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National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program FAQs
PROGRAM SOLICITATION: NSF 18-507
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):
Program Title:
National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
Synopsis of Program:
The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The NRT program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers.
The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the use of a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. For FY2018, proposals are requested in any interdisciplinary research theme of national priority, with special emphasis on two high priority areas: (1) Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) and (2) Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS). HDR is expected to continue as a priority research area for FY2019 and FY2020 competitions, along with a new priority area to be announced in 2018.
The NRT program addresses workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity building needs in graduate education. Strategic collaborations with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national laboratories, field stations, teaching and learning centers, informal science centers, and academic partners are encouraged. NRT especially welcomes proposals that will pair well with the efforts of NSF INCLUDES to develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society (https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsfincludes/index.jsp). Collaborations are encouraged between NRT proposals and existing NSF INCLUDES projects, provided the collaboration strengthens both projects.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for NRT Program
What is an NRT trainee?
What is an NRT traineeship?
Can international students be NRT trainees?
If I forgot to submit a letter of intent during the submission window, can I get a waiver to submit a full proposal in February.
Is there greater funding available for the priority research areas identified in the solicitation?
Can we propose research that addresses more than one priority area?
If master's and doctoral students are included in one NRT project, how much overlap in their training is expected and/or preferred?
Does the mention of pedagogy and mentoring training for faculty members mean that the NRT will fund professional development for faculty?
Can a project propose funding for the improvement of a training model that is not entirely new but is certainly not (yet) broadly adopted?
Does the fact that "Education" is not included in the "NRT" title mean that NRT will fund more proposed hands-on training and less classroom instruction?
Referring to the "Key features of NRT Projects" (Section II.C of the solicitation), are we being asked to develop evidence-based strategies to broaden participation of students from diverse backgrounds, or are we being asked to apply evidence-based strategies that are already in practice?
Are there preferred types of formative assessments (Section II.C of the solicitation) that we would include as central to the traineeship, or are these formative assessments open as part of the new model we are proposing?
Is there a limit on cost of education that can be charged to the grant?
Will NRT proposals with only external evaluators receive more preference than proposals that include internal evaluators?
Can I propose an NRT project for a non-research-based Professional Master's program?
Does the limit on the number of submissions per organization apply to subawardees and non-lead organizations on collaborative proposals?
Can NRT projects include international partners?
Will we need Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of the evaluation activities and instruments described in our proposal?
Will a project that focuses on a master's only program receive lower preference than projects involving doctoral students only or both doctoral and master's students?
Will proposals that do not meet the eligibility requirements for submission be returned without review?
Is there a list of national priority interdisciplinary research themes?
Can a project focus on a research theme other than those identified in the high priority areas?
An NRT "trainee" is a research-based STEM graduate student (M.S. or Ph.D.) who is accepted into the institution's NRT program and is expected to complete all the required program elements as described in the proposal. NRT trainees can be NRT-funded or non-NRT-funded; they do not have to receive stipend and tuition support directly from the NRT award. They can be supported from a variety of sources including research assistantships, teaching assistantships, fellowships, scholarships, or other funding.
An NRT traineeship is focused on students and their technical and broader professional development. In the case of NRT, a traineeship involves a strong institutional commitment to mentoring STEM graduate students and the development of their technical and transferable professional skills (e.g., teamwork, ethics, communications, teaching, leadership, and project management) for a variety of STEM careers within or outside academia. NRT includes a focus on the students' overall development as STEM professionals, in addition to their conducting cutting-edge interdisciplinary research.
Yes, they can be NRT trainees and fully participate in any NRT program elements (e.g., courses, workshops, and internships). However, NRT stipends and customary costs of education for stipend-supported trainees are restricted to U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents.
No, a valid letter of intent MUST be submitted by the deadline to be eligible for full proposal submission. There is approximately a 2-week submission window for each annual competition. The PI prepares the letter but the official submission (via the AOR) must be completed before the deadline. A letter from a prior award cycle is not valid.
No, there is no set allocation for a priority area. Funding is anticipated to be allocated in each area, including proposals submitted outside the identified priority areas.
Although NRT proposals may include research and training efforts that contribute to more than one priority area, each project should identify a main area (e.g. HDR, INFEWS or other) by using the appropriate title prefix. The research area should be identified in the Project Title at the time of submission using the appropriate prefix (e.g. "NRT-HDR:" or "NRT-INFEWS:" or "NRT:" for other research areas).
The training approach is left up to the proposer to develop. Potentially, training in specific methodologies could be suitable for both master's and doctoral students together. However, some training might be better suited for master's or doctoral students separately.
An NRT proposal may include funding for faculty training.
An NRT proposal may include funding to expand or improve a current training model, but the potential added value should be substantial and potentially transformative.
No, training may include classroom instruction.
Proposers are encouraged to build upon existing evidence-based strategies for broadening participation of students from diverse backgrounds, although they may also incorporate and test strategies that show promise of success based on available information.
It is up to the proposers to identify the types of formative assessments. However, they should be formulated and designed to regularly inform and improve the NRT project.
The institution can budget for customary costs of education (e.g. tuition, health insurance, and required fees) for NRT trainees while they are receiving NRT stipend support. You may offer a discounted tuition rate if this is a customary practice for federally-funded trainees, research assistants, and/or fellows at your institution and not a practice solely for the NRT trainees.
All proposals must have an external evaluator. If an internal evaluator is also engaged, the project must provide justification and explain how lack of bias is ensured, including at minimum a provision for periodic external assessment of the ongoing evaluation by the external evaluator.
No, research is integral to the NRT program. For NRT proposals, non-research-based professional master's students are eligible to participate in NRT activities; however, they cannot be considered "trainees" (See FAQ #1 for a definition of "trainee") by the program and are ineligible to receive NRT stipend or cost of education support. NRT trainees must be in a research-based degree program that requires a thesis or dissertation.
Yes, eligible organizations may participate in only two proposals per competition. Participation includes serving as a lead organization on a non-collaborative proposal or as a lead organization, non-lead organization, or subawardee on a collaborative proposal. However, this limitation does not apply to organizations participating solely as evaluators on projects.
Yes, NRT projects may include international partners if they provide significant added value to the projects. However, international partners cannot be subawardees and funds for their participation must be drawn from non-NSF sources.
If your proposal is successful and awarded, you will need to provide official documentation from your institutions IRB confirming either that the planned activities involving human subjects have been approved or that your project falls into an exemption category.
No, all proposals will be evaluated based on their merit. Projects involving master's students, Ph.D. students, and both master's and Ph.D. students will be evaluated equally.
Yes, proposals that do not comply with the solicitation will be returned without review. The eligibility conditions (Section IV of the solicitation) include who may submit proposals and serve as a PI, limits on the number of proposals per organization, and limits to number of proposals per PI or Co-PI. In cases where proposals are submitted that exceed eligibility limits, submissions will be accepted (beginning with the earliest submission time stamp) until the limit is reached. All submissions beyond the eligibility limits (based on submission time stamp) will be returned without review.
No, there is not a set list of research themes. Instead, submissions that are not in one of the identified priority areas should justify that the interdisciplinary research theme is an area of high national need.
Yes, traineeships may focus on any area of interdisciplinary research that is of high national priority. The project team should justify in the proposal why the identified area is of national importance and how a traineeship program would fulfill an unmet need.
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Event date(s): Monday, November 27, 2017 to Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Anticipated Type of Award: Standard Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 10 to 12
The estimated number of awards listed above is for FY2018. The number of awards and funding level in FY2019 and FY2020 are anticipated to be similar to FY2018. Funding amounts depend upon availability of funds.
Anticipated Funding Amount: $36,100,000
NRT Awards (10-12 anticipated in FY2018) are expected to be up to five (5) years in duration with a total budget up to $3,000,000.
Who May Submit Proposals:
Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
Universities and colleges accredited in, and having a campus located in, the U.S. acting on behalf of their faculty members and that award a research-based master's degree and/or a doctoral degree in a STEM discipline supported by the National Science Foundation.
Who May Serve as PI:
The PI must be on the faculty of the submitting institution.
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 2
An eligible organization may participate in two proposals per competition. Participation includes serving as a lead organization, non-lead organization, or subawardee on any proposal. Organizations participating solely as evaluators on projects are excluded from this limitation. Proposals that exceed the institutional eligibility limit (beyond the first two submissions based on timestamp) will be returned without review regardless of the institution's role (lead organization, non-lead collaborative, or subawardee) in the returned proposal.
Limit on Number of Proposals per PI or Co-PI: 1
An individual may serve as Lead Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI on only one proposal submitted to the NRT program per annual competition. Proposals that exceed the PI/Co-PI eligibility limit (beyond the first submission based on timestamp), will be returned without review regardless of the individual's role (PI or co-PI) in the returned proposal.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
Letters of Intent: Submission of Letters of Intent is required. Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information.
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
Full Proposals:
Full Proposals submitted via FastLane: NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) guidelines apply. The complete text of the PAPPG is available electronically on the NSF website at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
Full Proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov Application Guide: A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov guidelines apply (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide).
B. Budgetary Information
Cost Sharing Requirements:
Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited.
Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations:
Other Budgetary Limitations:
C. Due Dates
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LOI Due: Towards a Leadership-Class Computing Facility - Phase 1
Event date(s): Friday, July 14, 2017
PROGRAM SOLICITATION
NSF 17-558
Read the Full Solicitation: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17558/nsf17558.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click#pgm_intr_txt
Summary of Program Requirements
Towards a Leadership-Class Computing Facility - Phase 1
NSF invites proposals for the acquisition and deployment of a High Performance Computing (HPC) system, called the Phase 1 system, with the option of a possible future upgrade to a leadership-class computing facility. The Phase 1 system will serve two important and complementary purposes:
It will serve as a robust, well-balanced, and forward-looking computational asset for a broad range of research topics for which advances in fundamental understanding require the most extreme computational and data analysis capabilities; and
It will serve as an evaluation platform for testing and demonstrating the feasibility of an upgrade to a leadership-class facility five years following deployment.
A competitive proposal in response to this solicitation will have the following five characteristics:
A detailed acquisition plan for deploying a reliable and well-balanced HPC system with at least two- to three-fold time-to-solution performance improvement over the current state of the art, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's (UIUC) Blue Waters system, for a broad range of existing and emerging computational and data intensive applications;
A thorough operations plan for the Phase 1 system to ensure that it will serve as an effective computational tool for the broad scientific and engineering community, and for the Nation at large;
