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Notification No. 9 /2011
Central Excise
New Delhi, 1st March, 2011
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 59/2008-Central Excise, dated the 7 th December, 2008 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide G.S.R. 841 (E), dated the 7 th December,2008, namely:-
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Great Tips For Losing Excess Weight
Trying to maintain a weight loss plan without any support can sometimes leave you feeling discouraged. Having a friend or a group of friends who are like minded and following the same weight loss plan can help enormously to keep you on track. This article will give you some advice for starting a group weight loss plan.
Find a healthy substitute for something you just have to have. You have a strong weakness for candy bars, and don't want to give up that daily dose of chocolate? Buy a bag of the miniature version, and limit yourself to one or two of those a day. If you need to separate them into snack baggies and label them with the day of the week to stick to this, then do it.
When it comes to weight loss, 'slow and steady will win the race.' On average, plan to lose just one or two pounds a week. This might not seem like a lot, but in the long run, slow weight loss will be consistent and help you achieve long-term goals.
When you are watching what you eat, don't forget to also watch what you drink. Research the calories of your favorite beverages so that you can fit them into your diet comfortably. Also, switch to "light" versions of your drinks of choice to 'shave excess calories off' your daily intake.
Diet is very important when trying to lose weight. One of the best ways to watch your diet is to eat what is healthy for 6 days, and then one the 7th day, don't worry about being on a diet. Allow yourself to have the food that you craved but couldn't have all week.
To lose weight, change your focus from being thin to being healthy. If you concentrate your efforts on your health, weight loss will follow, because a healthy lifestyle does not support habits, which lead to weight problems. So, work towards eating the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables each day, as well as, getting enough exercise.
When setting a weight-loss goal, be sure you are realistic. One mistake people make when trying to lose weight is setting an unreasonable goal (five pounds per week) and then wondering why they fail. Set a more manageable goal of one to two pounds per week. Slow and steady weight loss is more likely to stay off.
Changing your schedule around can make it a lot easier to stay on a diet. For example: Overweight people used to eating three meals a day are obviously snacking in between, so if you change around your schedule and eat smaller meals at closer intervals, you can avoid those junk-food cravings by eating healthier, small meals.
As stated in the beginning of this article, trying to maintain a weight loss plan without any support can sometimes leave you feeling discouraged. Finding a group of friends to diet and exercise with can make losing the weight easier by helping to support each other. Apply the advice from this article and you will be on your way to losing weight in no time.

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IEA projects rosy future for renewable energy. But where is material balance?
IEA predicts 95% new RE installed capacity by 2026. Over time, global energy transitions can fundamentally alter mineral and energy resource flows
Energy consumption, related emissions expected to increase through 2050: IEA
Net Zero is within reach as renewables, electric vehicles, efficiency and other technologies progress. Innovation and international collaboration …
Making solar cells efficient, cheaper, recyclable: IIT-Guwahati finds a way
Perovskite-based devices are considered heavily used semiconductor materials as they are affordable and easy to manufacture
Time's running out: Is India ready to handle 34,600 tonnes of solar waste by 2030?
With India's ambitious solar target of 280 GW by 2030, it is time to formulate a sound solar waste management policy
Hydrogen costs to fall over 95% by 2050, predicts report
Green hydrogen technology will fill the gap between renewable energy and Net Zero carbon emissions.
Union Budget 2022-23: Where does renewable energy fit in this year?
The government will likely put in place strategies to bring India closer to its green energy target and equitable energy access
Union Budget 2022-23 talks up energy transition but moves little funds
Blank R&D column sticks out as sore reminder of what could have been achieved
Is the Union Budget 2022-23 renewable energy friendly?
The budgetary allocations may have indirect impacts on RE from capital goods lists of customs exemptions
Rooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally
Rooftop solar in India needs easy financing, unrestricted net metering, and an easy regulatory process to make it attractive to developers
MNRE's new policy framework recognises distributed renewable energy as solution for uplifting rural economy
End-user and corporate financing would be essential for the DRE industry to scale up
Konark will now light up its Sun Temple with solar energy
Odisha plans to make the coastal temple town a 100 per cent solar town and also place it among India's first few zero …
Will climate action be a casualty?
Have we learnt the lessons on the impact of burning fossil fuels yet?
Fossil fuel finance locking Africa out of just transition to renewable energy: Report
Majority of finance towards fossil fuels came from outside Africa
As told to Parliament (March 22, 2022): India has installed renewable energy projects of 152 GW capacity
All that was discussed in the House through the day
In Odisha, regular cyclones push people to turn towards renewable energy
Lack of consumer awareness, timely approval of net metering applications and tax increase hinder further growth of solar in Odisha
Half of Indian states lags national average in first energy, climate index
Small states perform better on environmental sustainability
Global wind energy sector needs four-fold higher growth to meet 2050 Net Zero goal: Report
Offshore wind market showed highest growth in 2021
Renewable energy capacity addition exceeded other sources in 2021
Renewable energy continued to expand steadily and well above the long-term trend, with share in total capacity expansion reaching new record …
Rooftop laggard again; India to miss solar power target: Report
Government dissmisses claim, says targets rejigged internally
An unusual contest: Great Indian Bustards vs great Indian green energy quest
Rajasthan's state bird, the great Indian bustard, might lose its last natural habitat to wind and solar power plants
Electric vehicles have a dark side too: Blood batteries and child labour
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country that is among the poorest on the planet, is paying a heavy price for the global green energy …
Do forest fires hinder solar power production?
A new study has found that forest fires that break especially during the summer season play a major role in reducing solar power generation in …
COVID 19, Russia vs Ukraine pushed back universal energy access goalpost
Renewable energy only source to grow through pandemic; Africa lags most
Trial by 'fire': A wake-up call for India's electric vehicle strategy
India's plan to have electric scooters and bikes comprise 80% of its 2-wheeler market has hit a snag due to e-bikes bikes catching fire&…
Africa needs to double energy investments to achieve energy, climate goals by 2030: IEA
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The Haunted Mansion has a large cast of characters, but it's definitely a circumscribed group. When the Ghost Host claims that they come from "all over the world," that's a bit of a sham. They come from Northern Europe and North America, with the exception of three from the Mediterranean basin: Caesar and two Egyptians (viz, the graveyard mummy and the Cleopatra-like lady on the chandelier). Someone may ask whether even that is too generous a description. Since a Victorian gentleman or gentlewoman who doesn't open his or her mouth could hail from either Old England or New England, how do we know there are any North Americans at all? Well, we're in New Orleans, and whole flocks of wraiths are pouring up out of the graveyard, so presumably most of them are Americans. We can thank Ken Anderson for that element (including how the effect is done—projections on a scrim).
But better still, there is one ghost in there who is plainly North American: The Ghost Host (Paul Frees was American).
