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This announcement shouldn't surprise any genealogists. The end of microfilm has been predicted for years. Microfilm and microfiche has become harder and harder to purchase. Most of the manufacturers have stopped producing microfilm and microfiche so the companies and non-profits that release information on film have been forced to abandon the media.
Over 1.5 million microfilms (ca. 1.5 billion images) have been digitized by FamilySearch, including the most requested collections based on microfilm loan records worldwide. In addition, many records that FamilySearch has not yet published can be found online on partner or free archive websites. FamilySearch plans to finish microfilm digitization by 2020.
The following is an extract from the announcement from FamilySearch:
On September 1, 2017, FamilySearch will discontinue its microfilm distribution services. (The last day to order microfilm will be on August 31, 2017.)
The change is the result of significant progress made in FamilySearch's microfilm digitization efforts and the obsolescence of microfilm technology.
- Online access to digital images of records allows FamilySearch to reach many more people, faster and more efficiently.
- FamilySearch is a global leader in historic records preservation and access, with billions of the world's genealogical records in its collections.
- Over 1.5 million microfilms (ca. 1.5 billion images) have been digitized by FamilySearch, including the most requested collections based on microfilm loan records worldwide.
- The remaining microfilms should be digitized by the end of 2020, and all new records from its ongoing global efforts are already using digital camera equipment.
- Family history centers will continue to provide access to relevant technology, premium subscription services, and digital records, including restricted content not available at home.
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Rihanna Cozies Up to Chris Brown at Qubeey Channel Launch Party
Rihanna and Chris Brown are fueling reunion rumors even more. (Are they really even rumors anymore? It's pretty evident that they're an item of some sort!) The pair got cozy at Breezy's Qubeey Channel launch party in Beverly Hills on Saturday night (Oct. 20).
Spies snapped the pair getting close at the private mansion where the fete was being held to celebrate the site's launch. Qubeey is a networking site Brown is promoting to get closer to his fans, the devoted Team Breezy. Global Grind snagged photos of "Chrianna" making smoochy-faces at one another and even sharing a blunt. (Good luck at your next probation hearing, Chris!)
Rihanna sported a short, A-line white dress with a deep V-neck and red lipstick, while Brown held court in grey hoodie and never left her side for long.
The sighting gives credence to recent rumors that Breezy and RiRi are gearing up to go public with their relationship following the release of her latest album, 'Unapologetic,' on Nov. 19. The duo have been quite close for some time, with Rihanna admitting in an interview with Oprah that she still loves Brown. Shortly thereafter, Brown broke up with girlfriend Karrueche Tran and released a somewhat bizarre, tipsy video describing his love for two women -- ostensibly Rihanna and Karrueche.
It looks like he made his choice once and for all!

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Google Maps never supported Internet Explorer on Windows Phone 8, and it likely never will
Note: Later facts and different sources have cast doubt on Google's official position. For more, head here.
Update: Google has released a formal statement regarding the situation:
The mobile web version of Google Maps is optimized for WebKit browsers such as Chrome and Safari. However, since Internet Explorer is not a WebKit browser, Windows Phone devices are not able to access Google Maps for the mobile web.
This mirrors TNW's reporting below precisely.
TNW has learned that Windows Phone 8's browser has never supported Google Maps via the browser, as the product is tuned for WebKit-based browsers, and not Internet Explorer.
According to what TNW has learned, there has been no recent change leading to maps.google.com not functioning on Windows Phone 8 devices. This is as it has been. Worth remembering: Google does not offer native applications for the Windows Phone platform.
What this means in practice is that if you want Google Maps on your Windows Phone, you are out of luck. Google does not appear in a rush to support Windows Phone through applications, or through the Web.
Thus, Bing Maps it is, essentially for Windows Phone fans. Stress not, however, this isn't that bad: Bing Maps is competent, and has held up under TNW's testing in various markets in the United States.
Google's exclusion of the platform could be a simple resource allocation decision, or a move that underscores sour relations between the firms. Microsoft recently rallied behind a federal probe of Google's search ranking practices, accused Google of borking YouTube on Windows Phone, and publicly bemoaned the FTC's final decision to let Google off the hook with little more than a wrist slap.
There is little love missing atwixt the two.
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In the world of Apple payments, App Store developers do not generally get paid until their application has earned at least $250 in any given region. When their apps earn more than that amount, Apple issues monthly checks or deposits for the store in question. So if developers earn $125 in the Japan store and $50 in the UK store, the payments for that month would still be $0 because they have not crossed the critical threshold to trigger a normal payment. Developers can track their monthly sales and earnings statements on the iTunes Connect site, which is also where they upload and manage their applications.
However, many iPhone developers have been telling us that they have received end-of-year payments for amounts of under $250 for various stores around the world. It looks as if Apple closed the books for the end of 2008, paying out the remaining balances to developers whose payment details are in good standing. These payments seem to apply to both developers who have previously been issued checks in those countries as well as to those who have not.
