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G. Faculty Development
The concept of faculty development encompasses a wide range of opportunities, services, support units, and incentive programs. Some aspects of faculty development are covered in the sections of this Guide which deal with promotion, tenure, and sabbatical leaves; others are included in this section. The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Bloomington, is concerned with career development broadly defined. Its activities include annual competitions, ongoing programs and services, and research studies designed to understand better the careers of IU faculty, identify needs, and plan relevant programs.
Annual Competitions
Teaching and Research Awards
Provost's Professorships honor those faculty who have achieved local, national, and international distinction in both teaching and research/creative activity and their interaction. Faculty carry the title Provost's Professor for the remainder of their careers at Indiana University. Recipients are automatically considered for the Tracy M. Sonneborn Award, which honors faculty for the same traits. The Sonneborn winner presents a University-wide lecture the fall after receiving the award. The deadline for letters of intent is in November of each year with complete dossiers due in December. (http://www.indiana.edu/~vpfaa/policylocker/nominations_competitions/ProvostProfessors_SonnebornAwardsCallforNominations.pdf).
This program, established in 2007, is designed to give our IUB Provost's Professors and Tracy Sonneborn Award Winners a special opportunity each year to invite a distinguished scholar from another institution who shares their passion for the integration of research, teaching and learning to the Bloomington campus to speak about engaging students in the inspiration of discovery and creative pursuit. The scholar selected for this special recognition each year will receive a modest honorarium and visit campus for several days during the spring semester to meet with colleagues and give the lecture. (http://www.indiana.edu/~vpfaa/awards/sonneborn.shtml).
The Office for Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research co-sponsor this award which provides funds for release time from teaching and research assistance for young faculty who show promise of reaching distinction as scholars or artists. The annual awards carry a summer fellowship, a release time award or grant-in-aid, and a small grant-in-aid. The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is in the fall semester. (http://www.indiana.edu/~vpfaa/awards/juniorfac.shtml).
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Some faculty members, particularly those in mid-career and senior levels, have provided consistently exceptional service to the University, their professions, or the public. The Distinguished Service Award rewards excellence in service at any or all of these levels. The deadline for nominations and supporting evidence is in the fall semester (See Policy G-1).
Research and Creative Activities Grants and Fellowships
The Fran Snygg Endowment Fund was established to develop and enhance awareness and appreciation of dance as a performing art. This Fund is used to support and promote modern dance and movement in the arts, including but not limited to support for visiting artists, student scholarships and/or travel, dance production support, supplies and equipment for dance programs and/or facilities, and creative projects in modern dance and movement. The endowment is expected to provide about $2,000 in funds each year. The application deadline is in the fall semester. (http://www.indiana.edu/~vpfaa/awards/snyggendow.shtml).
The Fran Snygg Grant for Artistic Collaboration is designed to encourage artistic collaborations in conjunction with Arts Week, an annual showcase for the arts on campus and in the Bloomington area organized by the Arts Coordinating Council. The Arts Coordinating Council awards one or two grants for collaborative arts projects that take place or are exhibited during Arts Week each year. The project may be a performance, an exhibit, or some other collaborative endeavor between artistic disciplines. The Council is especially interested in new groups, new ideas, and new collaborations, and encourages groups to consider proposing events that could take place in tandem with the opening reception. The application deadline is in the fall semester. (http://www.indiana.edu/~vpfaa/awards/snygggrant.shtml).
This fund, established in 1984, is designed to provide partial support for new projects involving full-time faculty and librarians from at least two different disciplines working together. Its purpose is to furnish seed money to help collaborative projects get underway and thereby to encourage interdisciplinary exchange, intellectual growth into new and multidisciplinary areas of inquiry, and external grant funding emanating from such activities. Proposals are encouraged in all areas of intellectual inquiry, contemporary and historical, that draw together two or more disciplines in an innovative way. The project may center on research, instruction, outreach, or seminar activity. To be eligible for funding the project must be coordinated by two or more full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty or librarians from the Indiana University-Bloomington campus representing at least two different disciplines and with primary academic homes in different schools or in different departments of the College of Arts and Sciences.
There are two application deadlines each year, in the fall and the spring semesters. The Fund also has at its disposal a small discretionary pool for which applications will be accepted at any time. (http://www.indiana.edu/~vpfaa/awards/multidisciplinary.shtml).
Teaching and Learning Grants and Fellowships
Established in 2008, this award program supports faculty efforts to enhance teaching of topics related to sustainability and environmental literacy at the IU Bloomington campus. It represents one instructional component of a broad-based initiative developed by the Indiana University Task Force on Campus Sustainability (http://www.indiana.edu/~sustain ). The program funds innovative approaches to instruction of complex, interdisciplinary topics at both undergraduate and graduate levels of instruction. Service-learning courses and those that involve application of principles of sustainability to the IU Bloomington campus are of particular interest. The program provides summer funding to allow faculty to work intensively on course development. Recipients are expected to engage with other fellows and members of the IUB sustainability community, to submit a summary report to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs at the end of the fall semester following the award, and to formally disseminate the results of their instructional development project to other IU faculty. The deadline for applications is in the fall semester. (http://www.indiana.edu/~vpfaa/awards/sustainabilitycourse.shtml).
Summer Instructional Development Fellowships support faculty efforts to develop new or improved approaches to instruction. Funded projects may include, but are not limited to, the development of new, pace-setting courses; extensive innovation in the organization and style of existing courses; or development of new modes of instruction. The annual summer fellowships provide faculty members with financial support for concentrated work on teaching enhancement during the summer months. Faculty fellows meet with other summer fellows and work with teaching resource consultants, and are expected to disseminate the results of their project to other IU faculty. The deadline for applications and supporting materials is in the spring semester. (http://teaching.iub.edu/awards_faculty.php?nav=grants#sidf).
These grants are awarded for the revision of an existing course or the creation of a new course that engages students more actively in learning. Examples of active learning methods include, but are not limited to, collaborative learning, problem-based learning, case methods, course projects, and simulations. Grant recipients are expected to participate in group planning/working sessions as well as in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community poster session. The deadline for applications is in the spring semester. (http://teaching.iub.edu/awards_faculty.php?nav=grants-alg).
Established in 1998, this program supports new or ongoing studies into issues of teaching and learning as part of the Scholarship on Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Program (www.indiana.edu/~sotl) at Indiana University. It supports faculty members' efforts to improve and better understand teaching and learning through their own in-depth, contextualized, and evidence-based study. Recipients are also expected to attend at least two meetings with other award recipients and resource consultants and to formally disseminate the results of their instructional development project to other IU faculty. The application deadline is in the spring semester. (http://teaching.iub.edu/awards_faculty.php?nav=grant -alg).
First offered in 2002, this award is given to a team proposing a scholarship of teaching and learning research initiative that promises to have a sustained impact upon instructional development and education and that could serve as a model for others on campus. The research project should have a clear focus on student learning either within a specific disciplinary context or across disciplines; it may focus on the effectiveness of a specific educational practice or innovation. Special consideration will be given to proposals by departments or groups of faculty who propose a research-based approach to either developing or revising and then evaluating the effectiveness of their curricular programs to meet the new general education requirements and shared goals as described by the Bloomington Faculty Council. Applications are due in the spring semester. (http://teaching.iub.edu/awards_faculty.php?nav=grants-sotl).
Instituted in 2008, these fellowships are awarded to faculty who will become part of a learning community that explores issues related to service-learning and community-based research and will also serve as a resource for other instructors considering adopting a service-learning pedagogy or developing a community-based research design. Fellows may have experience with service learning or community-based research, or they may be exploring the possibility of such efforts in the future. Fellows participate in colloquia on research design, instructional development, and the local context, sponsored by the Office of Service Learning. Fellowship applications are due in the spring semester. (http://teaching.iub.edu/awards_faculty.php?nav=grants-sl).
