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Planking in Albuquerque
Why lying flat as a board is the new rage
Planking is what all the cool kids are doing these days. What is it? Apparently you just lay face down on any surface(s), with the stipulation that your body must be stiff. As a plank. That's really about it. It's kind of like parkour on ketamine—done by a sloth.
Being purveyors of all things hip and in-the-know, several Alibi staffers decided to explore this puzzling phenomenon. One finding was that your level of plank-coreness—at least in Downtown Albuquerque—can be directly attributed to how much pigeon shit you are willing to subject your face and torso to.
When I was a kid we used to have this thing called "sunbathing." You'd lay facing the other way, on comfortable surfaces like grass and sand. Not face down. Not in pigeon shit. Kids these days.


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The Central Connecticut men's track and field team wrapped up the New England Indoor Track and Field Championships in fifth place out of 31 teams with some impressive stats on Saturday as senior Aaron Radden took gold in both the 60 meter and 200 meter events.
Radden, who owns the CCSU record in the 55m, 60m and 200m events swept the preliminaries and finals in both of his events on the day. Radden topped the 60 meter dash with a time of 6.82 seconds, setting a new season best and finishing just one hundredth of a second shy of his collegiate personal best. Radden also claimed gold in the 200 meter dash, notching another season-best time of 21.01 and also beating last year's NEICAAA time by one hundredth of a second.
This win is the fourth consecutive first place at the New England Championships in the 200 meter dash for Radden. In 2010, Radden topped the field with a time of 21.03. In 2011 he ran a 21.17 and last season, he earned gold with a time of 21:02.
Sophomore Brian Biekert ran a 4:09.60 in the one mile event for eighth place of 32, besting the previous school record of 4:11.50 set in 1987 by Jim Sanders. Freshman Joseph Gioielli topped the all-time Blue Devil record and the rest of the field in the 1,000 meter run with his time of 2:23.39. His time beats the 2:25.52 mark set in 2011 by Mohamed Hrezi.
In the 400 meter dash, sophomore Jamal Fruster took fifth with a time of 48.95, setting a new personal indoor record. Fruster was followed by senior Nick Lindblom who placed seventh with a time of 49.72.
The Blue Devils turned in a solid performance in the relay races. The 4x800 team finished in fourth place with a time of 7:38.65. The team was made up of Biekert, Gioielli, senior Mike Waterbury and freshman Malcolm Connor.
The 4x400 meter relay team, consisting of Lindblom, Fruster, senior Dan Hopper and junior Ryan Budd, crossed the finish line in 3:19.16. The time meets the IC4A qualifying mark of 3:19.90.
Other notable performances for the Blue Devils included sophomore Andrew Hill in the 3,000 meter run. Hill crossed the finish line in 8:30.06 in ninth place, just one spot from scoring position. Also, in the 5,000 meter run, senior John Krell earned 10th place of 30 competitors with a time of 14:54.07. Krell was followed by freshman Matt Walker in 13th who crossed the line in 14:58.48.
The University of Connecticut ultimately won the championship meet with a score of 164.50. UCONN was followed by Rhode Island (97.50), Northeastern (74) and Boston University (43). CCSU rounded out the top five with a score of 42.
The Blue Devils will return to Boston University in Boston, MA for their next meet, the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships on Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3.

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Sin and confession (see below) were two big topics in August, at least according to our monthly list of most-viewed stories. Vatican denials of rumored changes in the church — Nos. 5 and 8 below — were also big (it was, after all, ferragosto, when not much else happens in Rome).
Skim this list to see if there were any other stories you missed seeing last month. September will be busier, we promise.
1. Sin in America: Researchers attempt to find who's good and who's not (Aug. 14)
2. Low confession numbers prompt creative outreach by dioceses, churches (Aug. 5)
3. Nobody's perfect: Remembering Ted Kennedy (Aug. 26 — not a story but a sample from our columns package for Catholic newspapers, this one written by the former president of The Catholic University of America.)
4. From rugs to riches: Vatican storage, repair department has it all (July 31)
5. Top Vatican official dismisses talk of rollback on Vatican II (Aug. 28)
6. Pope confirms visit to Shroud of Turin; new evidence on shroud emerges (July 27)
7. Media watchdog: Pope takes wary approach to communications explosion (Aug. 21)
8. Vatican official downplays report of planned liturgical reforms (Aug. 25)
9. Working paper outlines information being sought from religious orders (Aug. 4)
10. What message should Catholics send Congress on health care reform? (Aug. 4)


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CHAPEL HILL – UNC's Faculty Executive Committee issued a statement Monday supporting Jan Boxill, the faculty chairwoman for the University. It was revealed last week that she asked colleagues to re-write segments of an academics and athletics faculty report, according to an article by The News and Observer.
UNC has felt the blow of scandals over past several years, with an NCAA investigation of the university's football program that subsequently surfaced "irregularities" in the African and Afro-American Studies Department.
The statement of support was signed by 16 professors, including the three authors of the 2012 faculty report, Steven Bachenheimer, Michael Gerhardt and Laurie Maffly-Kipp. The statement reads: "our full support for Jan Boxill throughout her leadership as Chair of the Faculty. We have complete confidence in her judgment and integrity."
As the elected faculty leader, Boxill is one of UNC's top academic officers.
Emails sent by Boxill show that just before the report's release on July 26, 2012, Boxill sent the three faculty report writers a last minute correspondence. She suggested they edit a sentence which alluded to a department manager creating made-up classes to protect athletes' eligibility to play sports, The N & O reported. Campus emails are public record. The report authors agreed to it, and some information was left out of the final version.
Boxill told The N & O that her suggestions for edits came from other committee members.
Read the full statement below:
The Faculty Executive Committee approved the following statement at its regular meeting on Monday, July 29, 2013:
Steven Bachenheimer, Michael Gerhardt, and Laurie Maffly-Kipp (in absentia), join with the following current and former members of the UNC Faculty Executive Committee to express our full support for Jan Boxill throughout her leadership as Chair of the Faculty. We have complete confidence in her judgment and integrity.
Steven Bachenheimer (Microbiology and Immunology)
Michael Gerhardt (Law)
Laurie Maffly-Kipp (Religious Studies)
Mimi Chapman (Social Work)
Gregory P. Copenhaver (Biology)
Jean DeSaix (Biology)
Louise Dolan (Physics)
Jo Anne Earp (Public Health)
Joseph Ferrell (Secretary of the Faculty, School of Government)
Kevin Guskiewicz (Exercise and Sports Science)
Susan Irons (English and Comparative Literature)
Tim McMillan (African, African American, and Diaspora Studies)
Suchi Mohanty (University Libraries)
Leslie Parise (Biochemistry)
Shielda Rodgers (Nursing)
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"I'd Rather Have a Life than a Pile of Money"
Recently Peter Buffett, son of famed billionaire Warren Buffett, talked with YES! Magazine Publisher Fran Korten, about his new book Life is What You Make It and the choice points of his life.
Fran Korten: As the son of a multi-billionaire, isn't it a bit audacious to write a book advising others on how to live their lives? What gave you the courage to write this book?
Peter Buffett: Yeah, when you see my last name and my book title, "Life is What You Make It," you're probably thinking, "easy for you to say." But that's why I wrote it. People would say to me "You're so normal," and I thought, "Why is that?" I grew up in a household that, at its core, was about egalitarianism, humanitarianism. I didn't think there was any reason to feel entitled or special. When people started to put that assumption on me, I thought, "Well, this could be interesting to try to bust that assumption." If I can help redefine success and privilege then I think it's my duty to do it. If I can show up vulnerable and real, I think it gives other people permission to show up vulnerable and real.
Fran Korten: Your book is about choice points in life. Like that moment when you're listening to a tape of your own music in a beat-up Honda Civic at the beach and suddenly you see that your future is in music. When you informed your parents, how did they react?
Peter Buffett: They were wonderfully supportive. They knew I loved music all my life. So it wasn't some crazy idea to them. I was also fortunate that I had recently inherited Berkshire-Hathaway shares worth $90,000. So my dad said, "Look, here's what you should do. Take a year off, you can spend x amount of dollars and it won't eat into the principal."
Fran Korten: And was he saying, "Be careful with this gift, because this is all the inheritance you're ever going to get?"
