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While March Madness has had its share of upsets, the top two seeds in the West Region prevailed to meet in the Elite Eight. The top-seeded Oregon Ducks met the No. 2 seed Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. They battled it out in a game that would decide which team would advance to the Final Four. The Sooners, who had an impressive shooting performance, defeated Oregon 80–68. Here is what I learned while covering the game as a Kid Reporter.
Oklahoma is more than just a football school.
The University of Oklahoma is well known for its football program — the Sooners have won seven NCAA football titles — but their basketball program is strong too. Senior guard Buddy Hield scored 37 points, which accounted for almost half of his team's total. Even though Hield's performance stood out, it was a team effort, as guards Isaiah Cousins and Jordan Woodard also scored in the double digits.
It was especially neat to watch the post-game celebration. The Oklahoma team received the West Region championship trophy on a stage set up in the middle of the court. The players were dancing throughout the entire ceremony, and they took a team photo with Hield holding the trophy high. Afterward, each player and coach climbed a ladder and cut a piece of the basketball net down. When head coach Lon Kruger cut the final loop off the rim and waved the net to the crowd, the Oklahoma fans roared.
Sportsmanship shined through despite the agony of defeat.
While any loss is disappointing, a defeat in the NCAA basketball tournament is even more so because it means the losing team's season is over. "[This loss] hurts a lot," Ducks senior forward Elgin Cook said during the Oregon post-game press conference. "We're done. No one expected it. We were confident. We believed in each other, but this hurts a lot." While Cook was speaking at the press conference, other Oregon players appeared to be on the verge of tears in their locker room.
Despite their sadness, I was impressed with the sportsmanship that the Oregon players and coaches showed. While I was in the Oklahoma locker room after the game interviewing some of the players, I noticed Oregon coach Dana Altman walk in. Altman walked from player to player congratulating them and wishing them good luck in the Final Four. His sportsmanship is something that I'll always remember.
The Oregon team has the right to be proud of its season. During the Ducks' post-game press conference, I asked Altman, "For a team that wasn't even ranked in the beginning of the season, what does it say about your team's character to make it all the way to the Elite Eight?"
"Well," he replied, "they worked awfully hard. I got a great feeling about this team because they did work so hard. Where we came from and how hard they worked throughout the year, I've been fortunate enough to do this for a long time and it's a special group."
All team members are important.
While most fans recognize the starting players, each team also has many reserve players who play an important role. Reserve players push the starters to get better during practices.
Austin Mankin, a senior Oklahoma reserve forward, shared that playing basketball has been "an amazing experience. You get to play with the best in college basketball. Playing against these studs [during practice] and just superior talent makes you a better player, and we use each other to build each other up and thrive off each other's successes. It is a great environment to be around."
The atmosphere at the Elite Eight game was electric.
The bands and cheerleaders were a big part of the atmosphere. During a timeout, one school's band and cheerleaders would perform, and then during the next timeout, the other school would perform. This went on back and forth throughout the game.
It was fun to see the two groups of cheerleaders get along so well. Before the game, cheerleaders from both schools mingled with each other as they were warming up and practicing behind the black curtains that led to the court.
The cheerleaders enjoy the game as much as the fans. "Being courtside, you see the emotion of everyone that you don't get to see being in the stands or on TV," said Kenichi Hackman, a cheerleader for Oregon. "I just love watching the guys put out all the effort trying to get the win."
Mallory Wilson, a cheerleader for Oklahoma, shared that she enjoys when the "crowd gets really into it…and when the whole [crowd] yells 'Boomer Sooner'… I get goose bumps."
The media experience is much different than the fan experience.
I watched the game from the upper press box. It was interesting to hear the difference in volume from where I was sitting compared to the rest of the arena. While fans were cheering throughout the game, the atmosphere in the press box was the exact opposite. Members of the media are not allowed to openly root for a team, so everyone in the press box was sitting down and making almost no noise at all. Most members of the media had their laptops open, and it appeared that some were typing throughout the game.
I spoke with a few members of the media and found that they were more interested in a good game rather than any one team. Said Kate Hairopoulos from The Dallas Morning News, "You want to have a good story to write when the game is over, and that is what you really root for."
Photos: Harry How/Getty Images (Oklahoma), Sarah Liu (locker room, press box)


text: I love this house I saw in Lonny Magazine. First of all I am always drawn to homes with lots of light, white walls and bright and cheery colours, but the patterns used throughout this home are what make it a showstopper. The Patterned wall paper used throughout the house gives it a playful vibe, and the white walls which fill the rest of the house make it possible to use so many patterns without making the home look too overwhelmingly zany. Kudos to Decorator Lisa Sherry who created this quirky home!

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I get to test and review a broad array of plug-ins here on PTE. When testing plug-ins from different developers I often discover some really quite amazing user features that I wish could be included in other plug-ins that are available in today's digital audio production world.
Some developers go to great lengths to include some really helpful features that I truly believe should be more common, if not "standard" across the board in plug-ins we use today.
I'm putting sound quality and price aside in this article. Here are my 4 "plug-in features" that I wish where included as "standard" in all third party plug-ins.
Resizable GUI
Plug-ins such as Pro-Q2 and Pro-L by FabFilter both have the option to resize and even scale to full screen. Personally I like this type of option as sometimes I come across a plug-in that I feel is too small thus making it difficult for me to physically see. Sometimes a plug-in can be unnecessarily large taking up a lot of space on my display.
I don't think this is a big ask as we all resize track heights in the edit window, audio clips and even fader widths in Pro Tools. Why then do we not have the option to change the size of our plug-ins?
Virtually Weighted Controls
KClip by Kazrog has a very subtle yet clever feel to the controls. When I click and drag with the mouse to adjust a KClip control I have to physically slide the mouse a little bit further across my desk. I believe this gives the controls a weighted feel. I find this helps me to be more accurate and less blasé when setting my values with a mouse.
I suppose this can be achieved by adjusting the tracking speed within the mouse settings in the operating system, though the problem with doing this in the OS will make the mouse feel constantly heavy in any application and control. KClip makes me feel like I have a better connection to the control within the plug-in as the weighted effect subconsciously makes me consider my choices better.
Plug-in Updates Displayed Internally
Plug-ins by Exponential Audio have this feature which I strongly believe should be standard in today's highly connected music production world. Developers should take more responsibility in informing their user base of updates. I know a vast majority of my plug-ins are out of date and I can not be bothered to go through each and every one of them to find the latest versions.
Exponential Audio have implemented this feature just right. As an example, the update message in Phoenix Verb is clear and unthreatening. Features like this remove the guess work and time wasted searching through developer websites for quietly released updates. The only thing the end user would need is an internet connection so that the plug-in can broadcast the news from the developer. Simple.
Tool Tips
Tool tips are a very handy way of getting to know a plug-in quickly. Envolution by Sonnox incorporates tools tips very well. The tips include extremely useful bite sized pointers that are easy to understand and act upon. For me, a plug-in that includes useful tool tips gives me the impression that the developer really care a lot about:
- The product
- The end user experience
What About Your Ideas?
I am sure you all have your own ideas. What features would you like to be "standard" in all plug-ins? Please do share your thoughts below.


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The Patagonia Men's Cloud Ridge Jacket is equipped with durability and waterproof/breathable construction that makes it ideal for nasty conditions and year-round use.
Three-layer construction and 30D Patagonia H2No nylon ripstop fabric is waterproof, windproof, and breathable. A fully-adjustable helmet-compatible hood provides extended coverage and rolls down and stows away when not needed.
Other features include comfort-enhancing microfleece at the chin guard and the back of the neck, waterproof zippers, hook-and-loop cuff closures, and a dual-adjust drawcord. Set high to allow access even if you're wearing a pack or harness, two zippered hand pockets have ventilation-providing mesh backers. Patagonia also includes a stuff sack.
Available in a variety of size and color options, the Patagonia Men's Cloud Ridge Jacket has a regular fit that layers well over base layers and midlayers.
- 3-layer waterproof/breathable H2No Performance Standard shell has recyclable polyester membrane and a recycled polyester face fabric with a DWR (durable water repellent) finish
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- Microfleece at back of neck and chin guard is soft on skin
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- Two ventilating mesh hand pockets sit between a pack's waist belt and sternum strap and secure with coated, watertight zippers
- Self-fabric hook-and-loop cuff closures and adjustable drawcord hem seal out precip
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Fern Fronds Invitations
Item# 9832
A simple card that features a lovely green background with imprints of two ferns in white. You may write your invitation in the same direction of the fern, to make the writing easy on the eyes to read and understand. Despite its simplicity it is perfect for thank you cards, wedding stationery and birthday party invitations.
5.75" x 8.75"; 80 lb. card stock
Laser and inkjet printable: Yes
1. After placing your order, an online proof will be available for your review the next business day.
2. Login to your 'Order Status' account at www.myexpression.com
3. Click -> to review your proof
4. Review carefully, and simply click 'Approve' or make changes.
We will not print until we have a Final Approval! A delay in the approval of your E-Proof will delay the production turn around time of your order!
Digital printing press delivers high resolution digital images that rivals the 4 colour offset printing press that is used on traditional mass-produced stationery.
Digital print output quality is outstanding, with an emphasis on rich, vibrant color and unsurpassed detail with crisp, clean text.
This means you get the best print quality for graphics, text and photographs. With this exclusive design, we offer premium quality print output since this order is always printed on-demand.
The use of a laser printer is not recommended due to the heat process involved, which tends to interfere and distort the image of your customized finish digital print-out.| Inkjet Printable: No (?)
Traditional inkjet printer may have difficulties to properly self-feed and tends to smear the ink due to heavy card stock involved.


