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- By using and/or visiting this website (collectively, including all content and functionality available through the Dancemedia.com domain name, the "Dancemedia.com Website", or "Website"), you signify your agreement to (1) these terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service"), (2)Dancemedia.com's privacy notice, found at http://www.Dancemedia.com/info/privacy and incorporated here by reference. If you do not agree to any of these terms, the Dancemedia.com privacy notice, please do not use the Dancemedia.com Website.
- Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to these Terms of Service, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version http://www.Dancemedia.com/info/terms-of-use). Dancemedia.com may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Service and policies at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.
Dancemedia.com Website
- These Terms of Service apply to all users of the Dancemedia.com Website, including users who are also contributors of video content, information, and other materials or services on the Website. The Dancemedia.com Website includes all aspects of Dancemedia.com, including but not limited to all products, software and services offered via the website such as the Dancemedia.com channels, the Dancemedia.com "Embeddable Player," the Dancemedia.com "Uploader" and other applications.
- The Dancemedia.com Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by Dancemedia.com. Dancemedia.com has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites. In addition, Dancemedia.com will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using the Website, you expressly relieve Dancemedia.com from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.
- Accordingly, we encourage you to be aware when you leave the Dancemedia.com Website and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.
Dancemedia.com Accounts
- In order to access some features of the Website, you will have to create a Dancemedia.com account. You may never use another's account without permission. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must notify Dancemedia.com immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
- Although Dancemedia.com will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Dancemedia.com or others due to such unauthorized use.
General Use of the Website Permissions and Restrictions
Dancemedia.com hereby grants you permission to access and use the Website as set forth in these Terms of Service, provided that:
- You agree not to distribute in any medium any part of the Website, including but not limited to User Submissions (defined below), without Dancemedia.com's prior written authorization.
- You agree not to alter or modify any part of the Website, including but not limited to Dancemedia.com's Embeddable Player or any of its related technologies.
- You agree not to access User Submissions (defined below) or Dancemedia.com Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Website itself, the Dancemedia.com Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means Dancemedia.com may designate.
- You agree not to use the Website, including the Dancemedia.com Embeddable Player for any commercial use, without the prior written authorization of Dancemedia.com. Prohibited commercial uses include any of the following actions taken without Dancemedia.com's express approval:
- sale of access to the Website or its related services (such as the Embeddable Player) on another website;
- use of the Website or its related services (such as the Embeddable Player), for the primary purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue;
- the sale of advertising, on the Dancemedia.com website or any third-party website, targeted to the content of specific User Submissions or Dancemedia.com content;
- and any use of the Website or its related services (such as the Embeddable player) that Dancemedia.com finds, in its sole discretion, to use Dancemedia.com's resources or User Submissions with the effect of competing with or displacing the market for Dancemedia.com, Dancemedia.com content, or its User Submissions.
- Prohibited commercial uses do not include:
- uploading an original video to Dancemedia.com, or maintaining an original channel on Dancemedia.com, to promote your business or artistic enterprise;
- using the Embeddable Player to show Dancemedia.com videos on an ad-enabled blog or website, provided the primary purpose of using the Embeddable Player is not to gain advertising revenue or compete with Dancemedia.com;
- any use that Dancemedia.com expressly authorizes in writing.
- If you use the Dancemedia.com Embeddable Player on your website, you must include a prominent link back to the Dancemedia.com website on the pages containing the Embeddable Player and you may not modify, build upon, or block any portion of the Embeddable Player in any way.
- If you use the Dancemedia.com Uploader, you agree that it may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Dancemedia.com. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Uploader and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit Dancemedia.com to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Uploader.
- You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," that accesses the Website in a manner that sends more request messages to the Dancemedia.com servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Dancemedia.com grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. Dancemedia.com reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Website, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Website (e.g. comments, email) for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Website with respect to their User Submissions.
- In your use of the website, you will otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service, Dancemedia.com Community Guidelines, and all applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations.
- Dancemedia.com reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Dancemedia.com Website at any time.
Your Use of Content on the Site
In addition to the general restrictions above, the following restrictions and conditions apply specifically to your use of content on the Dancemedia.com Website.
- The content on the Dancemedia.com Website, except all User Submissions (as defined below), including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like ("Content") and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("Marks"), are owned by or licensed to Dancemedia.com, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law. Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Dancemedia.com reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content.
- You may access User Submissions solely:
- for your information and personal use;
- as intended through the normal functionality of the Dancemedia.com Service; and
- for Streaming.
- User Comments are made available to you for your information and personal use solely as intended through the normal functionality of the Dancemedia.com Service. User Comments are made available "as is", and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, downloaded, or otherwise exploited in any manner not intended by the normal functionality of the Dancemedia.com Service or otherwise as prohibited under this Agreement.
- You may access Dancemedia.com Content, User Submissions and other content only as permitted under this Agreement. Dancemedia.com reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Dancemedia.com Content and the Dancemedia.com Service.
- You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of User Submissions of third parties obtained through the Website for any commercial purposes.
- You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Dancemedia.com Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Dancemedia.com Website or the Content therein.
- You understand that when using the Dancemedia.com Website, you will be exposed to User Submissions from a variety of sources, and that Dancemedia.com is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Submissions. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Submissions that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Dancemedia.com with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold Dancemedia.com, its Owners/Operators, affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the site.
Your User Submissions and Conduct
- As a Dancemedia.com account holder you may submit video content ("User Videos") and textual content ("User Comments"). User Videos and User Comments are collectively referred to as "User Submissions." You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, Dancemedia.com does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions.
- You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize Dancemedia.com to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Service.
