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Participating Organization(s)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Funding Opportunity Title
Improving Translational and Basic Research to Control Itch in Humans (ITCH) (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)
FOA Purpose
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support basic and translational studies aimed at understanding the mechanisms of itch sensation and developing methods to modulate and control itch sensation in disease and rehabilitation. The purpose is to accelerate discovery in this nascent field and to apply new knowledge to improve human conditions relevant to the NIAMS mission. This FOA intends to support a broad range of investigations using animal and human models, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration for rapid bench-to-bedside exchange of information and therapy development. This FOA is not intended to support applications proposing clinical trials.
Posted Date
March 20, 2012
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)
May 16, 2012
Letter of Intent Due Date
30 days before due date.
Application Due Date(s)
Standard dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)
Not Applicable.
Scientific Merit Review
Standard dates apply.
Advisory Council Review
Standard dates apply.
Earliest Start Date(s)
Standard dates apply.
Expiration Date
May 8, 2015
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
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support basic and translational studies aimed at understanding the mechanisms of itch sensation and developing methods to modulate and control itch sensation in disease and rehabilitation. The purpose is to accelerate discovery in this nascent field and to apply new knowledge to improve human conditions relevant to the NIAMS mission. This FOA intends to support a broad range of investigations using animal and human models, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration for rapid bench-to-bedside exchange of information and therapy development. This FOA is not intended to support applications proposing clinical trials. For clinical trial pilot & feasibility studies, please refer to Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R21).
Itch, and the more severe form, pruritus, are commonly defined as a sensation that leads to a desire to scratch. The superficiality of this definition is a reflection of the lack of understanding of itch as a sensory phenomenon. In fact, itch was thought to be a milder form of pain until the late 1990s. Since then, new discoveries have suggested that itch sensation is fundamentally different from that of pain, and as a result, itch research has increasingly become an independent field of study. Itch is a common symptom of many diseases, including those affecting the skin as well as other organ systems. Itch can also be a serious problem during rehabilitation of severe burns and in abnormal wound healing (e.g., keloids).
NIAMS held a roundtable discussion with members of the itch research community in 2010. This meeting assessed the current status of the itch research field, as well as needs and opportunities, with an emphasis on translation of basic knowledge to clinical application (http://www.niams.nih.gov/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events/Roundtables/2010/itch_roundtable.asp).
Recent identifications of specific neurofibers, cell types and molecules that are required for itch sensation transmission shed light on the general understanding of itch as a neurological phenomenon and suggest new targets for therapeutic intervention. Furthermore, animal models with defects in itch sensation are now available, and can serve as tools for mechanistic studies and therapeutic development. These advances make it possible to address a number of fundamental and translational research questions, e.g., is itch/pruritus a symptom or a disease in its own right? Is itch/pruritus a single entity or a collection of phenomena? Which itch/pruritus animal models best represent human conditions? Is there a common target for therapy?
A fundamental difference between human and animal studies is the outcome measure used to assess the intensity and characteristics of itch. While human subjects can communicate the effect of an intervention through language, readouts in animal studies can only rely on changes in behavior. This problem presents a particular challenge for studies of sensation, i.e., pain and itch. Even in human studies, standardization of outcome is a challenge. Innovative solutions are needed in developing specific bio/behavior markers and standard patient-reported outcome measures (e.g., Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS), http://www.nihpromis.org/).
Itch research is a multidisciplinary effort, encompassing neurobiology, neuroanatomy, dermatology, immunology, pharmacology and medicine. Each discipline contributes a unique aspect of the puzzle. Although researchers in each discipline can work independently, this "silo" approach is conceivably detrimental to the advancement of the field, especially the rapid translation of basic knowledge to clinical application. Therefore, multidisciplinary collaborations, coordination and knowledge integration are of paramount importance. This FOA gives priority to proposals that incorporate multidisciplinary efforts.
Areas of Interest
With this initiative, NIAMS intends to encourage projects from relevant research communities that improve our knowledge of itch/pruritus in the broadest biological sense, and accelerate the application of recent findings in animal models and disease model systems in order to advance our understanding of itch sensory mechanisms in humans. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
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 number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations, and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
Award Budget
The combined budget for direct costs for the two year project period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in any single year. Applicants may request direct costs in $25,000 modules, up to the total direct costs limitation of $275,000 for the combined two-year award period.
Award Project Period
The maximum 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. Resubmission applications may be submitted, according to the NIH Policy on Resubmission Applications from the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide.
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:
The letters of intent should be sent to:
Hung Tseng, Ph.D.
Division of Skin and Rheumatic Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health
One Democracy Plaza
6701 Democracy Boulevard, Room 886
Bethesda, MD 20892-4872
Phone: 301-496-0810
e-mail: email@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.
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/PI 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, NIH. Applications that are incomplete will not be reviewed..
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.
For this particular announcement, note the following:
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?
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?
Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses
well-reasoned and appropriate to accomplish the specific aims of the project?
Are potential problems, alternative strategies, and benchmarks for success
presented? If the project is in the early stages of development, will the
strategy establish feasibility and will particularly risky aspects be managed?
If the project involves clinical research, are the plans for 1) protection of human subjects from research risks, and 2) inclusion of minorities and members of both sexes/genders, as well as the inclusion of children, justified in terms of the scientific goals and research strategy proposed?
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.
For Resubmissions, the scientific review group will evaluate the application as now presented, taking into consideration the responses to comments from the previous scientific review group and changes made to the project.
Not Applicable.
For Revisions, the scientific review group will consider the appropriateness of the proposed expansion of the scope of the project. If the Revision application relates to a specific line of investigation presented in the original application that was not recommended for approval by the committee, then the committee will consider whether the responses to comments from the previous scientific review group are adequate and whether substantial changes are clearly evident.
As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will consider each of the following items, but will not give scores for these items, and should not consider them in providing an overall impact/priority score.
Applications from Foreign Organizations
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), 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:
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 . Following initial peer review, recommended applications will receive a second level of review by the appropriate 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.
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Bethesda, MD 20892-4872
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Goodbye Linux 2.6, Hello Linux 3.0
It's not every week a new major kernel version is released. This past week, the Linux Planet witnessed the Linux 3.0 release, the first major since the 2.6 kernel came out in 2003. It's a number change that has more to do with history than technology, but it is a significant milestone nonetheless. The Linux kernel wasn't the only part of the Linux ecosystem with updates this week: Oracle, Red Hat and SUSE all pushed out new releases as well.
