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Business-Led 'B Team' to Promote Corporate Social Efforts
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz, director of luxury and lifestyle firm Kering, on Thursday formally launched a nonprofit organization that aims to encourage multinational businesses to figure social and environmental goals into their bottom lines, the BBC and sustainability news site BusinessGreen report.
The B Team, which the moguls initially announced last year, will promote "a new way of doing business that prioritizes people and planet alongside profit." It consists of 14 business and nonprofit leaders from around the world, including Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, Grameen Bank leader Mohammad Yunus, United Nations Foundation President Kathy Calvin, and Ratan Tata, former head of Indian conglomerate the Tata Group.


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Wellington, February 7 (ANI): A New Zealand businessman will pay a cheque of 15,360 NZ dollars to a Melbourne bar to enter his name into the Guiness Book of World Records as the purchaser of what is believed to be the most expensive cocktail ever made.
The basis for the cocktail, which will be claimed as a Guinness world record, is a bottle of 150-year-old cognac Croizet cognac dating back to 1858, Suff.co.nz reported.
The bottle has been already a world-record holder, having previously been valued at 192,800 NZ dollars, and was purchased from Croizet by Crown Melbourne's Club 23 bar, whose barman Joel Heffernan will put two days' preparation into the exotic cocktail.
It will include two nips of Croizet - at 7370 dollars per shot - along with Grand Marnier Quintessence, Chartreuse Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolonge, and a dash of Angostura Bitters.
Heffernan's concoction will be presented with chocolate nutmeg dust, essence of poppy seed and rose, and hints of coconut, passionflower and oranges.
It will be named the "Winston" in tribute to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who is said to have shared a treasured bottle of 1858 Croizet with Allies commander General Dwight Eisenhower on the eve of D-Day in 1944.
The current world record for a single cocktail is held by "Salvatore's Legacy", a concoction developed by renowned barman Salvatore Calabrese using Clos de Griffier Vieux cognac that dates back to 1778.
It sold for 5500 pounds in October last year in a London bar. (ANI)

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Cape Town - Eleven people, including a 3-year-old girl, were killed and more than 30 were injured in a bus smash about 25km outside Oudtshoorn early on Thursday morning.
Western Cape traffic officials said the bus, carrying 48 passengers, was travelling from George to Oudtshoorn at about 1.50am when the driver lost control on a dangerous stretch of road known as Perdeskoendraai.
"Ten people died on the scene, while another died in an Oudtshoorn hospital," traffic chief Kenny Africa said.
Eden district health department spokesman Nadia Ferreira said 36 passengers had been treated at the Oudtshoorn Hospital.
Ten had been discharged and the others were being treated for fractures and lacerations.
Two passengers, including a child with a badly broken arm, were taken to a George hospital.
The driver of the bus survived the crash and was treated for shock.
According to police, a case of manslaughter had been opened.
At about 6.30am, emergency services pulled the bus back on to its wheels. They initially feared people had been trapped under the bus but this was not the case.
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Haasan pleased with response to 'Vishwaroop'
Chennai: Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan said on Saturday that he is pleased with the response to the Hindi version of his controversial film 'Vishwaroop' in north India.
The Hindi version released in over 1,000 screens on Friday.
"I am extremely happy with the response my film has received in north India," Kamal Haasan said upon his return to Chennai on Saturday.
Haasan was in Mumbai since Thursday promoting 'Vishwaroop'. The Tamil and Telugu version, 'Vishwaroopam', still remains banned in Tamil Nadu following protests from Muslim groups over certain scenes in the movie, which seem derogatory to their community.
The actor will meet leaders of Muslim groups later here on Saturday in a bid to lift the ban on his film.
On Friday, Chandra Haasan, on behalf of the production house Raj Kamal International Films, met the leaders of protesting groups in preliminary talks in the presence of Tamil Nadu Home Secretary R. Rajagopal.
Following the preliminary talks, both parties were to meet formally on Friday evening, but it was called off after the opposition party expressed an interest to meet Kamal Haasan himself.
On Thursday, talks were to take place between Muslim leaders and Tamil filmmaker Ameer Sultan on behalf of Raj Kamal Films International, but it was called off after both the parties decided that the government should mediate the talks.
"We've submitted letters to the government requesting it to oversee the talks between Raj Kamal Films International and leaders of all 24 Muslim organisations," Chandra Haasan said on Thursday.
Both parties agreed to sit and discuss the matter after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday said her government would do anything to help Haasan release his film if he can reach an amicable solution with the protesting groups.
The Rs950 million (Dh65.6 million) espionage thriller was originally scheduled to release in Tamil and Telugu on January 25.


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Stanley, George
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Date Published: 1968
Edition: First edition
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Slim octavo [21.5 cm] Stapled white and black pictorial wraps. Blue flyleaves. Very good. The wraps are subtly age-toned.
The title of the book is taken from the title of a poem by Octavio Paz. George Stanley is an award-winning American-Canadian poet who was involved in his early years with the San Francisco Renaissance.
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Ever since Apple launched Siri with the iPhone 4S, the average search results on an iPhone ranged from the offensive to the practical. Whatever way you look at it though, Siri did indeed change how we interact with our phones and their search capabilities.
Microsoft followed suit and implemented their own voice recognition functionality in the Windows Phone platform. And while not perfect, the Redmond behemoth has been working hard to improve the service allowing for better reduction of background noise and dialect recognition.
In a new video post, Stefan Weitz and Michael Tjalve – both from the Bing Speech Team – have demoed the latest improvements to the voice search capabilities in Windows Phone 8.
Working with Microsoft Research, the Bing Search Team have come up with a new methodology; Deep Neural Networks, or DNN for short, to provide greater accuracy and speed when using voice search functionality. It's a new version to the existing 'Acoustic Model' already in place in speech recognition. According to Tjalve:
It's essentially a computational framework or how we process speech within the brain.
All this means that the DNNs are able to learn more quickly and allow Bing voice capabilities to get even close to the way we, as people, recognise speech. This, and improvements to recognising speech patterns, along with being able to block out background noise and ambient sounds have helped improve word error rates by 15 percent.
If you watch the video, at the 1:13 mark, you'll see an example of how the latency has been reduced in providing quicker results to Bing voice searches. So that's twice as fast, and more accurate than ever before!
It's an exciting time, and improvements like this are helping drive the way we interact with our phones and the search services that we use on a daily basis.
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Kay to Give the Play-by-Play of Rivera's 'Closer'
Hachette Audio has signed Michael Kay, longtime television sports broadcaster for the New York Yankees, to read the audiobook edition of The Closer, a memoir by legendary Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera. In the book, Rivera discusses everything from his childhood in Panama to his success in New York, as well as God, family, and, of course, the game of baseball. The Closer will be published simultaneously in English and Spanish print and audio editions on May 6. The Spanish audio narrator has yet to be announced.
Keaton Back in the Studio for RH
Academy Award–winner Diane Keaton will be back in the studio for Random House Audio to read her new book, Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty, which is slated for an April release. In it, Keaton takes a candid look at "beauty, aging, the mirror, and how, in the end, you just have to do it your own way." She shares, in her "characteristic, quirky way, the funny and not-so-funny moments of always staying true to yourself."
S&S Gets Presidential
In February, former President Jimmy Carter was in the studio to record his newest book, A Call to Action, due out March 25 from Simon & Schuster. In it, according to the publisher, Carter "addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare." He relates his own "experiences and the testimony of courageous women from all regions and all major religions to demonstrate that women around the world—more than half of all human beings—are being denied equal rights [with men]."
Livingston Keeps Quiet for Macmillan
Actor Ron Livingston, known for his roles in the movie Office Space and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, was in the studio last month for Macmillan, recording the audio edition of Keep Quiet, the upcoming novel by bestselling author Lisa Scottoline. The book, due out April 8, is described by the publisher as a "gripping and complex story about a man's split-second decision to protect his son—and the devastating consequences that follow." Although Scottoline has written dozens of novels, she's had only one male audiobook narrator prior to Livingston.
Recorded Books Dives Back Into Origami Yoda
Narrator Mark Turetsky is in the studio for Recorded Books, working on the audio edition of Tom Angleberger's Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!, the fifth installment in his blockbuster Origami Yoda series. In the book, the beloved Star Wars characters in origami form once again help the students of McQuarrie Middle School as they fight against the dark standardized-testing forces and try to make their principle a rebel ally before she becomes transformed into a Dark Lord of the Sith. Amulet published the book in print on March 4—Recorded Books will release the audio version in April.
Dreamscape Records Nunez
Author Elizabeth Nunez will narrate her memoir, Not for Everyday Use, the "haunting story of her lifelong struggle to cope with the consequences" of the "sterner stuff" of her parents' ambitions for their children and her mother's seemingly "unbreakable conviction that displays of affection are not for everyday use." The hardcover will be out from Akashic Books on April 1, and Dreamscape will publish the audio book on April 15.