- For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting User Submissions to Dancemedia.com, you hereby grant Dancemedia.com a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Dancemedia.com Website and Dancemedia.com's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Dancemedia.com Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the Dancemedia.com Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service. The above licenses granted by you in User Videos terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your User Videos from the Dancemedia.com Service. You understand and agree, however, that Dancemedia.com may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of User Submissions that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in User Comments are perpetual and irrevocable.
- In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you will not submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant Dancemedia.com all of the license rights granted herein.
- Dancemedia.com does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Dancemedia.com expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Submissions. Dancemedia.com does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on its Website, and Dancemedia.com will remove all Content and User Submissions if properly notified that such Content or User Submission infringes on another's intellectual property rights. Dancemedia.com reserves the right to remove Content and User Submissions without prior notice.
Account Termination Policy
- Dancemedia.com will terminate a User's access to its Website if, under appropriate circumstances, they are determined to be a repeat infringer.
- Dancemedia.com reserves the right to decide whether Content or a User Submission is appropriate and complies with these Terms of Service for violations other than copyright infringement, such as, but not limited to, pornography, obscene or defamatory material, or excessive length. Dancemedia.com may remove such User Submissions and/or terminate a User's access for uploading such material in violation of these Terms of Service at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any User Submission or other content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail):
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Counter-Notice. If you believe that your User Submission that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the content in your User Submission, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent:
- Your physical or electronic signature;
- Identification of the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled;
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the content; and
- Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in San Francisco, California, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.
Warranty Disclaimer
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE Dancemedia.com WEBSITE SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Dancemedia.com, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF. Dancemedia.com MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS SITE'S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR WEBSITE, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR WEBSITE, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE Dancemedia.com WEBSITE. Dancemedia.com DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE Dancemedia.com WEBSITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND Dancemedia.com WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL Dancemedia.com, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR WEBSITE, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR WEBSITE, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE Dancemedia.com WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.
YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT Dancemedia.com SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER SUBMISSIONS OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
The Website is controlled and offered by Dancemedia.com from its facilities in the United States of America. Dancemedia.com makes no representations that the Dancemedia.com Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Dancemedia.com Website from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Dancemedia.com, its parent corporation, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Dancemedia.com Website; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Service; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that one of your User Submissions caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Service and your use of the Dancemedia.com Website.
Ability to Accept Terms of Service
You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Service, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Service. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the Dancemedia.com Website is not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the Dancemedia.com Website. There are lots of other great web sites for you. Talk to your parents about what sites are appropriate for you.
These Terms of Service, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Dancemedia.com without restriction.
You agree that: (i) the Dancemedia.com Website shall be deemed solely based in California; and (ii) the Dancemedia.com Website shall be deemed a passive website that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Dancemedia.com, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than California. These Terms of Service shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of California, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or dispute between you and Dancemedia.com that arises in whole or in part from the Dancemedia.com Website shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in San Mateo County, California. These Terms of Service, together with the Privacy Notice at http://www.Dancemedia.com/info/privacy and any other legal notices published by Dancemedia.com on the Website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Dancemedia.com concerning the Dancemedia.com Website. If any provision of these Terms of Service is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Service, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of this these Terms of Service shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Dancemedia.com's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Dancemedia.com reserves the right to amend these Terms of Service at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service for any changes. Your use of the Dancemedia.com Website following any amendment of these Terms of Service will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms. YOU AND Dancemedia.com AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE Dancemedia.com WEBSITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

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The Graduate School of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences offers competitive graduate stipends in an attempt to compete for the best and brightest students, reflecting its commitment to and achievement in research and graduate education.
Types of financial aid available to students include:
Academic awards are available through the Graduate School to ensure that outstanding, academically qualified students have financial support while they work toward their degrees. Stipends and scholarships are offered in the form of:
Awards vary by discipline in both nature and size and awards are generally made at the time of admission. A complete admission application serves as your Department Financial Aid application; there is no separate application for Department Aid. The scholastic requirements for obtaining these stipend awards are necessarily more exacting than those for simply securing admission to the Graduate School.
These awards are usually renewable given satisfactory performance. The amounts of the awards and the number of years for which they are renewable may vary by department. Graduate students may not receive University financial aid (stipends and/or tuition scholarships) from two schools or departments simultaneously. Graduate students who hold fellowships or assistantships may not be employed full-time without the dean's approval. Recipients will receive official notification from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
A new aid recipient must fill out New Hire Paperwork in order to receive a service stipend. Please bring the completed paperwork to the Human Resources Service Center in 129 Lake Street, Brighton Campus. The paperwork must be presented in person with proper identification. Students should also bring a voided check in order to enroll in the University's direct deposit system. Service stipends for the academic year are made in eight installments. Service checks are directly deposited on the 16th of each month, September through December and February through May. There is no direct deposit in January.
In order to claim a non-service stipend, a recipient must be registered. For the academic year, non-service stipends are typically paid in two installments, September 15th and January 12th. Non-service checks must be picked up at Accounts Payable, 129 Lake Street, Brighton Campus.
An aid recipient who relinquishes an award must report this matter, in writing, to the department chairperson and to the associate dean. These awards may be discontinued by the department or the Graduate School at any time during an academic year if, either the academic performance or the in-service assistance is of an unsatisfactory character. You may request the guidelines for satisfactory service and performance from your academic department. Awards may also be discontinued for conduct injurious to the reputation of the University, as determined by appropriate University representatives.
Research grants obtained under University auspices by members of the faculty represent another source of financial assistance for graduate students. The availability of such grant funds change from year-to-year and vary markedly among the academic disciplines, with the natural sciences being by far the largest beneficiary. Students are routinely considered by the principal investigator for financial assistance those funds afford.
The Office of Student Services is responsible for administering and awarding the following need-based federal financial aid programs. Please review their comprehensive website for information and deadlines.
