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No Fear of Failure: Technology Entrepreneurs Urge Students to Go for It
By Dennis Walikainen | Published
Start-ups are not easy to start, according to experts visiting campus, and success often happens through failure.
"If you are going to fail, fail fast," said Paul Fulton '84, a Silicon Valley investor and consultant, at Tuesday's Entrepreneur 2.0 panel at Michigan Technological University. "You learn from your mistakes, and it's like skiing at Mont Ripley, which is why I came to Tech. If you don't push yourself to the edges, you don't know how far you can go."
Entrepreneur 2.0 sought to expose students, faculty, staff and community members to some of the sharpest minds from Silicon Valley and elsewhere, all of whom are alumni.
Fulton said it was important to fail soon, so resources are not wasted on a misguided plan. It was a theme agreed upon by the other panelists: Martha Sullivan '80, president of Sensata Technologies of Massachusetts, and Dave House '65 executive chairman of Brocade Systems in San Jose, Calif.
They were high on taking risks when starting businesses—they all had—and they had all failed at one time or another on their way to success.
"I judge a person in part by what they learn from their failure," says House, who was an executive at Intel before launching his own companies. "You don't want to spend too much time at the intersection. You need to move quickly down the path, even if you have to back up and go another way."
One student asked how to know when a risk is worth it. "When you know what's at stake within that environment," said Sullivan. "Never take a risk with incomplete data," said House.
Risk is inherent in entrepreneurship, House said. "Only one of 10 Silicon Valley startups succeeds."
Fulton discussed the loneliness, and need for confidence, in leadership.
"You really have nobody with you when you are a CEO," he said. "At the same time, you listen to yourself and weigh the risks. You create your own luck. Look at ideas that work elsewhere."
Some of the entrepreneurs talked about contemplating startups while having a job at an established company.
"Don't give up your day job, but be willing to move when the time is right," Sullivan said. "Inventions can't be scheduled."
Fulton created his first startup after being laid off from Texas Instruments ("a great company"), and he had prepared for his new company while still employed with TI.
Students wanted to know how to build a good team.
"I know you all dread team assignments in class, when you don't get to pick your partners," Sullivan said. "Make sure you are all aligned toward your objective and that you are the one who brings high competencies to the team. Don't worry about the others."
"Great business teams are like the great sports teams," Fulton said. "You can read each other's minds, and when your teammates make mistakes, you help them and cover for each other."
House argued for the importance of diverse personalities on a team and getting women to join because of their team-oriented skills and the balance they can bring to men who are more risky and egocentric.
"How do you know when the business idea might be good but not good enough?" another student asked.
"The outside world has a way of telling you," Sullivan said. "Earnings growth matters. An exciting idea is not good enough."
The panelists also did a little crystal ball gazing, 10 to 20 years down the road.
"Look at the economic issues that exist and will continue to be around, and address those with technology. Energy and health care are prime examples. The technology should be invisible, and a lot of it already is," he said, holding up an iPhone. "Most of this is happening in the cloud, and think where it all was just 10 years ago."
Texting, GPS and cameras all were unheard of or accomplished on completely different devices then, he said.
House perceived a day when people could get health feedback from their cell phones and could adjust their lifestyles and their medications accordingly.
"Or the insurance companies could," an audience member offered.
The cost of the current system of energy consumption, especially oil, is prohibitive, House said.
"By the time you pay for protecting the people who sell us the oil, you can double that $3 per gallon," he said. Electric cars are becoming increasingly reliable and maintenance free, he added.
Fulton touted his Tesla electric vehicle.
"It goes 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds," he said. "Hey, I'm a Michigan guy, I'm a car guy!"
Students were also implored to look outside the local to the global.
"Seventy percent of searches on YouTube videos come from outside the US," Fulton stated. Sullivan couldn't think of a company that should not go global.
"Except maybe dry cleaning," someone offered.
And the human side of entrepreneurship and technology was not overlooked.
"What Steve Jobs did so well was to start with the human experience," House said. "And then he worked back to the technology."
"It's important to work from the outside in," Sullivan agreed, "instead of just pushing out the technology."
Or getting lost in the technology.
"A good time for small companies is when there is going to be a large shift," Fulton said. "Remember mainframes versus PCs?"
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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Throughout American history there have been plenty of scandals in the White house and Congress. Some of these scandals made headline news across the globe, while others were swept under the rug and dealt with more quietly. This begs the question as to what truly makes a scandal newsworthy and how do some politicians seem to walk away from a scandal virtually unscathed, while others are left picking up the pieces of their broken careers and personal lives?
Political Scandal's in America:
Unfortunately, it has become common place for a politicians' face to be plastered on every media outlet across American for another scandal. The apologetic politician then holds a news conference, often times with their "loving and supportive" partner by their side, to admit to the public what transpired and to beg for forgiveness. From Bill Clinton and the famous Lewinsky dress, to former governor Spitzer, scandals have laid stack to almost every area and office in America. However, while some scandals seem to all but ruin a person's life and career, other scandals seem to propel some elected officials further into stardom and increase popularity among voters.check more facts about this at their latest comment.
Political Goodwill:
Often time's politicians can walk away from a scandal seemingly unscathed and this can largely be attributed to the goodwill the politician has with the public and voters. While most voters will never applaud a politician who gets caught up in a scandal, they are far more likely to forgive and forget it the politician has garnered goodwill with them prior to the scandal. Even though former President Bill Clinton lied under oath regarding his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, he had already established himself as a great leader and drastically increased American's economy. The American public was also very fed up with the Republican Party, which also highly favored Clinton and offered him another escape route of this high profile scandal. Clinton left office nearly two years after his sex scandal with some of the highest approval ratings of any American President. On the flip side of the coin are politicians who do not have public favor and thereby find themselves in hot water once they are found to be embroiled in a scandal. Such is the case with former state attorney general and governor, Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer found he was mired in an ugly prostitute scandal and did not have fellow officers or the general public to fall back on, was forced to resign from office merely two days after the scandal was first reported.
There are far too many circumstances to take into account when trying to understand why some politicians can escape scandal and others cannot. Politicians who seem to be more forthright with their mistakes tend to find more favor with the voting public and can more often than not move forward in their political career. However, it is also extremely important for the politician to have well defined and formed bonds with other politicians and to be held in high regard within their party, or else the party is more likely to turn its back upon the politician who is entangled in the scandal and will gladly see that they are removed from office.http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2014/01/13/politicians-scandal/
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Rivalry Brings Out Best in Both Teams
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bulldogs are looking to take back the title at the 97th Harvard-Yale dual meet at home on Friday. They will run the entire team at one of the most anticipated meets of the season, fueled by a long-standing rivalry in the Ivy League. Head coach Dan Ireland said the Bulldogs are looking forward to the annual event.
"Our goal is the same as it is every year, to beat Harvard, and the guys are confident that they can do that," Ireland said.
Last year, the Bulldogs narrowly lost to the Crimson by three points at Boston's Franklin Park for the first time in 20 years. The results could also be just as close this year, as the Bulldogs currently rank eighth and the Crimson rank ninth in the Northeast region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, although the Crimson has not yet raced their entire team this season.
Nevertheless, the Bulldogs have several runners who are ready to compete with the Crimson. Junior Sam Lynch was the Bulldogs' top runner at the Dartmouth Invitational two weeks ago, running a solid time of 25:35.06. Senior captain Max Walden and sophomore Julian Sheinbaum, who were the Bulldogs' second and third runners at Dartmouth, are also running well at this point in the season. The rest of the Bulldogs' top seven from Dartmouth, juniors Jake McKenzie and Nathan Richards and sophomores Kevin Lunn and Sam Kirtner, should also contribute. Among the Bulldogs who raced last weekend, senior Chris Scavone looks strong after coming off a win at the Quinnipiac Invitational.
The meet's long history and school rivalry may also bring out some of the best performances from the runners.
"H-Y is a huge race for both sides and means a lot now and especially down the road. It can bring out great performances and races that athletes will remember for the rest of their lives," Ireland said.
The race will kick off at 4:45 p.m. Results will be posted on Yalebulldogs.com after the meet.
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Football season is ending.
When the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers kick off for Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Sunday, it will mark the final time we watch a real football game until the new season kicks off in August.
Football season is ending.
When the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers kick off for Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Sunday, it will mark the final time we watch a real football game until the new season kicks off in August.
It's been a long season, and it is sad to see it all come to an end.
Before we sit down and watch the Super Bowl, here are a few awards I would like to hand out from the NFL's regular season.
This award is always good for debate.
Each year, we watch great athletes who have overcome all odds to lead their teams to victories.
When looking at various NFL players and what they did this season, there is one player who I think sticks out before the rest — Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.
Peterson suffered ACL and MCL injuries at the end of last season, but he rebounded in a big way to lead the NFL in rushing yards (2,097) and yards per game (131) this year. He fell just nine yards short of breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season record for rushing yards.
But before anything else, he inspired his teammates and helped the Vikings clinch a playoff berth at 10-6.
For those accomplishments, Peterson is my pick for MVP.
