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We need to take a stand. If you think of the U.S. as a human body, the brain as the government, the banks and so on, the heart is the people. When the heart stops you don't stimulate the brain you stimulate the heart. Give the money to the people to get things going again, not to the ones that made everything stop in the first place. The people need to have money to spend or things will stay the same. Until the people get the money they can't buy the house, the car, or keep the jobs that are not there. What happened to the goverment for the people? Without the people the government will not survive. Why can't everyone see this.
I do not believe that giving money to the people will help much. $5,000 or even $10,000 will not last very long and then what happens? What we need are jobs and our President knows how to create those jobs. By going to the states to begin rebuilding the infrastructer and then help businesses begin to create jobs again because of the money the workers are making on all those jobs there is money to spend on products, cars, homes, etc.. People need jobs with the idea of a future before they will begin to spend again. Giving business a tax break only helps once per year and that has never worked. The trickle down effect. The trickle down may have gotten as far as the business owner's family but no farther.
Give the middle class jobs and they will spend money. Give them a bunch of money and they will hang onto it to buy groceries and medicine with. That will help a little but that is not what this country needs right now.
I think it is time to stop the old politics of leaving the poor and middle class out to dry. For the last 8 years it is this section of the public that has been paying the taxes and reaping no rewards. That little $300 in check was used for gas folks. It has also been a 8 year list of failed programs and incentives by for and of the rich. Its time that the middle class and poor get a break. Yes, they need jobs to sustain that break, but a break in the beginning would be nice to so that they don't lost their homes. all in all, John Maynard keynes was RIGHT. You have to get the oats down where the goats can get it.
Now to answer the question why it takes 60 votes: The Senate needs 60 votes because that is the number of votes needed for "cloture". This prevents the subborn minority from stopping all action. However, it als means that over the last 20 years an new instrument has become apart of the process, the Unaimous Consent Agreement. This is a formal agreement to the rules of debate agreed to by 60 Senators. It puts time limits on debate, not always but it can. In addition, it can limit or prevent the introduction of amendemnts, depending on what the UCA states. I do think it is time to change the rules to end the demand for a 60 vote majority to end debate. Other legislature throughout the world a perfectly content to use the majority rule system why can we?
When a knowledge worker (i.e., strategist, risk analyst, insurance salesperson, banker, etc.) loses her job because of the economic slowdown and demand destruction, should she to be content with a 'shovel ready' infrastructure job? Does that make the advocate for redistribution of wealth to the middle class by fiat happy? What message does that send about the 'American dream'?
The only sure thing that is likely to come from this 'stimulus' package is a bigger government.
As for 'Energy Infrastructure', is it too difficult to understand that educating and training 100,000 nuclear engineers and physicist—to support a nuclear energy revival—would do much more for national wealth creation, future job growth and emission reduction, than would hiring dirt movers to erect inefficient and intermittent non-base load solar and wind farms.


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Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux
The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux came during the period of the battle of Lys, 24–27 April 1918 but was launched against the Allied lines in front of Amiens. The German army built twenty-one tanks in the war and used fourteen A7V tanks in the attack, making it one of the biggest uses of German tanks in World War I.