1. Linux 3.0
In many open source software projects a major version change signifies a major change in an application, often one that changes binary compatibility; that's not the case with Linux 3.0.
Linux 3.0 is a numerical change because Linus Torvalds decided it was time to move away from 2.6.x, as the version numbers were getting too big. The last 2.6.x release was the 2.6.39 release that came out in May. The 3.0 release is also intended to help signify a major milestone for Linux. Linux is now 20 years old, and the move to the 3.0 kernel is a way to help mark the event.
"There are no special landmark features or incompatibilities related to the version number change, it's simply a way to drop an inconvenient numbering system in honor of twenty years of Linux," Linus Torvalds wrote in the mailing list announcement for Linux 3.0.
Although the Linux 3.0 kernel is not a ground-breaking release, it does contain multiple updates of note. Among the major features is the first full inclusion of the Xen hypervisor for virtualization. Xen has been outside of the mainline kernel for years, and it is now finally part of the kernel, making it potentially easier for users and vendors to work with and use. Xen, however, faces a battle against rival virtualization technology KVM, which has been in the Linux kernel since 2007 and enjoys the support of Red Hat and IBM among other big Linux contributors.
No, Linux 3.0 isn't the big break like Linux 2.6 was as compared to the 2.4 kernel, but it's still a noteworthy milestone. Twenty years of Linux is a big deal.
2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
While Xen is just now making its way into the mainline Linux kernel, Red Hat walked away from Xen for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL) release that debuted in November 2010.
That doesn't mean Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) has abandoned Xen altogether though. RHEL 5.x still supports Xen and got an incremental update this past week to RHEL version 5.7.
The RHEL 5.7 release includes some enhanced performance and feature support for Xen as well as KVM. Additionally, Red Hat has included the OpenSCAP Framework, providing users with an open source implementation of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) framework. SCAP is a framework for creating a standardized approach for maintaining secure systems.
RHEL has been in the market since 2007, and Red Hat continues to update its feature set. While many users are making the move to the new RHEL 6, Red Hat isn't leaving RHEL 5.x users behind.
3. Oracle Buys Ksplice
Updating a Linux system can sometimes require a system reboot, which is not ideal for mission-critical systems. One way around the patching reboot issue is to use technology from Ksplice that enables reboot-less patching.
Last week, Oracle acquired the company behind Ksplice in a bid to improve its Oracle Enterprise Linux support offerings. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) publicly stated it would not be supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Ksplice. Hence, this move could give Oracle a new point of competitive differentiation against its rivals in enterprise Linux support.
Although Oracle will not support other enterprise Linux distros with Ksplice, it's not blocking free use for community distros. This confirms that it is a move designed not to block community, but rather to gain enterprise advantage.
4.Oracle Releases VirtualBox 4.1
Ksplice isn't the only interesting open source technology Oracle was active with last week. VirtualBox 4.1 was released, providing new cloning and networking features for the popular open source virtualization technology.
Oracle acquired VirtualBox as part of its acquisition of Sun. While some open source projects under Oracle's leadership faced challenges, VirtualBox continued to push forward with new features and continued community adoption.
5. SUSE Studio 1.2
One of the easiest ways to deploy Linux is by way of a Linux appliance, and one of the easiest ways to make a Linux appliance is with SUSE Studio, which enables users to build a software appliance on top of SUSE's Linux offerings.
This past week, Attachmate's SUSE Linux division updated SUSE Studio for the first time since Novell acquired the company earlier this year. Since the acquisition, Attachmate has spun out SUSE as a separate business unit.
One of the key additions with SUSE Studio 1.2 is support for IBM System Z mainframes. The new SUSE Studio 1.2 Advanced Edition will now enable users to build a software appliance that can run on the cloud, x86 servers and mainframes, which could enable a new era of application portability.
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals.
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Tuxx by SACHIKA is the newest division under SACHIKA, created for the active sophisticated man. This new label focuses on basic essentials for Him: a sharper, more detailed, softer and more durable tee, as well as hooded cardigans, slim pants and shirts for men. Total body enhancers!
This fall get ready for the Sachika/Tuxx Fashion Show; imagine a glamorous evening of beautiful people and beautiful fashion, where guests are greeted with scrumptious hors d'oeuvres and a delicious open bar. Located in in a beautiful downtown Los Angeles location. Bringing their New York style infused with a Parisian flair, the SACHIKA TWINS are taking the fashion scene of Los Angeles to another level by bringing music, fashion and style all combined in one evening. Invited guests will have the opportunity to try, touch and feel products of each sponsor on premise. With a spectacular runway show, the French Designers are prepared to "wow" their guests. Fashionistas will have the opportunity to view the newest designs and looks as the show unveils right in front their eyes, look by look, item by item. This is the ultimate fashion show that will awaken everyone's senses.
In 2009, because two head are better than one, To-Tam & To-Nya, Fashion's Yin & Yang, joined forces to create their fashion business: SACHIKA. With no funding, investment or loans, the twins moved to New York to open their own company. After only one year, SACHIKA exploded into the Fashion & Entertainment scene dressing prominent stars and public figures. Their unique approach to design, marketing, sense of style and bubbly personalities have helped them set apart as business women and designers. Today, SACHIKA has earned a secure place amongst the stars as it proudly celebrates and embraces all body types. The brand is known to fabricate beautiful dresses that complement the female body. SACHIKA' s feminine, flirty fashion has been featured included but not limited in publications such as Italian VOGUE, Forbes, ELLE Magazine, The Fader, Arise Magazine, Teen Vogue, Daily News, NY Times, Businessweek, Fashion Week Daily, Style.com, Elle.com, Reuters. SACHIKA was also featured on E! Entertainement, Fox News, BRAVO, Channel 11, TVOne, BET, Vh1 etc.
From being the dress specialist, SACHIKA has ventured into making outerwear and separates such as skirts, pants, tops, jackets as well as apparel for men called: TUXX by SACHIKA. SACHIKA is currently working on a denim line for both men & women called SACHIK DENIM. Now currently getting ready for their fifth season at New York Fashion Week, SACHIKA is ready to explode nationwide.