The Campus Writing Program sponsors grants which are dedicated to helping faculty design undergraduate courses that use writing in innovative and fruitful ways. The Writing Program is eager to fund the efforts of faculty who wish to use writing to solve a pedagogical problem as well as to teach undergraduate students to express, reformulate, or apply the concepts of an academic discipline. Summer Fellowships are awarded with the expectation that faculty will devote the equivalent of two weeks of full-time effort to this work. Applications are due in the spring semester. (http://teaching.iub.edu/awards_faculty.php?nav=grants-wt).
Programs and Services
New Faculty Orientation
Because new faculty members welcome information about Indiana University upon arrival, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs hosts a series of events that are both social and professional in intent. Since 2000, these events have included an annual reception for new faculty and their families, dinners and lunches with the Vice Provost, attendance at artistic performances, workshops on teaching at Indiana University, and workshops on the tenure and promotion process. These events give new faculty an opportunity to meet each other and already established faculty from other departments, to learn more about campus resources and research opportunities on campus, and to take advantage of the rich cultural resources the campus has to offer.
Tenure and Promotion Mentoring
The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs encourages faculty to seek advice regarding all aspects of the tenure and promotion process. The Office offers workshops on the process, including the preparation of specific components of the dossier, on a regular basis. The Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Associate Vice Provosts are available to consult with faculty individually about both general and specific questions about the tenure and promotion process. They can also assist by arranging matches between faculty requesting assistance with preparation of their dossiers and senior faculty whose background will provide the most help, upon request.
Handbooks and Guides
Several handbooks and guides are available which provide clear and consistent statements of the criteria for evaluation for tenure and promotion, University-wide policies affecting academic appointees, and policies specific to the Bloomington campus: the Tenure and Promotion Handbook (1999), the Academic Handbook, and this Academic Guide. Other guides that are available from the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs include the Non-Tenure-Track Handbook, the Handbook for Student Academic Appointees, and the Guide for Approval Process of New Degrees, Certificates and Centers (link here).
Instructional Support Services
Under the aegis of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, a suite of units is dedicated to providing faculty with a range of instructional support—from teaching consultation and assessment to classroom graphics production. The specific support includes:
- BEST (IUB Evaluation Services & Testing), 855-1595, provides assistance to faculty, students, and administrators in assessment, evaluation, and testing
- Campus Instructional Consulting, 855-9023, provides assistance to faculty and departments with teaching, course development, and classroom innovations
- The Campus Writing Program, 855-4928, assists faculty and departments with incorporating writing into courses
- The Office of Service Learning, 856-6011, connects campus and community through service and assists faculty as they fold service-learning into their courses
- Publications and Graphics, 855-4047, produces visuals designed for classroom instruction, research, and administrative support.
Each unit maintains a wide array of web-based resources for faculty and graduate student instructors, including manuals on learning assessment, publications on teaching and learning, and pamphlets to support writing instruction.
Teaching Development
A Bloomington Faculty Council resolution requires each academic unit to develop a plan for evaluation and improvement of teaching (See Policy G-2). The Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Dean of the University Graduate School are charged with evaluating the plans regularly and assisting each unit's progress.
Cross-Institutional Leadership Opportunities
Indiana University is a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), a consortium of Big Ten Universities and the University of Chicago. The CIC offers faculty development and leadership activities which are coordinated by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs. These activities include the Department Executive Officers (DEO) Seminar, a three-day event focused on conflict resolution and group problem solving, and the Academic Leadership Program (ALP), a series of seminars on leadership and management skills. DEO Seminar participants and ALP Fellows are selected to represent Indiana University-Bloomington in these programs through an annual nomination process. The CIC also sponsors Faculty Communities of Interest which bring together faculty members from different institutions who have similar interests to share experiences and identify potential collaborations. Faculty who are interested in participating in Communities of Interest are encouraged to contact the CIC Liaison in the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.
Emeriti House
The mission of Emeriti House, under the aegis of the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, is "to provide an environment to support the continuation of the intellectual and creative activities of retired faculty, to help maintain their connections with the University, and to encourage the use of their talents as a continuing resource for the University." Academic and cultural activities are the highest priority for the use of House facilities and services, along with personal use by individual emeriti for their professional and academic projects, and social interactions to develop a more vital IU retirement community.
Emeriti House maintains an active program schedule which features research and creative activities of emeriti, musical events, visitors from the Institute for Advanced Study, Patten Lectureship Program and International Programs, book discussions with authors, and many other events. The faculty Oral History Project, which collects histories of emeritus faculty on DVD, and regular Life-Writing Workshops are also sponsored by the House. Emeriti House is available to and welcomes all emeritus faculty and librarians of Indiana University, including their widows and widowers, spouses, partners and guests.
Further information on the Emeriti House can be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~emeriti or by calling 855-3773.
Retired and Emeritus Faculty Contributions
Many faculty desire to remain connected to their departments and to Indiana University after they retire. Each year the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, together with Emeriti House, solicits from retired faculty and librarians information concerning their activities, needs, and status. It assesses resource needs and encourages this group of faculty to participate on various departmental and university committees. In this way, the Office encourages a continuing relationship between the university and its retired faculty and librarians.
Sabbatical Leaves
Many faculty describe the sabbatical as a critical event in their career, essential for professional growth and renewal. The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs administers sabbatical leaves for which faculty can apply every seven years. Sabbaticals consist of the equivalent of one semester at full pay or two semesters at half pay and need not be taken in a single academic year. Leaves without pay are also routinely granted to faculty for purposes of scholarly research and instructional development. Additional information about leave programs is available in Section F of this Guide.
Scholarly Studies
Studies of Women And Minority Faculty Careers
As part of its effort to support cultural diversity within the University, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs collaborates closely with the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, the Office of Women's Affairs, and the Office of Affirmative Action on minority and women career studies. The information from these studies informs relevant university programs and policies, and helps foster the professional growth of a diverse and committed faculty.
Studies of Tenure-Track Faculty
For the past several years, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs has conducted informal surveys with tenure-track faculty to learn more about their experiences and their career expectations. Results from these surveys are disseminated to Chairs and other administrators to help them respond effectively to the needs of their junior faculty and to promote engagement with faculty development throughout the campus community.
Retired Faculty Study
Retired and emeriti faculty members offer a valuable perspective of living memory--what the department and university have looked like over time. As noted, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs conducts an annual survey of emeriti faculty, and supports the Emeriti Oral History Project. The Project collects digital audiovisual recordings of interviews of emeriti faculty by other emeriti faculty. Over 100 interviews have been archived to date, and will also be accessible through the IU Libraries.
Scholarship of Teaching And Learning
Beginning in 1998, the Dean of the Faculties Office launched a major initiative in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Several regular grants and awards support faculty-initiated research on student learning strategies and success in their own classrooms. In addition to these grants and awards, in 2008, the Office initiated collaborative research with a special emphasis on faculty strategies to negotiate issues of academic authority through perceptions of race and ethnicity in the classroom. These studies not only raise awareness of these teaching and learning issues on campus, and support broader university goals of nurturing a diverse faculty and student body, but also serve to support faculty and help them build successful and satisfying careers.
IUB Libraries
The IUB Libraries (the Herman B. Wells Library, the Lilly Library for rare books and special collections, and the many branch and Residence Hall libraries) provide faculty and other users with access to a wide range of scholarly information resources in all formats, from traditional books and journals to online databases, multimedia, and internet resources from within the IU Libraries, their homes, and offices. These databases include: the IU Libraries' online catalog describing library materials statewide; other library catalogs in the state, country, and the world; indexes to journal and newspaper articles, databases containing full-text articles from many core journals and newspapers, multimedia collections of traditional and digital images, maps, moving images and sound recordings for use in instruction. The IUB Libraries also offer many services to faculty and users, such as interlibrary loan, renewals, and reference assistance, as well as connections to many helpful research sites. Faculty members can participate in instructional workshops, schedule instruction in library and information use for their classes, seek personalized research consultation, and suggest materials for purchase or subscription by the IUB Libraries. IUB Libraries also provide digital library services to enhance the ability of faculty to create, distribute, and preserve their scholarship. Faculty studies (carrels) are designated for faculty use on floors 4 through 11 of the stacks. Full-time IUB faculty members who are actively using the collections of the Main Library for teaching/research may request a faculty study assignment. There is always more demand for study space than there are available assignments; a waiting list is maintained. Because of space limitations, all studies are assigned to 2 faculty members. The application for faculty studies is available on-line through the IUB Library website. Studies must be renewed annually.
