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The Best Books Your Children
Probably Aren't Reading...
A wish and hope fulfilled at last. "A Wrinkle In Time"
Two teens and a very special child. A journey through time and space that set the bar for fictional journeys thereafter. A beloved parent trapped by forces beyond his control. And a great pulsing entity that controls every bounce of a ball, every toss of a newspaper, every thought. "IT."
Before Harry Potter there was "A Wrinkle in Time," Madeleine L'Engle's time-space fantasy for young adults. Published in 1962, the story shot like a comet through the Beaver-and-Wallyness of the era. As we passed dog-eared copies around my sixth-grade classroom, it was the first time I remember hearing the phrase, "You gotta read this."
The 2018 big-screen version kept all of the wonder, all of the heart, while touching it up around the edges.
I think L'Engle even surprised herself. She was already a multi-published author of traditional teen romance and the Austin family series, which posited some big ideas for the time, but without divine intervention. She began pondering Einstein while raising her three children in the country, a setting she employs well in the "home" portions of "A Wrinkle in Time."
The twins' vegetable garden, the star-watching rock, New England's change of seasons.
But these children are seldom home.
Approached by three fallen stars, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, Meg and Charles Wallace Murry and their new friend Calvin O'Keefe undertake a journey by tesseract to bring back Meg's physicist father. But there are bigger issues at stake here, like the salvation of a planet, and Meg finds herself confronting "IT," a disembodied brain that controls
all the residents of the planet Camazotz.
Meg must use all that's in her to confront IT and bring back her beloved Charles Wallace.
She gets an early glimpse of what she'll be pitted against.
From the book: "What could there be about a shadow that was so terrible that she knew that there had never been before or ever would be again, anything that would chill her with a fear that was beyond shuddering, beyond crying or screaming, beyond the possibility of comfort? Meg's hand holding the blossoms slowly dropped and it seemed as though a knife gashed through her lungs. She gasped, but there was no air for her to breathe. Darkness glazed her eyes and mind, but as she started to fall into unconsciousness her head dropped down into the flowers which she was still clutching, and as she inhaled the fragrance of their purity her mind and body revived, and she sat up again. The shadow was still there, dark and dreadful."
On the planet Camazotz, everyone and everything marches to the same rhythm, down to the pattern of rubber balls bouncing. Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin manage to locate Mr. Murry and free him from a state of suspended animation. But Charles Wallace falls under the power of "IT," and Meg, her father and Calvin narrowly escape.
A damaged Meg is brought to "Aunt Beast" for healing and restoration. Through the process, she realizes that only she knows Charles well enough to bring him back. He was a baby when his father left, and Calvin has only known him a few days. And she must do it herself. So Meg, the least likely of the group to be a heroine, begins the longest walk of her life.
From the book: "She knew that her own puny brain was no mass for this great, bodiless, pulsing, writhing mass on the round dais. She shuddered as she looked at IT. In the lab at school there was a human brain preserved in formaldehyde, and the seniors preparing for college had to take it out and look at it and study it. Meg had felt that when the day came she would never be able to endure it. But now she thought that if only she had a dissecting knife she would slash at IT,
cutting ruthlessly through cerebrum, cerebellum."
There's a lot to like here. Gawky, bespectacled Meg is every teenage girl's secret self. She learns to accept who she is, not through Calvin's attention, but by saving her father and brother from the powers of darkness. Though the later books show her evolved into a poised and pretty woman, she defeats IT (and attracts Calvin) when she's still wrestling with who she is.
What a role model for girls in 1962. What a role model for today.
Calvin O'Keefe, the boy who seems to have it all, comes from a squalid home and finds what he needs at the Murrys'. Charles Wallace, a little boy with big powers, learns to channel his abilities and accept himself.
Though they have the guidance of adults, including the three delightful "witches," the young people solve the problems themselves. Even Mr. Murry can't help his children, and Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin must use all their
hearts, brains and courage to come out of this.
The slang is outdated, or at least retro, and even I chuckled when a breathless narrator described the "great computing machines Meg had seen in her science books." IT could have used an I.T. director. But this shouldn't get in the way of the story, and it doesn't. While the physical details may be moored in the early 60s, the concepts are
on the moneyfor this and future centuries.
"IT" reflected the fear of Americans during the Cold War, when the Western ideals of individuality and personal destiny were under the threat of Communism. Meg, desperate to block "IT," recites the Declaration of Independence, "All men are created equal," and when IT replies, "That's right, everybody exactly alike," Meg realizes, "'Like' and 'equal' are not the same."
It's a good lesson for governments or teenagers.
Mrs. Whatsit explains this further. From the book: Mrs. Whatsit. "In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnet. It is a very strict form of poetry, is it not?" "Yes." "There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. That's a very strict rhythm or meter, yes?" "Yes." Calvin nodded. "And each line has to end with a rigid rhyme pattern. And if the poet does not do it exactly this way it is not a sonnet, is it?" "No." "But within this strict form the poet has complete freedom to say whatever he wants, doesn't he?" "You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but with freedom in it?" "Yes. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you."
L'Engle would follow "Wrinkle" with four other books in the "Time Quintet," in which Meg, Calvin, Charles Wallace and even the prosaic twin brothers journey across space, time and the human experience. While none of the later books delivered the breathless karate chop of "Wrinkle," they are all respectable fantasy stories and still better
than what anyone else was doing at that time. Kind of like "Lucy" in Connecticut.
Best to forget the clunky slang, and of course we have better tech toys now. But tech isn't the point. L'Engle's territory is the human heart, and she reaches deep to produce stories about courage, family, friendship and coming of age. Most of the books begin and end at the star-watching rock. If you've got a middle-reader or feel like taking a journey yourself,
the star-watching rock is a good place to start.
The Betsy-Tacy Stories
The Magic World of Edward Eager
Have the children in your house read the Harry Potter series until the covers are falling off? It might be time to discover Edward Eager, a novelist for middle-grade children who worked in the 50s and early 60s. Eager wrote stories of fantasy and magic where ordinary children got caught up in extraordinary events. His work includes "Half Magic," 1954; "Knight's Castle," 1956; "Magic By the Lake," 1957; "The Time Garden," 1958; "Magic or Not?," 1959; "The Well-Wishers," 1960; and "Seven-Day Magic," 1962.