In 2010, To-Tam & To-Nya both tattooed their logo on their neck: To-Tam on the right side, To-Nya on the left side, thus "branding themselves for life". The tattoo of the SACHIKA logo on them is a symbol of dedication and commitment to the brand they have built together: SACHIKA, which will last a lifetime. In 2011, the SACHIKA TWINS made appearances on E! Entertainment's hit TV Show" Ice Loves Coco". In September 2012, the SACHIKA twins are appeared on Oxygen's newest Reality Series " Girlfriend Confidential LA" with TV Star & Model Eva Marcille.
SACHIKA encourages women to be independent, strong, and ambitious. "The Modern Woman is fierce, she's independent and she knows what she wants." says To-Tam. "Designing is like creating the perfect balance between the imaginary mind and the reality of life" says To-Nya. To-Tam & To-Nya are the embodiment of the Modern Women: between the two of them; all angles are covered: from sketching, creating, pattern making, grading, draping, cutting, sewing, fitting, selling, branding, marketing, pr & business. Nothing is overlooked and there is nothing that these two cannot do.
"SACHIKA is a movement, a lifestyle. We are building a brand to provide to a lifestyle we are promoting." Say the SACHIKA TWINS. Now based in Los Angeles, the SACHIKA TWINS are currently working on several new exciting new ventures. SACHIKA has just moved their headquarters & showroom to a new downtown location and the launch will be in July 2013.
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PEBBLE BEACH >> The cars at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance could be called dream machines, curving lines and gleaming chrome reflecting the opulence of the owner, when each meticulously hand-crafted roadster above all represented a sense of supreme elegance.
Owner of "Best of Show" for the Concours d'Elegance 2014, the 64th year of what is considered the country's premier rare and historic auto show, was Jon Shirley's 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti Coupe.
"It feels great to win," said Shirley.
A resident of Medina, Washington, Shirley received congratulations from rare car fans among hundreds gathered in front of the Pebble Beach Lodge and the golf course's famous 18th green.
A total of 218 rare and historic vehicles were on display.
Shirley's car is one of the few post-World War II entries to win the coveted prize. He said he acquired the silver-colored racer with the red leather seats in 1995 in a rather sad state. The car had been disassembled.
"I found it in separate pieces in Paris, France in an underground garage," he said. "It had been sitting there for 25 years. I entered this car in the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance back in 1998, and at that time it won best car in its class."
Asked what he most prized about the Ferrari, Shirley said its physical beauty and power.
"I love the styling of the car, but I also love the engineering, because it's a powerful machine. It's a race car. I've entered it and driven it in road rallies, one in Colorado."
Shirley is retired, a former employee of Microsoft Corp. He said the Ferrari can do up to 140 miles per hour. Asked if he ever had the car at that speed, he responded, "Off the record — yes!"
First held in 1950, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance features many different classes of historic cars including "Most Elegant Enclosed Car," and "Most Elegant Open Car." Awards are given for best of each class, from European and American Classics, to Mercedes pre-World War II vehicles, Ferrari Grand Touring cars, post-World War II Classic vehicles and a host of others.
Some of the vehicles have been restored while others appear in their original condition.
Asked what type of person would seek to acquire, restore and enter a classic car in the Concours d'Elegance, Randy Still of Oklahoma said a passion for cars is a good starter. Still, who exhibited a 1930 Ruxton Sedan, disagreed that you have to be ultra-rich to participate.
"Some people bought cars at just the right time to get a good price, while others may have inherited their car," he said.
Tom Goyne of Denver exhibited a 1902 White Model B Stanhope Steamer, a car powered by steam.
"Back in the day the car cost $1,200 and now it's worth probably $250,000," he said. "I paid $100,000 for it."
Goyne said he did restoration work on the car himself thanks to his mechanical knowledge as the owner of a machine shop. Asked why steam power for cars never caught on, Goyne said the early technology was simply impractical.
"To build up steam to power it you have to burn gas like in a Coleman stove," he said. "It heats the water and makes steam. It used tons of gas, eight miles per gallon of gas, and one mile per gallon of water."
The annual show has to date raised over $16 million for local charities and includes a number of related events including the Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance, RetroAuto, Pebble Beach Motoring Classic and the Pebble Beach Auction.


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I sat on the couch, making my Thanksgiving grocery list, while hubby and our seven-year-old daughter laid on their bellies and colored pictures in front of the fireplace. My ears perked up when I heard daughter ask, "Wouldn't it be weird if you could live without a head?"
One never knows what's taking place in the mind of a child. I smiled as I heard hubby say, "Have you ever heard of…"
Over the last month I have seen and heard more Christmas commercials than ever and we haven't even gotten to Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving has become the forgotten holiday which is sadly all too common in America. For a land blessed with such an amazing bounty we sure do have a lot of whining, moaning and complaining about the lack of stuff and that is just under my own roof. Have you decided to give a living will of thankfulness to your family and friends? What keeps you from being more thankful?
I recently had the opportunity to attend a meeting of the Oldham County Fiscal Court. I have lived in Oldham County for 37 years, yet this was the first meeting I was able to attend. These meetings are currently held at 2 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, but fortunately for the past 37 years, I have had a job.
Loving yourself is your greatest assignment in life. At the end of the day, it's not about them, it's about you believing you're worthy of being loved and seen for who you really are.
Loving yourself is a quiet thing. You don't need blaring trumpets or a billboard to announce it to the world. Instead, when you've learned how to love yourself, you will feel the quiet inward turning of your consciousness toward you, to your value, to the unrepeatable beauty that you are.
When life gets too busy, our peripheral relationships often fall to the wayside. Acquaintances go first and then friends who aren't part of everyday life. After that, family relationships begin to suffer: cousins, sisters-in-law and eventually uncles and aunts. Sadly, we don't always have time to spend cultivating these relationships, so they begin to fade.
In a devotional recorded in A Fifth Portion of Chicken Soup for the Soul (© 1998), an encounter at the airport is shared by Michael Hargrave. He tells of a man who is met by his family after his flight.
He hugs and kisses each as if he has been gone a long time, but with great passion he gives his wife the longest kiss Mr. Hargrave had ever witnessed, and then stares longingly into her eyes and then mouths the words, "I love you."