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Mammon and Other Demons
Ronnie Corbett returns to Radio 4 for a third series of his popular sitcom by Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent.
Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown up children - both married to people Sandy doesn't approve of at all - would like him to move out of the family home so they can get their hands on their money earlier. But Sandy's not having this. He's not moving until the dog dies. And not just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His daughter is convinced that his too-attractive lodger Dolores is after Sandy and his money.
Luckily, Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a friendly word, a kindly hand on the shoulder can really help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog together face a complicated world. There's every chance they'll make it more so.
Episode Six - Mammon And Other Demons
A moral tale in which Sandy and his family catch the gambling bug. Meanwhile Pompom is missing. Sandy and his son are about to put his Winter Fuel Allowance on a horse when Pompom's whereabouts are revealed.
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Mrs Pompom.................................Sally Grace
Ellie...............................................Tilly Vosburgh
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It's hard to believe that Richard Marx has never performed a solo acoustic show. After all, the pop auteur of '80s swooners Right Here Waiting and Hold On to the Nights is like the Nookie Whisperer, a soft-spoken chart-topping romantic. But tonight, the 46-year-old will be hosting his very first acoustic gig at Clearwater's Capitol Theatre.
"It's very much a storyteller kind of thing," he told the Stuck in the '80s podcast crew of Sean Daly and Steve Spears. Expect hits (Hazard, Endless Summer Nights), tall tales and more than a few zingers. "After maybe two or three years of touring, I learned to get the joke: that I wasn't doing anything particularly important. So I started to have a lot more fun with it and tell stories during the shows."
For Daly and Marx, the interview was something of a reunion. Before he was a pop music critic, Sean was a hotel bellboy in an ill-fitting uniform who once drove Marx around in a courtesy van. The pop star bestowed love advice to Daly back then, and the singer says he's still helping out random strangers today.
"We're having some construction work done (at my house)," Marx said, "and there was a note in my studio from (a worker) that said, 'I just had to thank you so much because you helped me get so much action in high school.' "
Crave more Marx action? Here are excerpts from the interview:
Is it true that Lionel Richie helped launch your career?
He was the impetus for me moving from Chicago to L.A. (in the early '80s). In the middle of my senior year (of high school), this demo tape of my first four or five songs wound up in Lionel Richie's hands. And my phone number was on the demo tape. Lionel Richie heard the tape, and he called me himself. And he was very encouraging.
Whoa. And then Lionel hired you as a background singer on his first solo album.
More than that, he said, "You have an open invitation to be at the studio with me." I went to the studio every single day!
That's like a masters class in pop. You then hooked up with Kenny Rogers' camp, right?
Lionel recommended me as a background singer. And so I got hired for a couple days. One day, I overheard Kenny telling his producer that they were still short a song. So I went home to my apartment that night and I wrote a song. Kenny was nice enough to let me play it for him. And he cut it. And it was a No. 1 country song, Crazy. It was the launch of my songwriting career.
Let's skip ahead to 1987. Did you go crazy after all that success? Your debut album had four hit singles on it.
In retrospect, I wish I had. I'm not much of a partier. I'm a drug virgin to this day. Not even weed.
C'mon, really?
I remember being offered blow regularly and thinking to myself, "The only reason I'm not going to do blow is because I know I'm gonna love it." . . . My life consisted of 6:30 a.m. radio performances and interviews. And then going and doing in-stores. And then going to sound checks. And then right from sound checks to some more interviews on TV. Then doing a gig. Then doing phoners in Japan and Australia. Then going to sleep on the bus for a few hours and waking up and doing it all again.
Did you have any fun?
It was such a blur. My only regret is that I didn't soak it in. When it's happening to you, you can't appreciate it. You don't have the perspective. You're just treading water. My attitude was "This could go away tomorrow."
What do you make of the instant music careers that American Idol generates?
I haven't watched the show since Season 1. It's meaningless to me. It's just karaoke. It's really lowered the public's perception of what is good singing and what isn't. Just because you can sing loud doesn't mean you're good.


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Punk and alternative icons The Replacements had a reunion of sorts over the weekend, with Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson fronting a reunion version (also with Josh Freese and David Minehan) of the Mats in a show at Riot Fest in Toronto. Slicing Up Eyeballs reports that they played 23 songs, including "Color Me Impressed," which you can watch above. Head over to Slicing Up Eyeballs for more videos of the show and a complete set list.
SUP also said "The 'Mats opened with "Takin' a Ride," the first track off their debut album Sorry, Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash — a record released 32 years ago to the day." before adding "Right now, the three Riot Fests headlining sets — the band also plays Sept. 15 in Chicago and Sept. 21 outside of Denver — are the only officially announced performances by the new 2013 edition of the 'Mats, although it's hard to believe that's all we'll see of Paul and Tommy together."
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The "Gazeta Warszawaka", the chief organ of the National Democratic Party, has launched an attack upon the Minister of Education, M. Jedrzejewicz, because his Ministry has given public recognition to two Hebrew Tarbuth High Schools in Poland.
Twenty per cent. of the students at the Polish State High Schools are Jewish, the paper claims, and the Jews play a tremendous part in Polish cultural life, yet it is not enough for the Jews, and Poland is to be turned into a motherland of the Jewish intellectuals throughout thelworld through the medium of the Hebrew High Schools. The British Government in Palestine has not given any rights to the Hebrew schools in that country, the paper asserts. There are no Hebrew public schools in Palestine, so Poland is to be the Jewish motherland, and our Education Minister, M. Jedrzejewicz, is simply a tool of world Jewry, giving effect to the Jewish dream.


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She can't keep the dog and not pay however there could be an issue of damaged goods where she would have the option of returning the dog to you. Either way you have an excellent case to either get your money or a return of the dog..


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The steamship Mala, formerly the American Presidential yacht Mayflower, arrived today in Haifa with a group of European refugees. U.N. observers immediately boarded her to supervise the debarkation of the immigrants.
The ship, which served American Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Hoover, flew the Panamanian flag as she entered the harbor. Reports from Marseilles said that the ship set sail from there secretly and that the Panamanian consulate would revoke its charter for that reason.
Two of five Britons recently arrested by the Irgun and turned over to the Government on charges of espionage in Jerusalem for the Arabs were today formally charged under the British Official Secrets Act with having obtained and published information about Israeli defenses of value to the enemy. Their trial will be held in a Jerusalem court Sept. 13. The other three Britons were released several weeks ago for lack of conclusive evidence.