A detailed three- to five-year project plan for scientific and technical evaluation of the Phase 1 system that will lead to an upgrade design of a leadership-class system, called the Phase 2 system, as well as the physical facility that will host it: the Phase 2 system is expected to have a ten-fold or more time-to-solution performance improvement over the Phase 1 system;
Clear and compelling science and engineering use cases, as well as detailed strategic project goals for a leadership-class computing facility; and
A persuasive articulation of educational and industry outreach, and the achievement of other broader societal impact goals, in the long-term strategic plan for the leadership-class computing facility.
Note that the award of a Phase 1 system does not imply any commitment beyond support for beginning the initial planning process for a leadership-class computing facility. The facility planning process may be terminated at any time if satisfactory progress is not demonstrated through annual reviews.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please note that the following information is current at the time of publishing. See program website for any updates to the points of contact.
Edward Walker, Program Director, CISE/ACI, 1160, telephone: (703) 292-4863, email: edwalker [at] nsf [dot] gov
Applicable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s):
47.070 --- Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Anticipated Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement
Estimated Number of Awards: 1
A total of $60,000,000 in FY 2018 will be used to fund one award, subject to the availability of funds. At least 95% of the proposal amount should be for the system acquisition cost.
Following system acceptance, user support and operating costs are expected to be an additional 20% of the acquisition cost annually and, if approved, are anticipated to be made available as a separate funding action. Should the proposed resource require additional user and operating funds, an additional 5% of the acquisition cost can be requested but the proposal must provide strong justification for such a request. Again, if approved, these costs will be provided as a separate funding action.
Up to $2,000,000 in additional funds are anticipated to be available in FY 2019 as a separate funding action for the planning activities associated with the conceptual design phase for Phase 2of the award.
Note that this solicitation requests proposals for the acquisition and operation of a Phase 1 system as well as a project plan for the design of a potential upgrade or replacement to a leadership-class computing facility at the end of the five-year deployment period, subject to the availability of funds. Support for subsequent preliminary design and final design phases for Phase 2 will be provided in separate funding actions.
Universities and Colleges - Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in, the US acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions.
No specific eligibility description
An organization may submit only one proposal but may be identified as sub-awardee on other proposals responding to this solicitation. The restriction to no more than one submitted proposal as lead institution is to help ensure that there is appropriate institutional commitment necessary for responsible oversight, by the potential awardee institution, of a national resource.
Collaborative projects may only be submitted as a single proposal in which a single award is being requested. The involvement of partner organizations should be supported through sub-awards administered by the submitting organization.
An individual may be the PI or co-PI on no more than one proposal that responds to this solicitation. There is no limit on the number of proposals with which an individual may be associated in other capacities.
These eligibility constraints will be strictly enforced in order to treat all proposers fairly and consistently. In the event that an individual proposal submission exceeds the above limits, the proposal received within the limits will be accepted based on the earliest date and time of proposal submission (i.e., the first proposal received will be accepted and the remainder will be returned without review). No exceptions will be made.
Additionally, PIs or co-PIs are expected to commit at least 50% time to this activity.
Full Proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov Application Guide: A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov guidelines apply (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide).
Other budgetary limitations apply. Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information.
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Missouri Transect Seed Grant Proposal Due
Event date(s): Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Missouri EPSCoR is pleased to announce the release of two Requests for Proposals for the Missouri Transect Seed Funding program. RFPs are in the fields of Data Integration and Ecosystem Modeling. See the seed funding announcement for more details and to download the RFP materials.
The Intent to Submit Form (Data Integration RFP.pdf and Ecosystem Modeling RFP.pdf, pp. 8-10) is due Wednesday, May 17 at 5:00 p.m. CST. The Full Proposal and Budget Form are due Wednesday, June 21 at 5:00 p.m. CST. You must send an Intent to Submit form, along with suggested reviewers in order for your full proposal to be considered.
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Missouri Transect Seed Grant Intent to Submit Form Due
Event date(s): Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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ADVANCE Partnership Proposal LOI Due
Event date(s): Wednesday, December 14, 2016 to Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Program Solicitation 16-594
ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE).
Partnership LOI Deadline: December 14, 2016
Partnership Full Proposal Deadline: January 11, 2017
The ADVANCE program office held a pre-proposal technical assistance webinar on September 21, 2016 on the ADVANCE Partnership track described in the ADVANCE solicitation 16-594. The Partnership presentation slides can be downloaded at the end of this web page.
Please be sure to review the solicitation for the official guidelines and information on preparing and submitting ADVANCE proposals.
ADVANCE Summary of Deadlines (NSF 16-594):
•December 14, 2016* Letter of Intent deadline (LOI is required in order to submit full proposal)
•January 11, 2017* Full Proposal deadline
Institutional Transformation
•April 12, 2017* Preliminary proposal deadline (required in order to submit full proposal)
•January 17, 2018* Full Proposal deadline (only if invited after preliminary proposal review)
•August 9, 2017* Letter of Intent deadline (LOI is required in order to submit full proposal)
•September 13, 2017* Full Proposal deadline
Other funding opportunities:
ADVANCE Resource and Coordination Network
•Target date for full proposal – March 15, 2017
•Talk to program office first ADVANCE [at] nsf [dot] gov" rel="noreferrer">ADVANCE [at] nsf [dot] gov
ADVANCE Longitudinal Evaluation
•Submit as an unsolicited proposal according to the NSF Grant Proposal Guide – no deadline
Meeting Type
Sharon R. Bird, (703) 292-8640, ADVANCE [at] nsf [dot] gov" rel="noreferrer">ADVANCE [at] nsf [dot] gov
Jessie A. DeAro, (703) 292-5350, ADVANCE [at] nsf [dot] gov" rel="noreferrer">ADVANCE [at] nsf [dot] gov
NSF Related Organizations
NSF-Wide
Directorate for Education & Human Resources
Division of Human Resource Development
ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
Core Attachments
Partnership Proposal Preparation Presentation
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The best movie soundtracks of all time
by Merle | Feb 23, 2019 | Soundtracks | 0 comments
For a movie soundtrack to be considered one of the "best", we need the following: a movie that just wouldn't be the same without the soundtrack and songs that just wouldn't be the same without the movie. On that basis, we've selected some universal winners.
The Last Days of Disco, 1998
We forget how the community is doomed when the film starts with "Doctor's Orders," Carol Douglas' euphoric pop song. Dancefloor anthems from Diana Ross, Chic, and Sister Sledge play back-to-back. At the heart of the vivid film is the nightclub of the early '80s. It is a hotbed of drama: sexual psychodramas, girl-on-girl pettiness,and fraudulent schemes. And most of the characters are privileged, self-centeredyuppies. Yet, the most unpleasant people in New York create an intoxicating atmosphere.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, 2003, 2004
OK, you expected this one. Quentin Tarantino has professed his love for vinyl more than once, and Kill Bill movies are acts of pastiche urgency, combining martial arts, spaghetti Western, and even anime in the context of the main female character's pursuit of revenge.
Both volumes swing wildly, from the thrust of Isaac Hayes' "Run Fay Run" and Luis Bacalov's somber Old West mix of harmonica and strings to the irrepressible funk-rock attack of Japanese guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei and Gheorghe Zamfir'span flute vibes. The movies are Tarantino's personal listening sessions because it's always all about him.
Waiting to Exhale
With its weightless melodies and signature soul snares,this is still a soundtrack we listen to all these years later. Producer-songwriter Babyfacegathered a superhero team of the most popular and powerful women in R&B to put the film's themes of female individuality and empowermentand kinship across as forcefully as possible.
The soundtrack went platinum 7 times and features highlights like Whitney Houston's "Exhale" (Babyface plays the drums), Chaka Khan's creative version of "My Funny Valentine", and Brandy's fun, youthful "Sittin' Up in My Room".
The Shining, 1980
Director Stanley Kubrick used snatches of synthetic innovator Wendy Carlos' work, sampling sepulchral electronics at the beginning of the film as the Torrance family is on their way to the hotel. Throughout the film, the eccentric director opts for classical Eastern European music, with GyörgyLigeti's orchestral lurches and shrieking Krzysztof Penderecki strings to warn of the dangers ahead. "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" by BélaBartóklends an air of terror to the child's tricycle romps.
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Discovery's new No Earlier Than (NET) launch date for STS-121 is now May 10, while Atlantis has been bumped down to August for her STS-300 contingency shuttle crew support (CSCS) mission – and STS-115 assembly flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
The latest Shuttle flight manifest, acquired by this site, points to External Tank (ET-118) – which will fly with Atlantis – being delayed past the required point of supporting her July launch date, previously noted on flight manifest option 05D-12.
The new manifest could be changed at least once more this month, with a PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting on February 16 set to discuss the current launch schedule.
Discovery's window, now shortened by a week, runs until May 23, with United Space Alliance sources noting they will need a smooth launch processing flow to achieve the May window, given the lack of contingency days installed into the start of the window, leading to a maximum of 13 days contingency, even before Discovery has rolled over to the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) on April 13.
NASA officials won't be working to a tight – or rushed – timeline, given no official launch date has been set. A move to July would not be a launch date delay, rather a new target launch window. NASA sources emphasised STS-121's importance to the remaining Shuttle manifest, with a launch of Discovery only occurring – as with all launches – when they are absolutely confident to do so.
All dates are currently laid out to assist processing timelines for engineers and technicians working on the Shuttle fleet. However, NASA PAO did send out an e-mail to the media last night for accreditation purposes for a May 3-23 STS-121 launch window.
ET-119, which will fly with Discovery on STS-121, is set to be shipped from the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) on March 3, arriving at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on March 8.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4195 – Exclusive Shipping Date article.
Discovery's processing remains on track, despite two of her SSME's being removed to help evaluations on an IFA (In Flight Anomaly) of high levels of O2, recorded by catch bottles in her aft during ascent on STS-114. Evaluations are set to confirm the recordings were – as initially thought – bad data, due to an new analysis machine.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4279 – Exclusive articles that revealed the information on the leak – and following evaluations.
Discovery's sister, Atlantis, continues to be in launch prep for STS-115 in OPF (Orbiter Processing Facility) 1, readying herself to carry ISS truss elements P3/P4 uphill. She was set to launch – as per manifest 05D-12 – within a window starting July 1, but has now been moved to a NET date of August 28.
The reason for the loss of the July window is ET-118's delay in arriving at KSC in time to support launch processing for the July window.
ET-118, currently located at the Horizontal Final Assembly Bay, Position 1 at MAF, only had part of its PAL (Protuberance Air Loads) ramp removed three weeks ago, with a large amount of work still to be completed on fight modifications, such as the Ice/Frost ramp.
A delay to Atlantis' launch schedule will not stop Discovery launching in May, despite the STS-300 rescue mission requirement surrounding STS-121. This is due to an extension of the CSCS window, allowing Atlantis to aim for an August 4 'assessed launch date' – according to the new manifest, should Discovery suffer serious damage on ascent, leading to her crew needing to take up residence in the 'safe haven' of the ISS.
The large extension of the CSCS window, jumping from a 15th of July assessed launch date to August 4 – in support of a May launch of Discovery – points to an improved supporting role from the Russians, added to large amounts of logistics carried on Discovery, with the new manifest showing two Progress re-supply missions on the 10th of April and June 30, in assistance of ensuring the ISS is capable of supporting a jump to nine crew members, while awaiting Atlantis' rescue.
Those Progress dates have recently been updated by the Russians, with the re-supply missions now slated for April 24 and June 28 respectively.
It is possible, though not listed, that the Russians could add another Progress mission in support of a CSCS contingency. RCS Energia previously noted they could 'rush' three Soyuz crafts to rescue Discovery's crew, during STS-114, last year.
The rest of the manifest, which concentrates on the first five missions of the final four years of Shuttle flights, remains the same as the previous manifest. STS-119 to STS-123 remain on the manifest, but are tagged as 'not on the baseline' of the FDRD (Flight Definition and Requirements Directive).
Below is the current manifest for the next nine flights.
STS-123 – Discovery – October 11.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/category-view.asp?catlock=2 – Orbiter specific live updates thread.