During the battle, the first tank-versus-tank battle in history occurred when a group of three advancing German A7V tanks met and engaged three British Mark IV tanks, two of which were female tanks armed with machine-guns. The two Mark IV females were damaged and forced to withdraw but the male tank armed with 6-pounder guns, hit and disabled the lead A7V, which was then abandoned by its crew. The Mark IV continued to fire on the two remaining German A7Vs, which withdrew. The "male" then advanced with the support of Whippet light tanks which had arrived, until disabled by artillery fire and abandoned by the crew. The German and British crews recovered their vehicles later in the day. A counter-attack by two Australian and one British brigade during the night of 24 April partly surrounded Villers-Bretonneux and on 25 April the town was recaptured. Australian, British and French troops restored the original front line by 27 April.[Note 1]
In late 1917 and early 1918, the end of the fighting on the Eastern Front allowed the Germans to transfer large numbers of manpower and equipment to the west.[2] Buoyed by this, but concerned that the United States' entry into the war would negate their numerical advantage if they did not attack quickly, the German commander, Erich Ludendorff, determined the need for an offensive with the goal of utilising their temporary numerical advantage to punch through the frontline, and then advance north towards the sea. In March, the Germans launched their Spring Offensive, striking heavily against the Third and Fifth Armies on the Somme. Heavily depleted due to the small numbers of reserves being sent from Britain at the time, and ill prepared to defend, the Third and Fifth Armies were forced back quickly as the Germans advanced under a heavy bombardment of high explosives and gas. As the Germans advanced steadily west, the vital railhead around Amiens came under threat and Paris began to feel the weight of German long range guns.[3] As the Allies moved forces to bolster the position in front of Paris, the Allied defence stiffened and by the end of May the German advance through the Somme had been halted in front of Hamel. In preparation for a further attack, German railway construction companies were brought up and work undertaken to repair the damaged railways behind the lines.[4]
In early April, the Germans renewed their efforts, launching the Battle of the Lys.[5] During the initial attack, the Germans managed to advance their front towards Villers-Bretonneux, a town that was situated on the high ground to the south of the Somme River. Positioned on high ground that provided a line-of-sight for artillery observers to call down fire on Amiens, which was only 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) away, the town held significant strategic value. On 4 April, the Germans attempted to capture the town with 15 German divisions,[4] but amidst heavy fighting, they had been repulsed by troops from the British 1st Cavalry Division and Australian 9th Brigade during the First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux.[6] After the first battle, the forces that had secured the town were replaced,[7] and by late April the area around Villers-Bretonneux was largely held by the British 8th Division. Although it had been one of the best British divisions it had suffered badly in the German attacks of March losing 250 officers and about 4,700 other ranks, reducing its infantry by half. Reinforcements had been made from the latest draft in the United Kingdom; some units' replacements had been 18-year-olds with little training.[8]
German Second Army attack[edit]
On 17/18 April, the Germans heavily bombarded the area behind Villers-Bretonneux with mustard gas, causing 1,000 casualties amongst the Australian troops there.[4][9] A week later, on the evening of 23/24 April, a heavy artillery barrage was fired, using both mustard gas and high explosive rounds and the following morning the Germans launched their assault against the village with four divisions.[4][9] The German infantry, with fourteen supporting tanks (one was unserviceable), broke through the 8th Division, making a three mile wide gap in the Allied lines.[10] Villers-Bretonneux fell to the Germans, and the main strategic centre of Amiens was under threat.[11] After the Germans took Villers-Bretonneux, the first ever engagement between opposing tanks took place. Three British Mark IV tanks from No. 1 Section, A Company, 1st Battalion, Tank Corps had been dispatched to the Cachy switch line at the first reports of German advance and were to hold it against the Germans.[12] One was a "male" (the No. 1 Tank of the section) armed with two 6-pounder guns and machine guns, under the command of Lieutenant Frank Mitchell. It was crewed by only four of the normal crew of eight, as the others had been affected by gas. The other tanks were "females" armed only with 0.303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns, intended for use as anti-infantry support fire.[13] All were advancing when they encountered a German A7V: "Nixe" of Abteilung III Imperial German Tank Force was commanded by 2nd Lieutenant Wilhelm Biltz.[13][14]