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BYU, fresh of a 19-point victory over arch-rival Utah, is riding a four-game winning streak as it prepares to host No. 6 Baylor on Saturday.
For the Cougars, a win over the undefeated Bears would be huge for their NCAA Tournament resume.
ESPN.com's Andy Katz is predicting that BYU will knock off Baylor as his upset pick of the week.
"I got one right last week, sensing Dayton could pull off the upset of Alabama. Well, I'm sensing a possible upset by the Cougars," Katz writes. "Baylor has more talent, no question. And the Bears did dispatch Northwestern on the road and hold a decided advantage in the frontcourt. But BYU is suddenly playing really well with a win over Oregon in Salt Lake City as the highlight of the four-game win streak. The Cougars are getting solid play out of Noah Hartsock inside and Charles Abouo on the perimeter. If BYU is going to get national attention prior to the WCC schedule, it will have to occur with a win over the Bears in what should be a crazed Marriott Center. I think the Cougars will get it."
On the football side of things, a post on BruinsNation.com speculates that BYU offensive coordinator Brandon Doman could be a candidate to be the new offensive coordinator at UCLA.


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Go to someone else! Don't do the axillary incision! It is very visible and has unpredictable accuracy. Also, my armpit is numb. Let me tell you, shaving a numb armpit is a little scary. :) I can base my review off my right breast which seems most normal. The implant is good and painless! The left...
Uneven breasts. Left is VERY high and painful. Dr. G said it was due to tight muscles below my breast. I told him in the beginning I wanted my incision through breast crease and he told me axillary is better. The recovery was great... but the end results, painful, wayyy too big (they insisted on the size), and extremely uneven. It has been 9 months since my procedure, no change, no dropping in the left. It is even visible through my shirts. It is SO embarassing and the pain is daily from the left being so high.
I am mad at myself that I paid almost $6k for this. I am more emabarrassed now than I was with my small boobs. I just with I had gone to Dr. Bashiom, my first consult, who predicited everything that would go wrong with an axillary incision so well, it is almost scary. He insisted that there is a good reason why very few doctors do it. It is not ideal and has unpredictable results. I chose Dr. G over him simply because of bedside manor and the easier recovery with the axillary incision. Not good reasoning. Those thing are short term. The end look and results are what are around for years and years. I would do implants again in a heartbeat, just with a doctor that would make them look nice, not lopsided. So embarrassed!
Dr. G said he would fix them, but I would have to pay $2500 more, just to get what I wanted in the first place. I saved for years for the first surgery. To spend more on a cosmetic procedure just doesn't make sense financially for me right now. No to mention, going under general again is a big deal, just to fix something not done correctly in the beginning. Please go to someone else!


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Jennifer Lopez: What I've learnt from divorce
Jennifer Lopez now realises the "sky won't fall" if she takes some time off work.
Jennifer Lopez's divorce from Marc Anthony made her realise her girlfriends are some of the most important people in her life.
The 46-year-old star was married to the musician for seven years before they confirmed their separation in 2011, with the union the third of Jennifer's to end in divorce. While she's in a good place now and is dating backing dancer Casper Smart, the end of her relationship with Marc taught her a great deal about life.
"I think I realised (my friends) were as important – if not more important – when I divorced Marc," she told Britain's Marie Claire magazine. "I just realised that I had been through that a couple of times and there they still were. Like they say, men come and go, but my girlfriends are always there for me."
Jennifer has also thought a great deal about her work/life balance since her marriage breakdown. As a singer and actress she has always been busy and in the early 2000s her hectic schedule was detrimental to her health, but it's only recently that she's started to realise she has to be more honest about needing downtime.
"I learned a lot from that time in my life where I did overstretch myself," she explained. "I can handle it better because I go, 'No, I'm not going to work on that day,' or, 'No, I am going to take those three days off,' or, 'No, you cannot schedule that there.' And you realise the sky is not going to fall, even though everybody makes you feel like it's going to."
These days the star is all about "healthy boundaries" and putting her children, seven-year-old Max and Emme, first. She still has things she wants to achieve in her career though, which Jennifer warns is highly important. The star is only too aware that many people wanted her to have a short career so they could move on to the next big thing, but as she has always had things to say and plans to achieve, she's managed to stick around. This is also one of the reasons why she has signed up for a Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood, which kicks off on 20 January 16.
"I've been preparing my whole life for this moment," she enthused. "I've done a lot of awards shows and performances and private shows my whole career. But never have I been able to create the defining show for myself and for my music. So I'm super-excited about it."
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President Carlos Prio Socarras of Cuba today received Dr. Moshe Toff, member of Israel's delegation at the United Nations. It is understood that the President told the Israeli diplomat that Cuba will fully co-operate with Israel in various problems concerning the Jewish state. Toff was also received There by Foreign Minister Aureliano Sanchez Arango.


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I recently received two letters, each one describing a different pest or perceived pest (in this case, dinoflagellates and flatworms — planaria). Flatworms come in many shapes and sizes. The ones we normally consider pests tend to be small (less than 5 millimeters in length), flattened worm-like creatures. They can be brown, green or red in color, often with a white stripe down the middle of the back. These animals feed on bacteria and coral slime, and are thought to be relatively harmless.
The problem comes when there is a population explosion in the aquarium and they begin to cover every available surface, including your corals and other sessile invertebrates. They become a real eyesore and can also severely cut back on the amount of light the corals receive. At this point you have three options: leave them alone and wait until they begin to disappear — which often happens, siphon them off the corals every day until their numbers begin to decrease, or find a biological control.
Biological controls are tricky because there is no guarantee that they will work, and if they do work, what will they eat once the flatworm population declines? Saltwater fish are the most effective biological controls for flatworms. Members of the genus Valenciennea (sleeper gobies) have been observed to reduce populations of flatworms effectively, but they tend to waste away in aquariums once the flatworms decrease in number.
Wrasses are very interesting saltwater fish in that if there is a life-form that occurs on a reef, there is usually a wrasse that eats it. Both Macropharyngodon (leopard wrasses) and Anampses wrasses are suspected to eat flatworms in aquariums. In the few cases in which I have experienced flatworm outbreaks in a reef system, the populations eventually disappeared in about six to eight weeks.
Flatworms often appear in new aquariums containing live rock, when new pieces of live rock are added to an already established reef aquarium, and when new pieces of coral are added. This is why it is prudent to carefully inspect new arrivals for suspicious hitchhikers, and to quarantine new pieces in a separate saltwater aquarium to make sure they are pest free. Often, vigorously shaking the piece in a bucket of seawater is enough to dislodge flatworms. A more drastic procedure is to dip the live rock briefly in freshwater for 30 to 60 seconds, causing them to drop off.
Dinoflagellates can become a real pest in saltwater aquariums, and have caused more than one hobbyist to completely tear down and sterilize his or her aquarium. This tiny, single-celled protozoan can multiply into large mats of brown, filamentous growths, often with air bubbles attached to rising filaments. When examined under the microscope they look like very tiny spheres embedded in a gelatinous goo!
There is no sure-fire way to rid a saltwater aquarium of this plague, and often it is merely the shock of a change that causes them to disappear. Treatments have included raising the pH to 8.5 for several weeks, dropping the specific gravity to 1.016 rapidly and keeping it there for a few weeks, raising or lowering the temperature, using phosphate-lowering compounds, and turning off the lights for a few days to a week. Sometimes a combination of the above will cause a positive result. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any organisms that will eat these beasties either!
As you can probably tell, many of the above options carry their own dangers for the other inhabitants of the aquarium, but drastic problems sometimes require drastic efforts. You may lose all your animals or you may be successful. The alternative, however, is to do nothing, and that will eventually lead to a very nice display of dinoflagellates on live rock and little else.


text: Today when I pressed the shutter release on my Oly OM-2, the mirror went up and then nothing. So mirror is stuck in up position. I have tried switching lens, pressing all buttons etc but no luck. Is there anything I should try on my own before proceeding to plan b which would be finding a new old camera. Any help is highly appreciated!


