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American Association of University Women: The AAUW Educational Foundation, the largest source
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
of funding exclusively for graduate women in the world, supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS): The mission of the ACLS is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies."
American Chemical Society: The organization provides a broad range of opportunities for peer interaction and career development, regardless of professional or scientific interests.
American Political Science Association: (resource for sabbatical funding) The Association brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors in order to expand awareness and understanding of political life.
American Psychological Foundation: (Part of the American Psychological Association) The Foundation has focused on advancing psychology through fostering the best and the brightest students, supporting cutting-edge research, and recognizing those psychologists whose excellent projects, research, and careers light the way for what can be done to benefit humanity.
American Sociological Association: The American Sociological Association provides funding opportunities to graduate students of sociology and sociologists with doctorates.
Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids: The Arts Council stresses the values of artistic excellence, community impact, diversity, management, collaboration, education, and outreach.
Aspen Institute: The Aspen Institute is a global forum for leveraging the power of leaders to improve the human condition.
Association for Institutional Research: Grants and scholarships supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are available to staff and faculty of post-secondary education institutions. The goals of the grant and scholarship program are to provide opportunities for professional development, to foster the use of federal databases in postsecondary education decision-making, and to foster the use of the federal databases to inform research on issues in postsecondary education.
Association of American Geographers: Grants and awards supporting doctoral dissertation, writing, and research in the field of geography. Other sponsors which fund projects outside of geography: East-West Center Visiting Fellowships and National Geographic Society- Committee for Research and Exploration Awards
AT&T Foundation: invests globally in projects that are at the intersection of community needs and AT&T's business interests. Emphasis is placed on programs that serve the needs of people in communities where AT&T has a significant business presence, initiatives that use technology in innovative ways, and programs in which AT&T employees are actively involved as contributors or volunteers.
Braitmayer Foundation: The Foundation is interested in K-12 education throughout the United States. Of particular interest are curricular and school reform initiatives, and preparation of and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly those which encourage people of high ability and diverse background to enter and remain in K-12 teaching.
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy: Their mission is to establish literacy as a value in every home in America, by helping every family in the nation understand that the home is the child's first school, and that the parent is the child's first teacher, and that reading is the child's first subject; and to break the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy, by supporting the development of family literacy programs where parents and children can learn and read together.
Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College: The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, a multidisciplinary residential research center, offers fellowships for women scholars, scientists, artists, and writers.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation established to advance the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities.
Camargo Foundation: The Camargo Foundation maintains a study center in Cassis, France, for the benefit of scholars who wish to pursue projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultures. The Foundation also sponsors creative projects by visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, video artists, composers, and writers. Glenn FetzerCampus Compact: Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 740 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education. To support this civic mission, Campus Compact promotes community service that develops students' citizenship skills and values, encourages partnerships between campuses and communities, and assists faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement into their teaching and research. Steve Timmermans, Gail Zandee, Peggy Bendroth
Annie E. Casey Foundation: Their mission is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. Working with neighborhoods and state and local governments, the Foundation provides grants to public and nonprofit organizations to strengthen the support services, social networks, physical infrastructure, employment, self-determination, and economic vitality of distressed communities.
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (site lists all fellowships)
CCCU Initiative Grants to Network Christian Scholars. The purpose of this program is to enable small groups of Christian scholars to network in ways that will lead to individual and collaborative scholarship on focused themes of keen interest to the larger academy. Any discipline is encouraged to submit a proposal which demonstrates potential for Christian perspectives on the theme to make an important contribution to conversations in the academy.
Coca-Cola Foundation: Their mission is to improve the quality of life in the community and to enhance individual opportunity through education. They support educational programs primarily within three main areas: higher education, classroom teaching and learning, and international education.
Cummings Fund The Cummings Fund supports entrepreneurial solutions to social problems, eliminating dependence on governmental programs by actively aiding groups with measurable and sustainable long-term gains for individuals in need.
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation: Programs include Private Higher Education, Secondary Education, Religion (Graduate Theological Education), Health Care (Caring Attitudes), and Public Television.
Department of Education (US): Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): FIPSE's mandate is to "improve postsecondary educational opportunities" across a broad range of concerns.
Department of Education (State of Michigan): Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics & Science: ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning.
Department of Career Development (Michigan): 4-S Program: The Select Student Support Services (4-S) Program is a competitive grant program that supports universities in the development and institutionalization of innovative retention programs for academically and economically disadvantaged students.
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: for chemistry, chemical engineering & biochemistry, Faculty Start-Up Grants and Scholar/Fellow Program.
Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grants are awarded, upon direct application, to individuals who have established themselves professionally.
Erasmus Institute: The Erasmus Institute was founded to foster research grounded in Catholic intellectual traditions and focused on significant issues in contemporary scholarship. Its mission is not to advance study of the church or theology as such but, rather, to bring resources from two millennia of Catholic thought to bear on problems in the humanities, social sciences, and arts.
Environmental Protection Agency: Grants and fellowship information
Fetzer Institute: The Fetzer Institute is a nonprofit private operating foundation that supports research, education, and service programs exploring the integral relationships among body, mind, and spirit. Our current program focus includes the areas of science, leadership, integral practice, and philanthropy.
Folger Shakespeare Library: The Folger Shakespeare Library offers a limited number of residential fellowships for periods of six to nine months. Successful candidates will be advanced scholars who have made substantial contributions in their fields and whose research projects are appropriate to the collections of the Folger Library.
Freedom Forum: The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech, and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on four main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms, newsroom diversity, and world press freedom.
Fulbright: Traditional Program, Scholar-in-Residence, The Occasional Lecturer Program, Student Awards. Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools.
Helene Fuld Health Trust: The Helene Fuld Health Trust is the nation's largest private funder devoted exclusively to nursing students and nursing education.
Ford Foundation (NY):The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Its goals are to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
German Academic Service (DAAD): The activities of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)today one of the world's largest and most respected intermediary organizations in its fieldillustrate the terms of reference within which academic exchange and international cooperation in science and art progress as part of the essential creative forces of the modern world. Their development is determined by individuals and their study and research projects, by the scientific community, and by the expectations and views of society, as well as and also by what is technically possible, coupled with economic interests and political goals. Lambert Zuidervaart
Wm T Grant Foundation: The goal of the William T. Grant Foundation is to create a society that values young people and enables them to reach their full potential. The Foundation supports basic and applied research on youth development, program evaluations, policy analyses, research sysntheses, and communications research. Priority areas for research are youth development; programs, policies, and institutions affecting young people; and adults' attitudes about and perceptions of young people, focusing on young people age 8 - 25.
William Randolph Hearst Foundation: The charitable goals of the two Foundations are essentially the same, and reflect the philanthropic interests of William Randolph Hearst -- Education, Health, Social Service and Culture. Within these four areas, the Foundations assist institutions in providing opportunities to underserved and underrepresented populations. Lois Konyndyk Herrick Foundation Lois Konyndyk, Engineering Dept.
