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Saint Drogo
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Born to the Flemish nobility. His mother died giving him birth, a fact that emotionally crushed him when he learned of it at age 10; he imagined himself responsible for her death. Later in life he practiced extreme penances, possibly to expiate this guilt. Orphaned in his teens. At 18, he disposed of all his property and became a penitential pilgrim, making nine trips to Rome, Italy. Shepherd for six years at Sebourg, near Valencienne, France, working for Elizabeth de la Haire. Revered for his holiness. Reportedly able to bilocate, with witnesses seeing him simultaneously working the fields and attending Mass. Stricken with an unsightly bodily affliction during a pilgrimage, he became a hermit at Sebourg in Hainault for 40 years surviving on barley, water, and the Eucharist.
- against bodily ills
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Church of St. John the Evangelist, Delphos, Ohio.
These materials are owned by the American Catholic Historical Society and maintained at the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center, 100 E. Wynnewood Rd. Wynnewood, PA 19096. For more information please see: http://www.pahrc.net/ Preliminary metadata. Box 1.
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Status: | Discontinued | BSA Advancement ID: | n/a | |
Created: | 1942 | Replaced: | Aviation (original) | |
Replaced in: | 1952 | Replaced by: | Aviation (current) |
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- This merit badge was part of the Air Explorer program during World War II.
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Navigating the Insurance Maze
Administered through the California Department of Aging, HICAP counseling services are provided by volunteers registered with the department who act in good faith to provide information about health insurance policies and benefits. There are limitations to what the counselors can and cannot do. They are authorized by law to act as informal advocates, serving in a limited capacity to help resolve issues related to health care plans.
Center for Healthy Living Program Manager Susan Heggie explains, "Insurance can be a nightmare. HICAP provides seniors with a tool to help navigate the insurance system and to make the best choices for themselves."
Heggie acknowledges HICAP volunteers as some of the most knowledgeable sources on health care costs and insurance issues. The volunteers are required to stay abreast of Medicare changes and to take part in training and continuing education. All HICAP counselors, for instance, are trained on the Medicare prescription drug changes slated for 2006. They can also advise consumers on supplemental insurance plans and other private insurance matters.
"These wonderful volunteers help individuals find the answers to some tough questions," said Heggie.
Helen Haaga has been a HICAP volunteer for nine years and began working with the Center for Healthy Living about three-and-a-half years ago after moving to the desert. She donates her time and efforts as a way of giving back to the community.
"My background was in insurance and after I retired I began to think — what can I do that would be meaningful and helpful," Haaga describes her beginnings as a HICAP volunteer. "I saw a blurb in the newspaper asking for volunteers and I thought this would be perfect."
The most common questions seniors have, Haaga admits, are regarding Medicare. They include questions like, "Should I join a Medicare HMO, or subscribe to regular Medicare and a Medicare supplement?"
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The Center for Healthy Living also hosts another great volunteer, Al Lieberman, who works independently of HICAP. "He is a retired insurance man and has been volunteering at the Center for 15 years," says Heggie. "He's wonderful and knowledgeable."
These services are free to the community.
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Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS)
Questions concerning a particular project's focus, direction and relevance to a participating funding organization should be addressed to:
The French National Research Agency (ANR) will consider US-French Research Proposals and US-French Data Sharing Proposals submitted to NSF in response to this solicitation. The modalities of participation of the French applicants are presented in the annex to this solicitation available on the ANR website at http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/crcns-2015. It is not necessary for a parallel proposal to be submitted directly to ANR.
