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Participating Organization(s)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Funding Opportunity Title
Scientific Meetings for Creating Collaborative Research Teams under the Indo-US Program for Contraception and Reproductive Health Research (CRHR) [R13]
Activity Code
R13 Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings
Announcement Type
Related Notices
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number
Companion FOA
PAR-11-091, R01 Research Project Grant
Catalog of Federal Domestics Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
FOA Purpose
This FOA issued by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages Research Conference Grant (R13) applications from institutions and organizations that propose to develop collaborative research teams to address priority areas under the Indo-US Program for Contraception and Reproductive Health Research (CRHR). Teams must include investigators from US and Indian institutions involved in basic, clinical and/or social and/or behavioral sciences with particular emphasis on contraception discovery and development, implementation science and social/behavioral science to expand contraceptive options and improve reproductive health. This FOA is intended to provide support for collaborative conferences designed to address high priority areas identified by the Indo-US CRHR Joint Working Group (JWG) utilizing the NIH Conference grant mechanism. The goal of this FOA will be to support collaborations between US and Indian scientists intended to translate science into improved practice and technology addressing issues in contraception and reproductive health. Specifically, conferences would be designed to: 1) review the extant science, 2) identify research gaps, 3) develop a targeted research agenda and 4) wherever possible establish new partnerships to address these gaps through collaborative research proposals. The intent is to broaden the scope of investigation into scientific problems, yield fresh and possibly unexpected insights, and increase the sophistication of theoretical, methodological, analytical and implementation approaches. This program will allow investigators from multiple disciplines to hold meetings in order to provide the foundation for developing interdisciplinary research projects.
Posted Date
January 5, 2011
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)
February 18, 2011
Letter of Intent Due Date
Not applicable
Application Due Date(s)
March 4, 2011, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)
Not applicable
Scientific Merit Review
June/July 2011
Advisory Council Review
October 2011
Earliest Start Date(s)
December 2011
Expiration Date
March 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
Through a collaborative program of contraception and reproductive health research, the Republic of India and the United States of America will provide support for research conference proposals involving U.S. and Indian investigators to enhance contraception discovery and development, improve reproductive health including enhanced strategies for disease prevention, and evaluate factors impacting in implementation of current or new approaches to improve contraception and reproductive health choices.
The CRHR program places specific emphasis on the need for more "translational" types of research intended to move beyond basic science and discovery to product development and delivery. An emphasis will also be placed on studies addressing social and behavioral factors affecting prevention, care, and treatment of disease/poor reproductive health.
This FOA provides for a specialized use of the R13 mechanism, to foster collaborations between US and Indian investigators to hold meetings for the purpose of developing interdisciplinary research projects to address priority issues in contraception and reproductive health as identified by the Joint Working Group (JWG) providing scientific oversight to the CRHR program. A significant focus of these efforts should be on the translation and implementation of basic, clinical, and social/behavioral science research to the development and implementation of evidence based programs and practices in India. Investigators may propose an application for one or multiple meetings over a period of up to two years. In the latter case justification must be provided for the need of multiple meetings. Such justification might include: need to identify gaps, need to identify viable investigator/institutional partnership, follow-up to support grant application process, and assurance of engagement of new/early stage career investigators to build capacity around the topic area of interest.
In November of 1997, the governments of India and the United States, the former represented by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the latter represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), mutually agreed to support Indo-U.S. collaborative research and related activities on contraception and reproductive health research. The implementation of this agreement was charged to the Indo-US program on Contraception and Reproductive Health Research (CRHR) which has as its goal to "build upon previous research cooperation by drawing on the expertise of Indian and U.S. scientists and institutions to promote and support collaborative research that will result in expanded contraceptive options and improved reproductive health." To address shared concerns in contraception and reproductive health, Indian and U.S. a Joint Working Group (JWG) of US and Indian scientists was tasked to undertake a coordinated program involving participation in collaborative, peer-reviewed research projects, scientific workshops and conferences, research training, and technology transfer. This cooperation is intended to be of mutual benefit, trust, and a shared commitment to the advancement of scientific knowledge and its application to improve health and reproductive choices.
The need for interdisciplinary research has been recognized at the NIH for decades, and has become more visible because of the increasingly complex problems (e.g., epigenetics, translational science) that are part of the agency's mission. The NIH has noted repeatedly that scientific breakthroughs occur increasingly at the edges between disciplines and that artificial barriers between disciplines divide scientists and impede progress. Nonetheless, mechanisms that effectively address the need for support for initial contacts across disciplines remain inadequate. In order to be successful in any of the available investigator-initiated mechanisms supported by NIH (e.g., R01, R03), an interdisciplinary team must not only have been formed but have progressed to the point of functioning successfully. Researchers from different disciplines have limited opportunities to interact and form collaborations; they are constrained by institutional silos and barriers. Once they do interact, cross-disciplinary collaborators may use different languages and may take different approaches to measurement, data collection, and causal inference.
This tailored R13 mechanism fills a gap in the tools available to scientists for building interdisciplinary research teams and projects. This initiative is part of the overall CRHR vision for facilitating investigator-initiated interdisciplinary research. In this initial stage, the research team meets, identifies key gaps in knowledge and obstacles to implementation, learns the vernacular of each other's disciplines, synthesizes theoretical perspectives and methodologies, and develops workable research plans.
This stage would hopefully be followed by a development stage in which the research teams develop proposals to address the gaps identified, capacity needs and obstacles to implementation. Resulting applications could utilize such mechanisms as the NIH Small Grant (R03) mechanism to conduct exploratory and development research needed to address methodological and feasibility questions related to their joint research plans. In the final stage, the research team could submit an application (e.g., R01) to conduct mature interdisciplinary research. These mechanisms support "research projects," which implies that common language, goals, and methods must have already been established.
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage and enable investigators to develop such topics and pursue funding support entirely at their own initiative. No single meeting can achieve common understandings and methods across different disciplines. A series of meetings and exchanges over time is necessary. Thus, this announcement provides the opportunity for a higher level of support than a standard conference grant. In return, this announcement articulates specific expectations of progress to be made during the award and is not renewable.