If I had a dollar for every time I have heard that print journalism is dead, then paying my rent would be much easier.
As a young person who chose to get a degree in photojournalism I've been called everything from brave to silly. However, after spending time with a few community newspapers I have gleefully discovered that people still want ink-stained fingers to accompany their coffee.
When we are clear, the world is clear to us. When we have clarity of mind and heart, we know what to choose, where to go and whom to travel with. When your body is clear – of chemical toxins, negative emotional residue, excess weight and mental chatter – your soul can proceed in the direction of goodness, truth and beauty. When your body and mind and heart are all clear, you can move steadfastly in the direction of loving yourself.
City can't interfere
After reading the article in Nov. 7 EraI could not believe what was written about the power Pewee Valley claims over the cell tower installation by the Salem Assembly of God church at 209 LaGrange Road.
"Mommy, wake up! We're back where we started!"
Hubby and I, along with our two little ones, had fallen asleep on the train. I glanced at my phone. It was nearly 1 a.m. Then the announcement, "All passengers are requested to exit at this stop."
When I was a little girl, my family lived close enough to town that I could walk to the grocery store. One summer day, my sister and I decided to walk to the store for ice cream and took our dog, Hobo, with us. Hobo soon got hot and tired and demanded he be carried the rest of the way.
I remember a delightful evening with friends. Our hosts had a four-year-old whose favorite super hero was Bible man. He wanted to impress us so he got on his costume.
He put on his Bible Man mask, his Luke Skywalker light saber, and his Bible woman cape because the purple looks cool, and his Bible man cape was torn.
His mother asks him the Bible man questions, "Are you ready for battle?" He proclaims yes! She asks about his helmet, shield, sword, and shoes. He makes all the appropriate cute responses.
Our society surrounds us with a great cloud of enticement. Wherever we turn we confront the claim that happiness is just around the corner, a matter of having more or better or newer things. The father of American capitalism certainly endorsed this creed. John D. Rockefeller, when asked what would make him happy, is said to have replied, "One dollar more."
What is this? Let's pick on the mayor month? Give it a rest.
I feel that Bill Lammlein was voted into a mess. The former mayor certainly did not leave the city all tidy and up to date. There was a lot of unfinished business that the mayor had to wade through and figure out the best way he could. Papers were missing, computers gone, along with furniture.
The Oldham Reserve was dumped into his lap. No one had asked him anything about this. It was not bought on his watch.
By Todd Early
Oldham County EMS Director
Heart disease has a staggering impact on the nation, Commonwealth and Oldham County. Kentucky is eighth nationally in cardiovascular disease death rates with about 1,100 deaths annually.
About 15 percent of all hospitalizations and 30 percent of all Kentucky deaths are related to heart disease. In Oldham County, EMS responds to an average of 320 heart-related calls annually in addition to about 100 heart rhythm disturbances and 30 heart attacks.
I am leaving beautiful Berlin and will soon be home again in Indiana.
As my visit comes to a close, I find myself wondering once more why my ancestors ever chose to leave such a place.
Make no mistake, I love the U.S. and am proud and thankful to be an American, but three hundred years ago, things were different. It's hard to imagine what my grandparents were thinking when they left family, community, and traditions behind and set sail for the unknown.
In last week's edition, a reporter incorrectly identified the Pewee Valley Mayor. His name is Bob Rogers, not Mike. We apologize for the error.
Over 70% of adults read their community newspapers. Are you in that statistic?
While metropolitan daily newspapers and urban television stations cover international, national and state news, along with the ocassional local story if it is sensational enough, your community newspaper focuses on the people, places and things in a very specific area.
I know I have some very big shoes to fill. I never knew Tony Cotten, but he did leave me an inheritance.
Just one week into the job as publisher here at The Oldham Era, I've heard so many wonderful comments about Tony.
"Tony had a big personality."
"Tony had a dry wit that would knock you over."
"Because of Tony, the dreams of my fourth-grade storyteller's heart came true."
We may be a little more than halfway through 2013, but in Washington and state governments across the country, the focus is increasingly on federal actions taken in 2011.
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The Oldham Era is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Oldham County and LaGrange, Kentucky, and the surrounding area.


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David Fincher made his mark directing offbeat films, but still managed to have an impact in Hollywood. "Fight Club," "Se7en" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" represent the wide range of his projects. Fincher brings all his expertise to bear in his wicked-smart portrayal of the young men who created Facebook.
"The Social Network" documents the controversial beginnings of this phenomenal website. The plot starts with the company's privileged origins and the Harvard whiz kids who started it. Class warfare is evident as the big new idea ends up with high-priced lawyers fighting over profits. As they take depositions, the clever screenplay shifts back and forth between answers to legal questions and the events that led to the questions.
Rapid-fire dialogue and sharp sarcasm pepper the screen. Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield are well cast as Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Justin Timberlake is surprisingly good as the inventor of Napster who guides the novices to hedge fund investors.
The real Facebook has rapidly become an integral method of communication in the social lives of millions. This movie shrewdly captures the essence of the current generation's time, place and focus. It just might be the "Citizen Kane" of the Internet age and is sure to gain some Oscar attention.
Bullies and a boy
"Let Me In" is about a young boy with a shattered home life who's a target for bullies at his school. A strange but pretty girl his age moves in next door. Standing barefoot next to him in the snow, she tells him she can't be his friend.
But a delicate friendship does form between Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and Abby (Chloë Grace Moretz) in this worthwhile remake of the Swedish cult hit "Let the Right One In." Director Matt Reeves remained faithful to the original, and fans (like me) of the earlier film should be pleased.
This is a tale of innocence, of isolation and a deep bond that forms between like spirits, even if one of them is a vampire. "Let Me In" is a well-made horror film with a wistful sense of humor as well as bloody thrills.
Buried alive?
In "Buried" Ryan Reynolds (as Paul Conroy) is trapped in a coffin for 95 minutes. From the first sounds of panic, you can feel his terror and sweat, learning that he was kidnapped in Iraq. Not a soldier, not rich, so who besides Scarlett Johanssen would pay $5 million in ransom to save this truck driver?
Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortés have done a decent job of increasing tension and taking us on a pulse-quickening ride. A cell phone is the only link to the outside world and also Conroy's increasing source of frustration. Overwrought but gripping, "Buried" keeps adding more impossibly dangerous elements to drive the final nails into the you-know-what.