What's curious is that many�other�developers have not received checks, even those who have previously been paid (a circumstance that more or less guarantees that they did set up their transfer information properly). Ars contacted Apple to find out why payments were not sent to all accounts, and Apple PR has not responded as of this writing. We did, however, give the Apple Developer Connection a call with slightly more helpful results, if no more information or reason behind the developer discrepancy.
If you are one of the many developers who have been left on the sidelines, you can contact Apple to find out your status. ADC suggests you e-mail email@example.com to make your inquiry. ADC told me that there is no direct phone number for that department and all my attempts to google up a better contact have failed. In your e-mail, make sure to provide your developer account information and offer a brief overview of your unpaid situation as well as your understanding that other developers have received payments at the end of the year for balances that fell below the normal $250 threshold.
Be aware that some small payments can actually hurt your bottom line. As iPhone Developer Bryan Henry pointed out to me on Twitter today, high wire-transfer service charges can take a big bite out of your check. $10 from a $50 payment reflects a much higher percentage than the same $10 charge on $300. So if your accounts will earn out to that magic $250 level, you may want to wait on the next payment rather than ping Apple at this time.
Good luck, and let us know how it turned out for you in the comments.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Alvin Brown led a dedication ceremony Tuesday to congratulate Ability Housing of Northeast Florida for its project to convert a foreclosed apartment complex into Renaissance Village, a 52-unit affordable rental community at 3140 Franklin St. focused on preventing homelessness.
"Ability Housing is helping to push the needle forward on an important issue in Jacksonville," Brown said. "I'm proud of all the hard work that went into the Renaissance Village project, not just because it gives us another strong option to help people in need, but because the redevelopment of the complex will increase value for the surrounding community. 'Renaissance' is a fitting description, as we're seeing opportunity on several different levels here."
During the dedication, TD Bank presented Ability Housing with a check for $100,000 to aide in the building of these multi-family housing units. The grant was part of the TD Charitable Foundation's Housing For Everyone initiative, which awarded 25 grants of $100,000 to organizations that support transitional and homeless housing projects from Maine to Florida. Ability Housing is one of three Florida organizations to win a grant.
"As the only nonprofit in our community dedicated to providing permanent solutions for families facing homelessness, we are delighted to receive the support of the Mayor, the City's Neighborhood Stabilization Program and TD Bank," said Shannon Nazworth, Ability Housing Executive Director. "Today 138 people including 76 children under the age of 18 have a safe affordable home at Renaissance Village because of their support. We are very grateful."
The project was financed with a grant from the City of Jacksonville's Neighborhood Stabilization Program. NSP funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is designed to purchase foreclosed properties in certain ZIP codes, renovate and/or rebuild them, and sell or rent them to qualified affordable housing individuals/families.
Brown commended Ability Housing and the countless people behind the project from various organizations, saying that quality housing helps to support quality of life. The project falls in line with the mayor's recent announcement to partner with City Rescue Mission on a pilot project for a downtown, daytime homeless center.


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EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Talk about your major hoots. I'm not sure anybody—anybody—needs this much power at hand for their day-to-day drives. It could only lead to trouble. But when that lane opens up and you can fill it with a quick downshift and a mash on the pedal, the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 convertible is a joy to behold.
Top down, the car is an open-air aural delight, exhaust pops ricocheting like small-arms fire off the pavement, bridges, other cars, everything. Punch the throttle and everything gets a little wiggy for a moment before settling in on the rear haunches and accelerating with purpose. One needs to keep a close eye on things, however, because if the power doesn't bite you, the responsive steering will. Look away long enough to reprogram a radio station and you might find yourself quickly into the next lane. Best to focus on the work at hand and leave dial fiddling for when you're stopped.
Top up, the car is also quite fun, though in a more muted manner. There's still all the good stuff, but you're at least under some protection from the raucousness going on all around you that is the Camaro ZL1.
Big fun.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: This Camaro ZL1 convertible looks badass. The charcoal exterior, black wheels and black suede interior couldn't compliment each other any better than they do. With the top down, this car looks dark, blocky and aggressive—and it doesn't even look bad with the top up. The heat extractors on the hood really go a long way to making this car look better than the standard SS.
I'd like to think that '69 Camaros actually felt like this back in the day. But they didn't. I've driven them. This is new speed, new technology. I'd wager that you could take the most staid of classic Camaro fans, stick them in this and they'd never look back.
It doesn't feel as upscale as the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 does on the interior, but nothing stood out to me as deal breaker. The new MyLink system works well. Though I was surprised there was no navigation function. For so long I've equated car screens with maps, so it's unsettling when I don't see it. The suede everywhere is great; the wheel stays snuggly in your hand, as does the shifter. That shifter, which is really good, doesn't compare to the GT500. The throws on the Stang are about half the distance of the Camaro.