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Race Track Turbo Pursuit: Speed Driving Racing Game
- Publisher: Elaine Heney
- Genre: Sports
- Released: 8 Feb, 2013
- Size: 20.9 MB
- Price: FREE!
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DescriptionRace for your life in this INCREDIBLE awe-inspiring speed driving game. Enjoy the awesome gameplay and challenge your friends with multiplayer.
- Ultimate racetrack SPEED racing.
- INCREDIBLE graphics and music
- Simple controls for maximum racing pleasure
- Hours of awesome gameplay
- Race your friends with multiplayer!


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Philomathia Social Science Research Programme (phase 2)
Since 2013 the Philomathia Foundation has generously supported a series of research projects throughout the School through the Social Sciences Research Programme. A second award from the Foundation will support a series of further projects from 1 October 2018, each led by a Principal Investigator and with a Philomathia Research Associate at its centre.
Proposals are now invited for the next phase of projects in the programme. Phase 2 funding has a broad focus on the following themes: Public Policy, Global Cultures and Diversities, Material Culture, Health, Medicine and Society, Digital Society, and Big Data. Applications are encouraged from all Departments/Faculties in the School.
Phase 2 is built upon the success of Phase 1 and is intended to sustain and grow the Social Sciences Research Programme. To provide an idea of the work undertaken to date, the projects funded by Phase 1 were:
- (In)fertility, Education and Reproductive Health
- The Measure of Inequality: Social Knowledge in Historical Perspective
- The consequences of the politics of austerity in the European Union
- Realising Genomic Medicine: Intellectual property issues Beyond the 'Old' DNA Patent Debates
- The Law of Energy Transitions
Further information about these projects can be found here: https://www.ssrp.cshss.cam.ac.uk/projects
Philomathia Forum
PIs and Fellows of Philomathia projects are asked to participate in an annual Philomathia Symposium and associated seminars (known as the Forum), which both showcase the research projects and attempt to address broader policy contexts.
Each postdoctoral appointment will run for three years from date of appointment, with appointments starting 1 October 2018 or as soon as possible after. Candidature is normally restricted to junior scholars, i.e. not more than five years past date of PhD submission. The fund will cover the salary costs of the Fellow on the Grade 7 scale. The usual practice is to appoint at the base level of Grade 7 although a case can be made to appoint elsewhere on the scale. Once projects have been awarded, the Philomathia Research Associates will be appointed
through open advertisement using normal Faculty and Department recruiting procedures.
Selection criteria
Selection of projects will be overseen by a School Committee on behalf of the Council of the School, drawn from a competitive gathered field. The field is intentionally broad to elicit projects which will further the core values of the programme.
Faculties/Departments wishing to host a project are asked to form initial expressions of interest covering the following points:
- Detailed research programme, with a clear line of independent inquiry for the postdoctoral researcher;
- Explanation of how this project will develop and/or enhance existing research, in particular its potential to resonate with the University's Strategic Research Initiatives or other thematic priorities;
- Arrangements for mentoring and career development of the postdoctoral researcher;
- Sustainability of the project beyond the duration of the postdoctoral appointment;
- Confirmation that office space and other direct or indirect resources necessary will be made available;
How to apply
Expressions of interest should be no more than 3 sides of A4 and should be sent to email@example.com to arrive no later than 10 May 2018. Any questions about the scheme should be directed to email@example.com.
Cambridge Humanities Research Grants (CHRG)
Deadline for submission: Opening February 2019.
Value of individual awards: £1,000 - £20,000 maximum
Please note, that with effect from Lent Term 2015, the former Newton Trust Small Grants Scheme was incorporated into the CHRGS with applications invited in a single call through the CHRGS.
The objective of the Cambridge Humanities Research Grants Scheme is to enable researchers to conduct small-scale research activities, of the highest quality, that enable them to bid successfully for larger-scale funding, and/or to generate publications, and/or to contribute materially in other ways towards the research objectives of their home institution.
There are two open calls each year, with deadlines in the Michaelmas and Lent Terms.
Part-funding for this Scheme is provided by the Isaac Newton Trust.
There are three tiers of funding available:
- Tier 1) Newton Trust small grants. Maximum award value is £1,500.
- Tier 2) Standard grants. Awards range from £1,000 to £20,000.
- Tier 3) PSL/Exchange Grants. Match-funding for exchange visits will be provided between £1,000 and £10,000.
Tier 1) Newton Trust Small Grants and Tier 3) PSL/ Exchange grants
Applications are invited from any researcher active in the arts, humanities and social sciences holding a current contract of employment as an independent researcher – at the point of application - with either the University or the Colleges (i.e. CTO and JRF will be eligible, but not visiting or affiliated researchers). This includes:
- externally-funded Research Fellows and those working in museums, research centres or other relevant non-School institutions;
- emeritus staff (with the written support of the Faculty);
- Senior Research Associates or Research Associates, provided that their current contract will outlast the proposed activity;
- applicants may not apply for their own salary costs or other direct personal support.
Tier 2: Standard Grants
Applications are invited from senior independent researchers.
- Award holders will normally be at the level of University Lecturer or equivalent, or holding a senior Fellowship;
- Research staff may not normally apply, except with the written support of the Faculty;
- Emeritus staff are able to apply with the written support of the Faculty.
Postgraduate students are not eligible to apply to any of the tiers. Preference will normally be given to first-time applicants.
Assessment Criteria
Applications will be assessed above all for research quality, within the specific objectives of each of three tiers:
Tier 1) Newton Trust Small grants - up to £1,500.
- Short term support for pilot/experimental research or to expedite an output.
- Preference for junior-level assistance.
- DO NOT include costs for conferences or publications.
Tier 2) Standard grants - £1,000-20,000
- General research grants, to be assessed on academic quality.
- While conference support is not excluded, it must demonstrably support the specific priorities that are listed below.
- Preference will be given to applications from or benefitting early career researchers.
Tier 3) PSL/Exchange grants - £1,000-10,000
- the CHRG supports a range of collaborations and exchange opportunities of varying degrees of length and magnitude.
- In particular, the University supports mutual exchange with institutions within Paris Sciences et Lettres [PSL]. Funding collaboration with PSL partners is therefore a non-exclusive priority of Tier 3.
- The CHRG will provide match-funding for exchange visits between Cambridge and other academics or students.
- Awards will support the direct non-pay costs of organising conferences or seminars – costs for staff time or research assistance will not be considered.
In addition to research quality as the primary criterion for award, awards will be considered against the following specific priorities:
a) Direct support (including research assistance) of pilot or experimental research, intended to lead to larger-scale activity suitable for external funding;
b) Direct support for activity towards a publication. This may include supporting the costs of partial remission of Departmental duties if the case is sufficiently strong; please note however that costs directly associated with publication (e.g. permissions, indexing, picture costs) will not be supported;
c) Support for fieldwork, archival access etc. allied to existing or emerging research priorities in Departments;
d) Support for early-stage network or concept-development activities, including collaborative work with CRASSH;
e) Match-funding to support research where sponsors are unable to meet the full costs, e.g. website assistance for dissemination, support for charity research;
f) Support for research activities for which externally-funded grants are not normally available;
g) Support for activities specifically designed to enhance impact or outreach, related to eligible underpinning research.
The CHRG supports direct costs only, including travel, consumables and other non-pay costs. Research assistance will be supported in Tiers 1 and 2 only. Applicants may not apply for their own salary costs, within any of the three Tiers.
Costs for the employment of research assistance should be presented using standard University rates, including the necessary allowance for on-costs.
The Scheme is exempt from indirect costs and does not operate via fEC. An X5 costing is not required, but may be useful in preparing costs.
Please note that in all cases, applicants should seek approval from the Faculty before making an application. Please contact email@example.com in the first instance.
Application must be made online directly to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The link to the application portal is HERE.
For Tier 2: in addition to the online form, a project proposal (max 2 sides of A4) and one independent and external reference will be required.
Neither late applications nor applications made outside of the online system will be considered.
The attached Guidance Note from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences includes further details. Please read carefully before applying.
Further information
Any queries relating to the scheme or the application process should be referred for the attention of the scheme administrator at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Please contact the Faculty Research Grants Administrator if you require general advice or assistance with costing (email@example.com).
School Research Support Fund 2016-2019
There are no current calls for this scheme.
The Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at its meeting on 11 March 2016 agreed to invest £300k in a School Research Support Fund [2016-19].
The overall objective of the Fund is to support the School research strategy (see Appendix A of the attached memo). Its main priority will be to enable development of large-scale multidisciplinary research projects led by Cambridge PIs, and to support associated large grant applications. 'Large-scale' is taken to indicate interdisciplinary activities that have the potential to be nationally or internationally-leading, and capable of self-sustained existence through grant income.
The Fund is distinct from other sources of internal funding such as the Cambridge Humanities Research Grants Scheme [CHRG], which is an essential resource for individual PIs in supporting initial exchange activity, proof-of-concept projects and support for dissemination and outreach. The CHRG can also support research assistance throughout the lifetime of a project. It is not expected that PIs will simultaneously hold awards from the CHRG and the School Research Support Fund.
The Fund is also distinct from the School's New Initiatives project, currently under review by the Council of the School. The New Initiatives project will not provide direct support for research.
Eligible applicants and activities
The main criterion for funding will be capacity to enable development of large-scale multidisciplinary research networks and projects. These should be at least national and ideally international in scope. Collaborative proposals, with multiple Cambridge partners, are likely to be well-received. Collaborators should be named and their roles clearly explained to demonstrate interdisciplinary reach of the proposal.
Proposals are encouraged in particular around the following strategies:
• Co-ordination costs to support the preparation of large grant applications [e.g. research assistance or other support for formation of specific proposals].
• Supporting interdisciplinary networks in the formation of large grants and centres.
PIs applying as individuals should be able to demonstrate the existence of an active network ready to move to the next level.
Research assistance may be sought, but should be demonstrably a direct need for development of the network overall, and/or the preparation of application(s) for large-grant funding.
Applications should be led by a PI holding UTO status (University Lecturer or above) and should have explicit approval from the relevant Head(s) of Department.
Postdocs are not eligible to apply for their own support via this scheme, but PIs are encouraged to formulate proposals that will have benefits for early career researchers.
Applications for teaching buyout are not excluded, but are unlikely to be highest priority.
Proposals should address the following criteria:
- Intellectual purpose and justification
- Potential for long-term viability/added value
- Alignment with School research strategy
- Capacity for leveraging external funding
- Potential for impact
There should be a clear strategic plan and research coordination between the different parties involved.
Further information
The School Research Facilitators are available to assist with preparation of proposals and for advice on the Fund. Please contact Anna Cieslik.
Please contact Research Grants Administrator at the Faculty of History, if you require assistance with costing (email@example.com).
ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA)