text: DNR's latest high-tech move: electronic game-checking By John McCoy November 16, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Someday in the deer woods of West Virginia: A hunter crouches over the freshly field-dressed carcass of the buck he just shot. He reaches into his pocket, pulls out his smartphone and dials a number.He keys in his name, his hunting license number, and the county and general location where he killed the buck. With a final tap of his index finger, he finishes in seconds a task that, in the past, had taken minutes to hours to complete.When Division of Natural Resources officials go online with a new electronic game-checking system in April 2015, checking a deer, bear, turkey or wild boar will become far less complicated.For decades, hunters have had to haul carcasses to designated game-checking stations, often many miles distant, and wait to have a clerk record all the required information. The check-in process would usually take only a couple of minutes, but the associated travel time could easily take an hour or more.Curtis Taylor, the DNR's chief of wildlife resources, said changes to the game-checking process will take place after the state goes to a wholly electronic hunting- and fishing-license system."We'll go to fully electronic licensing Jan. 1, 2015," he explained. "We'll go to electronic game-checking on the opening day of the 2015 spring gobbler season."Agency administrators have long wanted to get rid of West Virginia's cumbersome paper-license and game-check systems, but had to approach the project carefully to ensure they got a vendor capable of creating effective electronic equivalents."We ended up having to shoot for 2015 because we were well aware of all the approvals we'd have to get from the state purchasing, procurement and technology offices," Taylor said. The contracts have been signed, and technologists for vendor Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson of Sparks, Md., are creating and adapting the zillions of lines of computer code required to make the systems work."They're the folks who did Maryland's system, and the folks at the Maryland DNR were exceptionally pleased with the system they got," Taylor said.Taylor said the gobbler-season rollout of the electronic checking system should give DNR officials a chance to tweak any glitches between then and the 2015 deer seasons."One state set up an electronic check system called '1-800-I-GOT-ONE.' The day they rolled it out, usage was high and the system blew up. We don't want to replicate that, so we'll try it during the gobbler season, and if there are any bugs we'll fix them and be ready to roll by the time our deer archery season begins."West Virginia's system, though far advanced from the current paper system, won't be state-of-the-art, at least not at first. Taylor said early users might be limited to checking kills in via a home computer."We'd like for hunters to be able to do it by phone, by computer and through an app on their mobile devices," he explained. "But we may not be able to afford all that." Hunters will need to key in only a minimal amount of material."We'll be asking for less information than we're currently taking on [paper] check tags - name, license number, the species killed, weapon, county and private or public land," Taylor said.Even with less information, DNR officials believe the electronic system will allow them to make better decisions to manage the state's big-game species."Having all this information instantly in our computers will keep us from having to count tags, verify license numbers, send the tags to Elkins and keypunch all the data in. With the paper system, we only get a couple of weeks at the end of January to plan what the next season's regulations should be. With the electronic system, we'll be able to start planning as soon as the shooting stops." Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Charleston restaurant 2 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 3 Gazette editorial: Capito has second chance to do the right thing 4 Doug Smock: AAC not ready for Power 6 quite yet 5 WVU seeking improvements during off week Outdoors notes -- Nov. 17 Previous Story New regulation could bolster deer harvest Next Story