There is a 120-day loan policy for faculty on materials in the stacks and in most branch libraries. Loans are renewable so long as there is no "hold" on an item, but recallable after two weeks for another library patron. The Bloomington Faculty Council's Library Committee monitors IUB Library development and policies concerning Library management, and consults with and advises the Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries on priorities and collections (See Policy G-3).
Academic Computing
Faculty on the Bloomington campus have access to a diverse range of computing facilities to assist in their instructional and research missions. Any academic appointee or student is eligible to use the computing network for instruction and research at no cost. UITS (University Information Technology Services) develops and maintains the information technology environment across the university. This environment features a high-speed campus network with wireless access, central web hosting, a rich selection of free and low-cost software for personal use, tools and support for instruction and research, and supercomputers (including the Big Red supercomputer) for data analysis and visualization. UITS also maintains the I-Light fiber-optic network that connects Indiana schools and universities to each other and to the Internet, and the Global Research Network Operations Center, which provides management and engineering services to major national and international networks, including Internet2. The Support division of UITS provides technology support services to faculty and students, including the on-line IU Knowledge Base, the Student Technology Centers, and telephone operator support. Information about all UITS services is available at: http://uits.iu.edu/
Travel support is available through academic units as well as through special funding programs that are open to all Bloomington faculty and librarians. Each unit typically controls and disperses these funds according to its internal guidelines.
Regulations Governing Travel
Regardless of the source of funding (e.g., research grants, general funds), all travel paid for by University-administered funds must comply with University travel regulations. Those regulations are designed to confirm to policies established by the Indiana State Legislature and the State Budget Agency. For example, Indiana University cannot reimburse for First Class travel. Indiana University has contracts with several travel agencies who are official Travel Management Services. If faculty book travel through those agencies, the charges may be prepaid by the University. IU has also teamed with Hotels.com, an online hotel booking agency, which allows faculty to make hotel reservations on-line and charge them to the IU hotel credit card. Travel authorization is required for all domestic and foreign trips, and is typically requested prior to the date of departure.
For an updated rate schedule of per diem expense reimbursement allowed by the State Budget Agency, see the Travel Management Services website (www.indiana.edu/~travel ). This schedule applies to travel from General Fund accounts as well as from grant and contract funds.
Overseas Conferences
Tenured or tenure-track faculty members and librarians wishing to attend international conferences may apply for partial travel support to the Overseas Conference Fund, which is administered through the Office of International Programs. Applicants must present a competitively selected or invited paper or perform some other important role at the conference. Application forms are available on the website of the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs (http://www.indiana.edu/~ovpia/ovpia/ ); they are accepted four times during the year. Funds are also available for tenure-track or tenured librarians who travel domestically or internationally to enhance their international collections, for example by visiting special collections. Applications are accepted at specific times during the fall and spring semesters.
Horizons of Knowledge Lecture Series
The Horizons of Knowledge Lecture Fund provides limited financial assistance for lectures which are of interest to a large and diversified audience, particularly undergraduate students. Lectures should cross departmental and disciplinary lines and must be co-sponsored by at least two academic departments or units in addition to the sponsor. Sponsoring units are encouraged to create opportunities for the speaker to meet formally or informally with graduate and undergraduate students. Applications are accepted throughout the year. This lecture series is administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.
Patten Foundation Lectures
Several Patten Foundation Lecturers are brought to this campus each year by the Patten Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is to attract to Bloomington scholars of extraordinary national and international reputation, whose contributions to the sciences, to the humanities, to the arts, or to the understanding of human affairs are outstanding. Patten Lecturers ordinarily spend a week on the Bloomington campus, delivering two public lectures that appeal to a general audience, and meeting with interested faculty and students in classes and in informal gatherings. The Patten lectureship stipend is $15,000 plus funds for travel and living expenses while in Bloomington. It may be possible to arrange for longer stays in conjunction with a visiting academic appointment or a fellowship in the Institute for Advanced Study. The fund is administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs with the help of a faculty committee.
The Committee plans a year or two in advance and each Fall solicits recommendations from the faculty. Departmental/program chairs should be especially alert to the possibility of combining replacement/visiting funds with Patten funds to enable the Bloomington campus to host a prestigious Patten Scholar/Artist-in-Residence.
Addison Locke Roache Lecture
The Addison Locke Roache Lecture fund is administered by a University-wide committee. Creation of the fund and its purposes were established by Trustees of Indiana University action on February 18, 1957 (See Policy G-4). The University Addison Locke Roache Committee currently allocates funds to each campus; each campus then submits its nominations for approval by the University Committee. For the Bloomington Campus, the Patten Foundation Committee, augmented where necessary to assure expertise in law, business, education, and letters, makes these recommendations.
Research support for faculty at IUB is coordinated by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and encompasses internal funding opportunities, support for external grant submissions, oversight of research centers, institutes, and museums, and a unique undergraduate research program.
Office of the Vice Provost for Research
The mission of the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) is to support ongoing research and creative activities among Indiana University faculty, incubate new interdisciplinary initiatives, and maximize the potential of IU faculty to accomplish path-breaking work. OVPR provides funds and infrastructure to enhance opportunities for federal, state, and private support, cultivates external funding relationships in the public and private sector, and supports Intellectual property protection and technology transfer.
The OVPR is led by the Vice Provost for Research and the Associate Vice Provosts who oversee the specific areas of humanities, the social sciences, the arts, and the sciences. The OVPR works with faculty to develop research projects of the highest academic and ethical standards--on campus, between IU campuses, and with other research institutions. Please see www.research.iu.edu for more information on how OVPR associate vice provosts and advisors may be of special assistance to you in your research and creative work.
OVPR Funding Opportunities for Faculty
OVPR is deeply committed to creating greater opportunities for faculty success in research, scholarship, and creative activity. Its foremost goal is to increase faculty competitiveness for federal, state, and private funding. It accomplishes this goal through a variety of internal grants and funding opportunities that provide seed funds for new projects and interdisciplinary collaborations. Descriptions of currently sponsored OVPR funding opportunities can be found at www.research.iu.edu. These opportunities for seed funding include:
- Faculty Research Support Program
- Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities Fellowships
- Research Leave Supplements
- Summer Faculty Fellowships
- Distinguished Professors Fund
- Retired Professors Fund
- Faculty Grant-in-aid for Research
- Bridge Funding Program
OVPR also facilitates greater external funding for faculty research and creative activities by tracking limited submission programs to enable the submission of competitive proposals to external agencies. Limited submissions programs require internal evaluation to select one or two proposals for certain competitions such as the NSF-MRI. See the frequently posted and updated list on the Web at http://ovpr.indiana.edu/limsub/limsub.asp for current information.
To further facilitate external funding, OVPR also actively maintains a list of resources for identifying external funding sources and the top funding agencies that grant awards to Indiana University faculty. These resources include the Community of Science funding database which stores profiles, generates CVs, locates funding for all disciplines, utilizes alerts for funding notifications, and provides a Web workspace to manage searches, alerts and profiles. See http://www.research.iu.edu/funding/prim_external.html.
Research Centers, Institutes and Museums
OVPR oversees Bloomington campus and university-wide centers, institutes, and museums that may align with faculty research agendas and provide special opportunities for research, scholarly, and creative activities. Many of these centers and institutes bridge the boundaries of traditional academic departments, spurring the cross-fertilization of ideas and approaches. OVPR institutes and centers can be formed as needed to pursue a novel avenue of inquiry or to attack problems with different combinations of research tools. The capabilities of such centers often enable researchers to secure external funds that otherwise might not be available to an individual through specific departments and/or schools. OVPR maintains a directory of research centers and institutes at http://research.iu.edu/centers/index.html.