There are four ways to engage with the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account and enhance the impact of Cambridge social science research:
The Impact Fund supports:
- Activities to broaden engagement with business, third sector and the public. This can cover deepening and strengthening relationships with existing contacts as well as establishing new contacts and networks.
- Engagement with public, private and third sector organisations through short term academic secondments.
- Developing and promoting new engagement methods to help promote best practice across social science knowledge areas.
Awards will be made available to fund work which will significantly increase the probability of the ideas and findings generated by the research having an impact on the private, public and third sectors.
The awards are not for the continuation of research. Applications should therefore focus on the development of impact activities and outputs and not on research. Applications which read like research grant proposals re-drafted for IAA purposes are less likely to be successful than projects which clearly comprise development of findings and ideas towards impact. Short projects to define routes to impact, liaising with partners and finding the resources to enhance impact activities will be eligible.
The Impact Fund grants can be used to support staff on the project, consumables, travel etc. Only direct costs are eligible. The funds cannot be used to support students.
Discretionary Funding
This fund is available to fund tactical opportunities in short time scales, which require a quick response, envisioned to influence governmental, national or international debate.
Local Fellowship Scheme
The Local Fellowship Scheme is run on behalf of the ESRC IAA by the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP). Fellows from local private, public or third sector organisations will be provided with customised contact programmes to meet key academics and research groups of interest to their field of work. This will allow Fellows to develop contacts and explore collaborative opportunities within the University. The Fellowships could lead to projects funded by the Impact Fund, opportunities for student projects, internships, research collaborations or other knowledge exchange activity.
Intensive one-day events for researchers and non-academic researcher users are dual purpose: to enable researchers to develop skills in stakeholder engagement; and to identify opportunities for future collaboration. Workshops can be held with business, local government and other public or third sector organisations. To date, the ESRC IAA has held workshops with the International Red Cross, UNESCO, World Bank, Save the Children and ARM.
Further information
If you would like further information about any of the above funding opportunities or you have an idea for an activity that enhances impact of social sciences research at the University that doesn't seem to fit into any of these headings, please contact the ESRC IAA Co-ordinator at firstname.lastname@example.com
Further information about ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) is available HERE.
ESRC (IAA) – Impact Fund
2016-2017 round is now closed.
Value of individual awards: £10,000 - £20,000
Please note that applications must be submitted with the support from the Head of Department.
The ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) aims to enhance the exploitation of the outputs of social science research in the University whether or not funded by the ESRC.
Funding is available for 15 projects a year ranging in value from £10,000- £20,000. Projects should be completed within 9 months of the award of the grant, though most projects are shorter. Bids for testing experimental or innovative approaches are welcome.
The grants will be awarded as a result of two rounds of competitive bids within the University. The closing dates for applications for 2016-17 are 14th November 2016 and 6th February 2017.
The bids will be evaluated by a cross departmental Executive Steering Group comprised of senior social science researchers. Decisions on bids will be made within two weeks of the two respective closing dates.
The aim of the Impact Fund is to support 'on the ground' impact/knowledge exchange activities, which enable researchers at all levels to engage with the public, private and third sectors and to establish a sustainable support structure within the University to promote wider and more effective engagement with external organisations that will enhance impact.
Awards will be made available to fund work which will significantly increase the probability of the ideas and findings generated by the research having an impact on the private, public and third sectors.
The awards are not the continuation of research. Applications should therefore focus on the development of impact activities and outputs and not on research.
Eligible applicants
Applications are invited from any researcher active in the social sciences (whether or not they are ESRC grant holders) who hold a current contract of employment as an independent researcher – at the point of application – with the University. This includes: all University Teaching Officers, externally-funded Research Fellows, Senior Research Associates, Research Associates and those working in research centres or other relevant non-School institutions.
Postgraduate students are not eligible to apply.
The Impact Fund will support:
- Activities to broaden the experience of engagement with business, NGOs and the public and third sectors. This can cover deepening and strengthening relationships with existing contacts as well as establishing new contacts.
- Engagement with public, private and third sector organisations through secondments.
- Developing and promoting new engagement methods to help promote best practice across social science knowledge areas.
- Short projects to define routes to impact, liaising with partners and finding the resources to enhance impact activities will be eligible. This would include, but is not limited to, holding a workshop to scope interest with a suit of external organisations that would ideally lead to a further impact project.
The award will cover 100% of directly incurred costs but will not cover indirect costs.
Submission of applications
Applications must be made on the ESRC IAA Programme 2016-17 Project Application Form and be submitted to email@example.com.
The guidance notes for this call may be accessed here.
Further information
If you are interested in finding out more or have a project to request funding for, please contact the ESRC IAA Coordinator at email@example.com.
Please contact Research Grants Administrator at the Faculty of History, if you require general advice or assistance with costing (firstname.lastname@example.com).
You can also find additional information for your proposal in these resources:
Returning Carers Scheme
The Returning Carers Scheme managed by Human Resources offers funds to assist returning carers in building up their research profiles and other academic activity after a period away from work.
Invitations to submit applications are announced through several rounds per year.
Round 13, covering funding for the period 1 August 2019 – 31 January 2020 will open February 2019.
The purpose for which funding can be sought is to assist in building up a research profile and other academic activity after a period of long term significant caring responsibility which has affected the applicant's ability to carry out research.
Awards will be made only where it is clear that there is no other source of funding (e.g. grant funding) for the items requested and they would be of personal benefit to the member of staff.
Eligible applicants and activities
Applications are welcomed from all academics, researchers or employees whose primary role is undertaking research who:
- Have returned from a break in their career for caring responsibilities in the last 5 years
- Are currently on a break in their career for caring responsibilities
- Are due to go on a break in their career for caring responsibilities
- Have been working part-time or reduced hours because of caring responsibilities
This can include, but is not restricted to:
- Adoption leave
- Career breaks for family reasons
- Maternity leave
- Paternity leave
- Parental leave
- Leave to work part-time or reduced hours for family reasons under the University's flexible working policy
- Special leave to care for a dependant
The period of continuous/total/reduced hours leave should normally be 3 months or more in order to be eligible for support under this scheme and the panel reviewing the applications will consider each case individually depending on the specific circumstances and needs of the individual.
Application Process
The application should include a completed application form which will cover the following areas:
- Reason for the career break/period of leave and the date(s) of this leave and return to work/usual hours of work, where relevant
- The amount requested and what the funds will be used for (funding for more than one activity can be requested by an applicant on the form; also, an applicant can apply in subsequent rounds - see prioritisation arrangements set out below)
- The case for funding
- A current Curriculum vitae
- A statement of support from the Head of Department or nominated deputy, including confirmation that the application is in line with the aims of the Scheme, the items requested are of personal benefit to the member of staff, there is no other source of funding (e.g. grant funding) and, as appropriate, there will be no adverse effect on colleagues, e.g. if the application is for teaching relief.
Applications should be sent to the relevant HR Business Manager (Emma Mason email@example.com) by the deadline set for the concrete Round.
The application form and further information can be found here.
Arts and Humanities Impact Fund
Currently closed.
The Cambridge Arts & Humanities Impact Fund provides flexible funding to support and enhance the impact of Arts and Humanities research.
Due to a lack of AHRC funding for research impact, the Arts and Humanities Impact Fund (AHIF) aims to enhance the non-academic impact of the outputs of arts and humanities research at the University of Cambridge. Other research councils such as the ESRC and EPSRC run Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAAs) with regular internal funding calls at Cambridge. Please check if you are eligible to apply for these if your research falls within their funding remit.
The AHIF supports impact activities within the field of Arts and Humanities as broadly defined by the AHRC, such as:
- Activities to broaden research engagement with business, NGOs and the public and third sectors. This can cover deepening and strengthening relationships with existing contacts as well as establishing new contacts.
- Engagement with public, private and third sector organisations through secondments.
- Development and promotion of new engagement methods to help promote best practice across arts and humanities knowledge areas.
- Short projects to define routes to impact, liaising with partners and finding the resources to enhance impact activities.
- Innovative and unusual projects leading to impactful outputs and outcomes.
Applications are invited from any researcher active in the arts and humanities who holds a current contract of employment as a senior independent researcher – at the point of application – with the University. Relevant non-school institutional staff (such as from Museums or Libraries) on academic-related contracts are also eligible to apply.
A guide to impact in the Arts & Humanities can be found here.
Please find the AH Impact Fund guidance document and application form below:
AH Impact Fund Guide for Applicants
AH Impact Fund Project Application Form
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Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH):The International Centre for Humanities and Social Change (CHSC)
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The Centre for Humanities and Social Change will explore the question of how technology, scientific knowledge and society interact. Funded for five years through the generous donation of the Humanities and Social Change International Foundation, the Centre is one of four international centres at University of California, Santa Barbara UCSB, Ca Foscari University of Venice and Berlin.
In Cambridge, two four-year projects will be funded. Each project shall consist of three, four-year postdoctoral Research Associates, buy out provision for PIs/Co-Is and funding for research and travel expenses.
Up to five teams will be selected to spend Lent term 2018 exploring, defining and developing a potential project. The groups will be expected to develop a Stage 2 grant proposal for submission by 16 March 2018. Two projects will be funded from 1 October 2018 by the CHSC and other proposals, where suitable, will be encouraged to apply for further external funding through CRASSH.
Applications should comprise at least three members of at least two different faculties. At least one PIs/Co-Is would be expected to lead an eventual four-year project.
Applicants should be either UTOs or CTOs
For stage 1, funding of £4000 will be made available to project teams to support development events such as seminars, workshops, meetings, research events, research assistance – or other formats which can be proposed by the groups.
For stage 2, budgets will be developed by the PIs/Co-Is in collaboration with CRASSH research team.
Stage 1 applications must be submitted through the CRASSH online portal, HERE.
Stage 2 applications shall also be submitted through an online portal, managed by CRASSH, which will be set up in early 2018.
Further information
Full information on this scheme is available on the CRASSH website.
Project enquiries should be directed to the Director of CRASSH (Prof Simon Goldhill) while administrative questions should be directed to Una Yeung (CHSC administrator).