Biltz's tank fired on the two "females", damaging them to the extent that it left holes in the hull leaving the crew exposed. Both retreated; their machine guns were unable to penetrate the armour on the German tank. Mitchell's "male" Mark IV continued to fire at the A7V while on the move to avoid German artillery fire and the cannon of the German tank. The movement meant Mitchell's gunner had difficulty in aiming the Mark IV's 6-pounders. The tanks continued to fire at each other on the move until the Mark IV stopped to allow the gunner a clear shot. He scored three hits (a total of six shell hits).[15] The German heeled over on its side, possible as a result of crossing an incline at the wrong angle.[14] The surviving German crew (out of 18 men), including Biltz, alighted from the vehicle. Mitchell's crew continued to fire at them as they fled on foot, killing nine.[16]
The British tank was next faced by two more A7Vs, supported by infantry; Mitchell's tank fired several ranging shots on the German tanks and they retreated. Mitchell's tank continued to attack the German infantry present, firing case-shot at them. Following this, a group of seven of the new British Whippet medium tanks arrived. The Whippets attacked the German troops encountering some battalions "forming up in the open", doing much damage both with their machine guns and by running them down. Mitchell later remarked that when they returned their tracks were covered with blood. Only four of the seven Whippets returned, the rest were destroyed by artillery, though only five crew were killed.[17]
Being the sole tank on the field, and slow moving, the Mark IV now became an obvious target for German artillery. Lieutenant Frank Mitchell's tank retreated, maneouvering to try to avoid the shells. A mortar round eventually disabled the tank's tracks. The crew left the disabled tank, escaping to a British-held trench, much to the surprise of the troops in it.[13] Lt Biltz and his crew reboarded "Nixe" and withdrew. The tank was eventually broken up for spares in June 1918. Earlier in the day, another tank in the same group as Biltz, A7V No 506 "Mephisto", had fallen onto its side and was abandoned. The tank was captured by Australian troops when they counter-attacked a few days later.[18][Note 2]
Fourth Army counter-attack[edit]
About noon the 1st Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters had attempted a counter-attack. The British 25th Brigade was considered for an attack but this was cancelled.[21] A tank with troops from the 2nd Royal Berkshire made a spontaneous attack from the north pushing the German line back about 150 yards (140 m).[22] General Henry Rawlinson had responded even before he received orders from Marshal Foch to recapture the town.[23] At 9:30 a.m. he ordered an immediate counter-attack by the Australian 13th Brigade under General Thomas William Glasgow and the 15th Brigade under General H.E. "Pompey" Elliott, both previously kept in reserve, though the 13th had suffered in heavy fighting at nearby Dernancourt. Rawlinson's plan was to use a pincer manoeuvre, the 15th Brigade attacking north of the town, the 13th to the south. British troops would support and the 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment and the 22nd Durham Light Infantry would follow through in the gap between the Australians and "mop up" the town, once it was isolated. Artillery support was available but since German positions were unknown and to avoid alerting the Germans, there was no preparatory barrage to soften up the German positions. Instead the artillery would bombard the town for the hour once the attack began and then move its line of fire back beyond the line held by the Allies before the German attack.[24]
The attack took place on the night of 24/25 April 1918. The original time for the operation to start had been 8:00 p.m. but General Glasgow argued that it would still be light, with terrible consequences for his men. Glasgow argued that the operation should start at 10:00 p.m. and "zero hour" (the moment when the attack was to begin) was eventually made 10:00 p.m. The operation began with German machine gun nests taking some toll on the Australians. A number of charges against machine-gun posts helped the Australian advance; in particular, Lieutenant Clifford Sadlier of the 51st Battalion, was awarded the Victoria Cross, after attacking with grenades. The two brigades swept around Villers-Bretonneux and the Germans retreated, for a while escaping the pocket along a railway cutting. The Australians eventually captured the German positions and pushed the German line back, leaving the German troops in Villers-Bretonneux surrounded. The British units attacked frontally and suffered at the German defences. By 25 April, the town had been recaptured and handed back to the villagers.[25] The battle was a great success for the Australian troops, who had recaptured the town from forces that vastly outnumbered them and defeated the German attempt to capture Amiens. The village remained in Allied hands to the end of the war.[1]