Meetings funded through this announcement may include fewer participants than typical conferences. Meetings will center around a central core of research collaborators, although consultants may be included to address specific needs on an ad hoc basis. Because the CRHR program supports collaborative research, eligibility is limited to collaborations involving US and Indian institutions. The application should propose a process for developing an integrated research agenda around specific CRHR priorities areas. Investigators are required to produce evidence of their willingness and ability to pursue interdisciplinary work, and to outline a timeline for implementing the research aenda with subsequent research programs or projects. The scope of activities supported by this grant is limited to the scientific development of the research agenda; this grant does not provide support for resources spent to write or prepare subsequent applications.
For the purposes of this FOA, interdisciplinary research integrates the analytical strengths of two or more disparate scientific disciplines while addressing gaps in terminology, approach, and methodology. Its goals are to broaden the scope of investigation into scientific problems, yield fresh and possibly unexpected insights, and increase the sophistication of theoretical, methodological, and analytical approaches. Applicants must justify not only the significance of the research question that they propose to address, but also the need and potential benefits of bringing a mix of specific disciplines together to address it.
The CRHR JWG continues to emphasize the need for more "translational" types of research intended to move from basic science and discovery to product development and delivery. Several areas have emerged as high priority. Emphasis should be placed on single site targets for contraceptive development, candidate methods and approaches to family planning that have achieved a level of development that would make them ideal candidates to move to the delivery/implementation phase. In light of the emphasis on improving use of existing and new contraception devices/options, an emphasis will also be placed on implementation science aimed at identification of factors impinging on reproductive choices in India and globally with particular focus of social/cultural and behavioral sciences.
Towards that end, the CRHR program seeks a balance among 1) R&D of totally new male and female focused targets and methods (hormonal, non-hormonal and/or barrier), 2) approaches to increase the acceptability, access and utilization of currently available methods of family planning in at-risk populations of men, women and couples, and 3) efforts to incrementally improve existing methods, i.e., make what is already available, better. Some specific areas to be emphasized include, but are not limited to: 1) Product Development and Applied Research Development of new methods of male contraception including: post-testicular methods and non-surgical methods of sterilization, long-acting and hormonal contraceptives including injectable (development and expanding the access to and use), implants, vaginal rings and transdermal methods, female barrier methods for dual protection, i.e. for contraception and HIV/STI prevention, projects to expand the knowledge about and access to emergency contraception using different service delivery options, evaluation of point of care (POC) immunodiagnostics for STIs/HIV and sperm count.
Additional priority areas include relevant aspects of social, behavioral and implementation science research including: research related to expanding the use of available methods of contraception, especially for young, low parity women, improving the image and acceptance/use of vasectomy and IUDs, and of condoms for pregnancy and HIV/STI prevention. Investigation of the full range of r issues that impact on the ability of women, particularly young married women, to use contraception and development of interventions of overcome these barriers.
Funding Instrument
Application Types Allowed
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.
It is anticipated that 2-3 awards will be made each year with US costs not to exceed $35,000 per conference/meeting.
Although the financial plans of the IC(s) provide support for this program, awards pursuant to this funding opportunity are contingent upon funding recommendations of the JWG and the availability of funds.
Although the financial plans of the partner agencies for the MCHDR program (NICHD and the Indian Council for Medical Research: ICMR) provide support for this program, awards pursuant to this funding opportunity are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
As the CRHR program is a partnership between the two nodal agencies, NICHD and DBT, the costs of these collaborative projects will be shared by the partner agencies. NICHD will fund the dollar costs for meritorious applications from US investigators who can justify the need and viability of collaboration with an Indian collaborator. The rupee costs for conducting the Indian component of the research protocol will be covered by DBT.
Award Budget
Budgets for total costs of the U.S. component for any conference/meeting of up to $35,000 per conference may be requested for up to 2 conferences/meetings over a 2 year period.
Award Project Period
A project duration of up to two years may be requested.
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 Organizations) are not eligible to apply. Foreign (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not allowed.
Only U.S. based institutions may apply. Indian institutions should submit separately to the Indian Secretariat
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 Project 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.
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. Resubmission applications may be submitted, according to the NIH Policy on Resubmission Applications from the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Advance permission to submit an application must be requested early in the process and no later than 6 weeks before the application submission date. The letter from the NIH IC conference grant contact person (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r13/r13_contacts.doc) documenting advance permission to submit an application must be included in the Cover Letter component of the application. For the NICHD, the appropriate NIH staff member is the Scientific/Research Contact listed in Section VII. Agency Contacts.
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.
Not applicable
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:
The application must propose a research conference involving a collaborative effort between the U.S. Principal Investigator and an Indian scientist. Because this is a joint partnership between U.S. (NICHD) and Indian (DBT) agencies, involving both dollar and rupee funding decisions, it is essential that:
The following instructions are to be used in conjunction with the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide accompanying the SF424 (R&R) application form:
The checklist is required; however, no information regarding facilities and administrative (F&A) costs (also called indirect costs) should be included as these are not allowable costs for this mechanism.
Enter the title of the scientific conference or scientific meeting in the Descriptive Title of Applicant's Project field of the SF424 Cover component.
Enter the site of the conference or meeting as the Performance Site.
For applications considered under this FOA all allowable costs are limited to dollar costs for the US collaborator only. The application must clearly stipulate what costs will be covered by the US collaborator and those covered by the Indian collaborator. For US investigators, salary (in proportion to the time or effort spent directly on the conference/scientific meeting); rental of necessary equipment; travel and per diem or subsistence allowances; supplies needed for conduct of the meeting (only if received for use during the budget period); conference services; publication costs; funds to help defray registration costs for some select attendees (for example, women, racial/ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, other individuals who have been traditionally underrepresented in science, graduate students); speakers' fees.
Purchase of equipment; transportation costs exceeding U.S. carrier coach class fares; visas; passports; entertainment; tips; bar charges; personal telephone calls; laundry charges; dues; honoraria or other payments for the purpose of conferring distinction or communicating respect, esteem or admiration; patient care; alterations or renovations; facilities and administrative costs/indirect costs. Refer to the NIH Grants Policy Statement for additional information regarding costs.