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Hackers are beginning to successfully develop software that can be used to attack systems vulnerable to security holes Microsoft disclosed last week.
Less than 24 hours after Microsoft published its monthly roundup of security patches on Nov. 11, exploit code, a small app that can be used to attack a software vulnerability, began to surface on security mailing lists.
It began when exploit code that works against the "Windows Workstation Service" flaw revealed in Security Bulletin MS03-049 was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list. And during this past weekend more samples of exploit code were posted to various security mailing lists.
The flaw being targeted is the buffer-overflow vulnerability within the Windows Workstation Service; according to Microsoft's MS03-049 advisory, a remote attacker could gain complete control of an unpatched system.
On Nov. 11, the CERT Coordination Center, based out of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, issued an advisory that warns that worms aimed at this vulnerability are a possibility.
Dan Ingevaldson, director of X-Force, which conducts Internet security research at Internet Security Systems Inc., says the exploits that have surfaced so far are bug-ridden and not ready for someone to use as the platform for a worm.
That could change quickly. "One of the exploit writers put comments inside their code asking more help and how they could make the exploit more effective," he says.
It's common, security experts say, for software exploits to be tweaked and improved by hackers and security researchers over days and weeks until they're perfected. Ingevaldson is confident a new worm will surface soon. "While it's easy to predict that exploit code will appear in a matter of days and that it will be quickly improved, the actual release date of a worm is tough to predict," he says.
The release of the Blaster and Nachi worms followed the same pattern of vulnerability, quickly improved exploit code, and finally the actual worms, Ingevaldson says.
If a worm does hit, Windows 2000 users won't be hit as hard as users of Windows XP, he says, because Windows 2000 isn't exploitable by an anonymous or "null session" so any attacks, whether by a hacker or a worm, could come only from systems with the proper access rights.
Microsoft is urging customers to patch the vulnerabilities revealed in the Nov. 11 security bulletins. More information is available on its site.