'Hakuna Matata' for Disney as the studio is crowned box office king over the weekend. The re-release of the seventeen year-old The Lion King grossed $30.1 million, a great figure for a film that has long been available on video and DVD.
Of course the number was helped with the higher 3D ticket price, but this is a major coup for Disney and it shows that people are willing to pay good money for 3D conversions of older movies – something that will please James Cameron and George Lucas, who have Titanic and Star Wars on the way. The Lion King has already grossed an impressive $797 million since it was first released in 1994, and an international rollout should see the animated film cross the billion dollar mark around the globe - a number that Disney is now used to following Toy Story 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Alice In Wonderland.
Elsewhere, the box office numbers weren't so impressive. Steven Soderbergh's all-star Contagion should take the runner-up spot and score in the region of $14.5 million, giving the film a total gross of $44 million. While the number is far from a disaster (especially considering its $60 million production cost), I'm sure that Warner Bros. was hoping for something higher considering the star-wattage (Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne and Marion Cotillard) involved. However, this cast does mean that Contagion has the potential to score in the overseas market.
The awesomely reviewed Drive (read our review) was third. The Ryan Gosling thriller should end the weekend with $11.3 million. Not a bad number considering the R-rating and when you take into account that it's not exactly The Fast and the Furious. While Gosling may not be on the A-list yet, he is accumulating a solid fanbase due to a varied filmography filled with strong roles. This summer the comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love gave the actor his biggest hit since 2004's The Notebook, and while Drive may not top that film's $80 million gross, it should do respectable numbers considering its low-ish budget. Gosling will next be seen in George Clooney's Oscar-tipped The Ides of March. Not a bad year.
The Help is inching closer to $150 million domestic after grossing $6.5 million. That's a great number for a film that cost only $25 million to produce. However, it remains to be seen how that film will play around the world, or if it will sink into the public consciousness.
Rod Lurie's remake of Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs failed to find an audience over the weekend. The film should greet Monday morning with $5.1 million in the bank. While the original film in 1971 may have been shocking, this time around it was a tired revenge concept for the average moviegoer. Negative reviews (read ours) didn't help (most highlighting the pointlessness of remaking the classic original) - and box office numbers were certainly hurt by the fact that James Marsden and Kate Bosworth are hardly household names. Expect this one to appear in a bargain bin near you soon.
Sarah Jessica Parker's latest insight into the female psyche, I Don't Know How She Does It had a lackluster debut with $4.4 million, a number which is about $1.5 million less than Parker's last non-Carrie Bradshaw flick 2009's Did You Hear About the Morgans? That film went on to gross an unspectacular $29 million, even with the added bonus of Hugh Grant. This latest film suffered from a generic premise and poor reviews, and its target audience must have thought that it had been there, and done that, with Parker before and decided to wait for the DVD. What angers me about the whole thing is Pierce Brosnan's lack of billing in the whole affair. Maybe, it's for the best, but still the man was James Bond and the least he deserves his name above the title.
Sam Worthington's The Debt banked another $2.9 million, for a $26.5 million total. The film has already covered its $20 million budget and should turn a profit. However, the real question is: does Worthington have box office appeal when he's not blue, battling robots or clashing with titans?
Warrior failed to find its audience, and should become a cult-hit on DVD. The Tom Hardy film could punch-up around $2.8 million over weekend for a total gross of just over $10 million.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Colombiana rounded out the top. Apes has now brought in over $171 million after grossing another $2.6 million. The well reviewed franchise restarter is now closing in on $400 million worldwide. Meanwhile, the Luc Besson produced film scored $2.3 million this weekend. The action film has now shot up over $33 million domestically and about $50 million around the globe.