JOHN DEPKO is a Costa Mesa resident and senior investigator for the Orange County public defender's office.
SUSANNE PEREZ lives in Costa Mesa and is an executive assistant for a financial services company.


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Reviewed by Alexis T. (age 8)
My opinion is this book is cool and awesome because this girl named Monica plays in a band on the weekends. I would like to start a band on the weekends too! My favorite part is when we find out who wins the battle of the bands because I got all excited when I finally found out who won.
I recommend this book for 2nd graders who like music.


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|From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 18 01:22:44 EDT 2008
I've checked in something so that the completion now should complete all of the indexed variables (it now works for mysterx, when it didn't before). Thanks, Robby On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Robert Matovinovic <robert.matovinovic at web.de> wrote: > Hello, > some time ago I opened this thread and could fix part of my problems thanks > you to all the replies. > > Since then I looked at line 2811 of framework/text.ss which Robby mentioned > in the mail below, because autocompletion does only seem to work for > something like scheme/base. I tested that Robby is right in that the list > which is prepared for the completions holds actually every word that appears > in any of the manual's indicies. But on the way before it is shown something > happens to the content so that a lot of it doesn't show up. I wasn't able to > find where this happens. But perhaps this is helpful to somebody who knows > better than me to fix it. > > Robert > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: plt-scheme-bounces at list.cs.brown.edu > [mailto:plt-scheme-bounces at list.cs.brown.edu] Im Auftrag von Robert > Matovinovic > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2008 18:56 > An: plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu > Betreff: AW: [plt-scheme] word completion for module based languages > > > I see, I didn't make indicies in my manual what should fix my problem. Thank > you. Robert > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: robby.findler at gmail.com [mailto:robby.findler at gmail.com] Im Auftrag von > Robby Findler > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2008 16:00 > An: Robert Matovinovic > Cc: Matthew Flatt > Betreff: Re: [plt-scheme] word completion for module based languages > > > Ah. Well, from what I can tell, the autocompletion code should be completing > every word that appears in any of the manual's indicies. > > Matthew: does that look right to you? (line 2811 of framework/text.ss) > > I see that there is a bug with completions that they aren't picking up the > characters before the insertion point to being the completion. I'll look > into that. > > Robby > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Robert Matovinovic > <robert.matovinovic at web.de> wrote: >> Just to clarify, I don't ask for word completion of definitions in the >> editing buffer, but for a language or a language extension which is >> loaded by the language menu of DrScheme. My language supports an >> interface for another software which uses a scheme dialect and has a >> lot of extensions for programming that software. These numerous >> extensions have quiet long names, which are difficult to remember >> exactly. So I want to provide the word completion for them. Robert >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: plt-scheme-bounces at list.cs.brown.edu >> [mailto:plt-scheme-bounces at list.cs.brown.edu] Im Auftrag von Robby >> Findler >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2008 03:15 >> An: Eli Barzilay >> Cc: Robert Matovinovic; plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu >> Betreff: Re: [plt-scheme] word completion for module based languages >> >> >> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> >> wrote: >>> On May 20, Robert Matovinovic wrote: >>>> I currently use DrScheme, version 126.96.36.199-svn17may2008 on Windows >>>> XP to add documentation for a module based language which I >>>> implemented as a tool. I started with a simple example using my own >>>> modules. The F1 shortcut to get the relevant docs for an item from >>>> within the DrScheme window works fine. But is there a possibility >>>> to get only the help documents for the current language? >>> >>> It might be possible to do, I'm not sure about the kind of >>> information that DrScheme has when it starts a help search. (FWIW, >>> the `help' form (in mzscheme) finds the right place for any binding.) >>> >>> (Skipping other issues that I cannot provide a helpful reply...) >> >> DrScheme used to be able to do that and I believe it will be able to >> do that again in the future. I believe Eli and I have discussed this, >> so I'm a little surprised by his reply, but one way or the other, we >> should have that capability back before v4.0. >> >> As far as word completion goes, it currently does not consider the >> buffer where you're editing. Others have asked for that too, so I hope >> to get to it at some point. >> >> Robby >> _________________________________________________ >> For list-related administrative tasks: >> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme >> >> _________________________________________________ >> For list-related administrative tasks: >> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme >> >> > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > >
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MacPhun LLC have updated their popular iPad photography app, FX Photo Studio HD. It now has 7 new effects and the Masking Studio that they recently introduced to the iPhone version of FX Photo Studio.
The new Masking Studio is such an awesome addition to FX Photo Studio. I thought it was great on the iPhone, but on the iPad's big screen, the Masking Studio is amazing! You can zoom in real close to make sure you don't miss any details, and while painting (or erasing) the mask, a little box pops up in the corner so you can see precisely where your finger is placed on the photo. Very cool.
Powerful, creative and intuitive application to keep everyone amazed with your photography.
- 194 photo effects and filters: lomo, vintage, art, tilt-shift, 3-D, textures, blurs, graffitti, pixelate, 3-D, etc
- Masking - paint with effects
- Color Splash Tool
- Import from Facebook
- Share to Instagram and other popular social networks
The update includes:
- Masking Studio: apply effects to any part of the image
- Color splash tool: apply selective colors to the image
- 7 new effects, including 3-D filter
- Performance improvements - with some filters 2X faster processing
- Improved editing tools: gamma, saturation, hues, etc
- Improved in-app camera
- Possibility to import images from Facebook
- Instagram sharing
- Centering for Tilt Shift, Radial Blur effects
- Printing via Air Print
- Square crop option
- Enhanced user interface
- Restore in-app purchases from inside the app
The good folks at MacPhun LLC have given us 5 promo codes for FX Photo Studio to give away to you, our awesome readers! For a chance to win, just let us know how many photos are sitting in your photo library waiting to be edited with FX Photo Studio in the comments below!
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Ashur Lazar needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
The client is trying to get more business via the website but is not getting enough leads. They want a new design that will give a strong impression and lead to more sales. Besides using the logo you will have to include the navigation items from the current website and some text that I will provide.
Roof Top Travellers Lodge
The page needs to have a strong impact and use the following phrases somewhere on the front page.
- Share Rooms From $18 per night!