There's a lot to like here. Eager's children are quick and quirky, with minor personality differences but no nastiness. Though there are adults looking out for them, they are resourceful and solve their own problems. And there are problems to solve and issues to deal with. While Eager's books aren't dark, real life has a way of intruding: a lonely widowed mother in "Half Magic," a father's work threatened in "Seven-Day Magic," and a father's life-threatening illness in "Knight's Castle." Eager infuses his stories with a sly wit and real-style sibling squabbles. In "Half Magic," when an exasperated Jane puts Martha under the seat for talking during a movie, it's believable.
"Knight's Castle" is my favorite for a number of reasons. Ann and Roger come with their parents to Baltimore to stay at their Aunt Katherine's house, while their father undergoes treatment for a serious illness. The adults are weary and preoccupied, and Ann and Roger, along with cousins Jack and Eliza, provide their own entertainment. For Roger, that means creating a tin can and cereal box city where he can play with the tiny tin knights his uncle Mark sent him. When the toys come alive at night and begin enacting their own version of "Ivanhoe," the magic begins.
In "Half Magic," Jane, Mark, Katherine and Martha face a lonely, boring summer while their widowed mother works. All that changes when they find an ancient coin, and the coin has magical properties when they rub it. The rub to that? The coin only gives them half of their wish, so they have to practice math skills to get what they really want. It's all done with humor and grace, and at the end of the summer the children have what they really want, a loving stepfather.
Eager's books make use of ordinary objects, a coin, a toy soldier, a wishing well, and especially a book. In "Seven-Day Magic," his last book for children, Barnaby, Abbie, John, Susan and Fredericka check out a library book that turns out to be more, recording every word they say and taking them on new magical adventures. It's an unwitting, or maybe deliberate homage to the rest of Eager's work, and a fitting way to close out his children's collection.
The children in Eager's stories are readers, and the books themselves bear out the fact that reading begets reading. My younger daughter read "Knight's Castle" in third grade, and it sparked her interest in reading "Ivanhoe." In third grade. To this day, she can tell you how to set up for a tournament, the fine details of being a Templar and the rules of courtly love. That was a fun summer. I wish we'd homeschooled and she could have gotten credit for it.
The books are available online, I checked, and in any library where the children's librarian has enough sense to realize that a good book isn't limited by its publication date.
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The books assume churchgoing, and they're comfortable melding Betsy's Baptist heritage, Tib's German Lutheran church, and Tacy's Catholicism. When Betsy and her sister Julia decide to join the Episcopal church in one of the high school books, it's handled with understanding and grace.
While the stories are pre-feminism, they give each girl, then woman, the space to be who she is. The Amazing Joe Willard encourages Betsy to continue to write, because he knows it's part of who she is. Tib is a career woman, designing windows for a big downtown store in Minneapolis, and nobody encourages her to marry just for the sake of marrying, although she eventually meets the man of her dreams. Tacy embraces home-keeping, but it's her own choice and she's magnificent at it.
And Betsy showed THIS little girl that it was possible to put words together to make sentences, and sentences to make paragraphs, and paragraphs to make pages and stories and books. Betsy, scribbling in a five-penny tablet in her tree house, was my first role model as a writer.
The series was reissued a few years ago and should be available online or in libraries.


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A V spark is a common three-bit polyplet spark, produced most notably by the pentadecathlon, twin bees shuttle, and the phi spark (e.g., in Tanner's p46). The spark can convert a pre-block or block into a glider as shown at right.
It can also turn a glider into a block, so 2 V sparks can make a reflector.
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#neverliberal #nevermarxist
snip~Retail giant Target agreed this week to pay $18.5 million to settle claims by 47 states and the District of Columbia and resolve a multi-state investigation into a massive data breach in late 2013. more @http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/target-settles-2013-hacked-customer-data-breach-18-5-million-n764031?cid=par-xfinity_20170527
And guess who gets the bulk of the settlement money?
All I got was a stinkin' letter, telling me my credit card was compromised.
Not surprised. Most class action lawsuits are for the revenue enhancement for lawyers.
It's a money transfer system. I pay retailers higher prices - the retailer pays higher premiums to the Insurance company - the Insurance company pays lawyers (repeat). In effect, the lawyers just got a settlement from ME!
So what your saying is the lawyers get $18 Million and the customers split the .5 Million.


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Frequently asked questions
- An entity has rules in force that allow for the payment of benefits that increase the basic remuneration for work performed as part of a project's implementation. In such a situation, is it allowed to budget funds for the benefits as part of a project?
Benefits increasing basic remuneration for work performed to carry out project assignments under Norway Grants and EEA Grants are eligible expenditures if the rules applicable at a given entity provide for such payments. According to regulations on the implementation of the Financial Mechanisms, they must conform to accounting principles, the usual internal rules and standard policy on remuneration; therefore, the final resolution and decision on this issue lies with the organisation at hand.
A prerequisite is that the benefits should be paid in proportion to the objectives for which they are paid and should be necessary for proper implementation of the project. It should also be remembered that project expenditures must be spent exclusively for the attainment of project goals and for expected results in an economically rational, effective and efficient manner.
Persons receiving benefits in projects have to complete time sheets throughout the duration of the project. Only the costs of the actual hours worked by the persons directly carrying out work under the project may be charged. Working time is the total number of hours, excluding holidays, personal time, sick leave, or other allowances.
- Should individuals who implement a project be employed under an employment contract or may they work under civil-law contracts?
Civil-law contracts are admissible; however, they must satisfy the terms and conditions described on p. 13 of the Guide for Applicants – GRIEG Call or on p. 15 of the Guide for Applicants – IdeaLab Call.
Civil-law contracts should be included in the in the "salaries" category in the ZSUN/OSF system, the same as salaries payed out under employment contracts.
If contracts with natural persons do not satisfy the term described in the Guide for applicants, they have to be included in costs entailed by other contracts awarded by a beneficiary for the purposes of carrying out the project or in the costs of subcontracting depending on the subject of the contract.
- May an employee on childcare leave be engaged in a project under a civil-law contract?
Terms and conditions for a contract other than an employment contract to be funded from costs of staff are described on p. 13 of the Guide for Applicants – GRIEG Call or on p. 15 of the Guide for Applicants – IdeaLab Call. Any decision as to whether an entity may employ an individual on childcare leave under a contract which satisfies these criteria is taken by the entity.
- May the costs of Norwegian scientists' travel to Poland be budgeted by a Polish project leader?
The travel costs of any scientists employed in an organisation which is a project partner must be covered by such organisation. Travel costs of research team members of a Norwegian project partner may not be covered by a Polish entity. If a Polish project leader budgets reimbursement for the travel costs of an independent expert from Norway, not employed in a Norwegian partner entity, the relevant budget category for the expenditure should be: Costs entailed by other contracts for the purposes of carrying out the project, pursuant to Art. 8.3.1.f of the Regulation on the implementation of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.