Hekman Research Stipends: For research at the Hiill Museum & Manuscript Library, Collegeville, Minnesota. Graduate student or scholars who are within three years of completing a terminal masters or doctoral degree are eligible.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: The Foundation concentrates its resources on activities in conflict resolution, education, environment, family and community development, performing arts, population, and U.S.-Latin American relations.
American Honda Foundation: Funding programs related to youth and scientific education
Housing & Urban Development: - COPC
Howard Hughes Medical Institute: The Institute's grants program is helping to enhance science education for students at all levels, from the earliest grades through advanced training. By invitation only.
Institute of International Education
Japan Foundation: committed to promoting stronger ties between Americans and Japanese by supporting projects that foster mutual knowledge and education, deepen understanding, create effective channels of communication, and address common concerns in an increasingly interdependent world. Jewish Community Fund of Grand Rapids
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: concentrated grantmaking in four areas: to ensure that all Americans have access to basic health care at reasonable cost; to improve care and support for people with chronic health conditions; to promote healthy communities and lifestyles; and to reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance abusetobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs.
Wm. F. Keck Foundation: The Keck Foundation's priorities are science, engineering, and medical research; secondary interests include liberal arts and, in Southern California, community services, healthcare, pre-collegiate education, and the arts.
W. K. Kellogg Foundation: A non-profit that focuses on improving communities' quality of life in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Southern Africa through the practical application of knowledge and resources. Funding is focused toward food systems and rural development; youth and education and higher education; and philanthropy and volunteerism. Within these focal areas, funding is also provided for leadership; information systems/ technology; efforts to capitalize on diversity; and family, neighborhood, and community development programming.
William R. Kenan Charitable TrustKnight Foundation: It is dedicated to service to community, the highest standards of journalistic excellence and the defense of a free press.
Kresge Foundation: The Kresge Foundation Science Initiative is a challenge grant program to upgrade and endow scientific instrumentation and laboratories in colleges and universities, teaching hospitals, medical schools, and research institutions.
Land Conservancy of West Michigan
Library of Congress offers Kluge Center Fellowships for Humanistic and Social Science Research. The Kluge Center especially encourages humanisitic and social science research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections. Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or multilingual research is particularly welcome. Further information about the Library's collections can be found at the Library's web site)
Lilly Endowment: It supports the causes of religion, education, and community development, and is interested in initiatives that benefit youth, foster leadership education among nonprofit institutions, and promote the causes of philanthropy and volunteerism.
Louisville Institute: The fundamental mission of the Louisville Institute is to enrich the religious life of American Christians and to encourage the revitalization of their institutions, by bringing together those who lead religious institutions with those who study them, so that the work of each might stimulate and inform the other. It seeks to enhance understanding of American religion and to encourage the vitality of American religious institutions through a program of conferences and grantmaking, with particular attention to the situation of Protestantism, Catholicism, historic African-American churches, and the Hispanic religious experience.
The Louisville Institute Religious Institutions Sabbatical Grants Program
Clare Booth Luce Foundation Program: The Clare Boothe Luce Program promotes the advancement of American women through higher education in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
The Henry Luce Foundation: Areas of focus include the interdisciplinary exploration of higher education; increased understanding between Asia and the United States; the study of religion and theology; scholarship in American art; opportunities for women in science and engineering; and contributions to youth and public policy programs.
Maclellan Foundation: The purpose of the Maclellan Foundation is to serve strategic international and national organizations committed to furthering the Kingdom of Christ and select local organizations that foster the spiritual welfare of the community.
Ronald McDonald House Children's Charities: Ronald McDonald House Charities provides comfort and care to children and their families by supporting Ronald McDonald Houses in communities around the world and by making grants to other not-for-profit organizations whose programs help children in need.
Fund: Offers grants to relieve misfortune and promote
well-being. Focus areas are human services, education, health care,
arts and culture, and public benefit. Primary focus is metropolitan
Detroit. Lois Konyndyk
Medtronic Foundation: Focus areas: education, health, and community. Priority is given to programs that benefit people who are socio-economically disadvantaged. Provides community grants for programs benefiting Medtronic communities.
Andrew Mellon Foundation: Makes grants to institutions in higher education, in cultural affairs and the performing arts, in population, in conservation and the environment, and in public affairs.
Merck: An unrelenting focus on breakthrough science has helped Merck researchers bring many important medicines to market. Research is the foundation of Merck's success and the heart of its overall strategy. Its research is conducted in a broad range of therapeutic categories.
Michigan Campus Compact: Michigan Campus Compact promotes the education and commitment of Michigan college students to be civically engaged citizens, through creating and expanding academic, co-curricular and campus-wide opportunities for community service, service-learning, and civic engagement.
Michigan Sea Grant: Michigan Sea Grant sponsors a competitive funding program open to researchers at all Michigan universities and colleges, supporting investigation of Great Lakes aquatic resources. These researchers employ biological, engineering, and social disciplines to address Great Lakes problems such as maintaining healthy fisheries, alleviating the impacts of coastal erosion, and developing safe and ecologically sound marine engineering technologies.
Mitsubishi Electric: The Mitsubishi Electric American Foundation welcomes concept papers that meet the Foundation's mission of helping young people with disabilities, through technology, to maximize their potential and participation in society. Preference is given to organizations and projects that reflect collaboration among groups, and that actively involve people with disabilities in the planning and implementation of activities.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation affirms its founder's vision that each of us "is in a partnership with the rest of the human race"that each individual's quality of life is connected to the well-being of the community, both locally and globally. The C.S. Mott Foundation's program areas are Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area, and Pathways Out of Poverty. In addition to these four programs, they also fund Exploratory and Special Projects that may lead to a program area over time, or unexpected opportunities that address significant international and/or national problems.
National Aeronautics & Space Administation (NASA)
National Endowment for the Arts: The NEA's mission is to serve the public good by nurturing human creativity, supporting community spirit, and fostering appreciation of the excellence and diversity of our nation's artistic accomplishments. We carry out that mission through grantmaking; leadership initiatives; partnerships with state arts agencies, regional arts organizations, other federal agencies, and the private sector; research; and public information. Arts education programs addresses children and youth in the general age range of early childhood through age 18, both in school and outside the regular school day and year. Grants are offered in the following three categories: early childhood, school-based, community-based.
National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer Stipends, NEH Faculty Humanities Workshops, conference call notes. $75,000 grant opportunity: grants will support professional development programs in the humanities for K-12 teachers and faculty at post-secondary institutions. NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, and public programs in the humanities.
National Gallery of Art: Visiting Senior Fellowship Program. Applications will be considered for study in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, etc.) of any geographical area and of any period. Applications are also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of physical form.
National Institutes of Health: There are 21 Institutes and Centers within the NIH. By law each must be funded, and each is committed to certain domains of medical science (e.g., cancer, heart disease, aging, mental health). AREA grants support individual research projects in the biomedical and behavioral sciences conducted by faculty, and involving their undergraduate students, who are located in health professional schools and other academic components that have not been major recipients of NIH research grant funds.
National Research Council: The National Research Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The National Research Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine.