On the road, the top Camaro behaves like you'd think it would. It spins the tires with the traction control on, off or in sport mode. It has power in every gear, at almost any rpm. And personally I love the sound it makes.
At low rpm, you can hear just the tiniest bit of supercharger whine. At full blast, it just roars down the highway. My advice? Get one, move near a long tunnel and enjoy the rest of your years.
It's also powerful enough that the convertible top barely makes a noticeable difference. You would probably feel it at 10/10ths on the track, but in everyday cruising, you can't feel the weight, and barely the wobble.
EDITOR WES RAYNAL: Well, that was a bummer. Or half a bummer I guess I should say. Basically my first-ever ZL1 drive, to which I was greatly looking forward, can be summed up this way: Rain stopped half the play.
Last night was fine. Down went the top, up went some country rock, down went the foot. I was livin' the high life, baby. All's I needed was a Pabst Blue Ribbon to fill out the scene (once I got home, of course). This morning, not so much. Rain, top up, traction-control light almost constantly blinking.
It's a cool driving experience, nonetheless.
I'm hearing rumblings around the office that the car is too raw. Really? I thought in many ways it was quite tame, actually. Now, granted, I was (especially in this morning's rain) light footing it so as not to do anything stupid. Love the V8 rumble and its ready-for-anything nature.
I was also impressed with the ride, which I feared would beat on me, but didn't come close.
But oh man, that engine! There's instant power at any rpm and one never hears the supercharger. There's power and torque right now, and all the time. Not a bad gearbox, either.
Handling? Like I said, the ride was fine around the D, and the steering feels connected and weights up nicely as speed increases. I'd need more time, and drier roads, to get a real feel of how easy it is to fling around.
This is the best Camaro in the lineup. You could argue that it had better be, seeing that it's also the most expensive. Still, if I had a fleet of toys, this would be one of 'em.
ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: Lopping the roof off of a car is no laughing matter, and Chevrolet knew it when it began to develop the Camaro. Lucky for us, a drop-top model was in the plans from the beginning, and engineers made sure to leave room to reinforce the chassis in order to make up for the stiffness lost without a fixed roof. Additional reinforcements on the Camaro ZL1 convertible come courtesy of a shock-tower bar, beefier transmission support, engine cradle, underbody tunnel brace and front X-brace along with a rear V-brace. All that adds 260 pounds of weight to the ZL1 convertible compared to the coupe.
Most of the stuff the ZL1 coupe gets is here, such as the more aggressive body treatments, magnetic suspension, and the responsive and powerful supercharged V8 engine. However, what the ZL1 convertible doesn't get is the coupe's five-mode Performance traction-management system. Instead, it gets the competition mode on its StabiliTrack traction system like the Camaro SS gets. What's the story behind that? Chevy figures buyers of the ZL1 convertible won't be venturing to road courses and instead will be more inclined to head out on spirited weekend drives instead. It makes sense to me, but I don't see the problem with just throwing on the five-mode system anyway. At least give the option.
If it were my money and I were looking for an insanely powerful drop-top American muscle car, it would indeed be the Camaro ZL1 over the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. While I do appreciate raw, no-frills vehicles such as the Shelby, that car's live rear axle just can't handle the power that car puts down. It's crude to a fault in my mind. That's not so with the Camaro ZL1: It has an independent rear suspension, a magnetic damping system that can play both parts as a comfortable cruiser and it's stiffened to offer lots of grip for hard driving with only a little lean.
As with my previous ZL1 experiences, I'd want the steering to offer some more feel to it. It responds to inputs quick enough, but just doesn't offer the connected feeling that I like. I did notice some shake through the steering column, too.
I'm not the biggest convertible fan and I will always go with a coupe over a convertible, but I will say there is something quite satisfying with convertibles. The open-air experience is nice every now and then. And when you have an incredible exhaust note from a supercharged V8 providing the soundtrack to your drive, it's really nice.
2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 convertible
Base Price: $61,745
As-Tested Price: $62,245
Drivetrain: 6.2-liter supercharged V8; RWD, six-speed manual
Output: 580 hp @ 6,000 rpm, 556 lb-ft @ 4,200 rpm
Curb Weight: 4,380 lb
Fuel Economy (EPA City/Highway/Combined): 14/19/16 mpg
AWObserved Fuel Economy: 15.1 mpg
Options: Sueded microfiber interior package ($500)


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2003 News Releases > November 2003 > Homecoming festivities include alumni awards
Homecoming festivities include alumni awards
PLAINVIEW - Several outstanding alumni from Wayland Baptist University will be honored Friday during homecoming festivities. Alums Earl Greathouse, Betty Donaldson, Joel Boyd and Caleb Oladipo and benefactor Troy Mays with the Mays Foundation will receive awards during the traditional homecoming chapel service at 11 a.m. in Harral Memorial Auditorium.