Fighting continued in Villers-Bretonneux and the vicinity for months after the counter-attack. The Australians spent Anzac Day clearing Germans out of the houses and fighting in the streets and the town was not completely secured until 27 April.[4] On 26 April, a French Moroccan Division attack on Hangard Wood, south of the village was a costly failure. On 3 May, the Australian 12th Brigade attacked towards Monument Wood, to the east of Villers-Bretonneux. The attack failed with the assaulting battalion, the South Australians of the 48th, losing over 150 men in heavy fighting against German Jäger.[7] The German offensive in the Australian sector had ended by late April. As the Germans turned their attention to the French sectors, throughout May and June, a lull followed on the Somme, during which the Australians in the sector consolidated on the momentum gained from their victory at Villers-Bretonneux, conducting a series of "peaceful penetration" operations that slowly advanced the front east.[26][27]
As the German offensive came to a halt around the Marne, in early July, further fighting took place around Villers-Bretonneux, as part of diversionary moves by Australian forces, acting in support of an attack on Hamel.[28] One Australian, Corporal Walter Brown, of the 20th Battalion, received the Victoria Cross for his actions during that action.[29] Later in the month, the area around Villers-Bretonneux saw more fighting when two battalions from the 7th Brigade – the 25th and 26th Battalions – attacked around Monument Wood; for his actions during the assault and subsequent German counter-attack, Lieutenant Albert Borella of the 26th, later received the Victoria Cross.[30][31] After the Anzac Day counter-attack, British and French commanders lavished praise upon the Australian soldiers who took part, Brigadier-General George Grogan, a witness, later wrote that it was "perhaps the greatest individual feat of the war", for troops to attack at night, across unfamiliar ground with only short notice, and no artillery preparation.[32][4]
These factors had proved essential to the Australian success.[9] Foch spoke of their "astonishing valiance [sic]..." and General Sir Henry Rawlinson attributed the safety of Amiens to the "...determination, tenacity and valour of the Australian Corps".[4][33] After the battle the worst examples of looting by AIF soldiers of the war occurred.[34] In Great Battles in Australian History, Jonathan King wrote that one culprit was Barney Hines, the "Souvenir King" of the AIF who was something of a celebrity for it. According to King, Hines raided a number of houses, looting alcohol and expensive clothes, which he then used to throw a party for his friends that ended abruptly when the Germans shelled the house, wounding Hines and several others. King also wrote that the Australians shared rations with French civilians in the town.[35] Due to the coincidence of the day in which the counter-attack occurred, the battle holds a significant place in Australian military history, nevertheless it was a combined Allied effort.[33]
The fighting around Villers-Bretonneux in April resulted in the following Allied casualties: the Australian brigades had taken 2,473 casualties, British casualties were 9,529 and French losses were c. 3,500. German losses were 8,000–10,400.[36]
In the 1930s an impressively towering memorial was established at the top of the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery to honour the Australian soldiers who fell in France in the Great War. The cemetery is located between Villers-Bretonneux and Fouilloy on the hill (belonging to the latter but overlooking the former) from which the famous night attack was launched. Some 10 miles (16 km) east of Amiens and north of the straight main (Roman) road to St-Quentin, it rises gently to a plateau overlooking Amiens, the Somme Valley and the town from which it has its name. The cemetery contains 2,000 graves, of which 779 are Australian.[37] A further ten Australian casualties of the battle are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Communal Cemetery.[38] The smaller Crucifix Corner British Military Cemetery just east of the town, in the shadow of a motorway embankment, contains the graves of Australian, British and French home and colonial (Moroccan) troops, the former including many Australians who fell in the area in subsequent fighting which moved further to the east only on 8 August 1918 (but from then on rapidly).[39] The victory gained at Villers-Bretonneux on the third anniversary of the Gallipoli landings is yearly commemorated by Australians. In 2008, to mark the battle's ninetieth anniversary, the Australian and New Zealand Anzac Day dawn service was held for the first time on the Fouilloy Hill, as well as the traditional one held on the Gallipoli Peninsula.[40]
- ^ German units engaged: I, II and III Sturmpanzerwagen Abteilungen, 228th Division, 4th Guard Division, 77th Reserve Division, 208th Division and Guard Ersatz Division. In reserve: 19th Division, 9th Bavarian Reserve Division and the Jäger Division. Allied divisions engaged: parts of the Australian 4th and 5th Divisions, parts of the British 58th, 8th, 18th Divisions, French 131st and Moroccan Divisions.[1]
- ^ Mephisto was later recovered by troops from the Australian 26th Battalion and after the war was taken back to Australia as a souvenir.[19] It is the only surviving German World War I tank and is preserved at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia.[20]
- ^ a b Davies, Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop 1937, p. 405.
