
Participating institutions
Number and title of this funding opportunity
The letter of intent should be sent to:
Dr. Ronald A. Kohanski
Division of Aging Biology
National Institute on Aging
7201 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 2C231
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
Telephone: 301-402-0836
Email: email@example.com
The forms package associated with this FOA includes all applicable components, mandatory and optional. Please note that some components marked optional in the application package are required for application submission. Follow all instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide to ensure you complete all appropriate "optional" components.
All page limitations described in the SF424 Application Guide and the Table of Page Limits must be followed.
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide must be followed, with the following additional instructions:
Resource Sharing Plan
Individuals are required to comply with the instructions for the Resource Sharing Plans (Data Sharing Plan, Sharing Model Organisms, and Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)) as provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, with the following modifications:
Do not use the appendix to circumvent page limits. Follow all instructions for the Appendix as described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Foreign (non-US) organizations must follow policies described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, and procedures for foreign organizations described throughout the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Part I. Overview Information contains information about Key Dates. Applicants are encouraged to submit in advance of the deadline to ensure they have time to make any application corrections that might be necessary for successful submission.
Organizations must submit applications via Grants.gov, the online portal to find and apply for grants across all Federal agencies. Applicants must then complete the submission process by tracking the status of the application in the eRA Commons, NIH's electronic system for grants administration.
Applicants are responsible for viewing their application in the eRA Commons to ensure accurate and successful submission.
Information on the submission process and a definition of on-time submission are provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
This initiative is not subject to intergovernmental review.
All NIH awards are subject to the terms and conditions, cost principles, and other considerations described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Pre-award costs are allowable only as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applications must be submitted electronically following the instructions described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide. Paper applications will not be accepted.
Applicants must complete all required registrations before the application due date. Section III. Eligibility Information contains information about registration.
For assistance with your electronic application or for more information on the electronic submission process, visit Applying Electronically.
All PD/PIs must include their eRA Commons ID in the Credential field of the Senior/Key Person Profile Component of the SF 424(R&R) Application Package. Failure to register in the Commons and to include a valid PD/PI Commons ID in the credential field will prevent the successful submission of an electronic application to NIH.
The applicant organization must ensure that the DUNS number it provides on the application is the same number used in the organization's profile in the eRA Commons and for the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Additional information may be found in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
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Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness by the Center for Scientific Review and responsiveness by NIA, NIH. The expertise of the principal investigators and the breadth versus narrowness of the hypothesis will be used as criteria for responsiveness to this FOA. An application including a proposal to develop a new algorithm for network construction will be considered nonresponsive to this FOA. Applications that are incomplete and/or nonresponsive will not be reviewed.
In order to expedite review, applicants are requested to notify the NIA Referral Office by email at email@example.com when the application has been submitted. Please include the FOA number and title, PD/PI name, and title of the application.
Applicants are required to follow the instructions for post-submission materials, as described in NOT-OD-10-115.
Only the review criteria described below will be considered in the review process. As part of the NIH mission, all applications submitted to the NIH in support of biomedical and behavioral research are evaluated for scientific and technical merit through the NIH peer review system.
Reviewers will provide an overall impact/priority score to reflect their assessment of the likelihood for the project to exert a sustained, powerful influence on the research field(s) involved, in consideration of the following review criteria and additional review criteria (as applicable for the project proposed).
Reviewers will consider each of the review criteria below in the determination of scientific merit, and give a separate score for each. An application does not need to be strong in all categories to be judged likely to have major scientific impact. For example, a project that by its nature is not innovative may be essential to advance a field.
Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in the field? If the aims of the project are achieved, how will scientific knowledge, technical capability, and/or clinical practice be improved? How will successful completion of the aims change the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services, or preventative interventions that drive this field?
Are the PD/PIs, collaborators, and other researchers well suited to the project? If Early Stage Investigators or New Investigators, or in the early stages of independent careers, do they have appropriate experience and training? If established, have they demonstrated an ongoing record of accomplishments that have advanced their field(s)? If the project is collaborative or multi-PD/PI, do the investigators have complementary and integrated expertise; are their leadership approach, governance and organizational structure appropriate for the project?
Does the application challenge and seek to shift current research or clinical practice paradigms by utilizing novel theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions? Are the concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions novel to one field of research or novel in a broad sense? Is a refinement, improvement, or new application of theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions proposed?
Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses
well-reasoned and appropriate to accomplish the specific aims of the project?
Are potential problems, alternative strategies, and benchmarks for success
presented? If the project is in the early stages of development, will the
strategy establish feasibility and will particularly risky aspects be
If the project involves clinical research, are the plans for 1) protection of human subjects from research risks, and 2) inclusion of minorities and members of both sexes/genders, as well as the inclusion of children, justified in terms of the scientific goals and research strategy proposed?
Will the scientific environment in which the work will be done contribute to the probability of success? Are the institutional support, equipment and other physical resources available to the investigators adequate for the project proposed? Will the project benefit from unique features of the scientific environment, subject populations, or collaborative arrangements?
As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will evaluate the following additional items while determining scientific and technical merit, and in providing an overall impact/priority score, but will not give separate scores for these items.
Protections for Human Subjects
For research that involves human subjects but does
not involve one of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR
Part 46, the committee will evaluate the justification for involvement of human
subjects and the proposed protections from research risk relating to their
participation according to the following five review criteria: 1) risk to
subjects, 2) adequacy of protection against risks, 3) potential benefits to the
subjects and others, 4) importance of the knowledge to be gained, and 5) data
and safety monitoring for clinical trials.
For research that involves human subjects and meets the criteria for one or more of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46, the committee will evaluate: 1) the justification for the exemption, 2) human subjects involvement and characteristics, and 3) sources of materials. For additional information on review of the Human Subjects section, please refer to the Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion Guidelines.
Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Children
When the proposed project involves clinical research, the committee will evaluate the proposed plans for inclusion of minorities and members of both genders, as well as the inclusion of children. For additional information on review of the Inclusion section, please refer to the Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion Guidelines.
Vertebrate Animals
The committee will evaluate the involvement of live vertebrate animals as part of the scientific assessment according to the following five points: 1) proposed use of the animals, and species, strains, ages, sex, and numbers to be used; 2) justifications for the use of animals and for the appropriateness of the species and numbers proposed; 3) adequacy of veterinary care; 4) procedures for limiting discomfort, distress, pain and injury to that which is unavoidable in the conduct of scientifically sound research including the use of analgesic, anesthetic, and tranquilizing drugs and/or comfortable restraining devices; and 5) methods of euthanasia and reason for selection if not consistent with the AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia. For additional information on review of the Vertebrate Animals section, please refer to the Worksheet for Review of the Vertebrate Animal Section.