Submit the free application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the federal processor. Boston College School Code 002128. FAFSAs are available on request from Office of Student Services or www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Submit the Boston College Graduate Financial Aid Application to the Office of Student Services.
If requested by Student Services, submit a signed copy of your (and your spouse's, if married and filed separately) most recent Federal Income Tax return.
Upon receipt of these documents and the Graduate School's notification of the applicant's acceptance, Student Services will review the application and notify the student regarding eligibility.
For information on financial aid terms and conditions, disbursement, loan repayment, continued eligibility for aid programs, and rights and responsibilities, contact:
|Boston College
Office of Student Services
Lyons Hall
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Students may choose to finance the balance of their cost of education (budget minus financial aid) through alternative loans. You must have good credit to be approved for these loans, which are available through various lenders.


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The U.S. Small Business Administration is inviting experienced early stage investment fund managers to apply for licensing as Early Stage Innovation Funds as part of SBA's Small Business Investment Company capital investment program.
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As part of the Start-Up America Initiative, SBA intends to commit up to $1 billion in SBA guaranteed leverage over a five-year period to selected Early Stage Innovation Funds using its current program authorization.
High-growth potential, early stage companies commonly experience a gap in the availability of funding between $1 million and $4 million levels. This gap is often referred to in the venture capital industry as the "Valley of Death." Since January 2006, less than 10 percent of all U.S. venture capital dollars went to seed funds investing at those levels, and 69 percent of those dollars went to just three states: California, Massachusetts, and New York.
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SBICs are privately-owned and managed investment firms that are licensed and regulated by SBA. SBICs use a combination of funds raised from private sources and money raised through the use of SBA guarantees to make equity and mezzanine capital investments in small businesses. There are nearly 300 SBICs with more than $17 billion in capital under management.
A final rule, effective April 27, 2012, was published in the Federal Register at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-04-27/pdf/2012-10120.pdf. It sets forth regulations for Early Stage Innovation Funds with respect to licensing, capital requirements, distributions, and capital impairment among other things.
More information on the Early Stage Innovation Fund initiative and the regulations governing these SBICs may be found at www.sba.gov/inv/earlystage.
For more information about the SBA's Investment Division, SBIC program, Impact Investment Initiative and Early Stage Innovation Funds, go to www.sba.gov/INV. The web site offers much useful information including segments for: SBIC Applicants, SBIC Licensees, Private Partners & LPs, and Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners. The site also includes useful SBIC forms, up-to-date news and reports, and detailed information and descriptions of the Impact Investment Initiative and Early Stage Innovation Fund.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's congress passed new limits on judicial independence Thursday, key parts of a package of laws the government promises will "democratize" the country's courts.
Opponents say these new laws provide yet another reason not to invest in Argentina, because private property will be much more difficult to protect and President Cristina Fernandez and her appointees will have free reign to govern without court interference.
After shouting at each other throughout the night, deputies approved strict limits on injunctions against government policies, with only a few exceptions for environmental and human rights cases and "socially vulnerable" plaintiffs. They also approved three new appellate courts.
The key votes were 130 in favor — just one more than they needed — with the ruling Front for Victory party and most of its allies joining in. Because the senate already approved these two measures, they'll become law once officially published.
Another key measure making it easier to discipline and fire judges now goes back to the senate for final approval, along with three other measures already approved in the House.
Lawmakers who lacked the votes to block them in congress announced they would challenge them as unconstitutional, giving the supreme court the final word.
Argentina's judiciary system is plagued with problems, which the government often blames on rules made during the 1976-1983 dictatorship and judges who respond more to corporate interests than popular will. Civil conflicts can take many years to resolve, if ever. Criminals remain free pending long-delayed appeals. Judges impose injunctions that remain in place indefinitely while failing to address the merits of cases.
"This is not a government that restricts rights, but one that amplifies them," Front for Victory Deputy Hector Recalde said.
But the new limits on judicial independence have been resisted by many sectors of society, from press freedom and human rights groups to environmental organizations, unions and business chambers. Criticism also came from abroad, with Human Rights Watch Americas Director Jose Miguel Vivanco predicting that presidents will get automatic majorities on the council of magistrates, enabling them to fire judges at will.
"Every one of us agrees with the need to reform the judiciary, but never at the cost of independence," Peronist Front Deputy Alfredo Atanasof said as the debate stretched on.
"We're going to be in a much less secure Argentina from a legal standpoint," Atanasof warned. "Nobody wants to come and invest in a country that is legally insecure."
A crowd held vigil throughout the night outside Congress, and judicial workers were striking nationwide Thursday in opposition.
These changes won final approval:
— An end to indefinite injunctions against government actions. The government often cited Grupo Clarin, the opposition media group whose injunction has blocked an anti-monopoly law from taking effect for more than three years.
— The creation of appellate courts to handle civil, administrative, labor and social security cases. Now challenges to government policies will be decided by new courts that opponents fear will be packed with government allies.
This change won senate and house approval, but must return for another senate vote:
— Expand and popularly elect most of the magistrate's council, and make it so judges with lifetime appointments can be disciplined with a majority vote, rather than two-thirds. Shift control of the judiciary's budget from the council to the supreme court. Twelve of 19 spots on the council would be filled by the leading parties of congress, according to the percentage of votes they get in the latest elections.
These changes approved by the House now go to the senate:
—Requirements that the wealth declarations of judicial as well as executive and legislative authorities be published online, to more easily reveal potential conflicts of interest.
— Requirements that all federal court decisions be published online, to increase transparency.
— Open competitions, rather than nepotism or connections, to fill judicial jobs.
Associated Press writer Almudena Calatrava contributed to this report.