- Is the lease of research equipment an eligible expenditure?
According to the Regulations, the eligible direct expenditures for a project are those expenditures which are identified by the Project Promoter and/or the project partner, in accordance with their accounting principles and usual internal rules, as specific expenditures directly linked to the implementation of the project and which can therefore be booked to it directly.
Renting or leasing costs are eligible to the extent necessary and for the period necessary to carry out the research provided for in the project.
The maximum eligible expenditure in the case of a lease may not exceed the market value of the asset leased.
In the case of an operational lease, the eligible cost is the amount corresponding to the portion of the lease instalment invoiced to the Project Promoter in relation to the repayment of the capital (excluding interest and other fees) of the subject of a lease contract.
As regards a financial lease, the eligible cost is the amortisation charge made during the period when the research is carried out in line with the project schedule.
Operational and financial lease costs are recognized as costs entailed by other contracts pursuant to Article 8.3.1(f) of the Regulation.
- Is the cost of construction of research equipment an eligible expenditure?
According to Regulation Article 8.2(4), where new or secondhand equipment is purchased, only the portion of the depreciation corresponding to the duration of the project and the rate of actual use for the purposes of the project may be considered as an eligible expenditure.
The depreciation costs of purchased and constructed equipment are a direct eligible expenditure for a project.
The construction cost of research equipment shall be booked on the accounts of the Project Promoter and/or the project partner in accordance with their accounting principles and usual internal rules.
In the event that the Programme Operator determines that the equipment is an integral and necessary component for achieving the outcomes of the project, the entire purchase price of that equipment or the entire construction price of research equipment, which cannot exceed PLN 500,000, may, by way of exception from the rule contained in paragraph 4 of Article 8.2, be eligible. The Programme Operator shall ensure that the Project Promoter:
- keeps the equipment in its ownership for a period of at least five years following the completion of the project and continues to use that equipment for the benefit of the overall objectives of the project for the same period;
- keeps the equipment properly insured against losses such as fire, theft or other normally insurable incidents both during the project's implementation and for at least five years following the completion of the project; and
- sets aside appropriate resources for the maintenance of the equipment for at least five years following the completion of the project.
The specific means for the implementation of this obligation shall be specified in the project contract. The Programme Operator may release any Project Promoter from the above obligations with respect to any specifically identified equipment where the Programme Operator is satisfied that, having regard to all the relevant circumstances, continued use of that equipment for the overall objectives of the project would serve no useful economic purpose.
- While applying for a GRIEG grant, is it possible to apply for another grant in other NCN calls announced in the same edition as the GRIEG call (MAESTRO 11, SONATA BIS 9, UWERTURA 4)?
Applying for a GRIEG grant does not preclude the possibility of applying for a grant under one of the other NCN calls announced in this edition. It is possible to apply in both the GRIEG call as well as in one of the other NCN calls (MAESTRO 11, SONATA BIS 9, UWERTURA 4).
- Will the GRIEG project be included in the limit of three NCN research projects that can be led by a given scientist?
The GRIEG project is not included in that restriction, as it is a call funded by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, and not from the NCN budget for research projects.
- How should one understand the phrase "research groups within polar research and social science research in particular are invited to submit proposals to this call"? Should proposals concerned with topics other than polar and social research field be submitted? Do they have the same or lesser chances of being funded?
The phrase "research groups within polar research and social science research in particular are invited to submit proposals to this call" means that NCN in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between Poland and Norway, particularly encourages research groups dealing with polar research and social sciences to participate in the call. Nevertheless, proposals relating to other research topics or other scientific disciplines are also welcome and may be submitted if they meet the criterion of basic research. Applications can be submitted within 25 disciplines, the list of which can be found in the Guide for Applicants.
All applications have the same funding opportunities and will be assessed primarily in terms of the substantive quality of the proposed research. The evaluation criteria for the application can be found in the Guide for Evaluators.
- Is it possible in the GRIEG call, for a Project Investigator who already has a full-time employment contract at Project Promoter to cover part of his existing contract from the project's budget by reducing proportionally the remuneration amount given in the Guide for Applicants? Does this also affect other staff members, especially under-and post-graduate students and persons newly employed in a post-doc post?
The remuneration rates in the GRIEG call are designed to enable the Principal Investigator build a research team with some flexibility. The Principal Investigator can schedule part-time employment for himself and project staff according to the rates described in the Guide for Applicants. Scholarships for under-and post-graduate students must be awarded and new employees in post-doc positions recruited in accordance with the guidelines described in the Guide for Applicants.
- When making plans for how staff are assigned to the project, should positions or specific persons be planned? Is it possible to change the composition of the project team during the project implementation?
Positions are planned in the project team not specific persons. So, when a project is underway it will, if necessary, be possible to change a given contractor.
Scholarships for under-and post-graduate students must be awarded and new employees in post-doc positions recruited in accordance with the guidelines described in the Guide for Applicants.
Changing the Principal Investigator or the project partner (the person leading project implementation in a partner organisation) consultation with the National Science Centre will ve required.
According to the GRIEG call documentation the eligible project partners may be any public or private entity, commercial or non-commercial as well as non-governmental organisations, established as a legal person in Poland or Norway. Is it possible for the person who leads the implementation of project activities in this entity not to have research experience and achievements e.g. in the case of a non-governmental organisation. If yes, how should his/her achievements be described in the ZSUN/OSF system.
If an eligible entity is actively involved in, and effectively contributing to the implementation of the project it is eligible as a project partner. It is possible for a person who leads the project implementation in this entity not to have research experience and achievements. However, please bear in mind that Grieg is a call for research projects and the research track record of the research team will be evaluated by experts. The Academic and Research Track Record section in the ZSUN/OSF system was designed for researchers leading implementation of project activities in partner organisations. However, if a partner does not have any publications, research experience and achievements, he/she should describe the professional career in the Academic and Research Career field and the professional achievements in the Research achievements field. Please, click Add in the Publication Record sub-section write or choose No or 0 in the fields so that the sub-section could be saved. Please, add a Pdf file explaining that due to the profile of the entity you represent you do not have any publications.
I am the Principal Investigator in a project financed by the NCN, which will end after the date planned for contract signature in the GRIEG call. Can I submit a proposal acting as Principal Investigator in the GRIEG call if I have a full-time employment salary under the current NCN project?
Although there are no eligibility rules under the GRIEG call that exclude Principal Investigators implementing current NCN projects under full-time employment contracts several issues have to be considered by applicants.