- ^ Baldwin 1962, p. 126.
- ^ Baldwin 1962, pp. 140–141.
- ^ a b c d e f g Laffin 1992, p. 133.
- ^ Baldwin 1962, p. 142.
- ^ Coulthard-Clark 1998, pp. 139–140.
- ^ a b Coulthard-Clark 1998, p. 145.
- ^ Bean 1937, pp. 539–540.
- ^ a b c King 2011, p. 179.
- ^ Messenger 1988, p. 10.
- ^ Davies, Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop 1937, pp. 389–393.
- ^ Davies, Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop 1937, pp. 392–393.
- ^ a b c Williams-Ellis & Williams-Ellis 1919, p. 262.
- ^ a b Foley 1967.
- ^ Davies, Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop 1937, p. 392.
- ^ Williams-Ellis & Williams-Ellis 1919, pp. 262–263.
- ^ Williams-Ellis & Williams-Ellis 1919, p. 263.
- ^ Davies, Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop 1937, p. 390.
- ^ Morgan 2014, pp. 24–27.
- ^ "Mephisto". Queensland Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ Davies, Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop 1937, p. 394.
- ^ Bean 1937, p. 567.
- ^ Bean 1937, p. 557.
- ^ Davies, Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop 1937, pp. 394–399.
- ^ Davies, Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop 1937, pp. 399–403.
- ^ Baldwin 1962, p. 143.
- ^ Grey 2008, p. 108.
- ^ Baldwin 1962, pp. 143–145.
- ^ King 2011, p. 190.
- ^ Laffin 1992, pp. 133–134.
- ^ Morgan 2014, pp. 24–25.
- ^ Bean 1937, p. 638.
- ^ a b King 2011, p. 183.
- ^ Stanley 2010.
- ^ King 2011, pp. 184–185.
- ^ Bean 1937, p. 637.
- ^ Smith 2010, pp. 133–134.
- ^ Laffin 1992, p. 142.
- ^ "Crucifix Corner Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ Smith 2010, pp. 1–2.
- Books
- Baldwin, Hanson (1962). World War I: An Outline History. London: Hutchinson. OCLC 988365.
- Bean, C. E. W. (1937). The Australian Imperial Force in France During the Main German Offensive, 1918. The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 V (8th 1941 ed.). Sydney: Angus and Robertson. OCLC 17648469. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- Coulthard-Clark, Chris (1998). Where Australians Fought: The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles (1st ed.). St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen and Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-611-2.
- Davies, C. B.; Edmonds, J. E.; Maxwell-Hyslop, R. G. B. (1937). Military Operations France and Belgium, 1918: March–April, Continuation of the German Offensives. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents II (IWM & Battery Press 1995 ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-89839-223-3.
- Foley, J. (1967). A7V Sturmpanzerwagen. Armour in Profile (7). Leatherhead: Profile Publications. OCLC 30441493.
- Grey, Jeffrey (2008). A Military History of Australia (3rd ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-69791-0.
- King, Jonathan (2011). Great Battles in Australian History. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74237-457-4.
- Laffin, John (1992). A Guide to Australian Battlefields of the Western Front 1916–1918. Kenthurst, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press and the Australian War Memorial. ISBN 0-86417-468-3.
- Messenger, C. R. M. (1988). Hitler's Gladiator: Life of SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer and General der Waffen-SS Sepp Dietrich. London: Brassey's. ISBN 0-08031-207-1.
- Stanley, P. (2010). Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Murder and Mutiny in the Great War. Sydney: Murdoch Books. ISBN 1-74266-216-1.
- Williams-Ellis, A.; Williams-Ellis, C. (1919). The Tank Corps. New York: G. H. Doran. OCLC 317257337. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- Journals
- Morgan, Joseph (2014). "Voices from Gallipoli and the Western Front: The Forgotten 26th". Sabretache (Garran, Australian Capital Territory: Military Historical Society of Australia) LV (1 (March)): 17–27. ISSN 0048-8933.