- City Views From The Rooftop Terrace
- Huge Outdoor BBQ area
- 5 Minutes ToThe Middle Of Sydney
You will also have to include the navigation items from the current website http://www.rooftoptravellerslodge.com.
One website that the client likes is the following, http://www.sydneyterraces.com
Finally you can download the logo here
- Use logo
- Make sure you use the correct navigation items
- Strong impact
- Use key phrases somewhere on the front page
- plain and boring design
- strict use of logo colours, you can use other ones if you want


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A major center for insurance, financial services and publishing, Des Moines has a lot to offer, such as affordable housing, short commute times, a diverse population, and was also recently named one of the best places to live on the Silicon Prairie.
Gray's Lake Park features the 1,400 foot-long Kruidenier Trail pedestrian bridge and a 1.9 mile trail around the lake. "...Residents can walk, bike, boat or fish -- right in the very heart of downtown," said Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie.
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DSM has been designated a "World Festival and Event City" by the International Festivals and Events Association.
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March 21, 2008
Acclaimed author and poet Mari Evans was honored with the Jasmine Robinson Pioneer Award at Wabash on Thursday night, but she came to give, as well as receive.
In a Holy Week in which Senator Barack Obama's historic speech on race reminded us that Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour in America, Professor Evans told her Wabash audience that tonight was Maundy Thursday in the Christian tradition.
"Maundy can be translated from the Latin to mean 'mandate,'" she said, quoting a pastor she had heard preach on the subject. "And we've been given a mandate to love."
"You are the solution Senator Obama envisions," Professor Evans told the students. "We can be the manifestation of Maundy Thursday. We can model a new mandate for love."
A complete article on the event will be posted later on Friday. Click here for a photo album from Thursday's Second Annual Jasmine Robinson Pioneer Award ceremony.


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Using Software to Teach Thesaurus
Development and Indexing in Graduate Programs of LIS and IAKM
by Marcia Lei Zeng
Lei Zeng is with the School of Library and Information Science at Kent
State University, Kent, OH 44242; email: email@example.com.
This article was originally developed as a presentation
for the Data Harmony Users Conference held in
I teach two courses related to thesaurus development and indexing. Indexing and Abstracting (LIS60649) covers manual and machine-aided indexing, creation of various types of traditional indexes, thesaurus construction and creation of sitemaps and site indexes. Knowledge Organization Systems: Taxonomy, Thesaurus, Ontology (IAKM60002) is a core course for IAKM students and a special topic course for LIS students.
1 shows the types of knowledge organization systems (
must understand not only how to construct KOS but also how to use
Several software programs have been introduced to the classes. They include the following:
In the next section, I will compare the pros and cons of using some of them.
Pros and Cons of
Thesaurus Management System. Several years ago, I designed and created a software program with the assistance of a programmer. It has been available on the Web. I have used this software to check students manually created thesauri. Students have used it to create their thesauri and to merge thesauri. The software allows online editing, including defining and changing terms and term relationships (facet/category, second language term, scope note and relationships such as USE, UF, BT, NT, RT, TT and CC). The strengths and weaknesses of the Thesaurus Management System follow:
Protégé. Protégé
is an open-source ontology editor and knowledge-base framework. The
tool allows users to construct domain ontologies, customize data
entry forms and enter data. It is also a platform that can easily be
extended to include graphical components, media and various storage
formats such as OWL, RDF, XML and HTML. Products like Protégé can
be used to host thesauri as well, as illustrated by Wielinga's work,
which employed Art and
Architecture Thesaurus and Visual
Resource Association (VRA) Core Metadata Categories (www.cs.vu.nl/~guus/papers/Wielinga01a.pdf).
In my class, ontology creation is taught after students have learned
different types of
Weaknesses (for thesaurus use):
MAIstro. Data Harmony has been providing me with demo and full versions of MAIstro for several years. In the beginning I used it to demonstrate how a thesaurus could be built with this software and how machine-aided subject indexing could be performed based on a thesaurus. Later we were given permission to install the full software package on our server and install the administrator and client parts on all 25 desktops of our electronic teaching classroom. With the software installed, each student was able to create his/her own thesaurus using the thesaurus master component and also to test the thesaurus against selected documents through the machine-aided indexer component of the software.
MAIstro allows for editing the term record (related terms, non-preferred terms, scope notes, editors notes, facet and history) through a user-friendly interface. A specific portion of a thesaurus can be separately stored or printed. This portion could be any major thesaurus component, such as the hierarchical display, all term records (the typical printed thesaurus main body), permuted display or alphabetical index.
In addition, the software makes it possible to store and use candidate terms, to show word frequencies and to trace the deleted terms. These three functions are the most useful maintenance and management methods. The records can be stored in various formats including XML, HTML, MARC and a newly added OWL format. In general, MAIstro enables the ANSI/NISO-Z39.19 compliant creation and maintenance of thesauri, allows users to create a vocabulary or import one from external sources and employs a knowledge-based-indexing process.
MAIstro has the following strengths and weaknesses in a teaching environment:
Weaknesses (in a teaching environment):
The access to both open sources and established commercial products during a students study is invaluable. Without the support of Data Harmony, it would probably never have been possible for the school to have access to a $60,000 software package, not to mention obtaining multiple copies for our classes. Data Harmony also provided prompt and professional support for any questions we had. The developer is considering our suggestions for further enhancement. I believe that the use of the software by a large group of student users provided useful feedback to the developer.
The impact of using MAIstro and other software in teaching and training is significant. After completing this course, students are able to recognize the importance of vocabulary control and knowledge organization, understand the relationships between vocabulary control and indexing, and understand user warrant and literary warrant principles and apply the knowledge to larger content management tasks.
For Further
G. (2000, April). Systems of
knowledge organization for digital libraries: Beyond traditional
authority files. CLIR Pub91.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Program. NASA thesaurus machine aided indexing (MAI). (software). Accessed June 10, 2005, at http://mai.larc.nasa.gov/
ontology editor and knowledge acquisition system. Accessed June
10, 2005, at http://protege.stanford.edu/.
Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
(2004). Web Ontology Language (OWL). Accessed June 11, 2005, at www.w3.org/2004/OWL/.
Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
(2004). Resource Descripton Framework (RDF). Accessed June 11, 2005, at www.w3.org/RDF/.