Budget information should only include information for the U.S. awardee and subawardees. No budget information for foreign-based subawardees should be included.
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.
Do not use the appendix to circumvent page limits. Follow all instructions for the Appendix as described in 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.
See more tips for avoiding common errors.
Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness by the Center for Scientific Review, NIH. Applications that are incomplete will not be reviewed.
Advance permission to submit an application is required for all NIH conference grant applications, including new, resubmission, renewal, and revision applications. Advance permission to submit an application should be requested early in the process and no later than six weeks before the receipt date. The letter from an NIH Institute or Center (IC) documenting advance permission to submit an application (i.e., the permission-to-submit letter) must be submitted with the application and attached in the Cover Letter Component. All applicants must include the advance permission letter from the NIH staff member who has agreed to accept assignment of the application. The NIH staff member granting advance permission must be one of the contacts designated at the NIH Conference Grant Web site (go to https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r13/r13_contacts.doc). For all participating ICs, the appropriate NIH staff member is the Scientific/Research Contact listed in Section VII, Agency Contacts. Attach the letter as part of the PHS 398 Cover Letter component (PDF). If an application is received without a permission letter, it will not be accepted for review. Note that advance permission to submit an application does not guarantee funding.
Do not include Indian locations on the Project/Performance Site Location Form.
Do not complete the Human Subjects sections.
In the "Conference Plan" section of the application (uploaded as the Research Strategy attachment), describe the objectives, specific program, and logistical arrangements for the meeting. Describe the format and list the agenda and speakers, including the principal topics to be covered, problems to be addressed, and developments or contributions the conference/meeting might stimulate. Provide a detailed justification for the conference/meeting, including the scientific need, timeliness, and usefulness of the conference/meeting to the scientific community. Describe the composition and role of the organizing committee, and provide the names and credentials of key participants in the conference/meeting, including the basis for their selection and documentation of their agreement to participate.
Because the CRHR program is intended to foster research collaborations between US and Indian institutions and because the funding of grants under this FOA will be shared jointly by the US and Indian nodal agencies, NICHD and ICMR, applications must include a detailed description of the nature and history of the US and Indian collaborative team responsible for achieving the goals outlined in the application.
Describe plans for the appropriate involvement of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in the planning and implementation of, and participation in, the proposed conference/meeting. Describe plans to identify resources for child care and other types of family care at the conference site to allow individuals with family care responsibilities to attend. That information should allow attendees to make arrangements for family care as needed. Estimate the expected size and composition of the audience, as well as the method of selection. Describe plans for publicizing the conference/meeting to all interested participants and for publishing the proceedings (with the latter possibility not being required). Identify related conferences/meetings held on the subject during the past 3 years [and how the proposed conference/meeting is similar to, and/or different from these, and why it is still necessary and useful]. If this is one of a series of periodic conferences/meetings held by a permanent sponsoring organization, briefly describe and evaluate the last conference/meeting in the series.
Applications requesting multiple years of support must provide the following additional information for each future year requested, in as much detail as possible: meeting topic(s); tentative dates, locations, and participants; and contingency plans for future meetings dependent upon, for example, the outcome of the first year's conference/meeting or developments in the field.
A critical part of the application for NIH support of conferences/meetings is documentation of appropriate representation of women, racial/ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and other individuals who have been traditionally underrepresented in science. Attendance for some individuals will be dependent on the availability of resources for family care. A broad cross section of individuals must be included in all aspects of planning, organization, and implementation of NIH-sponsored and/or supported conferences/meetings. "Appropriate representation" means representation based on the availability of these scientists from these groups known to be working in a particular field of biomedical or behavioral research. If appropriate representation is not apparent, no award will be issued until program staff members are assured of concerted recruitment efforts. Organizers of scientific conferences/meetings must document compliance with the Guidelines for Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Scientific Meetings Supported by the NIH (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r13/index.htm). This Web site also includes addresses and information for offices at NIH that support conference/meeting activities.
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.
After considering all of the review criteria, briefly summarize the significant strengths and weaknesses of the application and judge the likelihood that the proposed conference/meeting will have a substantial impact on the pursuit of the goals of NIH supported research, which is to advance our understanding of biological systems, to improve the control of disease, and to enhance health.
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 this conference/scientific meeting address an important problem? If the aims of the application are achieved, how will scientific knowledge or clinical practice be advanced? What will be the effect of these endeavors on the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services, or preventative interventions that drive this field?
Is(are) the PD/PI(s) well suited for organizing and fulfilling the goals of this conference/scientific meeting? Are the qualifications and past performance of the PD/PI(s) appropriate, and are they well suited for their described roles in the conference/scientific meeting? Are the key personnel and selected speakers appropriate and well suited for their described roles in the conference/scientific meeting?
Does the conference/meeting employ novel approaches or methods to fulfill its purpose? Does the conference/scientific meeting draw together appropriate experts who may otherwise not have an opportunity to meet?
Are the format and agenda for the conference/meeting appropriate for achieving the specified goals? Is the conference/meeting timely for the subject matter? For applications designating multiple PDs/PIs, is the Leadership Plan approach, including the designated roles and responsibilities, governance and organizational structure consistent with and justified by the topics of the conference/meeting and the expertise of each of the PD/PIs?
Is the conference/scientific meeting site appropriate? Does the applicant organization have the ability to contribute to the probability of success? Do the proposed meetings, exhibits, interactions, etc., take advantage of unique features of the environment or employ useful collaborative arrangements? Is institutional support evident? Is there evidence of US and Indian institutional support? As an international collaboration is the collaborative team well described and justified, in terms of why this research should be done via an international collaboration, are the respective roles of the Indian and US collaborating investigators and institutions well described, and how will this research project be coordinated?
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.
Is the collaboration well established? Do the institutions have a history of close working relationships and productivity? Is the international collaborative team well described and justified in terms of why this research should be done via an international collaboration? Does the plan include details about how the collaborating institutions will work together to achieved the stated objectives including provision for collaborative proposal development, capacity development and technology transfer? Is there evidence of U.S. and Indian institutional support?