Reviewers will assess whether materials or procedures proposed are potentially hazardous to research personnel and/or the environment, and if needed, determine whether adequate protection is proposed.
Not Applicable.
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As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will consider each of the following items, but will not give scores for these items, and should not consider them in providing an overall impact/priority score.
Applications from Foreign Organizations
Reviewers will assess whether the project presents special opportunities for furthering research programs through the use of unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions that exist in other countries and either are not readily available in the United States or augment existing U.S. resources.
Select Agent Research
Reviewers will assess the information provided in this section of the application, including 1) the Select Agent(s) to be used in the proposed research, 2) the registration status of all entities where Select Agent(s) will be used, 3) the procedures that will be used to monitor possession use and transfer of Select Agent(s), and 4) plans for appropriate biosafety, biocontainment, and security of the Select Agent(s).
Resource Sharing Plans
Reviewers will comment on whether the following Resource Sharing Plans, or the rationale for not sharing the following types of resources, are reasonable: 1) Data Sharing Plan; 2) Sharing Model Organisms; and 3) Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS).
Budget and Period of Support
Reviewers will consider whether the budget and the requested period of support are fully justified and reasonable in relation to the proposed research.
Applications will be evaluated for scientific and technical
merit by (an) appropriate Scientific Review Group(s) convened by the NIA , in accordance with NIH peer
review policy and procedures, using the stated review
criteria. Review assignments will be shown in the eRA Commons.
As part of the scientific peer review, all applications:
Applications will be assigned on the basis of established PHS referral guidelines to the appropriate NIH Institute or Center. Applications will compete for available funds with all other recommended applications submitted in response to this FOA. Following initial peer review, recommended applications will receive a second level of review by the National Advisory Council on Aging. The following will be considered in making funding decisions:
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described in the NIH Grants
Policy Statement.
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"The left is making a big mistake here. What they're offering people is a full stomach and an empty soul. The American people want more than that. This reminds me of a story I heard from Eloise Anderson. She serves in the cabinet of my buddy, Governor Scott Walker. She once met a young boy from a very poor family, and every day at school, he would get a free lunch from a government program. He told Eloise he didn't want a free lunch. He wanted his own lunch, one in a brown-paper bag just like the other kids. He wanted one, he said, because he knew a kid with a brown-paper bag had someone who cared for him. This is what the left does not understand."
— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, March 6, 2014
This was an interesting statement made by the 2012 GOP vice-presidential candidate, equating school lunches to an "empty soul." So one would think the anecdote, described by the National Review as "moving," would be rock-solid. But the story seemed a bit pat.
Did Eloise Anderson, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, ever meet such a child?
The Facts
The first thing we did was look for Eloise Anderson and stories about brown paper bags. We discovered a congressional hearing, held on July 31, 2013, and chaired by Ryan, that focused on the War on Poverty. Ryan asked Anderson, who appeared as an expert witness, what should be done to make the food stamp program, also known as SNAP, work better.
Anderson responded:
My thought has always been around the SNAP program even when it was called "food stamps" is, why do you have this program, school program, school breakfast, school lunch, school dinner, when do we start asking parents to be responsible for their children?
You know, a little boy told me once that what was important to him is that he didn't want school lunch, he wanted a brown bag because the brown bag that he brought with his lunch in it meant that his mom cared about him. Just think what we have done. If this kid tells me a brown bag was more important than a free lunch, we've missed the whole notion of parents being there for their children because we've taken over that responsibility, and I think we need to be very careful about how we provide programs to families that don't undermine families' responsibilities.
Okay, so Anderson had testified about this boy, and claimed that she had spoken to him and realized that welfare programs were draining any sense of responsibility. As she put it, "If this kid tells me a brown bag was more important than a free lunch, we've missed the whole notion of parents being there for their children because we've taken over that responsibility."
But the story doesn't end there. Wonkette, a satiric blog, wondered if Anderson's story was actually derived from a 2011 book titled "The Invisible Thread," by Laura Schroff, which is about a busy executive and her relationship with an 11-year-old homeless panhandler named Maurice Mazyck. His mother was a drug addict, in jail, who had stolen things and cashed in food stamps to pay for drugs. At one point, Schroff offers to bring Mazyck lunch every day so he won't go hungry. The exchange goes like this:
"Look, Maurice, I don't want you out there hungry on the nights I don't see you, so this is what we can do. I can either give you some money for the week – and you'll have to be really careful about how you spend it – or when you come over on Monday night we can go to the supermarket and I can buy all the things you like to eat and make you lunch for the week. I'll leave it with the doormen, and you can pick it up on the way to school."
Maurice looked at me and asked me a question.
"If you make me lunch," he said, "will you put it in a brown paper bag?"
I didn't really understand the question. "Do you want it in a brown paper bag?" I asked. "Or how would you prefer it?"
"Miss Laura," he said, "I don't want your money. I want my lunch in a brown paper bag."
"Okay, sure. But why do you want it in a bag?"
"Because when I see kids come to school with their lunch in a paper bag, that means someone cares about them. Miss Laura, can I please have my lunch in a paper bag?"
This actually seemed a little strange. Could the tale told in congressional testimony really be drawn from a book? It did not make much sense in part because Schroff and Mazyck are partnering with a group called No Kid Hungry to help end childhood hunger in the United States. One key part of the program is connecting hungry kids with federal programs such as school lunches and food stamps. The group also opposed Ryan's 2013 budget for its proposed reductions in the food stamp program.
So we asked Anderson when she met this boy and heard his story. Joe Scialfa, communications director for the department provided us with this answer:
In the course of giving live testimony, Secretary Anderson misspoke. What she had intended to say was the following:
"Once I heard someone say, 'what was important to him as a boy was that he didn't want school lunch, he wanted a brown bag because the brown bag that he brought with his lunch in it meant that his mom cared about him.'"
Secretary Anderson was referring to a television interview which she had seen with Maurice Mazyck.
It's important to note that there is no discussion in the book about the school lunch program, and we could find no interview with Mazyck in which he said that. He simply repeats the story as told in the book, without any larger political context about federal programs to help hungry children. Moreover, this incident happened more than 25 years ago; Mazyck is no longer a boy but in his late 30s.