No East Asians, no sub-Sahara Africans, no Native Americans, no Pacific Islanders, etc. Does it mean anything? I suspect that it signals a restriction on what kind of ghost traditions we are supposed to presume in the HM. Sure, cultures all over the world believe in ghosts, but spirits of the dead in China or among Native Americans are regarded differently and function differently within those cultural-religious matrices than do our familiar Euro-American ghosts. Reportedly, this is one reason why the Hong Kong Disneyland isn't getting anything similar to the Haunted Mansions found in all the other parks. Within the Euro-American world, we assume that spirits of the dead are normally gone and out of our sphere, in heaven or hell or somewhere like that, and if they come back it's because something is wrong somewhere. Something needs to be done so that they can rest in peace like they're supposed to. If you should happen to see one, it is normally cause for concern, for dread.
If you're a storyteller you have to draw the circle somewhere or you won't have enough common ground with the audience to tell any kind of narrative, however vague. Without the usual Euro-American expectations about ghosts, the whole joke of the Haunted Mansion fails miserably.
So much for space; what about the other variable of existence, time? Plainly we've got ghosts from many different ages cavorting before our eyes. Apparently the afterlife opens up a pool of potential partners that eHarmony.com can only dream of. A medieval soldier is starting to get a little jiggy with that aforementioned Egyptian lass, the one with the Great Pyramids.
If we're looking for the oldest ghosts in the place, our three Mediterraneans easily take the prize. There's this Egyptian gal, and of course our old friend Caesar down below her...
There are a good dozen or so medieval figures, but the vast majority of the ghosts we see appear to be 19th century vintage, and most of those Victorian, presumably because so many ghost stories seem to take place in such a historical setting, and because ghosts of that era no doubt feel at home in a house of comparable age.
A more interesting question is, which ghost is the youngest, the most modern? The Imagineers seem to have restricted themselves in this area too. There are no 20th century ghosts. You might think that, well, what kind of distinctly 20th c. characters could have been offered that would have humorous potential and be instantly recognizable? Plenty! Where's your imagination? A World War I doughboy, a flapper, a Chicago gangster of the Machine-Gun Kelly/Edward G. Robinson type. Marc Davis could have spun out a dozen of these before breakfast, but they're not there. I think it was a conscious limitation.
My vote for the youngest ghosts goes to the bicyclists. They're a little loopy, but they're favorites with many fans. Another Davis idea, too.
The tandem bike as we know it was invented in 1898, so there you go; they're perched right at the outer rim of the 19th century. Lest you think this is pressing the details a bit hard, I call your attention to a seldom-seen concept sketch by Davis showing that he was perfectly conscious of the late-90's setting of the tandem bike.
One of the brighter spots in the otherwise disappointing 2003 movie adaptation of the Haunted Mansion was the decision to recast the singing busts as a barbershop quartet and enlist the current incarnation of the Dapper Dans to provide the voices. Who does NOT like the Dans, anyway? I think it's a kick to have Davis's sketch before you as you listen...
Grim Grinning Ghosts - The Dapper Dans
So for what it's worth, there you go; there are the parameters for the cast of characters used to tell the Mansion tale.


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Felix added to Team Mexico roster in Classic
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers catcher Jose Felix has been selected to play for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic. He is coming off a strong season of winter ball in Mexico and could play a significant role for his team in the tournament.
General manager Jon Daniels said Felix is one player in camp who could really benefit by playing in the World Baseball Classic.
"He's a guy for me that's clear cut," Daniels said. "Barring injury, there's no real role for him on the Major League club. I've encouraged him to go."
Felix is considered an excellent defensive catcher who is still trying to develop offensively. He hit .260 with a .377 slugging percentage at Double-A Frisco last year. But he played in Mexico and hit .330 with a .426 slugging percentage on a team that ended up winning the Caribbean World Series.
"They didn't say much, they just told me I made the team," Felix said. "I don't know if I'll get a chance to be the starting catcher or not, but I'm excited to be on the team."
The Rangers have six players in camp on World Baseball Classic rosters: Felix, Nelson Cruz and Leury Garcia (Dominican Republic), Elvis Andrus (Venezuela), Engel Beltre (Spain) and Derek Holland (United States) . Garcia has yet to make a decision if he'll play or if he'll stay in camp to compete for a utility-infielder role.


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Extreme Places and Extended Senses
- 1 Project- Extreme Places and Extended Senses
- 2 Project Timeline
- 3 People
- 4 Notes from earlier Communications
- 5 List of Materials for the Andaman Trip
- 6 Andaman Trip
- 7 EPES Electronics Intro
- 8 Suggested Readings and Viewings
- 9 Learning, Knowing and Education
- 10 Designerly Ways
- 11 further links
Project- Extreme Places and Extended Senses
- What does 'extended senses' mean?
- What is an 'extreme place'?
- How can extreme environments extend our senses and stoke our creativity?
This project explores ways of extending senses to make new meanings and perceptions of our environment. In practice, this would entail using technological tools such as sensors and handmade scientific equipment to alter and broaden our perception of the world. We will borrow from D.I.Y /D.I.W.O (Do it with others) practitioners and build our own tools for extending our senses. We will look at artistic approaches to field trips, extreme spaces and altering perceptions. One of the practical outcomes of this project will be collaboration with educators to implement our explorations in the educational context (for eg: toolkits and labs). In this project we will work with scientists, artists(visual/sound/performance) and educators. This project is ideal for students interested in the arts, film, visual communication, product design. We begin this exploration on the onset itself of the project with a weeklong expedition to our first Extreme Environment - The Andamans Islands (The Andaman and Nicobar Environmental Team).
Project Timeline
Notes from earlier Communications
1) Dataloggers and sensors(PASCO) were used as part of mobile lab concept with middle school students for study of soil and water quality in different contexts.
practical concerns: Carrying the equipment was cumbersome and ofcourse expensive. Walking on the rocky shoreline was challenging with these delicate instruments. These are useful in a lab scenario pedagogical: data was collected, graphs drawn and interpreted; however as a facilitator always felt a lack of play or story telling missing because the data is always in numbers
2) We have earlier carried small microscopes, could be useful to have micro-cameras; Wondering what can be captured and played around with in intertidal zones- splash zones, 6 hourly tides, immovable limpets and barnacles stuck to rocks like suction pumps, how do we look inside invertebrates; sounds of waves around rocks and in caves, murmur in the rainforests, looking into/through snakes and crab holes and mounds;
3) How does one look at the canopies ( Rainforest trees are so high)- any tools?...(maybe just climb)
List of Materials for the Andaman Trip
Andaman Trip
- Intertidal walk
- Mangrove walk
EPES Electronics Intro
Suggested Readings and Viewings
Field Notes - From Landscape to Laboratory(link to teaser pdf here)
Field_Notes – From Landscape to Laboratory – Maisemasta Laboratorioon, Finnish Society of Bioart, 2013
Every second year the Finnish Society of Bioart invites a significant group of artists and scientists to the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland/Finland to work for one week on topics related to art, biology and the environment. "Field_Notes – From Landscape to Laboratory" is the first in a series of publications originating from this field laboratory. It emphasizes the process of interaction between fieldwork, locality and the laboratory. Oron Catts, Antero Kare, Laura Beloff, Tarja Knuuttila amongst others explore the field and laboratory as sites for art&science practices.
