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Division of Biological Infrastructure
Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR)
Update on Research Resources Solicitations
New solicitations to replace previous solicitations in the DBI Research Resources Cluster will be available after mid-year 2018. Programs affected include:
- Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI - NSF 15-582)
- Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR - NSF 15-577)
- Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML - NSF 16-506)
- Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR - NSF 13-561)
For more information on the move to "no-deadline" please see the Dear Colleague Letter and the Frequently Asked Questions.
Guidance on collections support (emergency circumstances)
If you are facing a time-critical emergency situation related to support for a living stocks or natural history collection, please contact a CSBR cognizant Program Director (firstname.lastname@example.com) in the Division of Biological Infrastructure to discuss your circumstances and the potential for submitting a Rapid Response Research (RAPID) proposal. RAPID requests may be for up to $200k and up to one year in duration. For additional requirements regarding RAPID proposals please see the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide, Chapter II, Section E1: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappg17_1/pappg_2.jsp#IIE1
Last Updated: March 7, 2017
CSBR Important Announcement
Please see the BIO directorate home page for an update on the CSBR evaluation and proposal competition schedule: http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=BIO.
Note Guidance on Data Management Plans
BIO has posted revised Guidance on Data Management plans (updated 10/01/15). Please review before submitting a proposal to the Directorate for Biological Sciences.
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PROGRAM GUIDELINESSolicitation 15-577
Important Information for Proposers
ATTENTION: Proposers using the Collaborators and Other Affiliations template for more than 10 senior project personnel will encounter proposal print preview issues. Please see the Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information website for updated guidance.
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 18-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
Waiting for New Publication
The Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR) Program provides funds: 1) for improvements to secure and organize collections that are significant to the NSF BIO-funded research community; 2) to secure collections-related data for sustained, accurate, and efficient accessibility to the biological research community; and 3) to transfer ownership of collections.
The CSBR program provides for enhancements that secure and improve existing collections, improves the accessibility of digitized specimen-related data, and develop better methods for specimen curation and collection management. Requests should demonstrate a clear and urgent need to secure the collection, and the proposed activities should address that need. Biological collections supported include established living stock/culture collections, vouchered non-living natural history collections, and jointly-curated ancillary collections such as preserved tissues and DNA libraries.
- Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
- Genealogy of Life
- Dimensions of Biodiversity
- Division of Environmental Biology
- Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)
- StrainInfo
- World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)
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Map of Recent Awards Made Through This Program


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In the art game, innovation is the byword. Artists strive for the original idea, the innovative, creative approach and result. However, the most innovative act I have ever been a part of was not in art, but in police work.
My friends all know that I was a Los Angeles County Reserve Deputy Sheriff for 25 years. In 1972, a Deputy Sheriff, Harry Hansen, and I started the only law enforcement documentary art program in the world. I was president of the LA Society of Illustrators and they did documentary art, paintings and drawings, based on the Air Force Documentary Art Program the society had been involved in for many years.
The Sheriff loved the program, but said that a civilian could not run it. A Deputy Sheriff had to operate from the Sheriff's department. I asked, "Who do you have whose qualified? He pointed at me and said, "You!" I was in the Sheriff's Academy and before I knew it, I became a police officer in the state of California and a Reserve Deputy Sheriff.
I was assigned to the West Hollywood Sheriff's station. That is where the "innovative" event happened. Usually, I had a reserve partner, but I was in a patrol car one night in the late 70s, with a regular Deputy.
I can't remember the Deputies' name. On the radio we received a call involving an elderly person with serious mental problems. We arrived at the location and found a frantic, near hysterical, elderly woman screaming that the little people were back and were all over the apartment. We got her calmed down so that she could describe the little beings that were terrorizing her.
We had recently been issued the PR24 Side Handle Baton that replaced the straight nightstick, and the deputy drew it from the metal ring on his belt. He told me to do the same. I was sure we weren't going to beat her to death, but I was a bit confused. He showed the baton to the trembling woman and said, "You are really in luck. We were just issued these batons, and we are going to use them to get rid of these terrible little monsters."
We held the side handle and pointed the baton into every shelf, drawer, piece of furniture, closet, and every corner of the apartment. In other words, every nook and cranny. It must have taken a half hour to finish.
When we were done he held her hand and said, "They are all gone, and they will never come back." We walked through the apartment with her, and she was so relieved and endlessly appreciative.
We got back into the patrol car, got on the radio and went ten-eight (call finished). I told the deputy, "That was the kindest, most innovative event I have ever been involved in. I bet those little guys will never be back in her apartment."
As you can imagine, many things happened on patrol during those 25 years, good and bad, boring and exciting, funny and tragic. I just thought I'd tell you about one night in a patrol car with a great Deputy Sheriff.
…thanks for visiting me.
P. S. I will be doing a paper sculpture demonstration at the Grovewood Gallery on Sat., October 22nd. For those of you on Facebook, here is the event: I'll be there from 11am to 4pm. There will also be some new artwork on display, including a white bison.
P. P. S. The Weaverville Art Safari will be the last weekend in October. I am number 27. Click here for my artist listing. Tell your friends. I need all the fans I can get.

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It's happening. I can feel it. About this time every year you can sense the change in the air; it's high time to speak to your buddies and start planning where you're going riding this winter. Here's our selection of videos to build the hype!
#1: Volcom 'Escramble' - Powder Day Section
This is my go-to 'start of the season' hype clip; I get goose bumps every time I watch it! The thought of blasting through trees as fast as I dare with my friends hooting and howling around me fills me with almost unbearable levels of anticipation for the winter ahead. The best riders smashing through waist deep powder and a killer Witch track... what more could you ask for?
#2: Dylan Gamache - Yawgoons Full Part
High power Yaw-Goon action & dicking about on a snowboard taken to the next level by one of the fruity-est riders around. This clip makes me want to jam my board into walls and generally pretend I have WAY more board control than I really do.
#3: DWD x HCSCIII
Again not a 'full-on hammers' part but Sean Genovese and his Dinosaurs Will Die crew know how to make the most out of small plies of snow. Slush, kerbs, fakie method 180, hype level 10!
#4: Robot Food's 'Afterbang' - Jussi Oksanen
This section pretty much kicked off the 'butter into tricks' game, but crucially Jussi lobs his butters off massive drops and into big ol' spins. Ace style and the best trick selection. 1:48, damn!
#5: Volcom Stone - '9191'
Picking the last one for this little list was really hard, how could I pass up Nico Müller's Nike part, or any of the smooth clips of Fredi Kalbermatten, let alone leaving out the TB series or Mack Dawg's output? But at the end of the day it's got to be the definition of steeze Gigi Rüff, so here's the whole of 2014's Veeco prodcution. Soak it up, buttercup!


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A man was shot to death Thursday night during a struggle with a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the Arizona-Mexico border, officials said Friday.
Agents were tracking a group of illegal immigrants about 8:30 p.m. near Apache, near Arizona 80. Two people were apprehended without incident, but a third person ran away, Carol Capas, a spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
The man was found a short time later hiding under a mesquite and began to fight with the agent, Capas said. The man also tried to take the agent's gun, which prompted the agent to grab his weapon and shoot the man, the release says.
Customs and Border Protection corroborated the account from the Cochise County Sheriff's Office and directed all calls to them since they will be leading the investigation.
Since 2005, on-duty Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers have killed at least 42 people, including 13 Americans, The Arizona Republic has reported — four deaths have happened in Yuma and 13 in Tucson sector.
The last known deathly shooting in the Tucson sector happened Decemeber 2012, when a Border Patrol agent in the Baboquivari Mountains killed an apparent illegal immigrant - 19-year-old Guatemalan Margarito Lopez Morelos — who, the agency said, struggled with an agent.
The man shot and killed Thursday is believed to be in his 20's. The man's body was taken to the Pima County Medical Examiners Office. He has not been identified.
The other two individuals apprehended are Mexican nationals who were in the country illegally.
The Mexican Consulate was notified of Thursday's shooting.
Capas said her office had no information the agent was seriously injured in the fight.