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As unexpected as life can be, it doesn't always put you in happy situations. Sometimes bad things happen. More often than not, they have an impact on how you perceive yourself, on how you interact with the world, and how strong and worthy you feel. Bad things can unnecessarily make you feel depressed and worthless. They can isolate you from your social life. It can be hard to find your way back to happy and healthy life. It can take time and a lot of efforts. But there is a truth about all bad things that happen to you: They don't define who you are. While some of them should be resolved as they occur, such as sorting out a car insurance issue or healing from an injury, others shouldn't be a burden in your life. Indeed, they are situations that you shouldn't have to put up with in your life. Don't waste your energy on any of these three, for example, as they are not worth your sorrow.
Unhealthy Work/Life Balance
The concept of a hectic work life is familiar to most individuals. However, there is a difference between fast-paced work environments and toxic management and colleagues. If you find that your boss is unfair towards you, or that the interactions with your colleagues are poisonous, there is nothing that forces you to stay in such a work environment. If work is weighing you down, you can consider other options that will help you to keep your sanity and enjoy your work life. More and more people choose to embrace a freelancing career to free up time for their family. Is freelancing is not your cup of tea, you can look for remote positions, or simply consider changing company for an employer with a work ethic that is compatible with yours. You have a variety of options, so you don't need to suffer in silence when you can improve your life easily and durably.
Medical Troubles That Drag You Down
More and more individuals turn to plastic surgery to improve their appearance. There is more than a vanity desire behind it. This is for many a case of self-confidence: It's about becoming the person that they've always wanted to be and getting rid of their old skin. Many compare it to the transformation of a butterfly: They can finally leave their cocoon and fly with their new beautiful wings. But when things don't go as planned, when their physical appearance is not improved but damaged through the operation, the scar that remains is emotional too. But this isn't something that you should suffer with. You can receive professional support with plastic surgery negligence claims to help you get the best of results. There are compensations available for patients who have suffered from unnecessarily painful surgeries, who were not fully informed about the risks of the procedure, who have not received sufficient aftercare, or who have received a defective product.
A Toxic Relationship
Relationships are naturally complex. But there's a thin line between a complex relationship and a relationship that is damaging. A jealous partner who constantly puts you down or uses you as a board for his or her own insecurities is not the healthy and enriching relationship that you deserve, for instance. Similarly, there is no way that you should put up with a partner who constantly criticises you. Remember, that a relationship should never make you feel bad about yourself. Jealousy, criticism, blame game, passive aggression, and one-way happiness is never part of a happy relationship.
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Archive for March, 2011
Live Blogging with an iPadMarch 30th, 2011 by Scott Selikoff
As regular readers know, Jeanne and I blogged heavily at TheServerSide Java Symposium 2011, writing over 30 articles in a three-day period. What we may not have had time to mention is that we both did so entirely from a pair of Apple iPads. Below is a summary of some of things I learned during […]
Posted: 30 March, 2011 in Blog, Conferences.
Tags: Apple Mac, blog, ios, ipad, iPhone, keyboard, live, tss, tssjs, wireless
Comments: 5
TSSJS – Presentation Slides Now Available!March 23rd, 2011 by Scott Selikoff
Our slides from TheServerSide Java Symposium are now available online for a limited time! You can view the presentations below, or click on the title link to view/download them on slideshare. 1. GWT Roundup: An Overview of Google's Web Toolkit and Hybrid Integration, presented by Scott Selikoff. 2. Throw Away All The Rules. Now What […]
Posted: 23 March, 2011 in Conferences, Java/Java EE.
Tags: boyarsky, coderanch, google, gwt, J2EE, Java/Java EE, javaranch, jeanne, js, presentation, process, scott, selikoff, serverside, slides, symposium, tss, tssjs
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After The Server Side Java Symposium – live blog indexMarch 19th, 2011 by Jeanne Boyarsky
Wondering what happened at the The Server Side Java Symposium. Scott and I live blogged a lot this week. Since we wrote so much more than normal, this post serves as an index/table of contents to what we wrote up. We had a blast and hope you've enjoyed reading along with us. Also if anyone […]
Posted: 19 March, 2011 in Conferences, Java/Java EE.
Tags: conference, Java/Java EE, tssjs
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As mental health providers, we are often faced with ethical questions in our business practices. In fact, in Indiana, all licensed providers must have at least one hour of ethics training each year. Too bad the same isnt required for those in the business community. From Frank Gray's column in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette comes this story that is just bad business at best and unethical at worst.
"Anthony and Stacey Quinones are a couple with developmental disabilities who live in a small house in Bluffton where they take care of each other, with help from their family and social service agencies."
Then a door to door vacuum cleaner salesman showed up.
"The salesman was selling Rainbow vacuum cleaners, an expensive brand that is supposed to clean the air as well as vacuum dust and dirt. By the time the salesman had left, Anthony and Stacey had bought a model and signed a contract financing the cleaner at almost 22 percent interest over four years.
Now, the couple are on the hook for a $3,100 vacuum cleaner, which came complete with attachments for cleaning hardwood floors, even though they don't have hardwood floors in their home.
Since then, Stacey, Anthony and their family and even Bi-County Services [the agency which manages their case] have been trying to get the contract canceled.
We called the company that sold them the equipment, Rain Tech in Auburn. We were told that Stacey had confirmed that she wanted the vacuum cleaner and it was her mother-in-law who wanted to cancel the deal. Besides, the deal was out of the company's hands now. It was now in the hands of a finance company in Minnesota. If Rain Tech were to take the vacuum cleaner back and cancel the contract, it would cost them $1,000 in finance charges.
Stacey Quinones, though, tells a somewhat different story. She says she felt pressured to sign the contract to buy the vacuum cleaner. That was on a Saturday. Two days later, she said, she called a telephone number she was given and said she didn't want the vacuum cleaner.
"But they said it had already been shipped," that it was too late, Stacey Quinones says. "We've been trying to stop it ever since."
Nannie Quinones did call the Rainbow distributor and say her son and daughter-in-law didn't want the vacuum and couldn't afford it. She says she was told no, don't send the contract back. She wrote cancel on it anyway and mailed it back to the company. People have three business days to cancel contracts signed in their homes, but the canceled contract wasn't postmarked until 2 a.m. on Oct. 18, two hours too late.
The couple's program manager has also weighed in. The manager says she discussed the contract with Anthony and Stacey. She says they didn't understand the contract, they didn't understand that they were paying 21.99 percent annual interest, that they didn't understand the contract was for more than $3,000, and that they didn't understand it was for 48 months.
Anyone who would have spent five minutes in the couple's home would have recognized they have issues, she said. She has written the finance company, arguing that the couple didn't understand the entire transaction. But to no avail.
The family is now appealing to the Indiana attorney general's consumer protection division, trying to find a solution.
Officials with Adult Protective Services in Allen County said the best route for the couple to take is to simply ship the vacuum back to the company. But they can't do that because whoever delivered the vacuum took the box.
Nice work Rainbow. Lets see here, you wanted to make a buck. Fine, free country…your allowed to make money. But now you have a complaint to the Attorney General's Office, Really bad press, Adult Protective Services involved, and this Blog picking up the story for more bad press. Hope whatever money you made was worth it. Forget about all the possible legal and ethical issues, don't you think the smart, let alone the right, thing to do would be to just give these people their money back. Now your going to be known as the company who takes advantage of people with developmental disablities. Bet your marketing department will love putting that on your business cards!


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The business world has changed in recent years, and that's mainly due to tech. Technology has encouraged companies to evolve and adapt in new and exciting ways that twenty years ago we would never have been imagined. For instance, who would have thought that new businesses would now be run from home in most industries? That used to be wishful thinking for the lazy individual. Now, it's an attractive reality that many people choose when setting up their company. At the same time, though, tech has also lead to more trouble for companies. As such, it's new role in the business world is both a blessing and a curse. Here are some examples.
Going Mobile
Technology has meant that businesses can be more mobile. What this means is that you can run a company from anywhere and you don't have to be tied to an office or business address. You are also more free to run your company how you want to in your business address. For instance, with new mobile computers, you can actually sell to shoppers from anywhere. You don't have to wait for them to get to the till. This has made the process of shopping in the real world a lot more streamlined and efficient.
Reliance On Technology
However, since we are also reliant on technology we also have to think about what happens when it breaks down. In some cases, the effect won't be quite as severe. For instance, if your mobile computer crashes you can get a service like Mobile Computer Repair arranged quickly online. It's not the end of the world. But what about if your servers crash? Then things are a little different. Suddenly, you are no longer able to transfer information to important clients or communicate with your customers. You can still get it fixed with an IT support service. But that's certainly going to cost you more than your typical computer repair.
More Accessible
Technology has also meant that businesses are more accessible for customers and consumers. For instance, you can have different sources of purchases for consumers online. They can buy from an app, a website, or in store. They will even have more opportunities to make purchases due to mobile technology. Customers no longer need a laptop if they want to make an online purchase which is fantastic, we think you'll agree. The more choices you give customers, the more encouraged they will be to buy.
More Vulnerable
Yet this also makes your business more vulnerable. As such, further investment in security and safety features are absolutely crucial. You must make sure that your company isn't hit by a hack or a break-in. Both are quite likely in the modern business world. Although there are security solutions, none are completely impenetrable. For instance, you can set up antivirus software on your business network. But this might not stop a major hack to steal important information from your servers.
As you can see then, tech isn't just a huge bonus for new businesses. It's brought a lot of problems too.
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If you would like to contact us about a matter in Busti Town Court, please use this link. If you have received a traffic ticket in this Court and would like to retain an attorney to appear in Court on your behalf to obtain a reduction of your charge, click here.
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Busti Town Court is located in Chautauqua County, just west of the City of James Town on the southern shore of Chautauqua Lake. Traffic Cases are Prosecuted by the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office.
What is a Justice Court?
The term "Justice Court" is used to define a court that has jurisdiction over matters in Town and Villages in New York. While most Americans will never be charged with a Crime, a greater percentage will receive a traffic ticket at some point during their lives. For most of us, that means that a Justice Court will be our only interaction with the Criminal Justice or Court System.
Justice Courts hear trials in Misdemeanors, Violations and Infractions. They do not have authority, under New York Law, to handle hearings or trials for Felonies, only lower level offenses in which the punishment cannot exceed one year. The majority of these cases involve "Uniform Traffic Tickets" which charge motorists with an infraction of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of New York State, such as speeding, under VTL §1180. Every Justice Court follows its own policies and procedures, guided by the Criminal Procedure Law as well as other substantive laws. Most Towns and Villages have their own Justice Court with at least one presiding judge or justice. Most Courts have two judges and a support staff of Court Clerks responsible for the day to day operation of the Court. Some Courts in rural communities are operated part time, with Court held once or twice a month, but Courts with higher caseloads typically hold court 3 to 5 times a week. The date and time of Court is controlled by the Judge presiding in the Court.
Town or Village Judges or Justices are elected to a four year term by the voters in their municipality. Currently, there is no requirement that they have any experience in the law, nor do they need be an attorney. In most Justice Courts, Judges are considered part time and are likely to have another job unrelated to the Court system.
Any time a person is charged with an offense by the police, the charges are filed with the Court for the Town of Village in which the offense occurred. After they are filed, an Attorney for the Government, called a Prosecutor, will take responsibility for the case. The District Attorney of the County is responsible for prosecuting crimes in each Justice Court. An Assistant District Attorney is assigned by the District Attorney to handle matters in a particular justice court. In some counties, the District Attorney will also handle Vehicle and Traffic Infractions. In other counties, the Town of Village Board will appoint a Prosecutor to handle them.
When a person is charged with an offense, they become a "defendant" in the case. A defendant is entitled to have an attorney as well. If a defendant cannot afford an attorney, the Court may appoint one at no cost if the charges filed could result in sentence of jail.
While every defendant charged with an offense, including traffic tickets, is entitled to a trial, the majority of cases are resolved prior to trial through "plea bargaining". The Prosecutor and the defendant (or his attorney) will negotiate a plea bargain and present their agreement to the Court. The Judge may accept or deny any plea bargain proposed by the parties, but judges do not get involved in the negotiating process.
Prosecutors will review each case prior to making a plea offer to the defendant. That review will include discussions with the officers and witnesses involved in the case as well as a review of a defendant's history. In Vehicle and Traffic Infractions, a Prosecutor will generally limit his review to the Ticket, Supporting Deposition, and the defendant's driving history. In criminal cases, that review may be more substantial, and the defendant's criminal history will be reviewed to determine whether the defendant has a history of convictions. Prosecutors will typically be less lenient to defendants with a history of offenses.