National Science Foundation: Opportunities for research and education funding in all areas of science and engineering. Program of interest: Research Experiences for Undergraduates.
Office of Naval Research: Search under "funding" for current programs.
Open Society Institute: OSI's US Programs have three broad aims: to challenge the intrusion of the marketplace into inappropriate areas; to deal with the inequities in distribution of wealth and social benefits that arise from "market fundamentalism;" and to address the adverse unintended consequences of perhaps well-intended policies.
David & Lucile Packard Foundation: The Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following broad program areas: conservation; population; science; children, families, and communities; arts; and organizational effectiveness and philanthropy. The Foundation provides national and international grants, and also has a special focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey.
Pew Charitable Trusts: The Pew Charitable Trusts support nonprofit activities in the areas of culture, education, the environment, health and human services, public policy and religion. Based in Philadelphia, the Trusts make strategic investments that encourage and support citizen participation in addressing critical issues and effecting social change.
Pfizer, Inc: Pfizer, Inc. is a research-based, global pharmaceutical company. Its mission is to discover and develop innovative health care products that lead to healthier and more productive lives.
Public Welfare Foundation: The Public Welfare Foundation is a non-governmental grant-making organization dedicated to supporting organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations and work for lasting improvements in the delivery of services that meet basic human needs.
Research Corporation: Supports research in physics, chemistry, and astonomy at US and Canadian colleges and universities. The foundation makes between 200 and 300 awards annually under programs that encourage beginning faculty members, original ideas, and the involvement of students in scientific investigation.
Retirement Research Foundation: The Foundation seeks innovative solutions to the challenges facing older Americans. They support programs that: improve services and care for the elderly, seek answers to diseases prevalent in the older population, educate policymakers about the needs and capacities of Americas seniors, attract and train skilled professionals to serve older adults, expand employment and volunteer opportunities for older persons, and identify and address concerns of older Americans.
Rotary Foundation: The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs.
SBC Foundation: SBC Foundation places primary emphasis on supporting initiatives that enhance education and community vitality through technology.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: The Foundation's programs and interests fall into the following areas: Science and Technology, Standard of Living and Economic Performance, Education and Careers in Science and Technology and Selected National Issues and Civic Program
Spencer Foundation: The foundation is intended to investigate ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world.
Starr Foundation: The Starr Foundation funds programs in a wide range including culture, public policy, human needs, medicine and healthcare, and education.
State of Michigan - Michgian Community Service Commission, Volunteer Investment Grants: VIG is designed to: empower communities with an ongoing source of funds to create or increase the self-sufficiency of a local volunteer resource center, build the center's coapacity, and increase the number of citizen volunteers involved in community problem-solving. Jeff Bouman
Supreme Court Judicial Fellows Program: Seeking outstanding individuals from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds who are interested in the adminstration of justice and making a contribution to the judiciary.
Surdna Foundation: The Foundation has four program areas for primary attention: biological diversity and the human communities that depend on it, human systems, transportation and urban/suburban land use, and energy.
Templeton Foundation: Through its programs, the Foundation seeks to encourage the world to catch the vision of the tremendous possibilities for spiritual progress in an open and humble approach to life; encourage institutions of learning to incorporate training towards excellence in character in their efforts to prepare the next generation for service; to encourage growth in appreciating the potential of free societies; and to promote the understanding of the significant responsibilities associated with freedom in its several aspects, moral, spiritual, political and economic.
Towsley Foundation: While the Foundation's initial goals were typical of general family foundations, its mission later became focused on programs promoting education, health care, shelter, and nutrition for children. As its assets grew, its areas of concentration expanded into college and university education, medical education, planned parenthood, and interdisciplinary programs with the schools of law and social work.
US Department of Agriculture (USDA): USDA Mission: Enhance the quality of life for the American people by supporting production of agriculture: ensuring a safe, affordable, nutritious, and accessible food supply caring for agricultural, forest, and range lands supporting sound development of rural communities providing economic opportunities for farm and rural residents expanding global markets for agricultural and forest products and services and working to reduce hunger in America and throughout the world.
US Institute of Peace: The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict.
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music: Each year, the Foundation's Grants Program gives financial support to individuals and not-for-profit organizations for projects in the following categories: Research and Travel; Publication Assistance; Dissertation Fellowships; Professional and Regional Performance and Production; College and University Performance and Production; Recording Projects; and Broadcasts.
Wabash Center: The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion seeks to strengthen and enhance religion & theology education in North American theological schools, colleges and universities through initiating studies, workshops and conferences; supporting the initiatives that enhance teaching; encouraging reflection by faculty members on the special contribution of each discipline within religion & theology; enabling those preparing to become teachers to reflect upon, clarify and strengthen their sense of vocation; helping faculty members and institutions to keep abreast of appropriate technology that will enhance teaching and learning.
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research


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It's official. We have finally reached April and the fantasy hockey season is on its last legs. Most roto leagues have just about been decided and the H2H leagues are in the championship matchups. Essentially, there are only about 2-3 teams at most in each league that still have their foot on the gas pedal and are seeking that elusive championship. What about the rest of the league? Some will focus on the next draft, but that is months away. Perhaps there are a few notables who you might be able to keep an eye on, or depending on your league structure, even add to your roster now and stash away in a farm or prospect slot. Let's take a look at a few Eastern Conference faces.
Drayson Bowman, LW, Carolina Hurricanes – While Drayson Bowman has split time with Carolina and Charlotte the last two seasons (with just about full time duty in Charlotte the year before that), there are a few bright signs. Bowman has continuously showed signs of improvement each time he is sent down, while also playing a defensively responsibly game while skating in Carolina. While occupying a spot on the third line, he is also shooting the puck more and ultimately finding his name on the scoresheet slightly more as well (13 points in 36 games, with only three points in 32 previous NHL games). Bowman will need a contract extension, but is quietly developing into a player who could be ready to score 30-40 points next season and even more in the future.
Blake Geoffrion, LW, Montreal Canadiens – Geoffrion, a once prolific collegiate scorer who shares a bloodline with Boom Boom Geoffrion and Howie Morenz, had to have been disappointed when he was traded away from his hometown Nashville earlier this season. Geoffrion had got into a rut though after not sticking with the Preds, and he scored only nine points in 20 AHL appearances. After the trade to Montreal, it was clear Geoffrion was revitalized, as he scored seven points in only five AHL appearances and continues to see time with the Canadiens, skating with one of either Lars Eller or Tomas Plekanec. Geoffrion has had only 52 games of NHL experiences in two professional seasons, but his future still looks bright.
Frédéric St-Denis, D, Montreal Canadiens – St-Denis is an undrafted, undersized defenseman who has slowly risen in the Montreal system. The Hamilton Bulldogs' top scorer this season has only 39 points, so St-Denis' 28 points in 54 games are a little more impressive than it may appear at first glance. St-Denis not only led the Bulldogs' blue line in scoring while there, but also posted an impressive 10 points in 20 playoff games a year ago as well. In 14 NHL games for Montreal this year, St-Denis has three points and 10 PIM. Don't expect him to contribute in the PIM category too often, but depending on how the rest of the season goes, the pending RFA may be able to secure a spot in Montreal for next season. At best he would be a second-pairing defenseman who can contribute on the second power play unit as well.