Kevin Seifert, a spokesman for Ryan, said: "It's unfortunate to learn that while testifying before the House Budget Committee, Secretary Anderson misspoke, but we appreciate her taking the time to share her insights." After our inquiry, Ryan posted a notice on Facebook saying, "I regret failing to verify the original source of the story."
The Pinocchio Test
Here at The Fact Checker, we often deal with situations in which people misspeak. We certainly don't try to play gotcha. But this is a different order of magnitude. Anderson, in congressional testimony, represented that she spoke to this child — and then ripped the tale out of its original context. That's certainly worthy of Four Pinocchios.
But what about Ryan? Should he get a pass because he heard this from a witness before Congress? It really depends on the circumstances. In this case, he referenced the story in a major speech. The burden always falls on the speaker, and we believe politicians need to check the facts in any prepared remarks.
In this case, apparently, the story was too good to check. We appreciate he is regretful now. But a simple inquiry would have determined that the person telling the story actually is an advocate for the federal programs that Ryan now claims leave people with "a full stomach and an empty soul." So he also earns Four Pinocchios.
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Darien forecast: Clouds, rain on the way
Morning skies are expected to cloud over today, with showers and patchy fog on tap this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
The daytime high temperature in southwestern Connecticut is expected to rise to the mid-40s, with a south wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is rated at 80 percent, the NWS says.
Tonight showers are likely, mostly before 9 p.m., as the temperature dips to a low in the upper-20s. There will be a west wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.
Tomorrow should be mostly sunny, with a high temperature near 35 degrees. Nighttime will be partly cloudy, with a low temperature about 20 degrees. There will be a west wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
On Thursday, skies will be mostly sunny, with a high temperature in the mid-30s. Thursday night will be mostly clear, with a low temperature in the mid-20s.
Friday is expected to be mostly sunny, with a high temperature in the upper-30s. There is a chance of light snow by night as temperatures fall to a low of about 30 degrees. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
The outlook for Saturday, according to the weather service, is possible snow/rain mixed and temperatures about 40 degrees.


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The five stages of an ABC plot (29:29)
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The Stage One Opening: "A Magical Job" (10:56)
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Gluten-free Roasted or Grilled Vegetable Quinoa Recipe with Lindsay Kalamata Olives
When Wendy of Celiacs in the House approached me about developing a recipe for Lindsay olives I was intrigued. Baby Yum and I both love olives and I thought it sounded fun. I looked through the extensive recipes on their site and found one for Roasted Vegetable Couscous. I was initially looking for a recipe using quinoa because, as Karina the Gluten-free Goddess demonstrates in this recipe olives complement quinoa beautifully. Since I didn't find any in the Lindsay recipe index, I thought it was high time to make one!
The Lindsay people kindly sent me two jars of their kalamata olives for my recipe development and a jar of their mellow onion-stuffed Green Queen Olives and pimiento-stuffed Green Queen olives just for fun. I haven't tried the pimiento ones yet, but the onion-stuffed ones are buttery and tasty.
Then it was time to work on my recipe! The first thing I changed was swapping quinoa for couscous. I cooked the quinoa in a rice cooker rather than on the stove to approximate the speed and ease of cooking couscous. Quinoa takes a little longer to cook than couscous, but it is gluten-free and so easy to make in the rice cooker (or even on the stove) it ends up being very little effort to make up a batch. In this case, I added green onions and used no-chicken vegetarian broth and water as the liquid in the rice cooker and let it cook. While the rice cooker was steaming, I put my sweet potato cubes and onions in a roasting dish, drizzled them with olive oil and seasoned them with smoked paprika, cumin, marjoram and rosemary in addition to salt and pepper. I used the same seasoning on my pattypan squash, which I used instead of the zucchini in the original recipe, but I grilled them instead of roasting because I like the flavor and attractive grill marks that this adds. Also, since squash cooks a lot faster than sweet potatoes, this allows you to keep the sweet potatoes in the oven for longer so that it achieves a nice, browned, slightly caramelized texture.
Chopping up the olives and parsley was a simple job. The only complication was Baby Yum, who kept stealing (and eating) my olives. That's my girl! Her Daddy doesn't like olives as much as I do, but I've been giving Baby Yum olive nibbles (especially of Kalamata olives, my favorite) since she was a wee one. I only had raw cashews, so I dry-toasted them on medium heat on the stove and lightly salted them for additional flavor. Then it was time to mix up the salad, drizzle with orange juice, and sprinkle with the toasted cashews. Baby Yum was a complication again, because she kept trying to steal the quinoa, or "rice" as she calls it. My girl does love quinoa.
We enjoyed this quinoa salad recipe with grilled asparagus and (non-veggie) kabobs out on our patio at twilight with the light of a little fire. My husband's parents are visiting from Colorado and we had a great little meal. Afterwards we walked to a neighborhood park to watch fireworks.
This was a fun experiment and just goes to show how easy it is to adapt any recipe to be gluten-free and even vegetarian. This recipe is naturally vegan and a fresh and healthy addition to any picnic. Even Toddler Yum enjoyed this recipe, although she picked out her favorite parts… "More nuts, Mommy!" "More rice (quinoa), Mommy!" she begged. Due to her deep rooted suspicion of orange foods she wouldn't eat the roasted sweet potato, but that just meant more for me. The DH enjoyed the recipe as well, and commented that while sometimes he doesn't like kalamata olives because they are bitter, these particular olives were mild and not overpowering. And for me, well, I never met a kalamata I didn't like. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go nibble on some onion-stuffed Queen olives.
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Gluten-free Lindsay Olive Roasted Vegetable Quinoa Recipe
1 large yam or sweet potato (8 oz.) peeled and diced (1/2-inch)
1 medium red onion, peeled and diced (1/2-inch)
2 pattypan squash sliced 1/2-inch thick
2 tablespoons olive oil
smoked paprika or chipotle pepper
toasted cumin powder
dried marjoram
dried rosemary leaves
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cup no-chicken or other vegetarian broth
1 1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cup or 12 oz. quinoa
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 cup halved Lindsay� Greek Kalamata Pitted Olives
3/4 cup cooked or canned garbanzo beans
1/3 cup coarsely chopped cashews, pan toasted and salted
1/4 cup chopped parsley or other herb (fresh dill, basil, arugula etc)
1/4 cup orange juice
Smoked paprika or Chipotle pepper to taste
Heat oven to 450�F. Place your yam, and onion on a 15×10-inch jelly roll pan or baking sheet, drizzle with 1 tblsp. of olive oil and season with your spices, herbs, salt and pepper to taste. Bake at least 30 minutes until vegetables are lightly browned and tender, stirring once.