How to define the evolving field of art&science, including bioart, and where can the historical trajectory of this area within the arts be found? In very general terms one could divide currently existing artistic interests in the field into two very broad subject categories: artists that are concerned with the environment, and artists whose work focuses on the human as subject matter. The previous group deals with environment, landscape, natural phenomena, plants, and animals typically in their natural habitat. The latter group is interested in the human as such and within his technologically augmented environment. This includes work with human enhancement and organs, with devices and manipulation of human and animal cells. The work is carried out either under laboratory conditions or with technologically mediated social structures including human and non-human actors. Shared aspects across the field are e.g. politics, ethical debates and projections of the possible futures. This publication is specifically focusing on work that is concerned with the environment and ecology. However, the human is strongly present in all the arguments, statements and accounts. It is very apparent that we live in the era of the anthropocene, where viewpoints and actions are unavoidably developed with and projected from a human perspective.
The publication is edited by Laura Beloff, Erich Berger and Terike Haapoja. It is bilingual in Finnish and English and contains 17 articles and additional material of Finnish and international contributors. You can buy the book now from our website:
Home Made Bio Electronic Arts Do-it-yourself: Microscopes, Sensors, Sonifications - Christoph Merian Verlag / Migros-Kulturprozent: Dominik Landwehr, Verena Kuni (Ed.), 2013
After 2 years of discussions with various people in the field of DIYbio, hackteria and BioArt, Dominik Landwehr and Verena Kuni published a new book in their HomeMade series. This time with the title "Home Made Bio Electronic Arts" they go some steps closer to interfacing the living world with DIY tinkering and electronics, easy accessible instructions for everybody. Additionally some editorial essays and an interview with Gerfried Stocker. A production by Migros-Kulturprozent with the Christoph Merian Verlag.
- Six easy do-it-yourself experimental projects
- For biotechnology and electronics do-it-yourself enthusiasts
"Science for all" is the motto of a new movement which deals with biology and electronics. It applies the do-it-yourself approach, well established in the electronic and computer scene, to natural sciences. Here the boundaries between the arts and sciences are fluid. The artists and scientists who work together in an interdisciplinary manner call themselves "bio-hackers" or "bio-punks" and deliberately continue in the creative tradition of those two movements. Their research is designed to communicate scientific insights which are otherwise reserved for scientists. Home Made Bio Electronic Arts introduces leading exponents and presents six easy do-it-yourself experimental projects.
Download the Full Book "Homemade Bioelectronic Art
Goethean Science as a Way of Knowing
Study of Atelier Tradition and Goethean Science by Artist Daan Hoekstra
Introductions to Goethe's Study of Natural Scientific works by Rudolf Steiner
Science as a Conversation with Nature by Craig Holdrege
Shop Class as Soul Craft Matthew B. Crawford An Inquiry Into the Value of Work reading is here
Learning, Knowing and Education
Yearners and Schoolers from The Children's Machine by Seymour Papert
A Word for Learning from The Children's Machine by Seymour Papert
DIY Toys- Make Play Learn
Toying with Trash Science and Art by Arvind Gupta
Videos on education
Designerly Ways
Download: Human Centric Design
Service Design
Critical Design
further links
Initiatives and Schools in Bangalore area
On the page EPES related Kits and Approaches, we can put together a compilation of similar initiatives, existing kits and discuss their implication in a local setting.
Hackteria wiki projects to look at
Hackteria & SGMK BioCyberKidzz


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Narrow Neck Trail - Katoomba - Self Guided Tour - (INTERMEDIATE PLUS FITNESS and SKILLS)
- Kesto: 4 Tunnit (noin)
- Paikka: Katoomba, NSW
- Tuotekoodi: NARR
### Start times can vary by up to 30 minutes either way, depending on the logistics of the day. As we offer a fully mobile service and meet at various locations, some flexibility may be required ;-) Thanks in advance!
### BMB self guided tours and hire require minimum numbers for the day to go ahead. The booking system will send a pending order email confirmation upon your online booking. When minimum bookings are received, bookings/rides will be automatically confirmed. Regardless of whether ride goes ahead or not, you will receive a call from the owner (Sam) the night before your ride to confirm the status and info about the ride and logistics. Rides that do not go ahead will be instantly refunded or you can choose another date and the booking will be moved...whatever suits you best! The above is not totally inflexible and Sam will help, with pleasure, where ever possible.
Included: Mountain bike hire includes bike, helmet and maps.
You can expect your ride experience to last up 4 hours. Lots of HILLS!! Trail surface also has lots of loose rocks and unskilled riders are likely to fall. Lots of riders don't make it all the way to the end of Narrowneck due to the physical demands.
NOTE: This is a tough but rewarding ride with amazing views. If your fitness is not very good and you skills are not that great, you should check out the Hanging Rock ride with its amazing views...but without the hills!
The spectacular Narrow Neck trail follows a ridge-line deep into the valley, offering exhilarating scenic views across the
Megalong Valley in the world heritage listed Blue Mountains National Park.
Setting out from Katoomba, a quick ride from town will take you off the tarmac and deep into the undulating trails of this unspoilt wilderness
area. While there are a few short sharp hills that will test out your stamina, the phenomenal views are more than ample reward to keep you going.
Plus as this ride is an 'out and back' route, the climbs you ride up on the wayout transform into exhilarating descents on your return trip.
On the way back into town, hook onto the Cliff Drive Tourist route to soak in some more magical views – Echo Point and the Three Sisters are must-see stops to round out a day you'll never forget.
Cancellation / Refund Policies:
Cancellation by Blue Mountain Bikes Australia due to weather: Ride rescheduled for another time.
Cancellation by customer 8 days or more from ride date : Full Refund no questions asked.
Cancellation by customer 7 days or less from ride date: No Refund.
Request change of date 8 days or more from ride date: Yes.
Request change of date 7 days or less from ride date: No (Please feel free to call to discuss. If we can relax this, we will).
This is not your typical basic bike hire business. This is a premium mobile service that offers you a self guided ride experience. Safety is paramount as obvious by the quality modern equipment used. You are met with your bikes ready to go near the start of the trail/ride. Sam (the owner) spends 30 minutes with you as he personally fits you to the bike and helmet, runs through bike operation, trail information and provides you with some riding skill and technique tips to help you get the most out of yourself, the bike and the trail.
### Team bonding and corporate days also available. We put together multi adventure day or days including activities such as biking, hiking, camping, kayaking and much more. Please contact us to discuss your dream team experience.
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Second Women & Money Forum planned at SNHU
Topic: Financial literacy for entrepreneurs
A team of CPAs, bankers, attorneys, financial advisers and other professionals will be sharing their expertise at the second annual Women and Money Forum, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at Southern New Hampshire University.
Developed by the Center for Women's Business Advancement at Southern New Hampshire University, in coordination with lead underwriter Citizens Bank Foundation, the forum is designed to support women-owned businesses as they navigate the often tricky waters of business finance.
"With the number of women-owned businesses increasing by 59 percent between 1997 and 2013, it's vitally important to continue to provide female entrepreneurs with the tools and resources they need to build businesses which are both profitable and sustainable," said CWBA Director MaryAnn Manoogian. "This forum brings together experts who will speak about all aspects of financial literacy and provide real-world examples of how to thrive in the marketplace."