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hi ,i do'nt know if it is of any interest to the group but as from the 17 aug i am starting a monthly classic car meet in wem shropshire,it will be based at the white lion public house
on the main street ,hopefully i will be able to get a part of the car park purely for the cars it is directly behind the pub ,there will hot food available(burgers etc). it will be advertised as www. (wheels within wem) if anyone is interested please get in touch .i am begging anyone to come so the first meet is not a complete disaster!!!!!!!!
regards phil.


text: Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com Firsts in the Field: Shot From The Hip First Lady of Hunting Valentine says deer have come a long way Brenda Valentine, The First Lady of Hunting, said back in the day, you were lucky to see a track in her home state of Tennessee, much less a deer.When she was about 12 years old and working in the tobacco field, Valentine saw her first whitetail. She said people came from all over just to see the tracks, convinced Valentine had lost her mind. Some of the local folk had no clue what the tracks were, speculating a goat or calf had scampered off the farm.With a paltry 2,000 deer left in the 1940s, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency began a restoration effort that stretched into the 1980s, releasing 9,000 deer during that time. With the herd approaching nearly a million deer now, 45 percent of Tennessee hunters bag at least one, a figure that would have made hunters from previous decades gasp in amazement.TWRA had just opened limited parts of the state for deer hunting when Valentine joined the "red coats," the hue of choice before blaze orange. She hunted hard for three years without seeing so much as a tail twitch. Still brimming with determination, 18-year-old Valentine was hunting with a group of friends at Natchez Trace State Park near Lexington when her luck changed. Valentine carried an open sight Model 94 Winchester .30-.30 on that cold, clear morning. She hiked a gas line to the highest point she could get to and sat down on the ground. After sitting on an oak ridge throughout the morning, Valentine began trudging back to camp to get a bite to eat with her fellow hunters. When she topped a hill, she saw a deer at the bottom. "It surprised me so much I never shouldered the rifle and aimed but pulled up and shot the lever action from the hip by instinct. Guess I'd been watching too many "Rifleman" TV shows!"After dropping the small buck in its tracks with a cartridge she had carried so long she had "worn the shiny off of it," Valentine did what she had seen successful hunters do in Outdoor Life and Field and Stream photos. "They were always shown packing out their bucks over their shoulders, so I thought that was the only way to do it," she said. "I somehow got that deer wrapped around my neck where I could hold onto the feet and carry my rifle while walking the mile or so back to camp. "I didn't field dress it before carrying it, which was a mistake not to lighten the load. By the time I got there, it had bled all the way from my ponytail into my boots." Valentine said there was no need to announce to her friends that she had scored. The entire camp witnessed her marching in, grinning, sweating, bloody and sporting a deer collar.Since that day years ago, Valentine, TV show host, author, spokeswoman for the NWTF and member of the RedHead Pro Hunting Team, has killed many deer. As Valentine pointed out, there are a lot more deer now, which makes it easier to be successful. She acknowledges that hunting technology has come a long way but is adamant that nothing can replace good woodsmanship skills honed from actual in-the-field experience. When Valentine first started hunting, it was all about the meat. She firmly believes that today's hunters can place too much emphasis on what the antlers scored, which is bad for the image and future of hunting."I like to take an occasional nice buck just like every other hunter, and there is no denying what the whitetail has done for the hunting industry," she said. "I see major industries that were born from the love of deer hunting. "Things such as treestands, camo, calls and scents have all gained fame since I first climbed a tree and stood on a limb in the same old faded winter coat I wore around the farm." Valentine doesn't have a lot of time for nostalgia, though. She hasn't missed a season in 40 years and hopes to enjoy 40 more. "I look forward to fall with eager anticipation knowing I will have that quiet time in a tree to slow down, take account of my life, witness the wonderment of nature," she said, "and give thanks that I live in a country where hunting is still legal and that neither age or gender are really a factor." GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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The SS Xhosa was an Antares-class freighter constructed at the Luna Shipyards in the 23rd century and commanded by the civilian Captain Kasidy Yates.
The ship's equipment was mostly obsolete, as such it only had a Mark V transporter, requiring ship's personnel to use anti-grav sleds when loading the ship with unstable biomatter. (DS9: "Family Business")
Missions Edit
In 2371, the Xhosa operated under the authority of the Petarians. (DS9: "Family Business") On Stardate 48960.9, the Xhosa hauled a load of duridium ore to Solais V. The ship was due to return to DS9 the following month. (DS9: "The Adversary")
When a Klingon task force arrived in the Bajoran system in early 2372, a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, the IKS M'Char, stopped the Xhosa and attempted to board it to search for Changelings while attempting to leave the system. Trapped in the M'Char's tractor beam, its Commander Kaybok, insisted that the freighter must be searched, under orders from Chancellor Gowron and the Klingon High Council. They were approached by the USS Defiant, which eventually forced the M'Char to withdraw and the Xhosa left the Bajoran system for approximately two weeks. The Xhosa later returned to Deep Space 9 for a one-day layover before departing again for its next haul. (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior")
Later that year, Yates secured a contract with the Bajoran Ministry of Commerce for cargo runs to outlying Bajoran colonies. (DS9: "Indiscretion")
Yates' ship returned to Deep Space 9, whereupon she and Benjamin Sisko departed the station for three days in the Bajoran outback. (DS9: "The Muse")
The Xhosa later delivered emergency supplies to the Maquis. (DS9: "For the Cause")
Xhosa personnel Edit
- See: SS Xhosa personnel
See also Edit
Appendices Edit
Appearances Edit
Background information Edit
The script of "The Way of the Warrior" described the Xhosa as "a bulky, alien-looking freighter." The script of "For the Cause" described the Xhosa as "the twenty-fourth century equivalent of a tramp steamer. The Bridge is laid out in a rectangular design than the circular pattern preferred by Starfleet. The rectangle runs fore and aft, with the forward end dominated by a viewscreen and the aft by a doorway. The helm control is in the center of the room and the other consoles line the two opposing walls and are usually unmanned. This is definitely a "working" ship with no frills. This is also an older vessel and should not have the clean, freshly scrubbed feeling of a Starfleet bridge". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library)
In "For the Cause," the Xhosa's bridge display graphics are noticeably reminiscent of the screens seen on the bridge of the USS Enterprise on The Original Series, implying that the Xhosa may be a century old. (Star Trek Encyclopedia)
The studio model of the Xhosa was a repainted reuse of the Norkova from DS9: "The Passenger", which was itself a reuse of the Batris from TNG: "Heart of Glory". The model was later reused to represent a dilithium freighter in VOY: "Author, Author".