A retired commander with the U.S. Navy, Earl Greathouse will receive the Distinguished Service Alumni Award. A native of Dimmitt, Greathouse earned a degree in speech and radio in 1951 and immediately joined the Navy. He served in the Korean War and entered the Naval Reserve in 1955. He then worked as television producer/director at stations in Waco, Bryan, Tyler and Dallas. He earned his master's degree from Baylor University and served as television instructor at the University of Texas and Texas A&M University.
Greathouse returned to active duty in 1967 during the Vietnam War. He served as chief of the TV branch at the Defense Information School in Fort Harrison, Ind. for two years, public affairs officer for the commander of the naval base in Subic Bay, Philippines for two years, and in 1971 moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he served for four years as community relations officer to the commander in chief of the U.S. Forces Pacific Headquarters (USCINCPAC). He later worked as chief of the community relations division in the USCINCPAC Public Affairs Office and as public affairs officer for the Hawaii Naval Reserve Program. Greathouse retired from the U. S. Navy with the rank of Commander in 1988 and from civil service in 1992. He and wife B.J., who served for 14 years as a voice teacher at the University of Hawaii, have two grown children.
Donaldson will receive the Distinguished Leadership Alumni Award. A native of Wellington who played for the Flying Queens, Betty Courtney Donaldson earned her bachelor's degree from Wayland in 1965 and a master of education degree in 1989. She began teaching in 1969 in the Frenship Independent School District, earning "Teacher of the Year" honors twice. She eventually became a principal in the district and later the assistant superintendent for administrative services. She also worked for the Allen I.S.D. as associate superintendent and in May 2000, she became associate superintendent of Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona, responsible for administrative services.
Donaldson currently works as vice president of Learning Bridges Educational Company in Arizona, after a short time as vice president of Voyager Expanded Learning, a Texas-based company that launched reading initiatives. She is active in her community and church and served on the nominating committee for the Board of Trustees of Wayland Baptist University. At Wayland, Betty met her husband, Larry Donaldson, a member of the Pioneer Track Team, who also graduated in 1969. They have two grown sons.
Boyd will receive the Distinguished Young Alumni Award. A 1997 graduate of Wayland, he completed his undergraduate degree in three years and served as chemistry lab assistant during that time. He graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average at the top of his class. He received the Male Citizen of the Year award and was recognized for outstanding achievement in mathematics and chemistry.
After graduation, Boyd entered the doctoral program at Rice University in Houston and completed work for his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2001. He received the Harry B. Weiser Research Award in 2001 and the Harry B. Weiser Award for Excellence in Teaching of Chemistry in 1999. In the fall of 2001, Boyd returned to his alma mater as assistant professor of chemistry. He also initiated and instructed a laboratory science program for area homeschool science students. He serves on the Honors Council and as faculty sponsor of the mathematics and science club.
Boyd has done research at Rice University, Texas Tech University and University of New Mexico. As a member of The American Chemical Society, he has contributed research papers and numerous articles to scholarly publications. Boyd and his wife, Kerri, have two sons: Jeremiah, 2 and Daniel, 4 months.
Oladipo will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award. A native of Nigeria, he earned a degree from Wayland in 1984. He then earned a master's degree from Southeastern Baptist Seminary and from Yale University Divinity School. He earned his doctorate at Baylor University and began teaching there, serving as founder and director of the Baylor in West Africa Program and adjunct professor at Truett Seminary. He has been a visiting professor in Switzerland and an adjunct professor at Yale. He has also lectured at numerous universities around the world.
A prolific writer, Oladipo has one book published and two others in progress. He is a member of many professional organizations and serves on the Commission on Doctrine and Interchurch Cooperation for the Baptist World Alliance. He traveled to the Holy Land in May 2000 as a delegate with the American Committee on Jerusalem. Oladipo is now professor of missions and world Christianity at Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va.
Oladipo and wife Christianah, a nurse, have three children: twins Christopher, a freshman at Baylor, and Caroline, a freshman at Wayland, and Clement, a high school sophomore.
Troy Mays will accept the Distinguished Benefactor Award for the Mays Foundation. As the only living member of the Mays family, Troy represents the family foundation that for nearly 50 years has blessed Wayland with financial support. Troy's father, W.A. Mays, became a major supporter of Wayland Baptist College in the 1950s, when he built Agnes Mays Hall, now a part of Fleming-Mays Tower, in honor of his wife.
The family started their business ventures with an automobile finance company in the late 1930s in Amarillo, eventually selling the company to begin a trading company. Mays and sons Troy and Taylor worked with their father, developing commercial real estate in Amarillo and later opening an automobile dealership.
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Chellsie Memmel is done with competitive gymnastics, this time for good.
The three-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist announced her retirement Wednesday. Her career had been hampered by a series of injuries, and her latest comeback ended in May when she failed to qualify for the U.S. championships.