Expenditures incurred after 30 April 2024 shall not be eligible in the GRIEG call. That leaves time for a three year project starting on 1 May 2020 with a possibility of up to 12 months extension. The NCN aims at signing all contracts within two from receiving funding decisions by beneficiaries to minimise risks in the programme. Requests to delay the stating date in projects will be accepted by the NCN in exceptional, justified cases. Need to finish a running project is not considered a convincing reason for delay.
In national calls there is a possibility of terminating the project in advance if all planned results have been accomplished. Unused costs of the full employment salary of the Principal Investigator and other unused costs should be returned to the NCN.
As the GRIEG call is announced only once within the Polish Basic Research Programme under the Norway Grants the NCN may allow in justified cases for parallel implementation of a running national project and a project within the GRIEG call. However, each case will need to be analysed individually in the contracting phase. The Principle Investigator should propose the percent of the salary that will be covered by each of the projects during the contracting phase.
GRIEG info chat 18 September 2019
- Do I need to develop a project idea to apply for participation in the IdeaLab workshop?
No, the project ideas will be developed during the IdeaLab workshop.
- Will it be possible to further develop an existing project idea during the IdeaLab workshop?
The IdeaLab workshop is specifically designed to drive new approaches to address the research challenges of the call. The participants exchange ideas and reconceive the world from new perspectives that challenge current perspectives. However, existing ideas might turn out to be interesting for other participants and become elements of the future projects.
- Are researchers, who do not have an employment contract signed with the host organisation, excluded from the IdeaLab call? Does the employment contract have to be in force both during the workshop, and the project implementation? Does the organisation commit to sign such a contract at the stage of application for participation in the workshop?
In the IdeaLab call the researcher has to be employed under an employment contract or other contract in compliance with the requirements described in the Guide for Applicants, at the beginning of the project implementation or at the beginning of activities of the organisation in the project. The researcher doesn't have to be employed in the host organisation during the application procedure. However, the organisation confirms by signing the host organisation's statement that the Participant can indicate it in the project ideas developed during the workshop, as the place where research tasks will be implemented and that if the proposal is recommended for funding, he/she will be employed as the project principal investigator or the leader of the research team at the project partner.
- Do I need to have a partner from Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein before applying for participation in the workshop?
No, participants from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein have to submit their individual application for participation in the IdeaLab workshop according to the same procedure as the participants from Poland using the electronic form available at https://idealab.ncn.gov.pl. The international Panel of Experts will select participants both from Poland and from Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway so that eligible partnerships could be established during the workshop.
- Will it be possible to involve partners with whom I cooperate in a project developed during the IdeaLab workshop?
No, only institutions represented by the participants of the workshop can become partners in the projects developed during the workshop.
- Is it possible that one researcher is a Principle Investigator in a project implemented under the GRIEG call and a project implemented under the IdeaLab call?
Yes, it is possible.
- When applying for participation in the IdeaLab workshop the files uploaded in the registration form are not visible. How do I know they were successfully uploaded?
If any of the required fields is not filled or any of the required files is not attached, the system informs about it and makes it impossible to submit the application form to NCN. However, the system does not verify the substantive content of the attached documents, therefore it is necessary to pay attention what documents are uploaded.
- Can I delete the table and the questions in the Participant's application form? Can I modify the file to comply with the limits of characters and pages?
Please, do not delete the table nor the questions in the Participant's application form. Be aware that the limit of 2 standard pages applies to your text together with the questions. You may change the margins (left and right: 2 cm; top and bottom: 1,5 cm) or use single lead. Even if you use the maximum limit of characters including spaces in each question the text together with questions will not exceed 2 standard pages according to requirements set in the Participant's application form.
IdeaLab info chat 13 August 2019
- Where can we find information about the Polish-Norwegian calls?
Research cooperation between Poland and Norway is currently organized into two programmes, each responsible for several calls:
- Programme for basic research (GRIEG, IdeaLab 'Managing Threats', POLS)
- Programme for applied research (POLNOR, CCS, Idealab 'Cities for the Future')
This FAQ concerns the GRIEG call for basic research, and the call documents can be found here: https://ncn.gov.pl/ogloszenia/konkursy/grieg?language=en
The IdeaLab 'Managing Threats' call is open until Monday, August 19th 2019: https://ncn.gov.pl/ogloszenia/konkursy/idealab?language=en
Information about the Polish-Norwegian Applied Research Programme can be found here: https://www.ncbr.gov.pl/en/programmes/international-programmes/iii-edition-of-eea-and-norway-grants/news/
RCNs webpage about EEA and Norway Grants programmes in Poland:
- What is meant by 'basic research' in the context of this call?
The definition for basic research in the GRIEG call is: 'experimental or theoretical endeavors undertaken to gain new knowledge of the foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any direct commercial use'.
Projects which generate new solutions or social innovations are warmly welcomed, but the project grants will not support activities such as commercialisation, development or enhancement of products or any other direct commercial use.
- Who is who in the project?
Project Promoter/Applicant – Polish institution coordinating the project.
Principal Investigator – the leading researcher on the Polish side, employed by the Project Promoter institution.
Leading Norwegian Partner – the main Norwegian partner institution, which must be a research organisation according to the definition of the Research Council of Norway, (i.e. godkjent forskningsorganisasjon). In case of doubt, check here: https://www.forskningsradet.no/sok-om-finansiering/hvem-kan-soke-om-fina...
Norwegian Principal Investigator – main contact person at the main Norwegian partner institution. Other team-members involved in the project will be mentioned, and their role described, in the project description PDF-file and in the budget file section on staff.
Other Partner(s) – the additional partner(s) may be any type of entities, public or private, or NGO, located in Norway or Poland.
For each Other Partner entity, one researcher/expert will enter a CV into the application system. Other team-members involved in the project will be mentioned, and their role described, in the project description PDF-file and in the budget file section on staff.
- Who will send the application and where?
The Polish Project Promoter is responsible for submitting the application on behalf of the project consortium to NCN in Krakow using the ZSUN/OSF application system.
The Polish Principal Investigator can give the Norwegian partners access to the application system, both to allow you to read only or to edit the application.
- Which parts of the application should Norwegian partners fill out?