I chose to grill my pattypan squash, drizzling the slices with 1 tbsp. of olive oil and the paprika, cumin, marjoram, rosemary, salt and pepper. You could also roast it in the oven until browned on both sides, turning once.
Meanwhile, rinse your quinoa and put it in your rice cooker. Add your broth, water, and green onions to the rice cooker and start it.* When quinoa is done, fluff it with a fork. Add olives, garbanzo beans, parsley or other herbs, and orange juice. Add additional paprika or chipotle pepper if desired. Top quinoa with roasted vegetables or stir them into the quinoa. Sprinkle your cashews on top. Enjoy!
*Otherwise, combine ingredients in a pot with a lid, bring it to a boil on medium-high, lowering the heat to low and then add the lid. Let simmer for 15 minutes and turn off heat, Fluff and reserve.
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Level 3 lays off hundreds as part of Global Crossing integration, hiring sales staff
Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications trimmed its global workforce last month as part of the integration of its merger with Global Crossing.
A Level 3 spokeswoman said the cuts were in the "low single digits" percentage-wise and mostly covered redundant positions across the board.
The company employs 11,000 worldwide, so the downsizing is estimated to have impacted roughly 200 to 400 workers, including some at its Broomfield headquarters.
"As a result of our acquisition of Global Crossing, we made a very limited reduction last month, mostly consisting of redundant and duplicative positions and only affecting a very small percentage – in the low single digits – of our global workforce," Level 3 said in a statement. "While this is not part of a phased approach and there are no plans to take similar actions at this time, as with all companies, we will carefully consider any separate workforce adjustments in the future if necessary."
Level 3, which operates a high-speed Internet network, acquired Global Crossing for about $3 billion in stock and assumed debt in 2011.
Small overlap
For a merger of its size, where the combined entity generated more than $6 billion in revenue, integration-related job cuts appear to be relatively minimal. Level 3 chief executive Jim Crowe said in an interview in 2011 that the degree of overlap of the companies' workforce would likely be less than expected.
"Both companies are growing," Crowe said. "We've already said publicly we expect to add sales people to the joint teams. There will be some overlap in staff positions and some back-office stuff that clearly (will lead to) some reductions. But it's not as if we bought another U.S. company where everything is duplicated."
Hiring sales staff
While it recently cut duplicative positions, Level 3 is looking to fill sales positions in all regions.
The company carries Internet traffic for a wide array of customers, including Netflix and Google.
Level 3 announced this week that one of its affiliates has signed a deal with the NATO Communications and Information Agency to install and maintain an IP VPN to be used by the NATO-Russia Council Cooperative Airspace Initiative.


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"Nineteen things I've learned before I turned nineteen.
1. Always carry $5 and a lighter with you (even if you don't smoke).
2. Ask every person you meet how their day is going. Genuinely ask with the sole intention of learning how their day is. Ask the coffee shop employee. Ask the person next to you in line at Walmart. Ask your distant friend. Ask everyone.
3. Take many photos of yourself. Take photos of yourself when you're happy. Take photos of yourself when you're sad. Take photos of yourself because there are millions of trees in the world, and we all look at the same sky, but there is only one of you.
4. Stay in contact with your parents. Try not to hate them. They are the reason you have the ability to feel anything at all. Try not to hate your parents.
5. Opening your skin will not set your demons free. Open your heart. Open your mind. Open your hands.
6. Nobody knows anybody completely. That's okay.
7. Be gentle, but be aggressive. Take a stand. Nobody hears your voice if you stay silent.
8. Respect everybody. We are all humans trying to survive. We all deserve respect.
9. Wearing black will ALWAYS make you feel better about yourself.
10. Always give tips, whether it be a couple extra dollars or a piece of mind. You never know how much you could be helping someone.
11. Change is the only thing consistent in life. Do not allow that to bother you. Embrace chance and move with life, whichever direction it chooses to take you.
12. Smile often. Smile at strangers. Smile at your friends. Smile when nobody is looking and you're alone in your bedroom. Smile when somebody is rambling to you.
13. Body image means nothing. Your body is merely just a seatbelt in the car. Your body is here to protect you. You choose the direction you go, and your body will not hold you back. Only you can hold yourself back.
14. Don't hold grudges. Don't allow yourself to hate anybody. Forgive them. Learn to love them for the person you never got to see them to be. Believe that a beautiful human exists in that person. Wish them well.
15. Drink orange juice. Lot's of it.
16. Don't allow the opinions of others to choose your destiny. We are all simply trying to live our own life.
17. Sing all the time. Sing off key. Sing in a silly voice. Sing like you're on stage. Sing no matter who is around. Singing is breathing for the soul. Sing.
18. Take time to think. Write your feelings down. Write letters to the people you love. Texting is overrated and not as heartfelt as a nice handwritten letter.
19. Live for yourself. Breathe for yourself. Do everything in your life for nobody but you. This is your life. This is it."
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I stumbled onto Chicago Tribune Live and my brain nearly exploded. They were discussing trading Gordon Beckham and Chris Sale for Carlos Marmol. WTF? This is the dumbest baseball trade proposal I've heard of. If someone tells this to Kenny, Kenny shouldn't speak to him ever again. And one of the "experts" was in favor of it! Clearly, a Cubs fan.
There should be a law against putting things like this on TV.


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Good morning everyone! Today's lucky winner of Sew it All TV's 13 Days of Giveaways is Jeanne. She won the four pack of Tulip Fabric Spray Paint and Erasable Fabric Ink.
Today we are giving away Sulky Secrets to Successful Embroidery. Sulky's book features over 40 fun projects, tips from experts and TV sewing personalities including Ellen Osten!
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Championship game
Championship Game
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by Scott Boyle
State 1A basketball champs. That has a nice ring to it; never been said before of a Monticello High School team.
"State 2A basketball champs" was heard way back in 1994. But never "1A", until Saturday night, when the Cinderella Buckaroos captured the 1A State Basketball Championship by downing the favored Panguitch Bobcats, 34-31.