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning also had a memorable comeback season, overcoming a career-threatening neck injury to lead the Broncos to the best record in the AFC this season.
I could have easily awarded the MVP honor to Manning if not for Peterson, but I'm giving the New Orleans native the offensive player of the year award.
Manning completed 68 percent of his passes for 4,659 yards and 37 touchdowns. His leadership played a big part of Denver's success this season.
Any football fan who watched the Houston Texans this season knows how big a beast defensive end J.J. Watt is.
Watt pushed his way to an NFL-best 20.5 sacks this season.
He played with high intensity every week, and his nonstop motor paved the way for a successful season in Houston.
The 2012 season will always be remembered as the year of the rookie quarterback, as guys like Washington's Robert Griffin III, Indianapolis' Andrew Luck and Seattle's Russell Wilson all led their teams to playoff appearances.
All three rookies stood out in their own ways, so it would be unfair to pick one over the rest for this honor.
The future is definitely bright for young NFL quarterbacks.
With a rookie quarterback and an overhauled roster, it was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Indianapolis Colts.
Then during the season, Colts coach Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia, forcing offensive coordinator Bruce Arians to step in as interim coach while Pagano received treatment.
Arians, who was hired as the new Arizona Cardinals coach after the season, guided the Colts to a 9-3 record and a playoff berth, which was simply amazing.
The Colts inspired the football world with their determination to play for Pagano, so that's why I'm giving both Pagano and Arians the Coach of the Year award.
The Super Bowl is Sunday, so it's time to make a prediction on which team will take home the Vince Lombardi trophy.
Both the Ravens and 49ers have played well all season, and they clearly deserve to battle it out in football's biggest game.
The 49ers are a very good team and are led by a mature young quarterback in Colin Kaepernick, a bruising runner in Frank Gore and an aggressive defensive unit ranked as one of the league's best.
The Ravens have turned it on late in the season and are playing to send retiring linebacker and future Hall of Famer Ray Lewis out on a high note.
It's a tough pick to make, but I'm expecting a physical, hard-hitting affair in the Harbaugh Bowl.
In the end, I think John Harbaugh's Ravens will edge his younger brother Jim Harbaugh's 49ers, 24-20.
Enjoy the game folks!
Staff writer Chris Singleton can be reached at 857-2213 or 448-1200 ext. 2213 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Milan Dlouhy had never gone all the way with another guy, so we brought him in for a screentest, and paired him with Ivan Mraz. After a brief chat Ivan leans over and starts to kiss Milan. He works his way down Milan's sexy body, and opens the jeans. Milan's cock is already half hard. Ivan takes hold of it and wanks it as he kissed Milan some more. Then he goes down on that hot cock and sucks it. His mouth wraps right around Milan's every hardening dick. It is quickly rock hard as Ivan licks the shaft and sucks the head into his mouth. Milan runs a hand over Ivan's body as he gets sucked. Ivan sucks the balls into his mouth before returning to work on the big stiff dick. When he has sucked enough Ivan kneels and lowers his jeans. His own stiff cock flops out and Milan quickly goes down on it. He shows that he is more than ready to suck dick, and works his mouth all over Ivan's. Ivan grabs his head and pushes it down on to that throbbing cock. Milan happily sucks that dick, doing a great job on it. Ivan fucks his cock in and out of Milan's eager mouth. Then they kiss each other some more, wanking themselves as they do so. Then Ivan leans over and suck Milan some more before turning him over, so that his sexy ass is on show. Ivan spreads those hot buns and starts to rim Milan's tight hole. He rubs Milan's balls as he rims him. Then he slides a finger into Milan's ass. He works it in and out as he also rims the hole. Then, as the hole is nice and wet Ivan climbs up and slides his throbbing cock deep into Milan's ass. He fucks that ass real deep as Milan turns his head to kiss him. Milan is loving the feeling of that dick in his ass and moves onto his knees so that Ivan can fuck him even deeper. Ivan fucks so well, stretching that hot hole as Milan wanks himself. Then Milan gets to ride that big cock as Ivan lays on the bed. Ivan's ass slides up and down on that hot pole. The he stays still as Ivan fucks him so fast. Moving to spoon Ivan continues his hard fucking as Milan wanks himself. With that dick ramming into his tight hole Milan soons shoots a big, creamy load of cum. Ivan continues fucking that sexy ass and is soon ready too. He pulls out and dumps his cum all over Milan's chest. Then, after milking himself dry, Ivan kisses Milan again to end a great screentest.
Roman Madlec is aged 21 and lives in Lidecko. He doesn't work at the moment and enjoys sports, particularly football. What a very hot guy Roman is. He is just so handsome and looks great as he sits for his interview. Then he stands and removes his top, to show off his hot body. With his slim, swimmers build he looks very good indeed. Removing his shoes and socks and lowering his jeans Roman shows off his thick, hairy thighs. Then Roman pushes his underwear down too and begins to wank on his cock. He looks so good as he sits down on the sofa, cock hard, and wanks. That body looks hot, with the six pack on display. Roman shows of that cock nicely, pushing it towards the camera as he wanks it. Then he lifts his legs, showing off his hairy ass. He uses some oil and rubs it over his hairy hole, continuing to wank all the while. Then he uses both hands to spread his cheeks to really show off his hole. Roman turns over and kneels on the sofa with that hot ass showing some more. He pushes is cock down between his legs and continues wanking it. Then he sits and wanks himself some more. Standing up he continues to pull on his cock. When he wants to cum Roman lays back on the sofa a milks his dick until his shoots his cum. He continues milking that sticky dick to get all the cum out and then goes off to the shower to clean up.
In scene 5 of our fully remastered Dreambook we see Viktor continuing to read. Then we find Lukas Vaculik approaching Joska Kalvoda. Then discuss a missing diary and go off in search of it. They find that Viktor has it and has been reading it. So Lukas locks the door and he and Joska lay Viktor on the table and begin to strip him. Lukas kisses Victor and Joska sucks on his cock. Viktor is always hard and horny, so his cock is ready for Joska's hot mouth. Lukas works his way down to Viktor's nipples, kissing and licking them. Then Lukas pulls out his cock and slaps it against Viktor's mouth. They get him naked and Lukas slides his cock into Viktor's mouth. Joska has his own big thick cock out and wanks it as he sucks on Viktor's toes. Then Lukas moves, to suck on Viktor's hard cock. Joska moves up so that Viktor can suck on his thick meat. Lukas and Joska swap places again with more sucking. Then they pull Viktor's legs up and spank his hot ass. Joska spits on that hot hole and begins to finger it. Viktor and Lukas suck each other as Joska works his finger deep in that hole. Joska's cock is so hard and needs more sucking so he moves up to Viktor's mouth again. Then Lukas moves to join him, and they kiss as Viktor works on both their dick. Joska then lays on the table so that Viktor can suck him. Lukas, meanwhile, is behind Viktor and fucks his hot ass. Viktor takes it at both ends and soon moves to spoon with Lukas, that dick going so deep in his ass. As he gets fucked Viktor wanks himself and sucks Joska. Then Joska replaces Lukas, and fucks his massive dick into Viktor's eager hole. Lukas has his cock in Viktor's mouth for more sucking. He kisses Joska as they both use the sexy Viktor. Moving again Joska sits so that Viktor can take a ride on his big cock. He reaches round and wanks Viktor as his cock is deep in his ass. Viktor takes over the wanking as he rides that dick and soon shoots his hot cum. Then Lukas and Joska are ready to blow. So they stand over Viktor and dump their cum all over his hot chest. They end a great scene with a final kiss.
Stefan Jeronyn is aged 18. He lives in Klobouky and is a student. In his leisure time he likes athletics and sports generally. He is a handsome guy and looks very good as he slowly strips off, showing his hot body. Turning around he lowers his underwear to show off his sexy ass. Then he removes the undies and bends over, spreading his cheeks and lets us see his hot ass hole as well. He spreads those cheeks so we get a great view of the hole. Sitting on the sofa we see his cock which looks good, framed by his pubic hair. He wanks that cock and gets it nice and hard. Standing up he poses with his stiff cock. Then he lays down and lifts his legs to show off that hole again. What a very sexy guy he is. I will look forward to his erotic video.


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Anyone grab a midi-Falcon yet? I haven't hit a WM since the 08/01 "launch", but I am interested to hear other's thoughts.
During my toyrun this morning, I saw the Special Edition CW Pirate Tank that includes Obi-Wan, Hondo Ohnaka and Turk Falso. It was with the Endor Bunker Set and the Republic Attack Cruiser. All of those sets look pretty cool I thought.
I saw the new mid-scale Falcon at our local WM today. I really wanted to pick it up, as I've always wanted a LEGO Falcon and couldn't afford the bigger models at the time, but had to pass for now until I have some extra money. Hopefully it won't be too tough to find. I know if I grab it though, I'll be hoping they put out some more OT vehicles in this same "line", somewhat scaled to the Falcon.