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HARTFORD, Conn. – A U.S. woman who was mauled by an out-of-control chimpanzee says she's venturing out more after a face transplant and that her new face is getting compliments.
Charla Nash told NBC's "Today" show that her donor face has begun molding to her bone structure.
"I've had people tell me I'm beautiful," Nash said in the interview that aired Monday. "And they were not telling me I was beautiful before."
Nash said she was cheered by a simple "hello" from a child while she was shopping recently.
"That didn't happen before," she said. "It was nice. The little girl was saying `Hi' to me. ... I'm not scaring anybody."
Nash was attacked in 2009 by a neighbor's 200-pound (90-kilogram) pet chimpanzee, which went berserk after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into her house in Connecticut. The animal ripped off Nash's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by police. Nash was blinded in the attack.
She underwent a face and double hand transplant in May, but the hands failed to thrive because of complications and were removed. Doctors have told her she might be able to have a transplant in a year.
Nash is again able to chew food and have a sense of smell. She said she can smell the perfumes of nurses she works with.
"They all smell pretty," she said.
Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, director of plastic surgery transplantation at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, says Nash's face will continue to heal over the coming year.
"What we have seen is that the face almost blends in and becomes the patient's own, to the point that I think that a regular person passing by will not be even able to tell," he told the "Today" show.
Nash's daughter, Briana, believes her mother is back.
"She looks similar," she said. "I'm still waiting for the underlying bone structure to take some shape on her cheeks. But it's my mom."


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Central Vacuum Systems, also well-known as built-in or ducted , can be built into a building as a semi-permanent fixture and they are usually regarded as the most powerful vacuums available for residential use. These systems consist of a power unit, a 25 to 50 foot hose and accessory package and some inlet valves connected to the power unit by PVC tubing .
Advantages of Central Vacuum Systems
Central Vacuum Systems have many advantages over typical portable vacuums and a few disadvantages.
you'll no longer need to carry a heavy upright or canister vacuum up and down flights of stairs.When you clean your home, you turned on the suction of the unit by a switch in the handle of the hose which is connects to a valve in the wall of your home. These vacuum systems can also be used with a power nozzle for heavy carpeting or a simple floor brush for hardwood floors.
More Power and Deep Cleaning
Central vacuum systems have larger and stronger motors and fans that produce 3-5 times more cleaning power than traditional vacuums. They have much greater suction and air flow which make you a much cleaner and healthier home.
Improved Air Quality and Well-suited for People with Allergies
With a vacuum Installed into the building, all of dust, pollen, dirt, debris, dander and other allergens , are removed from the home,then they have no chance to make respiratory tract infections. In addition, a larger power unit and filter can make the PM2.5 lower which means air more clean and well-suited for people breathing.
The Little Noise Vacuum
Usually the motor and bag are located in a garage, basement, or closed closet,their will be little noise when vacuuming.With a vacuum system you can watch TV ,listen to music and do other things at the same time while vacuuming.
More Economical
Central vacuum systems will be more economical by a long view.They are more durable and last longer than standard vacuums. It's uncommon for central vacuum owners to replace accessories or maintenance on the main unit in 10 years.
Add Value to Home
Central vacuum cleaner can make your house appreciate $ 2,000.
Disadvantages of Central Vacuum Systems
Initial Cost
Your need to pay more money to make a built in vacuum system than standard vacuums for initial cost.But if you don't want to change or repair it frequently in 10 years,it seems be very cost-effective.
Not Portable
Because the central vacuum systems are installed into your home,so you can't move it to any other place.
How to Choose The Right Power Unit and Accessories
There are many kinds of power units on the market to fit your budget today. You can even reduce your cost by installing the system yourself (If you can do the work).
When selecting your central vacuum system,there are several things to think about :central-vacuum-accessories
How big is your home in sq.ft.
The number of floor on your home
Whether your have hard wood floors,carpeting or even a combination of the two.
When selecting the power unit ,you need to think about:
Larger home need a bigger power unit
Small home need a basic size power unit
Electrolux central vacuum power units for example , the PU3650 unit for the basic sized home which Coverage 8000 sq.ft, but the PU3900 unit for larger homes which Coverage 12000 sq.ft.
When you have decided a power unit and decided the best place to install your inlet valves, it's now time to consider what kind of accessory package you would like. One thing we propose is you wait to purchase anything before taking the whole installation under consideration. This is really because once you know when selecting which accessories you will need, it will save you big money by purchasing the accessories in a package with the power unit and hose. If you have heavy carpeting, you may undoubtedly require a power nozzle with an electrified brush to grab dirt which has sunken into the carpet.If you simply have hard wood floors in your own home, a power nozzle is not required but can be helpful. Rather than a power nozzle, on hard floors you can use a 20 inch floor brush which will get connected to a wand.


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Affordable and great quality haircuts and coloring. They also do nails & waxing. (more)
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Joncolbys is a full service salon for men, women & children. Specializing in haircuts, Barbercuts, styles, nails and waxing.Hair & Nail stations for rent. (more)


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Outside Magazine - Stephanie Pearson. 'Unplug at Tobacco Caye, Belize'
Posted on Friday, November 21, 2014
We're thrilled that travel writer Stephanie Pearson featured Belize's very own Tobacco Caye as one of seven islands to visit to cure your winter wanderlust! Here is the full article which appeared in the November 2014 issue of Outside Magazine.


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White Rock Creek Falls Trail is a 5.6 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Ozark, Arkansas that features a waterfall and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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The trail descends steadily for about 2 miles until you get to White Rock Creek, crossing Forest Road 1003 on the way (this is probably the road you drove up to get to White Rock). The area around the creek has many features. First, the trail will cross the creek twice in 0.2 miles and your crossings can be wet if the water is up. Second, there are lots of flat areas for camping just as you reach the first crossing and on the other side. There is a grotto up the creek before the first crossing that has a high but small waterfall (probably dry in the summer). Last, but not least, is the water fall between the two crossings. It is high volume with a large pool and can be seen from either side of the creek.
We did this hike Dec. 28th and it was chilly - but totally worth it! the trail is narrow the whole way and steep and rocky at some points. the trail was really well maintained and marked. all the downed trees and the pricier bushes were cut so we could pass through without any problems. the river along the way and the falls at the end were really amazing. We're not sure how long the whole hike was, but moving nonstop at a pretty fast pace we hiked back in about 80 minutes (we were trying to beat the sunset). if you're doing this hike in the winter leave plenty of time for exploration before dark, it may take you longer than anticipated!
Hike feels really long, when I tracked our distance straight back it was actually about 3.5 miles so the hike feels longer than it says because it's closer to 7 miles.
Negatives: the trail wasn't really well kept in some places, to the point we were not a 100% sure we were still on the trail. We actually said we should have brought a machete to clear some of the path.
Positives: there are some fairly challenging inclines and declines, cliffs, a few water features, and probably some wildlife (we were kinda noisy so didn't see anything but spiders). We didn't leave with any ticks and or other bugs. The worst we got was some whips and slashed from the over grown areas which did include thorns but fortunately nothing poisonous.
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This is the third time I've visited the Falls, and I've never seen them like this. The recent torrential rains have made for some excellent waterfalls. They've also resulted in some wet crossings where this is usually not an issue. We continued past the Falls a little bit, and had to get our feet wet a couple of times to do so.
Tick season is upon us, and they are REALLY bad right now. In spite of his (generally very effective) tick collar, I picked no less than 20 ticks off of my poor dog during/after this hike. We walked back on the road once we hit it to avoid picking up any more of the little critters. This trail seems especially bad tick-wise, as it includes lots of leafy/brushy bits. It's a wonderful hike, but be aware!
A really nice hike especially after some substantial rainfall. It's worth noting that the mileage listed represents the hike in and back. Don't give up on it, it's a long 2.8 miles in and I met a couple of ppl on the way out that needed some reassurance that they still had some track left to get there. Also the trail will lead directly to the falls. Moderate is a good rating for this trail unless you haven't hiked much and are somewhat out of shape. If this is you, then it will be moderately hard hike.
First, some "business" details: Clicking the directions link here will not take you to the trailhead. I'm guessing it takes you somewhere near the White Rock Cabins.
Using your map app to get to Shores Lake Recreation Area will get you where you need to go. There are some dirt roads, and the paved road into the recreation area is in bad shape in some spots, be warned. The camping area will be off to the right. There's a sign indicating the trail is that way. Follow the road a little ways into the camping area and you can park right next to the trailhead.
If you decide to park in the recreation area (this is easiest), there is a $3 day use fee (honor system). The restrooms are well-maintained!
If, for whatever reason, you need/want to avoid the fee, there are other places to park. I'd suggest an old road that goes off to the left. It's uphill after you pass the camping area, just before a really sharp turn. The trail crosses the road right here.
The good stuff: the trail is GREAT. There are rocky areas, trees to scramble over, bluffs, springs, the pretty little creek with lots of picturesque pools, and the waterfalls (just the main one had any water today). The scenery can't be beat.
The trail is pretty well-traveled - we passed three other groups - but it's a bit out of the way, so I doubt it's ever over-crowded. There's some steepish up/down, and the trail is a bit narrow at points, but it's mostly easy hiking. I'd say "moderate" is a good rating.
These are wet weather falls most of the year. So best viewed in the spring or fall. Have done this a couple of times. A great hike. Much to do in the area. Can camp at the falls. The trail is part of the Shore lake west trail, It is shorter, you can do out and back if you don't have time to do the whole Shore Lake West trail.