Many turn-based strategy games like Civilization, Heroes of Might and Magic, Disciples, Age of Wonders, and Etherlords are all quality games, and either best sellers or at the very least cult classics. But as turn-based games continue to get pushed aside by the real-time strategy monster, it's more important than ever to appeal to the genre's rabid fan base, who will buy almost anything marginally worthwhile. Enter Empire of Magic, which is such an absolute mess that even die-hard fans should avoid the temptation.
It's actually a strategy/role-playing hybrid, but its design is so bizarre that it crosses the line into absolute tedium. There are 16 missions that further the story of a young mage named Artemian. In each scenario, you must complete a quest such as "go kill the undead guys," but it's difficult because as you move units on the main map they lose action points.
These points are also used in combat, so if you move too far and an enemy decides to attack, your units enter the fray with literally no action points. This means they cannot attack or cast spells, i.e. they're dead meat. To top it off, the game ends if Artemian or any other important hero dies, and this happens all too easily. It's an exercise in boredom and irritation as you plod methodically along the map, making sure that you have enough points to defend yourself if an enemy flies at you from out of the black fog of war. It's puzzle strategy gaming at its worst.
To make a bad game even worse, the original unpatched game came with a game killing bug in one of the quests that crashes the game every time to the desktop. A patch has since been issued to address this, but no game should ever ship in such a sorry state. Regardless, the core game simply isn't much fun for a turn-based strategy fix.