The Cox Research Scholars Program
OVPR administers a full four-year scholarship program that offers a remarkable research opportunity to Indiana high school students of exemplary achievement. The program also offers tenure track faculty the opportunity to work as mentors with these outstanding students, who rank in the top 10 percent of their graduating class and have definite scholarly and research goals. To learn more about how to participate in this program as a mentor, visit http://researchscholarsprogram.iub.edu/.
In 1953 the Trustees of Indiana University established Distinguished Service Professorships as a means of recognizing "exceptional scholarly and teaching ability," and of enabling the University to "hold, recognize or bid for the exceptional person." In 1959 the Board established three Name Professorships—the Rudy Professorship, Research Professorship and University Professorship—to identify the recipient as "superior in his/her field of effort and to recognize the ability of the individual to be honored with the title." In 1967 the Board changed the title of special professorial rank from Distinguished Service Professor to Distinguished Professor. (For these Board actions, See Policy G-5). The title Research Professor and University Professor are no longer awarded. The President solicits nominations for Distinguished Professorships, Endowed Professorships, and Endowed Chairs each year.
Distinguished Professorships
The most prestigious academic appointment Indiana University can offer an individual is a Distinguished Professorship. Nominations for the rank of Distinguished Professor are accepted by the President's Office which then forwards the nominations to the University Distinguished Professorship Committee. The Committee reviews the nominations, consults with relevant departmental chairpersons and deans, and submits recommendations to the President and the Board of Trustees for their consideration. Normally, the Committee submits its recommendations in time for appointments to be announced at Founders Day. Nominations may be received from faculty, alumni, students, and other knowledgeable persons. The nominator is responsible for compiling the dossier, which must include an up-to-date resume. Details of the nomination process and selection criteria are given at http://www.indiana.edu/~distprof.
Endowed Appointments
Endowed Chairs. Endowed chairs are established upon recommendation of the Dean of the School involved and approved by the President and the Trustees of Indiana University. An appointment to an endowed chair may be offered to an outstanding individual through the regular appointment channels, culminating with approval by the President's Office and the Trustees of Indiana University. Income supporting an endowed chair can be utilized for the professor's salary (or part of it), employee benefits, research assistants, graduate fellowships, travel, book purchases, supplies and expense budget, etc. Funding an endowed chair would usually require a minimum of $1.5 million. Additional funds would supply additional professional benefits to the individual appointed to the chair.
The endowed chairs may carry a name chosen by the donor, or the appropriate dean, with the approval of the President and Trustees of Indiana University.
If sufficient funds are available, several endowed chairs could be established under one name, and could be considered an "endowed program."
Endowed Professorships. Income from an endowment for a professorship can be utilized for as many of the activities listed above under "Endowed Chairs" as funds would permit. Endowed professorships usually require a minimum of $750,000. As with the endowed chairs, the professorship may carry a name chosen by the donor, or dean, if approved by the President and the Trustees of Indiana University.
Special Endowed Appointments. Endowed visiting professorships, lectureships, scholarships and fellowships may be established upon recommendation of the deans with the approval of the President. Funds required would vary, of course.
Distinguished Teaching Awards
Trustees Teaching Award
The Trustees Teaching Awards honor outstanding teaching during the previous calendar year. Each School or College sets procedures for selecting recipients of this award as well as selection criteria. Tenured and tenure-track faculty, clinical faculty, and full-time lecturers are eligible to receive the award. The amount of the award is set by the Board of Trustees. (See Policy G-6).
FACET Awards for Teaching
The Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in teaching (FACET: established in 1989) recognizes the University's most exemplary teaching faculty and librarians and encourages teaching excellence across the University by creating a network of distinguished scholar-mentors. With representatives from all IU campuses, the group holds workshops, an annual retreat, and a broad range of campus-specific and University wide teaching colloquies and policy discussions. Participants must be full-time tenure-track or clinical-rank faculty members or librarians. Nominations are solicited annually by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.
Individual Awards for Distinguished Teaching
Since 1954 Indiana University has given recognition to excellence in teaching through the granting of annual teaching awards. The purpose of the awards is to call attention to the importance of teaching and to recognize those who have demonstrated excellence. Nominations are normally due early in the academic year and are accepted by the Committee on Distinguished Teaching Awards (http://www.indiana.edu/~disteach ). The awards are made at the Founders Day ceremonies. Each carries with it both a certificate and a cash award. In the case of faculty awards, the amount of the cash award becomes a permanent supplement to the awardee's salary in subsequent fiscal years for as long as the awardee remains employed at Indiana University. All tenured full-time faculty (or faculty holding an equivalent appointment in a continuing full-time position) who have taught for five or more years at Indiana University are eligible for the faculty teaching awards.
FREDERIC BACHMAN LIEBER AWARD. The oldest of Indiana University teaching awards was established in 1954 by Mrs. Katie D. Bachman in memory of her grandson and was further endowed by Mrs. Herman Lieber. The award is a citation and placement of the recipient's name on a permanent plaque in the Indiana Memorial Union. The awards are granted for excellence in teaching in any division of the University at any professional rank.
HERMAN F. LIEBER AWARD. Established in 1961, this was first sponsored by the I.U. Foundation and is now sponsored by Mrs. Herman Lieber of Indianapolis. All regular members of the faculty with ranks from Instructor through Professor are eligible for the award which is granted for excellence in teaching.
PRESIDENT'S AWARDS. Established in 1974, this award can be given in any division of the University and at any professorial rank for excellence in teaching.
SYLVIA E. BOWMAN AWARD. This award is normally given to recognize distinguished teaching in fields relating to American civilization, broadly interpreted to include not only U.S. literature and history, but also any subject that treats any aspect of our country such as geography, geology, economics, and comparative literature.
THOMAS EHRLICH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE LEARNING. This award recognizes excellence in service learning as evidenced in the implementation of service learning in a manner consistent with good practice, reflection on and improvement in service learning courses, the assumption of leadership in department, campus, and/or disciplinary efforts to integrate community or public service into the curriculum and to institutionalize service learning, and impact on students and the community both in and out of the classroom.
LIEBER ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR AWARDS. Initiated in 1961, these awards have been presented each year to outstanding teachers among the University's graduate students who combine their programs of advanced study with instructional employment in their schools and departments. They receive a one-time cash award. The recipients of the teaching awards are recommended by the Committee on Distinguished Teaching Awards. This committee, composed of representatives from all divisions of the University, is appointed by the President. It bases its selections on nominations received from throughout the University, with careful consideration of suggestions made by students, alumni, and faculty colleagues of each nominee. Nominations may be made directly to the Committee or they may be submitted through departmental chairpersons or deans. The nominator is responsible for compiling a dossier on the candidate. Guidelines for the preparation of dossiers for teaching awards are available through this link (http://www.indiana.edu/~disteach/teach.shtml ).
W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service
The University Faculty Council established the W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service by faculty and librarians to the University, to a profession or discipline, or to the public. This award is intended to recognize outstanding service by faculty members or librarians in the same way that other annual awards recognize distinguished teaching. Multiple awards may, but need not, be given. Guidelines for creating a committee and criteria for the award, as approved by the UFC in 1992, appear in Policy G-7. Faculty members and librarians who are recipients of this service award will be recognized at the Founder's Day ceremony with a cash award funded by the IU Foundation.
John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies
The award honors a member of the University who holds faculty rank for exceptional contributions to enhancing the University's international programs and studies. Nominations are solicited and winners selected by a University-wide committee appointed annually by the Vice President for International Affairs. The IU Foundation provides the two recipients of this annual award with $1,000 and a certificate at the Founders Day ceremony. Further details about selection criteria and procedures are given at this link: http://www.indiana.edu/~ovpia/ovpia/funding/Ryan.pdf.