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The other three photos (including the nesting osprey--click to enlarge) are from an afternoon at a county park and beach on the Chesapeake Bay near a wee town called Nanticoke where the Nanticoke River flows into Tangier Sound. Notice the heavy cloud bank to the north contrasted with the nearly clear sky to the south; the changing clouds are a magnificent feature of the Eastern Shore--due to the influence of two major bodies of water and numerous inlets, rivers, and wetlands. My kind of place, in other words.
Given the laundry, errands, etc. awaiting my attention today, I will leave more description and photos for a future post. Loved being with family and seeing so much natural beauty, but it's great to be home--particularly since a major tropical storm came through Jacksonville in our absence, giving us a bit of worry. Fortunately, we suffered no serious damage to our home or our trees--although it is taking Mark quite awhile to clear up tree debris in the yard.
Question of the day: Do you actively seek out bird sightings, or mostly enjoy the experience when it presents itself?


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The Bradenton Police Department was investigating two armed robbery incidents Friday night that may have been related, according to a report.
The first occurred around 9:17 p.m. in the 600 block of 21st Street East, where a man was robbed of his wallet at gunpoint by a man using a silver revolver, the report states.
A second man stayed inside a vehicle, described as a gray, smaller SUV, which the two used to flee.
No one was injured, police said.
Then around 10:09 p.m., in the 1000 block of 13th Avenue West, three men were reportedly approached by two men dressed in all black and wearing black masks and armed with handguns. A third suspect stayed inside a vehicle, again described as a gray, smaller SUV, as the two other suspects attempted to rob the victims.
The three suspects threw beer cans at the suspects, who then fled in the vehicle heading south on 10th Street West, according to the report.
Officers were unable to locate the suspects.


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Initial media coverage of the Iraq War in the U.S. media tended to focus on the technological advantages of the American and British troops over the Iraqis. Ten days into the conflict the tone of coverage has shifted. Whereas before reports indicated that a coalition victory would be swift and relatively easy, the same media now are reporting that the Iraq War could drag on for months.
On March 20, the day after the bombing of Baghdad began, The Washington Post newspaper ran a story with the headline "When the Enemy Doesn't Fight Back." The accompanying photo showed a U.S. Marine pretending to be an Iraqi captive as members of his unit practiced what to do when Iraqi soldiers surrendered.
Ten days later, newspaper and TV reports say the war may last until August and may be bloodier and costlier than expected. How did the tone of war coverage change so dramatically in such a short time period, many ask?
Marvin Kalb, senior fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University, says press coverage reflects the official U.S. government view. As the Bush Administration has changed its tone, so has the American press.
"The tone of coverage of the Iraq War has definitely changed in one specific sense. At the very beginning of the war, the press, reflecting the overall view of the government, was suggesting that the war would be quick and essentially bloodless, similar to the recent wars that the U.S. has fought," he says. "That is not the case. And in the tail end of the first week, the American coverage reflecting what it is that the officials were saying began to talk about the possibility of a longer war and a more costly war."
Mr. Kalb says fierce Iraqi resistance caught the Pentagon – and the press – off guard.
"The turning point really came when it was clear and when officials began to suggest and reporters then began to report that this war is not going to be a cakewalk," he says. "This is going to be difficult. The Iraqis are fighting, one general said 'tenaciously,' and it seems to me that when the press reflects that, it does change the tone, that's true. But it's just reflecting what it is that the official government said."
The change in tone from the White House and Pentagon have led some to ask whether the Bush Administration may have misled the American public about the dangers of the Iraq War?
Clifford May, a former reporter for The New York Times newspaper and currently president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, says the Bush Administration has been candid about the costs of war.
"It's often said that a battle plan never survives contact with the enemy," Mr. May says. "In the early days it seemed like, wow, maybe this is going to be an exception to that, where the battle plan is so clear and the advantage, technologically and in other ways, is so obvious that it will go exactly according to plan. But in the end, I think what you're seeing is that there is a plan. It will work, but this is still a war. It is still going to be hard. It is still going to be bloody. It is still going to call for sacrifices, and I do think that's what we're seeing."
As the U.S. war plan has adapted to the realities of the Iraq War, reporters are beginning to ask more questions. Joe Conason writes a daily column for Salon.com and also contributes to the New York Observer, a weekly newspaper. He says with the Bush Administration backpedaling from its early pronouncements of a quick victory, he expects to see a somewhat more aggressive media.
"I think the war coverage will be more probing and more skeptical. You could hear it in some of the press conferences in the last day or two where tougher questions were being asked about casualties and about plans and about resistance by the Iraqi military and whoever else is fighting back over there," Mr. Conason says. "For a while, the coverage was dominated by mood music and a degree of overconfidence, and I think now there's real concern that the costs of this war may be higher than anybody expected at the beginning."
Opponents of the Iraq War are eager to see reporters ask tougher questions, but many wonder whether the so-called embedded journalists, those reporters who are traveling with coalition forces, will be able to report the war objectively.
Jack Shafer is the Editor-at-Large at Slate.com, where he writes "Press Box", a daily media column. He says any embedded reporter is likely to hold the troops who are protecting him in high esteem.
"I would say that no matter who the embedded reporters were, whether they were U.S. reporters embedded with U.S. units or European reporters or Southwest Asian reporters, you're going to have an automatic affinity for the person who is protecting your life with his life," Mr. Shafer says.
But even as embedded journalists file positive troop-friendly reports, there are other reporters filing for U.S. media who are not embedded. The New York Times and The Washington Post newspapers have reporters on the ground in Baghdad, as does National Public Radio.
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Clifford May says these reporters keep coverage balanced.
"I think the embedding is an interesting experiment, and I don't think it's a bad thing at all. I think it allows some journalists who are embedded to have the same perspective or a similar perspective as the soldiers," he says. "You still have other journalists who are back at command and control. You have other journalists at the Pentagon. Journalists can go out on their own if they want to, though it's a very dangerous thing to do in the midst of this kind of conflict. So I don't think it's a bad thing. I think it provides one more perspective, and I think that's just fine."
In addition to providing correspondents wider access to troops, the Pentagon is allowing television reporters to broadcast real-time footage of actual battles. People around the world are glued to their TV sets watching live action firefights in Iraq and the bombing of Baghdad. While this differs from coverage of past conflicts, Slate's Jack Shafer says that in other ways, there are many similarities.
"If you look at the last three U.S. interventions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and now Iraq, going into all of these interventions people are using phrases like 'cakewalk,' 'it'll be easy,' 'U.S. airpower will dominate.' And that's kind of the truth that practically everybody embraces in the press, in the Pentagon and in politics," he says.
"The second phase of the war is 'hey, it wasn't that easy,' 'the U.S. is bogged down,' or 'the bombing isn't working.' And everybody starts to have doubts about the strategists," Mr. Shafer says. "Part three is usually that the people being bombed or invaded turn out to be these incredible military geniuses who we've underestimated, and they're using all these unconventional tactics and 'Oh my God, it looks like Vietnam again.'"
Mr. Shafer says the U.S. media is currently in the third stage, but that the coverage likely will shift again into its fourth stage.
"The interventions in Kosovo and Afghanistan were successful for the United States. I think that in the part four we'll see the coverage will reflect what is happening on the battlefield, and you'll see the press singing basically a different tune," he says.
All the technological advances in reporting, from the Internet to videophones, are giving Americans and the rest of the world a much closer look at the war. But as always, the war determines coverage, not vice versa. Reporters remain more or less gifted onlookers.