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Farewell to Robertstown's Princess Leah
Among the thousands of condolences expressed to The Taaffe family on the passing of their brave seven year-old daughter, was a heartfelt message from Brendan O'Carroll.
Leah Taaffe was Mrs Brown's number one fan and even got to meet the cast on a special visit to the studios last September.
Soon after she passed away in the early hours of January 2, the show producer got in touch with Princess Leah's aunt, Kym Kelly to pass on their best wishes.
Such was Leah's infectious personality, she made a lasting impression on the comedian.
"They couldn't believe it, they were very touched by her," said Leah's auntie, Kym Kelly.
Tributes have poured in for Princess Leah, as she came to be affectionately known, and hundreds turned out for her funeral at the Holy Trinity Church, Allen last Saturday, January 4.
The Robertstown girl had captured the hearts of Kildare people, and well wishes flooded in from far and wide as she bravely fought a rare brain tumour.
Following her diagnosis in November 2012, her family mounted a major campaign to secure funding for treatment overseas.
Speaking to the Leader on Monday, Kym said the family were heartbroken but were overwhelmed with the support received.
"We want to try and say thank you to everybody who helped out, and everybody who has sent us messages of support, I've got messages from places as far as New Zealand, Australia, Canada, New York, London," she explained.
Princess Leah was witty and always smiling, despite her illness - and was never so happy than when supporting Kildare footballers.
In fact, the team and former manager Kieran McGeeney attended a special event organised by former Kildare County Council Mayor Spike Nolan to honour their number one fan.
Her short life was celebrated by her fellow Robertstown National School pupils at her funeral by providing a guard of honour and reciting a prayer. Such was the huge swell of solidarity with the Taaffe family, that the Bridgewood Celtic team, Robertstown GAA club, and a group of bikers, who ran rallies in Leah's name, all contributed guards of honour. Thousands of messages have been posted on the Princess Leah Fund Facebook page with condolences expressed worldwide.


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Some Bow and Some Purge
As I was reminded today, The Confessions of St. Augustine talks about the difference between God and Man. For God, Will and Action are one, they eclipse; Action neatly saddles Will, following its guide and its drive silently and majestically. But for Man, Action has grown distant from Will. Practically two planets orbiting different moons, and thus you may see even a seemingly honorable person's action disconnected, perhaps even in contradiction with his or her Will. And it is Man's journey, if he is lucky and enlightened enough to understand, to bring the two close together again.
We are not born in perfect control of the ability to act as our will dictates. Nor has contemporary human learning necessarily helped bring the two better in line; in fact, in youth and early adulthood the two probably grow further apart. But we certainly are capable of remembering the importance of progressively bringing them together again. I say remember, because we all know it, we just seem to have forgotten.
I said this blog would be purely about my training but turns out the most important part of my training was not lifting weights or pulling tires. It was making decisions between bowing or purging when Will and Action contradicted. Without the right decisions I would not arrive at the start line with the mental resolve required to succeed. I said this blog was created to share and help the young people out there who love their homes, countries, families, and cultures, but are also a little different, curious, creative, athletic or otherwise and are looking to relate… And so I have to be explicit about this part of my journey too.
Some people bow down when their surroundings try to create a divide between their own internal Will and Action although they know full well the almost divine importance of bringing the two together. Perhaps it was too hard, or perhaps they just weren't patient or strong enough to see it through. Perhaps it is easier to believe its ok to bow down in some circumstances, or that their particular load was heavier than everyone else's. No one's load is too heavy for him or her to bear, unless they believe it is.
Others attempt to purge when their surroundings try to create a divide between Will and Action. Purge their lives of all the excesses, the unnecessaries, which makes the otherwise clear space between Will and Action, cloudy.
This entire journey from the start was about purging, or cleansing in my normal life. I picked a goal that I believed I would not be successful at unless I purged myself of all the noise, internal and external, that jeapordised my focus, strength, mental resolve, and above all freedom. Such that I arrive at the start line with a light step to my foot and a light load on my shoulders. Purging involved my entire lifestyle such as eating and sleeping habits, schedules, creating personal space, negative thoughts, hang ups… Purging friendships that are fun but little more, purging futile professional relationships and focusing on the most important… But of course as with anything you invite into your life, you never really know what it fully entails until you are on the other side. I asked for help purging, and I ended up purging far more than I expected, than I thought I could. A teacher once told me never hate anything that comes your way, that you may hate what is in fact a gift. She was right.
This one is for all the people who are and who will be strong enough to purge instead of bow down.