Workshop topics include "How to Negotiate," "Social Media for Sales," "Understanding Cash Flow," "Top Ten Wage and Hour Mistakes," "Registering as a Women-Owned Business" and "Crowdfunding," among others.
"Lack of financial literacy is the single largest challenge facing entrepreneurs seeking to grow their business," said Citizens Bank President Joe Carelli. "Providing instruction that helps these business owners to learn best practices in bookkeeping, negotiation and proper budgeting not only builds stronger businesses, but also stronger communities."
Sponsors for the Women and Money Forum include Geneia, Women's Fund of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Business Review, Labelle Winery, Rath, Young & Pignatelli and the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development.
Cost to attend is $50 for CWBA members and $75 for non-CWBA members. To register, visit cwba-nh.squarespace.com.


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WASHINGTON — While declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump on Friday announced a new public-private partnership to expand coronavirus testing capabilities.
The president said one aspect of that was a new website "facilitated" by Google that will help determine whether a person needs to be tested.
While the White House and health officials indicated the website could feature nationwide coverage in a matter of days, that doesn't appear to be the case.
Google released a statement on its communications Twitter account more than an hour after Trump's press conference that seemed to contradict what was said in the White House Rose Garden event.
First, it explained what's being developed is actually coming from Verily, a division of Alphabet, Google's parent company.
The statement from Verily also clarified that it is "developing a tool to help triage individuals for Covid-19 testing" and described that in the "early stages." Additionally, they're planning to roll out testing in the Bay Area, "with the hope of expanding more broadly over time."
"We appreciate the support of government officials and industry partners and thank the Google engineers who have volunteered to be part of this effort," the statement said.
The communications lead for Verily, Carolyn Wang, told The Verge that originally the "triage website" they are working on was only supposed to be available to health care workers. But following Trump's announcement, anyone will be able to visit it, she told The Verge.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, went into a great deal of detail during Friday's White House event describing this "new approach to testing" that she said would start in the "screening website."
According to Dr. Birx, the website will feature a symptom screening tool and if its determined a person should be tested, they'll be directed to a drive-thru testing option.
She explained that a person's test results would be available in 24 to 36 hours, which could then be found on that same website.
Wang told The Verge the triage site should be live within a few days, but it'll only be directing people to "pilot sites" in the Bay Area for now.
It's possible there could be more information on what the website actually is later this weekend. According to Vice President Mike Pence, there will be "specific guidance by Sunday evening" on how the new website and testing will work.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon had joined the president at Friday's Rose Garden press conference and said his company has agreed to allow the drive-thru clinics to be set-up in some of its store parking lots.
Target CEO Brian Cornell said the retailer is committed to keeping stores open to allow people to stock up on food and household essentials.


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21st Century Wire says…
The following is the transcript of an interview given to Be Curious TV by Dr Nabil Antaki, a doctor based in the Syrian government held western sectors of Aleppo. In this interview, given during his recent trip to France, Dr Antaki once more observes that Western media has been misleading and obscurantist in their reporting of events in Syria. Dr Antaki reinforces that President Assad's popularity has increased rather than waned since the US-NATO-GCC confab's war against Syria began five years ago and he deconstructs much of the propaganda upon which the US and NATO base their interventionist, neo-colonialist policies. Translation of interview by Vanessa Beeley.
Dr Antaki's previous interview with Arret Sur Info was also translated by Vanessa Beeley and published here at 21st Century Wire: Aleppo Doctor Attacks Western Media for Bias, Censorship and Lies
Lausanne 23rd May 2016
BeCuriousTV "Welcome Nabil Antaki. Please would you let us know what is happening in Aleppo and Syria. You are briefly in Europe. You are Syrian, born in Syria and residing in Aleppo. You are a doctor at the St Louis hospital in western Aleppo, the area under "regime control". People living in the west who are are not aware of what is happening in Syria might ask which is worse, the Syrian regime violence or that of the terrorists or the "rebels". This antagonism is reflected at the heart of our media where on one side we find those who affirm that Bashar al Assad's "regime" is terrorising his own people and on the other side are those who claim that Assad's forces are defending their people against armed Jihadists"
Dr Antaki: "Firstly I would like to clarify..you have mentioned several times, Assad's "regime" and Assad's "army and its a confusion that we dont appreciate in Syria..when we read in all the media about Bashar's airforce, Bashar's army. In fact, it is the Syrian army, the army of the State of Syria and when you mentioned that I live in western Aleppo which is under "regime" control, no, it is under the control of the Syrian state. Our people are not afraid of the Syrian army because it is an army that defends all of Syria against armed terrorists who have invaded Syria in order to establish their Islamic state. Therefore we should never say at all that the Syrian people are afraid of the Syrian army because it is not a "regime" army as described by the media, people are, in reality very grateful for the presence of the Syrian army.
Let me give you an example. A few months ago the Syrian army launched an offensive to bring some relief to Aleppo which has been surrounded or besieged [by terrorists] for the last 3 years. According to the western media the Syrian army was imposing a siege upon the Syrian people in Aleppo when in fact the opposite was true and the Syrian army was trying to break the three year terrorist siege of Aleppo. Therefore, no, the people are not afraid of the Syrian army, they are afraid of the terrorists.
BCT: "So just to be clear, the western media is not reporting accurately what you are living through in Aleppo?"
NA: "Exactly. Western media only reports on events in eastern Aleppo. Since 2012, Aleppo has been cut in two. Three hundred thousand people live in the zones controlled by the terrorists in the east but the remaining three quarters of Aleppo inhabitants, around 1.5 million people, live in western areas controlled by the Syrian state. So, when we hear from the western media about what is happening in Aleppo they focus only on the eastern areas.
When we issue a cry for help for Aleppo, it is transformed into a cry only for eastern Aleppo. When the media announced that the last pediatrician in Aleppo had been killed, it is not true because in western Aleppo we have around 100 pediatricians. Perhaps its the last pediatrician killed on the other side, I have no idea, I have no information, but what I do know is that the inhabitants of the eastern sector living under terrorist control are Aleppans like us but chance dictated that they were living in areas invaded by terrorists.
BCT: "They didnt flee the area..?"
NA: "From the beginning over half a million people fled towards western Aleppo because they were afraid of the terrorists but there are some people who were afraid to leave, perhaps without the means to leave, afraid to lose what they had amassed during their entire life, their little appartment, their TV. They thought that if they left they might lose it all, so they decided to stay not for any ideological reasons but because materially they prefered to stay where they were.
BCT: "You have just been describing eastern Aleppo to us which is under terrorist control. Please would you differentiate for us between terrorist and "rebel".
NA: "At the beginning of the war in Syria there were multiple groups among which there were a very small percentage of democratic opposition to the Syrian "regime" but the majority were terrorist groups intent upon establishing an Islamic state. Over time these democratic groups were absorbed into the terrorist groups and currently these terrorist groups represent more than 95% of the hundred or so armed opposition groups on the ground in Syria.