Policy G-2- Teaching Development and Evaluation
Policy G-4- Addison Locke Roache Memorial Lecture
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His departure was effective Wednesday, said John Chadwick, general manager. Chadwick said he could not comment on the reason for Wilson leaving because it is a personnel matter, but he said it is an "important step for us to best serve the people of Rockford."
Wilson did not return a phone call.
Matt Groves will fill in on the anchor desk at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. until a permanent replacement is named, Chadwick said.
Eric Sorensen, chief meteorologist at WREX who plans to leave the station for other opportunities by July after a decade at the station, said Wilson's departure is "incredibly sad. He is a good friend of mine, and I won't get to work with him."
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What is it? It's a RFID reader, we bought it somewhere on ebay and now we want to reverse is and see if we can do something with it.
- Works on 12 volt
- On boot "beeps"
- Reads RFID Mifair classic out of the box, no idea what and how
- Has on the back: power, RJ45 port (9volt?), "kinda" PS/2 port
- On PCB there are some connectors
- Did found a comport chip and 2 Philips chips.
- Does not read Mifare OV Chip kaart or other tags...? --> Probably mifare ultralight only, classic (Chipkaart) and passport no worky
- Find the comport and see what it does
- See if we can send back some information
- Find out how to program it using the ps/2 SMARTCABLE port and probably brick it
- Throw it out of the window because of rage
- Obviously not a network connection ;-)
- The Ethernet connector seems to be an kind of serial connection, the 1st pin is the GND en the 8th pin is somekind of data line
- The data captured looks a lot like the usage of the ISO/IEC 7813, which is used for standarisation on magnetic stripe cards i.e. creditcards.
- Colourcoding
- Brown= gnd
- blue/white= -8.8v
- green/white= 9.3v
- orange/white= -8.8v (data)
- other= no shiz!
- Settings Logic analyzer:
- 50M samples
- 24 Mhz freq.
- 8 bits
- 1 stopbit
- no parity
- LSB send first
- inverted
- no special mode
- 19200 baud
- minicom sees this:
Welcome to minicom 2.5
OPTIONS: I18n Compiled on May 2 2011, 10:05:24. Port /dev/ttyUSB0
Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
"Start / Bank account / Name / Data / Code+Date / End"?
- A bit of a bitch, no idea what it is.
- "Smartcable" according to the whitepaper, probably for programming/configuring.


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"Thank you for this presentation and your thoughtful work in drafting this order for the Commission's consideration.
SPP management and its Members have developed a proactive approach to planning for the reliability and economic needs of the SPP transmission system. It is also a flexible approach that allows SPP and its stakeholders to regularly assess whether that process is achieving its objectives and to adjust as the needs of the system change over time. They deserve praise for crafting a process that will allow their region to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the electricity industry. SPP has been proactive in its assessment of its transmission planning needs, and other regions may want to follow its lead so that the transmission infrastructure that is needed to maintain reliability, reduce congestion, and meet policy objectives is built. I am pleased to vote to approve SPP's proposal."
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Event: Raveena Tandon, Subhash Ghai, Anil Sharma and many other Bollywood celebs attend the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award 2012.
Guest List: Kajol, Tanisha Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan, Ali Zafar, Anjana Sukhani, Raveena Tandon, Tareena Patel, Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Ekta Kapoor, Rohit Shetty, Raju Srivastav, Shammi Aunty, Ravindra Jain, Anil Sharma, Subhash Ghai, Ehsaan Qureshi, Shravan Rathod, Raza Murad, Manoj Joshi
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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GaitThe characteristic footfall pattern of a horse in motion. Thoroughbreds have four natural gaits -- walk, trot, canter and gallop. Thoroughbreds compete at a gallop.
GapAn opening in the rail where horses enter and leave the course.
Gate CardA card, issued by the starter, stating that a horse is properly schooled in starting gate procedures.
GeldingA male horse of any age that has been neutered by having both testicles removed.
GirthAn elastic and leather band, sometimes covered with sheepskin, that passes under a horse's belly and is connected to both sides of the saddle.
Good (track)A dirt track that is almost fast or a turf course slightly softer than firm.
Grab a QuarterInjury to the back of the hoof or foot caused by a horse stepping on itself (usually affects the front foot). Being stepped on from behind in the same manner, usually affects the back foot. A very common injury during racing. Generally, the injury is minor.
Graded RaceEstablished in 1973 to classify select stakes races in North America, at the request of European racing authorities, who had set up group races two years earlier. Always denoted with Roman numerals I, II, or III. Capitalized when used in race title (the Grade I Kentucky Derby).
Graduate1) Winning for the first time, horse or rider. 2) A horse that has moved up to allowance, stakes or handicap racing.
GrandsireThe grandfather of a horse; father ("sire") of the horse's dam or sire.
GrayA horse color where the majority of the coat is a mixture of black and white hairs. The mane, tail and legs may be either black or gray unless white markings are present. Starting with foals of 1993, the color classifications gray and roan were combined as "roan or gray."
Group RaceEstablished in 1971 by racing organizations in Britain, France, Germany and Italy to classify select stakes races outside North America. Collectively called "pattern races." Equivalent to North American graded races. Always denoted with Arabic numerals 1, 2, or 3. Capitalized when used in race title (the Group 1 Epsom Derby).


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So I'm starting this thread for two reasons. To have a place for others to share their own struggles in the battle of the bulge (or pass along tips to others), and to keep me on my toes. Well, that seems more like 3 reasons.
I'm not looking to lose a lot of weight. I've always been a big dude, and if I ever dip below 215 lbs, I'll start to worry. Currently I'm 250 lbs. I'd like to be around 235lbs. I have alot of upper body strength, but the gut is getting out of control. Not to mention, with my family medical history I need to start on the cardio. And bike riding is my favorite way to do that.
So the plan is to ride every morning (weather permitting, but I also have a stationary bike) and keep up on the weightlifting 3 days a weak.
So there is my story. What are some of the other Villagers doing to keep in shape?
I took my first ride today. MAN!!! It ain't as easy as it used to be. I'm gonna feel that in my legs and backside tomorrow! LOL. But I'll get back in good condition soon.
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Allergies: Gillian's Story
I was diagnosed with allergies when I was a little kid. Some people have mild allergies while others are unfortunate enough to have severe allergies that could even kill them.
Although my allergies aren't that severe, I am allergic to so many different things that they could really interfere with my life if I let them. Some of the things that affect me are pollen, animal dander, dust mites, and certain medications (like penicillin, which makes me swell up like a giant balloon!). I'm also allergic to some foods.
The Rx for All Those Tissues
I've been dealing with allergies for a long time now. I've been going to the allergist since I was 5 years old! I go every 2 weeks to get two shots, which really don't bother me at all. It's become a part of my life. I also take two different medications. As long as I get the shots and take my medicines, I can pretty much carry on with my normal activities. It's all up to me whether I want to suffer or not!
There are times my allergies get really bad, though — like winter and spring. Winter is the worst because we all spend more time indoors where it can be dusty. I am always sneezing like there's no tomorrow, and most people think I have a cold.
How It's Affected My Life
Other than family, no one truly knows I have allergies, although I have to tell people it's allergies when my eyes start to tear up. I do get made fun of. Sometimes my buddies just tease in a friendly way, but kids I don't know can bully me. I just ignore them. I often just tune them out by blasting my music. I also like to write in my journal or do yoga to work through any sad feelings.
You can't tell by looking at me that I have a health condition. I look like a normal kid, just like anyone else you would run into on the street. I don't mind telling people about my allergies — after all, it's normal to have them. It may come up in health class or when I'm congested or my eyes tear up or something. But I don't go out of my way to talk about it or make it a big deal. Having allergies hasn't affected my self-confidence.