Nino Niederreiter, RW, New York Islanders – Niederreiter was once an extremely promising prospect, but his stock has fallen tremendously this season with only one point in 51 games. That's pretty impressive really to score only one point in that many games, even for the Islanders. While everyone else is down on the Swiss winger, think about this – how frustrated must Niederreiter be and what will he do to improve? He will have pressure from AHL standout Rhett Rakhshani next season as well as from players like Casey Cizikas, and possibly Ryan Strome and Kirill Kabanov. The frustration could lead to an extremely motivated Niederrieter in 2011-12 and if his stock is low enough, he could be a great investment.
Brian Lee, D, Tampa Bay Lightning – For those who don't remember, Lee is a former ninth-overall selection who simply didn't live up to expectations in Ottawa. In 35 games this season, Lee had scored only eight points while averaging under 15 minutes of ice time per game. Steve Yzerman was willing to take a gamble on him though and Lee's ice time is now up to almost 17 minutes per game. The result has been five points in 16 games and 10 shots on goal during that stretch (he had only 15 in his previous 35 games). Lee has been paired primarily with Brett Clark, who may be able to provide veteran leadership and get Lee back on track. It's unlikely Lee provides a ton of offense, but he can provide value in hits, where he went from a 171-hit pace in Ottawa to a 220-hit pace in Tampa. If he can also figure out the defensive aspect of his game (plus/minus), he could be a solid depth fantasy option next season.
Carter Ashton, RW, Toronto Maple Leafs – Ashton is a Burke-type player. He can score but he also brings an element of sandpaper to his game. Ashton is noticeably nervous in his time with Toronto this season, but the fact of the matter is that he is still with the team. For a team that is definitely not going to make the playoffs, they are making a wise move in allowing Ashton to shake out the butterflies now. Depending on how hard Ashton trains this summer, he could become a strong third-line player who can be utilized in spot duty in the top six next season for the Leafs.
Joey Crabb, RW, Toronto Maple Leafs – Crabb is a less of a prospect than most of the others on this list (he was a seventh rounder in 2002), but he has still only played 141 total NHL games and he's spent the majority of the last two seasons with the Leafs, consistently improving his game. Crabb was never a prolific scorer in the AHL, but he spent time with some very talented players (Krog, Sterling), even winning a Calder Cup in 2008. Between his time in Chicago and spending more time in the NHL, Crabb must have picked up a few things. His 25 points this season (in 64 games) is a career high and in the nine games he played with the Marlies, he scored an impressive seven goals and eight assists. In Saturday's 4-3 win against Buffalo, Crabb scored a SHG and an added an assist, while being named the first star of the game.
Spencer Machacek, RW, Winnipeg Jets – Who? Machacek, a 6'1", 195 lb. forward, was drafted in the third round of the 2007 draft by Atlanta, and has posted decent numbers in the AHL before this season, where he was named alternate captain. Machacek took the added responsibility and ran with it, leading the St. John's Ice Caps in scoring with 48 points in 58 games and finally earning some NHL time with the Jets. Machacek has made the most of that opportunity as well, scoring eight points in 10 games while averaging less than seven minutes of ice time per game. He is also plus-seven during that stretch with an impressive 12 shots on goal. Could Machacek stick with Winnipeg next season?
Hopefully this article allowed you to make a few tweaks to your roster without waiting for the draft. Let me know below if you would have added any names to this list.


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On the bright side, it means we won the argument.
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"to escape poverty and embrace prosperity"Could part of the economic problem be that those that come here to escape poverty and embrace prosperity are sucking the life out of US ?
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Compared to other country´s poverty,our poverty is at least middle class by comparison. So even if foreigners are beginning to doubt this country´s ability to prosper,the worst that can happen is ending up in our generous safety net.What Obama and the left has done is create a viable option to working which is why Obama supporters aren´t complaining about the lack of jobs.You can probably apply for a student visa and at the same time take out an expensive student loan at taxpayer expense and live it up for a few years at least.Who cares if it´s a low return investment or not,if they can stick around and vote.The level of corruption among these people is beyond comprehension.Why should simply going to college earn you American citizenship,especially when American taxpayers are paying for your college,in many case as instate tuition?If these poumpas asses even make it through college,they´re worthless to the current workforce.To me,loan forgiveness should apply to people learning a trade and getting an actual job from it. Most of the time when I go to a doctor or get a test done,there´s usually some young girl assistants in the room. When I get the chance,I ask them how long they went to school to qualify for the job. Most of the time it´s in the two year range.So they have low student debt on top of getting a real job.Obama´s massive spending ventures,along with killing the private sector has to be an intentional way of destroying this country´s base of survival.These people are too flaked out to guess what their endgame is.
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A Convenient Wife
Maggie's Beau
Tanner Stakes His Claim
Maggie's Beau
Tanner Stakes His Claim
Poor Loris Peterson has made a big mistake. Engaged to Connor Webster, she let his no-good brother James seduce her and now she's carrying his (James') child. Since they're in small town Oklahoma in 1893, this is a really big mistake. Particularly when baby brother James decides he's not ready to be married yet and high-tails it out of town. Her parents kick her out of the house on a snowy night, and her request to Connor to honor the engagement has been met with a resounding "I don't think so."
Loris heads out to the edge of town and finds an abandoned homestead, where she begins to make a cozy nest. In no time at all Connor joins her and they plant some crops, train some horses, wait for the baby to be born, and cope with the fact that neither set of parents is inclined to cut them any slack, even though they were once quite acceptable as betrotheds and they got married practically the very day they started playing house.
There. Minus the bizarre part about just how far one of the unhappy in-laws is willing to go to show her displeasure, the return of the prodigal brother, and the totally gratuitous violence and death, that's the whole story in one paragraph. Unfortunately, this book takes 296 pages to tell a story that has about the same level of character development, insight, and exploration of human nature as that paragraph. Lots and lots of words on 296 pages; too bad some of those words weren't used to explain the important stuff. Like why each and every character has at least one major change of mind/heart on a crucial matter, sometimes within mere pages, but without any visible reason.
And Oh! the detail, the suffocating detail, detail, detail in those 296 pages. At first you believe that if so much significance is given to one bit of information, that means that the detail is leading to something. Okay, you think, this is some heavy foreshadowing – we're learning that spiders crawl into empty jars in a cellar and the best way to get them out is to rinse them out with water while holding on to the rim of the jar because…someone's going to get bit by one of those spiders, right? Wrong. The spiders are washed down the drain without incident, and the reader is left thinking, "Duh. I knew how to get a spider out of a jar. Why am I reading this?" It's like a bad high school essay, where you don't have enough information to make it the length required, so you repeat yourself and throw in extraneous information to pad it out.
And, Oh! the inexplicable behavior. Why are Loris' parents so spiteful and unforgiving, particularly as she is their only child? And what causes their change of heart? You keep leafing back through the pages, thinking, "surely I missed something…" but you never find it because you didn't miss it – it wasn't there.