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As the recent elections and Supreme Court nominations have shown: smear tactics, character assassination programs, vendetta attacks, reprisal and revenge media coordination and hatchet jobs are the main-stay of certain politicians. While this may be accepted between millionaire candidates and Silicon Valley oligarchs, no citizen can survive multi-million dollar state-sponsored attacks like this. Our whistle-blower and crime-reporting victims suffered $30 million dollars (provable in court) worth of attacks. They had no resources to fight back and defend themselves against these violent abuses of their human, Constitutional and ethical rights. They were blockaded from their rights.
Every single Dept of Energy executive, and related Senator, owns stock market assets in Tesla, Fisker, Solyndra, Ener1, etc. so they blockaded and sabotaged every applicant who competed with their holdings in a RICO-violating, felony organized crime, using taxpayer funds. Demand a Congressional Special Counsel investigation!
Google and Facebook hard-code and manually filter this site from being viewed on the internet in order to try to keep you from seeing these facts. Want to see why they do that? Then watch THE CREEPY LINE
It does not have anything to do with First Amendment or Freedom-of-Speech issues. It is about making it a felony to exchange remuneration for "killing people".
Oh! You thought there was already a law against that? There is not!
When Nick Denton, Adrian Covert, and their "hit-men" at Google, exchange goods, jobs, contracts, stock and services in order to process over thirty million dollars of "media services" to try to end someone's life using defamation, character assassination, hacking, server manipulation, search engine rigging, DNS manipulation and other dirty tricks, that "kills" the targeted victim.
It is murder of a person, their brand, their family and their revenue. It does not matter that a President, a Senator or a tech oligarch hired them. It is a criminal endeavor.
We have worked with the finest law enforcement, intelligence and forensic investigators to track the money, the accounts, the covert funding routes and the clients.
While we terminate, 100% legally, every party involved in the attacks, we have asked Congressional leaders to enact this law.
Those who do not sponsor this law are part of the problem!
The law simply says that it is a felony to exchange compensation for trying to assassinate a person in America using conspired media distribution for economic advantage.
There are over 170 companies in America who commercially sell character assassination services!
How can this allowed?
Why has Congress not made it illegal to sell character assassination services and to end citizens lives?
Now that major public figures have all suffered the same fate as our victims have, they might reconsider!
Business Firms Offering "Hit-Jobs":
IN-Q-Tel - (DNC)
Gawker Media - (DNC)
Jalopnik - (DNC)
Gizmodo Media - (DNC)
K2 Intelligence - (DNC)
WikiStrat - (DNC)
Psy-Group - (GOP/DNC)
Podesta Group - (DNC)
Fusion GPS - (DNC/GOP)
Google - (DNC)
YouTube - (DNC)
Alphabet - (DNC)
Facebook - (DNC)
Twitter - (DNC)
Think Progress - (DNC)
Media Matters - (DNC)
Black Cube - (DNC)
Mossad - (DNC)
Correct The Record - (DNC)
Sand Line - (DNC/GOP)
Blackwater - (DNC/GOP)
Blumenthal Consulting - (DNC)
Stratfor - (DNC/GOP)
CrowdStrike - (DNC)
ANTIFA Media - (DNC)
ShareBlue - (DNC)
Wikileaks (DNC/GOP)
Cambridge Analytica - (DNC/GOP)
Individuals Organizing And/Or Offering "Hit-Jobs":
Pierre Omidyar (Financier Of Gawker Media) - (DNC Financier/Beneficiary)
Eric Schmidt - (DNC Financier/Beneficiary)
Larry Page - (DNC Financier/Beneficiary)
Elon Musk (Covert owner of massive bot, troll, click-farm services) - (DNC Financier/Beneficiary)
David Brock - (DNC Financier/Beneficiary)
Sid Blumenthal - (DNC Financier/Beneficiary)
Nicholas Guido Denton - (DNC Financier/Beneficiary)
Mike Cernovich - (GOP)
John Cook, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Adrian Covert, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
John Hermann, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Gabrielle Darbyshire, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
A.J. Delaurio, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Adam Dachis, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Adam Weinstein, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Adrien Chen, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Alan Henry, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Albert Burneko, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Alex Balk, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Alexander Pareene, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Alexandra Philippides, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Allison Wentz, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Andrew Collins, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Andrew Magary, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Andrew Orin, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Angelica Alzona, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Anna Merlan, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Ariana Cohen, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Ashley Feinberg, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Ava Gyurina, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Barry Petchesky, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Brendan I. Koerner, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Brendan O'Connor, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Brent Rose, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Brian Hickey, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Camila Cabrer, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Choire Sicha, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Chris Mohney, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Clover Hope, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Daniel Morgan, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
David Matthews, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Diana Moskovitz, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Eleanor Shechet, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Elizabeth Spiers, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Elizabeth Starkey, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Emily Gould, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Emily Herzig, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Emma Carmichael, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Erin Ryan, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Ethan Sommer, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Eyal Ebel, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Gabrielle Bluestone, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Georgina K. Faircloth, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Gregory Howard, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Hamilton Nolan, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Hannah Keyser, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Hudson Hongo, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Heather Deitrich, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Hugo Schwyzer, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Hunter Slaton, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Ian Fette, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Irin Carmon, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
James J. Cooke, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
James King, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Jennifer Ouellette, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Jesse Oxfeld, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Jessica Cohen, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Jesus Diaz, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Jillian Schulz, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Joanna Rothkopf, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Jordan Sargent, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Joseph Keenan Trotter, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Josh Stein, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Julia Allison, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Julianne E. Shepherd, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Justin Hyde, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Kate Dries, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Katharine Trendacosta, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Katherine Drummond, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Kelly Stout, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Kerrie Uthoff, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Kevin Draper, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Lacey Donohue, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Lucy Haller, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Luke Malone, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Madeleine Davies, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Madeline Davis, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Mario Aguilar, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Matt Hardigree, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Matt Novak, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Michael Ballaban, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Michael Dobbs, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Michael Spinelli, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Neal Ungerleider, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Nicholas Aster, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Nicholas Denton, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Omar Kardoudi, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Owen Thomas, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Patrick George, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
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Ryan Goldberg, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Sam Faulkner Bidle, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Sam Woolley, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Samar Kalaf, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Sarah Ramey, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Shannon Marie Donnelly, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Shep McAllister, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Sophie Kleeman, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Stephen Totilo, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Tamar Winberg, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Taryn Schweitzer, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Taylor McKnight, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Thorin Klosowski, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Tim Marchman, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Timothy Burke, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Tobey Grumet Segal, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Tom Ley, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Tom Scocca, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Veronica de Souza, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
Wes Siler, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
William Haisley, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
William Turton, Attack Blogger - (DNC)
- Smear articles published by Gawker, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, C-Net, etc, are republished endlessly, globally, by DNC-controlled Google who operate in paid partnership with Gawker/Gizmodo. Google locks biased attack articles on the top search results, for over a decade, of all of it's brands in order to maximize the damage to the target victim.
- - Smear videos published by Gawker, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, C-Net, etc, are republished endlessly, globally, by DNC-controlled Google who operate in paid partnership with Gawker/Gizmodo. Google locks biased attack articles on the top search results, for over a decade, of all of it's brands in order to maximize the damage to the target victim.
- Hacking of phones, routers and PC's and doxing of victims using found data
- Databases from hiring and recruiting services that connect to Taleo, Axciom, Jobs USA, Palantir, Craigslist, Oracle databases, Linkedin, Microsoft Accel databases, etc. are injected with non-visible codes which block you, and red-flag you, from ever getting a job again. The Obama Administration and the Feinstein office uses this trick. The Silicon Valley "No Poaching Class Action Lawsuit" ( U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 11-cv-2509 ) only addressed a small part of this issue. Even though you may have perfect credentials and an ideal resume, if you upset a Senator, you will be sabotaged from all future employment, in an almost undetectable way, via the manipulation of data sets.
- Victim's income sources will be eliminated by public officials, attacks and brand defamation, forcing victims to take un-planned social security early retirement at a dramatically reduced monthly retirement amount. Victims lose up to 50% of their retirement investment via this tactic.
- Government agency bosses sometimes solicit the target victims with false promises of future loans, contracts or grants from their agency and cause the target victims to expend millions of dollars and years of their time for projects which those government bosses had covertly promised to their friends. They use the target victims as a "smokescreen" to cover their illegal government slush-funds for the victims competitors and personal enemies. By using this tactic, the attackers can drain the target victims funds and force them into an economic disaster in plain view of everyone without the government bosses fearing any reprisal for their scam.