Sure, my allergies have held me back from doing some of the things that I love to do. For example, I am big traveler and I would enjoy going to see the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. But when I come anywhere within a 10-foot range of cherry blossoms it feels like I lose almost all my senses — all but my dear little taste buds! My eyesight goes blurry, everything sounds like it's underwater, and I can't see or smell anything. Even though it's only temporary, I still feel miserable. And when I went to Guatemala, I felt kind of funny because the group I was with was given fresh coconut, which I'm allergic to. So I had to eat an apple.
My allergies haven't stopped me from traveling when I can, though. My class trip was to Williamsburg in Virginia. At first it was supposed to be during cherry blossom time, and that had me worried. Fortunately, it was changed to February, so I went and had the best time!
I've had to rethink some of my dreams, too. For some people, allergies go away over time, but doctors don't know if my allergies will ever go away completely. Since I'm allergic to animals with fur such as cats, dogs, hamsters, and gerbils, I may need to adjust my hopes of being a veterinarian or working in an agricultural-science department. But I'm interested in so many things and there are plenty of other careers out there!
Dealing With Allergies
I have learned to deal with my allergies and even see the good side sometimes. Having allergies has taught me not to be prejudiced about people's health conditions.
And I could have it much worse. Allergies run in families. Just about everyone on my dad's side has them, and my dad's allergies are, like, 10 times worse than mine. He's great support for me, though, because he knows how it feels. I just talk to him when it gets tough.
My allergies have been getting better. They aren't as bad as they used to be now that I look back on it. I think part of that is my treatment is working.
But knowing the things I have to avoid and what to do about the allergies definitely helps a lot. For example, if I don't take my medicine I can get really bad breath. And there are too many cute guys out there to let that happen!


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Miller Receives Weekly NCAC Tennis Awardby Brent Harris • April 5, 2011 Share:
Wabash freshman Wade Miller has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week.
The Crawfordsville High School graduate received the award after posting a 2-0 record in singles play on Saturday, helping Wabash to a pair of wins to improve to 13-5 overall for the season and 2-0 against NCAC West Division teams. The Little Giants defeated conference foe Wittenberg 7-2 before scoring a 5-4 win against Calvin College.
Miller combined with Daniel Delgado to go 2-0 at number one doubles for the Little Giants, as well. Miller and Daniel Delgado won 8-5 against Wittenberg and 8-6 against Calvin.
Miller earned a pair of 6-1, 6-1 victories in singles. He played at number four singles against Wittenberg before moving up to the second flight against Calvin. Miller is 13-3 overall this season in singles dual matches.


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Mother nature provided all living creatures with the teeth and digestive systems to handle certain diets. You don't see the animals arguing about what they should and should not eat! Humans are built to eat almost everything the earth provides which gives us choices in our diets.
Not that I am arguing for vegetarianism, but just because we can do something and/or are equipped to do it, doesn't mean we should do it.
But that choice is personal not something to stand on a soapbox about!
And posting a discussion on a blog about it isn't soapboxing because???
The animal activists need to be more concerned about the living conditions of the "mass produced" meats then whether to eat them or not.
While I personally agree with this, it IS a matter of opinion and I'm not sure telling someone what they should be worried about right after declaring it a "personal choice" is a terribly sensible statement.
ANYWAY, is a hen's egg alive? I'm sure at some point it is, but I think the more important question is: is a hen's egg a separate organism from the parent if they are not fertilized? I'd say no.
Humans do not digest dairy products well (I'm a nurse), so u're statement of humans being built to eat almost anything is incorrect..perhaps googling the next time may help your inquiries.
Can you elucidate, Alayana? It's true that not all humans can tolerate cow's milk (Asian people, IIRC) for example, we gained that "advantage" when we started farming a few millenia back. However, just because we don't digest something well is actually meaningless. We can't absorb much vit. C or create it ourselves, but we still require it to survive (being a limey myself, I know this only too well).
The veggie argument seems to stem from the "yuk" factor more than anything else and it's because (as you rightly observe) there are any number of emotive videos and treatises from people on both sides of the argument.
I won't question your medical knowledge, but as a species we are omnivorous hunter gatherers who continue to evolve (albeit biased by technology). I eat what I can in order to survive. Period. If that's meat, then so be it; if it's fruit and veg, that's fine too. My choices are based on price and availability - the only thing I need to avoid is excess sodium as my damaged kidneys can no longer process it as they once did.
This alludes to the false dichotomy (which I refer to as the Jublinsky Paradox) where emotions take over; sometimes even overtaking common sense. I can see this surfacing in this very argument in fact.
The other fact is that slaughterhouses and factory farming processes have evolved to fit a market which we created in just the same way that life evolves: driven by the same uncaring pressure. Sometimes we just have to realise that for our own sanity.
Incidentally, in prehistoric times, hens (like all birds) would only lay a single clutch of eggs - these egg producing machines we have today were selectively bred by man!
I don't eat mammals or processed foods myself. The first thing you hear in a small group of people when 2 or more get on vegetarianism is "My arthritis is gone.", "The bloating is gone.", "I lost 40 pounds" (that one is me) always the positive effects. It isn't that meat caused the problem, but when people become more aware of what they are eating and how it affects the way they feel, they improve their lives and some people want to help others and so they do the soap box thing. I say keep eating the doughnuts, chips, any thing with sugar in it, and other non-nutritious factory made foods everyone. It keeps down the price of real food.
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September 13, 2009
Le // Between the lines // "nouveau" est arrivé!!
So, here it is! The revamped (so I hope, at least!) // Between the lines //! After a full week of hard work, often in the wee hours at night. I neglected everyone and everything for an entire week. You should see our place... Don't worry - The kids still made it to school every day with a set of fresh clothes and a healthy lunch box. And I didn't forget to pick them up, either. But other than that... Hum... (Although - I remember I baked two moeulleux au chocolat this week, fixed the goodie bags for little H's birthday party, went to two PTA meetings, ...) More than once I asked myself why I started this whole thing in the first place. And if it was really worth it. But then, I wasn't satisfied anymore with what my blog looked like.
So: Quoi de neuf? I wanted to add something so my readers would be able to navigate more easily through my blog. A lot of you visit my blog for my tutorials, to name one thing. Therefore, as of now you'll find a navigation bar in the left hand sidebar. A complete overview of my tutorials is now just one click away. There's also a link to my other blog, the lately much neglected // Between the lines // - Photography blog. There's also an "interesting links" section, where I'll put up links which I think might be of interest to my readers, links that have been useful to me in one way or the other (tutorials, articles relating to photography,...). Also new is the "Paris je t'aime section" - it's still empty right now, but I intend to add information on that page for the Paris lovers amongst you. I might add sections as I go.
In the right hand sidebar I added a "Photography Blogs" section, with links to some of my favorite photography blogs. Make sure to check them out!
Because of this extra sidebar I had to change the rest of the layout as well. Three columns instead of two. I thought this would be straight forward but it took me much longer than than I thought it would. The good thing is I learned a lot this week, about HTML codes, if-conditions, the importance of brackets in the right place, how to fiddle with margins and padding. I'm actually quite pleased with myself. My brain is still functioning and in the end I really got the hang of it. Not that I plan to repeat the exercise anytime soon. But still...
The only thing I'm not entirely satisfied with is the banner picture. You can expect some changes there still. (Suggestions, anyone?)
However, I didn't want to put you on hold any longer.
So here it is: le // Between the lines // nouveau! I hope you like it...
5 comments:
- glam.spoon said...
obviously a lot of work went into the redesign... bravo! and welcome back. :)
- September 13, 2009 at 6:42 PM
het wordt effen wennen, doch is het niet zo met alle nieuwe dingen?succes ermee, ik blijf trouw iedere dag "checken" en hoop nog vele mooie foto's te ontdekken van je!
Good luck!!
- September 13, 2009 at 10:28 PM
- Jacqui said...