And Oh! the behavior contrary to human nature – like Loris' phenomenal bad judgment and Connor's inexplicable forgiveness. Not only does she sleep with the no-good low-down brother (normal bad judgment), she compares how she feels about the two of them. To her new husband. On their wedding night. Out loud. While in bed. Naked. (Phenomenal bad judgment). But Connor's okay with it. He feels enriched by her words. Yes, enriched, not enraged.
And Oh! the clumsy, choppy, unedited feel of the text. Plowing through the writing was excruciating. I'm a big fan of punctuation, but this author never met a comma she wouldn't use. She tucks as many as six of them into one monumental sentence which, if I wrote like she did, this sentence would resemble, so that by the time you cleared the last comma and the bumpy syntax in the middle, you would need to double back to the beginning, just to remind yourself what, if anything, the sentence was about.
Oh! and never mind the fuzzy history – there wasn't really an Oklahoma, per se, in 1893, and certainly not in 1874, when Loris was supposedly born into her parents' farmhouse. There were the Indian Territories and the white squatters in No-Man's land, but not any established towns like "Kent Corners."
Oh!, do yourself a favor, listen to the Rodgers and Hammerstein soundtrack, which is also chock-full of detail, but at least the behavior of the characters make sense and no one dies unnecessarily.
--Laura Scott


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Priests Take If Off For MORE 2014 Orthodox Calendar Shots!
If you'll remember, images and video from the 2014 Orthodox Calendar shoot gave us the vapors at the end of October and now these newly released images are giving us something else to be thankful for as we head into Thanksgiving!
Very thankful. Forgive us Father for we have SINNED!
As a reminder, this year's calendar is in support of marriage equality--so feel free to purchase if you're feeling charitable...towards ourselves.
Nope. Not enough holy water in the world to cleanse these "unpure" thoughts!
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it's a bad calendar, not the least cause it is made by heterosexuals wanting to earn money from gays. beside that, some of the pics are so unprofessional, like the guy looking through the window... I would not want it if I get it for free! gays always want to make fun of others, like religion, but if others make fun of gays they call it discrimination.... not proud of that!
The second picture, is it wrong that i want to be the cookie????
There is nothing in the pictures or video to suggest that the men who are (or are dressed as) priests are necessarily doing anything improper. The priests are always fully clothed, and the unclothed are clearly not priests. There may be suggestive poses, and certainly there is gay love and relationship implied by several pictures, but actual sex with a priest - that's all in the mind of the viewer!
I wonder what would happen if someone tried to sell a calendar with women dressed as nuns... would beat this one, I bet. Church and sex, good looking models, etc...let's keep ignoring the real world.
Well,, as a Catholic Priest, I find this highly offensive-
My mom has no issue with gay or lesbians, yet, just because she is ok, I don't think I would want to see her posing in a suggestive pose. To offend a body of people, in this manner, is pretty much the same thing. Please understand, whether you believe in God or not, there should be some decorum offered to those who do have "special" places for their belief systems.
I may not believe in the gods of other people, but I certainly would not want to see members of that culture posing much like photos we see in this culture of sex symbols.
On that note....the Orthodox church investigated this matter and found these were not really priest, but still they found it highly offensive. I must admit, so do I.
Father Christian
Franciscan Friar
Is this a joke? Really? It is disgusting and mocking God! What the heck is wrong with this photographer and the men that posed for this? I don't care what your sexual preference is but leave God and the church out of it!
Oh my God, I am hardly sorry for having offended Thee,
And I detest all my sins,
Because I dread the loss of Heaven,
And the pain of Hell,
But most of all because I love Thee,
And I want so badly to be good.
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Congrat and I look forward for buy this calendar.
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I DON'T BELIVE IN GOD SORRY!! IS XXl
Edwardo....I am curious? When was it you decided you did not believe in God?
i believe they are not real priest ....
i believe they are not real priest....
LOOOL YOU JEW! as if these can't be photoshoped and mainly CREATED BY JEWS! rofl
thank you god
Poor, poor idiots!
The main reason for this calendar is to make money. A subtext might be; Is ok to be a priest and have gay sex? First, it depends on the denomination. While I think you can, I think that if you make a vow or promise, you should keep it unless you are dispensed. Most RC priests make a promise of celibacy to their bishop or chastity to their superior so they should do the best they can to keep it. If they can't, they should ask for a dispensation. I don't think the commitment should be made in the first place. As an Independent Catholic Bishop, I believe our sexuality is a gift from God, especially gay sexuality. We are called to love ourselves, each other, and God. Unless it violates or harms somebody, consensual sex is just a reflection of love, even if just for a short period of time. Some sexual things to avoid include infidelity, non-consensual sex, knowingly passing on disease, and other things. Are these things sinful? I don't know. I tend to follow the old Baltimore Catechism criteria. Sex is not serious matter unless it brings harm to the other. Notice I don't include anything about gender attraction. The same Scripture says we are to love ourselves and that principle also has a sexual component which is encouraged. Who's to determine what is sin and judge the person? Not the church and certainly not I. That is left to God alone. +Bishop Bob
Forgive me father for I want to sin!!
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thats why the Lord God is giving all this calamities, and forces of nature because people have no respect! Please respect the catholic faith.....or else more catastrophy will come our way....
Ummm...The Roman Catholic Church has done some pretty despicable shit over the years, which is why I don't respect it. Oh, and you need to learn how to spell "catastrophe".
It's time you realised that GOD is a story made up by early man to give us comfort. If you still believe that's great but keep your beliefs to yourself and then everyone will be happy.
With peace and respect always.
who gives a hoot?! You really think that ALL minister's aren't utilizing their offices for their wives? You really think that "God" isn't there when gay people have sex? Grow up or move to Topeka with people who actually value your opinion.
"Unpure" is not a word, as any auto-correct will tell you. "Impure" is correct. No excuse.
I don't know, religion diving into erotica & sexuality to raise funds? Maybe they should just clean up the mess made before swinging so whole heartedly into the popular .... Camp.
Controversial? Yes. Sellable? Yes. Sexy? Yes. Does it help to make homosexuality less stereotypical? I am not sure. I personally think that being Gay goes beyond sexy bodies and beautiful men. My question is why to keep the effort in pointing out our differences with straight men? Yes we all now that, "We" like men and "They" like women, haven't we being attack enough for our difference with them?. I really think is about time we remark our similarities with the straight world, and that is that we all are men, that we all have families and love ones, and ultimately that we all need love and companionship. I really think that is about time that we regain no just our sexual freedom but also our romantic dreams those that society has denied us for so long. I can't wait to see the first Disney movie when Prince Charming finds his Gay counterpart... hahahah There is still a long way ahead of us to achieve equality and focusing on our differences is not helping much at this point. Just my personal opinion. Hot pictures though.
I agree. It would be nice if we emphasize our similarities. First, gay and straight men are beloved children of God. We wish for the same things that straight men wish for; a beloved companion, a better life, world peace and stability, friends, and the desire to understand and yield to God's will. We also wish to be allowed to have our differences respected.