Therefore the Free Syrian Army and the opposition who are not terrorists but are nevertheless armed represent no more than 5% of the armed groups, the rest are all terrorists.
The principal terrorist groups are DAESH [ISIS] and Al Nusra. These two groups have been added to the "terrorist" list by the United States and Russia so everyone has the right to target them with air-strikes. However there are other groups which emanate from Al Nusra, an Al Qaeda affiliate, which are not yet considered to be terrorists. Among these are three principal groups, Jaish al Islam [Army of Islam], Ahrar al Sham [Free of Damascus] and Jaish al Fatah [Army of Conquest/Liberation]. These three groups were created by Al Nusra to escape being put on the terrorist list but nevertheless have their origins in Al Nusra which is Al Qaeda in Syria.
So when these three groups are added to the terrorist list which will enable them to be neutralised, there will remain only those armed groups that are not terrorists with whom we could negotiate and achieve a political compromise."
BCT: "What about the refugees? The 12 million migrants seeking refuge."
NA: "Half the Syrian population is displaced. There are 23 million people in Syria and 12 million people have been driven from their homes. 3.5 million are refugees outside Syria in neighbouring countries like Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. There are 8 million internally displaced people who have not left Syria but have been forced to leave their homes. This is a very serious situation and these people need assistance just as much as those who have left Syria.
The United Nations agencies focus only on the people living in the camps external to Syria. All these people are not fleeing the actions of the Assad "regime" or Assad's army as described in the media. These people are fleeing neither Assad's government nor the Syrian army, nor the hypothetical actions of either of these groups. These people are either fleeing from combat zones or they are fleeing misery. The majority of the Syrian people are now living below the poverty line.
80% of Aleppo's population are dependent upon NGO food parcels. People are impoverished. They have exhausted their savings, those who had work lost it, those who had an asset, a workshop or a factory, a shop, have lost everything. People are destitute, they are fleeing this misery or they are fleeing the combat zones. They are also considering their children, they endured 2, 3, even 4 years but the war has continued into 5 years and they want to assure their children of a future so they take the decision to uproot and to seek a future somewhere else, to start a new life.
BCT: " How do you and the Syrian people feel about the sanctions and economic embargoes imposed by western governments since the beginning of the war?"
NA: "We are disgusted by these sanctions because these sanctions and these embargoes have not been implemented against the Syrian government but against the Syrian people, all the Syrian people. For example, me personally, as person x, living in Syria, does not have the right to conduct the smallest transaction. If I wanted to send $ 1000 to my children, I am unable to do so. I can neither import or export anything. This is crippling. I am a doctor, I wanted to replace one part of a piece of medical equipment. Normally this would take one week, it took a year and a half to get hold of the part because we couldnt import it from Japan as it was a multi-national company.
So these sanctions penalise the Syrian people and at a certain moment the EU lifted the sanctions but only for the people living in the terrorist controlled zones. Those people living in areas under the control of the Syrian state could do nothing. Contrary to their claims, this does not penalise the "regime", it punishes the Syrian people.
BCT: "You are a Christian. A middle east Christian. If someone were to question your objectivity what would be your response?"
NA: "I dont speak to you as Nabil Antaki the Christian, I speak as Nabil Antaki the Syrian who has witnessed his country being attacked and destroyed. It is not about being Christian or Muslim, Syria is an ethnic and religious mosaic. There are eleven different Christian churches and as many different Muslim sects, its not about the Syrian government protecting the minorities and that is why we support the Syrian government. No, the government is secular, it protects everyone, whether a minority or a majority, everyone is respected inside Syria. It is a secular "regime". Unlike the Islamic state that absolutely does not respect the minorities.
If the Christians are pro-government or pro the Syrian state it is because from the beginning they have supported a secular state as opposed to an Islamic state.
The current President is very popular. I am actually not a fan of the President, I defend Syria not the President. But viewing it objectively we cannot deny his popularity and in my opinion, if tomorrow, we have free elections under international law, giving all Syrians the right to vote, even those in diaspora, we would see our President re-elected.
The west has not understood this fact. Assad's was popular at the beginning of the war against Syria, his support is even stronger now, not because he defends the minorities which is what the media would like you to believe but because he defends all Syrians. Christians are about 8% of the Syrian population so when they say Assad is popular because he defends the Christians and that is why the Christians support Assad, its a joke. If we are with him or against him, it has no effect upon his popularity. We have neither soldiers nor arms, we are 8%.
Assad is popular with all groups and sectors of our Syrian society so if we want this war to end we have to stop demanding that Assad steps down as one of the conditions, we have to negotiate with him, conduct free elections and work towards democracy.
BCT: "Let me just come back to some of the points you made. You speak of Assad's huge popularity but was this the case in the beginning, in 2011?"
NA: "This is my point! When the troubles started, there were anti Bashar demonstrations, 10,000 or 15,000 people maximum. These demonstrations were televised and the figures were hugely exaggerated up to one or two hundred thousand. On the other hand, massive spontaneous demonstrations poured onto the streets in support of the Assad government, in Aleppo, in Damascus, all the big towns and cities. Over a million people supporting Bashar. Nobody filmed these demonstrations or perhaps I should say nobody televised them in the west. So, organic demonstrations of millions of people were ignored while the few thousand that marched against Bashar were blown out of all proportion and highly exaggerated.
So there was a huge amount of bias, partisan reporting and partiality from the media from the beginning. Assad was always popular and this has not changed. He is perhaps even more popular now than in the last few years before the war. He had enormously liberalised both the political and the economic sectors so people were happy, even though they knew there were still things that needed improving.
Life was not perfect but nobody wanted war, they wanted reform. Even the most outspoken enemies of the government did not want war, and certainly not this war. They wanted reforms and they wanted democracy but nobody wanted to kill Syria to improve Syria.
BCT: "We have two coalitions on the ground in Syria, according to you what is their efficacy?"
NA: "In my opinion the Western international coalition is not effective because you cannot combine two opposing sides. You have a coalition of the US and Europe with Turkey and the Gulf States and at the same time we know that Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia finance the Jihadists, finance Daesh, finance Al Nusra. On the one hand they want to fight against the terrorists, on the other they are helping them. That is completely abhorrent.
Additionally, there are the Kurds in Syria who have also taken up arms against DAESH. The US has found its allies in the Kurds to fight against DAESH. However Turkey is completely against the arming of the Kurds so Turkey combats the Kurds. So, we have two countries who are allied, the US and Turkey but one is allied with the Kurds and the other is against them so how can this ever work. There are too many contradictions within the Western coalition and that is why it has achieved nothing.
Before the Russian intervention, the coalition air-strikes were cosmetic strikes. They would carry out a hundred or so strikes in the desert and that was the extent of their campaign. They only became effective after Russia intervened.
From our perspective the Russian intervention was extremely beneficial and they have the full support of the Syrian people which contradicts the western narrative. The west accuses Russia of targeting not only the terrorist groups but also the "moderate rebels". Russia has been very succesful in bombing the Islamic State groups so the West is trying to slow their progress by claiming they are targeting the non terrorist groups and accusing Russia of aiding Bashar instead of targeting DAESH. Of course this is not true, when the West want to bomb its ok but when Russia wants to bomb, they dont do it right.