Wielinga, B., Schreiber, G., Wielemaker, J., & Sandberg, J.A.C. From thesaurus to ontology. International Conference on Knowledge Capture, Victoria, Canada, October 2001. Accessed June 10, 2005, at www.cs.vu.nl/~guus/papers/Wielinga01a.pdf
Zeng, M. L. (1999). Thesaurus management system. (software). Accessed June 10, 2005 at http://circe.slis.kent.edu/mzeng/thesaurihome.html.
Zeng, M. L. (2000, June 7). Taxonomy of knowledge organization sources/systems. Revised July 31, 2000. Accessed June 10, 2005, at http://nkos.slis.kent.edu/KOS_taxonomy.htm.
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Information Science and Technology


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If you haven't used iGoogle yet, you're missing out on a lot. Heres how my iGoogle pages are set up.
I have three tabs on my iGoogle pages. The tabs are labeled: HOME; GENEALOGY RSS FEEDS; and the final one is TECH FEEDS.
The things that are on the HOME page are:
1. Weather for three cities: St Louis MO, Collierville TN and Knoxville TN [places where we and my children live]
2. My GOOGLE Email Inbox and the following RSS FEEDS:
3. NPR Programs: All Things Considered
4. BBC News Player/World
6. Washington Post.com/politics
7. Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories/News
8. Memphis Commercial Appeal Stores/Greater Memphis
9. Quotes of the Day
On my second tab, GENEALOGY, I have the following RSS Feeds:
1. Renee's Genealogy Blog
2. BackTrack
3. Genealogy Blog
4. The Genealogue
5. Genealogy Help
6. RootsMagic Blog
7. Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog
8. Dear Myrtle's Genealogy Blog
9. Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
10. Genea-Musings
and to comfort my inner geek, on my third tab, TECH FEEDS are:
1. Mahalo Blog
2. Extreme Tech
3. SlashDot
4. TechCrunch
5. Techdirt
6. Wired Top Stories
7. Engadget
8. Reviews Tom's Hardware U.S.
9. PC Magazine Tips and Solutions
I also had Google "alerting" me to stories on the web containing certain key words, like Genealogy AND Kentucky, but since I started back to work, I've had to cut back on some of my extra reading. I've cancelled the alerts, and just stick to my RSS Feeds on my iGoogle pages and a few of my favorite podcasts (The Genealogy Guys, Dear Myrtle, Genealogy Gems, and GeekBrief.
This page might help you learn about iGoogle if it's new to you:
Here's info on Google Alerts:
I'm off to a Parrent family reunion this weekend in Eddyville Kentucky. I'm looking forward to it.
Have fun...


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For the first time, K-12 public schools can accept online donations through GiveMN.org.
For the first time, K-12 public schools can accept online donations through GiveMN.org. GiveMN is a nonprofit website designed to make donating money online as safe, easy and quick as possible.
Since 2009, GiveMN has been transforming philanthropy in Minnesota and has raised $50 million for more than 6,100 nonprofits.
"We are very excited to offer this opportunity to public schools in Minnesota," said Dana Nelson, executive director. "We understand the budget crunches that schools face and think GiveMN is an innovative way for communities to come together to support their schools."
By setting up a fundraising page on GiveMN, schools will have the opportunity to reach donors throughout the world. Grandparents and relatives can easily support the students in their lives. It also allows alumni to give back to schools.
"GiveMN can help your efforts to provide more resources for students in the classroom," Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius said. "I would encourage schools to learn more about this great opportunity."
Schools will also have the opportunity to participate in Give to the Max Day on Nov.15, 2012. Give to the Max Day is a day for Minnesotans to come together to raise millions of dollars for thousands of nonprofits and schools in 24 hours – starting at midnight on Nov. 15 through midnight on Nov. 16. During the event, K-12 public schools will be eligible for prize grants in the form of "Golden Tickets" – an hourly drawing to add $1,000 to a person's donation, randomly selected from donors who give
to a K-12 public school each hour during the 24-hour event. At the end of the event, one K-12 public school's donor will be drawn to receive a Super-sized Golden Ticket, adding $10,000 to that donation! To learn more or register your school, visit HYPERLINK "file:///\\spf-foundation\users\GiveMN\GiveMN%20Press%20Releases\www.givemn.org\schools" www.givemn.org/schools.
About GiveMN
GiveMN is a collaborative venture to transform philanthropy in Minnesota by growing overall giving and moving more of it online. GiveMN is an independent 501(c) (3) organization that is a support organization of the Minnesota Community Foundation. Many partners shaped GiveMN to build upon Minnesota's strong tradition of philanthropy, including: Blandin Foundation, The Otto Bremer Foundation, Bush Foundation, Central Minnesota Community Foundation, Ecolab Foundation, F.R. Bigelow Foundation, Greater Twin Cities United Way, HealthPartners, Initiative Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, The Mosaic Company, Northland Foundation, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, The Saint Paul Foundation, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, Target, UCare and West Central Initiative Foundation.


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From Noisebridge
Revision as of 08:04, 30 October 2008 by Mediapathic (talk | contribs)
We use an IRC channel that's on freenode. It's temporary and quite useful. Feel free to join. The needed information is as follows:
irc://chat.freenode.net #noisebridge
We have a helpful bot in the channel by the name of noisebot run by adi.
It's impolite to store logs of this channel. Please disable logging before joining #noisebridge.
For those who are not familiar with getting on IRC, here's what Mitch did:
- For Windows: Download and install Pidgin (free IM chat software for Windows -- there's plenty of other free software to choose from for Windows and other OSs).
- For Macs - a reasonable client is Snak, http://www.snak.com/. It's $29 shareware with a 30 day free evaluation. A better IRC client for Mac OS X (that also supports SILC) and is Free Software is Colloquy.