Peter Buffett: Most definitely. I never questioned that. I never thought, "Oh no, he's a pushover, he'll give me something." And he never did. I knew he was serious and I knew it was right, somehow.
Fran Korten: Did you? I mean, the normal reaction might be resentment. To think, "Look, you've got so much. Why don't you help me more?"
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Peter Buffett: From what I remember, I saw it as a great opportunity. I felt at that time that $90,000 was a lot of money. All us kids did ask for help at some time, though it was never "Can you just give me some money," but rather, "I'm building my business, I need a loan." Each time, my dad said "no." He was right. As I say it in my book, "Self respect comes from earning your own reward." You know, if I had just kept those 600 shares of Berkshire-Hathaway stock, it would be worth 70-some million dollars today. But I'd rather have a life than a pile of money.
Fran Korten: Peter, I am struck with how you have walked in many different worlds. You immersed yourself in Native American culture with your music for "Dances with Wolves," with the "500 Nations" documentary series, and with the live production of the musical "Spirit: The Seventh Fire." You looked straight at the pain of what happened with Native Americans. You also walk in the world of wealth and privilege, flying in a private jet to events your father puts on. And you've lived in the world of musicians struggling to make it. What is the hardest part about navigating these very different worlds?
Peter Buffett: I think it's asking myself, "am I worthy?" Am I worthy to be sitting in a room with American Indians in North Dakota, not having any sense of how deep the pain and how strong the sense of self is? It's almost easier to look at the pain and loss than to look, too, at what it takes to survive that. I never had to do that.
You think, "Okay, why am I sitting here?" I try and do that in all those situations. When I'm in a private jet and I think this is such a waste in terms of dollars and carbon—and I'm doing it. What does that say about me? I try to say, "What can I do with what I'm feeling?" I shouldn't just sit back and say, 'Wow, this is so cool.'" Instead, it's about trying to turn that experience into something that might shift consciousness somewhere, or might do something for the world.
Fran Korten: What has "doing something in the world" meant for you?
Peter Buffett: Well, it evolves. It's showing up in the moment to speak to something that touches your heart in the hopes that you're not the only one who feels this way. I spoke to a 15-year old girl in Calcutta who was sold when she was ten. She asked me to tell her story. So what are you supposed to do? You're supposed to do that. If I don't do my job as a musician and as a witness, then what am I here for?
Fran Korten: So as you think about these very different worlds, what does it tell you about the time that we're in and the work that needs to be done?
Peter Buffett: It's hopefully a time of change and shift. There are so many things that feel to me related to a culture based on domination and exploitation and a zero-sum world. How do you get underneath that and make those changes? Obviously, you do what you do and I do what I do and we each try our best. If people listen to me because I'm Warren Buffett's son, then damnit, I'll keep talking! If you learn anything from any indigenous culture, it's that we are all connected and one person's action is going to influence somebody else's somewhere. So we better start thinking about how our actions affect people we'll never meet.
Fran Korten: Given your passion for recognizing that interconnectedness and the many ways in which our society and our economic system violates that reality, what message do you have for the world?
Peter Buffett: We have so much to unlearn. People talk about local living economies and other progressive ideas. These are not progressive ideas. They are fundamental ways in which we've lived for millennia.
In the recording business we talk about the signal-to-noise ratio. You try to get a strong signal and low noise. In life, it's getting rid of the noise, getting rid of people telling us what's going to make us happy, how we should behave, what happiness is, what security is, what a home should look like. All these things are just pure noise. The signal is us, individually, and outward from ourselves into our community. We've made it complicated, but it's incredibly simple.
I have an old stone house in upstate New York. When I go to the little general store and get my breakfast sandwich, I see all the same people. I'm starting to really understand what community has always been. You know each other, you know where your food comes from, you know that you can lend somebody twenty bucks because you're going to see that person tomorrow. These are not new concepts. Anything that reminds us that there's a human being on the other side of whatever thing we're doing is what it's all about. It's removing the transactional nature of things and turning them back into relationships.
Fran Korten: Let's talk about your philanthropy. Your music career was cooking along nicely. You had won an Emmy, had lots of contracts, etcetera. And then your father laid a philanthropic task on you. Not a huge one, because he gave most of his money to the Gates Foundation. But he gave some of his money to your foundation. How does becoming a philanthropist fit into your life?
Peter Buffett: When our family was on the plane together going to New York to make the announcement about his gifts, my dad said to me, "How do you think this will affect your music?" My thought was, "It's going to take me away from it, because this is important stuff and I want to do it well." And for a couple of years, it did, although not in the way I expected. For a couple of years, my wife Jennifer and I poured everything into deciding how we were going to do this. We wanted to use this gift in a thoughtful and meaningful way that was not about us. It showed me so much of life that I probably wouldn't have seen. It took me places I never would have gone.
Those experiences then affected what came out of me musically. When we got the foundation gift, our friend Bob Dandrew asked us to go back to our childhoods and think about what really turned each of us on. What was the first thing that really made you feel, "Wow. This is something I'm excited about or I feel in my heart'"? I didn't have to think for two seconds. It was the Beatles and Martin Luther King. So now here I am, in my own little way, able to go out and speak to experiences. Through music and speaking, I'm combining the very things that at six years old gave me the shivers.
Fran Korten: I've heard you mention the idea of "philanthropic colonialism." What do you mean by that?
Peter Buffett: Sometimes, what's being done in the developing world in the name of something good is really in the name of "Look at me. Look how good I am" as opposed to "I'm trying to help create some sort of change and transformation." If it's about "Look at me," how different is that from colonialism? Somebody coming over here in 1690 and saying, "I need that more than you do, so I'm going to take it." How different is that from a corporation in Ethiopia saying "We need these minerals for our phone so move out of the way, we're going to take it"?
I walk in this strange world where I have a foundation with all this money to give away, a powerful parent who is looked upon in a certain way, and yet I've touched aspects of humanity that are both the most beautiful and the most horrific. How do you reconcile all of these pieces into a whole that makes you feel like you're worthy of carrying all this, that you're doing something that might enhance the best of it and neutralize or transform the worst of it? For me, broadcasting it, sharing it, putting it out into the world as information for us all to share is the solution that feels like the best thing I could personally be doing.
Fran Korten: Is that why you wrote the song "Blood into Gold"?
Peter Buffett: Yes, that's a song about what I've learned about human trafficking. In my performances, you will hear me say things that I think nobody wants to hear. I say we don't pay enough for anything. There is a social, an environmental, a health, a human cost that is never reflected in the things we buy. I know right now that there are women being raped and villages being burned to control the minerals in this cell phone. And I didn't pay for it. When I say that, the room just goes into this vacuum of shock. I don't have a solution. It's not about a guilt trip. It's about saying, "This is happening. This is what's going on in the world."
Fran Korten: You also did a musical piece that took some swipes at Wall Street. Given who your father is, did you get criticisms for that?
Peter Buffett: Not really, I've had a few audience members say, "What's the deal here, isn't your dad...?" But I haven't gotten as much as I expected. My dad is disgusted by so much of the Wall Street behavior that I don't feel out of alignment with his fundamental principles. I don't think there's very much you can touch right now that isn't tainted in some way. I'd rather face it and say, "Okay, how do we change that?"
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Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism
Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism
ISBN: 978-0-631-21937-8 July 2005 Wiley-Blackwell 472 Pages
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- examines bilingualism as a socio-political phenomenon and emphasizes languages in contact, language maintenance and shift, language policy, and bilingual education
- includes many detailed examples from all over the world
- written accessibly for students with little or no background in linguistics by a prominent bilingualism researcher
Table of contents
1. Introduction.
Multiple Voices: The Word from China.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Bilinguals and their languages.
1.3 Views about bilinguals.
1.4 Learning a second language.
1.5 Where did bilingualism come from?.
1.6 Linguists: what they know and don't know.
1.7 Why so many languages?.
1.8 The rationale for many languages today.
1.9 Attitudes about language.
1.10 Linguistics and bilingualism.
1.11 Why bilingualism matters to you.
1.12 Bilingualism: Practical considerations.
1.13 How the book is organized.
1.14 Words and phrases to remember..
2. What's a Language? What's a Dialect? What "Social Work" do they do?.
Multiple voices: the word from italy.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 What counts as a language?.