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The information contained in these hubs are basic legal information and should not be misconstrued as authorized recommendation. You can enter the competition by dropping off your embellished or carved pumpkin on the Regulation Library on Monday, October 24. Its theoretical blossoming went in parallel with the consolidation of the principle of sovereign equality of nations and the principle of non-intervention in domestic affairs during the transition of the classical legislation of nations to trendy worldwide regulation. On this version of Economics for Newbies, we're going to check out how the legislation of Provide & Demand drives our financial system.
In this short video, five students at various stages of their regulation-college careers talk about why they selected Mitchell Hamline, the experiences they've had, and the way the college and its alums have helped them determine and secure meaningful careers. I actually consider that the energy we put into the Universe comes back to us in a big manner.
The same argument can be present in Whigs and Hunters, which pulls out what is intended to be an implication of this: law is just not merely a superstructural imposition 'from above', however a medium by way of which the oppressed and exploited performed their struggles. Even when one can see the historical origin of law is linked to the violence of a sovereign, such a conception does not permit us to differentiate between legislation and politics.
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My 4.5 year old son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 20 months. Recently, at 4:45 A.M., my wife was up feeding the baby and saw my son having a seizure. She put the baby to bed and came back to see the seizure end. (It lasted about a minute.) A blood glucose test showed a level of 60 mg/dl. After the test, my son woke up, vomited a couple of times, and went back to sleep. We performed blood tests at 5:45, 7:10 and 8:20 with readings of 90, 103, and 104 mg/dl, respectively. He continued to vomit at regular intervals from 4:45 to 9:00 A.M., when we arrived at the doctor's office. The doctor prescribed a suppository to stop the vomiting (and we used it), but he did not vomit any more after 9A.M. When we got home at 10:30AM, my son started drinking milk and by 11:30, he was eating lunch with no problem.
On the evening before the seizure, his dose was 1 unit Lispro and 2 units NPH. The bedtime glucose reading was 86 mg/dl, prompting us to give some extra snack.
My son did not have a high temperature at the time of the seizure as associated ywith febrile seizures. At first, we thought that reactive hypoglycemia was the cause of the seizure, but the glucose readings did not seem to support this conclusion. We thought that the reading at 4:45 would be lower than 60, followed by readings much higher than 100. Also, my son was not involved in any strenuous exercise the day before the seizure.
Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
What you describe is a classical hypoglycaemic seizure. The reason that his sugar wasn't rock bottom by the time you measured it is because his body had already responded to the very low glucose by producing glucose stimulating hormones (glucagon, adrenaline, etc.). These force sugar into the blood from the liver and muscles. Vomiting is also characteristic after a bad hypo. You didn't mention giving your son a glucagon injection. If you don't have this at home then speak to your diabetes team. It's one of these first aid itemslp the body out of a bad hypo.
Hypoglycaemic seizures are frightening but quite common and almost never do any harm. However, they are to be avoided and you need to study all the circumstances and insulin regimen with your diabetes team to see if you can avoid similar incidents in future.
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It's fascinating how a detail in a message can stick out and get a life of it's own. It reminds me that communication is never just about a message being sent out, but also very much about what's there from before in the person receiving the message. Have a look at this Ohara School lesson by Japan based teacher Stephen Coler and see how you like it.
I love the elegance of this arrangement and the way Stephen Coler creates depth and space by being careful about where and how he places the stems. Still what catches my mind the most is the short comment "Every flower has a face". I remember my teacher used to say that when I started studying ikebana. Once again this video reminds me about the importance of studying and communicating with the materials to understand them and make efficient use of them.
To see more of Stephen Coler's ikebana you can visit his blog named Hanamai, the ikebana blog.


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Fort McKavett Historic Site will come to life on March 22, 2014, as living historians from around the state gather to portray life as it would have been at the fort in the 1800s. Gates will open at 8 a.m. followed by a 10 a.m. flag raising ceremony.
Throughout the day, activities will include cavalry, artillery, and infantry drills, Native American demonstrations, Buffalo Soldiers, buffalo, hunters, chuck wagon demonstrations, the Texas Camel Corps, the Texas Longhorn herd, a one-room school house, frontier woodworking, soap making, and much more.
The Ice House Brass Band will perform during a barbeque lunch offered to the public by the Friends of Fort McKavett. Donations to help defray the cost of the food are welcome.
At 2 p.m., the Sahawe Indian Dancers and members of Boy Scout Troop and Venture Troop 181 from Uvalde will present a colorful and fast moving variety of Native American dances.
The day will conclude with a flag lowering ceremony at 4:30 p.m.


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The rhythmic wheels, the terracotta images, the Battobai's rag dolls, the painted pottery, the stone carvings or the papier Mache are some of the exquisite items that reflect the grandeur of the conception of craftsmanship.
Dated back in history,the ruins and the remains of Mohenjodaro civilization represent the true artististry of the hinterland.Yes, I'm talking about the INCREDIBLE INDIA-the place of the largest tribal population in the world. The Indian handicrafts are world renowned for their richness,élan,and beauty.
Every state, every city, every village in India represents a unique culture.Whether it is the Jaipuri Quilts,Chanderi and Batik work of Madhya Pradesh, glass artistry of Ferozabad,embroidered articles from Kutch(Gujarat) or Lace goods from Narsapur(Andhra Pradesh),wood carvings from Chattisgarh,Pashmina shawls and other woolen items from Kashmir, Uttaranchal, embroidered silk and cotton articles- every item has carved its own niche of uniqueness.Certainly, the makers behind them reveal outstanding artmanship and their entire lineage has it in their genes. But are these artisans rewarded for depicting such excellent skills?
Talking in economic terms, the handicrafts work amounts to 30% of the whole income of these people. No doubt, the tribal population has a tremendous potential,that is yet to be explored but these people are so caught in the vicious circle of the middlemen that they hardly earn a livelihood.For example ,in Meghalaya, 64%of the produces of rural artisans is captured by these middlemen and are at their mercy.The situation worsens when these artisans are further exploited due to inadequate transport facilities, proper marketing management and improper communication. These people have no choice but to surrender themselves to these middlemen. Due to all these setbacks, a major population of tribals makes handicrafts as a part of their part time occupation. This is indeed a dismay because a huge pool of talent goes unutilized.
Handicrafts making is a major source of income for rural communities employing around six million artisans including a large number of people belonging to weaker sections of the society. Indian handicrafts are in huge demand in the foreign countries but their presence in these countries can only be improved by filling the gap between demand and supply with quality , technological support and high innovation.
Also a major hindrance to export such handicrafts is that the goods are not standardized and are poor in quality. Organizing such talent can be a boon for such craftsmen as well as the handicrafts industry in India. Surely, the government is doing a lot to promote the industry but this is not enough. Various issues are hardly touched. Key areas that need to be focused upon are standardization, sales and promotion strategies, improving the quality, packaging and distribution channels. Skill development and training will prove to be a great help. Also, the exploitation of these people can be stopped by increasing their margin in the net profit. What if these products are sold under a common brand name? This will definitely add value to the products and empower those with artistic ingenuity.


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From the studio that made the excellent but underappreciated Flatout series, comes the next installment in Ridge Racer. Quite a change-up too: way more Burnout than Ridge Racer, city-building, takedowns… this might be the shot in the arm the series has needed.
Ridge Racer Unbounded is out next year, and will be shown at Gamescom, which we're covering as it happens.


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We've seen it all this year... Elton John (sorry Jeffrey John) almost enthroned as the UK's Bishop of Reading, but prevented by some decidely late rearguard action in Lambeth Palace. Step forward the not-to-be-dissuaded Gene Robinson from New Hampshire, USA, who became the Anglican communion's first openly-gay bishop.