Looks great! I do sympathise with how much time it takes, I'm fiddling with mine (tabbed widgets) and oh my it takes up a lot of time. I'll start, tell myself just a couple minutes, and then *poof!* 2 hours has gone by. html must be like some sort of interdimensional space and time vortex. The blue you've used looks fabulous on my monitor by the way :) Oh, and I've been meaning to let you know that I'm really enjoying the little pouch I won from you in the Sew Mama Sew competition - it lives in my bag and holds lip glosses, tissues and other vital items. I'm a total little bag convert!
- September 13, 2009 at 10:57 PM
- Pascale said...
Oh, Jacqui, I'm so happy you like my little pouch that much!
Well, I'll come over to your blog to drool at those tabbed widgets, as that's one of the things I didn't quite manage to accomplish. Maybe I'll give it another try at the next make-over...
And true: me too I got completely absorbed in what I was doing... You've got no idea how many times I made it to bed way beyond midnight...
- September 13, 2009 at 11:10 PM
- cindy said...
so much hard work paid off wonderfully. there's so much great information for us!
- September 15, 2009 at 3:11 PM


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Troy, NY � The Farmingdale State women's basketball team defeated Morrisville State 74-70 today in the Championship Game of the Pepsi Invitational hosted by Russell Sage College. Farmingdale went on a 9-2 run to start the first half and controlled the lead for the remainder of the game.
Leading for Farmingdale was Tournament MVP junior center Mercedes Miller (New York, NY/Manhattan Center) with 20 points and seven rebounds. All-tournament selection junior guard Christine Daley (Elmont, NY/Elmont) chipped in 11 points and eight rebounds. Junior guard Dankery Perez (New York, NY/Manhattan Center) registered 18 points, including 12-of-13 from the free thrown line, along with seven assists and three steals. Senior guard Rochelle Clark (Bellport, NY/Bellport) was the fourth Ram in double figures with 11 points, seven steals and four assists.
Morrisville was led by Stacey Hardnett with 13 points and 23 rebounds. Shanee Pierce contributed 21 points, seven rebounds and five blocks.
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House GOP moves toward establishing Benghazi probe
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday moved toward an election-year special investigation of the deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, brushing aside Democratic concerns over the panel's scope and composition. The Obama administration, meanwhile, accused Republicans of "political motivation" after they issued a fundraising email linked to the Benghazi probe.
Ahead of a Thursday vote to rubber-stamp the establishment of the Benghazi select committee, House Speaker John Boehner vowed that the examination would be "all about getting to the truth" of the Obama administration's response to the attack and not be a partisan, election-year circus. "This is a serious investigation," he said, accusing the president and his team of withholding the true story of how militants killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans on Sept. 11, 2012.
Democrats pondered a boycott while waiting for Boehner to respond to demand from Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi that he scrap his plan for a committee of seven Republicans and five Democrats. Democrats insisted membership should be evenly split, and urged time and cost constraints for a forum they likened to a "kangaroo court" designed only to drum up GOP support ahead of the November elections.
Under Boehner's legislation, the select panel "can go on forever," Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., told reporters. "The amount of money they can spend is undefined and can be unlimited."
The committee's establishment is assured in the GOP-run House. But Republicans, too, expressed an interest in securing Democratic participation. They've made Benghazi a central plank of their strategy to wrest control of the Senate from the Democrats later this year. An inquiry that can be presented as bipartisan would have greater credibility with voters beyond the conservative base.
Republicans insist the White House, concerned primarily with protecting President Barack Obama in the final weeks of his re-election campaign, misled the nation by playing down intelligence suggesting Benghazi was a major, al-Qaida-linked terrorist attack. They accuse the administration of stonewalling congressional investigators ever since, pointing specifically to emails written by U.S. officials in the days after the attack but only released last week."A line was crossed," said Boehner, who in April said there was no need for a select committee. Correspondence among top officials showed the White House "played a more significant role" in deciding how the attack ought to be described publicly, he told reporters Wednesday. Unveiling legislation late Tuesday to establish the select committee, Boehner said the panel would get "as much time as needed" because of the administration's "history of slow-walking information."The Obama administration says officials tried to provide the public with the best information available after the attack at a time when U.S. embassies, consulates and other facilities were facing angry demonstrations across the Muslim world over a YouTube video mocking Islam's prophet, Mohammed. It originally attributed Benghazi to a similar protest that extremists hijacked but retracted that account amid severe criticism. It says Republicans are persisting with Benghazi questions in the hopes of generating a scandal to gain political support.Like House Democrats, the administration has yet to say if it will cooperate with the select committee. On Wednesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest pounced on congressional Republicans for seeking campaign money off the investigation, describing a fundraising email earlier in the day as a "pretty good indication of political motivation."The National Republican Congressional Committee's pitch said the GOP was "moving fast" to hold Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "accountable for their actions" on the night of the Benghazi attack. It vowed that "no one will get away" from the select committee and asked people to become a "Benghazi Watchdog" by donating money. Suggested contributions started at $25.Asked about fundraising in an interview this week, Rep. Trey Gowdy, the South Carolina Republican chosen by Boehner to head the investigation, had said using Benghazi was a bad idea. "I have never sought to raise a single penny on the backs of four murdered Americans," he said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."House Democrats are in a bind. They don't want their presence to provide legitimacy to what they believe will be a partisan forum for attacks on the president and his top aides. However, boycotting the committee would mean losing the ability to counter Republican claims and provide cover for potential witnesses such as Clinton, the presumed front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 should she decide to run.A closed-door meeting among party members Wednesday morning failed to yield a consensus, according to a Democratic House member. Several senior Democrats argued that skipping the proceedings would allow Republicans to control the debate, according to the member, who demanded anonymity to speak about the private discussions.Pelosi based her demand for an equal number of select committee seats, and votes, on the model set by House Ethics Committee investigations. Those committees have the same number of members from both parties.But previous select committees have not, reflecting the parties' majority and minority status. For the most recent such special committee, established by Pelosi to examine global warming, Democrats controlled the House at the time and had a 9-6 advantage in membership.In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Gowdy dismissed the call for an even split on the panel. "We're in the majority for a reason," he said.And during a spirited back-and-forth Wednesday at the House Rules Committee, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said the special panel would need to be reauthorized after the congressional year ends in January. He wouldn't outline a cost limit, saying only that the House would use existing funds.A select committee isn't bound by jurisdictional issues that can limit investigations by normal congressional panels, several of which already have investigated Benghazi. In 2005, Pelosi and then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid refused to appoint Democrats to a GOP-led panel to investigate Hurricane Katrina, believing it would be a whitewash of the Bush administration's response.Separately Wednesday, the State Department said Secretary of State John Kerry would travel to Mexico later this month, making him unavailable to satisfy a subpoena for him to testify May 21 before the House Oversight Committee on its ongoing investigation into Benghazi. Kerry said Tuesday he'd comply with "whatever responsibilities" he has to Congress. Frederick Hill, a committee spokesman, said the department hadn't been in touch with the panel about how Kerry would comply.___Associated Press writers Donna Cassata and Nedra Pickler contributed to this report.


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|2010-04-09, 13:18
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Back two chapters, Moka let us know that she had learned English when she was young from her mother, making her bi-lingual. It would only make sense that Moka's mother is at least European/Western if her name is Akasha Bloodriver. Which would make Moka's legal name Moka Bloodriver. *shivers*
Moka most likely just took the name of her mother to make it her last name so she could attend a Japanese school. But apparently, Akasha did not approve of the darkness that Count Shuzen has immersed himself in, along with the two elder daughters. I'm willing to bet that Akasha also tried to treat Kahlua as 'normal' as she could, despite everything.
|2010-04-09, 13:22
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... I only have one last thing to say:
I'm staying out of all these theories until we get at least another chapter or two to confirm and deny any of them. How can I do that without going crazy? It herlps I'm pretty far behind on chapters and have tons of other stuff to read, but that's another story
I'll see you guys in a few weeks once all the theories off of this chapter have calmed down... (I'll still be around, just not really posting much)
|2010-04-09, 13:23
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|2010-04-09, 13:36
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It's certainly true that Moka is considered a special pedigree among her siblings and so far it hasn't been revealed why she's considered in that way. Well it's probably gonna be revealed soon, probably along with what exactly happened between Akuha and Moka, since I think Moka's "specialness" is directly related to what happened after she has met her eldest sister for the first time.
|2010-04-10, 14:25
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Im slowly beginning to find myself either hoping Moka's mum is in hiding, or dead by Akua's hands, some of the other possibilities/theories floating round are too cruel for my liking, not to mention the effect they could have on Tsukune/Moka's slowly deepening overall dynamic.