"It's sad to be officially be done competing and done doing gymnastics," Memmel said. "I'm proud of everything that I was able to accomplish. I had some untimely injuries, obviously. I'm just thrilled with everything I was able to do and how much I was able to compete for the U.S."
Memmel was at the forefront of the resurgence that turned the U.S. women an international powerhouse. She was part of the 2003 squad that won the country's first team title at worlds, and also tied for gold on uneven bars that year. She missed the Athens Olympics with a foot injury, but came back in 2005 to become the third U.S. woman - and first since Shannon Miller in 1994 - to win the world all-around title. Memmel added silvers on uneven bars and balance beam as the U.S. women won nine medals, still an American record for a single world championships.
She blew out her shoulder at the 2006 worlds, an injury that cost her most of the next 1½ years. She won a spot on the Beijing Olympic team, only to be limited to uneven bars in both qualifying and team finals because of what turned out to be a broken ankle. She re-injured her shoulder at the 2011 U.S. championships, and had two surgeries.
Memmel had hoped to make one more run at the Olympics, but her petition to compete at nationals was rejected after she fell twice on balance beam. Gymnastics fans were irate, and even started a petition urging USA Gymnastics to allow her to compete. But the protest fizzled.
"That was hard. That was really hard," Memmel said. "It wasn't necessarily the way I wanted to finish competing. But being able to be a part of the (post-Olympic) tour has helped with that. Just perform and have fun with it. Everything happens for a reason. It's just another thing I've had to go through."
The final shows of the 40-city tour are this weekend. Memmel said she and her father and coach, Andy, considered sticking around for next year's world championships, where competition will be limited to individual events. But she decided against it, unsure she'd have the support of national team coordinator Martha Karolyi.
Instead, the 24-year-old will continue the process of becoming a gymnastics judge, something she started last year. She'd also like to do some more coaching at her parents' gym in suburban Milwaukee, and wants to go back to school. She's also planning her Aug. 31 wedding.
"It's still weird to say I'm retiring, only being 24. But there's so many different opportunities out there and it's a big world," Memmel said. "I'm excited to start a new phase and get married and be a grown up. It scares me a little bit, but I'm just so lucky to have gymnastics in my life and just be a part of it and be able to accomplish everything that I did."


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American actor Jaleel White says starring in the 2010 TV movie "Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus" helped him get the job of host on Syfy's new game show "Total Blackout."
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"So, I went out there for three weeks and busted my tail filming this movie. And I think it performed very well on Syfy. And I was asked to come in and screen-test to be the host for their new show. And after that is history."
Based on a hit Danish reality competition series, "Total Blackout" challenges people to complete tasks -- some involving cockroaches, rodents, snakes or other humans -- in complete darkness. Each contestant comes to the game with his or her own individual anxieties, which can sabotage them with hilarious results as they play the game. Syfy said the U.S. version of "Total Blackout" was seen by about 1.33 million total viewers during its 10 p.m. time slot.
Asked if competing on "Dancing with the Stars" this season has prepared him to be the host of "Total Blackout" because he now better understands the psychology of fear, the 35-year-old California native told United Press International, "Lady, you ain't saying nothing but the truth!"
"The thing about 'DWTS' is it puts fear in a whole other context," he said, adding he feels even more qualified to talk about fright after he and his professional dance partner, Kym Johnson, successfully won a high-pressure "dance duel" against Gavin DeGraw and Karina Smirnoff a few weeks ago.
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So, how does the U.S. edition of "Total Blackout" compare with the international versions of the show?
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Elsevier Foundation Awards 2012 Grants to Champion Libraries in Developing Countries and Women in Science
$650,000 awarded to Innovative Libraries, New Scholars and Nurse Faculty Programs
$650,000 awarded to Innovative Libraries, New Scholars and Nurse Faculty Programs
Amsterdam, December 11, 2012 – The Elsevier Foundation announced today the 2012 grant recipients for the Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars award programs. In total, $650,000 has been committed to eight institutions around the world in addition to five ongoing multiyear grants and the Nurse Faculty program. The Elsevier Foundation is funded by Elsevier, a global provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services.
"The Elsevier Foundation supports projects for their potential to serve as a model with lasting impact on our health and science communities," said David Ruth, Executive Director of the Elsevier Foundation and Senior Vice President Global Communications, Elsevier. "This year, we've chosen compelling proposals which address information literacy, research capacity building, women scientists' professional development and stemming postdoc attrition."
Innovative Libraries
The Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program awards grants to libraries for innovation in improving access and use of scientific, technical and medical information. The 2012 library grant recipients address real developing world issues through the use of STM information resources and include:
- E-Library Training Initiative in Latin America & Asia, MLA/Librarians Without Borders
- Enhancing Access to Research in Central and West Africa, Information Training & Outreach Centre for Africa, ITOCA
- Strengthening evidenced based healthcare in Tanzania, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania
- Nepal Knowledge Nexus, Dhulikhel Hospital
"The Elsevier Foundation grant will enable us to address the critical need for capacity building and information literacy to boost Africa's participation in the global research community," said Gracian Chimwaza, Executive Director, Information Training & Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA), "Making research available is one step—another vital step is ensuring that we help build researchers' information literacy skills. This will ensure that this critical knowledge-sharing process is ultimately sustainable. Our project will empower the research community from this region to also contribute and share their innovations and research with the rest of the world."