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October 25, 2006
One of NYC's newest skyline additions features technology that was tough to design into modern architecture.
What's the only thing harder than building an environmentally friendly skyscraper? Rigging it up for wireless service.
Opened in June 2006, the 46-story Hearst Tower in New York City boasts a range of "green" features. Activity sensors manage the lights. A rooftop collector reduces the amount of rainwater dumped into New York City sewers. A "diagrid" construction system reduces the need for vertical steel beams, and allows for more natural light.
Thanks to MobileAccess Networks of Vienna, Virginia, the building also has about 856,000 square feet of wireless connectivity to provide coverage throughout the building. The network employs roughly eight access points on each floor. These in turn are managed and secured by four Cisco 4404 WLAN controllers, each of which can handle up to 100 APs.
As part of his environmental stance, architect Norman Foster made extensive use of natural light, and that created an aesthetic challenge for wireless designers looking for discreet locations to house access points.
"You have an interior architecture that has a lot of glass -- it has a lot of very decorative areas," says MobileAccess CEO Cathy Zatloukal. "These are areas where you would not want to put a lot of active electronics in the ceiling, not because you would see them but because if you ever needed to do a maintenance action, it could be unsightly."
This aesthetic concern directly informed the technological choices behind the project. First, MobileAccess technology fits snugly in a telecommunications closet for discreet access. Moreover, the solution need not be tweaked very often, if all goes as planned.
Zatloukal didn't want to create a solution that would require frequent re-working of infrastructure, with building owners having to alter the network each time wireless services went through changes and upgrades.
Without a sufficiently robust solution, it would be easy to get locked in, to become a prisoner of every new change in the world of wireless offerings. "Say Sprint launches their WiMax network next year," Zatloukal says. "Now what happens? You have to deploy a whole new network."
Zatloukal prefers what she calls a combined solution, one that integrates cellular and wireless infrastructure into a seamless whole. "If you do it right, these future services become just another blade plugged into the network," she says. As new protocols become available, it should be relatively easy to simply swap out access points, which are tucked away in wiring closets.
By combining and "conditioning" cellular and WLAN signals, Zatloukal says, it becomes possible to extend a wireless network over substantial distances while maintaining signal integrity and leaving open the possibility of future uses. In the Hearst building, the present architecture should be able to easily incorporate a range of new mobility services, including location and asset tracking, voice over wireless LAN, advanced security and guest access, as such features evolve.
MobileAccess has had success with other large-building installations in the past. Earlier this year, real estate services company Akridge engaged the firm to provide wireless services within the Homer Building in Washington, D.C.s commercial center.
The deployment throughout the half-million square foot property delivers wireless for a range of devices, including cell phones, pagers, PDAs, two-way radios, Wi-Fi, building automation systems and emergency communications frequencies.
The MobileAccess wireless pitch emphasizes scalability and flexibility, the ability to handle whatever new services may emerge. The premise is that you can do all of this with a combination of cellular and WLAN technologies. So why doesn't everybody do it?
Because, Zatloukal says, it isn't enough just to run the two technologies side by side. Their capabilities must be integrated, their twin signals massaged for maximum performance. "The key attribute in these systems is in how these systems are combined and conditioned," she says.


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Fans of the Douglas Adams series gathered at London's South Bank to celebrate the books, as well as the pending release of And Another Thing..., written by Eoin Colfer, who has been chosen by Adams' estate to continue the series.
Colfer, the author of the best-selling Artemis Fowl books, has written a sixth instalment of the trilogy in five books.
Groups gathered in their dressing gowns, in honour of Adams' hero Arthur Dent, while carrying towels for Ford Prefect, who first saves Dent from Earth being destroyed to make way for a hyperspace highway.
Hitchcon'09, the fans' convention at the Royal Festival Hall contained a spacesuit worn by a Vogon, the galactic galaxy's bureaucrats notorious for their aggressive manner and terrible poetry, as well as Adams' bath, where the author, who died in 2001, claimed to have some of his best ideas.
Colfer has admitted to still having "grave doubts" about the project, but said he was encouraged by people approaching him who "said it would be a nice way to bring a new generation of people to the original books".
Speaking about Adams, Colfer told The Guardian: "I would hope he had a little giggle and would enjoy the respectful but not slavish way I have entered his universe... I don't think he would be disgusted."
Ed Victor, Adams' agent, said the author's widow Jane and daughter Polly "loved every word" of the Artemis Fowl series, which have sold nearly 20 million copies. He said that Colfer had "kind of channelled Douglas in a way. I feel 100 per cent sure Douglas would have loved this book".
The Hitchhiker books began as a Radio 4 comedy show in 1978. Adams then adapted the radio series to create the initial book, completing four more instalments over the next 20 years. He died of a heart attack in 2001, which writing The Salmon of Doubt, published post humously.