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Office of Grants & Research
Cost Principles for Educational Institutions, a circular published by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that establishes the principles for determining the costs applicable to grants, contracts, and other government agreements with educational institutions (also known as Sponsored Projects).
American Association for the Accreditation of Lab Animal Care
Agency for International Development
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (DOD)
Allocable Costs
Those allowable costs that actually benefit the grant or contract to which they are being charged.
Allowable Costs
Those categories of costs that can be charged to a grant, such as salaries and equipment. Certain types of costs, such as the cost of alcoholic beverages are not allowable and may not be charged to a contract or grant.
Animal Research Committee (UCLA)
Armed Services Procurement Regulations
A formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation. An audit may also include examination of compliance with applicable terms, laws, and regulations.
Association of University Technology Managers
Funds that have been obligated by a funding agency for a particular project
A type of donation or gift. Bequests and gifts are awards given with few or no conditions specified. Gifts may be provided to establish an endowment or to provide direct support for existing programs. Frequently, gifts are used to support developing programs for which other funding is not available. The unique flexibility, or lack of restrictions, makes gifts attractive sources of support.
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
An announcement of a federal agency's general research interests that invites proposals and specifies the general terms and conditions under which an award may be made.
The detailed statement outlining estimated project costs to support work under a grant or contract.(See also rebudget.)
Budget Period
The interval of time--usually twelve months--into which the project period is divided for budgetary and funding purposes.
Budget Adjustment
The act of amending the budget by moving funds from one category or line item to another.
Cost Accounting Standards
Commerce Business Daily. The CBD Web site contains only the CBD database notices from December 2, 1996 to January 2, 2002. Starting with January 3, 2002, the Federal Business Opportunities, a.k.a. FedBizOpps or FBO (http://www.fedbizopps.gov/), became the single portal for the notices of all government procurement information, including research funding opportunities. After October 31, 2004, FBO was replaced by grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/) as the portal for all federal funding opportunities.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Challenge Grant
A grant that provides monies in response to monies from other sources, usually according to a formula. A challenge grant may, for example, offer two dollars for every one that is obtained from a fund drive. The grant usually has a fixed upper limit, and may have a challenge minimum below which no grant will be made. This form of grant is fairly common in the arts, humanities, and some other fields, but is less common in the sciences. A challenge grant differs from a matching grant in at least one important respect: The amount of money that the recipient organization realizes from a challenge grant may vary widely, depending upon how successful that organization is in meeting the challenge. Matching grants usually award a clearly defined amount and require that a specified sum be obtained before any award is made.
Challenge Magazine
An archive for the UCLA Challenge Magazine (UCLA's Research Magazine), which was published from 1996 - 1999.
Change Order
A written order signed by the contracting officer, directing the contractor to make changes that the changes clause of the contract authorizes the contracting officer to order without the consent of the contractor.
Close Out
The act of completing all internal procedures and sponsor requirements to terminate or complete a research project.
Council on Governmental Relations
Cost of Living Allowance granted to employees based in a foreign city, where cost of living is higher than in Washington, D.C.
Competing Proposals
Proposals that are submitted for the first time or unfunded proposals that are resubmitted; either must compete for research funds. Ongoing projects must compete again if the term of the original award has expired.
Consortium Agreement
Group of collaborative investigators/institutions; arrangement can be formalized with specified terms and conditions.
Continuation Project (Non-Competing)
Applicable to grants and cooperative agreements only. A project approved for multiple-year funding, although funds are typically committed only one year at a time. At the end of the initial budget period, progress on the project is assessed. If satisfactory, an award is made for the next budget period, subject to the availability of funds. Continuation projects do not compete with new project proposals and are not subjected to peer review beyond the initial project approval.
A mechanism for procurement of a product or service with specific obligations for both sponsor and recipient. Typically, a research topic and the methods for conducting the research are specified in detail by the sponsor, although some sponsors award contracts in response to unsolicited proposals.
Contract/Grant Officer
A sponsor's designated individual who is officially responsible for the business management aspects of a particular grant, cooperative agreement, or contract. Serving as the counterpart to the business officer of the grantee/contractor organization, the grant/contract officer is responsible for all business management matters associated with the review, negotiation, award, and administration of a grant or contract and interprets the associated administration policies, regulations, and provisions. (For definition of scientific officer, see Program/Project Officer.)
Cooperative Agreement
An award similar to a grant, but in which the sponsor's staff may be actively involved in proposal preparation, and anticipates having substantial involvement in research activities once the award has been made.
Community of Science A web server containing information about scientific expertise, funded scientific research, and funding opportunities for research.
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
Federally mandated accounting standards intended to ensure uniformity in budgeting and spending funds.
Cost-Reimbursement Type Contract/Grant
A contract/grant for which the sponsor pays for the full costs incurred in the conduct of the work up to an agreed-upon amount.
A general term, used as a noun or adjective, that can describe virtually any type of arrangement in which more than one party supports research, equipment acquisition, demonstration projects, programs, institutions. Example: A university receives a grant for a project estimated to have a total cost of $100,000. The sponsor agrees to pay 75% ($75,000) and the university agrees to pay 25% ($25,000). The $25,000 is the cost-sharing component.
CRADA or CRDA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
Center for Scientific Review (National Institutes of Health)
Defense Acquisition Regulations
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD)
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Defense Acquisition Regulations (DAR)
The source regulations for research projects sponsored by the Department of Defense.
Expenditures exceed funds available.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
Department of Health and Human Services
Direct Costs
Clearly identifiable costs related to a specific project. General categories of direct costs include but are not limited to salaries and wages, fringe benefits, supplies, contractual services, travel and communication, equipment, and computer use.
Department of Defense (includes Air Force, Army, ARPA, and Navy)
Transfer of equipment, money, goods, services, and property with or without specifications as to its use. Sometimes donation is used to designate contributions that are made with more specific intent than is usually the case with a gift, but the two terms are often used interchangeably. (Also see Gift)
Interagency Extramural Invention Information Management System
Extramural Fund Management (UCLA)
Electronic Research Administration (ERA)
Conducting research administration by utilizing electronic resources such as the Internet, the world wide web, form templates, databases, and other electronic tools. (For more information, link to NCURA.)
Funds that have been set aside or "claimed" for projected expenses pending actual expenditure of the funds.
A fund usually in the form of an income-generating investment, established to provide long-term support for faculty/research positions (e.g., endowed chair).
Environmental Protection Agency
Expiration Date
The date signifying the end of the performance period, as indicated on the Notice of Grant Award.
An additional period of time given by the sponsor to an organization for the completion of work on an approved grant or contract. An extension allows previously allocated funds to be spent after the original expiration date.
Extramural Fund Management (EFM)
The campus office responsible for financial oversight of extramural funds, for receiving actual contract and grant monies, for submitting invoices, and for submitting official financial reports. (UCLA)
Federal Aviation Administration
Facilities and Administrative (F&A)
Costs Costs that are incurred for common or joint objectives and, therefore, cannot be identified readily and specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other institutional activity. F&A costs are synonymous with Indirect Costs.
Federal Acquisition Regulations
Federal Demonstration Partnership
The Federal Commons is an Internet grants management portal serving the grantee organization community. This portal, under P.L. 106-107, will become a common face of the government, offering all grantees (state and local governments, universities, small businesses, etc.) full service grants processing across all functions in the grant life cycle. The Federal Commons will provide both public information, such as grant programs and funding opportunities, as well as the secure processing of e-grant transactions.