2.3 Problems with mutual intelligibility.
2.4 Dialects as groupings under a language.
2.5 The written language and dialects.
2.6 Identifying the standard dialect.
2.7 Who speaks a dialect?.
2.8 Summing up.
2.9 Words and phrases to remember..
3. Who is a Bilingual? What Factors Promote Bilingualism?.
Multiple voices: the word from ecuador.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Who is a bilingual?.
3.3 Defining bilingualism.
3.4 Factors promoting bilingualism.
3.5 Conditions of displacement.
3.6 Summing up.
3.7 Words and phrases to remember..
4. Language Maintenance and Shift.
multiple voices: the word from algerians in france.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Three useful models of community organization.
4.3 Allocation of varieties.
4.4 Diglossia and domains.
4.5 Maintenance or shift?.
4.6 Representative case studies.
4.7 The younger generation and bilingualism.
4.8 Separating language maintenance from cultural maintenance.
4.9 Summing up.
4.10 Words and phrases to remember..
5. Ideologies and Attitudes.
multiple voices: the word from papua new guinea.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Language attitudes vs. cultural ideologies.
5.3 Power and the economy of language.
5.4 How languages identify groups.
5.5 Language attitudes.
5.6 Theoretical models and the expression of attitudes.
5.7 Language ideology.
5.8 Summing up.
5.9 Words and phrases to remember..
6. The Social Motivations for Language Use in Interpersonal Interactions.
multiple voices: the word from turks in the netherlands.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Linguistic varieties as social indices.
6.3 More than meets the ear.
6.4 Language varieties absorb meanings from situations.
6.5 Speakers have their own motivations for choices, too.
6.6 Models to explain conversational choices.
6.7 What accommodation means.
6.8 Markedness Model: another model of social motivations.
6.9 Code choices within a Conversation Analysis approach.
6.10 Summary on explaining bilingual choices.
6.11 Summing up.
6.12 Words and phrases to remember..
7. Inter-Cultural Communication.
multiple voices: the word from indians in england.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Languages are different and so are cultures.
7.3 Dividing up societies as individualistic or collectivistic.
7.4 High- and low-context messages.
7.5 Five areas of potential differences.
7.6 Is silence golden?.
7.7 Ideas about "good" conversational routines differ.
7.8 The faces of politeness.
7.9 How to ask for something in different cultures.
7.10 Cross-cultural ideas about power differentials.
7.11 Managing cross-cultural conflicts.
7.12 Summing up.
7.13 Words and phrases to remember..
8. Lexical Borrowing.
multiple voices: the word from kenya.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Lexical borrowing.
8.3 Cultural and core borrowings.
8.4 Core borrowings.
8.5 Less direct borrowings.
8.6 How borrowed words are integrated.
8.7 Morphological integration.
8.8 Nouns versus other categories.
8.9 What borrowings can tell us.
8.10 Summing up.
8.11 Words and phrases to remember..
9. What Happens to Grammars in Bilingual Contacts.
multiple voices: the word from palestinians in the u.s.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Codeswitching.
9.3 A model for classic codeswitching.
9.4 How other approaches to codeswitching from the MLF model.
9.5 Singly-occurring words as borrowings or codeswitches?.
9.6 Conclusions on singly-occurring words in codeswitching.
9.7 Larger Embedded Language phrases in Matrix Language frames.
9.8 The 4-M model.
9.9 Convergence and attrition.
9.10 Creation of pidgins and creoles.
9.11 Pidgins.
9.12 Creoles.
9.13 Summing up.
9.14 Words and phrases to remember..
10. Psycholinguistics and Bilingualism.
multiple voices: the word from hungary.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Themes in psycholinguistics and bilingualism.
10.3 Classifying bilinguals.
10.4 Validity and experimental methodologies.
10.5 The mental lexicon.
10.6 Level of activation.
10.7 Testing for selective access.
10.8 Summary on experiments.
10.9 Models of language production.
10.10 Memory.
10.11 Bilingualism, the brain, and aphasia.
10.12 Summing up.
10.13 Words and phrases to remember..
11. Age of Acquisition and Success with a Second Language.
multiple voices: croatian-australians in australia.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Introducing child bilingualism.
11.3 Successes in child bilingualism studies.
11.4 But is bilingualism an advantage or a disadvantage?.
11.5 Does early acquisition affect some systems the most?.
11.6 Learning a second language later.
11.7 Age-related issues and the brain.
11.8 Second language acquisition (SLA) as formal instruction.
11.9 Summing up.
11.10 Words and phrases to remember..
12. Language Policies and Globalization.
multiple voices: the word from an american in norway.
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 What are the parts of language planning?.
12.3 Status planning.
12.4 Corpus planning.
12.5 Acquisition planning.
12.6 English in the world.
12.7 The European Union and Europe's new industry: translating.
12.8 Summing up.
12.9 Words and phrases to remember..
13. Conclusions.
multiple voices: the word from haitians in new york usa.
13.1 Some themes to remember.
13.2 Guidelines for understanding speakers in relation to their languages..
Index of Authors.
Index of Languages.
Index of Subjects.
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If I had a Vertex Shader constant holding one float value, like:
Where: The first 3 numbers are actually red (255), next three are green (000), then the last three are blue (255).
... Could I separate those values and pass them to a vertex-variant register for the Fragment Shader? I'm thinking it would involve a combination of opcode operations such as: fractional, subtraction, and multiplications?
Perhaps there is a simpler way to pass all 3 color-channels in one register value and extract them back in separate channels (within a low-level language)?
Alright trying to clarify my question a bit. The flow of execution would be:
- In Flash (in my case), pass the value 0xff00ff (Magenta) to a free Vertex Constant register of FLOAT_1 (so it only uses one field of that register).
- In AGAL, the Vertex-Shader would decompile the field's value into 3 separate values (R, G, B, [A will be taken care of with another constant]).
- Still in the Vertex-Shader, pass those 3 separate values to a Variant that will be used by the Fragment Shader (example: mov v0.rgb, vt0.rgb).
- In the Fragment Shader, draw the interpolated color of the Variant.
Really, all I'm asking is happening in the Vertex-Shader. Then again, now that I know large numbers consisting of more than 7 digits won't work, a value of 0xFFFFFF won't fit! (16777215 = 8 digits = shit outta luck!).
Maybe it's just not worth the hassle. But if someone knows a work-around the limitation, that would be cool. (Heck... maybe it could be split into two fields instead?)


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Michigan labor vote was payback
Extremist billionaires have achieved what seemed unthinkable only a few years ago. They rapidly forced through union-busting laws in Michigan, the birthplace of the modern American labor movement.
No one should be confused about why they did it.
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The passage of right-to-work-for-less in Michigan wasn't driven by the desire to grow jobs or boost the state's economy. It will do neither. The record on so-called "right to work" in other states is clear. These anti-worker laws lead to lower wages, fewer benefits, increased poverty, more dangerous workplaces and have no credible effect on job growth.
Much of the media is still getting this story wrong. The forces that rammed the union-busting law through the Michigan Legislature – democracy be damned – had one thing in mind: political payback.
They had spent years laying the groundwork. Since 2008, $18 million was spent in Michigan on propaganda deriding collective bargaining by the Koch brothers through their phony front group, Americans for Prosperity, and by Amway heir Dick DeVos through the Mackinac Center. Karl Rove's American Crossroads SuperPAC and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson joined the attack on Michigan's middle class by pouring money into the state on behalf of Mitt Romney.
While Republicans spent millions in Michigan alone, their money was no match for labor's massive get-out-the-vote drive. Republicans lost by 10 points in Michigan, Romney's childhood home.
After suffering a humiliating defeat in a presidential election they thought was all but theirs, extremist Republicans decided to take out their frustration on Michigan labor. This was not a random target. It was organized labor that made the difference in Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan, decisively winning those states for President Obama. Not even Paul Ryan on the Republican ticket could overcome labor's massive get-out-the-vote efforts in Wisconsin.
They got their revenge last week. They used Michigan's lame-duck legislative session to punish working families for daring to vote for Obama – without hearings, without committees and without any public input. During part of the rushed proceedings, the Statehouse door was locked despite a judge ordering the building opened.