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Originally posted by Teknikal
Sounds like Greenpeace are a bunch of morons really I wonder how many of their own relatives or even them themselves have pensions and the like invested with BP and they don't even realise it.
I also still think it's wrong the blame has been fully pushed on BP when it was American contractors did the damage and American safety laws that allowed it to happen at all. Saying that though the media has an agenda here hyping this up beyond all reason and wildly out of proportion.
If you let any big company legally cut corners they definitely will and it doesn't matter the business or type of company they would be in serious trouble with the boardroom if they did anything else.
In my opinion this disaster was absolute CERTAIN to happen and unless the safety laws are heavily changed it is also certain to happen again although hopefully next time it's Exxon so we can see the bias clearly.
Q How much profit does a gas station make per gallon of gasoline?
A according to the National Association of Convenience Stores. the average profit per gallon was in 2005 4q 2.7 cents on a markup of 12.7 cents per gallon
There was a 20-20 show (or maybe it was 60 minutes) i watched a year or so ago, when gasoline prices were going through the roof. I was surprised to learn that only like 2-3cents a gallon is the profit that the gas station actually makes.
This is a good subject, Gas companies ie. gas stations make there profit on the merchandise you buy from them not all on fuel.The more the barrel goes up the less the gas station makes after tax and delivery fees,the lower the barrel the more the margin goes up for the gas company. the gas companies do not have all the control on gas pries like folks think they do,that is the oil company and the good old government, I know for a fact that when gas prices were almost $5.00 a gallon that the gas station was losing .3 a gallon at gas prices today at 3.19 a gallon they are making .9 a gallon and i have good insight too this matter, also if you think the gas station makes money then why when gas hit 4.85 a gallon did more then 5000 gas station go out of business,
Fuel tax in the UK is constantly changing and has risen steadily over the last 15 years. Between 1993 and 1999 there was a rapid increase with duties on fuel increasing by 3% above inflation. This was due to a major change in petrol taxation in 1993 when the Conservatives introduced the Fuel Price 'escalator'. This was a way of the government making money and also to help protect the environment by discouraging people from using their cars.
This fuel escalator forced prices up from one of the lowest in Europe to now one of the most expensive. When it was first added, fuel prices rose by 3 pence a litre and tax contributed to 72.8% of the total cost. By 1997 the escalator had added 11.1p to the cost of unleaded petrol and was at 75%. It didn't get any better when the conservatives left office and Gordon Brown took over, as the escalator increased and 3 pence was added per litre. This took tax up to an incredible 81.5% of the total price of fuel.
Well the comments in those links are actually quite disheartening. They still don't prove that there's a majority either way.
Seriously, such comments just show that most people ENTIRELY miss the point of direct action
If you and/or the rest of the motherland (or the new world for that matter) think they can perpetually sit comfortably living a modern first world lifestyle as if the world is not decaying then they've got another thing comin'
Originally posted by Freedom ERP
reply to post by NoHierarchy
Strange that the majority of posters to this thread might come from the UK as it related directly to action in our capital city.
Guess what, not everyone gives a crap about the bigger picture, and are more focussed on what is going on locally. Something they can influence and impact.
Your post seems an attack at the NWO and the fact that we are not all up in arms. Newsflash - There are members on ATS who do not buy into the whole NWO thing, and prefer to focus and react to local issues.
If caring more for my local country man means you discribe me as a "coddled whiner", I will take it
And the bully boy tatics of Greenpeace make them no better than the the actions of the oil exploration and producing companies.
Originally posted by Mike_A
reply to post by NoHierarchy
Greenpeace do not have peoples support, you were wrong; their actions are alienating people exactly as I said. Don't try and twist it.
Well then answer my question from a couple of pages ago; what exactly has this achieved? As far as I can see nothing but bad publicity for Greenpeace. How has that helped the gulf?
Don't insult the naysayers just because they don't share your world view; just because they don't think interfering with safety gear at a few petrol stations is a good idea doesn't mean they don't care about the outside world.
Says the person happily burning through a ton of carbon and petroleum to lecture strangers half the world away on how dumb they are for supporting the oil industry. Get of your high horse.
Like I said- the comments don't prove a majority either way. You'd have to conduct a more scientific survey of populations to gauge support for Greenpeace.
I can't tell you what EXACTLY it has achieved, but I surely do support AT LEAST the efforts.
What enrages me most about such naysayers is their blind rage towards Greenpeace without seemingly any rational consideration for the benefits/merits of their recent actions.
I'm not saying I'm this perfect, idyllic environmentalist... but not being 100% eco-friendly IN NO WAY precludes me from caring about these issues nor does it AT ALL preclude me from discussing them with others.
I only support the oil industry with my very meager amount of money because I haven't been given any great alternatives.
I don't think you realize that being born into our cultures means you're essentially LOCKED into them.
Things that absolutely, positively will never reduce the use of petroleum:
» Being a douchebag
» Irritating people who are just trying to get to their damn job
» Acting as some kind of self-appointed non-government environmental police
» Defacing the property of others
» Locking workers, owners and customers out of businesses that they have the right to be at
» Pretending you are some kind of warrior or somehow brave for being a douchebag
Originally posted by Mike_A
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Oh please stop, you were claiming support without any backing whatsoever; any means of measure available to us shows that most people disagreed with Greenpeace's actions. To go back to the disputed comment, "it will alienate those who are affected", the evidence shows that this was correct. You can state it any which way you like but the fact remains that anywhere that people have commented on this the majority view is negative. Whether it is the world majority or not it has alienated a hell of a lot of people.
I can't tell you what EXACTLY it has achieved, but I surely do support AT LEAST the efforts.
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What enrages me most about such naysayers is their blind rage towards Greenpeace without seemingly any rational consideration for the benefits/merits of their recent actions.
By your own admission you can't even say what it has achieved yet you're angry at other people because they won't consider the benefits?!
There is zero evidence of any benefit or merit behind this action; it has alienated people, it has disrupted people's day, it has cost people money, it hasn't helped anyone in the Gulf and there is no reason to believe that BP has taken any notice. In fact in relation to the latter, if BP has taken notice they're probably quite buoyed by the backlash against Greenpeace.
The naysayers have sound reason for their complaints, you however have no reason for your blind support.
And not agreeing with some silly publicity stunt masquerading as moral action does not preclude anyone else from caring about the issues either. Yet according to you anyone who has expressed a disagreement with Greenpeace's actions is a whiney, spoiled, isolationist.
So in other words you are just like everyone else except you're better than them because you lecture people while you do it? Yeah the world really needs more people like you!
No it doesn't, you could get off the internet for a start, how much energy do you think that uses up? How much oil goes into the production of all the components?
Greenpeace is actually doing something good, of substance and to the CORRECT target (P.1 posted on 27-7-2010 @ 09:34 AM)
Says who? Who are they or you to decide what is good, of substance and what the correct target it?
it will only serve to alienate those who are affected (P.1 posted on 27-7-2010 @ 09:50 AM)
Says just about everyone on the planet with half a heart and mind.
It won't alienate those affected... how you do you even surmise that?? Most people are probably cheering them on (unless they for some partisan reason can't muster a cheer for Greenpeace). (P.1 posted on 27-7-2010 @ 10:40 AM)
It honestly makes no sense to me, except the possibility that most of the outraged do not think about these issues much. And if London is anything like America in those regards, then that is probably the case. Most people I know or run into on a day to day basis are FAR from educated on these issues, and too many are proudly apathetic.
When did I say I was "better than everyone else"?
It would be IMPOSSIBLE for me to know the full scope of the results! Is that not clear?
I am absolutely angry at people who won't consider the benefits.
The notion that it was a "silly publicity stunt masquerading as moral action" is your opinion and you're entitled to it. But would you rather they get very serious or violent?
I must ask you one thing though- if the outraged motorists truly cared about the issue... why the hell were they buying gas at BP?? And don't give me that "to keep them buoyant so they can pay for the cleanup" propaganda