- Every match.com, okcupid.com, Plenty Of Fish, Seeking Arrangements and all other IAC-owned, or similar, dating sites (IAC is managed by Hillary Clinton's daughter) have had their profiles, texts, and inter-member communications, since those companies were started, hacked or purchased. The attack service providers use Palantir and In-Q-Tel financed data analysis software to analyze every activity in those dating services in order to find honey-trap, blackmail, sextortion and social conflict exploitation opportunities. If you had a bad date with someone, that someone will be hunted down and convinced to help harm, #metoo or "rape charge" the intended target. All dates involve a search for sex, so the likelihood that a sexual disappointment experience will exist in each persons dating history is high. Searching every past dating email and text of a subject is quite easy with modern software and hacking techniques. A synthetically amplified, PR-agency optimized sex scandal can destroy any target. Your dating experiences from the 70's or 80's will come back to haunt you decades later. Most dates involve drinking alcohol and taking drugs. If you were unattractive or had bad sexual skills your bad date will be called "date rape", "drugging your date for sex" and related twisted narratives that are designed to shame you, the target. If you try to get a date in the future, your potential date will be contacted by a third party who will slander and libel you to make sure your potential first date gets cancelled. Your social life will, essentially, end. Every photo on every dating site is cross checked with every other photo on the internet in order to cull your Facebook, Linkedin, Snapchat and other social media together to create a total psychological manipulation profile data file on you. A single photo on a dating site can be cross searched on every mugshot archive, photo album and corporate database in the worth within minutes using modern super-computers. Your sex life will be on public record in a flash.
- Social Security, SSI, SDI, Disability and other earned benefits are stone-walled. Applications of targets are "lost". Files in the application process "disappeared". Lois Lerner hard drive "incidents" are operated in order to seek to hide information and run cover-ups.
- Government officials and tech oligarchs contact members of the National Venture Capital association (NVCA) and created national "black-lists" to blockade target victims from ever receiving investor funding. This was also confirmed in a widely published disclosure by Tesla Motors Daryl Siry and in published testimony. If Silicon Valley political campaign finance oligarchs black-list you (see the "AngelGate" Scandal and the "High Tech No Poaching Class Action Lawsuit" cases) you will never get investor funding again.
- FOIA requests are hidden, frozen, stone-walled, delayed, lied about and only partially responded to in order to seek to hide information and run cover-ups.
- State and federal employees will play an endless game of Catch-22 by arbitrarily determining that deadlines had passed that they, the government officials, had stonewalled and obfuscated applications for, in order to force these deadlines that they set, to appear to be missed. This can bankrupt a target victim.
- Some Victims found themselves strangely poisoned, not unlike the Alexander Litvenko case. Heavy metals and toxic materials were found right after their work with the Department of Energy weapons and energy facilities. Many wonder if these "targets" were intentionally exposed to toxins in retribution for their testimony. The federal MSDS documents clearly show that a number of these people were exposed to deadly compounds and radiations, via DOE, without being provided with proper HazMat suits which DOE officials knew were required.
- Victims employers are called, and faxed, and ordered to fire target victims from their places of employment, in the middle of the day, with no notice, as a retribution tactic.
- On orders from Obama White House officials, DNC-financed Google, YouTube, Gawker Media and Gizmodo Media produce attack articles and defamation videos. Google locks this attack media on the internet on the top line, of the front page of all Google searches for a decade in front of 7.5 billion people, around the world. This attack-type uses over $40 million dollars in server farms, production costs and internet rigging. The forensic data acquired from tracking some of these attacks proves that Google rigs attacks against individuals on the internet and that all of Google's "impressions" are manually controlled by Google's executives who are also the main financiers and policy directors of the Obama Administration. This data was provided to the European Union for it's ongoing prosecution of Google's political manipulation of public perceptions.
- Victims HR and employment records, on recruiting and hiring databases, are embedded with negative keywords in order to prevent the victim targets from ever gaining future employment.
- Gary D. Conley, Seth Rich, Rajeev Motwani and many other whistle-blowers in these matters, turned up dead under strange circumstances. It is very possible that some of these attack services, operated by former CIA operatives, even offer discrete murder-for-sale services using high-tech assassination tools that make murders look like heart attacks and brain failures.
- Disability and VA complaint hearings and benefits are frozen, delayed, denied or subjected to lost records and "missing hard drives" as in the Lois Lerner case.
- Paypal (A DNC-biased operation) and other on-line payments for on-line sales are de-platformed, delayed, hidden, or re-directed in order to terminate income potential for target victims who competed with the attackers interests and holdings.
- DNS redirection, "website spoofing" sends target victims websites to dead ends where no sales orders or customer inquiries actually get back to the target. These internet revenue activity manipulations are conducted using Google and Amazon servers. All commercial storefronts and on-line sales attempts by target victims, will have had their sites hidden, or search engine de-linked by a massively resourced facility located in Virginia, Texas or Palo Alto, California in order to terminate revenue potentials for the target victims.
- Over 50,000 trolls, shills, botnets and synth-blog deployments are deployed to place defamatory statements and disinformation about victims in front of 7.5 billion people around the world on the internet in order to seek to damage their federal testimony credibility by a massively resourced facility.
- Campaign finance dirty tricks contractors are hired by campaign financiers to attack the friends and family members of the target victim in order to create low morale for the target victims psyche and motivation.
- Are you getting weird headaches and hearing a "buzzing sound" in your head? The U.S. Government has now acknowledged that the Cuban, Chinese and other embassy "sonic attacks" are from a known microwave beam weapon. Any one of the technical departments of the attack services listed at the top of this article can build such a biological harassment weapon. It can be aimed at the target victims office, bedroom or vehicle and, within a week, have caused biological and emotional damage using a weapon that has no visible track of trajectory. It is designed to make the target victim think they are "going crazy" or "hearing sounds in their head". While this may sound pretty out there, web search "Embassy sonic attacks" on the top 5 non-Google search engines and read the very credible reports of these attacks.
- In one case covert political partner: Google, transferred large sums of cash to dirty tricks contractors and then manually locked the media portion of the attacks into the top lines of the top pages of all Google searches globally, for years, with hidden embedded codes in the links and web-pages which multiplied the attacks on Victims by many magnitudes.
- Covert Cartel financier: Google, placed Google's lawyer: Michelle Lee, in charge of the U.S. Patent Office and she, in turn, stacked all of the U.S. Patent Office IPR and ALICE review boards and offices with Google-supporting employees in order to rig the U.S. Patent Office to protect Google from being prosecuted for the vast patent thefts that Google engages in. Google has hundreds of patent lawsuits for technology theft and a number of those lawsuits refer to Google's operations as "Racketeering", "Monopolistic Cartel" and "Government Coup-like" behaviors. Thousands of articles and investigations detail the fact that Google, "essentially" ran the Obama White House and provided over 80% of the key White House staff. A conflict-of-interest unlike any in American history. Google's investors personally told Applicant they would "kill him". Google and the Obama Administration were "the same entity". Applicant testified in the review that got Michelle Lee terminated and uncovered a tactical political and social warfare group inside Google who were financed by Federal and State funds.
- Honeytraps and moles were employed by the attackers. In this tactic, people who covertly worked for the attackers were employed to approach the "target" in order to spy on and misdirect the subject.
- Gawker Media, Gizmodo Media, Snopes, SPLC and other hired media assassins will be retained to produce "hatchet job" character assassination articles about you. Then those articles will be faxed, mailed and emailed to your employer and investors with a note saying: "You don't want to have anything to do with this person, do you..?" in order to get you fired from your job and get your loans or financing pulled. The attackers will use their round one attack media, that they authored, to create a round two second wave attack designed to end your life via economic warfare.
- Mortgage and rental applications will have had red flags added to them in databases to prevent the targets from getting homes or apartments.
- Krebs On Security, Wired, Ars Technica, The Wall Street Journal and most major IT publications have reported that hundreds of spy "back-doors" have been found on every Intel, AMD, Apple, Xfinity, Cisco, Microsoft, Juniper Networks motherboard, chip-set and hardware component set. This means that any kid with the "key" code can open any computer, server, router, cloud-network or other network connected device and read every file, photo, video, your calendar and email on your devices at any time from any location on Earth. The key codes have been released to every hacker community in the world for over ten years. There is now no government, corporate or personal data that can't be hacked, even data from decades ago. Every single one of your darkest secrets can be in the hands of your enemy within 60 minutes, or less. Important meetings you had planned with potential investors, employers, clients, dates, suppliers and others will suddenly get cancelled at the last minute. They will get cancelled because your enemies are reading your calendar remotely and covertly sending slander information to those you had hoped to engage with in order to sabotage your life. Nothing you have ever typed on a computer or Smartphone is safe. it WILL be acquired and it WILL be used against you.
- McCarthy-Era "Black-lists" are created and employed against target victims who competed with Obama Administration executives and their campaign financiers to prevent them from getting funding and future employment.
- Obama Administration victims were very carefully placed in a position of not being able to get jobs, unemployment benefits, disability benefits or acquire any possible sources of income. The retribution tactics were audacious, overt..and quite illegal.


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A group of actors from the 1950s, which included Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra, and more.1. Rat pack
What is rat pack?
The director wants to actor to act like a gentleman. The word has two meanings: "gentleman", as in the old days, when those who had money could afford servants, and "gentleman", as in today, as in anybody, rich or poor, who behaves well. The actor's response is in reference is to the first meaning. His comment refers to the bell one rings when summoning one's butler. In other words, he will be the "gentleman" of the old days, rich and snobbish.2. A: You so gentleman, yes?
B: A-ring-a-ding-ding?