Panguitch, with a 24-1 record, 20 wins in a row, ranked number two and fresh off a 33-26 semifinal upset of number one Rich, looked to ride the coat tails of Tyce Barney to the state title. Barney is a four-year start and the leading scorer in 1A, averaging 24 points a game.
But the Buckaroos had other ideas.
Riding their defense like a tame mustang, the Bucks used defense to stride confidently to the victory over Panguitch, along with some outstanding free throw shooting of their own.
Panguitch's equally
tough defense kept the Buck's vaunted shooting attack at bay the entire game as well, allowing only nine field goals, three of them three-pointers.
But, one night after making eight free throws in a row to put away the Duchesne Eagles, junior Sheldon Black again led the way for the Buckaroos.
Black accounted for four of the Buckaroo buckets in the game and the only MHS baskets in the four quarter, two big three pointers, besides draining four of six free throws in the last minute of the game to hold of the Bobcats.
Not only that, but he grabbed eight big rebounds and only had one turnover, scoring 14 points.
Senior Austin Maloy scored seven points in his last Buckaroo game, but probably more importantly, he and fellow senior Tanner Eardley held Barney to only nine points. Barney has scored in double figures every game this year and 73 of his last 76 games.
The Bucks grabbed the lead at the first moments of the game with a Black field goal and held the lead nearly the whole game. They held the Bobcats to just one field goal in the first quarter to lead 7-2.
The Bobcats returned the favor in the second quarter to tie the score at nine to nine at halftime.
The third quarter saw the Bucks eek out a five-point lead at 20-15 only to have the Bobcats tie it by the end of the quarter at 20-20.
Two Eardley free throws and Black's first trey gave the Bucks another five point lead at 25-20 with 6:30 left, but the Bobcats came back again to actually take the lead at 26-25 with 5:21 left.
The teams traded turnovers and missed buckets for nearly four minutes before Black finally put the Bucks ahead to stay with a trey from the top of the key with just 1:43 left.
He added two free throw over the next 45 seconds to give the Bucks a five-point lead.
A desperation three from the Bobcats with eight seconds closed the lead to one at 32-31, but after a timeout, the Bucks inbounded the ball to Black, who was fouled and calmly made both freebies.
Another desperate trey attempt by Panguitch, and the Bucks were state champs!
For the tournament, the Bucks were awesome from the foul line, shooting 81 percent on 56 of 69 attempts. Black was particularly accurate in the fourth quarters, canning 12 of 14 in the last two games.
The state basketball championship, the second for MHS and 50th state title overall, gives the Bucks the honor of being the only 1A school to win both the wrestling and basketball state championships in the same year. Wasatch did it twice in 3A.
So, how did the Bucks get to the championship? The first game found the Buckaroos matched up against the unpredictable Diamond Ranch Diamond Backs, owners of a 10-10 record, but had two players that average 21 and 19 points apiece. And they come from the always tough Region 20, even though they were a fifth place team.
In the first quarter, Diamond Ranch showed what they were capable of, taking the early lead and maintaining it for most of the quarter. The Buckaroos didn't gain their first lead until 30 seconds remained in the quarter.
Even so, the Diamond Backs struck like lightening at the end of the quarter, scoring five points in the last 10 seconds to take an 18-15 lead.
The Bucks defense tightened in the second quarter, and when Nic Doughty, the 19-point scorer, went to the bench with four fouls, the momentum shifted.
The Bucks pressure man-to-man defense forced a number of turnovers and steals, which the Bucks used to their advantage to seize the lead and forge an 11-point lead at half, 35-24.
MHS continued to push and stretched their lead to as high as 16 points at 53-37. But Saxon Mingus, the 21-point man, got hot, hit a couple of threes to close the gap to 54-44 after three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, a Diamond Back press gave the Buckaroos some problems. They ended with 14 turnovers, most of them in the second half, but the Bucks countered the Mingus' Monster Scoring March (he ended with 29 points and 13 rebounds), to put the game away in the fourth quarter, 77-63, mostly from the foul line.
The Bucks hit 16-18 freebies in the second half and 19-21 overall to keep the Snakes at bay.
The Bucks one-two punch of Tanner Eardley and Austin Maloy was just too much for the Diamond Backs. Eardley finished with 21 points, including four treys, while Maloy added 20 points, on some acrobatic drives and seven for seven from the foul line.
It was a total team effort, though, offensively; Easton Nielson 10 points, (six of seven free throws), Dillon Maughan eight, and Matt Freestone with nine points; and defensively, 14 steals (Maloy with six), rebounds (Matt Freestone with seven off the bench) and blocks (Freestone with six).
The quarterfinals brought another Region 20 team to the floor against the Buckaroos. Piute, the second place team in the region and ranked third in state and lead to a intense contest. The Bucks dramatically pulled out the victory when senior Dillon Maughan canned a three pointer with one second left to win 45-42.
The Bucks took advantage of a perhaps tired Piute team (they beat Tabiona in overtime the night before) in the first quarter, shooting their way to a 13-6 first quarter lead.
The Buck defense was at it's best, holding the Thunderbirds scoreless for nearly four minutes in the quarter.
Nielson got things going with MHS with five quick points on a trey and a layup to pace the early scoring. Maloy kept it going with three drives to the basket for six first quarter points himself.
Eardley dropped in nine points in a flurry to keep the Bucks on top after the Thunderbirds rallied in the second quarter. By halftime, the lead was down to four at 23-19.
The third quarter saw the Thunderbirds continue to claw their way back, and at one point actually grabbing a three point lead at 33-30. The Bucks, well, Maughan, took center stage then with eight straight points on two threes and a field goal to get back a three point lead at the quarter, 38-35.
The fourth quarter was a defensive dream and an offensive nightmare for both teams. The Bucks missed their first six shots of the quarter while the Thunderbirds were one for four.
After two Buckaroo baskets by Sheldon Black and Matt Freestone and one basket and two free throws by Piute, the Bucks led 42-39 with 4:38 left.
It was the last Buckaroo score until the final second, although Piute chipped away at the Buck lead from the foul line. Two Buckaroo miscues against the Piute press, gave the Thunderbirds a foul shot that tied the game at 42 and the ball with 2:52 remaining.
The Thunderbirds worked the ball around, looking only for a layup, taking nearly two minutes off the clock, but the Bucks played great fundamental defense, denying the T-Birds any chances at the basket.