Just discovered two great resources for pastors/leaders to continue growing and becoming.
The First is called Ministry Hangout.
This is a vidcast hosted by Senior Pastor Greg Surratt. He invites various leaders to come on a talk about their varied areas of expertise. It's an amazing resource which I highly recommend.
The Second is called Advance One Day.
This resource is from Next Level Church who seems to have really gone to the next level recently in offering so many great leadership resources. These leadership talks are good not just for pastors but for any CEO, entrepreneur, and is even applicable on a personal level. Highly recommended.


I'm popping in here to show you a little project I just finished – you can find similar "before" pieces around and about as people often sell these at garage sales and second hand shops. Most people think that if you want to upgrade you must get rid of the old and buy new. Not true.
"Rachelle" began her life as "Rachel," an average nondescript baker's rack. But she was renamed the French beauty, Rachelle after her amazing transformation. I am always in awe when I see the after affects of a little paint and some TLC.
After updating her with Rustoleum Espresso 2X Painter's Touch spray paint, a satin clear spray topcoat also by Rustoleum on the metal body and French hand stenciling, with Zar oil based topcoat on the shelf. Now she's ready to get to work!
What mediocre piece do you have that you gave a new name?
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FREE Dresser Gets an Upgrade – Wowzers!
It looks so much better with the darker finish! The paint you chose gives it a classier and more modern look–I love it!
Thanks! There are so many bakers racks being tossed aside for the newer more trendy ones.


The Orange County coroner's office plans to perform an autopsy Monday morning on the body of a UC Irvine doctor found dead in her swimming pool, authorities said.
Dr. Marianne Cinat, 46, director of the UC Irvine Regional Burn Center in Orange, was found in her backyard pool in Rossmoor about 11:14 a.m. Saturday by a long-time friend who had dropped by to visit, said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the O.C. Sheriff-Coroner.
The investigation is on-going and autopsy details should be available between noon and 1 p.m. Monday, Amormino said.
"The UC Irvine community is devastated by this loss," said UCI spokesperson John Murray.
A similar tragedy struck UCI about a month ago, when a staff member, Andrea Silvestri, 37, was found dead in a Jacuzzi at a faculty housing facility.


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One of the four pillars on which Saint Barnabas Catholic Church was founded is focused on Prayer. Prayer is part of our daily lives. Whether personal devotions—like quiet meditation, Lectio Divina, song, or Eucharistic adoration—or communal celebrations—like daily Mass or small faith sharing groups—our worship is always centered upon our weekend celebration of the Mass. In these ways and more, we elevate our minds and hearts to God in praise of His glory.