There seems to be some confusion in both of your replies: the goal is not to make homosexuals less appear less stereotypical, nor is it to show that we all want the same things -- that is the road to oppression. The goal is to respect all individuals even when they don't conform to your ideals -- this means that some of us want to act really, really gay and stereotypical, some of us want to get married, some of us want to stay single, some of us want love and some of us don't.
People are unique -- and not just gay men, but everyone. Everyone has different hopes and dreams and deserves the freedom to pursue them, even if you it's different than what you would want. We do not need to emphasize our similarities -- we need to focus LESS on the similarities and MORE on celebrating our differences.
These are models not real priests, that should be mentioned in this article, show a little class Instinct.
A little class? What does that even mean? A bit of an attitude much, I think so.
It means stop sensationalizing something. These are models not priests stop saying there are priests just to get hits on a article.
So you don't think it's just meant to be a type joke? To have fun with. One of the reasons the calendar was made. Not to be dead serious, like your taking it....
I will add that I posed nude as a priest for a photographer friend of mine who was doing a photo series on different things, it was a few years ago so I don't remember them all, one was a doctor, lawyer, priest, etc.


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I received and installed the new thermostat to replace our 6 year old model. Works like a charm now!! Thanks so much for the warm floors and the great customer service.


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LibreNMS is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL-based network monitoring system forked from Observium. It aims to be easy to use and painless to deploy, and to support monitoring of a wide range of devices. Observium's license changed to a modified QPL license in May 2012, then was split into free and commercial versions. The aim of LibreNMS is to continue to create a usable NMS, but with a community focus and GPL licensing.
CT-gui is a touch-friendly GUI toolkit which can be used on the Linux desktop and on Android devices. Development can be done quickly and easily on a Linux box, then ported to an Android tablet or phone. For graphics, only OpenGL or OpenGL ES is used. For audio, ALSA is used for Linux and OpenSL ES for Android. As you might expect, the Android SDK and NDK should be installed on your system. Two demo projects called CT-synth and CT-farfisa are included, which are a polyphonic synthesizer with about 20 built-in patches, and an organ with many sounds. These can be played using the mouse or your fingers, or with an attached MIDI keyboard.
"PHP Web Security Monitor" is designed to protect Internet sites created with PHP from malicious queries from hackers and Web viruses. It filters common PHP variables via prepared security patterns and compares (unprotected) input variables against patterns of dangerous data, such as SQL injection, XSS injection, and PHP code compromising.


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Faculty News Student News Alumni News
Dr, Boeye presented a paper "Reference and Person in the Historiated Initials of the St. Albans Psalter" at the symposium 'Seeing and Reading in Twelfth-Century England" which was held at the J. Paul Getty Meusum and the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance studies on Feb. 1 and 2, 2014.
Dr. Nygren's review of Campbell and Cole's Italian Renaissance Art appeared in the on-line review publication CAAReviews in February, 2014.
Dr. Boeye participated in a public discussion with Shahzia Sikander, an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist, on November 8, 2012 at The Jewish Museum in New York in conjunction with the exhibition, "Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts from the Bodleian Library."
Dr. Nygren presented his paper "Michelangelo Reading/Reading Michelangelo" at the 16th Century Society Conference in October, 2013.
Dr. Nygren presented a paper on the significance of an early representation of corn in a work by the Dell Robbia workshop at the RSA Conference in April, 2013. He presented a revised version of this paper at a conference at the Walters Museum in December of 2013.
A book review by Dr. Nygren appeared in the Spring 2013 of Speculum.
Julia Tigani ( '14) won second place in Arts & Humanities at the Loyola Undergraduate Student Research and Scholarship Colloquium for her paper "Michelangelo's Homosocial Paradise: A Closer Look at the Doni Tondo Madonna."
Victoria Miciotta had a summer 2013 internship at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Noah Kearney ('13) will attend the Higher Education M.A. program at Boston College beginning in the fall.
Elizabeth Berry ('12) is working in the marketing department of the Baltimore convention center.
Lily Sehn ('12) is currently attending the M.A. program in art history at American University. She has had internships at the Phillips Gallery and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art,.
Katie Fow ('12) is working as an exhibition specialist at the Freer/Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC.
Colleen Grant ('11) will graduate this semester from the Museum Studies Masters Program at George Washington University.
Alex Fricchione ('11) is attending the M. Arch program at RISD.
Nell Fortune Greeley ('10) graduated from the art history Master's program at George Washington University in May of 2013 and is currently working as an acquisitions document specialist at the Smithsonian Museum of American History..
Nora Benedict ('10, minor) is a student in the Spanish doctoral program at UVA. Her current work looks at word and image in a manuscript by Borges. She has an article forthcoming on print metaphors in literature.
Molly Muraca ('09) graduated from the MA program in Art Therapy at George Washington University in Spring 2013 and is currently working as an out-patient mental health counselor and art therapist,.
Jessica Urban ('08, minor) is currently working in educational program development at the Cincinnati Museum of Art.
Alyssa Porambo ('08) is the public relations and publications coordinator at the Baltimore Symphony.
Ali Kozlakowski ('08) is a Senior Press Officer at the Metropolitan Museum in New York where she focuses on modern art and photography. She previously worked in PR at Tom Ford Beauty.
Laura Klebanow ('08) works at the United States Holocaust Museum as an assistant editor.
Peggy Sell ('07) is currently employed at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas
Kate Civitello ('07) has recently graduated from law school at George Washington University.
Elizabeth Riordan ('06), a recent graduate of the law school of St. John's in New York, is clerking for Judge Carmen Ciparick of the New York Court of Appeals.
Alexis Romano (Fine Arts/Art History), a PhD candidate in the History of Dress at the Courtauld Institute in London is a co-founder of the Fashion Research Network, which aims to promote and share the work of PhD candidates and early-career researches in fashion and dress studies.
Alumni or student news? Contact us.


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Voting Technology Project Election Toolkit
Election administrators face many challenges planning for and running elections. This website offers tools based on the expertise of election administrators, business managers, and social science researchers that can help election administrators plan and conduct elections.
Our goal is to demonstrate what is possible with such tools. The Election Management Toolkit is an open access place where technologies can be shared and improved. We launch this site with three key tools developed. We encourage you to use these tools and give us (and the developers) feedback on them.