A: Yeah.
A is a Japanese cameraman with little English ability. B is the protagonist, the formal movie star. What is a ring-a-ding-ding? what's he trying to tell?
It's a nickname for Frank Sinatra, the Vegas nightclub singer.3. Old Blue Eyes
Since all first characters are capitalized I assume it's a name of something. What is it?
The years of marriage have been long years. Not fun. When something is fun, time goes quickly, and when something isn't fun, time drags on.4.
Man: Twenty-five long ones.
By looking at the dialogues following after this one, I realized that he was mentioning about his marital years. But what does he mean by Twenty-five 'LONG ONES'?
"probono" means to do something for free. "figure out the angles" could mean (I'm not sure) that she might learn how to manipulate the probono so as to make money from it.Woman: Well, so far it's probono.
Man: Well, I'm sure you'll figure out the angles.
I also saw the movie, and that line (figure out the angles) struck me as odd, too.
"It's" of It's gonna take courage refers to an act or event the person is about the undertake, or do. For example, I hope you had enough to drink because going back to that empty hotel room is gonna take courage.6. I hope you've had enough to drink. It's gonna take courage.
This should be really easy sentence... but something about it confuses me. I took it as "I hope you're drunk enough to do this" - correct me if I'm wrong.
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How To Eat A Girl Out Properly
If you want to be a true Casanova in the sack, you've got to know how to eat a girl out properly. It's a skill that every guy should have. After all, what we give is pretty much equal to what we can expect in return. This guide will help you win infatuation from girls, or at least their vaginas, consistently.
- Try not to jump the gun. When things heat up and you really get going, it can be hard to hold back. But, one of the most important aspects of eating a girl out correctly is to know when to do it. It takes most girls at least ten or fifteen minutes of foreplay to be primed for pleasure.
- Start at the top. Try kissing her ear and neck softly first. These two spots are some of the most sensitive places on her body. They'll get her squirming in anticipation. Remember, though, to keep it light and playful. No girl likes a tongue in her ear canal.
- Get ready to work your way down. From her neck, drift down to her breasts and nipples. Use your tongue softly to stimulate them, gently increasing pressure over time. Move down to her stomach, her pelvic area and her inner thighs. Hitting all of these spots before actually going down on her will build up the tension until she can barely stand it.
- When you get to no man's land, start with broad, soft strokes. Lick her labia, or outer vaginal lips, with slow light strokes from a flat tongue. Continue to intermittently kiss her inner thighs. Eating a girl out is all about the buildup. She should be ready to burst by the time you get down to business.
- Find her clitoris, and go to work. The clitoris is basically a woman's orgasm machine. It's a densely packed bundle of nerves tucked away discreetly at the top of her vaginal opening. To stimulate it, suck it into your mouth softly and move across it in different directions with quick, darting motions from your tongue. Add a bit of pressure from your tongue as you go.
- Find what's doing the trick, and stick with it. When her legs start intermittently shaking and she's pushing your head into yourself, you know you're doing it right. Keep that technique up, whether it's moving across or around the clitoris, until she reaches orgasm. Then, gloat.
- If you're having any trouble, just talk to her. Every woman is different when it comes to sex. So eating one out, of course, is going to be different every time. If you're having trouble getting her engine started, just ask her what she likes. She'll appreciate your caring, and will probably tell you straight away.
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Announcer: From the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, this is All About Grants.
Megan Columbus: From the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health. I'm Megan Columbus, and welcome again to All About Grants. Today we will be starting a new series of episodes related to preparing your application. In our first episode, we'll be discussing what you can do to best prepare yourself to submit your application. To talk about this with me today is Dr. Suzanne Fisher, the Director of Receipt and Referral at the NIH Center for Scientific Review. With a background in biochemical genetics, Suzanne began her NIH career as a Scientific Review Officer and has been directing the Division of Receipt and Referral since 1996. Suzanne is uniquely qualified to be able to tell investigators and fellows what they can do to be prepared even before the funding opportunity announcement to which they want to apply. Suzanne, you want to talk to us a little bit about that?
Suzanne Fisher: There are lots of reasons for people to be ready and one is, though NIH tries to give investigators as much time as we can, occasionally FOAs are available only for about two months from when they are first published in the Guide to when the applications are due. So whatever you can do to be ready so you can really concentrate on the science part at that point can only help.
Megan Columbus: I know one of the first things that you've told me over and over again is that investigators really need to seek out their institutional officials—that Office of Sponsored Research or whatever it's called in your institution early. Why is that?
Suzanne Fisher: There are a couple of reasons. NIH has its deadlines, but they will have deadlines that are ahead of the NIH because they have aspects they need to look at. So you need to know about their internal deadlines. They will also have policies and rules about what kinds of applications people with different positions in the institution have to have in order to submit. So to submit a research grant you may have to have a certain level of appointment. To submit a fellowship, obviously, the situation would be different. So you need to know the local rules both for what kinds of applications they'll submit. Because investigators don't realize it, but they don't submit the applications to NIH. Their institutions do on their behalf. So you need to know their rules and their deadlines to make sure you're ready.
Megan Columbus: Sometimes those deadlines can be two weeks in advance of the NIH submission due date, and so that is a very important point.
Suzanne Fisher: That is and they're putting that into effect for a number of things. They need to review things. They are going to focus more on the administrative aspects and the budget aspects, but they also know that you need to build a little bit of extra time in case you need to have error corrections. When you submit your application electronically, one of the advantages is that our system checks to make sure that if you have certain errors you may be able to correct them. But you have to have time before the deadline in order to be able to take advantage of that, so they're trying to help you by building some time for that.
Megan Columbus: Well, in many Offices of Sponsored Research, they actually do support the grant writing process in all kinds of ways, taking a lot of the burden off of those investigators.
Suzanne Fisher: I just did an outreach at an institution that had an extensive Science Writer Editorial Office, and they were more than willing to work with people in writing the applications, and you may really have a lot help at your institution, but you have to find out where it is and how you use it.
Megan Columbus: So I know you just mentioned applying electronically. In order to apply electronically to NIH, even though the application comes from the institution, the investigator must also have an eRA Commons account. The eRA Commons being the electronic systems that NIH use to communicate about your grant application with the applicants. You want to tell us a little bit?
Suzanne Fisher: Right, and as you know about 97% of our applications are coming in electronically, but you need a Commons account for paper applications as well, so you have to have a Commons account. An individual has one Commons account for their lifetime, but then it can be affiliated with different institutions as you go through your career, and you can even be affiliated with more than one institution at a time. If you haven't established a Commons account at all, then you want to start with that. And your institution will help you with that, and help you get your Commons ID. And you own your Commons account, so you are responsible for all the information and data in there and making sure it is correct and up-to-date. Make sure your phone number is correct, your email. NIH is going to be using this to get in touch with you if we need to.
Megan Columbus: Well there's some information in their Commons account that is especially important especially for new investigators.
Suzanne Fisher: Right, NIH calculates your new investigators status by your grant submission history, and your grant application submission history, and your grant awards. But then we also determine if you are early stage investigator eligible by the information you've put in your Commons profile—when you have gotten your terminal degree, when your residency ended. The system works far, far better if you have your new investigators status and your early stage investigators status straight before you submit any applications. Occasionally, people find because they have moved or they forgot, they actually have two Commons accounts, and then your information may be scattered between the two and you're going to have to work with NIH to consolidate that so that all your information is in one place.
Megan Columbus: You can just call the eRA help desk to do that.
Suzanne Fisher: Right.
Megan Columbus: Our application guide is very dense. Might it be worth a read before you actually even find a funding opportunity announcement to apply for?
Suzanne Fisher: I think it would be a good idea to look through it or to look through some of the information on the Web to have some idea of what the basic structure is of an application. Investigators think a lot about the research strategy and the specific aims, which is where you cover the science in great detail. But there are lots of other parts, and those are going to take time to work on and to write—your biographical sketch, the resources and environment, the literature cited. If appropriate, you are going to write about the involvement of human subjects and vertebrate animals. And so you need to have an idea of just how many different pieces go into a grant application, so that when you sit down to respond to a particular funding opportunity announcement you have a good idea of what's involved. Now your biographical sketch, you obviously can have a lot of that there, again keep it up to date. You have a new publication, make sure on your master list. But now we're asking people to personalize their biographical sketch for every application and include a personal statement and you may want to pick and choose which publications you highlight. But you should have sort of a basic one that you then modify for each application either as you apply or maybe you are asked to be part of someone else's application. You also want to be ready. You don't want to hold them up if they have asked you to join their grant application.
Megan Columbus: You've mentioned to me in the past that people have run into trouble when they talk to somebody else who has been successful applying for an NIH grant in the past, but the rules have changed since that application was submitted.