Enacted in 1999, this federal law is intended to make it easier for State, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to apply for and report on financial assistance. The Act requires federal agencies to create a common system (Federal Commons) for electronic processing of all grant programs.
A free on-line information retrieval service serving select federal agencies for on-line searches.
Fogarty International Center (NIH)
Final Report
The final technical or financial report required by the sponsor to complete a research project.
FirstGov is a public-private partnership, led by a cross-agency board and administered by the Office of FirstGov in the General Services Administration's Office of Government wide Policy. Launched in September 2000, it is the only official U.S. Government portal to 47 million pages of government information, services, and online transactions. The site offers a search engine that searches every word of every U.S. government document. FirstGov also features a topical index, online transactions, links to state and local government, options to contact the government, and other tools.
Fiscal Year (FY)
Any twelve-month period for which annual accounts are kept (at UCLA, July 1 through June 30).
Fixed-Price (FP)
Contract/Grant A contract/grant for which one party pays the other party a predetermined price, regardless of actual costs, for services rendered. Quite often this is a fee-for-service agreement.
Fringe Benefits
Employee benefits paid by the employer. (e.g., FICA, Worker's Compensation, Withholding Tax, Insurance, etc.)
Funding Cycle
Range of time during which proposals are accepted, reviewed, and funds are awarded. If a sponsor has standing proposal review committees (or boards) that meet at specified times during the year, application deadlines are set to correspond with those meetings. For some sponsors, if proposals are received too late to be considered in the current funding cycle, they may be held over for the next review meeting (i.e., National Science Foundation's Target Dates).
Global Expertise Network for Industry, Universities and Scholars
Gifts and bequests are awards given with few or no conditions specified. Gifts may be provided to establish an endowment or to provide direct support for existing programs. Frequently, gifts are used to support developing programs for which other funding is not available. The unique flexibility, or lack of restrictions, makes gifts attractive sources of support. (Also see Donation.)
An internal routing form for institutional approval for submitting proposals. (UCLA)
Grant Proposal Guide for the National Science Foundation
A type of financial assistance awarded to an organization for the conduct of research or other program as specified in an approved proposal. A grant, as opposed to a cooperative agreement, is used whenever the awarding office anticipates no substantial programmatic involvement with the recipient during the performance of the activities.
Grant/Contract Officer
A sponsor's designated individual who is officially responsible for the business management aspects of a particular grant, cooperative agreement, or contract. Serving as the counterpart to the business officer of the grantee/contractor organization, the grant/contract officer is responsible for all business management matters associated with the review, negotiation, award, and administration of a grant or contract and interprets the associated administration policies regulations, and provisions (For definition of scientific officer, see Program/Project Officer).
Grant Forward
Grant Forward is an online search system for research opportunities. Previously IRIS (Illinois Research Information Service).
General Services Administration
Human Subjects Protection Committee (UCLA)
Indirect Costs
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Institutional Biosafety Committee
Invitation for Bid
Contributions or assistance in a form other than money. Equipment, materials, or services of recognized value that are offered in lieu of cash.
Incremental Funding
A method of funding contracts that provides specific spending limits below the total estimated costs. These limits may be exceeded only at the contractor's own risk. Each increment is, in essence, a funding action.
Independent Substantive Review Committee (ISRC)
A faculty committee charged with reviewing conflict of interest matters when a faculty member submits a "Statement of Economic Interests" Form 730-U with a positive disclosure, stating they have financial or other interest in a sponsor. (UCLA)
Indirect Costs
Costs related to expenses incurred in conducting or supporting research or other externally-funded activities but not directly attributable to a specific project. General categories of indirect costs include general administration (accounting, payroll, purchasing, etc.), sponsored project administration, plant operation and maintenance, library expenses, departmental administration expenses, depreciation or use allowance for buildings and equipment, and student administration and services. (See also Facilities and Administrative Costs)
Indirect Cost Rate
The rate, expressed as a percentage of a base amount (MTDC), established by negotiation with the cognizant federal agency on the basis of the institution's projected costs for the year and distributed as prescribed in OMB Circular A-21. At UCLA, indirect costs are applied to a modified total direct cost (MTDC) base. The indirect cost rate is charged on a set of direct costs known as an indirect cost base.
Interim Funding
Authorization to expend funds on a project to a specified limit before the award document has been received from the sponsor.
Invitation for Bid (IFB)
A solicitation issued to prospective bidders. An IFB describes what is required and how the bidders will be evaluated. Award is based on the lowest bid. Negotiations are not conducted.
Investigator-Initiated Proposal
A proposal submitted to a sponsor that is not in response to an RFP, RFA, or a specific program announcement.
Institutional Review Board (for human subjects research at UCLA, this is the same as HSPC)
Independent Substantive Review Committee
Key Personnel
The personnel considered to be of primary importance to the successful conduct of a research project. The term usually applies to the senior members of the project staff.
Limitation of Cost (LOC)
A mandatory clause for cost-reimbursement type contracts. Under the clause, the sponsor is not obligated to reimburse the contractor for costs in excess of the stated amount. The contractor, however, is not obligated to continue performance once expenses reach the stated amount.
Matching Grant
A grant that requires a specified portion of the cost of a supported item of equipment or project be obtained from other sources. The required match may be more or less than the amount of the grant. Some matching grants require that the additional funds be obtained from sources outside the recipient organization. Many matching grants are paid in installments, the payments coinciding with the attainment of pre-specified levels of additional funding. (Also see Challenge Grant.) Matching grants are very common in the sciences, especially for equipment. They are standard practice in some government agencies.
Misconduct in Science
Fabrication, plagiarism, or other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within the scientific community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research. It does not include honest error or honest differences in interpretations or judgments of data.
A sponsor's stated purpose, which is designed to address a specified set of problems. Almost all federal research agencies are designated as mission agencies.
An award document that modifies any aspect of an existing award other than those named above. Example: Carryover approvals, adding or deleting special terms and conditions, changes in funding levels (including NSF's Research Experience for Undergraduates, NIH's Minority Supplement, DOD's ASSERT Programs), administrative changes initiated by the agency, extensions that include changes in terms, change of principal investigator, etc.
Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC)
At UCLA, the basic indirect costs are calulcated on a subset of direct costs, normally excluding among other costs, equipment, patient care, space rental, alterations and renovations, and subcontract costs in excess of the first $25,000.
National Association of College and University Business Officers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Cancer Institute (NIH)
National Center for Research Resources (NIH)
National Council of University Research Administrators
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Eye Institute (NIH)
New Award
An award not previously awarded or a renewal or continuation award treated as a new award by the sponsor and given a new agency number.
New and Competing Proposals
Proposals that are submitted for the first time or ongoing projects that must recompete for funding prior to expiration of the original award.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
National Institute on Aging (NIH)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH)
National Institute of Dental Research (NIH)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)
National Institute for Nursing Research (NIH)
No Cost Time Extension
An extension of the period of performance beyond the expiration data to allow the principal investigator to finish a project. Usually, no additional costs are provided.
Notice of Grant Award
The legally binding document that serves as a notification to the recipient and others that a grant or cooperative agreement has been made; contains or references all terms of the award; and documents the obligation of funds.
National Performance Review The University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office, in a Federal Depository Library Program partnership, established this site to provide permanent public access to the publications of Vice President Gore's National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) which officially closed on January 19, 2001. This site exists exactly as it did when the NPR closed.
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Office of Management and Budget