Western Political Science Association Conference
At the upcoming WPSA meeting on March 28-30 in Hollywood, CA, we have several colleagues who will be presenting papers, and participating in panels.Panel 26.04, Electoral Processes and Voting (Sarah Hill, from the University of Fullerton will be a discussant).Panel 26.06, Electoral Reform.Panel 26.08, Technology, Elections and Voting --- Lonna Atkeson from the University of New Mexico is the chair.Panel 26.10, Voter Turnout and Mobilization --- Betsy Sinclair, University of Chicago, is giving paper.You can see these and the others at:http://188.8.131.52/browse.asp
Western Political Science Association Conference
At the upcoming WPSA meeting on March 28-30 in Hollywood, CA, we have several colleagues who will be presenting papers, and participating in panels.Panel 26.04, Electoral Processes and Voting (Sarah Hill, from the University of Fullerton will be a discussant).Panel 26.06, Electoral Reform.Panel 26.08, Technology, Elections and Voting --- Lonna Atkeson from the University of New Mexico is the chair.Panel 26.10, Voter Turnout and Mobilization --- Betsy Sinclair, University of Chicago, is giving paper.You can see these and the others at:http://188.8.131.52/browse.asp
The state of the U.S. election system
When it comes to the integrity and accuracy of voting systems in the United States, the good news is that widespread technological upgrades have largely eliminated the voting-machine problems that were so evident when Florida's disputed recount determined the 2000 presidential election.The bad news is that some of those improvements in accuracy could be undermined by increases in early voting through the mail, which is turning out to be a relatively low-accuracy method of voting, according to a new research report released by MIT and the California Institute of Technology."A lot of changes over the last decade have made voting in America better," says Charles Stewart III, the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science at MIT, who co-authored the new report with five colleagues at four universities. "The possibility of a [situation like Florida's 2000 election] is much lower now than it was 12 years ago."However, Stewart adds, "We have possibly gotten way ahead of ourselves in encouraging people to vote by mail. It's pretty clear that the improvement we've gotten by having better voting machines in the precincts may be given back by having more and more people voting at home."
Virtual Issue of Political Analysis on Election Fraud and Integrity
The new vitural issue of Political Analysis is currently online. R. Michael Alvarez, and Ines Levin have put together this issue on election fraud and electoral integrity. Here is the link:http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/polana/virtualissue3.html
Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count
Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count - at MIT - Monday, 5/7 at 5 p.m. in 32-141
Extra information: the location is 32 Vassar Street, room 32-141, 1st floor of
the strange looking Frank Gehry Stata Building which will be unlocked.
Parking on the nearby streets is metered until 6 p.m. (25 cents per 15 minutes).
There are a number of local parking garages. Any MIT ungated lot is available
for free parking after 5 p.m. (technically).
RSVP-ing is appreciated but not required.
Be 32-G675 in Stata
phone: 617 253-6098
Broken Ballots -- Will Your Vote Count?
by Douglas W. Jones and Barbara Simons
published by the Center for the Study of Language and Information
distributed by University of Chicago Press Books
A talk by Douglas Jones
Monday, May 7, 2012 from 5:00 - 5:40 p.m.
32-141, Stata Center, MIT, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA
For many of us, the presidential election of 2000 was a wake-up call. The controversy
following the vote count led to demands for election reform. But the new voting systems
that were subsequently introduced to the market have serious security flaws, and many
are confusing and difficult to use. Moreover, legislation has not kept up with the constantly
evolving voting technology, leaving little to no legal recourse when votes are improperly
counted. How did we come to acquire the complex technology we now depend on to count
votes? We probe how this came to be, along with public policy and regulatory issues raised
by modern voting technologies.
What others are saying about the book:
The cornerstone of our democracy is the right to vote and the right to have that vote counted
as it was intended. Broken Ballots first demonstrates clearly and compellingly the extent to
which that right is in jeopardy. Then it lays out a plan to preserve and protect that right. Kudos
to the authors and to all those fighting to safeguard our democracy. -- Kevin Shelley, Former
California Secretary of State.
This book is a must read, not only for election officials and other policy makers, but also for
public interest groups who seek to protect the vote and, indeed, for every citizen who wants his
or her vote to be counted. -- Fritz Schwarz, Chief Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at the
New York University School of Law.
This book is essential reading for anyone who cares about elections. -- David Dill, Professor
of Computer Science at Stanford University.
Protecting Your Vote
Just ask Rick Santorum. In January, Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses, but, because of vote counting and tabulation errors, Mitt Romney was declared the winner. In the two weeks before the error became clear, Romney's campaign gained momentum, while Santorum's withered.
Unfortunately, the same problem – or worse – could easily occur in Massachusetts. This year, voters will choose the president, and control of the US Senate may come down to the race shaping up between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren.
How will voters know their votes will be counted accurately? Massachusetts voters cast paper ballots. This is a good foundation for an election system, since the paper ballots form an "audit trail" that can be examined (and if necessary, recounted). In almost all cities and towns in the state, those ballots are slid into machines that read the ballots and total up all the votes at each polling place. The machines are reprogrammed for every election, but only 50 to 75 ballots are used to check the new programming, even though 1,000 ballots or more are likely to be put into each voting machine on Election Day. Votes from each location are then brought together and tabulated. In both steps of the process, there is the possibility of significant error.
As a technologist, I have spent decades working with information systems and computer programs, and can say one thing with certainty: mistakes can happen. In banking, business, and engineering, similar problems often arise, and they are solved elegantly: with random testing. The IRS does not take every tax return on faith – it audits a small number of them. These audits uncover errors and fraud, and serve as deterrent. Athletes are randomly tested for performance-enhancing drugs. Factories pull random samples of their products off the production line and conduct quality control checks. Municipalities send inspectors to gas stations to make sure that when the meter says you have pumped a gallon, there actually is a gallon of gas in your tank.
Audits and random tests are used anytime there are numbers involved and a lot at stake. And what could be more important than the elections we use to choose our government's leaders?
Twenty-six states have election audits and that number is growing. After an election, the state selects a few random polling places to count the ballots by hand. The hand-counted totals are compared to machine results. If the numbers are close enough, there is confidence that any errors or mis-programming sufficient to have affected the election outcome will be discovered. Because only a few random polling locations are audited, costs are kept low. Many people are surprised to learn that we don't audit election results here in Massachusetts.
There need not be any big conspiracies or widespread failures to make audits worthwhile. Voting machines are just like any other machine. Sometimes they break. In Waterville, Maine, voting machine malfunctions caused a Senate candidate to receive 27,000 votes – about 16,000 more than the number of registered voters in the entire district. In Barry County, Michigan, flawed programming caused incorrect results. The problem was discovered only when a county clerk received the results from the precinct where he voted and noticed that the candidate for whom he voted for had received no votes.
In addition to providing security and confidence, audits provide information. Information that election officials can use to make sure every person's vote is counted. Audits can uncover common voter mistakes that could be fixed with, for example, better instructions. Audits can tell election officials if a ballot has been poorly designed in a way many voters cannot understand, so that future ballots can be designed better.
Let's make 2012 the year where all Massachusetts voters have confidence that their vote will be counted. There is audit legislation pending in the Legislature. Lawmakers should pass it in time for the November election. Elections matter. And every vote counts.
Ronald L. Rivest is a professor of computer science at MIT. He is a founder of RSA Data Security.
Charles Stewart III and Jonathan Katz elected fellows of the American Association of Arts and Sciences
Congratulations to Charles Stewart III and Jonathan Katz who were elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Charles and Jonathan join one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to Academy studies of science and technology policy, global security, social policy and American institutions, the humanities, and education.