Eardley and Maloy teamed up to steal the ball with 1:06 left, but the T-Birds had a great defensive play to prevent a go-ahead layup and the lead. With the ball back, the T-Birds drove the lane for a layup, but Nielson got his hand on the ball, and the Bucks had the ball back with 50 seconds.
Suddenly, Eardley found himself wide open from three with 26 seconds left, but missed, only to have Nielson rebound and miss the follow up before Piute knocked the ball out of bounds. Twenty-one seconds, Buckaroo ball.
The final play was designed for Maloy, getting him the ball at the top of the key, using a Freestone screen to drive to the basket and score on a layup.
Everything worked just like they drew it up until Maughan's defender slid over to interrupt Maloy's drive, leaving Maughan wide open. Maughan, perhaps recalling brother Kendall's game tying three-pointer at the buzzer against Rich three years ago, calmly swished the three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left.
Piute's try at the buzzer fell harmlessly to the floor, the coaches and players kept dancing and the Bucks were in the semis against Duchesne, just like last year.
In the semis, the Bucks were matched up with an old football nemesis, the Duchesne Eagles, who boasted a strong inside game. Also, Duchesne traveled to Monticello just a month ago and came away with a three point win over the Bucks, 52-49.
But the Buckaroos played their best game of the year and shocked everyone with an emotional 62-46 win and a trip to the finals for the first time since 1994, when the Bucks took the 2A state title.
The Bucks lead throughout the game (Duchesne last led at 6-5 halfway through the first quarter). Once the Bucks got the lead for good on a Matt Freestone bucket, their defense kept the Eagles from mounting a comeback. They lead 10-8 after one quarter, increased it to five at halftime at 22-17.
They kept the momentum up in the third quarter, increasing the lead to 37-26 when Dillon Maughan brought the crowd to its feet for the second night in a row.
Maughan was fouled with just 1.8 seconds left in the quarter. He made the first, and in a play that epitomized the Buckaroo evening, missed the second, but leapt to grab the rebound and toss it back up into the basket at the buzzer to give the Bucks a 40-26 lead and demoralize the Eagles.
The fourth quarter, the Eagles made a little run after the Bucks stretched their lead to 18 points at 46-28, going on a 12-1 run to close within seven with 3:17 remaining in the game.
But the Bucks then turned to the foul line, hitting 15 free throws in a row to put the game on ice. Sheldon Black was eight for eight from the line in the last three minutes, while Tanner Eardley was four for four and Maughan made three more.
Maughan led the way from the scoring column with 15 points, 12 coming in the second half. He also had five assists.
Eardley scored 14, making six of seven foul shots. Sheldon Black scored 13 points and was nine of ten from the foul line, while collecting three steals on defense. Austin Maloy scored 10 points, eight in the critical second half had six rebounds, three steals and two assists.
Defensively, the Bucks managed nine steals and forced the Eagles into 20 turnovers to get to the championship game against Panguitch, who upset the number one ranked Rich Rebels.


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DOHA, Qatar, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber capped Monday's play with a straight-set win at the at the Qatar Exxon Mobil Open tennis tournament.
Kohlschreiber rolled through the second set for a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 victory over Ivan Dodig in a first-round match. Kohlschreiber dropped a mere 14 points -- five on serve -- in the second set.
No. 6-seeded Viktor Troicki needed a third set to get past Bjorn Phau 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Troicki lost his serve just once on the day and fought off a pair of break points in taking the third set.
Simone Bolelli claimed a third-set tiebreaker in topping Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-2). There were only three breaks in the match, including one by each player in the third set before Bolelli took control in the final tiebreaker.
Other first-round results Monday saw Nikolay Davydenko defeat Victor Hanescu 6-2, 6-3; Grega Zemlja stop Fabio Fognini 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; and Paolo Lorenzi get past Albert Ramos 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.


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Getting laid off stinks. A lot. It stinks for the company, it stinks for the management, and it especially stinks for the employees.
In today's economy, many Americans are dealing with the consequences of layoffs each and every day. Today, it's not uncommon for one person to be the victim of a layoff multiple times in their career.
We all know what happens when someone is laid off, but what happens after? Just like a nasty storm, here are four steps to R-I-D-E out the storm:
Getting laid off is an incredibly jarring experience. You might be feeling angry, sad, confused, or some combination of those three. It's completely normal. Many recently laid off folks think that ripping their supervisors a new one is the best plan of action.
It's not.
Instead, take some time for yourself to reflect on your employment there, relationships with colleagues, and accomplishments. Forget about anything negative and leave it behind you.
In the next few days, decompress, and just relax. Ever wonder what it's like to go to a cinema for a matinee on Thursday morning? Now's your chance.
Once you've calmed down, it's time to get organized for your job search. Take a personal inventory. Collect your thoughts, inventory your past work and skills, review and organize your personal network(s), and figure out what you have and what you will need for this new chapter of your career. Determine if you want to continue following this career path, try something new, or if you want to go back to school. Consider your financial situation to see what you need now and what you need to carry you to the next stage of your career.
Check out: Talent Connection Episode 17: Job Search Stress: How to Manage It & Where to Get Help
Develop a plan for your job search. Blindly sending your resume to tons of employers can be dangerous and unproductive. Research the companies that interest you and tap your personal and professional networks to connect with people at your target companies. Update your resume, your cover letters, and your social media profiles (especially on career networking sites).
You've thought about where you have been and where you want to go. You know what skills and experience you have and need to pursue your dream job. And, you have mapped out a plan to earn a job at a great company that interests you. Now, it's time to execute that plan.
The common passive approach of posting your resume on some big job board, or spraying your resume out to every remotely interesting job, and hoping you will be noticed does not work. Rather, follow your target companies and participate in discussions with thought leaders on professional forums, meet business and thought leaders online and at industry events, and stay up-to-date with trends and technology in your field.
What do you think? What other steps should recently laid off folks take immediately after leaving their jobs? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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The bleary, sleepless nights of new motherhood will resurface one day as fond memories when it seems impossible how fast your child has grown up. In the meantime, though, when you're waking up every few hours to feed a tiny baby, and your baby needs a lot of rocking and bouncing to get back to sleep, the main thing on your mind is rest.
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Mark Twain said he preferred to write his account of Tasmania before coming, because one always knew more about a place before visiting than afterwards. Likewise, commonly held opinions about the Sri Lankan visitors have not survived contact with reality.