Circulars Regulatory circulars issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Link to the OMB circular as well as link to the specific circular via TRAM.) Definitions included in OMB Circulars A-21, 110, 122, 128 and 133.
Organizational Prior Approval System
Office for Protection from Research Risks (DHHS)
Office for Protection from Research Subjects (UCLA, consisting of the HSPC, ARC, and Biosafety)
UCLA Office of Research Administration
Peer Review
A system using reviewers who are the professional equals of the principal investigator or program director who is to be responsible for directing or conducting the proposed project. It is a form of objective review. Peer review is legislatively mandated in some programs and in other programs is administratively required.
Public Health Service
Application for Continuation of a PHS Grant (National Institutes of Health)
Application Form for a PHS Grant (National Institutes of Health)
Principal Investigator
Post-Differential Allowance
Expenses authorized for employees based abroad to provide additional compensation for services as a recruitment and retention tool. When the allowance is authorized, the employee's base salary is increased accordingly.
Program Research and Development Announcement
A brief description, usually 2-10 pages, of research plans and estimated budget that is sometimes submitted to determine the interest of a particular sponsor prior to submission of a formal proposal. Also termed Preliminary Proposal.
Principal Investigator
The individual responsible for the conduct of research or other activity described in a proposal for an award.
Prior Approval
The requirement for written documentation of permission to use project funds for purposes not in the approved budget, or to change aspects of the program from those originally planned and approved. Prior approval must be obtained before the performance of the act that requires such approval under the terms of the agreement.
Priority Score
A score derived from the rating given a research proposal by each member on a review committee. It is used to help determine which approved proposals will be granted awards, based on funds available.
Program Announcement
Describes existence of a research opportunity. It may describe new or expanded interest in a particular extramural program or be a reminder of a continuing interest in an extramural program.
Program/Project Officer
A sponsor's designated individual officially responsible for the technical, scientific, or programmatic aspects of a particular grant, cooperative agreement, or contract. Serving as the counterpart to the principal investigator/project director of the grantee/contractor organization, the program/project officer deals with the grantee/contractor organization staff to assure programmatic progress. (For definition of business officer, see Grant/Contract Officer.)
Progress Report
Periodic, scheduled reports required by the sponsor summarizing research progress to date. Technical, fiscal, and invention reports may be required.
Project Period (PP)
The total time for which support of a project has been programmatically approved. A project period may consist of one or more budget periods. (Also see Budget Period.)
An application for funding that contains all information necessary to describe project plans, staff capabilities, and funds requested. Formal proposals are officially approved and submitted by an organization in the name of a principal investigator.
UCLA form used when it is necessary to obtain an account/fund number for an extramurally funded project prior to receipt of the actual award from the sponsor.
The act of amending the budget buy moving funds from one category or line item to another. (See also Budget Adjustment)
Short for "regulations."
The contractual rules and procedures governing sponsored research projects.
Applicable to grants and cooperative agreements only. A competitively reviewed proposal requesting additional funds extending the scope of work beyond the current project period.
Request for Applications (RFA)
Announcements that indicate the availability of funds for a topic of specific interest to a sponsor. Proposals submitted in response to RFAs generally result in the award of a grant. Specific grant announcements may be published in the Federal Register and/or specific sponsor publications. (Also see Broad Agency Announcements.)
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Announcements that specify a topic of research, methods to be used, product to be delivered, and appropriate applicants sought. Proposals submitted in response to RFPs generally result in the award of a contract. Notices of federal RFPs are published in the Commerce Business Daily.
Request for Quotations (RFQ)
A formal request from TAMRF to vendors for a price quotation on equipment or supplies to be purchased.
A modified and resubmitted request for funding for a project that was previously not funded either because it was denied by the sponsor or withdrawn by the principal investigator.
Salaries and Wages (S&W)
Payments made to employees of the institution for work performed.
Small Business Innovative Research
Scope of Work
The description of the work to be performed and completed on a research project.
Senior Personnel
Professional personnel who are responsible for the scientific or technical direction of project.
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
Agency administered programs supported by ear-marked federal funds, making grants to small business entities.
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
Grant applications and/or programs to fund small business "teamed" with research institutions.
Small Grant
A special type of award, often limited to a beginning researcher. Typically, such an award may be obtained for one year only.
SPIN Matching And Researcher Transmittal System
Sponsored Programs Information Network An on-line search system available by subscription for research opportunities developed by the InfoEd.
The organization that funds a research project.
Society of Research Administrators
Social Security Administration
A payment made to an individual under a fellowship or training grant in accordance with pre-established levels to provide for the individual's living expenses during the period of training.
Small Business Technology Transfer
Subcontract, Subgrant, or Subagreement
A document written under the authority of, and consistent with the terms and conditions of an award (a grant, contract or cooperative agreement), that transfers a portion of the research or substantive effort of the prime award to another institution or organization.
Short for subcontractors.
Supplemental (Rebudgeting or Modification)
Proposal A request to the sponsor for additional funds for an ongoing project during the previously approved performance period. A supplemental proposal may result from increased costs, modifications in design, or a desire to add a closely related component to the ongoing project.
Task Order Agreement (TOA)
A legally binding document authorizing work and appropriating funds as a supplement to a basic contract.
Teaming Agreement
An agreement between two or more parties to participate in a research project or teaching activity.
Technical Data
Recorded information, regardless of form or characteristic, of a scientific or technical nature. Often referred to as the "science" of a proposal.
Facsimiles of agency forms created with common software (MS Word, Excel, WordPerfect, etc.) that enable the user to fill out agency forms with their computer.
Terms of Award
All legal requirements imposed on an agreement by the sponsor, whether by statute, regulation(s), or terms in the award document. The terms of an agreement may include both standard and special provisions that are considered necessary to protect the sponsor's interests.
Total Direct Costs (TDC)
The total of all direct costs of a project.
Total Project Costs
The total allowable direct and indirect costs incurred by the institution to carry out an approved project or activity.
A WWW service initially developed by the Texas Research Administrators Group providing funding opportunity searches, agency form templates, links to research administration home pages, etc.
Unrestricted Funds
Monies with no requirements or restrictions as to use or disposition. Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements are considered to be restricted funds, while gifts are usually considered unrestricted funds.
Unilateral Award
An award made by a sponsor to an organization without considering competitive proposals. Unilateral awards are most often made when unsolicited proposals receive favorable treatment.
Unsolicited Proposal
Proposals Proposals submitted to a sponsor that are not in response to an RFP, RFA, or program announcement. (See also Investigator-Initiated Proposal.)
United States Department of Agriculture
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Thomas Friedman, global capitalist and semantically inept columnist for The New York Times, was gastronomically assaulted by pie-throwers at Brown University on Earth Day this week. At issue was Friedman's laissez-faire attitude toward solving global environmental issues, which protesters felt was structurally inadequate and ultimately regressive.
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New York Times columnist Tom Friedman — globalization's well-versed Joan of Arc — was pied in the face yesterday evening at Brown University, the Brown Daily Herald reports. Just as the writer was about to begin his lecture, a female audience member in the front row "leapt" out of her seat and threw a bright-green pie in his face. Immediately after, a male accomplice jumped onstage and distributed fliers explaining the stunt. The "Greenwash Guerillas," as they called themselves, then ran out of the auditorium. The woman has been apprehended by campus police.
The pamphlets thrown to audience members identified the pair as activists who were acting "on behalf of the earth" and "all true environmentalists" and contained five bullet points explaining why "Thomas Friedman deserves a pie in the face." These include "his sickeningly cheery applaud for free market capitalism's conquest of the planet" and "for helping turn environmentalism into a fake plastic consumer product for the privileged."
The pamphlets said Friedman's idea of "green" was "as fake and toxic to human and planetary health" as the artificial cream on his face.