Appropriate Representation
How well do the plans for inclusion of women, racial/ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and other individuals who traditionally have been underrepresented in science provide for their appropriate representation in the planning, organization, and execution of the proposed conference/scientific meeting? For more information, visit Inclusion of Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in NIH-Supported Conference Grants.
Protections for Human Subjects
Generally not applicable. Reviewers should bring any concerns to the attention of the Scientific Review Officer.
Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Children
Generally not applicable. Reviewers should bring any concerns to the attention of the Scientific Review Officer.
Vertebrate Animals
Generally not applicable. Reviewers should bring any concerns to the attention of the Scientific Review Officer.
Generally not applicable. Reviewers should bring any concerns to the attention of the Scientific Review Officer.
Not appllicable.
Not applicable
Not applicable
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.
Provision of Family Care Facilities
Are the plans to inform attendees about family care resources adequate?
Applications from Foreign Organizations
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 NICHD (assignments will be shown in the eRA Commons), in accordance with NIH peer review policy and procedures, using the stated review criteria.
As part of the scientific peer review, all applications will:
After the initial and independent merit review by both partners (NICHD and DBT), the CRHR JWG will conduct a secondary review, coordinated by the CRHR Secretariats, that will: 1) consider the results of the respective primary reviews conducted according to the established institutional review procedures for the nodal agencies, NICHD and DBT; 2) determine responsiveness to program areas listed above; 3) assess the strength of the collaboration; and 4) determine relative priorities in the context of current CRHR program objectives. As part of this process, information from your application, summary statement and/or letter of intent may be shared with the JWG.
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 Child Health and Human Development Council (NACHHD) . The following will be considered in making funding decisions:
After the peer review of the application is completed, the PD/PI will be able to access his or her Summary Statement (written critique) via the eRA Commons.
Information regarding the disposition of applications is available in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
If the application is under consideration for funding, NIH
will request "just-in-time" information from the applicant as
described in the NIH Grants
Policy Statement.
A formal notification in the form of a Notice of Award (NoA) will be provided to the applicant organization for successful applications. The NoA signed by the grants management officer is the authorizing document and will be sent via email to the grantee business official.
Awardees must comply with any funding restrictions described in Section IV.5. Funding Restrictions. Selection of an application for award is not an authorization to begin performance. Any costs incurred before receipt of the NoA are at the recipient's risk. These costs may be reimbursed only to the extent considered allowable pre-award costs.
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Gwyneth & Cammie on the road
After hanging out in London last week with Prince Philip who, obviously, was rather taken with Gwyneth Paltrow, G flew to New York the other day with Cameron Diaz. Wonder if Cameron Diaz will be featured in an upcoming issue of GOOP. Perhaps under the "Be" section. How to stop dating douchebags.
Alex Rodriguez did not show up in the post season for the Yankees, did he? I mean no, Joe Girardi did not manage well, but for all that money and all that hype - doesn't he get paid the most out of anyone? - ARod's playoff performance was record-setting SH-T: the first player EVER to strike out as the final out on the same team two years in a row in the playoffs. Loser. (Source)
If Cam is anywhere near as petty as I am, she would have been celebrating last Thursday. And now ARod is wondering how he ever let Kate Hudson go.
As for Gwyneth, she was presumably headed for NYC to do some work on Thanks For Sharing with Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Joely Richardson, and... Pink! You know what that means: Pink and GOOP, the duet. Pink is a mom now. Gwyneth is the most knowledgeable mom ever in the world.


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Thursday, April 5, 2012
15 comments:
- repsychallblues said...
Happy Birthday John, I was thinking about you today as I drove across dry, dry Wyoming. Didn't realize it was your day, hope it was good.
- April 5, 2012 at 10:33 PM
- austinmodhouse said...
Looks great. But I think you will still get heat build up inside. To really reduce indoor temps it should be mounted outside the clear poly roof area. Then you can control solar gain more than just making shade.
- April 5, 2012 at 10:33 PM
- createaway said...
happy birthday, John! you do know that Aries is the "Action Jackson" of astrology? you have certainly, single-handedly proved it....
- April 5, 2012 at 10:42 PM
- rj said...
Looks like a winner. You have the height in the greenhouse to keep the heat at the top so inside shades should work, especially reflective aluminet. You will find it to be particularly strong and long lasting. (wish blogger would allow edits)
- April 5, 2012 at 10:59 PM
- vintagemodeler said...
Happy B'day John. With your busy work schedule I hope you had time to pause and reduce the inventory of refrigerant! Cheers
- April 6, 2012 at 12:27 AM
- Stewge said...
Very slick! Your fans and misting system along with these panels should keep temps down considerably. Happy Belated!
- April 6, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- Unknown said...
Happy birthday, John.
No shortage of hot water these days, I imagine?
- April 6, 2012 at 9:07 AM
- ken said...
How about a "counter balance" type system to move em. This is my favorite blog of all time........Happy Birthday Mr. John Wells! Maker of good things in the desert.
- April 6, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- Tana Mc said...
Happy Birthday!
- April 6, 2012 at 12:10 PM
- Unknown said...
I built a shadecloth assembly by stringing guywires like yours, thru grommets installed in cloth every yard. Then installed a header board at each end of 10yd and a pull line at each end on headers, it worked well for me.
- April 6, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- MsBelinda said...
Happy Birthday John. Hope you had a chance to enjoy a couple of cold ones.
- April 6, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- edobnek said...
Happy Birthday John. You don't look a bit over 52 to me
- April 6, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- janelvl said...
53! The best is yet to come!
- April 8, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Allen Hare said...
I admire your design and fabrication skills.
- April 22, 2012 at 1:38 PM
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Oct 19, 2010 | ISBN 9780805242577
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"The lives, works, and achievements of Franz Kafka of Prague and the far-less-well-known nineteenth-century Jewish mystic Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav would seem at first glance to have nothing in common. It is only the first of the many virtues of this engrossing and wonderful book by Rodger Kamenetz, a highly experienced and masterful writer on Jewish mysticism, that the truly eerie parallels between their lives, drives, and visions become clear."