The French applicants are strongly encouraged to contact ANR prior to submission:
Mathieu Girerd, Scientific Officer, Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies Department, telephone: +33 1 7354 8213, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Daria Julkowska, Scientific Coordinator, Biology and Health Department, telephone: +33 1 7809 8078, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research will consider US-German Research Proposals and US-German Data Sharing Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation. The durations of these projects are expected to be no greater than three years. Investigators contemplating projects that would require longer durations are advised to discuss their project requirements with the appropriate agency contact(s) before submitting. Collaborating investigators in US-German projects selected for funding will provide assurance to BMBF that a cooperation agreement, covering issues including intellectual property, has been established. A proposal with the same project description as the proposal to NSF must be submitted by the German PI to BMBF. German applicants are referred to the BMBF Richtlinien (http://www.gesundheitsforschung-bmbf.de/de/5369.php) for further instructions, and are urged to contact the project management organization for advice on applications:
Rainer Girgenrath, Projektträger im DLR für das BMBF, telephone: +49 228 3821 1200, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, web: http://www.pt-dlr.de/
The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation will consider US-Israeli Research Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation. No more than four years of support may be requested. A proposal with the same project description as the proposal to NSF must be submitted by both the US and Israeli PIs to the BSF. The budget for the Israeli component of the project should be expressed in US Dollars. Submittal instructions are available at: http://www.bsf.org.il/ElectronicSubmission/GatewayFormsAndGuidelines.aspx?PageId=7&innerTextID=0
Questions should be directed to:
Rachel Haring, telephone: +972-2-5828239, email: email@example.com
Yair Rotstein, telephone: +972-2-5828239, email: email@example.com
CRCNS is affiliated with the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research (http://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/), and involves nine participating NIH Institutes and Centers. An NIH Notice (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-14-002.html) is being issued in parallel with this solicitation. Proposals are selected for potential NIH funding on the basis of the common CRCNS joint review process; resubmission of proposals directly to NIH is by invitation only. No NIH awards will exceed $250,000 per year in direct costs. Further questions may be directed to:
Yuan Liu, Chief, Office of International Activities; Director, Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, telephone: (301) 496-0012, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Dennis Glanzman, Chief, Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, telephone: (301) 443-1576, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Susan Volman, Program Director, Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, telephone: (301) 443-1315, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Michael A. Steinmetz, Program Director, Division of Extramural Research, National Eye Institute, telephone: (301) 451-2020, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Christopher Platt, Program Director, Central Pathways for Hearing and Balance, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, telephone: (301) 496-1804, email: email@example.com
Grace C. Y. Peng, Program Director, Discovery Science and Technology, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, telephone: (301) 451-4778, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
John A. Matochik, Program Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, telephone: (301) 451-7319, email: email@example.com
Theresa H. Cruz, Program Officer, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, telephone: (301) 496-9233, email: email@example.com
John R. Glowa, Program Director for Neuroscience, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, telephone: (301) 496-0527, email: email@example.com
Further questions for NSF program officers may be directed to:
Kenneth Whang, Program Director, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, 1125S, telephone: (703) 292-5149, fax: (703) 292-9073, email: email@example.com
Alumit Ishai, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, 995N, telephone: (703) 292-5145, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Maija Kukla, Program Director, Office of International and Integrative Activities, II-1155, telephone: (703) 292-4940, email: email@example.com
Robert Chadduck, Program Director, Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, 1145S, telephone: (703) 292-2247, email: email@example.com
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PROGRAM GUIDELINES Solicitation 14-504
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 15-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after December 26, 2014. The PAPPG is consistent with, and, implements the new Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance) (2 CFR � 200). Please be advised that the guidelines contained in NSF 15-1 apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 29, 2015
Computational neuroscience provides a theoretical foundation and a rich set of technical approaches for understanding complex neurobiological systems, building on the theory, methods, and findings of computer science, neuroscience, and numerous other disciplines.
Through the CRCNS program, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF), the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche, ANR), and the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) support collaborative activities that will advance the understanding of nervous system structure and function, mechanisms underlying nervous system disorders, and computational strategies used by the nervous system.
Two classes of proposals will be considered in response to this solicitation:
Research Proposals describing collaborative research projects, and
Data Sharing Proposals to enable sharing of data and other resources.
Domestic and international projects will be considered. As detailed in the solicitation, international components of collaborative projects may be funded in parallel by the participating agencies. Opportunities for parallel funding are available for US-German Research Proposals, US-German Data Sharing Proposals; US-French Research Proposals, US-French Data Sharing Proposals; and US-Israel Research Proposals.
Appropriate scientific areas of investigations may be related to any of the participating funding organizations. Questions concerning a particular project's focus, direction and relevance to a participating funding organization should be addressed to the appropriate person in the list of agency contacts found in Section VIII of the solicitation.
NSF will coordinate and manage the review of proposals jointly with participating domestic and foreign funding organizations, through a joint panel review process used by all participating funders. Additional information is available in Section VI of the solicitation.