- Theses
- Smith, Matthew (2010). The Relationship Between Australians and the Overseas Graves of the First World War (Masters thesis). Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland University of Technology.
Further reading[edit]
- Ellis, A. D. (1920). The Story of the Fifth Australian Division, Being an Authoritative Account of the Division's Doings in Egypt, France and Belgium. London: Hodder and Stoughton. OCLC 464115474. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- Fuller, J. F. C. (1920). Tanks in the Great War, 1914–1918. New York: E. P. Dutton. OCLC 559096645. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
External links[edit]
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- AWM, Villers-Brettoneux
- Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux ww1westernfront.gov.au
- Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux historyofwar.org
- Villers-Bretonneux, 24 April 1918
- Mitchell's account; excerpt from "Everyman at War" (1930), edited by C. B. Purdom.
- Multimedia Presentation of Villers-Bretonneux
Coordinates: 49°52′03″N 2°31′15″E / 49.86750°N 2.52083°E


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Pinterest's terms of service are changing, and changing for the better. A very straightforward email was sent out to Pinterest users today notifying them of upcoming changes to the terms that will become effective on April 6th. Some of the language changes were implemented due to two big feature changes, private pinboards and a Pinterest API.
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The new Migration Edition Decoy from Tanglefree is made with high-density foam that helps the decoy ride high in the water and remain practically unsinkable. This magnum decoy features a flocked head and tail on drakes and a weighted keel for lifelike movement. Realistic body postures and paint schemes. Ringneck package includes 4 drakes and 2 hens. Dimensions: 14.75" x 7".
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By MiKah, Jacob, & Dylan
North Daviess R-III had its yearly Winter Program on December 22, 2014. There were performances by the elementary choirs and the junior high and high school bands. The elementary classes each sang two songs apiece, with the bands teaming up to play five. With an estimated 150 people in attendance, the Winter Program was definitely a success.
Mr. Sarver, who taught music and band at North Daviess several years ago, was asked about his thoughts on getting back into the swing of things with such a successful concert his first year back. "This is the first program I've put together in seven years. I knew I could get the students prepared. However, I was nervous about the possibility of missing a behind-the-scenes detail. Once the program started, I enjoyed the evening."
The North Daviess students and faculty would like to say "thanks" to everyone who attended for coming out and showing support for our school.
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On January 10, 2015, Mr. Sarver and seven volunteer students from North Daviess High School participated in the HDC Band Day at North Mercer. The participating students were Destiny B. (flute), Haley C. (flute), Christian M. (clarinet), Lewis H. (trumpet), Blythe H. (trumpet), Gary M. (percussion), and Jacob L. (baritone).
By all accounts, the students represented the school well. Mr. Sarver agreed, "I believe my students performed very well. We had auditions for seating assignments, and most of our students sat in the top half of their section."
Out of the 18 times he has attended HDC Band Day, Mr. Sarver believes this year's Band Day was the best he has ever been a part of.
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The NIH issued updated information regarding the use of the new biosketch format. In notice NOT-OD-15-032, The new notice supersedes the previous notice NOT-OD-15-024 and provides a four (4) month (one cycle) transition period which changes the new format requirement to due dates on/after May 25th. The NIH will remove the old format pages and samples from their website on January 25th but will continue to accept the old format until May 25th. NIH recommends the use of SciENcv(Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae). It is an interagency system designed to create biosketches for multiple federal agencies. Support for NIH's new biosketch format and NSF's current format is expected later this month.
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The NIH notice NOT-OD-15-030 clarifies how changes should be captured in resubmission applications. Effective immediately, it is sufficient to outline changes made to the application in the Introduction attachment. The Introduction must include a summary of substantial additions, deletions and changes to the application. It must also include a response to weaknesses raised in the Summary Statement. The page limit for the Introduction may not exceed one page unless otherwise indicated.
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Two persons, who were allegedly involved in chain snatchings, were arrested by Central Crime Station and Pendurthi police on Wednesday and 300 gm of gold ornaments and an LED TV was recovered from them.