The name "Xhosa" comes from a tribe indigenous to South Africa known as the Xhosa people. In real life, the word begins with a lateral click not present in English. According to the scripts for "The Way of the Warrior" [1] and "For the Cause", [2] the word is pronounced "ZOE-sa". The Star Trek Encyclopedia suggests "Zosha" as the pronunciation.
Apocrypha Edit
During the Typhon Pact novel Plagues of Night, the Xhosa is destroyed with all hands when a Tzenkethi ship collides with it, causing it to explode. Captain Yates-Sisko and Vedek Kira Nerys had left moments before, boarding Deep Space 9 to help an ongoing evacuation. However, the station itself was destroyed by a reactor breach seconds later, as Captain Benjamin Sisko watched from the bridge of his new starship, the Galaxy-class USS Robinson.
The novelization of "The Way of the Warrior" featured scenes set aboard the Xhosa.
External linksEdit
- Xhosa at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Xhosa at Wikipedia


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The Questions:
I am sure that every single person who has ever even considered an international adoption has heard this one:
Q. I don't understand why you'd go across the world to adopt a baby when there are kids here in the United States who need parents.
A. Yes there are kids here in the United States who need parents. There are lots of them actually. There are kids all over the world who need parents, whether they live in China, India, Russia, the US or Africa. I don't think that a lot of people know how hard it is to adopt domestically. It takes a lot of time and a lot of courage to fight the US legal system for parental rights. I seriously applaud the people who are called to adopt domestically. Families are made in lots of different ways. But I also know that in the US there is a system in place to deal with children who need families. Is the system perfect? NO! Could the system be better? YOU BET! But there is a system. Children are dying in third world countries for lack of food, clean water and health care. In many cases it is literally life or death. That is why we decided to go international. I don't in any way think that one is better than the other (domestic vs. international) Both are necessary and both make a major difference in the life of a child. It is just simply a personal preference for each family and we are doing what feels right for us.
Q. How do you get a baby? Is is like the dog pound (these were the words used, and we've heard this question a LOT!) where you go and look at all the kids and choose one that you think is cute?
A. Thank God, NO! I am not sure how it works in all countries but our agency matched us with a baby. I am glad that it works this way, because in no way would I ever be able to choose. I think that no matter how I chose, I would feel guilt, so I am glad that it was done for us.
Q. Will you go get the baby or will they be escorted to the US?
A. We will go to Africa to bring Baby Miles home. The process of this usually takes around 10 days. We probably won't both be able to go, because of finances and logistics of having 2 awesome kids at home that will need someone to care for them. It is a SERIOUS
Q. How did you choose Africa?
A. This is where we feel God led us. If you are new to our story, you can visit our inaugural post HERE for more details
Q. In showing Miles' picture to someone they asked, "Did you know he was going to be black?"
A. Ummm, yeah?
Q. What do Sadie and Noah think of this. More specifically, how do the feel about having a black brother.
A. They are totally excited about it! We can all take a lesson from them about this- when they look at Miles' picture, they see his soulful big brown eyes, pouty lips and pink tennis shoes. They don't see the color of his skin as anything but beautiful. Just the way we do!
Q. How much does it cost to adopt a baby?
A. Every country is different. I'd rather not talk about our personal finances here (I know- you're shocked, since I seem to share everything else!) but if you are interested in adopting and want to talk about this, feel free to contact me privately and I would be HAPPY to spell it out for you! email@example.com
Here is a replay of a conversation I have had. It has taken a few different forms with a few different people, but you get the gist:
Person: What happens if the child comes home and you don't adjust well?
Me: Well, when we had Noah we did not adjust well for a LONG time and we just loved him anyway. (see HERE for a post about Noah)
Person: Yes, but he was your child.
Me: THIS child will be MY child.
The Comments:
About 98% of the comments we've heard have been have been super positive and really supportive. A few have not been but first here's a funny one:
Once we had a picture of Miles, someone said, "Wow! He's not just black, he is really black! Like shiny black! You can tell he hasn't been watered down at all!" Still cracks me up just writing it.
And a few crappy comments :-(
I totally get that some people out there don't agree with what we are doing. However, my mama told me if you don't have anything nice to say
Heard: I just don't think what you are doing is right. You've got no business raising a black kid.
This one was so hurtful and racist that it didn't even deserve a rebuttal.
Heard: If you all can have more kids, don't you think you shoud save the orphans for the people who can't have kids. (Obviously, this person has no idea how many needy kids there are in the world!)
Heard: I "broke the news" to so-and-so racist person that you all were adopting.
Me: How about be excited about this and use this as a way to turn the tide!!!