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From offices and schools to most of the UK's major shopping malls, when you walk in any of them, you're walking on a floor laid by Bolton-based JCW. Now one of the biggest screeding firms in the UK, the business is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Screed isn't sexy. But it is essential, the vital layer between concrete base and polished tiles that ensures the surface you are walking on is sound, level and safe. For 25 years, Bolton's JCW has been installing screed flooring in shops, restaurants, hotels, schools and even the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand at Old Trafford.
Starting in screed
Screed wasn't always a distinct trade but in 1993, after spending eight years building his expertise, JCW founder John Wilkins realised it should be: "We were the first in the UK to create a screed-only business,"he says. "I'd always wanted to work for myself, so it wasn't a difficult choice. I started the business in December 1993 with the ambition of creating the biggest floor screeding firm in the UK. By 2008 we had done that."
It was that scale that enabled JCW to lay 60,000 sq metres of screed at Westfield London in 2008, the company's largest project to date. "We've screeded most of the Trafford Centre and have worked on most other shopping centre developments ever since," he reveals.
Staying on top
There are now more than 30 screeding companies in the UK. So how has JCW remained at the top of the industry?
"You don't get a great deal of technical innovation in screed," explains John. "Ultimately, we and all our competitors are working with sand, a matrix (cement) and water. So if the basic product is largely the same, what distinguishes you is your organisation, your management and your people.
"Many of the people who work here have been with us for our entire 25 years," John continues. "We now employ 85 people in the Group and we take on young people so they can learn with our floor screeders. Most of the people we train stay with us and I'm really keen to bring more people on.
"Another important factor is that our suppliers enjoy working with us. Because we're well organised it means they can organise their own businesses to help ours."
From the floor up
Over time, JCW has expanded its business. In addition to screed, JCW now supplies and installs acoustic flooring and manufactures acoustic products for trade supply. The diversification was driven largely by changes to acoustic regulations in 2005. "People used to say 'we've got to reach a new acoustic level – how do you do it?'," John recalls, "so as the acoustic flooring element of the business was expanding we decided to separate the businesses. In 2012 JCW formalised its new group identity, with the companies now generating a combined turnover of more than £12 million.
The growth led to the company moving from its original base in a converted Methodist church in Bolton to modern, new facilities. Coincidentally, the 25th anniversary of the company also marks the 10th anniversary of the building.
New challenges
With 25 years of success behind him, John is allowing himself a brief moment of reflection, but he knows he can't rest on his laurels.
"The expectations of customers are constantly evolving," he explains. "They rightly expect ever-greater reliability, faster turnarounds and the ability to meet the tightest deadlines. And as our cities become busier, so the logistics become even more of a challenge. It means we have to work harder on our team management and our organisation has to keep improving so that we remain the best at what we do for another 25 years."
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How to calculate XIRR for Annualized Returns?
The understanding of usefulness of XIRR function in Excel has different reasons. There are some that would find it useful for one thing, while it might be useful for other things. It is practically useful for anything that has to do with calculating your returns. There are actually differences in time value when it comes to investing money. When depositing and withdrawing money, and then receive dividends, it becomes much more difficult to make the calculation of the annualized returns. This is because there is certainly much differences in making an investment of $1,000 in January, to the one thousand dollars invested in December, right before the year ends. This make the XIRR feature Microsoft Excel something that simplify the calculation.
When all data has been gathered, then it would be easy to calculate the annualized return. This is because there are true returns of any portfolio will be including all cash flows, and the XIRR function in Excel is best suitable for calculating the returns. If it happens that return calculation would be as simple as taking beginning balance and ending balance, and then finally calculate absolute return, and this would make tracking investment returns so much easier. We are going to do the XIRR calculation together, and I will be using Microsoft Excel 2013.
Necessary Data
This is the first step in using the XIRR feature in Microsoft Excel. The data has to be directly relevant for the calculation. The relevance are flexible, and dependent on the timing of each investment. I want to know my XIRR annualized returns for the last year, which makes it possible for the calculation to be quite different. It is possible for your calculation to bring a whole new result, because it has to do with the date. This is because it is natural for you to set the date between January 1st and December 31st.
The first thing we need to focus on is the dates. The dates are when the investments are made. This is important because, even the date matters as there is differences to an investment made in the beginning of the year and the one made in the end of the year. You should click on the column, as it is marked in the number 1, and then type in =date(year; month; date) in that same column, as it is showing in the area labeled as number 2. You should follow this steps to compose all the dates that the investments are made.
Click on the column that is beside a specific date, as it is labeled as number 1, and then surrounded in green. You should type in the amount, as it is showing in number 2. It is important to know the amount invested on that very same day. As you could see, we have placed a subtraction in front of the column. This is to make it possible for you to familiarize yourself with a scenario, where there is subtraction prior to the investments.
Annualized XIRR Calculation
This is where we would now calculate your annual returns with the XIRR feature.
Click on any empty column, as the case was, in the place labeled as number 1, and then type in =XIRR(value; dates) in that column, as it is displaying in the area labeled as 2, and then press enter. It is important to first choose all the values, after placing them in the same row.
Click on the column beside the calculation you made in previous step, as it is in the area marked as number 1, and type in XIRR. This allows you to know which column has the calculation. On the column you'd calculated, right click with the mouse on it, as labeled as number 2, and then choose Format Cells, which is number 3.
The format cells would be showing, and the number tab should be displaying, which ultimately allow you to choose percentage, as labeled as number 1, and then choose two decimal, as it is done in the place labeled as number 2, and finally press ok.
That's the XIRR calculation for the annualized returns on investment.
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Captain Praytor has been with the Birmingham Police Department for 28 years. He began his career at the West Precinct as a patrol officer from 1991 to 1998. He transferred to the Burglary Unit where he worked as a detective for less than a year before transferring to the Homicide Unit in February of 1999. Captain Praytor worked as an investigator in Homicide until he was promoted to Sergeant in 2002. He remained in Homicide as a supervisor until his promotion to Lieutenant in 2008. After promotion, he became the commander of the Homicide Unit, serving in that position until his promotion to Captain in 2013. Since being promoted to Captain he served as the commander of the Crimes against Persons Division in the Investigative Bureau until 2018. In June of 2018 Captain Praytor was transferred to his current position of Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Investigations.


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Imposter Syndrome Equally Affects Men and Women in Tech
by Nick Kolakowski January 21, 2019 4 min read
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Imposter syndrome remains a persistent issue within the tech industry. No matter how sophisticated their skillset, or lengthy their experience, many tech pros believe they're not suited for their roles.
Interviewing.io, which allows people to practice technical interviewing anonymously, has been collecting data about tech pros and imposter syndrome for quite some time. In the company's setup, candidates self-rate their performance in technical interviews with software engineers, while engineers rate the candidates; Interviewing.io can compare the responses from both groups to see whether the candidates' judgments differed substantially from their true performance.
What did the company discover? "Based on previous research, we hypothesized that impostor syndrome and a greater lack of belonging could result in female candidates penalizing their interview performance, but we didn't find that pattern," read the study breakdown. However, they did have different ideas from men regarding the requirements for success, such as risk-taking.
In other words, male and female engineers maintain similarly accurate views of their skills. While that's good in the sense that gender disparity seems limited, imposter syndrome is nonetheless a pervasive factor for all tech pros. "Impostor syndrome appears to be the bleary-eyed monster that attacks across gender ability, and how good you are, or where you are, or how famous you are isn't that important," the breakdown added. "Seniority does help mitigate some of the pain, but impostor syndrome affects everyone, regardless of who they are or where they're from."
While Interviewing.io focused on interviews, the factors that govern tech pro performance (and their self-perceptions) extend to the daily workflow. Once integrated into a company, many workers continue to harbor feelings of inadequacy in comparison to their peers. Even if such emotions have no basis in fact, they can still impact performance, as well as tech pros' willingness to fight for promotions and new opportunities.
But there are signs that imposter syndrome fades with time. Earlier this year, Stack Overflow released a study suggesting that tech pros aren't as victimized by such thoughts once they've worked in tech for at least ten years. Around 40 percent of tech pros with zero years of experience (i.e., just starting out) agree with the phrase "I'm not as good at programming as most of my peers"; once they have more than a decade of work under their proverbial belt, however, that number drops to roughly 10 percent.
If imposter syndrome were truly pervasive within the tech industry, the percentage of veteran tech pros agreeing with that statement would likely remain high for decades into their collective careers. In the meantime, though, younger workers still wrestle with inadequacy; if companies want to mitigate that, Interview.io suggests that hiring managers and interviewers show a little more empathy (and provide "immediate post-interview feedback").
If you find yourself gripped by imposter syndrome, there are cognitive processes that can help. As Debbie Chew, head of operations at Codementor.io, explained in a Dice guest column, realizing that you've already accomplished quite a bit is an effective method for banishing those "imposter" thoughts. Mentors are always a huge help when it comes to staying positive about your abilities.
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Lee Henderson January 22, 2019
Nick, I believe the interview website you intended to reference in this article is Interviewing.io rather than Interview.io.
Nick Kolakowski January 22, 2019
Thanks! Will review and fix.
Michael Morin February 16, 2019
Wow. I thought it was just me! I'm 48, been in tech for just over 5 years, 27 years in retail industry. I've taken classes (Cisco mainly), built my own systems since I was 16, have excellent customer service skills and feedback, yet… some reason I'm always beating myself up because I don't know "this", or haven't much experience in "that". It's technology, you're always learning! Why I can't convince myself that even though I don't, won't, and can't know everything in tech support and network engineering, that is perfectly NORMAL in this industry, no one does! How to fix that feeling of self-doubt is beyond me for the time being.
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Two TVO original documentaries Northern Gold and The Shadow of Gold focus on impact of gold
by Keith Powell — March 04, 2019
"Gold is one of the most scrutinized commodities in markets around the world, and the history of gold is frequently romanticized," says John Ferri, Vice President TVO Current Affairs and Documentaries. — Photo courtesy tvo.org
This March, TVO pulls back the curtain on the story of one of the most coveted heavy metals with the broadcast and streaming premieres of Northern Gold and The Shadow of Gold. These TVO original documentaries explore the impact of gold on the communities, businesses, environment and people who mine it in Ontario and around the world.
"Gold is one of the most scrutinized commodities in markets around the world, and the history of gold is frequently romanticized," says John Ferri, Vice President TVO Current Affairs and Documentaries. "Northern Gold and The Shadow of Gold do an excellent job of giving voice to people most directly involved in extracting it, and who are rarely heard from."
Premiering on TVO and tvo.org March 6 at 9 and 10 pm ET, director Catie Lamer's Northern Gold is a two-part documentary that uncovers the role gold played in building the northern Ontario city of Timmins. Part 1 of Northern Gold reveals how immigrants, drawn to the area's newly discovered gold deposits, helped found the city while facing immense prejudice and discrimination. During the 1920s-40s, Northern Ontario gold fueled an economic boom in the south, even as miners continued to work in hazardous conditions through this "Golden Age" of mining. Part 2 focuses on the fight to improve working conditions for miners as Timmins grew. The documentary then moves to tell the story of today: as the city faces mine closures, Northern Gold profiles residents who are facing an uncertain future with strength, resilience, and fortitude.
On March 13 at 9 and 10 pm ET on TVO and tvo.org, Denis Delestrac's two-part The Shadow of Gold takes a searing look at the economic, environmental, and human cost of gold around the world. The Shadow of Gold explores both sides of the industry: big-time mining companies based in London, Dubai and Toronto and who have a huge impact on world financial markets; and small-time miners, an estimated 20 million people who extract gold by hand, often producing just enough to survive while facing health-damaging working conditions.
TVO Originals Northern Gold and The Shadow of Gold will be available to stream anytime at tvo.org/documentaries beginning the same time as their first broadcasts.
Northern Gold repeats March 9 at 9 pm and March 10 at 10 pm, and is produced by Alibi Entertainment, presented by TVO.
The Shadow of Gold repeats March 16 at 9 pm and March 17 at 10 pm, and is produced by Kensington Communications in co-production with Films a Cinq, presented by TVO.
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As the technological extension of Ontario's public education system, TVO's vision is to create a better world through the power of learning. TVO provides learning opportunities for Ontarians through innovative educational products, in-depth current affairs, thought-provoking documentaries, and award-winning TVOkids resources both inside and outside the classroom. TVO is funded primarily by the Province of Ontario and is a registered charity supported by thousands of sponsors and donors. For more information, visit tvo.org.