Giving details to mediapersons here on Wednesday, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) S. Varadarajulu said that Mohd. Vajeeruddin of Pendurthy and his nephew Shahenshah started chain snatchings to lead a lavish lifestyle.
They had committed around 50 chain snatchings in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, and East Godavari districts between 2005 and 2012.
Vajeeruddin had purchased a house in the city with the stolen money.
They were arrested in the past and jailed at the Central Prison in the city.
On being released, Vajeeruddin went back to his old ways and started committing burglaries while Shahenshah has been absconding. Vajeeruddin with the help of an auto driver K. Manikanta (24) of Pendurthi committed burglaries at China Mushidiwada and Visalakshinagar in the city and stole 380 gm of gold ornaments and an LED TV.


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I brought the camera to school today and let her roam the playground taking pictures of her classmates before we left. We plan to make a scrapbook from the photos for her to keep forever. But there is a difference between looking at photos and being with your friends every day, and Ellie knows this. As we drove away from her school for the very last time, I looked in the rear view mirror and saw her holding back tears.
She was trying to be brave and not cry, but when I asked her if she wanted me to pull over so I could give her a hug, the tears came. I pulled into a parking lot, climbed into the backseat, and held her while she cried. I cried, too. After about ten minutes, she said she was okay and we drove home. I know she really will be okay, but for today we are both broken-hearted and sad. It's hard to look forward to the promise of summer when all you can think about is what you are leaving behind.
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kate said...aaawwww...that is heartbreaking! She's SO lucky to have you though, so compassionate and caring.
My daughter finished Kindergarten next week and, like Ellie, will not see most of her classmates again as we've moved to another school district/town. So I love the camera idea! I'm totally stealing it! : )
Doug said...Our 5-year-old daughter 'graduates' from Preschool on Saturday. Daddy is not real sure he's ready for this big transition.
Leian said...Sandy, I'm curious, how did you handle telling her that she was going to a new school and that her friends would not be there? I will probably be going through this exact scenario in a year or so, with my daughter also leaving her Montessori school, and although my daughter will be that much more mature in another year, I'm dreading it.
Very touching post - and your compassion is wonderful...
Jessica said...What a conscientious and caring Mama. I cried too just reading this post.....I need a hug now.


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Before you know it, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is going to own the news, and we don't hear a peep from the press, or the mainstream media.
In his bid to buy Dow Jones for $5 billion, last week, the Australian-born owner of Fox News , Harper Collins, the New York Post, and The Times of London offered an unprecedented $60 a share for the company's remaining stock options, and nobody blinked, except members of the Bancroft family, owners of the Wall Street Journal, and controlling stockholders of Dow Jones. But, insiders say, that for $10 a share more, the Bancrofts, too, may be willing to give it up for Rupert Murdoch.
Not only is no one in the mainstream media speaking out against the proposed takeover, but some even suggest it might not be a bad idea for this master at corporate monopoly to have his way with Dow Jones, and the Journal, arguing that, if a bit disfigured, the news will survive. After all, salmonella kills people, not sensationalism. And, if anybody's squawking, it must be behind closed doorswhere only family members can hear. Where is outrage at the tought that,sooner rather than later, the Wall Street Journal will look just like the New York Post, and and Fox News? Where is the angst not merely from the public, but from the press corps that a company called News Corp. can buy and sell what we read? No one is asking what will happen to dissent,, and a free press when big business and big news merge. Corporate profit which has consumed the heart and soul of America, as well as the middle class, now looks to devour the information age like a bowl of sushi.
If he prevails, and acquires Dow Jones, Mr. Murdoch will lay claim to the second largest paper in the country, and the lion's share of newspaper profit. And, Rupert Murdoch will, once again, get to demonstrate his unfailing ability to flex, censor, and sway his way to the top. But, allowing for inflation, the $60 million question is, while he's had his eye on the Wall Street Journal for many years, why is the Fox News owner so hot for the Journal now, this close to a crucial presidential race? Having watched the Murdoch muscle at work, over the past decade or so, a pattern emerges, one that is as transparent as it is trans-fat.