According to wisdom, the fall of the twin pillars, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, would have the effect on Sri Lanka's batting of pulling whaling and woodchipping out of the Tasmanian economy.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Angelo Mathews could not be relied on against Australian bowlers in fresh conditions. Dilshan, an international cricketer for 13 years, is better known for inventing a shot that uses the 360th degree of the wagon wheel. As a Test opener, he had a suspiciously high strike rate and suspiciously low average. During Big Bash season, he might have been mistaken for being in the wrong clothes and under the wrong light, like a possum out during the daytime.
Mathews, meanwhile, has played 171 short-form internationals and 28 Test matches. He has proved himself the acme of the white-ball cricketer: a bit of this, a bit of that, almost enough of the other. His CV of franchises represented is already thick.
The four-hour partnership of 161 between Dilshan and Mathews reversed preconceptions and, for a time, the course of the Test match. After Michael Clarke's aggressive declaration and Sri Lanka's collapse on Saturday evening, the Test looked to be cutting a familiar path. Dilshan and Mathews might not have done enough to prevent defeat, but they did show a defiance that was not seen in their celebrity northern neighbours last year. Sometimes small islands off the southern tips of big continents can breed that determination.
Where subcontinental batsmen are said to flinch against the rising ball, Dilshan and Mathews were conspicuously strong on the back foot. The Australian bowling plan of getting into their armpits was met with spanking pull shots. When the locals overcompensated, Dilshan was sweating on the fuller ball for his square drive, which he plays lavishly. Unlike Michael Hussey, who closes his shoulders and jams the ball down, driving while moving forward, Dilshan lays back and gives the ball an open-handed slap, with added power coming from the compression in his knees. A permanent deep point was Australia's acknowledgement of defeat in this region.
Dilshan once scored 28 not out in half a day to save a draw against South Africa. He is a batsman of many virtues, more than just a piratical bandanna. His patience and straight defence on the up-and-down wicket were commendable. Mathews, 10 years his junior, learnt well. After a bright opening, he went through his barrens, scoring two runs in 47 deliveries when the Australians, after lunch, bowled their best. Mathews never lost his composure, and could consider himself unlucky to fall short of his second Test century.
The Sri Lankans were helped by another episode of what the military call a mobility kill.
Another day, another breakdown. Due to the input of Shane Watson, Ben Hilfenhaus's injury will not have as pivotal an impact as James Pattinson's in Adelaide, but the second innings will pose another challenge to Australia's self-confidence in how to finish the job.
It was a pity that Dilshan's innings, and a spirited contest overall, were not enjoyed by more than the couple of thousand Tasmanians in the Blundstone sunshine. Local explanations for the paltry crowds have been interesting. It's too close to Christmas. Crowd numbers, per capita, are not too bad. Maybe it's too close to the South Pole and ticket prices could be moved closer to Tasmania's per capita income. But such smart-aleckry is not taken well in these parts. A Taswegianly touchy local nabob repeated the 200-year-old riposte: "If you don't like it, don't come here." Twain didn't like it, but came here nonetheless. He was, like most who visit the island, pleasantly surprised. The benefit for the few who did attend Sunday's play was that they could feel that the players knew them individually. There was a lively exchange between one patron and the Australian captain, who, it was suggested, ought to give himself a bowl. Clarke replied to the effect of, "Why don't you bowl?" before reconsidering, in deference to the man's body shape.
Clarke even gave a dumb-show of the elbow-bending exercise the man had undertaken to achieve his physique. At least, the man might have replied, he could still run and did not need to be rotated out.
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Council gets tough on biosecurity plans
Environment Waikato is making a strong submission on the draft national Biosecurity Strategy, asking for a tougher approach to protect New Zealand's agricultural industry.
Environment Waikato is making a strong submission on the draft national Biosecurity Strategy, asking for a tougher approach to protect New Zealand's agricultural industry.
A third year University of Waikato student has won Environment Waikato's Water Science Prize offered to the most outstanding student taking a water science paper.
Waikato businesses and community groups doing their best for the environment can compete for an award in a variety of categories in the 2003 Waikato Business and Environment Awards.
Environment Waikato has begun one of its major flood control and river management projects as part of Project Watershed, on the Tauranga Taupo River near Taupo.
The natural history of Coromandel beaches will be explored in an Environment Waikato presentation next month to celebrate Seaweek.
Whiritoa's Beachcare group has won a Best Community Group award at a national coastal conference in Dunedin.
Environment Waikato is planning to treat the Whangamarino wetland this month to control bovine Tb-infected possums.
The Waikato River has had a cleanup through the city to remove big logs and other water hazards which had built up over time.
Environment Waikato is joining with other regional authorities to develop a national marketing campaign to encourage householders to reduce their waste.
More than 30 Environment Waikato staff are donning their lycra shorts and pumping their tyres to take part in the Bikewise Business Battle Challenge this week.
Environment Waikato's Environment Committee has recommended granting $2000 towards a Putaruru Water Festival next month.
The number of holiday road crashes has dropped dramatically in the Waikato.
Environment Waikato's new electronic bus ticketing has proved a hit with bus passengers in Hamilton.


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MORROW, Ga. – The Georgia College men's basketball team (7-11, 3-8 PBC) controlled the much of the game Thursday night, but fell prey to a late run by Clayton State University (9-10, 5-7 PBC) in a 65-59 Bobcat loss.
The Bobcats led at halftime 36-27 and Clayton State battled back, overtaking the game for good with just 1:43 remaining.
Senior forward Scott Ferguson (Roswell, Ga.) posted 27 points with seven rebounds, helping the Bobcats to that first-half advantage with 19 first-frame points. The next-highest scorers tallied six points each, as the Bobcats got that number from David Wagner (Dallas, Ga.) and Nate Hamilton (Snellville, Ga.).
The Bobcats were out-shot 40 percent (22-55) to 36 percent (20-56). Georgia College hit seven three-pointers, getting three from Ferguson and a pair from Hamilton. Clayton State had a 41-34 advantage on the glass.
Center Andrew Bachanov put up an 11-point, 12-rebound double-double to power the Laker attack, aided by 17 points from Omari Murray and 12 from Juron Dobbs. Murray was the catalyst in the second-half comeback, netting 13 of 17 points after halftime.
The loss puts the Bobcats at 3-8 in Peach Belt Conference (PBC) play, positioned seventh in the PBC West, with the top four advancing to the playoffs in mid-March. Georgia College is just one game in the loss column behind the tie for fourth.