—The Washington Times
"Kamenetz's dramatic and revelatory double portrait is built on a solid foundation of elegantly explicated Jewish thought and deepened by the story of his journey to Ukraine to visit Rabbi Nachman's grate. Here is a whole new slant on Kafka, a unique and affecting portrait of a creative holy man, and a radiant inquiry in celebration of how both sacred texts and great literature are open to 'infinite interpretation.' "
"Two yearning souls face each other and touch in this remarkable encounter, both deeply imagined and fastidiously researched. And when, forever questing, Rodger Kamenetz adds his own journey to the mix, what he gives us is so fascinating I read it hungrily. Kamenetz makes a case for the kinship of these brother storytellers that is more than irresistible: it feels inevitable."
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Praise for The Jew in the Lotus
"A book for anyone who feels the narrowness of a wholly secular life or who wonders about the fate of esoteric spiritual traditions in a world that seems bent on destroying or vulgarzing them. It is a narrative about an extraordinary moment in history, of course, but it is also the chronicle of Rodger Kamenetz's discovery of what he says is a more nourishing Judaism."
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"Splendidly written from beginning to end, this is a book that might and should be read for the simple pleasure of watching an honest intellect confront its own image . . . A book that should be read and discussed by those interested in the marvelous complexity and resilience of the human soul."
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How do I place my camera on uneven surface without spending too much money on equipments.
Rocks is one example of uneven surface.
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How do I place my camera on uneven surface without spending too much money on equipments.
Rocks is one example of uneven surface.
The traditional cheap solution is a bag of beans.
Other options for uneven surfaces which I like a lot are these ones:
To a large extent, this depends on your camera (and lens), how uneven the surface is and what you mean by "too much money", but the obvious answer here is a Gorillapod or equivalent (other brands are available).
I often got away with using the camera bag and/or the lens cap. And small objects (rocks) around can be moved as well. For shutter speeds up to a second, I also lean my camera against poles or walls, locking the hand grip against it. For time lapse you probably don't care so much for long exposures, you just want no motion in between successive exposures. Then you probably get away with the cheapest tripods around.
Molding a chunk of clay onto the surface and then putting something flat like a small piece of wood on top to balance the camera on could work for a variety of surfaces.
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Welsh star Gareth Bale is expecting a "British-type" clash with Northern Ireland in Paris on Saturday.
Group B winners Wales are preparing to meet Michael O'Neill's Northern Ireland, one of the tournament's four best third-placed teams, in the last 16 and find themselves in what is seen as the easiest half of the draw in France.
Belgium would be expected to meet the winners of Saturday's game in the last eight, while Croatia are potential semi-final opponents in a tournament which now looks extremely open.
Bale insists his full focus is on Wales' meeting with Northern Ireland, and is predicting a tough test at the Parc des Princes.
The two sides drew 1-1 in a Cardiff friendly in March ahead of the Euros.
But Wales were severely depleted by injury that night with Bale and Aaron Ramsey among the absentees.
"At this stage no matter who you get it is not going to be an easy game," said Bale.
"We're happy to be in the round of 16, whether it's against a team that normally wins like Spain or Germany, or a newer one like Northern Ireland.
"We obviously know more about Northern Ireland than Albania or Turkey and we are happy with the draw.
"It will be a British-type game and it will be difficult.
"But if we can match the performance against Russia we have a very good chance."
He added: "Obviously you come to the tournament for one reason.
"To win. Not to play three games and go home. The ultimate goal is we want to try and win the tournament.
"Yes, we would love to win it, but all our focus now is on Northern Ireland.
"Until that whistle goes and we're through we can't think about it a second before.
"We can't think about Belgium. We know our side of the draw.
"Maybe it is more favourable. But it is not favourable if you don't get through."


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LinkedIn's $1 Billion Stock Offer: Can It Go Higher?
LinkedIn's shares have more than quintupled since going public in 2011. Now the company is aiming to raise $1 billion in a follow-on stock offering. Can it go higher? David Benoit joins MoneyBeat.
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The Neverending Supply of Washington Myths
I think Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory, by Edward G. Lengel, will appeal to Boston 1775 readers. In fact, this blog may have even had a small part in the genesis of this book.
Lengel is the current editor in chief of the big George Washington Papers project at the University of Virginia. That puts him at the vortex of all the preserved documentary minutiae in Washington's life, and in one of the clearinghouses for questions and legends about the man.
In 2005 Lengel published a review of Washington's military career, titled General George Washington: A Military Life. I liked the book, but questioned a detail of the general's taking command in Cambridge. Did he really, as the book repeated, read a psalm to the assembled troops?
As I discussed in this 2007 posting, Lengel's source for that story was actually highly skeptical of it. To be exact, he called it an "alleged recollection," and expressed doubt that the troops were ever assembled that way. I then traced the story back to 1846, earlier than I ever expected but still a long stretch from 1775.
Lengel came to Boston to speak about his next book, This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters. We met at the Massachusetts Historical Society, and he frankly admitted that he hadn't been as skeptical about that story as he would have liked. We also talked about the prospect for a whole book on such Washington myths.
I agreed there was plenty of material. Indeed, so many individuals and families told stories about personal encounters with Washington, with no documentary support, that I sometimes felt our nation hungered for a royal laying on of hands.
I had even considered assembling a series of essays debunking different Washington myths, the way I do here on the blog. The problem, I thought, was that, even with my delightful style and wit, the result would soon be tedious. Almost every essay would have the same structure: tell the story, ask questions about its internal logic, look at the supporting documents if any, look at real contemporaneous documents, trace how the story kept getting better, take a swipe at the storyteller's credibility, marvel at how some people nonetheless believed the tale—and on to the next! After three or four of those, readers would catch on to the pattern. Boston 1775 readers would be way ahead of the curve to begin with.
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Ed Speleers and Will Poulter will star in Plastic, while Scott Free Productions has plans to adapt The Fishing Fleet.
Speelers and Poulter will star alongside Alfie Allen, Danny Trejo and Sebastian De Souza in Julian Gilbey's Plastic, which will commence shooting on January 7. The Gateway Films-produced thriller centres on two university students who run a credit card fraud scheme, but when they steal from the wrong man, the boys find themselves threatened by sadistic gangster. They soon need to raise £2m and pull off a daring diamond heist to clear their debt. Based on the true story of an audacious diamond heist, the screenplay was jointly written by Julian Gilbey, Chris Howard and William Gilbey.