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If you are in the military, you have the option of wearing your dress uniform just as the groom is required to wear his. The difference with the ladies is that you have the option of choosing to wear the dress of your dreams instead. We're sure you have been busy adding beautiful dress over beautiful dress to your Pinterest inspiration board, so if it is your dream, why not take advantage of all those gorgeous ideas? We love the idea of a white dress with red lipstick and navy accents to really make that regal military look "pop".
Military members within the wedding party typically wear full ceremonial dress uniforms with their military decorations serving as boutonnieres (so for the boys in uniform – no flowers for you). The color of the uniform will depend on the season; blue is typically used in the winter and white in the summer. Other items include white gloves and swords for those in the Navy and Coast Guard and sabers for those in the Army or Marine Corps.
If the groom wears a sword or saber, then the bride stands to his right at the altar in order to avoid the blade.
Bridesmaids get to wear what bridesmaids always get to wear…fabulous dresses in bright tangerine (or whatever color you decide). You can even mix up the colors for greater impact - a red, white and blue bridesmaid dress theme would make for some stunning wedding photos.
If you are having a more formal wedding, we have noticed that most brides seat their military members by rank and title so captains sit by captains and sergeants sit by sergeants. If you are not familiar with military ranks, it's a good idea to learn them now – or at least the ranks of those attending – so you can introduce your military guests to the civilians in attendance.
The arch of sabers is what really sets a military wedding apart from a civilian service.
When the bride and groom leave the service and enter the archway lined by honor guards holding the ceremonial weapons, tradition dictates that as you pass through the arch, the last two bearers drop their sabers or swords, forming a cross to block the path. The groom then kisses his bride (make sure you hold it long enough for another super sweet picture).
The crossed swords are then raised for the couple to pass through. The bearer on the bride's side, as she passes by, gently swats the bride on the back side and says something along the lines of, "Welcome to the Army, Ma'am." Again, this is all done to your comfort, so decide together where (and if) you want to have the arch and if you want this particular welcome from the military.
One of the best (and potentially most funny) wedding photography moments is the cutting of the cake. And, of course, the military puts its own unique spin on this tradition. On command, the saber or cutlass bearers enter the reception room in formation in front of the wedding cake, facing each other. The bride and groom pass beneath the sword/saber arch again and approach the cake. The groom hands his new bride his unsheathed sword/ saber, and with his hands over hers, they cut the first piece of cake together. An incredibly romantic photo opportunity, if you ask us.
All weddings are special and one of the most important days a couple can experience in their journey together. However, military weddings – steeped in tradition, patriotism and emotion – have just a little something extra going for them and we salute all those brave brides and grooms taking the plunge together. Share with us your special day (you know we love the stories) in the comments section or on our Facebook page and we may feature your wedding here!
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Instant connection at Macleay Museum
4 September 2012
Last week, students from one of Compass partner schools, Athelstane Public School, had a rare opportunity: they 'met' students from one of the most northern schools in Australia, Mer Eruer Uter, the Murray Island campus of the Torres Strait's Tagai College. The meeting was virtual, taking place over Skype, but Macleay Museum curator Jude Philp facilitated a very real conversation about languages, school gardens, and the best weekend activities.
The conversation was part of the Macleay Museum exhibition Coral: Art Science Life, which includes nine paintings made by school children at Mer in 2011 especially for the show. Philp said the aim of the exhibition was to provoke thought and discussion about the different ways that people interact with one of Australia's greatest assets, the Great Barrier Reef. While here in Sydney we may be concerned with the health of the Great Barrier Reef, and spend enormous resources working on climate and pollution problems, in the Torres Strait the reefs have a more integral presence, sustaining the cultural and physical life of the 18 inhabited islands across the region.
The two schools quickly established commonalities and differences. Students from the Mer Island were very surprised when they discovered the number of students studying at Athelstane PS, which has 350 students in comparison to their 90. They were also curious about the hijab, or headscarf, that some of the girls wore. Students from Athelstane PS were very interested with find out on how foods are transported to the Mer Island and learned a few Torres Strait creole words. They also listened very carefully to a heroic story of a student who saved his brother from a shark attack just a few weeks ago. Athelstane students particularly enjoyed the cultural exchange, as well as the exposure to the University campus:
- "It was a fun and memorable experience. It was great to see the different life that people live in the Torres Strait." Zeinab - Year 5
- "I learnt about the life of a different community on Murray Island." Hussein - Year 4
- "It was great opportunity to see what wonderful things were available at the university." Zeinab - Year 4
At the end of the session, teachers from both schools exchanged contacts and decided to keep in touch in the future for another connection.
Compass is very privileged to be part of the initiative and would like to thank Macleay Museum and Athelstane PS for their participation.
Coral: Art Science Life closes on 12 September.


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MOSCOW (AP) — A former National Security Agency contractor wanted by the United States for revealing highly classified surveillance programs was believed to have landed in Russia on Sunday — possibly as a stopover before traveling elsewhere — after being allowed to leave Hong Kong.
Edward Snowden was on an Aeroflot flight from Hong Kong that arrived in Moscow on Sunday afternoon and was booked on a flight to fly to Cuba on Monday, the Russian news agencies ITAR-Tass and Interfax reported, citing unnamed airline officials. The reports said he intended to travel from Cuba to Caracas, Venezuela.
Snowden did not leave Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport with the other passengers. Interfax reported that he was spending the night in the transit zone of the airport because he did not have a visa to enter Russia and had rented a room in a capsule hotel.
Snowden had been in hiding in Hong Kong for several weeks after he revealed information on the highly classified spy programs. The WikiLeaks anti-secrecy group said it was working with him and he was bound for an unnamed "democratic nation via a safe route for the purpose of asylum."
The White House said President Barack Obama has been briefed on Sunday's developments by his national security advisers.
Snowden's departure came a day after the United States made a formal request for his extradition and gave a pointed warning to Hong Kong against delaying the process of returning him to face trial in the U.S.
The Department of Justice said only that it would "continue to discuss this matter with Hong Kong and pursue relevant law enforcement cooperation with other countries where Mr. Snowden may be attempting to travel."
The Hong Kong government said in a statement that Snowden left "on his own accord for a third country through a lawful and normal channel."
It acknowledged the U.S. extradition request, but said U.S. documentation did not "fully comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong law." It said additional information was requested from Washington, but since the Hong Kong government "has yet to have sufficient information to process the request for provisional warrant of arrest, there is no legal basis to restrict Mr. Snowden from leaving Hong Kong."
The statement said Hong Kong had informed the U.S. of Snowden's departure. It added that it wanted more information about alleged hacking of computer systems in Hong Kong by U.S. government agencies which Snowden had revealed.
Hong Kong's decision to let Snowden go on a technicality appears to be a pragmatic move aimed at avoiding a drawn out extradition battle. The action swiftly eliminates a geopolitical headache that could have left Hong Kong facing pressure from both Washington and Beijing.
Hong Kong, a former British colony, has a high degree of autonomy and is granted rights and freedoms not seen on mainland China, but under the city's mini constitution Beijing is allowed to intervene in matters involving defense and diplomatic affairs.
Hong Kong has an extradition treaty with the U.S., but the document has some exceptions, including for crimes deemed political.
Russian officials have given no indication that they have any interest in detaining Snowden or any grounds to do so. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Russia would be willing to consider granting asylum if Snowden were to make such a request.
Russia and the United States have no extradition treaty that would oblige Russia to hand over a U.S. citizen at Washington's request.
WikiLeaks said it was providing legal help to Snowden at his request and that he was being escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from the group. WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange, who has spent a year inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning about sex crime allegations, told the Sydney Morning Herald that his organization is in a position to help because it has expertise in international asylum and extradition law.
The Cuban government had no comment on Snowden's movements or reports he might use Havana as a transit point.
The Obama administration on Saturday warned Hong Kong against delaying Snowden's extradition, with White House national security adviser Tom Donilon saying in an interview with CBS News, "Hong Kong has been a historically good partner of the United States in law enforcement matters, and we expect them to comply with the treaty in this case."
Michael Ratner, Assange's lawyer, said he didn't know Snowden's final destination, but that his options were not numerous. "You have to have a country that's going to stand up to the United States," Ratner said. "You're not talking about a huge range of countries here."