The Bobcats are back in action Saturday, Feb. 2 at 3:30 p.m., hosting Columbus State University.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Papa's Hot DoggeriaPour les filles, Pour les garçons, StratégieGrill and serve hot dogs and other stadium snacks in Papa's Hot Doggeria! You've got the best seat in the house at Griller Stadium, which happens to be behind the counter at the hot dog stand. You'll need to grill dogs and sausages, add toppings and condiments, pour drinks, and pop popcorn for all of the fans at the game!
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PaladogPour les filles, Pour les garçons, Stratégie, WalkersIn a far future, the mother earth has lost vitality due to overwhelming greed and selfishness of human. Not so long after, the gods eventually decide to annihilate the entire human race
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SANFORD — On Thanksgiving Day, volunteers prepared and served a dinner to many local seniors and grateful attendees at the VFW Post 9935 Hall on School Street.
The holiday meal was free to anyone who wanted to attend and enjoy a wonderful meal and an opportunity to break bread with old and new friends.
The AMVETS Post 3, American Legion Post 19, the Lafayette Club, Marc Motors, The United Methodist
Church and the Sanford Salvation Army all worked together to make the meal possible. Local veteran Dale Midgley reports that the meal was prepared by a terrific group of volunteers from the community, including VFW Junior Vice Commander John Sigouin and his family.
"The meal was such a success and very much appreciated by all in attendance," Midgley said.
All the volunteers received many compliments and "thank-yous" from those who attended, including one young couple, who were in the midst of foreclosure on their home and couldn't afford to make Thanksgiving dinner. Another was an elderly lady whose husband was bedridden. As she was leaving, she mentioned she was going home to make dinner for her husband; volunteer John Sigouin stopped her and gave her a "to go" box filled with food.
"The Thanksgiving Day Dinner was such a huge success that the VFW is planning on having a Christmas Day Dinner at the VFW Hall," Midgley said.
The Christmas meal will be held on Dec. 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the same location, VFW Post 9935 on School Street. The public is invited. Anyone wishing to attend can call the VFW post at 324-1142.


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RBI has released the much awaited monetary policy. The shorter version in form of press release is here.
Before its Credit & Monetary Policy meeting on 30th October 200, RBI had three major issues that needed to be addressed:
- Inflation: Inflation was subdued for most of midterm period (Apr-Oct 07) but it was largely on account of base effect and "halt in pass through of higher international oil prices to domestic prices". Further as food and metal prices have been rising, this could lead to higher inflation in future.
- Liquidity: Indian economy continues to attract foreign capital inflows and this has led to surplus liquidity in the system which has numerous consequences.
- Currency: Rupee was appreciating against major currencies leading to worsening of trade balance.
RBI in its midterm policy review has made it clear that surplus liquidity and huge foreign capital inflows is an issue that takes priority over others. It has raised Cash Reserve Ratio by 50 bps to 7.5% which would be effective from 10th November, 2007. The surplus liquidity in the system is estimated at Rs 30,000 cr and the CRR hike would absorb roughly 17,000 cr from the system. In its review, RBI has raised concerns over rising capital inflows on number of fronts (money supply, rising asset prices etc).
RBI has not changed the policy rates (repo and reverse repo rates) against the market expectations of a rate cut. By keeping the policy rates unchanged, RBI has suggested that inflation continues to be a concern and rate cut would only lead to built-up of inflationary pressures in the economy. RBI has also kept its GDP growth rate forecast for the year 2007-08 unchanged at 8.5% suggesting GDP would continue to grow and hence inflationary pressures would remain.
The policy appears quite balanced, as RBI has also proposed certain reforms to improve Indian financial markets. Recent research reports from IMF, World Bank etc have shown that capital inflows would continue in emerging markets in search for higher yields. If they are controlled, it could lead to capital outflows as we saw in the case of Thailand. Moreover, the emerging markets are generally capital deficient and need more capital to develop their economies. Therefore, the best possible solution to manage these capital flows is by strengthening their financial systems. RBI has been continuously trying to strengthen Indian Financial System and has proposed more reforms in its mid-term policy. Some of the key reforms are:
- Government Bond: Covering of Short-sale and When Issued transactions would now be allowed outside NDS-OM system. This would lead to higher volumes on both the segments. Further, systematically important non-deposit taking NBFCs would be allowed access to NDS-OM system. This would make the system more broad based as it would increase participation. Developments are being made to allow Floating Rate Bonds to be traded on NDS-OM system. This should help build a floating rate bond market in India.
- Currency Markets: RBI has permitted exporters and importers having exposure to currency risk to write covered call and put options in both foreign currency and cross currency. Further, they can receive premia as well. This would imply treasury departments of various corporates would need to improve their skills to take advantage. Authorized Dealers have also been allowed to run cross currency options books and can also offer American options as well. This would imply Authorized dealers would have to strengthen their risk management systems to manage the American options.
- Corporate Bond: It has been suggested numerous times to allow corporate bonds in repo markets that would provide the necessary impetus to the moribund secondary corporate bond market. However, nothing has been done on that front. RBI says it is committed to allowing corporate bonds for repos but feels the corporate bond market still needs to be widened. Moreover, RBI feels corporate bonds should have an efficient and safe settlement system in place based on delivery versus payment (DVP III) and Straight Through Processing. Corporate Bonds are now in SEBI's domain and it is important that both the regulators decide on a timeline for the same.
- Others: RBI would be issuing final guidelines for Credit Default Swap market that is becoming a necessity for banks to manage their assets liability management. RBI also proposes to cover specific risks like credit risk arising out of deficient documentation and settlement risk under its supervisory process.
Impact on financial markets
- Bond Markets: The yields in the bond markets would harden marginally tracking the hike in CRR rate in coming days but are expected to be rangebound over the medium term. The policy document is hawkish on inflation and market participants would be looking at any possible increase in inflation. The inflation is expected to move up on account of rising food and metal prices and if government raises oil prices as well, the yields could be expected to harden in future. Further, higher numbers in GDP, IIP could also lead to build up of higher inflationary pressures in the economy.
- Currency markets: RBI is silent on the appreciating rupee and has instead shown its commitment to move towards capital account convertibility in gradual manner. It has proposed certain reforms that require corporates/dealers to improve their skill-sets. Rupee is expected to appreciate further as capital inflows are expected to continue.
- Equity Markets: Hike in CRR would not impact equity markets except for banking sector. The share prices in banking sector are expected to decline in coming days.


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