Heard more times than I can count: What are you going to do about black hair!?!? You're going to have to learn to braid! Me: I think black hair is awesome and I will figure it out as we go! Don't get me wrong- I do have fear that I will totally screw this up because I know that it is really different from caucasion hair. And to add to this- people, be prepared that at some point in time, my son will have the coolest dreadlocks ever, because I LOVE dreads. And Afros too, the bigger and free-er the better! But for now, we'll probably stick with a buzz cut, until I learn what I am doing.
Heard: People will stare at you a lot when you have 2 white kids and 1 black kid.
I say- Bring it!
Heard: What you are doing is not going to change what is happening in Africa.
Me: I know that. Oh boy, do I know that. I don't think that adoption is the answer to solving the problems in Africa. I think that adoption is the last resort for these children. How awesome would it be if these kids could live in a country where their parents didn't die of preventable diseases? How awesome would it be if parents in Africa could afford to feed their families? How awesome would it be if we could end the conflict of competing rogue armies for natural resources? I know that by us adopting that we aren't going to change the plight of Africans, but I do know that we will make a difference for one child. One precious child of God. And I am okay with that. And in the mean time I will lend my voice to raise awareness about the continent of my sweet boy's birth every chance I get.
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text: I'm starting to do some volunteer work and getting out almost everyday. I'm friends with the recreational therapist over here at Barrows neurological Institute rehab And runs The Barrow connection. She hooks me up with all sorts of fun stuff to do and usually pulls strings to get me deals to do stuff since she knows I can't afford much. A couple weeks ago I got to go to Flagstaff to go snow skiing. What a trip. It was SO MUCH FUN! I got a lesson on the bunny slope on how to turn and help regulate my speed. It was pretty cool. They had to strip my hands together so I didn't reach out and grind my hands up in the snow. To turn the ski I just had to lean my head side to side. Last May I went jet skiing and waterskiing with a group of other wheelchair users. Another thing that was so much fun, especially the waterskiing. All I had to do to qualify for that is be able to hold my breath for 10 seconds. Piece of cake. Six or seven years ago a group of SCI went on a retreat up in the mountains here in Arizona for a few days. Talk about a blast. Up there we got to work with a lot of animals. This donkey and I got along really well. You know us asses have to stick together. They are bringing the back this year for the first time in like six years I think. In November they do this thing out here called Driving to Excel at Bondurant school for high-performance driving where they take us and put us in the passenger seat of racecars. I send them top out at 120 mph pulling turns at 60 or 70 mph. I love the cranking from side to side. A couple times a year they do the rugby tournaments here so I get to hang out with some of the rugby guys. I'm thinking of getting in the power soccer myself. I'm not quite strong enough to play rugby. So what do you guys do?


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All the Comforts of Home
|July 24, 2010
Location: 1:00pm outdoors at Gillette Castle, 2:00pm indoors at EH Historical Society
The East Haddam Historical Society presents The East Haddam Stage Company's 30 minute production of William Gillette's Victorian Drawing Room Comedy 'All the Comforts of Home' A cast of 4 create 8 different characters in this mad-cap comedy of mistaken identity. Come join the fun Saturdays and Sundays June 19-July 31st outdoors at 1:00pm at Gillette Castle State Park, 67 River Rd. Free, bring a blanket or chair; or indoors at 2:00pm at the East Haddam Historical Society 264 Town St. Free with admission to the museum.
This production is made possible with support from the CT Humanities Council.


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New Point Light receives $424,000 grant
The Mathews County Historical Society celebrated good news about New Point Comfort Lighthouse last Thursday.
During a reception at Mathews Memorial Library emceed by Historical Society president Doug Wilton, the Commonwealth Transportation Board's Fredericksburg District representative Mary Lee Carter announced to a group of about 50 people that the county would receive a grant for $424,000 to help stabilize and restore the historic lighthouse.
In addition, Mathews County Administrator Steve Whiteway introduced Wilbur Burroughs and his son, Bill, who announced that they had established in the name of their ancestor, Elzy Burroughs, the lighthouse's builder and first keeper, a $10,000 fund with the Mathews Community Foundation for the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the lighthouse.
Carter said that the lighthouse is important all over America and that, as the 10th oldest lighthouse in the U.S, it needs to be funded. In addition, she said that Virginia is really beginning to know Mathews County. "You are important, and your county is beautiful," she said.
Kathleen Kilpatrick, director of Virginia's Department of Historic Resources, said it was her job to help localities try to achieve their goals. "They're your resources," she said, "and you're the primary movers and shakers."
Pam Schenian, acting director of the Tidewater Regional Preservation Office, told the group that her department had more money available for grants than it received applications for last year, and Jamie Brown-Porter, assistant administrator at the Virginia Department of Transportation's Fredericksburg District, said it's important that funding goes to the projects that need it.
Del. Harvey B. Morgan (R-Middlesex) praised Carter and Kilpatrick for their work and quipped that, although the lighthouse is the 10th oldest, "we know it's the most important."
Other distinguished guests were Marcie Parker, resident engineer for VDOT's Fredericksburg District; and Mathews supervisors Janine Burns, O.J. Cole and Neena Putt.
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Demonstrating the safe use of your substance in a registration dossier requires a significant investment of time, money and expertise.
You will need to have dialogue and, normally, contractual arrangements with co-registrant companies to agree on how to share the cost of the necessary hazard data and related work on the risk assessment. You will also need to agree on how to present this information in the registration dossier.
Remember that with registration you are able to show to your customers that you are a responsible supplier who has contributed to the safer use of chemicals.
Know your customers' needs
The substance you manufacture or import may be crucial for your customers. Inform your customers about your registration intentions early, so you can understand the demand for the substance.
Consider the regulatory forecast for your substance
Do the intrinsic properties of your substance mean that it may cause a concern for human health or the environment? If yes, it might be on its way to being phased out under other REACH processes in the near future.