Ratner added that a country's extradition treaty with the U.S. is "not going to be relevant" because the country he ends up going to will likely be one willing to give him a political exemption.
Snowden's departure came as the South China Morning Post released new allegations from the former NSA contractor that U.S. hacking targets in China included the nation's cellphone companies and two universities hosting extensive Internet traffic hubs.
He told the newspaper that "the NSA does all kinds of things like hack Chinese cellphone companies to steal all of your SMS data." It added that Snowden said he had documents to support the hacking allegations, but the report did not identify the documents. It said he spoke to the newspaper in a June 12 interview.
With a population of more than 1.3 billion, China has massive cellphone companies. China Mobile is the world's largest mobile network carrier with 735 million subscribers, followed by China Unicom with 258 million users and China Telecom with 172 million users.
Snowden said Tsinghua University in Beijing and Chinese University in Hong Kong, home of some of the country's major Internet traffic hubs, were targets of extensive hacking by U.S. spies this year. He said the NSA was focusing on so-called "network backbones" in China, through which enormous amounts of Internet data passes.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it was aware of the reports of Snowden's departure from Hong Kong to Moscow but did not know the specifics. It said the Chinese central government "always respects" Hong Kong's "handling of affairs in accordance with law." The Foreign Ministry also noted that it is "gravely concerned about the recently disclosed cyberattacks by relevant U.S. government agencies against China."
China's state-run media have used Snowden's allegations to poke back at Washington after the U.S. had spent the past several months pressuring China on its international spying operations.
A commentary published Sunday by the official Xinhua News Agency said Snowden's disclosures of U.S. spying activities in China have "put Washington in a really awkward situation."
"Washington should come clean about its record first. It owes ... an explanation to China and other countries it has allegedly spied on," it said. "It has to share with the world the range, extent and intent of its clandestine hacking programs."
Chan reported from Hong Kong. Sylvia Hui in London, Paul Haven in Havana, and Anne Flaherty and Julie Pace in Washington contributed to this report.


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(Reprint of my column in yesterday's Businessline. Not too bad really.)
No Tax Please, We are Indian
Today we are going to talk about something rather humourless. Something that is inevitable. Yet agonizing. It is a phenomenon that rears it head once every month in a minor way and then wreaks complete havoc just before the onset of summer every year.
You are absolutely right I am talking about virulent Dhobi's Itch!
Ha ha! I jest.
No instead we are going to talk about the cruel phenomenon that is, shudder, Income Tax.
Now most of you new managers should be making a tidy little packet every month as salary. The job market is booming. So I assume most of you are cashing into the opportunity big time.
But even if you don't, it's ok. Don't worry. Keep your focus, stay dedicated, and work long and hard hours. Your reward will come. One day, late into the night, your boss will depart early leaving you in the office alone with the fax machines, servers and other expensive office automation equipment.
There is a thriving black market for these items. If you have a large enough office you can even rent the place out for marriages, book launches and such.
But whatever your source of your income the reality remains: You need to pay your taxes.
Today we will talk a little about Income Tax and demystify the phenomenon. After all, financial rationale apart, you are a responsible citizen and must pay your fair share of the tax burden as well: between 20 and 30 rupees, every two or three years.
But before we jump into the complicated machinations of tax management we must get our fundas on Income Tax in place. Where did the tradition of Income Tax begin? How did it begin? Who established the first tax system? WHY IN GOD'S NAME WOULD HE DO SUCH A THING??!!
Income Tax was first established way back in the year 10 A.D., a year renowned for its sharp winters, remarkable Chardonnay and astounding ease of representation in Roman Numerals. For the first time ever an unprecedented tax of 10% of profit was levied by the Emperor Wang Mang (real name, possibly sad childhood) on Chinese professionals and skilled labour.
(Just two days later, on a Wednesday, the concept of "Consultant", "Expense Account" and "Section 80C" was also invented by the compulsively innovative Chinese.)
And, as a harbinger of things to come, the Chinese promptly packaged Income Tax with a manual in lousy English, wrapped it all up in bubble wrap and exported the idea all round the world at abysmally low prices.
Governments around the globe were ecstatic:
King: What the…??!! We just decide on a percentage and the citizenry coughs it up… no questions asked?
Minister of the Exchequer: Of course they can dispute it…
King: But then we could behead them or something…
Minister: I was thinking more of a stint in the dungeons. But hey whatever works for you man…
King: So be it. Declare a 30% flat rate and a 2% education cess
Minister: Yipee
Soon nations around the world rapidly caught up with the Chinese and began to tax their citizens. Of course in return they offered them services like Social Security, Armed Forces, A Vast and Inefficient Government Machinery and, most importantly, Public Sector Undertakings that gave astounding market share and ever increasing profits to private sector competition.
Independent India also realized the need to tax its citizens in order to fuel the fledgling nation's rapid growth. So, shortly after independence (around 4 p.m.), our founding fathers sat around to decide on a taxation system. They mutually agreed to devise a fair and balanced tax system that would also ensure efficient tax utilization.
Then after a hearty laugh they quickly decided on the cruel and crippling tax regime we have today.
Now some might feel like questioning the right of our government to tax its citizens.
I would not recommend this line of thought.
The more knowledgeable among us know that the Central Board of Revenue has powers conferred by section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), and rule 15 of Part A, rule 11 of Part B and rule 9 of Part C of the Fourth Schedule to that Act that allows it to tax anybody, anywhere at any time of the day including bank holidays. Any dissent is punishable by a fine equivalent to three time your net worth AND/OR forced reading of the ENTIRE Income Tax Act of 1961 including ALL annexures, maps, diagrams and companion multimedia DVDs.
So really you have no option but to pay your taxes. If you know what's good for you.
However the government does allow you to plan out your income and use of money in such a way that your tax liability is brought down to an absolute minimum. Let us see how we can plan our Income Tax in the most optimal format.
Now by income the government means any money you make from anywhere: salary, house property, business, capital gains, other sources, selling of employer's assets, supari projects undertaken on alternate weekends for friends in Mumbai underworld to make ends what with all this rising cost of living and all... etc.
Now you don't need to pay any tax as long as your income is below a certain minimum amount. But subsequent to this Rs. 75 you have to pay tax on a slab-wise system.
Then of course there is the deduction up to Rs. One Lakh. This can be in a variety of savings instruments, insurance policies, loan repayments etc.
You also get rebates on housing loans and a little extra benefit if you are female or an elderly citizen.
So the first strategy is to prove to the government that even though you are a management trainee fresh out of business school you are, in reality, a 70 year old woman who is simultaneously buying several homes in Nariman Point and Chanakyapuri.
That should take care of most of your problems. The next step is to have an open and frank tete-a-tete with the finance/payroll guys in your company. With some persuasion they will understand that while you may be receiving your salary every month in the bank there is NO reason why you should be receiving YOUR EXACT payslip. Nor must they use your exact PAN number.
The finance/payroll guys normally see your side of the argument but get them to do all the paperwork before they have had one too many Margheritas.
So there. That was a nice little overview of the Income Tax system was it not? I hope you put it to good use and quickly become a master of your own tax liability.
Or move to Dubai.


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Seattle's Richard Sherman thinks he's the best cornerback in the NFL.
Earlier this week, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree said he didn't think Sherman was the league's best cornerback.
So it only makes sense that the man who brought "U mad, bro?" into the sports-insult lexicon would try to crown himself king of postgame rants after the Seahawks defeated the 49ers, 23-17, in the NFC championship game on Sunday.
After deflecting a pass intended for Crabtree in the end zone that led to a Seattle interception and clinched the win, Sherman gave a brief, but memorable, interview to Fox sideline reporter Erin Andrews immediately after the game:
"Well, I'm the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the result you're gonna get .... Don't you [Crabtree] ever talk about me! Don't you open your mouth about the best or I'm gonna shut it for you real quick."
Crabtree, who shoved Sherman in the facemask after the cornerback taunted him following the interception, still doesn't think the Seattle defensive star is all that great:
Film don't lie... @nflnetwork @espn pull up the tape of that game and show me where this guy is the best? #fake #fake #fake— Michael Crabtree (@KingCrab15) January 19, 2014
Perhaps the Denver Broncos receiving corps should keep their conversations with the media vague when discussing the Seattle Seahawks secondary over the next two weeks.