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While other builders have succumbed to the instability of the economy, Highland Homes has flourished, says Kathie McDaniel, sales and marketing director for the Lakeland-based company. "We credit our success to our leadership and the core values of our company," says McDaniel. "Bob and Joel Adams - the company's leaders - have over 50 years combined experience, so they have a good understanding of industry cycles and have experienced several cycles during their careers that included recessionary periods." She credits the two with knowing what it takes to succeed: "Offering the best product, in the best locations, with competitive pricing, a good promotion to let buyers know what you offer and then having the best trained staff to meet the buyers who visit the communities.'' McDaniel says when the economy soured, there was no panic. Highland Homes just tightened belts and continued with its successful strategy."And it has paid off," she says. "We faced the same downturn in the economy as the rest of the nation in September, but we remained focused and saw visitor traffic start to increase again in October. It continues to increase to this day." Usually averaging 35 sales per month, since October sales have soared, McDaniel says, citing 49 sales in November, 43 in December and 69 in January. McDaniel says a team spirit among employees also helps the company thrive. "There is a mutual admiration and respect within the company that starts with its owners - Bob and Joel Adams - and runs through the ranks of all employees. Every employee has a role in making it through this economy as a leader in the industry. The owners set the example and the employees follow their lead," she says. "It is a team of players with the best coaches in the industry.'' That strategy has proven successful with the recent opening of Highland Homes' new models at Winchester Estates - a community in North Lakeland with homes priced from the $130,000s. "Every employee is always looking for a way to keep our costs at a minimum without sacrificing sales or customer service,'' she says. When Highland committed to opening two models the budget was a concern. The company typically used outside firms to merchandise their models, she explains, but decided to rely on staff to decorate the new models because of economic conditions. The company's design studio employees - Stacey Antonakos-Perez and Anne Fassett - worked with McDaniel to create and design the models. "With their experience in using outside firms, they put together some fresh ideas and created a plan for the new model center," McDaniel says. "By the end of the project, they were able to furnish the models at half the cost paid to previous design firms. "The final product is outstanding," McDaniel says. "Stacey and Anne worked together to create the colors and design features. Stacey shopped at the local retail stores finding bargains and sales to get the most value, and Anne created, designed and installed all of the window coverings. "Stacey enlisted the help of two other talented employees. Harley Constant, who designed and built some of the trim work and furniture in the homes," McDaniel says. "And Paulette Dalton provided art work for both models. The work is unique to the model homes, and is very professional." "Not only did we save money, but the designs look as professional as our other furnished models,'' she says. Highland Homes builds at communities in southern Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties. For information on Highland or models at Winchester Estates, call (863) 859-1429 or visit www.highlandhomes.org. "With the teamwork at Highland Homes, you can be sure [employees] will find other ways to save money for the company. With the loyalty and respect the company has for each other, they'll continue to build dreams for their faithful customers," McDaniel says.
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Posted By Kevin DeYoung On February 21, 2013 @ 5:33 am In Uncategorized | 2 Comments
David Dickson, The Elder and His Work [1] (P&R, 2004). Written by a long-time lay elder serving in Scotland in the 19th century, this book is full of practical wisdom and inspiration. In the almost nine years I've been at URC, this was one of the top two or three most helpful books our elder board has read together (Biblical Eldership [2] by Strauch also comes to mind). Pastors, take your elders through this book. It's short, personal, and loaded with godly good sense.
Michael Novak, On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding [3] (Encounter Books, 2002). Against secularists who want to make the American founding a thoroughly Enlightenment affair, Novak makes a compelling case (irrefutable actually) that Christian faith played an indispensable role as well. The "two wings," according to Novak, were plain reason and humble faith. While the founders held to varying degrees of Christian orthodoxy, it is certainly the case that they took virtue and religion very seriously and treated them both as necessary components for a flourishing republic. The downside to this book is a horribly chosen typeset which puts block quotes in a different font and makes the normal font look like it's in bold.
Jeffry H. Morrison, John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic [4] (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005). This is a richly detailed scholarly look at Witherspoon's instrumental role in the founding of this country. Morrison is to be commended for writing an academic work that is interesting, judicious, careful, and not overly long. This is the best monograph available on the political thought of one of our most forgotten founders.
L. Gordon Tait, The Piety of John Witherspoon: Pew, Pulpit, and Public Forum [5] (Geneva Press, 2001). Not as impressive as Morrison's volume, but still learned and helpful, Tait looks beyond the realm of politics to explore Witherspoon's views of preaching, pastoral ministry, and piety. Tait is sympathetic to Witherspoon, but at times strains to read him through his own mainline lens (e.g., the last chapter tries to connect Witherspoon with Barth, Tillich, Kathleen Norris, and Barbara Brown Taylor). Appendix B on "A List of Books of Character as Collected by Dr. Witherspoon" is a great resource.
Constantine R. Campbell, Paul and Union with Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study [6] (Zondervan, 2012). A few years ago I had planned to write a book on union with Christ. At the time, it seemed like a hot topic that wasn't receiving enough attention. My project morphed into The Hole in Our Holiness [7] instead. I'm glad I didn't go with my original idea, because in the last few years a number of excellent studies have been published on union with Christ. This latest one by Constantine Campbell, senior lecturer at Moore Theological College in Sydney, is an exhaustive treatment of union with Christ throughout Paul's writings. Use it as a reference work and get it on your shelf.
Michael Horton, Pilgrim Theology: Core Doctrines for Christian Disciples [8] (Zondervan, 2011). Don't let the copyright fool you, this is a new book. Well, actually, a re-worked book. This is Horton's slimmed down version of The Christian Faith [9]. Mike is a brilliant guy, so I'm thankful to see his brilliance get placed in the cookie jar a few shelves lower than before. I hope many seminaries, churches, and aggressive discipleship programs will use this volume for their theological training. It's more academic than Grudem [10] (which may be a plus or minus in your opinion), but still doable for Christians who are eager to learn.
As a bonus this month, let me encourage you to look at a number of little books that may be just what you are looking for.
Rebecca VanDoodewaard, Uprooted: A Guide for Homesick Christians [11] (Christian Focus, 2012). Important topic in our transient world. Awesome last name.
J.V. Fesko, A Christian's Pocket Guide to Growing in Holiness [12] (Christian Focus, 2012). In 70 short pages, Fesko takes a look at sanctification defined, applied and undermined. The last section is especially helpful.
Guy Waters, A Christian's Pocket Guide to Being Made Right with God [13] (Christian Focus, 2012). With a book on Federal Vision under his belt and one on the New Perspective, Waters is well-suited to write a well-grounded explanation of justification by faith alone.
Randy Alcorn, Why Pro-Life: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers [14] (Hendrickson, 2012). An easy to use resource you could consult or distribute.
John Ensor, Answering the Call: Saving Innocent Lives One Woman at a Time [15] (Hendrickson, 2012). Suggests ways you can be involved in the pro-life movement.
John Ensor and Scott Klusendorf, Stand for Life: A Student's Guide for Making the Case and Saving Lives [16](Hendrickson, 2012). Title says it all.
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[1] The Elder and His Work: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0875528864/deyorestandre-20
[2] Biblical Eldership: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0936083115/deyorestandre-20
[3] On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893554686/deyorestandre-20
[4] John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0268035083/deyorestandre-20
[5] The Piety of John Witherspoon: Pew, Pulpit, and Public Forum: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0664501338/deyorestandre-20
[6] Paul and Union with Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310329051/deyorestandre-20
[7] The Hole in Our Holiness: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1433533340/deyorestandre-20
[8] Pilgrim Theology: Core Doctrines for Christian Disciples: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310330645/deyorestandre-20
[9] The Christian Faith: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310286042/deyorestandre-20
[10] Grudem: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310286700/deyorestandre-20
[11] Uprooted: A Guide for Homesick Christians: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845509641/deyorestandre-20
[12] A Christian's Pocket Guide to Growing in Holiness: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845508106/deyorestandre-20
[13] A Christian's Pocket Guide to Being Made Right with God: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1781911096/deyorestandre-20
[14] Why Pro-Life: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/161970028X/deyorestandre-20
[15] Answering the Call: Saving Innocent Lives One Woman at a Time: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1619700298/deyorestandre-20
[16] Stand for Life: A Student's Guide for Making the Case and Saving Lives : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00AKGE870/deyorestandre-20
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State of the Union:
"A century ago labor issues were at the heart of American politics. . . . How could the rights of citizens be protected as the power of capital grew and workers toiled under undemocratic conditions for large private corporations? Historian Nelson Lichtenstein's State of the Union superbly surveys and analyzes how these dilemmas were temporarily resolved in an unsatisfactory way in the middle of the 20th Century. Labor struggles didn't disappear entirely, but largely disappeared from public debate--and have once again become as relevant as during the Progressive Era."--David Moberg, In These Times
"A fascinating survey of twentieth-century American labor. Unlike many such works, Nelson Lichtenstein's synthesis is a pleasure to read; passionate, shrewd in its judgments, and comprehensive."--Lawrence B. Glickman, Journal of American History
"A book to be greatly admired and recommended. Lichtenstein has talked in forthright and keen ways fractious debates among scholars as well as historical and ongoing fractures of American society. . . . The power of his book lies not in prescription, but rather in [Lichtenstein's] acute, erudite and provocative historical analysis."--Walter Licht, EH.NET
"A richly documented and well-written book."--Stanley Arnowitz, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Lichtenstein has written a thought-provoking book that seeks to put the American labor movement's fate into a broad context. . . . His wide reading, fresh insights, and coherent narrative make this volume one of this year's most important works of labor history."--Choice
"As an inquiry into 'labor' as a 20th-century idea and ideal, Lichtenstein's book is a thoughtful attempt to link labor's record with the capricious history of identity politics and ideological change. An unabashed partisan on the matter, Lichtenstein maintains that an energetic and forceful labor movement is essential to the economic system and, indeed, to American democracy itself."--Jennifer Szalai, New Statesman
"Lichtenstein provides a knowledgeable overview of the signal events since the Wagner Act of 1935. . . . An informed analytical history."--Booklist
"While labor's nascent grassroots internationalism remains overshadowed by flag waving displays of 'national unity,' trade unionists have yet to be rewarded for their patriotism, even with a modest boost in unemployment benefits. . . . Into this bleak landscape arrives State of the Union, Nelson Lichtenstein's intellectual history of labor's past 100 years. . . . The author's views are informed by both scholarship and activism"--Steve Early, The Nation
"Scholars have come to look to Nelson Lichtenstein for state-of-the-art work on American labor history. Now he has synthesized his immense learning into a powerful narrative of the ups and downs of unions since the New Deal. Elegiac, sympathetic, and keenly realistic, State of the Union focuses, above all, on the role of ideas and ideology in shaping contentious outcomes. The writing is engaged, analytically suggestive, and thoughtfully revisionist. Not just students of trade unions, but historians of the moments and episodes Lichtenstein chronicles, will be wrestling with this fascinating book for a long time to come."--Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University
"This is a brilliant work of historical synthesis and interpretation. No other historian has produced a narrative that cogently surveys intellectual developments, economic change, political and legal conflict, and the complexities of labor's internal struggles and weaves them into a compelling narrative that makes sense of the rise and fall of the working-class movement."--Michael Kazin, Professor of History, Georgetown University
"Lichtenstein's textured account offers an impressive combination of astute historical analysis and keen social insight. Lichtenstein demonstrates how, despite its civil rights origins, the 'rights revolution' of the past generation has joined free-market ideology in undermining the legal and social basis for worker solidarity and union success. Greater individual freedoms have ironically not always helped the working people of America."--David Abraham, Professor of Law, University of Miami Law School
"Nelson Lichtenstein, one of our leading historians, follows the movement for democracy and rights at work over the last hundred years, offering a masterful synthesis of the new labor history and the first comprehensive framework for a history of labor in our time."--Dorothy Sue Cobble, Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University
"State of the Union is a uniquely important study of the labor movement in twentieth-century American politics. Lichtenstein demonstrates both an intricate, grounded knowledge of union dynamics and a finely nuanced, sophisticated understanding of American political history since the New Deal. This book is a must read for anyone seriously interested in making sense of American politics during the last three-quarters of a century."--Adolph Reed, Professor of Political Science on the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School University, and member of the Interim National Council of the Labor Party
"You can find no better guide to the past and present of the American labor movement than Nelson Lichtenstein. Aimed at a general audience, this book shows how the health of American democracy depends on vital working-class organizations. It examines why unions have flourished in the past and asks how they may do so again."--William Forbath, Professor of Law and History, University of Texas, Austin, and author of Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement
"Why has the labor movement's ability to speak collectively on behalf of American workers declined so dramatically? Ranging confidently across political, intellectual, social, and economic history, Nelson Lichtenstein gives us a sweeping and provocative analysis of the 'labor question' in the past fifty years--and how workers' basic democratic rights have been increasingly marginalized, contained, or eliminated. He eloquently reminds us that if we are to have democracy in America, we must celebrate, not repress, basic human rights at the workplace."--Dana Frank, Professor of American Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
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