Documents that the Norwegian partners will have to fill out or contribute to:
- Project description – is elaborated by all partners and coordinated by the Polish PI;
- Letter of Intent – signed by authorised legal representative. Either sign by hand and scan the document, or consult your Polish PI regarding the possibility of an electronic signature;
- Budget – to be filled out in the application system, either by the PI or by you if you are given access to the application system;
- CV for the Norwegian Principal Investigator (at main Norwegian partner institution) – the CV will be entered into the application system directly, not as attachment;
- CV for the researcher who is listed as the main contact at other Norwegian partner entities if there are more than one partner institutions - the CV will be entered into the application directly, not as attachment;
- Documentation relating to State-Aid – only for entities for which this applies (see question 10 further down).
- When can projects start and finish?
According to plan, evaluation of projects will be completed in March 2020. Activities may start as soon as the contract is signed. Contracts will be signed in April-June so the earliest projects can plan for a start up in June 2020.
Projects can last for 2 years or 3 years. You have to choose one of these options.
The programme funding will be available until the end of April 2024. After this date no prolongations of projects will be possible as the programme will be closing down and unused funds will be returned to Norway. Costs incurred and activities carried out after April 30, 2024 cannot be funded.
- How much of the project budget can be allocated to a Norwegian partner?
The upper limit of 40% is set for the portion of the grant that can be allocated to the Norwegian partner(s). The maximum amount of a grant to a project in the GRIEG call is 1.5 million EUR, meaning that Norwegian partner(s) share of the grant cannot exceed 600,000 EUR.
In distributing the budget, partners should be guided by the overall objectives of the programme, which focuses on the quality of the research and the strengthening of the relations between the Polish and Norwegian research institutions.
The budget should reflect the activity of each partner in bringing about the project results, including the administrative and project coordination work load.
Among the criteria that will determine the selection, the extent and sustainability of the partnership relation is defined as one of the factors that the experts should assess. Thus the quality of the partnership will be assessed under the heading 'quality and efficiency of the implementation and management'. Information on which criteria will determine the selection is available in the Guide for Evaluators.
- Which rates should we use for budgeting personnel costs on the Norwegian side?
General rule: Most partners (such as universities, university colleges, enterprises, health authorities) from Norway, shall use the same rates for personnel costs as in H2020 projects. Indirect costs (overheads) are calculated as a flat rate of 25% of all the direct costs.
There is one exception from this rule: Norwegian research institutes which report personnel rates to the Research Council of Norway, and have those personnel rates calculated and approved by the RCN, may use those as Standard scales of unit costs (ref. Regulation art. 8.4.b). This means they should use the same rates as in applications to RCN calls. It is important to note that in such cases, no indirect or overhead costs should be included in the budget, as they are already included in the personnel rates. If you are unsure whether your institution is one of the research institutes that can use the RCN personnel rates, check this list: https://www.forskningsradet.no/contentassets/3aac4d1b26724a1d8b9d1919814e84d7/stim-eu-liste-over-institutter-2019-med-logo.pdf
(The list shows institutions eligible for the STIM-EU scheme, which is the same group of institutions which may use RCN rates in the EEA and Norway Grants research programmes.)
- Can we include funding for a PhD or postdoc on the Norwegian side of the project?
Personnel costs are eligible for funding, so the answer is: yes.
However, note that the funding will end in April 2024 and costs not incurred to that date cannot be funded from the grant. This means that if a 3-year PhD fellowship or postdoc is included in the Norwegian part of the project and the PhD candidate should be for some reason delayed (parental leave, illness, other legitimate interruptions), the Norwegian institution should be prepared to fund the remaining time of the 3-year fellowship from its own funds.
Also, the cost of a full PhD or 3-4 year postdoc in Norway is so high that it could absorb most of the funding on the Norwegian side of the budget. Think about how to ensure activity and participation of several persons so that the project can be as balanced as possible between the Polish and Norwegian part.
- What is State-Aid and does it relate to my application?
If the concept of State-Aid is new to you, please start by contacting a research manager (EU-rådgiver) at your entity. To learn more about State-Aid you can also consult the webpages of the Research Council of Norway, as the same EU State-Aid regulation which applies both in Norway and Poland: https://www.forskningsradet.no/sok-om-finansiering/midler-fra-forskningsradet/betingelser_for_tildeling_av_statsstotte/
To determine whether the support you are applying for will constitute State-Aid in the GRIEG call, please consult: https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/regulaminy/2019_06_NCN_state_aid_rules.pdf
- Is there a template for the project description?
Yes, the proposal submission form for the GRIEG call is available in the ZSUN/OSF application system: https://osf.opi.org.pl.
The limit set by the application system is 21 pages, but shorter applications are allowed.
- Can I participate in more than one application?
Yes, but remember that the question of capacity (of the Norwegian partner applicant) may be raised if both projects are considered for funding.
- Our project needs to pay for the use of equipment at our institution – is that an eligible cost and which category does it fit into?
You need to make sure that the cost in question is not already covered by the overhead, as double financing is not allowed. Having said this, it is possible for institutions who have accounting practices that separate overheads from internal rent of equipment costs to include such costs in the project. In the same way as in applications to RCN or H2020. This cost should then be included in the 'Costs entailed by other contracts' category.
- How do we fill out the fields for: REGON, NIP and KRS numbers, Electronic delivery box (ePUAP), UPP/UPD?
Norwegian entities shall not fill out these fields. The NIP, REGON and KRS are verified by the OSF system in Polish official databases and it is impossible to enter other foreign organization numbers. Leave blank or mark as not applicable.
NIP, REGON – leave the field blank
KRS number - tick "not applicable"
ePUAP, UPP/UPD – leave the field blank
- Who is authorized to sign the Letter of Intent - does it have to be the rector?
The Letter of Intent should be signed by a person who is authorized to sign such commitments on behalf of the institution. In Norwegian universities and research institutes such authority is most often delegated to department directors, and in such cases the signature of the rector is not necessary. Please follow the usual practice of your institution.
- We plan to involve several persons in the project, how do we show this in the application and where do we upload the CVs?
The application form only allows you to name the PI on the Polish side, one PI on the Norwegian side, and the main researcher at other partner entities only for these persons there is a special form to fill in their competences and experience. The competences of these people will be most important during expert evaluation. However, the role of the participating team members should be covered in the proposal description. So this is where you should present the entire team that will be involved in the project. CVs of all participants involved in the project are not requested, instead you should describe the competences, experience and skills they have that are relevant for the project proposal.
- Do Norwegian partners have to follow the rules described for Polish partners concerning staff costs and employment, especially in the case of PhD fellows and Post Docs?
Norwegian partners have to follow internal rules of their entities.


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I have been waiting for this day for two months, and a long two months they have been. My new family has trouped through what was pretty demanding times, and we all seemed to come out of it closer, so that's good.