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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Division of Program Coordination, Planning and
Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
Funding Opportunity Title
Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers (P40)
Activity Code
P40 Animal (Mammalian and Nonmammalian) Model, and Animal and Biological Material Resource Grants
Announcement Type
Related Notices
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number
Companion FOA
Catalog of Federal Domestics Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
FOA Purpose
This FOA issued by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages grant applications for national Animal Model, and Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers. These Centers provide support for special colonies of laboratory animals, as well as other resources such as reagents, cultures (cells, tissues, and organs) and genetic stocks that serve the biomedical research community at large. The resource centers for Animal Models or Animal and Biological Materials collect, maintain, characterize, and distribute defined strains of animals and/or related biological materials to biomedical researchers in a variety of research areas on a local, regional, and national basis. This funding opportunity is designed to both support continuation of existing resources, and to develop new ones when appropriate. Prior to preparing an application, it is critical that all applicants consult with NCRR Program staff to be advised on appropriateness of the intended resource plans for this program, competitiveness of a potential application and NCRR program priorities.
Posted Date
October 1, 2010
Letter of Intent Due Date
Not Applicable
Application Due Date(s)
November 4, 2010 then Standard dates apply by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)
Standard dates apply by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Scientific Merit Review
Standard dates apply or Month(s), Year
Advisory Council Review
Standard dates apply or Month, Year
Earliest Start Date(s)
Standard dates apply or Month, Year
Expiration Date
(Now Expired November 22, 2013 per issuance of PAR-14-005); Previously (Extended to January 8, 2014 per NOT-OD-13-036), Originally September 8, 2013
Due Dates for E.O. 12372
Not Applicable
Required Application Instructions
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the PHS398 Application Guide except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts). Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. While some links are provided, applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Looking ahead: As part of the Department of Health and Human Services' implementation of e-Government the NIH will gradually transition each research grant mechanism to electronic submission through Grants.gov and the use of the SF 424 Research and Related (R&R) forms. For more information and an initial timeline, seehttp://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-035.html. NIH will announce each grant mechanism change in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html).
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The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) uses the P40 mechanism to support Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers in a variety of areas of biomedical science. Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resources create, develop, characterize, preserve, and distribute special colonies of high-quality laboratory animals and animal-related models. Special colonies of research animals are defined as animals that are valuable for biomedical research, but are not generally available to investigators because of issues related to breeding, maintenance, or procurement. Other types of Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers provide data, materials, tools, or services that support research projects contributing to the knowledge of an animal model system that will make the model more useful and more accessible to the research community. Details concerning current NCRR Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resources can be found at http://ncrr.nih.gov/comparative_medicine/index.asp. It is critical that all applicants consult with NCRR Program staff to be advised on appropriateness of the intended resource plans for this program, competitiveness of a potential application and NCRR program priorities.
Support for all Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers are limited to those that span the interests of two or more categorical NIH Institutes/Centers (ICs). Applications proposing studies that are related predominantly to the interest of one NIH IC and only peripherally to the interests of other ICs will be returned without review. An example of an inappropriate request is a resource that exclusively maintains and distributes animal or biological materials for cancer or other specific disease research. Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers must also have the four following characteristics:
1) There must be demonstrated need for the resource in the biomedical research community. Evidence of the depth and breadth of impact on a scientific community must be provided. Examples could include letters of support from individuals, groups, or consortia, database or website usage, a statement from a scientific society, a published white paper, and/or an editorial in a journal;
2) Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers must serve the needs of investigators in a variety of research areas where work is sponsored by multiple NIH ICs. If the user community is very narrow or limited to the research area supported by one NIH IC, support for the animal resource should be sought from the appropriate NIH IC;
3) Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers must be available to investigators on a local, regional, and national basis; and
4) The resource must have an applied research component to generate new information that will improve the resource. (Note that hypothesis driven R21- or R01-like research is not considered applied research). The research component may comprise up to 10 percent of the direct costs associated with the P40 grant.
One objective of Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resource Center grants is that the project should progress toward self-sufficiency in a reasonable period. Therefore, costs specifically associated with the establishment, improvement, or expansion of supply and long-term resource maintenance should be recovered from users through a charge schedule acceptable to the NIH. Gross income earned by the recipient that is directly generated by a supported activity or earned as a result of the award (Program Income) must be estimated. Significant growth of Animal Model and Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers should result from Program Income. For competing renewal applications, no more than 10 percent (direct cost) increase from the last non-competing year to the proposed competing year will be accepted by NCRR.
Funding Instrument
Application Types Allowed
The OER Glossary and the PHS398 Application Guide provide details on these application types.
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards
The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations, and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
Award Budget
Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect actual needs of proposed project.
Award Project Period
Costs appropriate for the project and a project duration of up to five years may be requested
NIH grants policies as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement will apply to the applications submitted and awards made in response to this FOA.
Higher Education Institutions:
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
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Foreign (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not allowed.
Applicant organizations must complete the following registrations as described in the PHS398 Application Guide to be eligible to apply for or receive an award. Applicants must have a valid Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number in order to begin each of the following registrations.
All Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD/PIs) must also work with their institutional officials to register with the eRA Commons or ensure their existing eRA Commons account is affiliated with the eRA Commons account of the applicant organization.
All registrations must be completed by the application due date. Applicant organizations are strongly encouraged to start the registration process at least four (4) weeks prior to the application due date.
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support.
For institutions/organizations proposing multiple PDs/PIs, visit the Multiple Program Director/Principal Investigator Policy and submission details in the Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Component of the PHS398 Application Guide.
This FOA does not require cost sharing as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.
NIH will not accept any application in response to this FOA that is essentially the same as one currently pending initial peer review unless the applicant withdraws the pending application. NIH will not accept any application that is essentially the same as one already reviewed. Resubmission applications may be submitted, according to the NIH Policy on Resubmission Applications from the PHS398 Application Guide.
Applicants are required to prepare applications according to the current PHS 398 application forms in accordance with the PHS 398 Application Guide.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the PHS398 Application Guide, except where instructed in this funding opportunity announcement to do otherwise. Conformance to the requirements in the Application Guide is required and strictly enforced. Applications that are out of compliance with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Applications must be prepared using the PHS 398 research
grant application forms and instructions for preparing a research grant
application. Submit a signed, typewritten original of the application, including
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All page limitations described in the PHS398 Application Guide and the Table of Page Limits must be followed, with the following exceptions or additional requirements:
All instructions in the PHS398 Application Guide must be followed, with the following additional instructions:
No Appendix material is allowed; if the application contains Appendix material, it will not be accepted by NCRR for review
Part I. Overview Information contains information about Key Dates.
Information on the process of receipt and determining if
your application is considered "on-time" is described in detail in the PHS398
Application Guide.
Applicants may track the status of the application in the eRA Commons, NIH's electronic system for grants administration.
This initiative is not subject to intergovernmental review.
All NIH awards are subject to the terms and conditions, cost
principles, and other considerations described in the NIH Grants Policy
Pre-award costs are allowable only as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applications must be postmarked on or before the due dates
in Part I. Overview Information. If an application is late, it will be returned to the applicant without review.
Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness by the Center for Scientific Review, NIH. Applications that are incomplete will not be reviewed.
Applicants requesting $500,000 or more in direct costs in any year (excluding consortium F&A) must contact NIH program staff at least 6 weeks before submitting the application and follow the Policy on the Acceptance for Review of Unsolicited Applications that Request $500,000 or More in Direct Costs as described in the PHS398 Application Guide.
NIH considers the sharing of unique research resources developed through NIH-sponsored research an important means to enhance the value of, and advance research. When resources have been developed with NIH funds and the associated research findings published or provided to NIH, it is important that they be made readily available for research purposes to qualified individuals within the scientific community. If the final data/resources are not amenable to sharing, this must be explained in Resource Sharing section of the application. See http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/data_sharing_faqs.htm.
(a) Data Sharing Plan: Regardless of the amount requested, investigators are expected to include a brief 1-paragraph description of how final research data will be shared, or explain why data-sharing is not possible. Applicants are encouraged to discuss data-sharing plans with their NIH program contact. See Data-Sharing Policy or http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-03-032.html.