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Intel CEO thinks Windows 8 isn't ready, insider claims
But at least it will ship before the holidays
To hear Microsoft tell it, work on Windows 8 wrapped in August and the final version of the new OS is already shipping to PC makers. But according to a source close to Intel, Redmond's closest hardware partner thinks the current Windows 8 code is still only half-baked.
At a recent company meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, Intel CEO Paul Otellini told staffers that Windows 8 is being released before it's fully ready, Bloomberg reports, citing an unnamed source who attended the event.
But although Otellini thinks the Windows 8 code needs improvement, the source claims, he still believes that releasing it before the 2012 holiday season is the right move and that any needed fixes can be made post-launch.
Microsoft has said Windows 8 will hit retail stores on October 26, the same day that it plans to release its Surface tablets running Windows RT, the ARM-based version of the OS. Neither announcement has been met with particular enthusiasm by analysts and industry bigwigs, however, several of whom have voiced doubts similar to Otellini's.
In July, Gartner research director Gunnar Berger said that the Windows 8 user experience on PCs without touchscreens was "bad," and that when the analyst firm asked its clients whether they were evaluating the new OS, "most laughed."
That same month, gaming mogul Gabe Newell told conference attendees in Seattle that he expected Windows 8 to be "a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space," and that top-tier PC makers would be forced to exit the market when consumers stopped buying their goods.
While Newell's view may be a bit extreme, Otellini's remarks will surely stoke the fires of those critics who are already comparing Windows 8 to the much-maligned (and commercially disastrous) Windows Vista.
For its part, Microsoft denied that there's anything wrong with Windows 8. "With over 16 million active preview participants, Windows 8 is the most tested, reviewed and ready operating system in Microsoft's history," the company said in a statement.
But although "active preview participants" has a nice ring to it, we here at El Reg's West Coast aerie might suggest another term, based on Otellini's reported comments: how does "guinea pigs" sound? ®
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§1.1 Name
This section shall be known as the Litigation Section (herinafter the "section") of the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA).
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(1) to provide a forum address to the problems of the trial practitioner who specializes in litigation, without limitation to a particular substantive area
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(2) a secretary/treasurer to serve a term of one year.
(3) three council representatives from the grand division in which the annual meeting is being held, each of whom shall serve for a term of three years. At the initial annual meeting of the section in June of 1981, the membership shall also elect three council representatives from Middle Tennessee, who shall serve for a term of two years, and three council representatives from West Tennessee, who shall serve for a term of one year.
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A nominee for any elected position must be a member of the TBA and of the section at the time of his/her nomination. No person who has served a full term as chair or vice chair shall be eligible for re-election to said position for a period of three years following the expiration of his/her term in said position. No Council member may serve more than two successive terms of office.
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The chair may appoint a Nominating Committee, which committee, if appointed, shall make and report to the section nominations for such offices and positions as are scheduled to be filled at the annual meeting. Nominations shall also be permitted from the floor.
§7.4 Voting
Each position to be filled by election shall be voted upon separately. Elections shall be by a majority of the votes cast.
§7.5 Vacancies
If any office or position, other than that of chair, shall become vacant during the period between annual meetings of the section, the office or position shall be filled by the council until the next annual meeting of the section.
§7.6 Initial Members of the Council
The initial set of officers of the section shall be elected by the Board of Governors of the TBA, to serve until the annual meeting of the TBA in June of 1981. The initial set of council representatives shall be elected by a majority of those present at the organizational meeting of the section, to serve until the annual meeting of the section in June of 1981.
Article VIII
Adoption and Amendment of Bylaws
§8.1 Adoption
These bylaws shall become effective upon their approval by the Board of Governors of the TBA.
§8.2 Amendment
These bylaws may be amended at any annual meeting of the section by a majority vote of the members of the section present and voting. Any amendment so adopted shall become effective upon approval by TBA's Board of Governors.


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Suzuki will finish selling popular Jimny SUV in Europe in 2021.
The fourth-generation Fabia is due to debut this year. First, the premiere was appointed at the end of 2020, but the event may take place earlier in Geneva.
Toyota is launching a global recall of 3.4 million cars.
Hyundai Kona crossover, with electric installation, was able to set a Guinness record of the category "The highest reached by an electric car."
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Taking Care of Terrific
The summer Enid Crowley is fourteen, she doesn't like much of anything about herself particularly the name Enid, which reminds her of a lot of awful adjectives: horrid, putrid, sordid, acrid, viscid, squalid. She definitely needs a change. And after meeting a black saxophonist, the local bag lady, a four-year-old heir to a fortune, and some other very interesting characters, Enid discovers that change sometimes involves more than you bargain for.
In the same wonderful, perceptive style that has made her Anastasia books so popular with young readers, Lois Lowry has once again written with mastery and insight about the very real problems of being young, being confused, and wanting to like yourself - if even just a little.
"Touching, inventive, believable, and hilarious . . . with a solid base of sharp characterization and some pithy commentary on our society." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books


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They just gotta surrender
You know what I mean?
The based world they gotta
It's your boy lil b
You feel me?
They say lil b is the all-time greatest
Load my gun the fuck up, cock back and aim it
I'm back in the game, I'm back, I'm back
Niggas knocking on your door "I got smack for sale! "
Nah, I'm lying bitch, I got weed for sale
It's all on my fingers, in-between my nails
Boy facing fifth time, how your ass gon make it?
He acting like he cool but that shit getting crazy
Niggas know that I got a shotgun in the closet
Play around and fuck up and you gonna be sleeping in orbit
I got a great lawyer so they dropped all my charges
Keep it on gp, I'm thugged out regardless
Niggas say that I changed, you talk about change?
Looking at me like I'm money, you niggas is funny
Make a whole fantasy about my goddamn money
Niggas thinking that I'm stupid, he act so ruthless
I'll leave ya roofless, I'll blow ya top off
I'm not soft, I come from the waterfront that...