In the next week I'll be moving my stuff out of storage and out of Luke's condo, and into my apartment. I have a room all to myself. It's the first time in fifteen years that I've had one. I have been having fun picking out a few things to make it mine.
The place is nice. It has hardwood floors in the main areas, and carpeting in the bedrooms. It has 3, count them, 3 bathrooms. It has a spacious kitchen and a back patio for a grill and Keeley's Christmas lights and full. size. washer and dryer. (Luxury!)
There's space for five people to not trip all over each other.
We move in before the school year, and we're close enough to Toby's school that rides won't be much of a bother. It will take some adjustment as it's farther away from everyone's respective work, but we're just outside of town, so it's not a dramatic change.
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Carnegie Mellon University Press (October 2017)
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-88748-625-8
Ranging from love song to train song to jump rope rhyme, the poems of Sometimes We're All Living in a Foreign Country are voiced by perpetual outsiders searching for a sense of place from small Southern towns to the tunnels and tracks of the urban North. Personal and regional histories blur through the intimate paths of tornadoes, gun violence, suburban sprawl, and the ongoing quest to escape where we come from.
"Frank … spellbinds in this shrewd collection about intimacy, salvation, and the rustic dilapidation of the American South." –Publishers Weekly
""There's something tenacious and fierce about this vivid book, with its spinning, Metaphysical metaphors, quick turns of line, and unpredictable, dynamic, monologues in the voices of dispossessed people and things." -Katie Peterson
"So much happens in Morgan Frank's intensely lyrical poems, accompanied by such subtle music and profound, often witty, meditations on love, loneliness, rapture and mortality. Sometimes We're all Living in a Foreign Country is a beautiful book, one that asks us to see the everyday world anew, and discover in it marvelous strangeness."–Kevin Prufer
Carnegie Mellon University Press (February 2016)
Paperback ISBN: 978-0887486067
Musicians, wig makers, sculptors, perfumers, choreographers, and composers all help conjure the worlds of Frank's second collection, The Spokes of Venus. These poems offer a landscape shaped by the tensions between the act of making and the art of observing. If music and art are the sisters of poetry, this collection is a chorus–a glorious one-of siblings arguing and singing.
" These poems are full-bodied and vivacious, tensely strung, simmering with life and sharp intellect. They are complex, delicate yet jagged and ready to cut. They deny easy interpretation and are all the better for it." ––Lisa McMurtray, The Clarion-Ledger
"By bringing poetry into conversation with art, Frank invites readers to broaden their field of vision, and Frank's inquisitive, meditative tone makes The Spokes of Venus a pleasure to read and contemplate." –Aza Pace, Gulf Coast
"I don't think I've read a book as unapologetically metaphysical as The Spokes of Venus since Heather McHugh's early work. One feels everywhere in these poems the force of Morgan Frank's insistent looking, tensile, witty, fiercely cool in its appraisals: "The truth is that there's nothing in the room but us." Right, there we are—dead center. Frank gets it, totally: the centripetal forces that whirl us there are awesome."–David Rivard
"The gorgeously made poems in The Spokes of Venus suggest the self-reflexivity of the beholder and the nuances of perception: the slippage between object and viewer — whether the site of scrutiny is planet or painting. The process of experiencing the world deeply, of venturing beyond the literal, beneath the surface, becomes a form of love in these brilliant meditations on process and creativity. Whether the object is painting or dance, installations or music, Frank's elegant, cerebral poems evoke all the senses in richly condensed lines: a syntax that fibrillates with radiant linguistic spokes — insights so fresh that that one can't help but be amazed and instructed. The austere surfaces of this eloquent work ignite the imagination and entice readers to co-create the text. Ekphrastic art should enrich or extend the work it considers: "A god can see something / that does not yet exist in the world." Rebecca Morgan Frank's poems have just that visionary freshness and strength: they share the power of all startlingly beautiful things. –Alice Fulton
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Paperback. ISBN: 978-1-907056-89-5
This lyrical chorus of elegies tracks a contemporary city dweller's observations of a decaying world ripe with miscommunications and the pecadillos and pitfalls of interpersonal relationships. Through wry laments for love lost, addresses to imagined ghostly figures ranging from Edna St Vincent Millay to a local carnival act who drives nails into his face, and a series of contemporary sonnets for every day "sins" such as gossip, bossiness, and lying, the central speaker grapples with the physical demise of the natural and manmade world and the threat of a more personal and permanent loss.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
RIP, Ron, we will miss you
Ronald was born March 17, 1936 to William Taht and Gladys Bloomer of Audubon, NJ. He is predeceased by parents and his brother William. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Beverly, by his brother Kenneth, sister-in-law Janet, sons Michael ("Dave") and Stephen, daughter-in-law Carolyn, granddaughter Natalie, nieces Laura and Linda, nephews Bill (Eileen), Brian (Linda),Ken(Wendy), and their children.
Ronald went to college at Rutgers, Camden, graduating with a degree in law. He served as a reservist between the Korean and Vietnam wars. Partnering with Robert K Bell in his real estate law practice in Ocean City, Ron was also county prosecutor for Cape May, and later served as the Municipal court judge for Ocean City, as well as later, Tuckahoe, NJ. He was instrumental in getting Ocean City's community center built, as well as helping preserve the heritage of Ocean City.
He loved to fish, and golf, and was a marvelous chef. He loved fine wine and a good debate. After his health began to fail he started writing down his experiences, and had his opinions published both here on his blog and in the Cape Coral News-Press.
We will have two celebrations of his life in the coming months, the first will be in Ocean City sometime this summer, and in Ft Myers later this fall.
Dave notes: I will be keeping Dad's blog open for new posts for a (long) while to publish bits of his backlog as time allows. Please feel free to add your memories of him via the comments below on this post.
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As I sat with dad in his final hours all the various religions' concepts of an afterlife went through my head.ReplyDelete
As he was rather agnostic overall (as am I) and as we have no sure knowledge of what happens to a spirit after death, it occurred to me that each of mankind's concepts of heaven had its features and flaws - dad was no musician, so seeing him playing a harp all eternity seemed ridiculous much as captain stormbringer discovered...
But, I thought he'd get a kick out of visiting *all* those afterlives.
Maybe, go fishing off a boat in the Elysian Islands, or go drinking mead in Valhalla, or go hanging out with 97 vestal virgins!
Of all these things, the one viewpoint I was sure of, the one thing I believe to be true
of an afterlife, such as it is, was this:
That yes, we are all starstuff.
And it made me cry to think it through.