(b) Sharing Model Organisms: Regardless of the amount requested, all applications where the development of model organisms is anticipated are expected to include a description of a specific plan for sharing and distributing unique model organisms and related resources, or state appropriate reasons why such sharing is restricted or not possible. See Sharing Model Organisms Policy, and NIH Guide NOT-OD-04-042.
(c) Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS): Regardless of the amount requested, applicants seeking funding for a genome-wide association study are expected to provide a plan for submission of GWAS data to the NIH-designated GWAS data repository, or provide an appropriate explanation why submission to the repository is not possible. A genome-wide association study is defined as any study of genetic variation across the entire genome that is designed to identify genetic associations with observable traits (such as blood pressure or weight) or the presence or absence of a disease or condition. For further information see Policy for Sharing of Data Obtained in NIH Supported or Conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies, NIH Guide NOT-OD-07-088, and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/gwas/.
Applicants are required to follow the instructions for post-submission materials, as described in NOT-OD-10-115
Only the review criteria described below will be considered
in the review process. As part of the NIH mission,
all applications submitted to the NIH in support of biomedical and behavioral
research are evaluated for scientific and technical merit through the NIH peer
review system.
Reviewers will provide an overall impact/priority score to reflect their assessment of the likelihood for the project to exert a sustained, powerful influence on the research field(s) involved, in consideration of the following review criteria and additional review criteria (as applicable for the project proposed).
Reviewers will consider each of the review criteria below in the determination of scientific merit, and give a separate score for each. An application does not need to be strong in all categories to be judged likely to have major scientific impact. For example, a project that by its nature is not innovative may be essential to advance a field.
Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in the field? If the aims of the project are achieved, how will scientific knowledge, technical capability, and/or clinical practice be improved? How will successful completion of the aims change the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services, or preventative interventions that drive this field? Is there a demonstrated need for the resource in the research community? Could the need have been easily satisfied in other ways? Will the resource support progress in the field? Is the project related to animal models relevant to the research interests of two or more categorical NIH ICs? Does the resource serve the needs of investigators in a variety of research areas where work is sponsored by categorical NIH ICs? Will the resource be available to investigators on a local, regional, and national basis? Does the resource have an applied research component to generate new information that will improve the resource?
Are the PD/PIs, collaborators, and other researchers well suited to the project? If Early Stage Investigators or New Investigators, or in the early stages of independent careers, do they have appropriate experience and training? If established, have they demonstrated an ongoing record of accomplishments that have advanced their field(s)? If the project is collaborative or multi-PD/PI, do the investigators have complementary and integrated expertise; are their leadership approach, governance and organizational structure appropriate for the project? Is the investigator appropriately trained and well suited to manage a national Resource Center? Is the work proposed appropriate to the experience level of the PI and other researchers?
Does the application challenge and seek to shift current research or clinical practice paradigms by utilizing novel theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions? Are the concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions novel to one field of research or novel in a broad sense? Is a refinement, improvement, or new application of theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions proposed? Are the design of the resource and the method of providing service innovative?
Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses
well-reasoned and appropriate to accomplish the specific aims of the project?
Are potential problems, alternative strategies, and benchmarks for success presented?
If the project is in the early stages of development, will the strategy
establish feasibility and will particularly risky aspects be managed?
If the project involves clinical research, are the plans for 1) protection of human subjects from research risks, and 2) inclusion of minorities and members of both sexes/genders, as well as the inclusion of children, justified in terms of the scientific goals and research strategy proposed?
Are the plans for the operation and maintenance of the resource adequately developed? How will the resources generated by this project be made available rapidly and efficiently to the NIH-supported research community? Are appropriate plans in place for assurance of quality control? Are appropriate procedures in place for handling requests for the resource, and for the adequate distribution of the resource? Are there reasonable plans for the resource to become self-sufficient? If continuation of the resource beyond this award is anticipated, is an adequate plan to transition to other sources of support presented?
Will the scientific environment in which the work will be done contribute to the probability of success? Are the institutional support, equipment and other physical resources available to the investigators adequate for the project proposed? Will the project benefit from unique features of the scientific environment, subject populations, or collaborative arrangements? Is there evidence of institutional support for the resource? As appropriate, is outside scientific expertise available to advise on governance, management, and function of the resource?
As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will evaluate the following additional items while determining scientific and technical merit, and in providing an overall impact/priority score, but will not give separate scores for these items.
Protections for Human Subjects
For research that involves human subjects but does
not involve one of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR
Part 46, the committee will evaluate the justification for involvement of human
subjects and the proposed protections from research risk relating to their
participation according to the following five review criteria: 1) risk to
subjects, 2) adequacy of protection against risks, 3) potential benefits to the
subjects and others, 4) importance of the knowledge to be gained, and 5) data
and safety monitoring for clinical trials.
For research that involves human subjects and meets the criteria for one or more of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46, the committee will evaluate: 1) the justification for the exemption, 2) human subjects involvement and characteristics, and 3) sources of materials. For additional information on review of the Human Subjects section, please refer to the Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion Guidelines.
Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Children
When the proposed project involves clinical research, the committee will evaluate the proposed plans for inclusion of minorities and members of both genders, as well as the inclusion of children. For additional information on review of the Inclusion section, please refer to the Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion Guidelines.
Vertebrate Animals
The committee will evaluate the involvement of live vertebrate animals as part of the scientific assessment according to the following five points: 1) proposed use of the animals, and species, strains, ages, sex, and numbers to be used; 2) justifications for the use of animals and for the appropriateness of the species and numbers proposed; 3) adequacy of veterinary care; 4) procedures for limiting discomfort, distress, pain and injury to that which is unavoidable in the conduct of scientifically sound research including the use of analgesic, anesthetic, and tranquilizing drugs and/or comfortable restraining devices; and 5) methods of euthanasia and reason for selection if not consistent with the AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia. For additional information on review of the Vertebrate Animals section, please refer to the Worksheet for Review of the Vertebrate Animal Section.
Reviewers will assess whether materials or procedures proposed are potentially hazardous to research personnel and/or the environment, and if needed, determine whether adequate protection is proposed.
For Resubmissions, the committee will evaluate the application as now presented, taking into consideration the responses to comments from the previous scientific review group and changes made to the project.
For Renewals, the committee will consider the progress made in the last funding period.
For Revisions, the committee will consider the appropriateness of the proposed expansion of the scope of the project. If the Revision application relates to a specific line of investigation presented in the original application that was not recommended for approval by the committee, then the committee will consider whether the responses to comments from the previous scientific review group are adequate and whether substantial changes are clearly evident.
As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will consider each of the following items, but will not give scores for these items, and should not consider them in providing an overall impact/priority score.
Applications from Foreign Organizations
Not Applicable
Select Agent Research
Reviewers will assess the information provided in this section of the application, including 1) the Select Agent(s) to be used in the proposed research, 2) the registration status of all entities where Select Agent(s) will be used, 3) the procedures that will be used to monitor possession use and transfer of Select Agent(s), and 4) plans for appropriate biosafety, biocontainment, and security of the Select Agent(s).
Resource Sharing Plans
Reviewers will comment on whether the following Resource Sharing Plans, or the rationale for not sharing the following types of resources, are reasonable: 1) Data Sharing Plan; 2) Sharing Model Organisms; and 3) Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS).
Budget and Period of Support
Reviewers will consider whether the budget and the requested period of support are fully justified and reasonable in relation to the proposed research.
Applications will be evaluated for scientific and technical
merit by (an) appropriate Scientific Review Group(s) convened by the National Center for Research Resources (assignments will be shown in the eRA Commons),
in accordance with NIH peer
review policy and procedures, using the stated review
As part of the scientific peer review, all applications will:
Applications will be assigned on the basis of established PHS referral guidelines to the appropriate NIH Institute or Center and will compete for available funds with all other recommended applications . Following initial peer review, recommended applications will receive a second level of review by the National Advisory Research Resources Council . The following will be considered in making funding decisions:
After the peer review of the application is completed, the PD/PI will be able to access his or her Summary Statement (written critique) via the eRA Commons.
Information regarding the disposition of applications is available in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
If the application is under consideration for funding, NIH
will request "just-in-time" information from the applicant as
described in the NIH Grants
Policy Statement.