BCT: "How do you think the Western media portray the reality on the ground in Syria?"
NA: "Western media is not objective. They are partisan, they are against the Syrian state. They are supporters of the terrorist-rebels, so the Syrian people is fed up with their portrayal of events in Syria. We dont ask that they are pro or anti "regime", we simply ask them to be objective.
BCT: "What might you like to say from a personal point of view?"
NA: "All that I want to say to the West is please be more objective, educate yourselves, dont accept disinformation, put pressure upon your governments because Syria is a country that desires its freedom, prosperity and democracy.
The war has destroyed us, we have had enough, we want it to stop!
READ MORE ON SYRIA: 21st Century Wire Syria Files


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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Skip Holtz returned to a place that educated and shaped him. As soon as he reached campus, his memories from Notre Dame jumped out.
And now he's created an even more vivid one. Holtz and the South Florida Bulls came to South Bend and upset the 16th-ranked Irish 23-20
Saturday in a wild game that was twice disrupted by heavy storms.
"I don't know if all that's hit me yet. Notre Dame's a special place," Holtz said. "And it was great to come back."
His dad, Lou Holtz, wasn't there Saturday. But there were plenty of family members there to see one of S
kip Holtz's biggest wins.
Lou led Notre Dame to its last national title in 1988. Skip graduated from Notre Dame, played a year for his father and then coached with him in South Bend.
The weather wasn't cooperating for this homecoming.
Officials asked fans to leave the stadium at halftime because of severe weather, mostly lightning, and the teams then stayed in their locker rooms for 2 hours, 10 minutes until it cleared. South Florida led 16-0 at the time.
Then with 4:21 to play, the game was delayed for 43 minutes and again fans departed the stadium with wicked lightning flickering around the stadium.
Holtz praised his team's poise.
"To have the kind of adversity they had to battle through and all the highs and lows of this day," he said. "The weather, the two-hour halftime and everything we went through as a football team. It's hard enough to come in here and play the tradition and for me a very emotional day to have the opportunity to come back, but to throw everything on top," he said.
He also pointed to former South Florida athletic director Lee Roy Selmon, who is in a Tampa hospital after a stroke.
"It's bittersweet not to have the opportunity to share it with him," Holtz said.
USF's Kayvon Webster returned a fumble return 96 yards for a TD four minutes into the game, taking all the momentum from the Irish. They couldn't recover. The score came after Notre Dame took the opening kickoff and drove smartly to the USF 1.
"You look up and they have had the ball and have driven the length of the field and you look up and you are winning, 7-0," Holtz said. "Kind of a good feeling at that point. It kind of symbolized a little bit of the day."
What followed was a nightmare first half for the Irish that included two fumbles, a holding penalty that nullified a Cierre Wood TD run and then an interception of Dayne Crist by USF's Devekeyan Lattimore in the end zone.
"The first half just a disaster. Period," Wood said.
Maikon Bonani kicked three field goals and the Bulls had a 16-0 halftime lead.
Then things got even stranger.
With the crowd getting restless over Notre Dame's erratic play as the teams left the field for halftime, the storms moved in and officials asked fans to evacuate Notre Dame Stadium. The teams were kept in their locker rooms.
When the Irish finally emerged, they had switched quarterbacks from Crist to Tommy Rees, who led them to four straight victories as the starter at the end of last season. Crist was 7-of-15 for 85 yards.
"We didn't expect to have to make this move, obviously, so it's going to require us to obviously evaluate the quarterback situation and make another decision," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said.
"This was a step back for us as it relates to where we thought we were going. We certainly did not believe or think that we would have to make the decision that we made today. "
Right after the second delay late in the fourth quarter Jerrell Young intercepted Rees — Notre Dame's fifth turnover of the game.
Rees threw an 8-yard TD pass to Michael Floyd to cap a 99-yard drive with 21 seconds left as the Irish closed to 23-20. But USF recovered an onside kick and ran out the clock. Rees went 24-for-34 for 296 yards.
With the delays, the game lasted 5 hours, 59 minutes.
Rees also hit Floyd with a scoring pass in the third quarter and Cierre Wood's 1-yard scoring run with 7:35 left made it 23-13 before the Irish failed to convert a 2-point attempt. Floyd, reinstated to the team last month following his suspension for drunken driving, made 12 catches and became the Irish's career leader in receptions, passing Jeff Samardzija (179). Floyd now has 183.
USF's B.J. Daniels completed 18-of-30 for 128 yards and also carried 12 times for a net of 37.
After a pass interference call in the end zone on Irish defensive back Gary Gray, Daniels threw a 2-yard TD pass to Evan Landi that opened up a 23-7 lead with 11 minutes left, capping a 14-play, 80-yard drive.
The Irish moved from the 20 to the South Florida 1 on the opening drive as Wood went 31 yards with a swing pass from Crist on the game's first scrimmage play and Floyd later grabbed a 26-yarder.
Wood had four carries for 21 yards to get the ball to the 1, but his backup Jonas Gray fumbled near the goal line as USF's Young stripped the ball. Webster picked it up and ran 96 yards down the sideline, a score upheld by video replay.
Bonani hit a 49-yarder to put the Bulls up 10-0 and then USF threatened to pull way ahead. After back-to-back facemask penalties on Notre Dame safety and captain Harrison Smith, the Bulls had a first down at the Irish 5.
But the Irish defense held and when Daniels was stopped on a third down from the 1 for no gain, the Bulls sent in Bonani for a 17-yarder that made it 13-0.
Later in the first half, Riddick fumbled a punt and Victor Marc recovered for USF. Bonani hit again from 36 yards out and the lead was 16-0.
After another Notre Dame series ended with an incomplete pass, Kelly could be seen on the sidelines in an animated discussion with the struggling Crist.
Rees completed a 15-yard pass to Floyd early in the third to put the ball at the 5, but once again the Irish couldn't convert. Rees' pass intended for TJ Jones hit the receiver and deflected in the air, resulting in an interception by South Florida's Michael Lanaris.
That sent Kelly into a rage on the sideline as he lectured Jones.
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VICTORIA – On April 1, medical marijuana growing licences expire across the country, and only licensed commercial growers will be able to legally fill a prescription for pot.
Ottawa is moving to clean up the mess it created by issuing medical licences all over the country. Since then, municipalities have complained that small-scale medical licences have been greatly exceeded, with many used as fronts for a criminal drug trade that has made B.C. infamous around the world.
How big is the problem? There are about 38,000 Canadians licensed to carry marijuana for medical purposes, and half of them live in B.C. Their permission to grow their own or buy it from designated small-scale growers is withdrawn in a couple of months.
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"This has the potential to cripple the courts," Fleugel said. "Something is going to have to take a back seat if we are going to go after all of them."
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Larsen has boasted about the exotic offerings of his stores, including "watermelon hash oil" at $150 for 2.5 grams. Wow man, that's like 400 million per cent higher!