Ron was quick of wit, a man of subtle and sometimes not so subtle humor. A man who was well read and not afraid to voice his opinion. As a member of his book club, I will miss his ability to cut to the chase when it came to analysis of the books we read. We had some really great times at our "secret" book club meeting location....Hooters... and it just won't be the same without him. I will also miss his blogs. He had a keen sense of cutting through all the B.S. of politics and getting down to the core of the issues. He will sorely be missed by all of us who knew him to be a truly good person who valued his friends and family.ReplyDelete
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Buying A Self-Balancing Scooter Doesn't Have to Be Difficult
When picking a self-balancing electric scooter, you first have to check the technical specifications. Each brand is different and provides unique features that you may or may not need. Two models that look identical can be vastly different when you begin to examine them. Apart from that, there are some key details you'll have to take into account if you want to sort out the difference between a useless product and a hoverboard that can get you to the stars.
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The Motor
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I've seen several hoverboard brands mention that they are water-proof. While the motors may have tight seals to prevent water damage, this doesn't mean you can ride through water more than 1-2" deep. Current 6.5" models only have 1.2" clearance between the chassis and the ground. By driving through a deep puddle, you will submerge the bottom of the scooter. Submersion could allow water to leak into the motor and wheels—or even short-circuit your battery.
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Most electric self-balancing scooters come with a sealed battery and charger. Inside the battery package is 12-18 smaller battery cells. Each of the batteries provides from 12-18 volts. (It all depends on the brand/model) Depending on the quality of the charger, will determine how long it takes to recharge your scooter.
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The Ultimate List of Hoverboard Questions and Their Answers
I've gathered up all the actual questions that I have been asked by people, both in person, and online. I didn't realize that there were so many! I figured that the best thing for me to do was to share them so that everyone could gain. If you have a question that you'd like me to answer, please feel free to message me. There's a contact form at the bottom of every page. Also, please leave a comment and let me know what you think about the blog.
What Are Hoverboards?
This section are just some general questions about the different names that hoverboards are called.
What is a Segway?
A Segway is a two wheel motorized personal transporter. If has a wheeled base the rider stands on while holding onto a handle. The handle steers and drives the transporter.
How Much Are Segways?
The prices of a Segway vary from about $1500 to almost $5000. There are now many features that come with the Segway. You may have even seen a mall cop riding around on one that has sirens and flashing lights.
Where to buy a Segway?
You can find Segways for sale at the company website Segway.com. There are also other brands that are similar on Amazon and Ebay.
What is a mini-Segway?
The mini-Segway is what some people call the new Segway MiniPro. Segway had not released a hoverboard with the initial rush of companies. Now it's apparent why.
Now available for pre-orders, with units shipping on June 29, 2016 is the Segway MiniPro. It has numerous safety features built into it to provide for a safer ride. You can find out more in my full review or via the link above.Read More
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It started off as an innocent question from a good friend of mine. Then it goes pretty in depth as we talked about the best scooters and what was a mini
It's a self-balancing scooter I replied to his email.
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What's a Hoverboard and Are Hoverboard's Real?
Whether there's a real life hoverboard or not depends on your definition of a hoverboard.
Is it a board that hovers over the ground without touching the ground, a hoverboard on water?
No, that type of hoverboard isn't real.
If you are speaking instead about a hoverboard with wheels. Then, yes, a hoverboard with wheels is real.
What's the difference between a hoverboard and a mini Segway?
A hoverboard is a mini Segway, a standing scooter. A business can't call their product that because Segway is trademarked. It's like hot tubs. People call
them Jacuzzi's, but Jacuzzi's are a brand of hot tub.
A mini Segway is also a branded scooter. Segway owns the trademark for the name, and so they can protect their brand if someone uses their name.
Saying mini Segway is a lot more intuitive than hoverboard with wheels.
–It's like a miniature Segway. Like the vehicle you see mall cops riding. But a hoverboard looks like a mini Segway that's hands-free.
–It's not a hoverboard, sorry. I meant a self-balancing board.
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ScooterEra also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on ScooterEra.com blogs/sites. ScooterEra only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
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The opinions expressed here are those of myself as an individual and are not necessarily the opinions of nor show the views of any merchants I am affiliated with.I have chosen to only recommend products and services on ScooterEra.com that I use or have thoroughly researched. I earn a full-time living as an affiliate marketer, so it is essential that I maintain my credibility.
The ScooterEra.com traffic is increasing monthly. A lot of people who come here for advice, help and support. I take my responsibility as an affiliate and subject matter expert very seriously.
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Text and image ads that appear on ScooterEra.com are provided by third-party ad agencies such as Google Adsense. We do not personally endorse the products and services advertised in these ads. These companies are not affiliated with ScooterEra.com.
If you have questions about any affiliations on this website, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'll be more than happy to clarify or offer more details if necessary. Just use the contact form at the bottom of the page.Read More
Safely using a hoverboard isn't difficult, but accidents can happen. If you have these simple pieces of safety gear you'll never have any issues.Read More
I'm Looking For A Cheap Hoverboard, Can You Help?
If you want to get a cheap hoverboard, check out my review of the Swagtron T1. Not only is it relatively inexpensive, but it's also a safe and well-built hoverboard, too. Check out this review where I show you why it is a dependable hoverboard.
Do you need the cheapest hoverboard? No problem, here's a bunch of links to some of the most affordable hoverboards that I could find. If you're reading this article, you might see that there are several Christmas references. This article has been updated since Christmas, and I'm working on taking all of them out.
Now is a great time to buy if you are looking for a cheap hoverboard. Several vendors are lowering prices on Amazon. While the average price hasn't dropped to the levels of buying direct from China, these are the lowest hoverboard prices I've seen yet. All of the links below are fresh and the prices current as of today. UPDATED 2-08-2016
The most popular question that I have heard from other readers is parents asking for what's the cheapest self-balancing scooter for Christmas 2015.
So I took some time to do a little roundup of what I found to be the most economical self-balancing scooters for this Christmas.
First, some rules about what will make up the cheapest hoverboard.
- No pieces of junk that will just waste your money. Yes, you can buy this model or that one for only $180. But it doesn't have a warranty, or it's seriously underpowered.
- I'm aiming for self-balancing scooters under $400.
- The hoverboards I list should have a one-year warranty. If a kid is going to be using it, you're going to want the warranty.
- The best smart boards that I found are all designed for adults. I'll list a couple of kids balance scooters at the very end of the article. I tried, but I couldn't find any kid-specific models that were still in stock, or that could arrive before Christmas.
- There're only a few days left to get a hoverboard by Christmas Eve 2016. Therefore, all these will have quick shipping.