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English newspaper The Daily Mirror is reporting that Manchester United are tracking the progress of Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho.
The English club have had a difficult start to the season and could strengthen their midfield by signing the promising 21-year old. According to unconfirmed sources, the club owners have agreed to give manager David Moyes £50 million to spend in January in order to improve results.
Carvalho's current club, Sporting Lisbon have not commented on the report. He signed an extension with the club in the summer that expires in June of 2018. The contract includes a release clause of €45million.
Angolan-born Carvalho is a product of Sporting Lisbon's distinguished academy which has also produced Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo. After graduating to the senior side in 2011, he completed loan spells at Fátima and Cercle Brugge in Belgium, before earning a starting position over the summer at Sporting.
Carvalho has played in defensive midfield so far this season. Cercle Brugge's sporting director Ivan van Damme told Portuguese online publication A Bola in July that he is technically gifted and compared him to Manchester City's Yaya Touré.
"He made great progress playing here [Cercle Brugge]. He is very strong, could play in every position in midfield, highly skilled and very capable physically. He has great quality and I know he will do well at Sporting," van Damme said.
"He has qualities that are very similar to Yaya Touré, but has one key advantage. He is very young and will only continue to get better."
Carvalho's manager at the Belgian club Foeke Booy has said that he has the potential to evolve into an excellent 'box-to-box' midfielder.
"He is a powerful box-to-box midfielder, a player with enormous personality. I thought at Cercle, he was a player who was capable of great heights and it is only natural that he is doing the same thing at Sporting Lisbon," Booy told Portuguese website O Jogo this Summer.
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This isn't the NBA or NFL. Free agency tends to take more time to unfold in baseball. Some of the people on this list may very well be unsigned when spring training opens in February. But today marks the first day when teams can sign other clubs' players, so the action should intensify shortly.
Oh, the list? Thanks for asking. These are my top 30 free agents this winter — ranked by value, rather than by how much money they're going to make this winter. I compiled the rankings using the Wins Above Replacement measures, calculated by Baseball-Reference.com and FanGraphs.com, of the players' 2011 and 2012 seasons.
The predictions of a player's contract terms and destination come from reporting, looking at financial precedents and attempting to think along with the player, his representative and the involved team's ownership and front office.
1. Michael Bourn, OF
The premier center fielder in a free-agent class stocked with outfielders. His agent, Scott Boras, has an excellent relationship with the Nationals. Prediction: Washington, five years, $85 million.
2. Melky Cabrera, OF
Yup, he ranks this high based on the way he played the prior two seasons. The question every team wants to know is, how much of that is attributable to PEDs? Prediction: Mets, one year, $4 million.
3. Torii Hunter, OF
He turns 38 next July, but he can still play — very well. He'd love a shot at the Big Apple. Prediction: Yankees, two years, $28 million.
4. Shane Victorino, OF
A subpar 2012 will deflate his value. As he'll turn 32 later this month, clubs must decide which direction he's heading.
Prediction: Atlanta, three years, $30 million.
5. Josh Hamilton, OF
He'll get the most per year of anyone here. That's a safe bet. He and the Rangers might need each other too much to part ways. Prediction: Texas, four years, $110 million.
6. Hiroki Kuroda, RHP
One scout from an NL team called him "the most underrated right-handed starter in baseball." It'll be a battle of the Coasts.
Prediction: Dodgers, two years, $32 million.
7. Mike Napoli, C-1B
Tailed off after a spectacular 2011. He's an interesting blend — catches some, yet not all the time — who needs a flexible team to thrive. Prediction: Boston, three years, $33 million.
8. Zack Greinke, RHP
If Hamilton will get the most per year, then Greinke likely will land the largest overall package. The Angels badly want to retain him. Prediction: Angels, six years, $126 million.
9. Anibal Sanchez, RHP
Proved in Detroit he can handle the AL just fine. He turns 29 in February and has pitched between 195 and 196 ¹/3 innings the last three seasons. Prediction: Detroit, five years, $80 million.
10. David Ortiz, DH
A free agent for the second straight year, Big Papi has reportedly been negotiating a two-year extension to remain in his kingdom.
Prediction: Boston, two years, $27 million.
11. B.J. Upton, OF
He lives year-round in Tampa. The Phillies train in nearby Clearwater. The Phillies need a center fielder.
Prediction: Philadelphia, six years, $100 million.
12. Nick Swisher, OF-1B
Can he find a big-market team where he doesn't have to be the centerpiece and where he and actress wife can expand their brand?
Prediction: Washington, five years, $70 million.
13. Kyle Lohse, RHP
He put up an excellent platform season and should generate plenty of interest from those who don't want to dip in the Greinke pool. Prediction: Milwaukee, three years, $36 million.
14. Brandon McCarthy, RHP
His great comeback story took a very scary turn when he took a batted ball to his head in early September, necessitating surgery.
Prediction: Oakland, one year, $9 million.
15. Edwin Jackson, RHP
The weary traveler settled for a one-year deal with Washington last winter in free agency. He surely hopes to get multiple years this time. Prediction: Toronto, four years, $48 million.
16. Angel Pagan, OF
The former Met made a positive impression in his new home, so much so that the Giants would like to retain him.
Prediction: San Francisco, four years, $44 million.
17. Ryan Dempster, RHP
He would have been better off blocking that trade to Texas. Yeesh. Turns 36 next May. Prediction: Dodgers, two years, $24 million.
18. Kevin Youkilis, 3B-1B
"Youk" very much enjoyed his new Sox, and the White Sox liked having him around. They turned down a $13 million team option on him, though. Prediction: White Sox, three years, $30 million.
19. Marco Scutaro, IF
The Giants tend to keep their own guys whom they like, and they sure liked their NLCS MVP. Prediction: San Francisco, two years, $9 million.
20. Bartolo Colon, RHP
Like Cabrera, a failed PED test cast some doubt on surprisingly good numbers. Will sit out the first five games of 2013 to finish suspension. Prediction: Cleveland, one year, $1 million.
21. Russell Martin, C
He drew criticism for turning down a three-year deal for about $20 million last winter. He just might get the last laugh.
Prediction: Yankees, three years, $22 million.
22. Lance Berkman, 1B-OF
He says he's not sure whether he wants to keep playing. It doesn't seem prudent to believe him. Prediction: Houston, one year, $3 million.
23. Shaun Marcum, RHP
Slowed by a right elbow problem in '12, he still put up overall strong numbers.
Prediction: San Diego, two years, $20 million.
24. A.J. Pierzynski, C
Will White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf lead the charge to bring him back? Or is this prosperous marriage finally over?
Prediction: Seattle, two years, $10 million.
25. Adam LaRoche, 1B
The Nationals could sign Swisher to play first base, forcing LaRoche to look elsewhere for work.
Prediction: Seattle, three years, $33 million.
26. Scott Baker, RHP
A strong bounce-back candidate after missing 2012 due to right elbow surgery, Baker will likely settle for a one-year deal to re-establish his market. Prediction: Yankees, one year, $6 million.
27. Carlos Lee, 1B
He isn't getting much money after a lousy '12. Prediction: Colorado, one year, $2 million.
28. Mike Adams, RHP
The reliever underwent surgery last month to correct thoracic outlet syndrome. Rehabilitation will likely take him into next season.
Prediction: Texas, one year, $4 million.
29. Joe Saunders, LHP
He put up a strong few weeks with the Orioles, leaving a good impression.
Prediction: Baltimore, two years, $14 million.
30. Jeff Francis, LHP
His '12 season doesn't look as bad when you consider he pitched his home games, once again, in hitter-friendly Coors Field.
Prediction: Colorado, two years, $12 million.


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Pens win Cup no. 4
The Sharks had a good run, but the Pittsburgh Penguins are the ones taking home the Stanley Cup this season. Seven years since they last won it all, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin claimed their second championship and the franchise's fourth.
Kris Letang gave the Pens a 2-1 lead at the 7:46 mark in the second period of Game 6 last night and Pittsburgh held that lead for the rest of the game, with Patric Hornqvist scoring the empty-netter to clinch it. Crosby took home the Conn Smythe award as the playoffs' most valuable player, scoring 19 points in 24 games.
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The NBA has finally decided to take action on Draymond Green's high kick routine by suspending him for Game 5.
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Brazil crash out of Copa after controversial call
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FIFA makes dreams come true
FIFA 17 will feature a new mode called "The Journey," in which you will bring the next rising star through the club ranks. From the trailer they released Sunday, it looks like everything gamers ever wanted.
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I'm an artist, electronic musician, and creative technologist. I use technology to express synaesthetic relationships between sound and image in new ways, especially in musical contexts. I make music and art that feels like a unified perceptual experience across multiple senses, and I create software that makes this possible.
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PhD students of IMPRS NeuroCom receive funding based on the guidelines of the Max Planck Society (about €1.828 gross, i.e. before taxes and health insurance etc.).
There are no tuition fees. For national students enrolment at the University of Leipzig is optional, for international students it is obligatory. The enrolment fee is approximately €202 per semester. Living costs vary depending on personal spending habits. Doctoral students are required to have German health insurance coverage.