New Scholars
The New Scholars Program supports projects to help early- to mid-career women scientists balance family responsibilities with demanding academic careers and addresses the attrition rate of talented women scientists. The 2012 grants include:
The National Postdoc-Societies Collaboration to Boost Retention of Women Postdocs National Postdoctoral Association
- National Assessments in Gender and Science, Technology and Innovation, Women in Global Science and Technology (WISAT)
- The Appalachian Women Scientists program, Appalachian State University
- The Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World, TWAS and OWSD
"The postdoctoral position is a critical transition point when the numbers of women researchers decline significantly," noted Cathee Johnson Phillips, Executive Director of the National Postdoctoral Association. "The National Postdoctoral Association has been working to provide resources that foster the academic career advancement of women postdocs, and with the generous support of the Elsevier Foundation, we will be able to build on that effort with professional societies and associations."
In 2012, the Elsevier Foundation's Nurse Faculty Program continued to support a multiyear grant to Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing to develop an 18 month leadership academy and alleviate the nursing faculty shortage through retaining and transitioning new nurse educators to the faculty role.
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The Elsevier Foundation is a corporate charity funded by Elsevier, a global provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The Elsevier Foundation provides grants to knowledge centered institutions around the world, with a focus on developing world libraries, nurse faculty and scholars in the early stages of their careers. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded more than 60 grants worth millions of dollars to non-profit organizations working in these fields. Through gift-matching, the Foundation also supports the efforts of Elsevier employees to play a positive role in their local and global communities. www.elsevierfoundation.org
Enhancing access to research for academic and research institutions in Central and West Africa, Information Training & Outreach Centre for Africa,
ITOCA, South Africa This Elsevier Foundation grant addresses a very real problem - how to encourage more institutions in West and Central Africa to register for and make use of the 18,000 international journals, books and databases that are now freely available through Research4Life. Out of 7,000 institutions registered for Research4Life, 3,000 are from Sub-Saharan Africa, but less than 300 have registered from Angola, Chad, DR Congo, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Liberia, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and South Sudan. ITOCA, an African NGO will deliver experienced and focused outreach, community-building and information literacy training which will ensure that researchers and higher education students can fully benefit from these free resources.
E-Library Training Initiative in Asia and Latin America,
MLA/Librarians Without Borders Through a grant from the Elsevier Foundation, the MLA/Librarians Without Borders® (MLA/LWB) program will provide critical information literacy training supporting the usage high quality STM information in low use Asian and Latin American areas. Since 2008, MLA/LWB has created multi-language, online distance learning courses, cross program and discipline training and train-the-trainer sessions across the developing world. This project will have strong multiplier effects as the training and instructional material developed will be shared by users at all Research4Life eligible institutions.
Nepal Knowledge Nexus,
Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences In Nepal, 57% of the population lives on less than $3 a day. Despite Research4Life eligibility, access to and usage of medical literature is inadequate due to a lack of infrastructure and expertise. Dhulikhel Hospital (DH) and Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUSMS) have a unique reach across Nepal, providing health care degrees and extended care to 12 affiliated health centers and 20 community outreach centers in rural areas. The proposed multi-purpose learning facility will not only allow students and staff from DH/KUSMS to access Research4Life, but also staff at the rural centers across Nepal. Basic telemedicine capabilities with specialists at DH/KUSMS will further improve the quality of health services at these rural centers. This project has the potential to go far beyond a small infrastructure building grant to provide serious research on the effect of enabling access to major scientific, technical and medical information resources and how this affects health outcomes and the shift from print textbooks to online journals.
Strengthening professional's skills in evidence based health care in Tanzania,
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania Over the past ten years, access to critical health research has vastly improved across Africa, but this has yet translated into improved patient outcomes on a comprehensive scale. Today most patients in Tanzania benefit from medical treatment, but would benefit far more if health professionals provided care based on the latest scientific knowledge now available to them. With a grant from the Elsevier Foundation, Muhimibili University aims to build the skills and awareness necessary to create an evidence-based medical treatment culture across Tanzania. The training process will be matched with a national study measuring the results of providing information access and EBHC training, and to correlate these to changes in health care practices and eventually to health care outcomes.