Suzanne Fisher: Right, I know other people at your institution, other scientists, are going to want to be helpful, and they're going to give you advice. And you should listen, but you really need to check it. In the last two years, NIH has made more changes in their policies and practices then I have seen in my whole career here I think. Part of enhancing peer review is that we've made a lot of changes. For one thing, if someone tells you that your R01 application is 25 pages, that's not right. We've reduced that. It is now 12 pages for the research strategy and a page for the specific aims. So you really need to verify things in the application guide. Again your Sponsored Researcher Office or Grants and Contracts or whatever they are called, they should be more up-to-date. You can get good advice from others but you really need to make sure that you're going with the most current policy and practice. One thing that hasn't changed, and that you need to be aware of, is the basic format requirements, so the font restrictions, the size of the letters, the number of characters per inch, the margins, and things like. That hasn't changed in a long time. That applies to electronic and paper equally. You really want to pay attention to that because nothing annoys a reviewer more than trying to work through an application in teeny tiny font.
Megan Columbus: One of the other things people might want to be doing is scanning the horizon to find out the kinds of opportunities that are coming down the pike. Do you want to talk about the different ways that they can be doing that?
Suzanne Fisher: Well, there are a couple of ways. The main way is to be familiar with the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. If you go on the NIH website and just Google "NIH Guide," you'll get there. And there's a handy listserv you can subscribe to, and every Friday afternoon you get an email that lists all the funding opportunity announcements and any policy notices and anything else that have been published in the last week. You can scan through them and probably a lot of them are not going to be of interest to you, but most weeks you may see something that you want to investigate a little further. If you go to scientific meetings, there are often outreach sessions presented by NIH staff. They'll cover a lot of basic details. Depending on the meeting, if it's of interest to just one or two institutes, it may be very specific to their programs. And, of course, each NIH institute has their own Web page, and they will highlight from the NIH Guide and things the opportunities that institute has as current, and that they are particularly interested in. So, if you know that you are in a certain area, you probably want to also keep track of the one or two institutes that are in that area of science to get a little more information about that, and they all try to be helpful and give you some useful tips and hints.
Megan Columbus: Well and the other thing to remember is that NIH is not the only Federal funder of biomedical sciences. And so going to Grants.gov will also allow you to scan all of the Federal agencies at once, but I'd encourage people to check both of those resources because even though all NIH announcements are posted on Grants.gov sometimes the search capabilities and things are a little bit different between that and the NIH Guide.
Suzanne Fisher: But depending on what someone's doing there may be opportunities at the National Science Foundation, at NASA, Department of Agriculture has grant programs. Many of the agencies have grant programs that may be applicable to some of our investigators. You have to be a little careful if there are rules about not submitting to the same place twice, again your Sponsored Research Office can help you. I know some institutions, the Sponsored Research Office makes an effort to scan a lot of opportunities and send out alerts to people. And that's good, but scientists are pretty independent, so I figure most of them are going to want to look for themselves as well.
Megan Columbus: In order to learn more about the application process and how NIH works, we certainly have a plethora of resources on our websites. We have NIH Regional Seminars, which are seminars that takes you from nuts-to-bolts through the process. Individual institutes hold seminars, and there are workshops often times in conjunction with professional meetings. And so I'd encourage our listeners to look for some of those resources as they contemplate applying. Any last words from you Suzanne?
Suzanne Fisher: You know don't work alone. If you have a question, all of our websites have an email address you can send to. All the funding opportunity announcements have, it's almost at the very end of it, there are contact information about people to ask questions. So don't just assume because you may assume something that is favorable to you. So if you're not sure, it's better again to check. It is always better to know what the real rules are in advance rather than going one way and then finding out at the last minute that that's not quite the way it is. So check, be ready, and then send us your application.
Megan Columbus: Well I always feel like we're being a little bit repetitive on these podcasts, but the other thing to do is call the staff at the institute to whom you think you will be applying. So talk to the program staff there, find out some names. We, actually, are here to talk to you. With that. Thank you for joining us. For NIH and OER, this is Megan Columbus.
Announcer: For questions about eRA Commons accounts, contact the eRA help desk at 866-504-9552. NIH application guides can be found by visiting the OER website at grants.nih.gov and clicking on the "Forms & Deadlines" tab. That's G-R-A-N-T-S dot N-I-H dot G-O-V.


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The Fleet outscored Coker 19-7 from the charity stripe and shot 37.3 percent from the field for the game. Coker connected on 38.3 percent of its shots from the field and was led by forward Henna Koponen who finished the contest with 17 points.
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4.5.1 The STIS MAMA control electronics are subject to resets due to cosmic-ray upsets. Therefore, STIS MAMAs are operated only during the contiguous orbits of each day that are free of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA). Even though the design of the ACS MAMA control electronics in the SBC was modified so that they would not be susceptible to cosmic-ray hits, the background count rate still exceeds the bright object limits for the SBC during SAA passage. Consequently, the SBC will in general only be scheduled for use during SAA-free orbits.
4.5.2 MAMA Overflow of the 16 Bit BufferThe MAMA is a photon-counting detector: as each event is recorded, the buffer memory for the corresponding pixel is incremented by one integer. The buffer memory stores values as 16 bit integers; hence the maximum number it can accommodate is 65,535 counts per pixel in a given ACCUM mode observation. When accumulated counts per pixel exceed this number, the values will wrap, i.e., the memory resets to 0. As an example, if you are counting at 25 counts/second/pixel, you will reach the MAMA "accumulation" limit in ~44 minutes.One can keep accumulated counts per pixel below this value by breaking individual exposures into multiple identical exposures, each of which is short enough that fewer than 65,535 counts are accumulated per pixel. There is no read noise for MAMA observations, so no penalty is paid in lost signal-to-noise ratio when exposures are split. There is only a small overhead for each MAMA exposure (see Section 8.2).
Keep the accumulated counts per SBC pixel below 65,535 by breaking single exposures into multiple exposures, as needed.
4.5.3 MAMA detectors have intrinsically low dark currents. An example of the dark current variation across the detector can be seen in Figure 4.14. Ground test measurements of the ACS MAMA showed count rates in the range of 10-5 to 10-4 counts per pixel per second as the temperature varied from 28 °C to 35 °C. The count rate increased by about 30% for one degree increase in temperature. In-flight measurements, taken weekly throughout June and July 2002, show count rates between 8x10-6 and 10-5. These measurements were taken as soon as the MAMA was turned on and were therefore at the lower end of the temperature range. A 10 hour observation in SMOV (SM3B), long enough for nominal temperatures to be reached, yielded a dark current of 1.2 x 10-5 counts per second per pixel. Monthly monitoring shows the in-flight dark current to be about 9x10-6 counts per second per pixel.A comparison of the dark rate as a function of temperature is shown in Figure 4.15. As a function of temperature the behavior of the dark current was essentially unchanged. No long-term increase in the dark rate was found. Due to the insignificant dark current, dark corrections are no longer performed in the ACS pipeline.The ACS MAMA has a broken anode which disables rows 600 to 605. There are three dark spots smaller than 50 microns at positions (334,977), (578,964), and (960,851), as well as two bright spots at (55,281) and (645,102) with fluctuating rates that are always less than 3 counts per second. The reference pixel has been moved to (512,400) to avoid these areas (see Table 7.9)Figure 4.14: MAMA dark image.Full frame MAMA dark image. The average dark rate in this image is 5 x 10-5 counts per second per pixel.Figure 4.15: SBC Dark Rate and Operating TemperatureUpper panel: SBC Dark Rate (counts s-1 pix -1) as a function of the operating temperature in
Celsius. Lower panel: The operating temperatures vs. time elapsed since SBC was switched on. Red crosses and green circles are data from May 2002 and March 2010, respectively. Dark rates have remained stable since ACS activation in 2002 and are unaffected by SM4. For both epochs, dark rates are stable for operating temperatures below 28 Celsius (for about 4 hours after being switched on).MAMA detectors are capable of delivering signal-to-noise ratios of order 100:1 per resolution element (2 × 2 pixels) or even higher. Tests in orbit have demonstrated that such high S/N is possible with STIS (Kaiser et al., 1998, (PASP, 110, 978); Gilliland, STIS ISR 1998-16). For targets observed at a fixed position on the detector, the signal-to-noise ratio is limited by systematic uncertainties in the small-scale spatial and spectral response of the detector. The MAMA flats show a fixed pattern that is a combination of several effects including beating between the MCP array and the anode pixel array, variations in the charge-cloud structure at the anode, and low-level capacitive cross-coupling between the fine anode elements. Intrinsic pixel-to-pixel variations are of order 6% but are stable to < 1%. Photometric accuracy can be improved by averaging over flat field errors by dithering the observation (see Section 7.4).