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Lighting the Way
The concept that revolutionized laser surgery and earned UC Irvine more than $40 million came to Dr. J. Stuart Nelson in 1992 while he was watching a baseball game.
In the early 1990s, surgeons like Nelson were trying to adapt laser technology for medical use, and the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic was an epicenter for this effort. It was, at the time, the only facility in the world to house basic science and engineering labs and an outpatient clinic under one roof, letting researchers and surgeons quickly translate findings into patient-care breakthroughs.
As medical director of the BLIMC, Nelson had been striving to improve laser treatments for disfiguring vascular birthmarks, such as port-wine stains, in infants and young children. Laser's utility was limited because its intense light also injured the fragile top layer of skin, causing pain, scarring and pigmentation changes. The challenge was to find a way to protect the outer skin while maximizing destruction of the deeper blood vessels that create a birthmark.
Nelson and his BLIMC colleagues – postdoctoral researcher Thomas Milner and visiting Norwegian engineer Lars Svaasand – had tried using ice cubes, running cold water and even the application of chilled metal plates to cool the skin's superficial layer before laser exposure. Unfortunately, all of these methods proved too cumbersome and, more importantly, also cooled the targeted blood vessels, which inhibited the laser's effectiveness.
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Top programs to form new league
Schools confirm plans to create new conference in 2013-14
OMAHA, Neb. -- Six of the top college hockey programs plan to form a new league in 2013-14, meaning the sport is headed for another conference shake-up.
The schools involved issued a joint statement Saturday confirming their plans to form a new conference.
Colorado College, Denver, reigning NCAA champion Minnesota-Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha and North Dakota will all leave the Western Collegiate Hockey Association to create the new conference. They'll be joined by current Central Collegiate Hockey Association member Miami of Ohio.
The schools said details of the league will be provided at a news conference in Colorado Springs on Wednesday.
"We understand and appreciate the widespread interest in developments relating to the formation of the new hockey conference," the joint statement said. "More information will be provided about the initiatives that have been undertaken, as well as the next steps involved. "Our programs look forward to continued associations with our current leagues, the WCHA and CCHA, for the next two seasons."
The statement did not mention Notre Dame, which was rumored to be considering joining the new league.
The landscape of college hockey was already significantly altered this year when the Big Ten announced a plan to form a hockey conference in two seasons. The new Big Ten hockey league will take Minnesota and Wisconsin from the 50-year-old WCHA to play with Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State of the CCHA and the startup program at Penn State.
Once the new hockey league is established, the WCHA will have only five teams: Alaska-Anchorage, Bemidji State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota State-Mankato and St. Cloud State. None of those remaining WCHA programs have the tradition or revenue-producing ability of schools like Minnesota, North Dakota or Denver.
The CCHA also would be diminished with only seven teams after the new league is formed.
Officials from the five remaining WCHA schools are expected to meet next week to discuss their future.
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Completing the Square Methods & Practice
Lesson 11 of 18
Objective: SWBAT solve quadratics by completing the square.
Big Idea: Students have the opportunity to complete the square using a variety of methods. They apply what they have learned about completing the square to solve a real world problem.
The purpose of today's class is to give students some time to practice solving quadratics by completing the square. In the previous lesson they applied this skill to a real world problem and now they will work through some practice problems. Students can continue to use their own methods for completing the square and then set their vertex form equation equal to zero, or they may want to start their process by moving the constant to the other side of the equation. I like to show different methods to students and then let them decide which way they like best.
I begin class by walking students through an example of completing the square and using the resulting vertex form to identify the vertex and then solve for x-intercepts. Students may have some confusion about all the different steps of the process. It might be best to use a quadratic where the a term is -1 so students get the practice of factoring out the negative. I might use a quadratic like: - x2 + 8x + 9. I try to be sure students are clear first about completing the square and then about what you can do with vertex form. This work combines a lot of their learning and they may be confused. This is a good opportunity to pause, take questions, and reinforce key ideas.
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In this unit, most students start completing the square using an intuitive method. As the quadratics are about to get more complicated with different values of a, and we become more focused on solving a quadratic rather than putting it in vertex form, I want to expose them to another method for completing the square. I have found this Khan Academy video to be helpful.
Original Source:(accessed June 19, 2014) https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/completing_the_square/v/completing-the-square-to-solve-quadratic-equations
I let students watch the video, pause for clarifying points, and let students practice this method with a similar problem after the video. I find many students to be relieved at having some set steps to follow, although I like to emphasize that I have them do it a harder way first so they are understanding the concept behind the steps.
Investigation & Closing
Next, I give students some time to practice! I usually use a worksheet similar to the Kuta Software worksheet Solving Equations by Completing the Square.
Ideally, students will work with a partner or in small groups here, sharing their thinking as they work. I really like when students start conversations (unprompted by me) about which method they prefer and how this work is making sense to them. I also encourage them to seek help from each other first, before coming to me. If there is time, I may have students share out their preferred method and their thoughts about what its advantages are.
As students work, I circulate and look for struggling students. Things that I am watching for:
- A lot of my students have academic content gaps and may need a refresher or direct instruction about how to work with square roots. I like to discuss the decision to leave the answer in radical form versus finding a decimal approximation. I find many students to do not know that leaving the answer in radical form is often the most accurate answer.
- Students may struggle with the two roots and the +/- part of taking the square root.
- Which method students prefer to use and why.
I have students complete an Exit Ticket related to Reflection. Ask them to complete the follow prompt on an index card:
Which method do you prefer to Complete the Square? Why?


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Sports writer and poker commentator Norman Chad, after briefly flirting with winning a World Series of Poker bracelet, placed sixth in an event Sunday at the Rio.
Chad placed sixth in the $2,500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better, earning $36,093. He is a syndicated sports columnist who serves as the color commentator on ESPN's telecasts of the World Series of Poker's Main Event.
Oleksii Kovalchuk won the event and earned $228,014. The 22-year old of Kiev, Ukraine, earned his second career World Series of Poker bracelet. He won the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed event last year, earning him $689,739.
Chad often plays is several World Series of Poker events each year. He has now cashed three times with Sunday being his best career finish.
The event's original starting field of 393 had been cut to 22 when play began Sunday and Chad was third in chips.
After reaching the final table, Chad tweeted out to his followers; "I just made a World Series of Poker final table. This is my second proudest moment (behind passing drivers test when I was 16)."
Chad took the chip lead at one point during final table play, but several beats had his chip stack diminished considerably by the dinner break. He was eliminated quickly after the play resumed.
Chad made light of his play several times on Twitter, telling followers; "Nevada Gaming Commission announced investigation into WSOP Event 42 in wake of suspicious results that indicate I finished in the money."
His ESPN broadcast partner, Lon McEachern, told his Twitter followers; "6th place finish for @NormanChad !! Very proud of my broadcast partner. Well done sir."


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Go for the Gold: How to Make Gold-Leaf Brownies for New Year's
By: Food Network Magazine
We're not in the business of doling out financial advice, but we hear gold is up in value — all the more reason to buy some for your next batch of brownies. Get a booklet of "transfer" edible gold leaf ( about $40 for 15 three-inch-square sheets; lagoldleaf.com), then brush the top of already-baked brownies with warm honey and, starting in one corner, place a sheet gold side down on top. Gently rub the paper until the gold transfers onto the brownies. An 8-inch-square pan takes about $14 worth of leaf — a downright bargain for a gift of gold.


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Firebird sunset rocks the Beijing sky
Every once and a while, a sunset comes along that makes you think just about anything is possible. And one such sunset occurred on December 23 in Beijing, when a firebird or phoenix shape appeared in the sky.
Several pictures of the miraculous sunset were posted online and there's no denying the firebird-like shape of the sunset. I actually think the Beijing sunset also looks a lot like the Mockingjay symbol from the Hunger Games.
The shape is a combination of a fire-orange sun and scattered dusty clouds.
Many netizens took the peculiar sunset as a sign for good luck, and I mean how could you not? I just wish I was there to see it!


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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Asian, Oceanic & African Art Internship
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The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston offers an Asian, Oceanic & African Art Internship to college students who are studying art history, Asian studies, and museum studies. Interns will assist with various administrative duties and multiple ongoing departmental projects. You must be able to work up to 14 hours per week and have previous office experience. Japanese or Chinese language background is preferred. All internships are on a volunteer basis.


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Why downsizers could be just what the property market needs
Many parts of the Australian property market have been suffering from undersupply for some time now, but experts believe they might have come up with a solution. The issue of downsizing has recently been thrust into the spotlight, as the industry looks for new ways to free up properties.
Older Australians need access to all retirement living options.
Not only will this mean there are more homes for sale, but that there's also potential for prices to come down, too. It's retirees who are the focus of these most recent investigations into the market, with two major groups explaining how they could hold the key to affordability and supply.
Bringing down barriers
The first challenge is to bring down the barriers preventing retirees from moving into smaller homes, the Property Council of Australia believes. The group's executive director of retirement living Mary Wood revealed that many retirees have equity in their family home that could be freed.
"Older Australians need access to all retirement living options, and the penalty on downsizing should be removed for all pensioners, not just those who buy annuities," Ms Wood commented.
Similar views have also been echoed by the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales (REINSW), which has also suggested that tax incentives should be available to downsizers. Broadening the scope of the senior citizens transfer stamp duty exemption could be one way of making this happen.
Not only this, the REINSW has called for the new home restriction to be lifted alongside the purchase price cap. At present, the New South Wales Home Builders Bonus applies to new homes that don't exceed $600,000 in value, and applicants can't be under 65 years old.
A report from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) titled 'Downsizing amongst older Australians' shows there are generally three barriers to downsizing. These include improving the amount of available dwellings and suitable locations, removing financial disincentives and dealing with psychological and practical barriers.
Appropriate housing
The Property Council argues that older Australians need access to a wider range of housing options. Whether they decide to move into one of the country's many retirement villages or a smaller piece of real estate, this could be just what the market needs to get moving again.
Figures from the group show there are already around 200,000 people in retirement villages, and their popularity is increasing even further.
The REINSW pointed out that many of the country's larger houses are now occupied by empty nesters. As a result, families who are searching for a home loan to secure their first property may find it increasingly difficult to get the amount of space they require.
"There should be incentives to encourage them to sell and buy more appropriate housing," indicated REINSW president Malcolm Gunning.
"This measure should also increase supply of larger homes in established suburbs, improve affordability and stimulate better use of existing infrastructure."
The AHURI's analysis of the situation describes this as a "win-win policy" that would encourage people to live in their own homes independently as long as possible. It also conceded that many aspects of the tax regime don't take the needs of elderly people into account, which is something that needs to change.
Besides the benefits to the national property market, the AHURI also revealed that downsizing can lead to significant health and lifestyle benefits to retirees. Living in a more manageable property can be less stressful in the long run.
People have different motivations for downsizing, but on a national level they could be crucial to alleviating some of the supply pressure concerns. The next step is to introduce the right policies that can make this happen, both on a state and federal governmental basis.