Decide on the type of registration
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After registering, you need to keep your registrations up-to-date. For example, new uses need to be assessed to prove that they are safe and included in the registration. Authorities may also ask for updates. Reserve resources for preparing the updates.
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If you have co-registrants for your substance, you are expected to share the costs of registration with them. This will decrease your individual costs. Joint registration also helps to prevent work from being duplicated.
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You need to agree on the content of the joint registration with your co-registrants. This means that you need to invest in collaborative activities such as meetings or web conferences.
Assess information that you have as a group of co-registrants
Based on your registration type and the information identified by your co-registrants, you need to consider both the reliability and the relevance of the information. This is expert work. You need to decide with your co-registrants whether or not to outsource this task.
Negotiate on sharing data
Owners of data are entitled to compensation for it. You need to reserve resources for these negotiations.
Get the missing information for your registration
If you or your co-registrants don't have all the data required for the registration, you need to decide on the best way forward to fill in the data gaps. Remember that tests on vertebrate animals should only be used as a last resort. This is expert work. You need to decide with your co-registrants whether or not to outsource this task.
Compile the joint registration dossier
The registration information needs to be entered into a registration dossier field-by-field. You need to decide with your co-registrants whether this task should be outsourced.
Keep your registration up-to-date
After registering, you also need to keep the joint part of your registrations up-to-date. In addition, authorities may request updates. Reserve resources for preparing the updates, whether they are required by ECHA or to reflect changes in your uses, tonnage, or additional studies you may have got.
Assess how many substances you will register and make a plan to spread the work over time
Preparing a registration can take a year. If no existing information is available on the hazards, it may even take longer. If you have several substances to register, make a clear project plan so that you can manage the workload.
When you prioritise, consider which of your substances are already registered, for which you will be a co-registrant, and for which you want to be the lead registrant.
If you have several substances to register, go through the whole registration process with one substance as early as possible. This way you will get to know the process and the tools and be able to assess the remaining workload.
Streamline your internal processes for REACH registration
Do your colleagues know about REACH and what it means to your company? In the long run, it pays off to have an internal tracking system for REACH issues. You need to involve, for example, invoicing, sales and colleagues drafting the safety data sheets.
Plan how you can track the substance volumes in your company. For one substance you may, for example, have imports from different countries, intermediate and non-intermediate uses, or imports of substance as such and in mixtures - all of these will affect your duties.
Anticipate the need to revise your safety data sheets
New information gathered during the registration process may lead to changes, for example, in the classification of the substance, and the safety data sheets need to be updated. When the safety data sheet is updated you need to attach exposure scenarios for hazardous substances registered at or above 10 tonnes a year.
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The PACER project is described in this question: How much of the energy from 1 megaton H Bomb explosion could we capture to do useful work?
Why was it abandoned? It seems that it is the only readily economical and engineeringwise useful path to fusion power, and it seems that its breeder possibilities can easily let it pay for itself for generating fissile elements and helium (which is getting to be rare too nowadays!)
Was it political or technical limitations that killed it? Is there hope for a renewed interest in this in todays energy conscious politics?


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March 21, 2013
The Obama administration plans to marshal the troops arrayed against the Second Amendment following Harry Reid's decision to strip Dianne Feinstein's measures from a Senate anti-gun bill.
Biden: "Black helicopter crowd notion" on Second Amendment.
Biden will meet with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and families from Newtown, Connecticut, later today in an attempt to reinvigorate floundering proposals designed to strip Americans of the right to own and bear semiautomatic arms.
"Vice President Biden will join New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall to discuss the importance of passing commonsense legislation to reduce gun violence," the New York City mayor's office announced.
Bloomberg, an ardent anti-Second Amendment activist who has pumped millions of dollars of his own money into the anti-gun crusade, will "press the case for a common sense federal gun law," Marc LaVorgna, a press secretary for Bloomberg's office, told the New York Times.
Biden told NBC in New York anti-gun forces and the Obama administration will continue to push for outlawing 157 specifically-named firearms and other anti-Second Amendment measures despite developments in the Senate. "I don't see this as there's an automatic endpoint, that, OK, there's one vote, this is it, fails, now we move on," Biden said. "We are going to continue to push for logical gun-safety regulations."
The vice president admitted that while the administration prefers an outright ban on semiautomatic weapons and so-called "high-capacity" magazines, the government will settle for an expansion of background checks. "That would be gigantic," Biden said.
Critics contend Obama and the Democrats are using Feinstein's radical proposals as part of a shell game intended to push through the real purpose of the legislation – background checks on all firearm purchases. Dropping Feinstein's over-the-top measures from the Democrat sponsored bill while approving expanded background checks will be described as a compromise and bipartisanship in favor of "common sense" legislation. Many Republicans, however, have said they will reject expanded background checks as well.
Biden then portrayed the opposition as conspiracy theorists. "When you go to registration, it raises all the 'black helicopter' crowd notion that what this is all about is identifying who has a gun, so that one day the government can get up and go to the house and arrest everyone who has a gun, and they'll cite Nazi Germany and all that," Biden said.
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Pink-striped oakworm munching on an oak leaf. (2.25 inches)
Every gardener has experienced it, usually more times than they can count. You walk into the garden and discover a plant that's been defoliated or otherwise damaged by caterpillars. The canna leaves are riddled with holes, the cabbage leaves look like lace, half the tomatoes have worms in the fruit, or the azaleas have been stripped of their leaves. How could this happen so quickly?
Caterpillars are the immature stage of moths and butterflies. Although most gardeners enjoy seeing butterflies and moths in their garden, they feel quite differently about caterpillars. Butterflies and moths are beautiful insects that feed on nectar and do not damage plants, but many caterpillars are voracious pests of vegetable and ornamental plants. Heavy caterpillar infestations can completely defoliate, or even kill, prized plants.