4.5.5 Figure 4.16: MAMA Flat Field.The SBC requires two types of flat fields: the "pixel-to-pixel flats" (or P-flats), which take care of the high-frequency structures in the detector sensitivity, and the "low-order flats" (or L-flats), which handle the low-frequency components. Current P-flats were derived by Bohlin & Mack (ACS ISR 2005-04) using the on-board deuterium lamp and were found to be independent of wavelength. The P-flat in Figure 4.16 shows the effect of the disabled broken anode for rows 600 to 605 and of the shadow of the repeller wire around column 577.Low-frequency flatfield corrections for the SBC imaging modes have been derived using multiple exposures of the globular cluster NGC6681 (Mack, et al., ACS ISR 2005-13). Variations of ±6% (full range) were found for the F115LP and F125LP filters, ±8% for the F140LP and F150LP filters, and ±14% for the F165LP filter. The F122M filter was not included in this analysis due to lack of sufficient data. The L-flat shows a similar general pattern in all filters, with the required correction increasing with wavelength. Analysis of this stellar data showed a decline in the average UV sensitivity with time at a level of 2 to 4% per year over the first 1.6 years of operation. The sensitivity appears to have leveled off after this time. A slight sensitivity loss as a function of temperature (~0.1%/degree) was also discovered. These effects were also detected for the STIS FUV-MAMA detector (see STIS ISRs 2003-01 and 2004-04).Following the repair of the ACS WFC in May 2009, no significant changes in the average SBC sensitivity have been found.
4.5.6 The MAMA detector becomes nonlinear (i.e., photon impact rate not equal to photon count rate) at globally integrated count rates exceeding 200,000 counts/second. The MAMA detector and processing software are also unable to count reliably at rates exceeding 285,000 counts/second. For these reasons, and to protect the detectors from over-illumination, observations yielding global count rates above 200,000 counts/second are not allowed (see Section 4.6).The MAMA pixels are linear to better than 1% up to ~22 counts/second/pixel. Nonlinearity at higher count rates is image-dependent such that the nonlinearity of one pixel depends on the photon rate affecting neighboring pixels. Consequently, it is impossible to correct reliably for the local nonlinearity in post-observation data processing. MAMA detectors are also subject to damage at high local count rates, so observations yielding local count rates above 50 counts/second/pixel are not allowed (see Section 4.6).


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5 DIY Camera Strap Projects Anyone Can Do
Everyone has different tastes when it comes to personal style and decor, but I'm not sure "this came with it" is anyone's fashion. Ditch your black, nylon, walking-billboard camera strap for one that's a little more creative. Because if you're going to carry your camera everywhere to get the perfect shot, it might as well look good.
Whether your style is glitz and glam or rugged and flannel, whether your weapon of choice is a pro-sumer DSLR or a quirky toy camera, there's a camera strap here for you. And luckily these don't cost a fortune — you can make each of these yourself from leather cord, chain, canvas or an old pair of boots.
Some of them do involve a bit of sewing. But if you're a klutz with a needle, try one of the last two projects on this list. Click each of the links below for full tutorials.
• Flannel Shirt & Leather Boot Camera Strap at ModCloth
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Harare: The manager of a ranch owned by Zimbabwe`s last white ruler says he has been ordered by President Robert Mugabe`s loyalists to quit the property to allow it to be occupied by a state institution.
Farm manager Owen Jarman today said he has not yet been given a date for him and 35 workers to vacate the 592-hectare Gwenoro farm in the south-western Shurugwi district.
Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, who yielded power to Mugabe in 1980, died in 2007 in South Africa, aged 88.
Jarman, running the farm since 1994, said it was still owned by Smith`s surviving son and daughter, who both live outside Zimbabwe.
He said new occupiers from the government`s Midlands State University had begun tilling the fields for the new farming season.


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By SUE RYAN
News staff writer
November 1, 2006
While project start dates are off in the future, from 2007 to 2011 there will be almost constant bridge construction on Interstate 84 from the The Dalles to the Sandy River.
Planners, engineers and project managers with the Oregon Department of Transportation held the first open house explaining the projects Oct. 25 in The Dalles.
The event focused on the first phase of work, which involves both bridge replacement and repair between The Dalles and Hood River.
Repairs will be made to the Rock Creek Bridge in Mosier and the Hostetler Way Connector Bridge, which are being done on a separate schedule.
"We wanted to get those repairs going as quickly as possible," said John MacArthur, the program manager with Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners.
Part of the team's concern is due to cracks in concrete on those structures. That has resulted in reduced load carrying capacity for the bridges.
"It's not safe," said Terry Stones, of David Evans and Associates, the design firm for the project. "The work will bring those bridges up to the level required for all continuous use permits (for trucks)."
Aside from the higher cost of $33.9 million, plans to replace a bridge over Mosier Creek and at Fifteen Mile Creek will have something the repairs won't as plans include seismic readiness for the new structures. Retrofitting for earthquakes won't be done on the two repair bridges in the segment because of not enough project funding.
However, the rest of the entire list of projects is fully funded through monies from both the Oregon Transportation Investment Act (OTIA) and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Project (STIP).
Repair work involves strengthening cap beams, girders and crossbeams. The design is expected to be approved in Dec. 2006, going out to bid in April 2007 with repair work slated for spring to fall of 2007.
A new element marks the projects' design as ODOT installs the first Gorge standard barriers replacing the current median. MacArthur worked on a team that developed the Interstate Corridor Strategy.
"It is the idea of continuity," he said. "The document is a true stakeholder vision of what they want the Gorge to look like in 30 years."
Copies of the I-84 Corridor Strategy are available online as a pdf file or to study at the Gorge Commission office in White Salmon.
The other phases of bridge repair are slated for three distinct geographic regions, which include:
* From Cascade Locks to Hood River, replacement of three bridges and repair of eight bridges. The final design is due early 2008 with construction set for 2008 to 2010.
* From Dodson to Tanner Creek, replacement of one bridge and repair of three bridges. The final design is due Nov. 2007 with construction from April 2009 to 2011.
* Bridges over the Sandy River and at Jordan Road, replacement of two bridges, repair of two bridges. The final design is due Nov. 2007 with construction from March 2008 to Dec. 2010.
For more information on the bridge projects:
* Call Wayman Bolly, OBDP Design Coordinator at (503) 587-2912 or email@example.com or call Michelle Gregory, Public Information at (503) 695-3588.
* Go online for the I-84 Corridor Strategy: A Vision and Design Guidelines for Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
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Does it matter whether the person is Roman Catholic or Ukrainian Catholic?Basil
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I forgot the maps
I trust you are quite familiar with the rules here, and ask you to refrain in the future from using the term Uniate. You can do better than that.
Just in case anyone has any questions:Approximately 2 years ago (March 8. 2005), Mor Ephrem (a poster whom I greatly admire) had to comment on the use of the 'U-word':http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,5585.0.htmlThis is not a new policy or a sudden increase in censorship; we're just maintaining the long established policies and traditions of this site.C'mon, serbski---get with the program! You've posted here long enough to know not even to type out the word!
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And I will double check with experts.
someone remind me - is the H-word banned too?
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The Valley Stream village board's decision to adopt a new flood map on July 15 was the right move, but this hardly ends the three-year-long battle for a more accurate map.
There are three good reasons why the village board needed to adopt the map.
First, Valley Stream's residents and government have been lobbying for a more accurate map to ensure that homes are removed from the high-risk flood zone that don't belong there. The Federal Emergency Management Agency decided that 1,549 homes in the village don't belong on the latest map.
Second, if it failed to approve the map, the village would jeopardize its ability to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. Property owners would not be able to purchase flood insurance policies and existing policies would not be renewed, according to FEMA. The village and property owners would also risk losing out on federal disaster assistance.
As we learned during and after Hurricane Sandy, there are areas of Valley Stream that flood. Dozens of homes were damaged by the storm's floodwaters, and those residents were fortunate to have flood insurance. They need to be protected.
And finally, FEMA and other federal officials listened to the outcry in Valley Stream following the adoption of a new map in 2009, which added almost 2,500 homes to the high-risk flood zone. That's largely the reason why a new map was drawn less than four years later, revising the flood zone. Rejecting these FEMA maps — taking an all-or-nothing-now approach — would reduce the village's leverage going forward.
So the village's approval was necessary and right.
But the issue can't end here. The new map should be thought of as progress, not as a conclusion. More than 800 homes added to the high-risk flood zone in 2009 still remain in it. Some of those homes probably belong there, but many others likely do not.
By their very nature, flood maps are inexact because they are based on a calculation of risk. It is impossible to predict future storms, and every storm behaves differently. There will always be some educated guesswork and reasonable assumptions involved in creating a map like this, but a combination of cutting-edge science and historical data must be used.
We believe that FEMA did a better job the second time around, but parts of the new map still miss the mark. Hurricane Sandy showed the areas of Valley Stream that are vulnerable to coastal flooding — exactly what flood insurance protects against. And it showed that there are some areas that have no business being in the high-risk flood zone.
Village officials promised at the July 15 meeting that adopting the new map would not mean an end to the fight, and that they would continue lobbying the federal representatives and agencies that can effect change. They must make good on this promise.
The argument made by some residents that the new map can never be changed is wrong. This map is a changed map, and future maps can be as well.
We continue to call for more constructive cooperation between the community activists focused on this issue and the village government. It has been frustrating to see these two factions sniping at each other, despite the fact that they are working toward the same goal.
Both groups have brought good ideas to the table, yet they seem to prefer to work independently to solve the problem. Residents share personal experiences about the financial burden of having to purchase unnecessary flood insurance. The village government has relationships with the federal officials who can bring about change. Both sides should realize that we're all on the same side.