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PMMP is a Finnish band fronted by singers Paula Vesala and Mira Luoti and backed by musicians Mikko Virta, Juho Vehmanen and Heikki Kytölä. The name of the band is often said to be an abbreviation of the sentence "Paulan ja Miran Molemmat Puolet", which can be translated in English as "Both Sides of Paula and Mira". However, in an interview on the Finnish talk show Krisse Show, they stated that the name of the band comes, like ABBA, from the names of 4 of its members: so PMMP is Paula, Mira, Mira, Paula. PMMP's albums are produced by Jori Sjöroos who also wrote the music for all the songs. The lyrics are written by Paula and Mira. The band is an acclaimed live act.
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Volkswagen has resurrected plans for an affordable, mid-engined coupe and roadster as part of an image building campaign as it sets about fulfilling its ambitious target of selling over five million cars a year by 2018.
According to Volkswagen chairman, Martin Winterkorn, the company is planning to unveil a concept version of a lightweight two-seater at the LA motor show in November. If reaction is positive enough then the new car, which has been styled under the leadership of Walter da Silva, could be in showrooms as early as 2011.
"We are working on a mid-engined concept for the Los Angeles motor show," a senior source revealed to Autocar, "It is the fifth time in as many years that we have created such a car but this time, more than any other, the signs are looking good that we will get a production green light."
The new Volkswagen roadster is described as being a cut-priced alternative to the Lotus Elise, designed to be stylish and lightweight while offering genuine performance and class-leading fuel economy.
Power will come from mid-mounted four-cylinder petrol engines, with Volkswagen's 168bhp 1.4-litre TSI petrol engine and a new 125bhp 1.6-litre TDI common-rail diesel both being considered for use. Drive will be supplied to the rear wheels by a seven-speed DSG gearbox.


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Friday, July 27, 2012
Friday Flashback
This weeks Friday Flashback is from the lower Yakima canyon. On another one of mine and Stephen's unsuccessful trout fishing days, we caught this small bow and Stephen couldn't even crack half of a smile. I do remember this fish ate a streamer that Stephen brought back from Sun Valley that we thought would hammer fish on the Yakima, and I think this is the only fish we ever got to eat it. Thankfully Stephen and I have much better mojo fishing together for steelhead.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Friday Flashback
That Gore-tex cowboy hat should look familiar, and will make at least one more appearance on friday flashbacks. This day Chou and I fished the Snoqualmie, caught a couple tiny fish, and I douched the first digital camera I ever had (which dried out and lasted another couple years). Hopefully we will get together and fish this fall, because it has been a while, but hopefully its not on the Snoqualmie.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Nice Bow
|My wife Ke'lah doing work
One of the benefits of being married to a fishing guide is the few days in the summer you get to go fishing together the fish tend to cooperate. This hasn't quite been the case for us this summer, but Ke'lah did find this nice bow on an evening float last week.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Non-Traditional Fishing Dog: Cheyenne
|Cheyenne thinking "Don't get that spey rod too close to me"
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Friday Flashback
Little late in the day for a friday post, but had to get up this oldie. I don't even remember where we were fishing, or why we took a picture of a fish this size. Shawn and Katie are rolling out tomorrow a.m. and will likely have some fish pics with browns that could eat this little yak fish.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Favorite Flies: Iron Sally
|Iron Sally, right where she is supposed to be.
They showed up a little early this year with the low warm water we have been having, but the Yellow Sally is always a welcome bug to the local rivers. As a stone that swims to the surface to hatch rater than crawl to the bank, trout get keyed up on the nymph version as soon as you start seeing the adults. In fact the general consensus around the guys I fish with is that the sally nymphs taste so much better than the dry that they don't bother eating the fly off the surface (atleast not as often as they should). When sally's start popping, the Morrish's Iron Sally from Idylwilde is the first pattern I tie on, and often don't fish much else. It has a tung bead, wire body, and small flashy legs that mimic movement and entice trout. And if you are familiar with Ken Morrish's bugs you know that they all crush. Next time you feel those little yellow stones crawling on your neck, tie on the Iron Sally, you'll be glad you did.
|Morrish's Iron Sally.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Yak Throwback
|Been a while since I've got one of these, Yakima River Cutthroat
|Brazda getting some bugs ready.
|Constant laughs with an old friend.
|Sunset over the Kittitas Valley.
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AP or Dual Credit
What's the Difference?
|Advanced Placement (AP)
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|The AP Program allows students to take college-level courses and exams, and to potentially earn college credit or placement while still in high school.
|Dual Credit allows high school students to earn both high school and college credit by completing courses at their high school and/or college campus.
|College credit is granted when students pass the AP examination. Students seeking credit through their AP grades should note that individual colleges and universities, not the College Board or the AP Program, grant course credit and placement.
|Credit is awarded when the student passes the course.
|Taught by specially trained high school teachers.
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|AP courses are taught on the high school campus.
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|Open to any student who meets the AP criteria in the Course Catalog.
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By Aarti Thomas
The internet today makes it really easy to find games. All you have to do is carry out a search on the internet using the keywords and you will get a list of the various sites offering them.
One such site is Teach English in Asia.net
The site offers a database of various ESL games that is classified into several categories to make it easy for you to find the right ESL game for yourself.
The games are broadly classified as to the kind of game and it
terms of skills practiced. You have games meant for adults, high school, middle school and elementary school students and games that concentrate on skills like reading, speaking, grammar, alphabet, vocabulary, spelling and listening English games.
These games are listed on the site with a tag. You just click on these tags to access the games associated with the tag. For example, by clicking adult English games, you reach a list of ESL games you can choose and play with your adult students and by clicking on reading games, you choose and play your preferred reading game.
These games are available for free, and can be printed out for your reference needs. However the site requests you to post a comment after trying a game to let others know how you enjoyed the game, and also to give any suggestions if any.
In addition to this, the site also offers a $100 prize to motivate interested people to submit ESL games to the site. Of the many submissions made, one name will be randomly chosen and awarded the prize money through PayPal, Western Union, US bank check, money order, etc. as per your preference. If you are not interested in the prize money, and have good game you want to share with others, all you have to do is follow a link and add your game.
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Tom Subak
Tom Subak is Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and assistant to the president for Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund. In this role, Mr. Subak works with the senior leadership team of PPFA to ensure that an effective organizational strategy is set and carried forward. Mr. Subak also oversees the Planned Parenthood Labs, a new effort to find innovative solutions to longstanding mission critical challenges. In his previous role as chief information officer (CIO), Mr. Subak oversaw the development of the long-term information and technology strategy and execution for PPFA and the federation.
Prior to becoming CIO, Mr. Subak was vice president for strategic initiatives at PPFA. In this role, he coordinated initiatives across all areas of Planned Parenthood's work — health care, advocacy, education — that ensured successful implementation of Planned Parenthood's strategic plan. He led the organization's efforts to harness the influence of new technologies and to engage a new generation.
Mr. Subak joined the PPFA staff as vice president of online services in April 2005, after serving as a key online strategy consultant. He has successfully built Planned Parenthood's online strategy around health care services, education, and opportunities for involvement with donors, activists, volunteers, and potential employees. He has negotiated external partnerships and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences about Planned Parenthood's reach and impact. His leadership in partnership with affiliates has transformed Planned Parenthood Online into one of the federation's most successful initiatives.
Prior to joining PPFA, Mr. Subak was the founder and CEO of the e Organization — an Internet strategy consulting group that worked exclusively with nonprofit organizations and political campaigns. The e Organization was acquired by Mindshare Interactive Campaigns (now named RepEquity), after which Mr. Subak joined PPFA. Before founding the e Organization, he spent 10 years with the Fund for the Public Interest, a national nonprofit organization that works to increase the visibility, membership, and political power of the nation's leading environmental and progressive groups. At the fund, Mr. Subak ran several state ballot-initiative campaigns, a 75-office national canvass and field operation on behalf of clients including the PIRGs, the Sierra Club, and the Human Rights Campaign among others, and created and launched the fund's first major donor program. He also served as the organization's national canvass director.
To arrange an interview with Tom Subak, please call the PPFA media team at 212-261-4433.