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Of course, there are also disadvantages - have some questions for stability and performance.
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The Otomeza Theater in Mitarai on Osaki Shimojima is a fine example of a small provincial theater from early in the twentieth Century.
It was built in 1930 when the port had become less important than in the days of wind, but was still important as an "entertainment" area.
In 1950 it switched to being a movie theater, but following the outlawing of prostitution in 1956 the town went into serious decline and the theater closed. For a while it was used as a vegetable market.
It has been lovingly restored to its former glory and is a rare example of the kind of small theater that were found all over Japan. Like all thge historic sites in the town, entrance is free.
Nehanzo, reclining Buddhas, are the least common pose for statues of Buddha in Japan. At Nanzo-in temple in Sasaguri there is what is certainly the largest bronze Nehanzo in Japan.
Its dimensions are impressive. 41 meters long, and 11 meters high, it weighs about 300 tons, more than three times as heavy as the Great Buddha in Nara, it is among the biggest bronze statues of the world.
It was completed in 1995 to house some of the historical Buddhas ashes which had been donated to the temple from Myanmar, where Nehanzo are much more common.
Nehan means "nirvana", and statues of the reclining Buddha depict him at the moment of his death when he entered Nirvana.
I had never been to Colchester before, so was quite looking forward to visiting. It is often classified as the oldest town in England, known as Camulodunon before the Roman invasion.
Its most famous site is the Norman Keep, built on the ruins of a Roman temple. Boudica sacked the town, but it was rebuilt later though the Roman Capital was moved to London.
I was most impressed by the floral displays everywhere, especially the hanging baskets.
Lots and lots of half-timbered houses, one in particular still riddled with bullet holes from the Civil war.
The Okunoin on Mount Wakasugi is in a cave just below the summit. It is here that Kukai, later known as Kobo daishi, practised austerities on his return from China.
Considering its remote location, a surprising number of people make the climb, though I suspect most have parked their cars at the Kannon-do just below.
there were many statues around the area including a Fudo Myo (it was Kukai who introduced this deity into Japan) and a Kurikara, the dragon sword of Fudo.
Kubo Hachimangu is a fairly major shrine in Onomichi.
Founded in the mid 9th Century, The enshrined kami, Hachiman, is composed of three different kami, the emperor Ojin, his mother Jingu, and then either his father, Chuai, or his wife.
According to local legend, Ojin visited the area during the twentieth year of his reign, which would have been in the 5th Century, though the mytho-histories of Japan claim it to be the 3rd Century.
There are several secondary shrines within the grounds, one of which is certainly and Inari shrine, though there was no information board at the shrine so I could not find out about the others.
Located right on top of Mount Wakasugi at about 660 meters above sea level, the maps and many people call it Kitayama Shrine, but it is really the Upper Taiso-gu shrine. The lower Taiso-gu I stopped in at on my way up the mountain.
Not surprisingly it seems to have the same set of kami enshrined as at the lower shrine, the main one being Izanagi, along with Amaterasu, and Hachiman.
All around the shrine are Buddhist statues and shrines as the Okunoin where Kukai supposedly practised austerities is in a cave just below the shrine. It was usually Buddhists or Yamabushi who established shrines on mountaintops like this.