A formal notification in the form of a Notice of Award (NoA) will be provided to the applicant organization for successful applications. The NoA signed by the grants management officer is the authorizing document and will be sent via email to the grantee business official.
Awardees must comply with any funding restrictions described in Section IV.5. Funding Restrictions. Selection of an application for award is not an authorization to begin performance. Any costs incurred before receipt of the NoA are at the recipient's risk. These costs may be reimbursed only to the extent considered allowable pre-award costs.
All NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards include the NIH Grants Policy Statement as part of the NoA. For these terms of award, see the NIH Grants Policy Statement Part II: Terms and Conditions of NIH Grant Awards, Subpart A: General and Part II: Terms and Conditions of NIH Grant Awards, Subpart B: Terms and Conditions for Specific Types of Grants, Grantees, and Activities. More information is provided at Award Conditions and Information for NIH Grants.
When multiple years are involved, awardees will be required to submit the Non-Competing Continuation Grant Progress Report (PHS 2590) annually and financial statements as required in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
A final progress report, invention statement, and Financial Status Report are required when an award is relinquished when a recipient changes institutions or when an award is terminated.
We encourage inquiries concerning this funding opportunity
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NAACP: Justice officials question Goode's credibility, won't pursue criminal case
The U.S. Attorney's Office has no plans to pursue criminal charges against a former New London police officer accused of planting drugs during an arrest in 2010, members of the NAACP familiar with the case said Thursday.
The news came during a closed-door meeting Thursday between NAACP members and criminal justice officials at the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Haven, according to Tamara Lanier, the criminal justice chairwoman for the state NAACP.
Lanier said the meeting was called as the NAACP continued to question publicly why complaints against former New London Police Officer Roger Newton and the department as a whole had gone unanswered. Lance Goode, who has a civil lawsuit pending against Newton and the city, claimed that during a 2010 arrest drugs were planted, and obtained a police video to back his claim.
"They were certainly clear the matter involving Lance Goode was final — they are not going to pursue charges," Lanier said. "We debated their rationale and reasoning on why they didn't believe the complaint merited at least presenting it to a grand jury.
"They basically said they didn't believe Lance," Lanier said. "It became about Lance and his credibility rather than the officer and his credibility."
A spokesman with the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment on Thursday's meeting.
Goode's case and circulation of the video had led to a series of meetings to discuss race relations in the city and had generated complaints from other New London residents about their treatment at the hands of police, Lanier said.
But the complaints apparently were not enough to demonstrate to investigators a pattern of police misconduct, said Lanier, who disagrees with that assessment. She said officials at Thursday's meeting, which included Acting U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly, only hinted that the civil case may be revisited.
Lanier said the NAACP is pursuing other avenues, in part to appease citizens who believe they were mistreated by police.
"The people had a lot of courage to come out — hoping for change and accountability," Lanier said.
Attorney Elliot Spector, who represents Newton in the civil case, said he would have been surprised if criminal charges were levied.
"A careful viewing of the entire video shows there was no planting of any drugs," Spector said. "There is substantial evidence to indicate this allegation is not founded."
Attorney Conrad Seifert, who represents Goode in the civil case, declined to comment on any criminal investigation. But, responding to a previous comment by Spector, Seifert said the video is an important piece of evidence, "not an Internet fabrication."
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POSTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 12 The deadline for submitting a poster to the International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA) has been extended to *MARCH 12*. Other key dates have changed as well: Poster submission deadline March 12, 2007 Notification of acceptance March 19, 2007 Final version submission March 31, 2007 Poster author registration deadline March 31, 2007 Accepted posters will be published on CD-ROM and the symposium website. NOTE: Page numbers will be assigned for ease of citation. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Whether or not you're submitting a poster, please consider attending ISBRA. The technical program will include 55 contributed papers covering a wide range of topics, including clustering and classification, gene expression analysis, gene networks, genome analysis, motif finding, pathways, protein structure prediction, protein domain interactions, phylogenetics, and software tools. The program will include tutorials and three invited keynote speakers: * Ming Li (University of Waterloo) * Laura L. Elnitski (National Human Genome Research Institute) * Mark Borodovsky (Georgia Institute of Technology) For full details please visit the ISBRA website. Registration is now open. To save money, be sure to register no later than March 31, when early registration ends. * Full registration (on or before March 31) $475 * Full registration (after March 31) $575 * Basic registration (on or before March 31) $275 * Basic registration (after March 31) $375 * Additional banquet ticket $60 Full registration includes a copy of the proceedings and one banquet ticket. Basic registration does not include a copy of the proceedings or a banquet ticket, although tickets may be purchased separately. Basic registration is available to students, poster authors, and attendees who choose that option. For your convenience, the original call for posters appears below. CALL FOR POSTERS CALL FOR POSTERS *********************************************************************** * * * International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications * * May 7-10, 2007 * * * * Georgia State University * * Atlanta, Georgia * * * * http://www.cs.gsu.edu/ISBRA/ * * * *********************************************************************** The International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA) provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and results among researchers, developers, and practitioners working on all aspects of bioinformatics and computational biology and their applications. ISBRA is the successor to the International Workshop on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IWBRA), held on May 22-25, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia and on May 28-31, 2006 in Reading, UK in conjunction with the International Conference on Computational Science. Authors are invited to submit posters that present original unpublished research in all areas of bioinformatics, including the development of experimental or commercial systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Biomedical image processing * Bio-ontology and data mining * Computational genetics * Comparative genomics * Databases and data integration * Gene expression and microarrays * Gene identification and annotation * Immunoinformatics * Molecular evolution and phylogeny * Molecular modeling and simulation * Parallel bioinformatics algorithms * Pathways and systems biology * Protein structure prediction * Sequence analysis IMPORTANT DATES Poster submission deadline March 12, 2007 (NEW DATE) Notification of acceptance March 19, 2007 (NEW DATE) Final version submission March 31, 2007 (NEW DATE) Poster author registration deadline March 31, 2007 (NEW DATE) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Poster submission must be made electronically at http://www.easychair.org/ISBRA07Posters/. Submissions must be formatted using the Springer LNCS style and must not exceed 4 pages. Accepted poster papers will be published on CD-ROM and the symposium website. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the poster at the symposium. One best poster award will be given at ISBRA 2007. LOCATION ISBRA 2007 will be held at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Atlanta's major attractions--Centennial Olympic Park, Underground Atlanta, CNN Center, the World of Coca-Cola, and the Georgia Aquarium (the largest in the world)--can all be reached by a ten-minute walk from the GSU campus. GENERAL CHAIRS Dan Gusfield, University of California, Davis Yi Pan, Georgia State University PROGRAM CHAIRS Ion Mandoiu, University of Connecticut Alexander Zelikovsky, Georgia State University POSTER CHAIRS Gulsah Altun, Georgia State University Dumitru Brinza, Georgia State University CONTACT INFORMATION Please direct questions to Ion Mandoiu (ion from engr.uconn.edu) or Alexander Zelikovsky (alexz from cs.gsu.edu). 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ORLANDO, Fla. - The wrists of elementary and middle school students are lined with Rainbow Loom bracelets, but in Central Florida the popular do-it-yourself hobby and the bracelets are sparking ire of school administrators.
The bracelet kits consist of a plastic loom and sets of colored rubber bands, which can be arranged into intricate patterns.
Lake Silver Elementary school in Orange County and Star Child Academy in Apopka have policies restricting the craft bracelets.
At Lake Silver, the principal has banned students from wearing the bracelets, according to a district spokeswoman.
Star Child Academy says the bracelets can be worn by students, but they'll be confiscated if they play with them or trade them during class time.
"I think they should be able to wear the bracelets," said Kemlyn Herring, whose grandsons are obsessed with the bracelets. Herring does agree that they shouldn't be made during class time.
Principals say they've had issues with the bracelets becoming a distraction and taking away from the learning process in the classroom.
"They're going to want to mess around and not really pay attention to what's going on in class. I think [the ban] is good. I think the principals and teachers are doing what's best," said Lake Silver parent Mindy Racliff.
School districts in Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties tell Local 6 they have no policies on the bracelets and don't know of any issues with the trend.
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