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Participating Organization(s)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Blueprint for Neuroscience Research
Funding Opportunity Title
Development of Tools to Explore the Synaptome (R21)
Activity Code
R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award
Announcement Type
Related Notices
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number
Companion FOA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
93.242, 93.867, 93.866, 93.273, 93.286, 93.865, 93.173, 93.121, 93.279, 93.113, 93.859, 93.853, 93.361, 93.213
FOA Purpose
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institutes of Health, encourages applications that will develop novel technologies and/or tools to facilitate the study of genes and proteins at the synapse on a large scale. Being able to characterize the synaptome in the context of hundreds of genes/proteins would be a major advance for basic and translational research. The technologies/tools created would be expected to affect the fields of neurology, psychiatry, and neuroscience by enriching existing resources as well as those in development. The new tools should enable discovery science related to the synapse by providing for substantially greater sensitivity, selectivity, spatiotemporal resolution and markedly decreased costs compared to currently available technologies.
Posted Date
January 27, 2012
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)
March 16, 2012
Letter of Intent Due Date
March 16, 2012
Application Due Date(s)
April 16, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)
Not Applicable
Scientific Merit Review
June 2012
Advisory Council Review
August 2012
Earliest Start Date(s)
September 2012
Expiration Date
April 17, 2012
Due Dates for E.O. 12372
Not Applicable
Required Application Instructions
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF 424 (R&R) 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. 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.
Part 1. Overview Information
Part 2. Full Text of the Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
Section II. Award Information
Section III. Eligibility Information
Section IV. Application and Submission Information
Section V. Application Review Information
Section VI. Award Administration Information
Section VII. Agency Contacts
Section VIII. Other Information
The NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research is a framework to enhance cooperative activities among 16 NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices that jointly support neuroscience-related research, with the aim of accelerating discoveries and reducing the burden of nervous system disorders (for further information, see http://neuroscienceblueprint.nih .gov/). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications directed toward the development of novel and/or vastly improved means for global analysis of the synapse. Given the unique compartmentalized nature of the nervous system, "omics" approaches to analyze this system have inherent additional difficulties such as ability to isolate specific cell types or even subcellular entities of interest such as the synapse. Tools and technologies for the study of subcellular or cell type specific molecular/genetic entities contributing to neurotransmission and neural plasticity would offer compelling new information related to neural function and dysfunction. Studies in invertebrates and vertebrates are welcome if the resulting resources will accelerate research in the area of synapse biology.
Over the previous decade, technological developments in the life sciences have led to a proliferation of "omics" approaches, whose goals involve comprehensive discovery of entire classes of biochemical or genetic entities for a given tissue or cell type. The nervous system represents a challenge and also an opportunity for this type of approach because of its unique cellular and subcellular compartmentalization. A variety of methods are now available (or in development) for isolating components from different neural cell types and subcellular domains. The goal of this FOA is to harness and/or develop such methodologies for the purpose of comprehensive identification of genes, proteins or other biochemical analytes directly contributing to synaptic structure or function.
Much evidence exists that points to specific pathologies related to the synapse in a number of brain disorders, including autism, schizophrenia and other neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. The complexity of the synapse and its molecular diversity is vast. Through this FOA, the NIH seeks applications that propose to develop novel tools that will further our understanding of synaptic function as it relates to plasticity, cell type specificity, neurodevelopment and dysfunction of brain circuitry. Tools to interrogate the synapse could include chip-based approaches to characterize gene or protein expression, protein capture, or novel technologies for biochemical or genetic analysis. These technologies should provide resources relevant to many of the existing Blueprint programs, especially neuroplasticity, cognition, disease research and therapeutic target discovery.
A cell's identity can be characterized in a number of ways including its lineage, molecular composition, epigenetic state, activity profile, morphology and the nature of its connections (inputs and outputs). Specifically, the ratio of excitatory vs. inhibitory inputs, the specific location of synapses as well as the strength and capacity for plasticity can provide useful information about potential function. Furthermore, the dynamical nature of synapses must be considered when attempting to understand their role in circuit function.
Recent advances in genetic engineering technology are enabling investigators to specifically label discrete synapses in the mammalian brain, allowing a fine-scale study of synaptic biology. These approaches use the Cre/LoxP system (or a variant thereof) to target synaptic protein markers and to provide visualization through fluorescently labeled proteins. Spatially targeting the synapse using genetic engineering coupled with 'omics' based approaches to study the genome, epigenome, transcriptome and proteome would provide a wealth of novel information on synaptic biology.
This FOA seeks applications to develop novel tools and/or technology that will enable broader assessment of the synaptome. Improvements to existing tools that substantially increase efficiency and accuracy, greatly improve detection and/or resolution, substantially reduce costs or increase throughput are also encouraged.
Examples of research topics include, but are not limited to, those developing or significantly improving:
For protein assessments, a number of measures of the biochemical state of groups of proteins might be proposed, (including myristoylation and palmitoylation, protein acetylation, methylation, crotonylation, malonylation, phosphorylation, glycosylation, sialylation, etc.). In addition, measurements of the various facets of protein interactive states with other existing synaptic or cytoskeletal proteins might be proposed.
Research designs should focus on tool development, but tools may be tested in the context of biological systems. Examples of projects using biological systems include: the study of differences between two synapse types from the same organism; and comparing spatiotemporal differences in synapses that have changed due to learning or environmental perturbations. Applicants are expected to explain the significance of the specific technical approach with respect to current state of the art techniques. However, any proposed biological assay(s) should be chosen strictly for utility (rather than biological novelty) in proof-of-concept testing of the innovative technique.
Applications that propose primarily hypothesis-driven studies to answer specific biology questions, rather than to develop or improve a tool or technology to investigate synapses will be considered non-responsive to the FOA.
In order to maximize the impact of these advances, applicants are strongly encouraged to include a "Dissemination Plan" describing how they will share research resources, data, and model organisms developed in response to this announcement. The NIH expects that any model organisms developed with support from this FOA will be submitted to an appropriate central repository, or that a compelling explanation as to why this is not possible will be included in the model organism sharing plan.
NIH understands and accepts that early stage, high-risk/high-impact applications that are responsive to this solicitation will be much riskier than for most other solicitations.
Funding Instrument
Application Types Allowed
The OER Glossary and the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide provide details on these application types.
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards
The participating ICs intent to commit approximately $500,000 in FY 2012 to fund 2-3 awards.
Award Budget
Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over a 2-year project period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
Award Project Period
The maximum project period is 2 years.
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
For-Profit Organizations
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
Applicant organizations must complete the following registrations
as described in the SF 424 (R&R) 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
All Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s))
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 4-6 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 Program Director(s)/Principal
Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) 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 PD(s)/PI(s), visit the Multiple Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) Policy and submission details in the Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Component of the SF 424 (R&R) 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.
Applicants must download the SF424 (R&R) application package associated with this funding opportunity using the "Apply for Grant Electronically" button in this FOA or following the directions provided at Grants.gov.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF424 (R&R) 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.
For information on Application Submission and Receipt, visit Frequently Asked Questions – Application Guide, Electronic Submission of Grant Applications.
Although a letter of intent is not required, is not binding, and does not enter into the review of a subsequent application, the information that it contains allows IC staff to estimate the potential review workload and plan the review.