Bitches think I'm saucy
Man I'm like, for real, I smoke dope and my hustle I'll
Man they say I'm a hitter and I'm a ring leader
Only ring I lead is my middle finger
And I'm coming from the stripes of the west coast
Shouts out to jadakiss bruh, I see you folk
Shout out to kanye bruh, I see you joe
Man I'm back in the game with the antidote
They ask why the fuck I say I'm God's father
It's no disrespect, I just rep the set
And I keep it real, based world make shit happen
I was facing 36, this ain't just rapping
So every day I smoke one and I sit in a chair
I got far as hell, no fear
I drop a tear, fire in my eyesight
The reason I'm still alive because my rhymes tight
And congrats to jay-z for having a baby
I grew up too fast, I'm just a baby
Now a nigga riding planes where shit be crazy
Who can I trust? This shit amaze me
So now I'm at my story from top to bottom
I died in my past life, I'm so cautious
Niggas think they can fuck around and catch me slipping
I'm a one man army, we fo' sho' chippin
My new pistol from texas, wood-grain gripping
And I'm no hit-man, got tunnel vision
Man I sleep with a sixth sense
My sixth sense get the fuck out cause niggas playing
Ride 'round fifteen rounds leave a body laying
Niggas stay up on your door, you feel me ay?
The whole situation impatient, all I want is
Man you niggas hawking
Man you play with the ring, man you got me dawkins
You dead man walking, you really important
And now you need reinforcements
Call the law enforcement
Surrender to me, white flame


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Possible Duplicate:
Is there any reason to use the fear spell over the calm spell?
I come across lots of weapons with an enchantment effect that makes certain-level enemies flee from combat for a period of time. Why would anyone want to do this? I haven't tried it myself, but I can only theorize that it does what it says it does: When hit, enemy starts running in the opposite direction of the player for X seconds, after which it regains its desire to fight again. Doesn't this just prolong what could otherwise be a much quicker fight? Additionally, these enchanted weapons usually only work for lower-level enemies. By the time you find them, you're up against much stronger enemies which would most likely be unaffected by the effect anyway.


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1957 Ford F100 Panel - Storm Watch
A Thundering Combination Of Aesthetics And Power
The beauty of customizing is that it allows as few or as many changes as the owner wants. Some prefer the sleeper approach: where you see factory visuals, but it packs a punch with chassis and driveline upgrades that aren't immediately apparent. There are also trucks that might have an in-your-face paint job, dropped stance, loud mufflers, and trick rolling stock to make you think it's hell on wheels, but the changes usually don't deviate too much from stock after that. And then there are customs that really run the gamut of upgrades and definitely have the juice to back up their hot rod looks. When it comes to this no-holds-barred way of customizing, you're definitely speaking Kent Reinert's language. The lightning-bolt emblems on the sides of his '57 Ford F-100 panel are truly a prelude to the firestorm of mods it contains.
Kent's involvement with this '57 began when he was a kid and his dad bought the truck as a daily driver. Over time he became enamored with the big panel and at the age of 14, his dad gave it to him. That began Kent's baptism into the world of wrenching on cars. He started out fixing various odds and ends till he got his license. Kent drove the truck during high school and even raced it from time to time with the 352 Edsel motor and three-speed trans it previously had in it. He later upgraded to a '70 T-bird 429 Thunderjet and larger trans, but the truck was deteriorating to the point that it needed to be taken off the road. At that point, Kent decided to turn the resto rod/Pro Street vision in his head into reality.
The first and most difficult step in the process was tracking down the body parts needed to replace the corroded ones. Since this was the only year for this particular front end, and the first year for the flareside, it took Kent approximately four years to find what he needed. In addition to replacing the front fenders, fabricating new floor panels, and filling in the roof seam, Kent sectioned another truck for the passenger-side panel. He also made polished stainless fenderwells, as well as a new fuel cell, which he relocated to the rear of the truck. The front bumper is off a '56 pulled in 1.5 inches.
Kent wanted to keep and upgrade the 429 he'd been using without cutting the hood, so he needed to make more room for all the planned accoutrements. The master cylinder, wiper motor, and battery tray all came off the firewall, which Kent smoothed out. After the 429 was bored 0.030 over, the heads were flowed and given a three-angle valve job. The big-block was then dressed up with a dual-quad Weiand intake, Moroso pan (cut down approximately 1.5 inches), Holley 450-cfm carbs, Lunati cam, True Roller timing chain, TRW pistons, Hooker headers, and mated to a C6 trans with a TCI Breakaway converter. Whether you hear it through the Warlock mufflers or the cable-operated exhaust cutouts Kent made to run sans mufflers, you'll know its bark is as big as its bite.
The chassis was the next order of business-and true to form, Kent didn't pull any punches. The '57 sports a full Air Ride, Mustang II frontend with tubular control arms, '82 T-bird rack-and-pinion, and 11-inch Granada rotors with Chevy calipers. Kent tubbed it and had the rearend narrowed to make room for the 15x12-inch Convo Pro wheels with Hoosier radials-and it was done without needing to notch the frame. The tail also contains a four-link and Auburn posi with 3.89 gears.
When it came to paint, Kent knew he wanted a color to reflect the truck's bare-knuckle attitude. He went with House of Kolor's Tanglo Pearl and Champagne, and laid it out in flames to overlap the silver upper section. The lightning-bolt-cog artwork and pinstriping was done by Keith Parsons to give the panel the ultimate exterior finishing touches.
From tip to tail, the '57 embodies the spirit of customizing on a relatively out-of-the-box platform. It's truly a storm on four wheels, but even though thunder comes after lightning, you'll hear Kent's old panel long before you see it.


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Xanthium Sibericum Root
Veterinarian Reviewed on June 7, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
Posted in Uncategorized
Xanthium Sibericum Root
Poison to one man becomes medicine to another man, to paraphrase an old saying. One such example is the common cocklebur plant, which is also known by its Latin name of Xanthium Sibericum and its Chinese name of Can Er Zi.