Following are links to both press releases from MIT and Caltech:
The other people who have been part of the project who are already fellows are Ansolabehere, Palfrey, and Rivest.
MPSA 2011 Conference - Presentations by VTP Faculty, Affiliates and Students
Our Voting Technology faculty, affiliates and students will be presenting papers/posters, and several of our faculty will be sitting on panels at this year's Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Please visit the website for specific locations. Following are dates and times of the sessions for each VTP team member:
> Paper: The 17th Amendment and the Partisan Composition of the U.S. Senate, by Charles H. Stewart III, MIT and Wendy J. Schiller, Brown University. March 31, 2011/4:35pm
> Roundtable: Using Political Science to Understand the Democrats Surge and Decline: Charles Stewart will be a panelist. April 2, 2011/10:25am
> Charles Stewart will be Chairing the following session: Proximity Models: Moving beyond One Dimension on April 2, 2011/12:45pm
> Paper: Deciphering Declining: California's Decline to State Voters, by John Andrew Sinclair and Michael Alvarez, Caltech. March 31, 2011/2:40pm
> Roundtable: Graduate Methods Training in the Potential Outcomes Era: Moving Beyond Regression?. Michael Alvarez will be one of the Chairs on April 1, 2011/12:45pm
> Paper: Voter Choice under Instant Runoff Voting: An Empirical Analysis of the Rationality and Dimensionality of Candidate Rankings, by Ines Levin, Michael Alvarez, Caltech and Thad Hall, University of Utah. April 1, 2011/4:35pm
> Paper: How Emotional Reactions Alter Survey Responses, presented by Peter Foley, Ralph Adolphs and Michael Alvarez, Caltech. April 2, 2011/10:25am
> Paper: Uncertainty and Importance in Vote Choice, presented by David Peterson, Iowa State University and Michael Alvarez, Caltech. April 2, 2011/12:45pm
> Paper: Overseas Voter Satisfaction in 2010, presented by Clair M. Smith, Overseas Vote Foundation and Thad Hall, University of Utah. March 31, 2011/10:25am
> Paper: Voter Choice under Instant Runoff Voting... presented by Ines Levin, Michael Alvarez, Caltech and Thad Hall, University of Utah. April 1, 2011/4:35pm
> Paper: Measuring Changes in Voter Turnout and mobilization Patterns: The 2004 and 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections, presented by Morgan Llewellyn, IMT, Lucca. April 2, 2011/10:25am
> Paper: Uninformed but Opinionated Voters, presented by Peter Foley, Caltech. March 31, 2011/8:30am
> Paper: Optimal Defense Policy Under Domestic Constraints, 1815-1914, presented by John Andrew Sinclair, Caltech. March 31, 2011/10:25am
39th Annual James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
39th Annual James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture
Speaker: Professor Ronald L. Rivest, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Time: 4:00p–5:30p
Location: 10-250, Huntington Hall
Ronald L. Rivest, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science who helped develop one of the world's most widely used Internet security systems, is MIT's James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award winner for 2010-2011.
The award was announced at the faculty meeting on Wednesday, May 19. Established in 1971 as a tribute to MIT's 10th president, the Killian Award recognizes extraordinary professional accomplishment by an MIT faculty member.
Rivest, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), is known for his pioneering work in the field of cryptography, computer and network security.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/rivest-wins-facultys-killian-award
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Information Center, Provost's Office, Killian Award Committee
For more information, contact:
Joe Coen
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The Ottawa Senators are in an enviable position. At least that's how I view their situation at this point in the season. Listening to some of the radio stations in the city, I hear fans and on-air personalities saying that they hope the Sens can turn it around this year. No, no, no, a nice winning streak is one of the WORST things that could happen to the team right now. I would call that "pulling a Toronto"; being out of contention most of the year and then winning just enough games to finish ninth or tenth in the Conference. That only provides false hope and gives the team the worst possible draft position without the reward of playoff games/experience.
No, Ottawa NEEDS to finish in the bottom three, giving them a lottery pick and a great opportunity to add another excellent prospect to their growing stable of young prospects.
Currently, Ottawa sits 29th overall and only one team (New Jersey) has scored less goals per game. The Sens have also had trouble keeping the puck out of their net, sitting tied for 26th in goals-against-average.
The team has dealt Mike Fisher, Chris Kelly, Jarkko Ruutu and Brian Elliott. They may very well deal Chris Phillips and Chris Neil. This year needs to be a write-off in order for there to be hope for the future.
Mister Anderson
The Senators are 2-0 since acquiring 29-year-old goaltender Craig Anderson. It was quite the debut by Anderson, recording a 47 save shootout shutout and after two games in his new threads, Anderson sports a perfect 2-0 record, a gaudy 0.986 save percentage and an absolutely filthy 0.48 goals-against-average.
If the pending unrestricted free agent signs with Ottawa, they will have their undisputed number one they have been seeking for several seasons. It would allow Robin Lehner time to properly develop and permit the team to walk away from the talented, but fragile Pascal Leclaire, who is also UFA after this season.
There has to be some reservations with Anderson as he had recently been placed on the Injured Reserve list by Colorado and missed two games for "personal reasons". By his play since coming over in the trade, I'd say he's put those troubles behind him. Only time will tell if it stays that way.
Last season, Anderson was a workhorse, starting 71 games (fifth most) while posting a 38-25-7 record. His 38 victories were the seventh most in the NHL, more than Henrik Lundqvist and Miikka Kiprusoff, while his 0.917 save percentage was 11th best. Not bad considering no other goaltender faced more shots (2233) or made more saves (2047). His seven shutouts were third best in the league.
Kudos to Sens General Manager Bryan Murray for going out and getting what could be the answer to their goaltending woes. a legit number one. Sure those "personal reasons" may be cause for concern, but if he can provide stability in the crease and he has left his troubles back in Colorado, then it will be well worth the risk.
The Butler Is Doing It
Over his most recent 10 NHL games (he's only played 14), Bobby Butler has logged the vast majority (over 70 per cent) of his shifts beside Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek. The Butler has responded with seven points in his last five games.
So who exactly is Bobby Butler you ask? He was playing college hockey last year for New Hampshire, where he scored 53 points in 39 games while being named Hockey East's Player of the Year. He went undrafted and signed last March with the Senators, so chalk up another nice signing by Bryan Murray.
Before his call-up this season, Butler had registered a team leading 22 goals in 47 games with Binghamton. With only 38-year-old Daniel Alfredsson and 37-year-old hired gun Alexei Kovalev ahead of him on the depth chart at right wing, pending restricted free agent Butler has a real shot to make some hay next year, assuming he re-ups with Ottawa.
Next week's article will provide the yang to my Western Conference counterpart's yin and discuss the fantasy fallout from all the recent trades.
Russ Miller said:
I'd like to think that Ottawa's fans are smart enough to understand that they had a good run, but the time has come to retool in order to take another legit run at the Cup.
Trevor Mark said:
Ottawa supporters know where the Sens stand in the grand scheme of things, and for the next couple seasons, I believe everyone is in full support of a dignified tanking.