Instead of publicly trading barbs, how about a meeting of the minds? If community activists and village officials could sit down, talk and learn from one another, we believe everyone could end up on the same page. Moving forward as one united coalition is a lot more likely to get Valley Stream the attention it needs for the changes that still need to be made.


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In April 1849, a ship carrying Irish immigrants hit an iceberg in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Some 120 Irish immigrants clung to a bit of frozen salvation, desperately cold in their nightclothes after almost 18 hours on the ice that April night in 1849.
The boat bringing them to the promise of a new life had sailed from Newry, County Down on April 2 and until April 17, according to newspaper accounts of the day, the passage had been fine.
The 200 passengers were mostly from the Forkhill area of Co. Armagh.
But the brig Hannah failed to skirt the pack ice on the harsh gulf. Its hull was crushed by an iceberg. Passengers, jolted from their sleep, were bruised and cut in the scramble off the ship. Others perished in the chilling waters, unable to gain the ice, or were lost in rescue attempts.
Almost 160 years later, the Montreal documentary maker Gala Films is hoping to include this remarkable incident in its survey of the Irish famine migration to Canada. It is seeking descendants of those who survived the sinking of the Hannah.
One of those descendants, Paddy Murphy, says the incident is laced with both cowardice and courage. He notes accounts of the day which reported that the Hannah crew and captain had departed in a lifeboat, leaving the boat's passengers exposed to the elements. All would have died had Captain Marshall of the Nicarague not made his ship fast to the iceberg at great risk to himself and his crew.
"'No pen can describe the pitiable situation of the poor creatures," Marshall reported to the Armagh Guardian on June 4, 1849. "They were all but naked, cut and bruised and frost-bitten. There were parents who had lost their children, children with loss of parents. Many, in fact, were perfectly insensible."
Three other ships also pitched in to bring survivors through the ice floes to Grosse Ile, the immigrant quarantine station in the St. Lawrence River.
Paddy Murphy's great-great-grandparents John Murphy and his wife Bridget (McParland) had already endured tragedy before setting out for Quebec in April, 1849. In January of that year, their house had burned down and one of their children had died in the blaze.
On the Hannah they had four of their children, and the two eldest were lost.
"The children went into the water and John went in after them. The story in our family is that his hands were so badly frozen he couldn't handle the rope he'd taken to try to pull them to safety. He held the rope in his mouth in the hope he'd find them and they could grab on. But he couldn't save them. He lost all his teeth as a result," Paddy recounts.
"Rose, who was approximately three years old, fell in the water and was rescued but did not speak for years because of the shock. Bernard, 'Barney,' aged two, also fell in the water but was pulled to safety by the wife of Henry Grant who thought he was one of her own children."
It was Barney's son, Mike, who recounted the incident to Paddy on the occasion of Paddy's marriage to his wife Jane, in the summer of 1962.
"Grandfather Mike was delighted at the marriage because Jane's maternal great-great-grandfather Michael Coburn came from the same area in Forkhill, County Armagh as the Murphys. He said we were two old Irish families uniting. Michael Coburn had left Ireland in 1848, a year before the Hannah disaster, and Grandfather Mike, whose mother, Ellen Bennett, was also from Forkhill, told us about John Murphy coming over on a ship that hit an iceberg, the many lives lost, and his father who was saved from the water."
Paddy, who grew up in the township of North Crosby, south of Ottawa, where many of the Hannah survivors settled to farm, went on to conduct his own research into the shipwreck, and his findings later became the basis of a book called A Famine Link: The Hannah, South Armagh to Ontario.
The authors, Kevin Murphy and Una Walsh, are members of the Mullaghbawn Community Centre in Forkhill, South Armagh. Clearly the story of the Hannah is a stirring tale that speaks to the times and to the Irish in Quebec. It is estimated up to 40 percent of the province's citizens have Irish blood.


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Sourav Ganguly Salutes Sachin Tendulkar after Mumbai Indians CLT20 Victory
Observing that Sachin Tendulkar's retirement from international cricket was "imminent", former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday hoped the batting legend quits the game on a high.
"There is too much speculation about his retirement, which is putting pressure on him. While I believe his retirement is not very far, I hope he bids adieu with his bat held high. He should leave the game only after playing a match-wining knock," said Ganguly.
Ganguly wished that Tendulkar, who on Sunday played career's last Twenty20 match with his Mumbai Indians winning the Champions League Twenty20 title, repeats the same feat with India triumphing over the visiting West Indies against whom he is slated to play his historic 200th Test Match.
"Sachin's achievements and credentials won't be lowered if he continues to play for some more time. But I sincerely hope is he quits the game only after playing well, be it against the West Indies or South Africa," said Ganguly.
Hailing Harbhajan Singh for his match winning abilities, Ganguly hoped the offspinner would make a comeback to the Indian team sooner than later.
"Harbhajan is a match winner. His biggest trait is his ability to perform when the chips are down. There are no doubts about his class and sooner than later he will be back in the Indian team," he said.
Harbhajan clinched the Man of the Match award for his match-winning performance in Sunday's Champions League T20 final. The offie clinched three wickets in the 17th over to turn the match in his side's favour and ended with figures of 4/32 from four overs.


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General student visa (Tier 4)
You can apply for a Tier 4 (General) student visa to study in the UK if you're 16 or over and you:
- have been offered a place on a course
- can speak, read, write and understand English
- have enough money to support yourself and pay for your course - the amount will vary depending on your circumstances
- are from a country that's not in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland
- meet the other eligibility requirements
There will be no change to the rights and status of EU citizens living in the UK until 2021. You and your family can apply for 'settled status' to continue living in the UK after June 2021. The scheme will open fully by March 2019.
When to apply
The earliest you can apply for a visa is 3 months before you start your course.
You'll usually get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks. You can check visa processing times for your country.
It costs £348 to apply for this visa from outside the UK.
You must pay £348 per person for any dependants.
You'll also have to pay the healthcare surcharge as part of your application. Check how much you'll have to pay before you apply.
How long you can stay
You can arrive in the UK before your course starts:
- up to 1 week before, if your course lasts 6 months or less
- up to 1 month before, if your course lasts more than 6 months
How long you can stay depends on the kind of course you're doing and what study you've already completed.
What you can and cannot do
You can:
- study
- work as a student union sabbatical officer
- apply from inside or outside the UK
- apply to extend your stay
- work in most jobs - depending on what level your course is and what kind of sponsor you have
You cannot:
- get public funds
- work in certain jobs, for example professional sportsperson or sports coach
- study at an academy or a local authority-funded school (also known as a maintained school)
You may be able to bring in family members (dependants).
Read the full guidance to find out how long you might be able to stay and what you can and cannot do.


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VeriSign, AOL to Offer Encrypted Instant Messaging
By Reuters
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Reuters) - VeriSign Inc. VRSN.O and AOL Time Warner Inc. AOL.N on Thursday announced a partnership to offer encoded chat messages through AOL Instant Messenger, the same day rival Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O warned users of a security hole in its own instant messaging service.
VeriSign will issue security credentials to corporations for authenticating
employees who want to send and receive encrypted messages over AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), David Gang, a product strategy manager at AOL, said during VeriSign's analyst day.
Dubbed "Enterprise AIM," the service will go into beta testing before the end of May, Gang said.
Corporate users represent about 20 percent to 25 percent of AIM's more than 150 million registered users, according to Gang.
Security concerns about instant messaging and the fact that it is not that easy to save the messages has held back its use in corporations.
Gene Munster, analyst at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, was skeptical of the need or demand for encrypted instant messaging, noting that encrypted e-mail isn't even all that common and that AIM is free.
Earlier on Thursday, Microsoft announced a patch for a security flaw related to its MSN Messenger program that could allow an attacker to have broad access to a victim's computer.
I think it is great, that such a large company, as AOL, is bring encryption to the masses. Even though it was available before, I'm sure loads of people will think this is a new idea. And wonder why no one thought of it before. heh.
MSN Messanger Security Hole Information
From: Silcon
MSN Messenger flaw opens PCs up to hackers
Another Microsoft security hole...
Microsoft has admitted that a security flaw
in its MSN Messenger software could allow hackers to delete files or cripple a user's computer.
The flaw enables hackers to exploit a feature that allows chat users in a single virtual location (i.e. a chat room) to exchange text messages in a separate ActiveX-based window.
Hackers can exploit the vulnerability to impose a buffer- overflow attack, according to Microsoft. Buffer-overflow vulnerabilities allow hackers to execute potentially harmful programs on a victim's computer, deleting files or crippling the system's security.
Attackers can issue the buffer overflow through HTML email or a malicious website.
MSN Chat Control, MSN Messenger versions 4.5 and 4.6, and Exchange Instant Messenger 4.5 and 4.6 are affected by the glitch.
The flaw was found by eEye Digital Security.
Users can download an updated version of MSN Messenger or Exchange Instant Messenger, or download an updated version of MSN Chat control from the company's chat websites.
See www.microsoft.com/technet for the security notice.