The National Postdoc-Societies Collaboration to Boost Retention of Women Scientists, National Postdoctoral Association The postdoctoral training period represents a critical transition point in the academic pipeline where the numbers of women scientists and engineers decline significantly. While the relative number of women decreases at every step along a research career path, the heaviest attrition occurs before tenure track and in the fields with the largest numbers of postdocs. Through a grant from the Elsevier Foundation, the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) will tackle this loss of talent through a targeted collaboration with scientific societies to produce a postdoc guidebook for navigating the academic pipeline. The NPA is a non-profit with an excellent track record of enhancing the quality of the postdoc experience and thereby maximizing the effectiveness of the research community.
National Assessments in Gender and Science, Technology and Innovation in Latin America, WISAT The Gender Equality Knowledge Society (GEKS) indicator framework was developed after studies showed that women, particularly in the developing world, continue to be on the wrong side of the digital and innovation divides. Women generally experience lower levels of access to information and technology, and are poorly represented in education, entrepreneurship and employment in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). Gaps in women's access to resources, opportunities, rights, education, financing, as well as S&T, greatly diminish the potential of a country to achieve progress, reduce poverty, and improve the overall quality of life. This Elsevier Foundation grant follows a 2010 gender-benchmarking grant supporting the assessment of five countries with highly accelerated growth in the research arena: South Korea, India, Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa. The new gender benchmarking studies will provide a Latin American regional focus covering: Argentina, Chile and Mexico.
The Appalachian Women Scientists program, Appalachian State University Women scientists often choose to work at smaller institutions because they consider these institutions more family-friendly. However, while they may enjoy better work-life balance, they also have heavier teaching loads, smaller salaries, less internal funding for professional travel and early-career research; weaker on-campus research laboratories, computing and administrative infrastructure. Institutions with fewer faculty members also offer fewer mentors and role models for women scientists, fewer potential collaborators for scientists in highly-specialized fields, and less peer support for early-career scientists who may be the only women (and/or mothers) within their departments. By providing low cost financial, mentoring, and social support for these women scientists and documenting the return on investment in terms of promotion, tenure attainment, retention, and research productivity. Through a grant from the Elsevier Foundation, the Appalachian Women Scientists program will help ensure that women scientists can choose to work at a smaller institution for work-life balance reasons without stunting their research careers.
The Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World, TWAS and OWSD A grant from the Elsevier Foundation has ensured that an awards program for the recognition of women scientists in the developing world is feasible through 2015. In partnership with TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, (TWAS) and the Organization for Women for Science in the Developing World (OWSD), the awards provide a deep focus on discipline and professional visibility. The five region-specific annual prizes will rotate between life sciences (2013), chemistry and physics/math and provide professional exposure at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in February. Nominations are accepted from early career scientists (within ten years of graduating with a PhD degree) from the 81 countries with low scientific output as defined by TWAS. They will be reviewed by a committee of distinguished life scientists chaired by OWSD president, Prof. Fang Xin. The 2013 award winners will receive their awards at the annual AAAS, Gender and Minorities Networking Event in Boston in February 2013.
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- Misrepresented itself to college students across the country via various campaigns to make it seem "cool" to cut Social Security
- Paid outside organizations to collect signatures for its petitions, for people to participate in flash mobs, and for college students to attend its lobbying days
- Created embarrassing and supposedly "viral" videos depicting deficit hawks Alan Simpson and Alice Rivlin and held a "Rock the Debt" concert to try to make austerity appeal to young people
- Pit old versus young in a disingenuous argument for "generational equity" (Social Security is not just a vital lifeline for seniors and the disabled, but for children as well)
- Propagated myths that Social Security and Medicare are going bankrupt, and promoted the ill-conceived Inform Act (which was interrupted by a corporate pirate), and
- Supported unpopular and nonsensical proposals to lower corporate taxes, lower taxes on the rich, and raise taxes on the poor, in the name of deficit reduction (which doesn't make sense in the first place)
In 2014, it became clear that The Can Kicks Back was running out of its billionaire money, and on the heels of a number of failed and costly campaigns, that its staff were inept and lacked basic self-awareness. As The Can Kicks Back faded away, it was also clear that Pete Peterson and his network of pro-austerity organizations had fallen out of favor in Washington, D.C. policy circles — for now.
If you'd like to learn more about Social Security and the growing movement to expand benefits, check out Social Security Works' FAQ page and the principles of the Strength Social Security Coalition, which is fighting to expand the program.


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by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Feb 22, 2011 at 8:15 am ET
With a recent upset of former UFC champion Tim Sylvia, Abe Wagner (8-3) now is slated to fight fellow heavyweight Aaron Rosa (15-3) at next month's Titan Fighting Championship 17 event.
Officials today announced the fight.
The event takes place March 25 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan., and airs live on HDNet.
Previously announced fights include former WWE star/Strikeforce vet Bobby Lashley (5-1) vs. M-1 Challenge veteran James Jack (6-2-1) and Phil Baroni (13-13) vs. Nick Nolte (3-2).