Now I'm not saying any revelation will completely pass the characters by regardless of the outcome, but the possibility Moka's mum could be kept as breeding stock, or was accidentally killed by Moka would be a rather cruel twist of the plot, and may well affect the group dynamic, same with the idea floating around that O.Moka is part of Akasha. I could accept that Akasha's influence or supressed memories of her might have had an affect as an embodiment/memory romanticisation, or an influence on the appearance or creation of the O.Moka (the Seal limits and affects the personality and memories as well as power, ergo it might be reflecting a combination of innermost memories, feelings and personality traits, this is possibility), but again the effect on the group dynamic could be profound if Moka was not 'just' Moka, and I'm not sure if the twist would take the story somewhere I really want it to go.
Now the author could pull this to break Tsukune/Moka apart and leave a Harem ending, but as I've said several times, I really do want a conclusion to the romantic subplot at some point; even if its the final scene of the manga being a sillouette of the two getting married, finally actually getting that elusive kiss in, a scene showing a closeup on a wedding invitation, or something equally obvious but left to the last moment, as long as it is conclusive!
Also, we know from Jack Frost that Tsukune and Moka share a destiny (together), we also know from <wrinkly dark one who's name forever escapes me> that Akasha had a burden of some kind.
Is it possible that this is linked, and Moka may take up her mother's burden with Tsukune's help; I mean we don't know what burden this is, it could be she was clairvoyant and knew she would die to protect her daughter or have to abandon her, it could refer to some sort of order, it may refer to some sort of upper-class monster directly below the Greater Demons who maintain the barriers between the worlds at all costs, we simply don't know, but that burden could mean many things (and on top of that, I severely doubt Akasha was a nobody for Daddy Starbucks to take up with her, given what we know about the family and the way it operates already, I think Akasha was likely a pretty powerful and influential being in her own right).
I also wonder if Moka will eventually end up taking up the surname Bloodriver to discern herself from her family, or to honour her mother, if her full memory/psyche is restored, what the significance is of the different name?
From the fact Moka's mother spoke English/taught Moka we could take a guess she is either from England or another country with English as a strong second language (many European countries or the US). Now, Moka's current surname, Akashiya, could well be an honourative name, taken up when Moka went to the human world (Bloodriver isn't exactly a name that would have fit into human society afterall).
Parental/lineage-based naming conventions (Akasha ---> Akashiya, Jack ---> Jackson, Peter--->Peterson, Oluf--->Olufsen etc) have been reasonably popular in European history, and especially regions like Scandinavia, so we could further take this as co-oincidental evidence pointing towards Akasha' possible origins as being European, in combination with her presumably strong command of English.
Of course the different name could just be cooincidental in this regards and mean something completely different, or not even be explained.
Also, presuming it turns out Bloodriver IS in fact Moka's correct and actual surname, if Moka and Tsukune finally do manage to screw all the slightly loose bolts down and get it together, I wonder if Tsukune will take up her surname rather than her taking his, not just for the sake of Moka's pride, but also, lets be fair, Tsukune and Moka Bloodriver sounds like a family name that would work in the monster world
There has been the odd hint that one day Tsukune will need to chose a world/society to belong to, rather than spending his time being a twilight being of both the Human and Youkai worlds. Given everything that has happened, I think the Youkai world would be a natural choice for him, he arguably has more to lose and more important to him on the Youkai side, as exhibited by his choices. There are also other basic things like how the **** would he explain a lot of the changes his body is experiencing to a human doctor if he ever needs to see one?? Just not gonna happen, he's connected to the Youkai world now possibly to a deeper level than even he realises.
Of course that doesn't rule out him taking up a role that allows co-existances as part of both worlds in the future, such as some sort of border enforcer or diplomatic tie between the two, but really that's PROBABLY outside the scope of this manga being honest!
Hoping the new chapter comes out relatively quickly, this last one really does seem to have left more open questions than we went in with!
Last edited by tyranuus; 2010-04-10 at 18:44. Reason: typo/slightly better explanations of WTF I was talking about!
|2010-04-10, 20:03
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I think if Fairy Tale has many founders, I thin all of them have alternate motives, breeding the strongest Youkai, taking in strong people that would side with them youkai or not to conquer the human world and making a harmonious living amongst humans and youkai's.
But I guess since there's always a good youkai in R+V there will be always someone who wants to have the co-existence of the human world and youkai world.
|2010-04-11, 00:50
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Fairy Tale are building up an army to topple human civilization, and so far they seem to have quite a bit behind them, because even the Shuzen family decided to back them. This may not be an easy thing for Tsukune to defuse unless he somehow manages to either crush FT or take it over, and redirect their energy into something useful. But somehow it may come about that there may be a link between FT and the issue of Moka's mother. How, or what that is has yet to be plausibly linked though.
|2010-04-11, 06:12
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I don't think Moka's mum would be the leader, simply because I can't see a male vampire patriarch playing second fiddle to a woman, no matter how strong (well unless Daddy Starbuck's dead haha). Also from the tiny bit we've seen of the mum, she doesn't exactly seem the type, especially not compared to the likes of Akua.
Also, it was mentioned Akasha was friends with the <wrinkly dark lord>, if she wasn't dead or completely exiled/vanished, I'd also expect him to know at least a little more about what was going on; he seems relatively shrewd and yet even he doesn't seem to know what has happened to her, whereas by contrast the rest of the Shuzen family doesn't exactly seem to be hiding per se (Kokoa and Moka are both out in the open at the Academy, and the others are 'out and about').
Still possible though, as I said earlier Im starting to hope she is dead or vanished rather than anything else, because a lot of the other possible outcomes could be quite cruel or serious 'spanners in the works'. Also you're right, it specifically showed Kiria's rank at one point, and it was something along the lines of Lieutenant, I don't think it's ever been suggested he's the leader of FT.
I really hope the author has this section of the story well planned, he's raised a lot of questions we'd like answers to.
|2010-04-11, 15:15
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|2010-04-11, 18:37
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Well, it really depends, that could be taken one of two ways, either that they have joined up with Fairy Tale after it formed, or if, now this is a big hypothetical if, D.Starbucks/Akua may have been involved in the organisation for some time, and it may be a case they have only just persuaded the others to join them (or if it was Akua, she has only just persuaded Daddy Starbucks to lend the organisation the full support of the family).
Seriously hypothetical ground there though.
But...given how things have gone so far, I'm not ruling out possibilities.
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My 2015 Dallas Cowboys Preview (Sort Of)
I haven't posted anything here in a long, long time. I'm actually still using a version of WordPress that's from like 2011 and it looks absolutely ridiculous. I'm pretty sure the Declaration of Independence was created on this version of WordPress.
Anyway, I really do miss writing Cowboys content – it was always just something that was a lot of fun for me – so I thought it would be cool to post some of my old articles that I think still have value today. A lot of the research/content I did was at least semi-evergreen, so there's a bunch of stuff below that still represents how I feel today about certain players and trends.
My 2015 Dallas Cowboys Preview (without a single word written after 2013)
Romo Isn't Poor in 4th Quarter
Winning and the Illusion of Offensive Balance
Do Cowboys Really Need to Run More?
Why Dez Will Be Better Than Megatron
Why Best Player Available Sucks
How Important Is Rushing Success to Passing Game?
Why Romo Shouldn't Minimize Interceptions
Least Favorite Plays for Dallas
Okay, that's good enough. Bye.