Azalea caterpillars are common defoliators of azaleas, and sometimes blueberries, especially in the more southern areas of the Southeast. (2 inches)
Caterpillars are sometimes characterized as crawling stomachs. From the time they hatch from the egg until they pupate, eating is their primary occupation. They have to take periodic breaks to molt, or shed their skin, but they soon resume feeding. This is why caterpillars are such damaging pests. Depending on species, even one caterpillar can cause a lot of damage, but many moths can lay hundreds of eggs per night.
Fortunately, not all caterpillars are pests. Caterpillars that only feed on weeds or other undesirable plants are not pests and are sometimes considered beneficial. Despite their huge appetites, most caterpillars are picky eaters and will only feed on a relatively narrow range of plants. Tobacco hornworms feed on tomatoes as well as tobacco, peppers and other solanaceous plants, but they won't eat the leaves of oaks or most other plants. Conversely, pink-striped oakworms love oak leaves but will starve rather than eat tomato leaves. Monarch butterfly caterpillars are one of the few insects that can survive on milkweed, and milkweeds are the only plants they will eat. Secondary chemicals that occur in different groups of plants are one of the key reasons for this host specificity. Compare the odor of crushed tomato leaves to that of broccoli and rosemary and you will get a whiff of some of these chemicals.
Tomato fruitworms usually bore in near the stem end of the tomato. One caterpillar can destroy several fruit, a heartbreaking experience for serious tomato growers. (1.25 inches)
There are a few species of caterpillars that have unusually wide host ranges and these tend to be some of our most important pest species. Tomato fruitworm, Helicoverpa zea, is one of the best examples. This pest actually has three official common names. In tomatoes it is called tomato fruitworm, in cotton it is known as the bollworm, and in corn it is the corn earworm. It is a serious pest of all three crops and also occurs on hundreds of other plants, including many other row crops, vegetable crops, ornamental plants and weeds. These caterpillars can tolerate an amazingly large array of secondary plant chemicals.
Most of our serious caterpillar pests are the larvae of moths rather than butterflies. There are a few butterfly species whose caterpillars are pests, but this list is small. Imported cabbageworm is one example of a pest butterfly species. Black swallowtail butterfly is arguably another, but this depends on whether you are an herb gardener or a butterfly gardener! Would the monarch butterfly caterpillars that defoliated the milkweed plants in the city park butterfly garden be considered pests?
Caterpillars don't only damage plants by eating leaves; some species cause damage in other ways. Pests such as tomato fruitworms and pickleworms bore directly into the fruit, while pests such as squash vine borers and peach tree borers bore into the stem or trunk. There is even a caterpillar that bores into the trunks of hardwood trees. It is called the carpenterworm.
Newly hatched caterpillars, like these cross-striped cabbageworms, often leave telltale "windowpanes" in leaves where they are feeding. (One-quarter inch)
Gardeners are often surprised by how quickly serious caterpillar damage can occur. "My azaleas looked fine when we were grilling in the backyard Saturday. Now it's Tuesday, the azaleas don't have any leaves on them, and we have all these big black and white caterpillars crawling around!" This same phenomenon occurs on many other ornamental and vegetable plants. Small, newly hatched caterpillars eat very little and their feeding often goes unnoticed, but large caterpillars that are almost ready to pupate can eat a lot in a short time. Many caterpillars take in 80 to 90 percent of their total food consumption in the last two or three days of their life – when they become the caterpillar equivalent of teenagers. This is why heavy caterpillar damage often seems to appear overnight.
For an article on how to control damage from these munching machines check out the follow-up article, Control Caterpillar Pests.
A version of this article appeared in an April 2012 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
Photography courtesy of Blake Layton.


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It's cold! Bob said that after all his years in the desert he's learned that the indian summer may slap you in the face once or twice, but when she's done she just goes to being an indian summer again. Craving the heat today.
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Goods from this weekend's visit to the the HDTS HQ: Chiara's ceramic plate is looking good in my kitchen… And I got a cool photo by Cody too. The HQ moved to Sky Village Swap Meet – This weekend was our "extravaganza" soft opening. Really great. So happy to have a reason to visit the crystal cave every weekend!


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Militants from the Islamic State group blew up a mosque and shrine dating back to the 14th century in Mosul on Sunday, local residents said, the latest casualty in a week that has seen half a dozen of the Iraqi city's most revered holy places destroyed.
Mosul residents said the Prophet Jirjis Mosque and Shrine was bombed and destroyed by the radical jihadist group. They spoke anonymously to The Associated Press for fear of reprisal. The complex was built over the Quraysh cemetery in Mosul in the late 14th century, and included a small shrine dedicated to Nabi Jerjis, the Prophet George.
The Islamic State, previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, captured large swaths of land in western and northern Iraq, including Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, which was captured last month. The group has imposed a self-styled caliphate in territory they control in Iraq and Syria, imposing their harsh interpretation of Islamic law.
Among the mosques destroyed in Mosul last week were the Mosque of the Prophet Sheeth (Seth) and the Mosque of the Prophet Younis, or Jonah, said to be the burial place of the Prophet Jonah, who in stories from both the Bible and Koran is swallowed by a whale. The militants claim that such mosques have become places for apostasy, not prayer.
Since the Islamic State launched its blitz across Iraq, more than 1 million people have fled their homes, according to the UN. Many of those people have escaped to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, since it has remained relatively stable since the 2003 US-led invasion.
In a statement published on Kurdish state media late on Saturday, Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani said the bombing of churches and mosques in Mosul "is against all the principles of the heavenly religions, humanity, and it is targeting the culture and demographic of the area."


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