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SPOTLIGHT/Number 123, May 2013
Dear SDN Readers:
This is the first monthly issue of Spotlight where we are recognizing one photographer with the distinction of SDN Featured Photographer of the Month and giving that photographer a $200 cash award. We realize that this will not pay rent in New York, but it is a start to give back to the photography community and recognize their commitment and talent in producing work of such high caliber. We are very honored to give this month's award to Joseph Rodriguez in recognition for his exhibit Migrantes.
Glenn RugaSDN Founder and Director
SDN Featured Photographer of the Month
Photograph by Joseph Rodriguez. Women pray for their families' return home. They are usually left behind to take care of the children as many of their fathers, husbands, and brothers cross the border to go to work in the US. Many of the families do not see the men in their family for years at a time. Nogales, Sonora, MX. 05.97.
United States and MexicoPhotographs by Joseph Rodriquez
Bangladeshis protest for demanding the death penalty for all war criminals
Traditional olive harvesting
Rajshahi Silk
Hit and Run
The Other Egypt
A gadjo!
Volti di Allah
Henry's Story 2013
Photograph by Md.Minhaz Ul Islam Nizami. Shipbuilding Yard, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh, a riverine country with huge coastal areas that are frequently lashed by cyclones and natural disasters, is now booming with a shipbuilding industry. Presently more than 200 shipbuilding and ship repair yards are in Bangladesh and earning millions in foreign revenue. Thousands of people work in these yards. Many Bangladeshi people are also coming back from different countries due to the global recession and getting employment in this new sector in their own country. It's a huge opportunity for Bangladeshis outside the garment industry which is a major employment sector in Bangladesh.
Photograph by Ed Kashi. A masked man stands at the Hudson River waterfront as Hurricane Sandy bears down on New York Harbor, Jersey City, NJ, Oct. 29, 2012. The super storm ravaged the East Coast, leaving many dead and billions of dollars in damage.
Photograph by Lihee Avidan. "I started working as a prostitute on the streets. I'm the 'Big Mama' of the bus station area. I've been working here for 28 years. After all this time what kind of CV do I have to start my life again? Today you can't tame me. You could have when I was young, but this is what I know to do"..
In Tel Aviv, there are more than 300 rooms where women work as prostitutes, day and night. Some are shabby places, located downtown, near the old bus station, and some are discrete flats in normal residential buildings, with opaque signs, advertising "Spa" and "Massage Parlour." In Israel alone, there are nearly one million visits to prostitutes per year.
Photograph by Jerzy Wierzbicki. Wojtek, a proud inhabitant of the "Orunia" district.
This is a story about the reality in Poland after the fall of communism. Gdansk, the city where Lech Walesa's revolution began, experienced many dramatic changes in the new economic condition of the 1990s. Massive shipyards, where most of the workers use to work during communism, have collapsed and thousand of people lost their regular source of income. This situation has created many problems for this young democracy in Eastern Europe.
Photograph by Giles Clarke. Charcoal being delivered to a warehouse in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince.
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake hit Haiti, killing over 230,000 people, injuring many more, and leaving 1.5 million homeless. Although for the most part, the media has since moved on, many Haitians are still struggling in scores of tent cities around Port-au-Prince and all along the coast. In Léogâne, a seaside town near the epicenter of the quake, 90 percent of the town's buildings were destroyed and a quarter of its residents died. Many aid organizations such as Médecins sans Frontières had two-year contracts from the Haitian government to provide services to the tent cities, but these contracts have quietly been allowed to expire, leaving thousands of families in dire straits. Many don't like to talk about the earthquake and find solace in the spiritual-either in Christian churches or at voodoo ceremonies. There are now over 12,000 registered NGO organizations in Haiti, which is still the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
Photograph by Nancy Siesel. Marie Kroll, 90, lives in the house owned by my great-grandfather Meir Siesel.
Last year, I considered becoming a naturalized German citizen, and investigated my family's history, in Altenstatd, Germany, a town with a large Jewish population before WWII. My grandmother, a surgical nurse before the rise of Hitler, managed on her own efforts to get a visa to come to the United States, along with my father who was seven at the time, and my grandfather.
My grandmother, understanding the dire consequences they were facing, arranged to get the family on the the last ship permitted to dock in New York harbor. My grandmother's brother, his wife, and their daughter were killed in Auschwitz.
I have juxtaposed these portraits with sites where the presence of our relatives remain, invisible yet imagined in the air, trees, and soil.
See link below for a list of 27 grants and fellowships available to documentary photographers. We welcome additions and corrections to this list, and encourage our members to circulate the list through your social media. We also thank Caterina Clerici for compiling this list!
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Return to the dawn of role playing with Classic Fantasy. Explore dungeons in your quest for treasure, fight terrifying monsters, and cast powerful spells of destruction. Classic Fantasy expands on the core Basic Roleplaying rule book with…
Classic Fantasy is a return to the dawn of roleplaying, when you would gather with your friends in your parent's basement, bashing down doors, slaying hordes of orcs and goblins, and throwing yet another +1 sword in your bag of holding. In these early days of roleplaying, what eight giants are doing in a 10'x10' room was less important than what their treasure rating was, and rescuing the beautiful princess isn't something you did because it was morally right, but because of the 1000 gold piece reward. And finally, the adventures that didn't have to be anymore detailed then "some giants are raiding the border settlements let's kill em", are the adventures you and your group still talk about to this day.
So, rip open the Cheetos and pass out the Mountain Dew. It's time to play some Classic Fantasy.


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One day in college
It was my senior year at college. Gail and I worked together on campus for several years. I loved her positive outlook on life and her beautiful smile.
We hung out together between classes, but were not a couple, as she was engaged to be married to a guy that graduated the year before. Yet over that year, we found ourselves drawn together. By the time spring rolled around, she often spent nights sleeping beside me in my apartment.
I was confused as I didn't feel like I should be too aggressive with her. Gail told me she had her fiance were having sex, and even told me of some of the episodes. Talk about pressure... I wanted so badly to caress and hold her and give her the pleasure she said she enjoyed with her fiance.
Then one afternoon, she came back to my room with me, and we ended up kissing and hugging. I started to feel her breasts. Soon I had her shirt unbuttoned and had her bra pushed up, and was feeling a real breast.. I had to go further.
Soon, I had her pants undone and had my finger rubbing the lips of her vulva. Her pubic hair was light and fluffy. I wanted to try and have sex, but the next thing I knew she took my wrist and worked my fingers into the depths of her pussy.
What a treat, but then she climaxed and sheepishly said, 'I guess I need to go.'
We never did get back into a situation like that again. I ended up thinking about that episode for years as I jacked off.


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Well, I certainly wasn't expecting 10 hours of Halloween day prep time hanging and arranging all the decorations to go down with zero response, but stranger things have happened. Not to mention two months of planning and an additional two months of construction.
At least the people who visited the house appreciated the efforts. Many children were afraid to come to the door. The parents were all extremely complimentary and for the fourth year running people wandered all over the yard taking photographs and filming the decorations, constantly asking how I did what I did.
I guess I don't need to post any tutorials, videos, or additional photos, either.
Nice knowing you, Craftster.


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Speech June 15, 2010
Opening statement to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Hearing
Speech June 15, 2010
Opening statement to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Of the many issues on the energy agenda, none is more pressing than the accident and spill unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico.
As someone who has spent his entire career in the energy industry, it truly is deeply saddening to see the loss of life, the damage to environmentally sensitive areas, the effect on economic livelihoods, and the loss of the public trust in the energy industry that has resulted.
Clearly, this incident and the response will have important consequences for the environment, for the citizens and businesses of the Gulf Coast, and for our nation's energy policy.
It is essential that we understand the events that led to this unprecedented accident, and take corresponding steps to further reduce the likelihood of a similar event ever occurring again.
An expert, impartial and thorough approach to understanding what happened is crucial because this incident represents a dramatic departure from the industry norm in deepwater drilling.
Understanding the facts surrounding this incident is critical to informing the long-term policy and the operational response.
We are eager to learn what occurred at this well that did not occur at the other 14,000 deepwater wells that have been successfully drilled around the world. It is critical we understand exactly what happened in this case, both the drill well design and operating procedures, and the execution of the drilling plans, which led to such severe consequences. We need to know if the level of risk taken went beyond the industry norms.
Based on the industry's extensive experience, what we do know is that when you properly design wells for the range of risk anticipated, follow established procedures, build in layers of redundancy, properly inspect and maintain equipment, train operators, conduct tests and drills, and focus on safe operations and risk management, tragic incidents like the one we are witnessing in the Gulf of Mexico today should not occur.
For many, current events bring back memories of the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill.
That accident was the low-point in ExxonMobil's history. But it was also a turning point. In the aftermath, we launched a full-scale, top-to-bottom review of our operations, and implemented far-reaching actions that today guide every operating decision we make on a daily basis. An overriding commitment to safety excellence is embedded in everything we do, with a daily commitment by our employees and our contractors to a culture that "Nobody Gets Hurt."
In the early 1990's, we began development of our Operations Integrity Management System, or OIMS — a rigorous regime of 11 separate elements that measures and mitigates safety, security, health and environmental risk. It is significant that the first element of OIMS is management leadership and accountability.
This management system applies to every operation we undertake. It is our common global language for safety and accountability. And when we do have incidents, we seek to learn from them so that we continuously improve our performance and this system. It is a system which requires internal and external assessment of each business unit's progress towards complying with all of the 11 elements.
With respect to drilling, ExxonMobil has drilled almost 8,000 wells worldwide over the last ten years. Of these, 262 have been in deepwater, including 35 in the Gulf of Mexico.
The standards and requirements that operate within OIMS dictate our approach to drilling, as they do for all of our other operations. We have documented standards for equipment and well design. We utilize proprietary technology to predict pressures and model resource flow, and we carefully analyze that information to both understand and reduce the risk.
We ensure everyone on board the rig, contractors included, knows their roles and responsibilities and that all operations must be in compliance with ExxonMobil's expectations and standards. And we test this knowledge through regular drills and exercises.
Sticking to this system has required us to make some difficult decisions. We do not proceed with operations if we cannot do so safely.
The American people have shown their support for deepwater drilling — but they expect it to be done safely and in an environmentally sensitive way.
They have supported it because they understand it is important. In the Gulf of Mexico, it accounts for about 24 percent of U.S. oil production. Oil and gas activity in the Gulf, including deepwater drilling, accounts for approximately 170,000 direct and indirect jobs. Worldwide, deepwater production is estimated to equal in a few years nearly the entire production of Saudi Arabia. And it is a vital part of an industry that supports more than 9 million full- and part-time American jobs and adds $1 trillion to our Gross Domestic Product.
These facts show how critical it is that all industry participants have the trust of the American people. We can secure this trust if we take the time to learn what happened and develop our response appropriately to ensure that every participant acts responsibly, learns the right lessons and upholds the highest standards.
The American people deserve nothing less. Thank you.
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