By the date listed in Part 1. Overview Information, prospective applicants are asked to submit a letter of intent that includes the following information in a single page:
The letter of intent should be sent to:
Michelle Freund, Ph.D.
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Blvd, Room 7203, MSC 9645
Rockville, MD 20892
Telephone: 301-443-1815
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The forms package associated with this FOA includes all applicable components, mandatory and optional. Please note that some components marked optional in the application package are required for submission of applications for this FOA. Follow all instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide to ensure you complete all appropriate "optional" components.
All page limitations described in the SF424 Application Guide and the Table of Page Limits must be followed.
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide must be followed, with the following additional instructions:
Resource Sharing Plan
Individuals are required to comply with the instructions for the Resource Sharing Plans (Data Sharing Plan, Sharing Model Organisms, and Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)) as provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, with the following modifications:
Do not use the Appendix to circumvent page limits. Follow all instructions for the Appendix as described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Foreign (non-US) institutions must follow policies described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, and procedures for foreign institutions described throughout the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Part I. Overview Information contains information about Key Dates. Applicants are encouraged to submit in advance of the deadline to ensure they have time to make any application corrections that might be necessary for successful submission.
Organizations must submit applications via Grants.gov, the online portal to find and apply for grants across all Federal agencies. Applicants must then complete the submission process by tracking the status of the application in the eRA Commons, NIH's electronic system for grants administration.
Applicants are responsible for viewing their application in the eRA Commons to ensure accurate and successful submission.
Information on the submission process and a definition of on-time submission are provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
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 Statement..
Pre-award costs are allowable only as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applications must be submitted electronically following the instructions described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide. Paper applications will not be accepted.
Applicants must complete all required registrations before the application due date. Section III. Eligibility Information contains information about registration.
For assistance with your electronic application or for more information on the electronic submission process, visit Applying Electronically.
All PD(s)/PI(s) must include their eRA Commons ID in the Credential field of the Senior/Key Person Profile Component of the SF 424(R&R) Application Package. Failure to register in the Commons and to include a valid PD(s)/PI(s) Commons ID in the credential field will prevent the successful submission of an electronic application to NIH.
The applicant organization must ensure that the DUNS number it provides on the application is the same number used in the organization's profile in the eRA Commons and for the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Additional information may be found in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
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Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness by the Center for Scientific Review and responsiveness by components of participating organizations, NIH. Applications that are incomplete and/or nonresponsive will not be reviewed.
In order to expedite review, applicants are requested to notify the NIMH Referral Office by email at email@example.com when the application has been submitted. Please include the FOA number and title, PD(s)/PI(s) name, and title of the application.
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.
The R21 exploratory/developmental grant supports investigation of novel scientific ideas or new model systems, tools, or technologies that have the potential for significant impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research. An R21 grant application need not have extensive background material or preliminary information. Accordingly, reviewers will focus their evaluation on the conceptual framework, the level of innovation, and the potential to significantly advance our knowledge or understanding. Appropriate justification for the proposed work can be provided through literature citations, data from other sources, or, when available, from investigator-generated data. Preliminary data are not required for R21 applications; however, they may be included if available.
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? If fully successful, will the proposed work significantly contribute to tools for analyzing synaptic function and synaptic transmission in health and disease? Is the new technology likely to be widely-adopted by the neuroscience research community or is it likely to be adopted by only a small number of users?
Are the PD(s)/PI(s), 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(s)/PI(s), do the investigators have complementary and integrated expertise; are their leadership approach, governance and organizational structure appropriate for the project?
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? How innovative is the proposed work? If fully successful, does the new technology have the potential to transform our analysis of synapses or will it lead to merely incremental improvements?
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
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?
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?
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.
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Not Applicable.
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
Reviewers will assess whether the project presents special opportunities for furthering research programs through the use of unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions that exist in other countries and either are not readily available in the United States or augment existing U.S. resources.
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 NIMH,, in accordance with NIH peer review policy and procedures, using the stated review criteria. Review assignments will be shown in the eRA Commons.
As part of the scientific peer review, all applications:
Appeals of initial peer review will not be accepted for applications submitted in response to this FOA.
Applications will be assigned on the basis of established PHS referral guidelines to the appropriate NIH Institute or Center. Applications will compete for available funds with all other recommended applications submitted in response to this FOA. Following initial peer review, recommended applications will receive a second level of review by the appropriate National Advisory Council or Board. The following will be considered in making funding decisions:
After the peer review of the application is completed, the PD(s)/PI(s) 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's 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.
Any application awarded in response to this FOA will be subject to the DUNS, CCR Registration, and Transparency Act requirements as noted on the Award Conditions and Information for NIH Grants website.
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.
Cooperative Agreement Terms and Conditions of Award
Not Applicable.
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 the expenditure data portion of the Federal Financial Report are required for closeout of an award, as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement..
The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Transparency Act), includes a requirement for awardees of Federal grants to report information about first-tier subawards and executive compensation under Federal assistance awards issued in FY2011 or later. All awardees of applicable NIH grants and cooperative agreements are required to report to the Federal Subaward Reporting System (FSRS) available at www.fsrs.gov on all subawards over $25,000. See the NIH Grants Policy Statement for additional information on this reporting requirement.
We encourage inquiries concerning this funding opportunity and welcome the opportunity to answer questions from potential applicants.
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Michelle Freund, Ph.D.
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Blvd, Room 7203, MSC 9645
Rockville, MD 20892
Telephone: 301-443-1815
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Mental Health
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National Institute of Mental Health
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Telephone: 301-443-2811
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Schools Can Set Tone for Healthy Eating
THURSDAY, Nov. 14Offering students healthier food choices at school helps improve their eating habits, a new study suggests.
The research included 55 middle schools in Michigan with mostly low-income students. Some of the schools made only limited changes to their nutrition policies and practices, while others introduced major changes.
Some of the new programs included raising nutrition standards for snacks and beverages, offering taste tests of healthy foods and beverages to students, marketing healthy foods in school, and removing ads for unhealthy foods.
In schools that introduced three or more new nutrition practices and policies, students ate 26 percent more fruits, 14 percent more vegetables and 30 percent more whole grains. They also increased their consumption of fiber, calcium and vitamins A and C, according to the study, which was published online Nov. 11 in the journal Childhood Obesity.
The findings suggest that new federal nutrition standards for schools that are scheduled to take effect during the 2014-'15 school year may help improve students' eating habits.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture standards will set limits on calories, salt, sugar and fat in foods and beverages, and promote snack foods with more whole grains, low-fat dairy, fruits and vegetables.
"When healthy food options are offered, students will select them, eat them and improve their diet," study author Katherine Alaimo, an associate professor in the department of food science and human nutrition at Michigan State University, said in a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation news release.
The foundation funded the study through its Healthy Eating Research program.
Contributing study author Shannon Carney Oleksyk, a registered dietitian and healthy living adviser for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's social mission, added: "Creating school environments where the healthy choice is the easy choice allows students to practice lessons learned in the classroom and form healthy habits at an early age, laying a foundation for a healthy future."
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about school nutrition for children and teens.
Source: HealthDay
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