"Both Abe and Aaron like to stand in the pocket and trade," Titan Fighting CEO Joe Kelly stated. "Fans attending the fight at Memorial Hall and viewers watching at home on HDNet will have a lot to look forward to when it comes to Titan Fighting Championship 17. However, Wagner vs. Rosa is the matchup to watch because it has all the hallmarks of an epic slugfest."
Wagner, a cast member on "The Ultimate Fighter 10," now has won five of his past six fights, four of which came via stoppage. The lone defeat came to current UFC fighter Travis Browne at an early-2010 Victory Fighting Championships event.
Wagner's win over Sylvia, which came in a mere 32 seconds, has registered more than 800,000 YouTube views, according to the announcement. The Wagner vs. Sylvia fight available for free here on MMAjunkie.com also has scored countless views.
Rosa, meanwhile, has competed for major organizations such as Strikeforce, Bellator and EliteXC. Most recently, the former light heavyweight topped Devin Cole at September's Shark Fights 13 event. It was his third straight win and his fifth victory in his past six fights. The lone defeat came to current Strikeforce champ Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante in late 2009.
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Freiburg's Museum of Natural History is a fun and educational day out for all the family.
The 'Time' and 'Earthly Riches' sections invite you on a voyage of discovery and deal with topics concerning the geological history and natural resources of the region. Three habitat areas featuring exhibits from the biological collections are also being planned. The Ethnological Collection is displayed in one-off exhibitions. Every year the traditional Easter exhibition 'From Egg to Chick' is enjoyed by young and old visitors alike.
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Turn Your Home into an Investment Profit Center
The key to successful tax planning is learning how to select the best tax-saving strategies to accomplish your specific goals.
My job is easy: pick the right strategies. Your job is tougher: Pick your goals. Goals change due to various events over a lifetime. You get married, have kids, start a business, you get the idea. One event that comes into the life of most successful people is buying a home. Almost every reader of this column who calls me for tax advice has goals that include: "Pay off the mortgage on my home(s)."
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Okay, here's the question: Is it smart to pay off your home mortgage? Or would it be smarter to borrow as much as you can (via a mortgage or home equity loan) using your home as collateral?
Let's start with a few quotes from an article written by Steven Marshall and Mike Lowe titled, "How the Affluent Manage Home Equity." "Thousands of financially successful people, who have more than enough money to pay off their mortgage, refuse to do so."
The article goes on to say, "They go against many of the beliefs of traditional thinking. They put very little money down, they keep their mortgage balance as high as possible,… and most importantly they integrate their mortgage into their overall financial plan to continually increase their wealth. This is how the rich get richer… While paying off the mortgage saves us interest, it denies us the opportunity to earn interest with that money."
The most thorough and simple explanation of this keep-your-mortgage-high-and-invest-the-extra-funds is in Ric Edelman's book, The New Rules of Money. It's a great read. Edelman tells the story of two brothers. Both earn the same amount and buy $200,000 homes. Brother A puts down $40,000 (all of his savings) and gets a 15-year mortgage at 6.38%. He also pays an additional $100 extra each month to his lender to eliminate his mortgage sooner.
Brother B only puts down 5% ($10,000) on his $200,000 home and invests the $30,000 balance (of his $40,000 savings). He secures a 30-year, interest-only mortgage at 7.42%. As a result, his monthly mortgage payment is $428 less than Brother A. So he invests $528 every month (the $428 plus the same extra $100 his brother is paying to his lender). Brother B's investment account earns 8%.
Next, Edelman does the math, including tax savings. After 30 years, Brother A has $613,858 in savings and investments. Brother B has $1,115,425.
Sweet deal for Brother B. Of course, both brothers now own their homes mortgage-free. So Edelman points out that Brother B can once again mortgage his home and "Start fresh to enjoy the same benefits once again."
Now for the reason I was motivated to write this: a series of articles in The Ruff Times, a delightful, easy-to-read investment newsletter, written by Howard Ruff.
"I will teach you in the next few issues why it's a good idea to borrow as much of your costly, non-producing equity [in your home] as you possibly can and put it to work in safe, income-producing investments," Ruff writes. "Your mortgage-loan interest payments are tax-deductible… It is also simple interest. Your can put the money to work, even at a lower stated rate, as long as it is a safe, secure place… because that will be compound interest.
"For example, in most cases you shouldn't have an interest-only loan, but in this case maybe you should, because if you are merely paying interest, your monthly cash outlay will be lower, the tax benefits will stay the same. Just make sure you are earning more than you are paying out.
"So borrowing against the property and putting it to work is a sound strategy. Spending the money on 'things' is a bad strategy. I am now borrowing against my Northern Utah home…. I am now researching to see where I can get the biggest safe return as I put that mortgage money to work, producing income in excess of the cost of the mortgage."
Let's summarize the simple arbitrage strategy: 1) borrow against your home; 2) invest the mortgage proceeds in a safe investment that earns more than the cost of the mortgage and 3) enjoy the tax benefits of a mortgage interest deduction.