Arguably, only a shark has a better sense of smell than Rupert Murdoch. He already has The Times of London in his pocket, and has expressed more than a passing interest in that paper's leading competitor, The Financial Times, showing not merely how much he wants to be the big fish, but that he can ably breakfast, lunch, and dine on his competition. So, it's not too big a stretch to think that, having had his fill of Dow and the Journal, Mr. M. may have a craving for USA Today, the only paper with a larger circulation than the Wall Street Journal .
But, newspaper consolidation isn't the only thing we have to fear from Rupert Murdoch. His devout conservatism, and penchant for silencing his opposition, as well as his well-documented campaigns against anything contrarian, may prove especially precarious in these times when not only the Journal, but every print newspaper is hemorrhaging readership as a result of the Internet.
For a look at how Murdoch challenges diversity of opinion, one has only to go back to the days when he acquired The Village Voice, some twenty years ago, to see that, while he likes to make money, he also has another agenda.. Shortly after his takeover, two of the Voice's most liberal investigative reporters, Joe Conason and Wayne Barrett were let go. Murdoch's battle of the bilge includes, but is not limited to, purging his opposition in ways that would make Stalin envious. While Mr. Barrett was hired back, the message came through, loud and clear; don't mess with Rupert Murdoch. The Murdoch rubric appears to be comply, or perish.
Word has it that he hasn't even taken over yet, but has already mentioned to WSJ reporters that he doesn't like "long stories" which, many think, is code for the fact that he doesn't want investigative work, and that only those will survive who tow the party line. And, which party would that be? The party that Fox endorses, of course. The party that wants to bring you the next president of the United States, a man Mr. Murdoch has had his eye on for almost as long as the Wall Street Journal.
The only time he appears to deviate from his rank and file Republican conservatism is when it lines his pocket as is the case with Hong Kong, and his tacit agreement to look the other way with regard to human rights abuses in Communist China, as well as to bend to the wishes of Chinese censors. Indeed, Murdoch went along with redacting anything pejorative about Communist China long before Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google caved in to demands of censors from Beijing.
Showing his capacity to flex his censor muscle, in the spring of 1998, Murdoch stopped Harper Collins from publishing the memoirs of one-time Hong Kong governor, Chris Patten, because he alleged human rights abuses by Communist China. Murdoch himself sat down with a draft of "East and West," Patten's book, and "ordered senior managers at Harper Collins to tone down the criticism of Chinese leadership." (Toronto Star) Clearly, Mr. Murdoch doesn't like it when anybody has something bad to say about his friends in Communist China.
Similarly, a few months later, Murdoch made it clear that he wouldn't want anyone to say anything bad about another friend, Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas. Later that year, Fox Television dropped a television drama based on a book, "Strange Justice," by (quel concidence) two Wall Street Journal reporters that concluded that Anita Hill's allegations against Thomas were accurate. Once again, the News Corp. owner got his hands on the book, and demanded that the TV project be scrapped telling a colleague only that he was friends with Justice Thomas, and that Thomas had been "railroaded" in the court proceedings. And, Murdoch based his decision only on the book; he didn't bother to read the screenplay before stopping the teledrama dead in its tracks. Who cares about divine right of kings when we have divine right of publishers!
Aside from his fealty to conservative Justice Thomas, that same month, that same year, 1998, Rupert Murdoch hosted a fundraiser for Senator John McCain who , at the time, conveniently happened to be chairman of the committee that oversees the Federal Communications Commissions. In a fundraiser invite, Murdoch called McCain "an outspoken leader for the telecommunications industry." (NYT) I'm sure at least one Republican presidential candidate will take one huge sigh of relief should Mr. Murdoch take the helm of Dow Jones, and the second largest newspaper in the country. How expedient to have, as a friend, the owner of Fox News, the New York Post, The Times of London, and now Dow Jones? That is, unless somebody wakes up before their snooz alarm goes off.
It isn't just the war the press has gone to sleep on. Whose been busy running the farm when we've been out betting it? If Murdoch prevails in his bid for Dow Jones, he may not just be buying the Wall Street Journal, but the 2008 presidential election, as well.
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