RELATED URLS Please add me to the CRCNS Public Announcements List CRCNS Data Sharing site Data Sharing for Computational Neuroscience - ARCHIVED German-USA Collaboration in Computational Neuroscience - ARCHIVED German-US Workshop Report (PDF) French-US Collaboration in Computational Neuroscience - ARCHIVED French-US Workshop Report (PDF) *NEW* Israel-US Workshop Report (PDF) CRCNS 2005 Principal Investigators' Meeting CRCNS 2006 Principal Investigators' Meeting CRCNS 2007 Principal Investigators' Meeting CRCNS 2008 Principal Investigators' Meeting CRCNS 2009 Principal Investigators' Meeting CRCNS 2010 Principal Investigators' Meeting CRCNS 2011 Principal Investigators' Meeting CRCNS 2012 Principal Investigators' Meeting
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On the banks of the mighty Mississippi River, you'll find the quiet suburban community of Columbia, Illinois. Our hotel in Columbia is conveniently located adjacent to I-255. Columbia's small-town Midwestern charm provides a perfect retreat for travelers.
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The Cozy Corner Bed and Breakfast wants to provide our guests with every comfort during their stay in Sparta, Illinois. We are located 55 miles of St. Louis with an array of activities and attractions to enjoy. All rooms include their own private bath, hot homemade breakfast, complimentary beverages and snacks, in-room satellite TV, use of the hot tub and pickup from the local Sparta airport. We look forward to your visit and hope to make many new friends.
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Cureton continues to take risks in post-federal career
Thursday - 4/25/2013, 6:53pm EDT
Linda Cureton, Muse Technologies
Linda Cureton spent almost 34 years in government taking risks.
She wasn't one of those chief information officers who was afraid to fail nor afraid to succeed.
And that's both the lesson she imparts to other federal CIOs, but also the one she heeds as she launches Muse Technologies, a consulting firm focusing on IT project management, IT transformation and IT strategy planning.
"I looked at what I could do after deciding to retire, and I could be a CIO somewhere or work for contractor or integrator. I also considered starting my own company, but I knew starting my own company was risky because I wasn't sure I could financially tolerate the risk and wasn't sure I would be successful in getting contracts and business," she said. "As I thought about what are the things I wanted to do in life that weren't financial, my goals were to do the work that I love, to work with the people I love and have a passion about what I'm doing so it came back to starting my own company."
Cureton said after meeting with some trusted advisers, she took the plunge despite sequestration, budget pressures and even an economy that was slow to fully recover.
"People usually want to do these types of things when the economy is good, but it seemed to me the need for transformation is bigger when money is tight," she said. "It's like when things are going poorly, it's time to buy into the stock market, and not a time to sell. I wanted to buy into this market now when I think people really need it, and go against the grain and take a risk where many people wouldn't take that risk."
Going against the grain and taking risks were hallmarks of Cureton's long-federal IT career.
She spent more than three-and-a-half years as the NASA CIO-the position which she retired from on April 1.
For example, NASA took the leap into the cloud with the Nebula program, a private cloud infrastructure, before most agencies really understood the benefits of cloud computing.
She also led the creation of NASA's Spacebook, an attempt to make a Facebook like application for agency employees.
While Nebula was a trend setter, Spacebook fell far short of expectations.
Cureton felt just as good about both efforts.
We had to overcome a lot of resistance to launch the Nebula cloud," she said. "Innovation areas are very risky and a lot of us in government are risk adverse. We are often not rewarded for things that don't go right and with innovation most things don't go right. Nebula is now turned over to the open source community and it's essentially open stack, and it's definitely caught on in industry."
Cureton said she received a lot of external and internal resistance for developing Nebula and turning it over to open source community.
"I believe doing things like that is what NASA has been doing for years, developing technology and once we learn from it or determine how NASA can use it, the commercialization of the technology is best done by the commercial world and not by the government," she said.
As for Spacebook, she said NASA learned a lot about social media, how to apply it and its barriers.
Cureton said the biggest difference between government today and government of three decades ago is who is doing the day-to-day technical work.
She said the pendulum swung a little bit too far in letting contractors do too much of the technical work.
"If you really look at the demands on the government's budget there isn't a lot of budget for full time employees," she said. "You can't hire people. You can't pay them what they get paid in private sector, and then training them also is difficult. To insource is a great idea, but can we afford to do that? Let's not do it in halfway. The attempts early on in this administration to bring people back were not fully resourced."
Cureton offered advice to both the next NASA CIO as well as current and future CIOs across the government.
To the NASA CIO, she said, "Don't think you know NASA from looking from the outside in. People have more of an idealized perspective, but the NASA infrastructure needs to be modernized, and just like any federal agency, the budgets to do that just aren't there. A lot of people when they come, they are just surprised that the infrastructure to provision some of the services we need to provision centrally, just aren't there. Be prepared to provide IT services to some of the most brilliant minds on the planet that know more about technology than you do. You have to be humbled in delivering services to them."