For some fantastic hoverboard deals, click on the button below to see a list of current hoverboard deals, coupons, and discounts.Read More
By the way, did you see our guide to picking the best scooter? And if you need a hoverboard for someone heavier, click here. Don't have a hoverboard yet? Visit the best electric scooters guide or the best electric scooter for kids.
Learning how to ride a self-balancing scooter starts by placing yourself next to something sturdy that you can hold to keep your balance for when you might fall.
You won't, but better safe than sorry.
Some things that work well:
- A car/truck
- A handicap rail
- A fence line.
If you have to, you can use a friend, but I wouldn't recommend that.
Also, make sure that you have a clear path without any obstacles. The last thing you want is to hit something and wipe out.
To get on, put one foot on the spot on the board and then transfer your center of gravity from where it was when you were standing on the ground and lift yourself all the way on the scooter and put your other foot on the board.
It's like stepping up to the next step on a staircase.
Chill. You're Almost Done Learning to Ride a Hoverboard
Take a moment and visit the hoverboard blog.
You're allowing your body to adjust to the fact that you're not standing on the ground.
It takes your body about 30 seconds to change. I recommend just holding there for about a minute to adjust fully.
While you're sitting there learning how to ride a self-balancing scooter think of how much fun this is going to be.
Oh, by the way. You paid your health insurance, right?
Mwa ha ha ha!
P.S. Also, you are wearing your proper safety gear?
Kids might be able to get away with falling and bouncing back up with no injuries. The rest of us are getting a bit older and might not be able to recover as easily.
See this link from the about scooter safety and here's the proper safety gear for hoverboarding.Read More
Hoverboard: an electric scooter with two wheels that automatically adjusts to keep the rider balanced while riding. They're the craze that's been taking America by storm, but there's been so many things that have happened with hoverboards that it's hard for you to keep up with. That's okay, I've been keeping up with all the latest hoverboard information and here you'll find awesome hoverboard reviews, instructional guides, replacement parts, and even some how-tos to fix broken hoverboards. Welcome to ScooterEra.comRead More
I O Hawk Review: Why It's Illegal to Sell the IO Hawk Board in the US.
IO Hawk Board Can No Longer Be Sold in the US. Find Out Why in this Article.
Until This Even Happened
An IO Hawk Hoverboard found via our Hoverboard Reviews page
This was going to be an awesome headline about how an IO Hawk Board would bring world peace.
Scroll Down to Find Out What Happened
One of the first companies to gain a name for their "Personalized Motor Transporters", was IO Hawk. The company unveiled what many called a mini Segway, or a self balancing skateboard/board to the delight of the technology loving crowds at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan 6 – 9, 2015.
The company acted quickly after the show and began selling their self balancing scooter in February of 2015. Unbeknownst to the people who were rushing to buy the $1800 personal transporter was that at the same time a man was rushing to halt the sale of the IO Hawk board
That man, Shane Chen, was the inventor and patent holder of the Hovertrax. But what is the Hovertrax? It's the two wheeled evolution of the Solotrax, Chen's electric unicycle. At CES 2015 Chen saw the I O Hawk hoverboard and told them that they were infringing upon his patent. Shortly after that, Chen was suing the parent company of IO Hawk.
"There were a few [knockoffs] in the beginning. Then last year, all of a sudden there were over a hundred," he said. "Then there were 150 of them. Now they're not even copying us — they're copying the copies. And they're selling them worldwide. – Shane Chen
Fast forward to Nov 20, 2015, and Shane Chen is a much happier man. He had just won the first of many lawsuits that he has against patent-infringing companies who had little regard for his creation. The company that lost? IO Hawk. Now, anyone who willingly and knowingly sells their devices will be subject to potential liabilities.Read More
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ricksure necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 52 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
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We provide online video tutorials on how to use the Joomla content management system.
We provide a Joomla service, but because we are not directly associated with the Joomla Project, it is important that this logo is not at all like the Joomla logo. We have seen other Joomla related sites with a logo that is a derivative of the official Joomla logo and this is NOT what we want. You could include similar colors like we did in our banner ads: http://www.buildajoomlawebsite.com/…728x90.gif - however these will probably be too strong as is to match our web design.
The logo will be incorporated into a new web design and I have attached a screen shot of the home page. The logo will need to blend nicely with the green background so soft, earthy colors will work best. It might be best to copy the colors or use something similar to the colors in the sample logo. But that's up to you.
Finally, keep in mind that we will create variations of this logo in the future. The image will be different each time but the text will be the same. Therefore the text should be in a font that is easily available.
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Women with risk factors for heart disease, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and a family history, should start a dialogue with their primary care physician in their 40s so they can begin a prevention regimen that will keep them healthy.
"Many people ignore the signs of heart disease in women under 50 since women have such a low prevalence of the disease until menopause," said John Sunew, M.D., a cardiologist affiliated with Houston Methodist West Hospital. "Women with risk factors should be taking preventative steps in their 40s, but unfortunately too many wait until later in life, when the risk is higher."
Sunew says it's critical for women to talk to their doctors about a family history, especially if a family member died of the disease at a young age. They should also have their blood pressure and cholesterol monitored regularly, develop an exercise and nutrition plan, and, if they are a smoker, stop smoking.
Heart problems in women are often not as recognizable as they are in men. Symptoms for women can include:
"Heart disease is not just a man's disease," Sunew says. "If a woman can get ahead of the disease, she gives herself a much better chance of beating it."
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Activities: Skiing - Standard lesson; Skiing - Freeride; Skiing - Telemark; Skiing - Heli-skiing; Skiing - Race training; Skiing - Carving; Hiking - Hiking; Events - Events; Others - Guiding;
Mountains are like women, you have to love them in good and bad weather.
My name is Andrea and I am fully qualified Ski Instructor in 3 countries (Switzerland, Italy and France), I was born on the skies and I'll keep them on until I am on this planet.
Living in Luzern since 2011, married with a lovely Swiss lady, no kids yet and doing the job of my life: connecting as many people with the mountains.
In Winter I work as private Ski Instructor between Switzerland, France and Italy, while in Summer I accompany people ant tourists on the beautiful Swiss Alps. I love to show them the hidden gems that Switzerland has to offer.
If you're looking to start skiing or simply getting better, I am your man! I would love to introduce you to the world of skiing and helping you to discover a new dimension. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or an expert, there is always space for improvements.
I also love Telemark and Freeriding! Explore the off-piste or try Telemark to really feel new emotions and truly connect with the natural environment.
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