While many individuals will consider the common cocklebur as a pest because of its propensity to become stuck on clothing, many others use it for medicinal purposes. So, before you start ranting about how cockleburs ruin your clothes and your pet's fur, read on and find out how these Velcro-like plants can make life easier for you and your family.
Origin and History
The common cocklebur is characterized by hundreds of one-inch burs shaped like footballs, which are covered with stiff, hooked and small spines. These spines allow the cocklebur plant to hook unto pants, socks, and shoes as well as animal fur so tenaciously that fibers and fur must be cut to dislodge the burs.
Such property has enabled the cocklebur plant to hitchhike all over the world, thus, gaining for it both a famous and infamous reputation depending on which side – poison or medicine – you are on. The plant genus is native to eastern Asia and the Americas but can now be found virtually all over the world in all kinds of environment that such a tenacious plant can survive where others die.
Ancient and Modern Uses
In traditional Chinese medicine, the cocklebur is a medicinal plant with the known properties of being bitter, acrid, warm and sweet but also being toxic. As such, certain precautions must be taken to minimize the risk of adverse side effects and to maximize the benefits of treatment.
It is associated with the lung meridian, which explains its use for respiratory disorders and diseases in Chinese culture. Cocklebur herbal preparations are used to provide relief for obstructions in the nasal passages by promoting thick nasal discharges. As a result, most individuals are also relieved of their sinus Headaches and respiratory Allergies. Administration is done through oral forms.
But lung-related disorders are not the only diseases that cockleburs are known for. Herbal preparation from the plant can also be used to relieve slight to moderate itching on the skin caused by certain allergies as well as to relieve dampness on the muscles. It can also be used to treat eczema in certain individuals showing no signs of irritation against the herb. In these cases, the preparation comes in the form of a topical application directly applied on the skin.
In Western folk medicine, cockleburs are also used to relieve muscle pains and aches. People with rheumatoid arthritis sing the praises of the xanthium in providing for almost immediate relief against joint pain.
Xanthium is often used with herbs like Magnolia denudate and Angelica Root. The beneficial properties of these herbs then complement each other for better efficacy.
Side Effects and Precautions
As previously mentioned, xanthium is considered to be toxic but its side effects can be avoided. If you have qi and blood deficiencies, you must not take any preparations from cocklebur. This is also true for pregnant women.
Recommended dosage is 3 to 9 grams. Signs of overdose include abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. We always suggest consultations with healthcare professionals and expert herbalists before taking xanthium and other kinds of medicinal herbs.
Our Expert
Paulina Nelega, RH, has been in private practice as a Clinical Herbalist for over 15 years. She has developed and taught courses in herbal medicine, and her articles on health have appeared in numerous publications. She is very passionate about the healing power of nature. Ask Dr. Jan


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The County's affordable housing and community revitalization programs are administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). In addition to its role as a department of County government, reporting to the County Executive and the Board of Supervisors, HCD also serves as the staff for the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA). The agency has approximately 190 full-time employees.
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA)
The FCRHA is a separate political body whose members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors and which possesses specific powers granted by state code. The powers of the FCRHA are vested in eleven Commissioners appointed by the County Board of Supervisors. The schedule of FCHRA meetings and Minutes of past meetings are posted online.
The mission of the FCRHA is to initiate and provide opportunities for Fairfax County residents to live in safe, affordable housing and to help develop, preserve, and revitalize communities through fiscally responsible and open processes. To accomplish this mission, the FCRHA adopted the FCRHA Strategic Plan.
In addition to its Strategic Plan, the FCRHA prepares a 5-Year Plan for Public Housing and Housing Choice and an Annual Plan for Public Housing and Housing Choice describing how it proposes to use federal affordable housing resources, primarily the federal Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs, to meet identified needs in the community. These plans also describe the FCRHA's policies in the operation of these programs. In developing these plans, the FCRHA seeks input from the community and from the Resident Advisory Council.
Every five years, the Board of Supervisors adopts a Consolidated Plan describing the County's needs, gaps in service and priorities for affordable housing, community service, homeless assistance, community development, neighborhood preservation and revitalization, employment and economic opportunity services, as well as the resources and strategies to be used to meet these needs. Each year, the Board also approves a Consolidated Plan - One Year Action Plan that sets forth how it will utilize several large federal grants, including the Community Development Block Grant and the HOME Investment Partnership Grant, to meet the needs and priorities in the Consolidated Plan. These grants are administered by HCD. The Consolidated Plan and One Year Action Plan are prepared through an intensive citizen involvement process under the leadership of the Consolidated Community Funding Advisory Committee (CCFAC). Annually, a Consolidated Annual Performance Report is submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) detailing how these funds have been spent.


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The Accounting Historians Journal
Vol. 14, No. 1
Spring 1987
Introduction to A Special Centennial Section Spring 1987
Editor's Note
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) celebrates its 100th Anniversary in New York City in September. The May 1987 issue of the Journal of Accountancy, especially edited by Professor James Don Edwards, the University of Georgia, contained a series of articles by prominent AICPA members on a spectrum of issues relating to the past as a perspective for the future. Members of the Academy also contributed short essays on particular episodes in a feature coordinated by Professor Edward N. Coffman, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Professors Edwards and Coffman have each prepared a special synoptic essay on these materials for the benefit of the academic history community represented by the Academy. It is hoped that these digests will be useful also for introductory course materials and to acquaint others with the history and prospects of the American CPA profession.


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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Jose takes a turn for the worse!
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Let's not forget Evans being unable to put down a halfway decent bunt in the 9th with two on and no one out. Bunted it right to the pitcher who got Harris at third. Thole comes up and hits ground ball which should have at least tied the game, but instead was a double play to end the game. Blown bunt. How fitting. I'm sure Terry is going to be working on that in a few months. Maybe he should show some old clips of Scooter.ReplyDelete
I hear ya Rob. I agree. But It was right there for us with Jose and I expect a little more from him. But the plays in the 9th are inexcusable. Fundamental Baseball. That's what Terry promised.ReplyDelete
I hear ya, Joe! No question on Jose's mental lapse. Another thing to work on in spring training. Bunting. Mental lapses. Bullpen. Not running into Ike Davis on infield pop-ups. ;)ReplyDelete