- For those who run Ubuntu and are not familiar with IRC (unlikely?): $ sudo aptitude install xchat
Then (using Pidgin on Windows):
- create an IRC account on Pidgin (good documentation at http://adammonsen.com/post/329):
- Go to Accounts (I got to Accounts by right-clicking on the icon in the system tray)
- Click the Add button
- For the Protocal, choose: IRC
- For the Server: irc.freenode.net
- If you have a Screen name (a "nick"), type it in as your Username (If you don't own one yet, make one up)
- Click on the Advanced tab, and fill in the Real name field
- Check the Use SSL box, if you like
- Click the Save button
- Go to Accounts (I got to Accounts by right-clicking on the icon in the system tray)
- join channel: #noisebridge:
- In the "freenode-connect" tab that appeared in Pidgin, type: '/j #noisebridge' (without the quotes)
- In the "freenode-connect" tab that appeared in Pidgin, type: '/j #noisebridge' (without the quotes)
- So that no one else can use your nick, you can register your nickname at freenode.net
There's some good general documentation about IRC and freenode at:


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We just saw a case that hinted at a new rear camera on iPod touch 4, now images from a parts supplier show what looks like a front, FaceTime camera hole.
this part is clearly marked as an Apple part "Apple (c) 2010". This stamp is visible in the full resolution image. The part is also stamped with April 29, 2010, indicating that the build date is relatively recent.
At WWDC 2010, Steve Jobs did say 10,000 FaceTime devices, not iPhones specifically, and we've seen how Apple/iTunes IDs instead of phone numbers could be used to connect the video calls, so the pieces do seem to be falling into place...
Do you want an iPod touch 4 with both a rear and front facing camera?
[iPhone Revivers via MacRumors]


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VIDEO: Paul George was carried off on a stretcher with a serious leg injury
LAS VEGAS — USA Basketball's first week of preparations for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was marred by a horrific injury to the lower right leg of Pacers forward Paul George.
In the first minute of the fourth quarter of the USA Basketball Showcase on Friday, George attempted to block a James Harden layup on a fast break. On his landing, his right leg buckled as it hit the basket support.
Overnight, USA Basketball announced that George had surgery to repair a open tibia-fibula fracture and would be hospitalized for about three more days.
Players around George were shaken by what they saw. As George received medical attention on the baseline of the Thomas & Mack Center, his mother and father came down from the crowd and were by his side. Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard was also in attendance.
"[George] appeared, like, stoic," USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski said afterward. "They allowed his father to touch him and to comfort him. I thought our trainers did a great job, right away, of making sure, emotionally, he was as good as possible. But Paul reacted well."
Both teams gathered together in prayer before George was taken away in a stretcher. And there was a universal decision to end the game with 9:33 to go.
"With the serious injury that we had," Krzyzewski announced to the assembled crowd, "and the fact that we stopped playing for a long time and, really, in respect for Paul and his family, the scrimmage is done. We want to thank you for your support."
Afterward, USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said that there would be no decisions on the USA roster "for a while."
"We need to just take a step back before we do anything at all," Colangelo said. "Our first concern, our primary concern is Paul George."
Colangelo and Krzyzewski said that they would be heading to the hospital immediately after speaking to the media. They had been set to cut the roster down from 20 to 15, likely early Saturday. But the team is not scheduled to reconvene until Aug. 14 in Chicago and there's no urgency to make any decisions now.
VIDEO: GameTime's crew discusses Paul George's injury
Before George's injury, Friday night was about the performance of Derrick Rose, who looked as quick and explosive as ever in his first game in almost nine months. But just as the USA and the NBA got one star back, it lost another. George was set to be the starting small forward for the U.S. Team at the World Cup, which begins Aug. 30 in Spain. And though there are no details on his injury as of yet, it is likely to keep him out several months.
"We are aware of the injury sustained by Paul George in Friday night's Team USA game in Las Vegas and we are obviously greatly concerned," Pacers president Larry Bird said in a statement. "At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with Paul."
Bird filed another statement on the team's website Saturday morning and added the following in regards to George:
"Our first thoughts are with Paul and his family. It is way too early to speculate on his return as the No. 1 priority for everyone will be his recovery. Our initial discussions with our doctors and the doctors in Las Vegas have us very optimistic. We are hopeful at some point next week Paul will return to Indianapolis to continue his recovery."
George's injury could also have repercussions for USA Basketball, which has gotten commitments from most of the best players in the country since Colangelo took over the program in 2005. George's injury could be in the back of players' minds any time they're asked to play for their country.
"It's a first for us in USA Basketball," Colangelo said, "to have something like this take place."
Questions will be asked about the distance between the baseline and the basket stanchion at the Thomas & Mack Center. It appeared to be shorter than at a typical NBA arena.
"Anything can happen anywhere," Krzyzewski said. "Tonight it happened during a basketball game."
George's U.S. teammates did not address the media after the game and left the arena quietly. Kyrie Irving was seen crying in his father's arms.
A lot of the players, along with dozens of other NBA players and former Louisville guard Kevin Ware, who suffered a similar injury last year, tweeted their support afterward. NBA commissioner Adam Silver also issued a statement.
"There's a brotherhood in the NBA," Krzyzewski said, "and to me, at moments like this, a family, a brotherhood shows its heart, shows its depth."


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Here is a small example of an application that asks openDesktop.org for wallpapers. It lets the user install them into the system wallpaper directory.
The example consists of just one c++ source file.
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
KAboutData about("khotnewstuff_example", 0, ki18n("KHotNewStuff"), "0.4"); about.setProgramIconName("get-hot-new-stuff"); KApplication i;
KNS3::DownloadDialog dialog(args->arg(0)); dialog.exec(); foreach (const KNS3::Entry& e, dialog.changedEntries()) { kDebug() << "Changed Entry: " << e.name(); } return 0;
For this to work, a file that sets up KNewStuff khotnewstuff_example.knsrc is needed. The file has to be in kde/share/config/khotnewstuff_example.knsrc. (The name of the file is taken from the about data).
Categories=KDE Wallpaper 1920x1200,KDE Wallpaper 1600x1200
Uncompress can be one of: always, never or archive:
You have different options to set the target install directory:
A new option has been added for KDE 4.5:
By default KNewStuff will ask if the user wants to open downloaded HTML files with a browser instead of trying to install them. This is so since most of the time HTML means a broken link or a link to a page from which the item can be downloaded. If you want to accept html (because your app actually uses KNewStuff to get html files, you should explicitly allow this:
To link against KNS3, just link against ${KDE4_KNEWSTUFF3_LIBS}. Example:
If you don't like to use an external dialog, you can also use a widget instead. Just replace DownloadDialog with DownloadWidget and you're good to go. This is especially nice as additional page in existing config dialogs.