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American Battlefield Trust Announces Fundraising Campaign To Save Hallowed Ground At Stones River
O'Reilly Auto Parts, Trust agree to $4 million deal to preserve 42 historic acres at Stones River battlefield in Tennessee
(Murfreesboro, Tenn.) — The American Battlefield Trust has reached an agreement with O'Reilly Auto Parts to acquire and preserve 42 acres of prime battlefield land at the Stones River battlefield in Tennessee. The purchase price of $4.0 million will be mostly funded with federal and state matching grants; the Trust is seeking to raise $170,000 in private donations for remaining costs. To date, the Trust has saved 3,516 acres throughout the Volunteer State, including 26 acres at the Stones River battlefield.
"After facing the potential loss of historic property at Stones River some four years ago, I am elated with the extraordinary opportunity to now preserve and protect this hallowed ground," said James Lighthizer, Trust president. "I want to thank O'Reilly Auto Parts for its willingness to see this property set aside for preservation, and I am proud that we could work together to further protect a battlefield that witnessed key Civil War action."
The tract to be acquired by the Trust is located in the battlefield's core, and its protection will help connect two previously separated wings of the battlefield preserved by the National Park Service. Uniting these adjacent portions of the battlefield will help paint a more complete picture of the conflict. It will also provide a more cohesive experience to visitors of Stones River National Battlefield, which last year saw its fourth highest annual attendance in the park's 92-year history.
"The Friends of Stones River National Battlefield is elated with the American Battlefield Trust's announcement of its efforts to date to preserve more land associated with our historic Civil War battle," said Friends president Ed Arning. "This battlefield is a shining star among its peers as we continue to see more than 250,000 visitors annually. Visitors are constantly reminded as they walk, bike and ride through the battlefield the importance of preserving our American history. We look forward to supporting the American Battlefield Trust in any way we can."
Much of the Stones River battlefield has been lost forever to development, making the 42 acres to be acquired by the Trust the largest unprotected tract still available for preservation. Previously owned by the General Electric Corporation, this land faced an uncertain fate until its new owner, O'Reilly Auto Parts, agreed to sell it to the Trust, a tremendous victory for battlefield preservation. The historically significant property has long been one of the highest preservation priorities for the Trust and its Tennessee partners.
The three-day Battle of Stones River was fought in bitterly cold rain and sleet, from December 31, 1862 through January 2, 1863. Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans' Union force met Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army just north of Murfreesboro, and the inevitable engagement erupted on New Year's Eve. The heavy fighting continued on both sides for three days and, while a tactical draw, would prove to be a key strategic Union victory. Bragg abandoned the field on January 3 and, with it, Confederate aspirations for control of Middle Tennessee. Of the more than 80,000 soldiers who struggled at Stones River, nearly a third – 24,645 men – were casualties by the end of the battle.
About the American Battlefield Trust
The American Battlefield Trust is dedicated to preserving America's hallowed battlegrounds and educating the public about what happened there and why it matters today. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization has protected more than 51,000 acres associated with the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War. Learn more at www.battlefields.org.
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package org.infinispan.spark.examples.twitter;

import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaPairRDD;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
import org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame;
import org.apache.spark.sql.Row;
import org.apache.spark.sql.SQLContext;
import static org.infinispan.spark.examples.twitter.Sample.usage;
import org.infinispan.spark.rdd.InfinispanJavaRDD;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * This demo will group tweets by country and print the top 20 countries, using Spark SQL support.
 *
 * @author gustavonalle
 */
public class SQLAggregationJava {

   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
      if (args.length < 1) {
         usage(SQLAggregationJava.class.getSimpleName());
      }
      String infinispanHost = args[0];

      // Reduce the log level in the driver
      Logger.getLogger("org").setLevel(Level.WARN);

      SparkConf conf = Sample.getSparkConf("spark-infinispan-sql-aggregation-java");

      // Create java spark context
      JavaSparkContext javaSparkContext = new JavaSparkContext(conf);

      // Populate infinispan properties
      Properties infinispanProperties = new Properties();
      infinispanProperties.put("infinispan.client.hotrod.server_list", infinispanHost);

      // Create RDD from infinispan data
      JavaPairRDD<Long, Tweet> infinispanRDD = InfinispanJavaRDD.createInfinispanRDD(javaSparkContext, infinispanProperties);

      // Obtain the values only
      JavaRDD<Tweet> tweetsRDD = infinispanRDD.values();

      // Create a SQLContext, register a data frame and a temp table
      SQLContext sqlContext = new SQLContext(javaSparkContext);
      DataFrame dataFrame = sqlContext.createDataFrame(tweetsRDD, Tweet.class);
      dataFrame.registerTempTable("tweets");

      // Run the Query and collect results
      Row[] rows = sqlContext.sql("SELECT country, count(*) as c from tweets WHERE country != 'N/A' GROUP BY country ORDER BY c desc").take(20);

      Arrays.stream(rows).forEach(System.out::println);
   }

}

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By Erin Voegele | July 16, 2018
The California Air Resources Board has announced that in 2016 the state's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004. Biofuels helped achieve the reduction.
Assembly Bill 32, legislation passed in California in 2006, requires the state to reduce its emissions to 1990 levels, or 431 million metric tons, by 2020. The 2016 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory published July 11 shows California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016, a three percent drop when compared to 2015. Senate Bill 32, signed in 2016, requires the state to continue reducing GHG emissions, cutting emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
According to the 2016 inventory published by CARB, carbon pollution dropped 13 percent statewide since 2004, while California's economy grew 26 percent. Per capita emissions fell 23 percent from 2001 to 2016 and carbon pollution fell 3 percent from 2015 to 2016. The carbon intensity of California's economy, which is the amount of carbon pollution emitted per $1 million of gross state product, dropped 38 percent between 2001 and 2016 and is now one-half of the national average.
The transportation sector was the largest source of GHG emissions in California during 2016, accounting for approximately 36 percent of California's GHG inventory. Emissions from the sector increased 2 percent from 2015 to 2016 due to increased fuel consumption. However, CARB noted that he state also saw cars and trucks use a record 1.5 billion gallons of biofuels in 2016 under the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, accounting for approximately 10 percent of the transportation fuel supply in the state. These low-carbon fuels, consisting primarily of ethanol, biodiesel and renewable diesel, avoided 14 million metric tons of carbon dioxide during the year.
CARB noted that the use of biodiesel and renewable diesel have shown tremendous growth in recent years, going from 1 percent of the total diesel blend in 2012 to 15 percent in 2016. According to the inventory, the continuously increasing market penetration of biodiesel and renewable diesel was able to offset the increase in on-road heavy-duty diesel use.
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RFA: Biden can slash carbon emissions by 12M tons on day one
California Ethanol + Power finalizes marketing agreement with CHS
UK 10-point plan addresses SAF, move to zero-emissions vehicles
Growth Energy highlights advantages of ethanol in California
RFA: CFS can help Colorado reduce GHG emissions
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