This post was inspired by a bit of musing as to what would happen if PIs tried to crowd-source parts of their proposals. The obvious answer, to us at least, was that we would almost certainly, and immediately, receive a proposal titled "Granty McGrantface." We're presuming you are familiar with the reference; but if not, see these links. While the saga of our friends at NERC turned our pretty well, it reminded us of two things: 1) asking the internet to decide for you is a risky proposition, and (the focus of this post) 2) that no matter our intentions, some of the stuff[i] we do, or that stems from the funding we provide to you, will get noticed by a wide audience. Most stuff tends to go unnoticed, but from time to time something goes viral.
Therefore: What you choose to call your project matters.
The project title and PI info are the only things most potential reviewers will ever see before deciding whether to review your proposal. The title is your first (and typically only) shot to communicate to a reviewer that your proposal is interesting and worth their time to review[iii]. And as we said above, if your proposal gets funded, the title gets posted on the NSF public awards website along with the PI name and institution.
When you receive an award, the title will be searchable by anyone and permanently associated with your name. Over the years, we've seen a vast array of proposal titles. We've also seen how they affect the audiences (reviewers, panels, and public) who read or hear them. Based on the accumulation of observations and experiences in DEB, we've put together these 8 tips to consider when composing your project titles.
Keep in mind: The following are not any sort of universally enforced rules or NSF policy. The proposal title is initially your responsibility, but as we said, once it comes into NSF, we can edit it as needed. Ultimately, what makes a good title is subjective and is probably not constant across disciplines or over time. These are just some broad and general tips we hope you'll find helpful.
Reviewers, including panelists, are specialists, but not necessarily from the same sub-sub-specialty as you. Public readers of award titles cover an even wider range of knowledge and expertise. These are the people who are going to read that title and make a decision whether to take action. Reviewers will, first, decide whether or not to read, and then, whether or not to support your proposal. The public will decide whether to read your award abstract, and the media will decide whether to contact you.
There are both good and bad potential outcomes of public attention. It can seem like a strong, scientifically precise, and erudite proposal title might inform and impress readers. But that misses half the point: it's not simply about avoiding misunderstanding. Instead, a good title is a vehicle for audience engagement; it seeks to cultivate positive responses. This happens when you use straight-forward, plain language, minimizing jargon and tech-speak, with a clear message. The rest of these tips are basically more specific examples of ways to do this.
Most of us feel some twinge of annoyance when we see a misleading headline or publication title, e.g. "Transformative Biology Research to Cure All Diseases." This is your chance to get it right! Don't bury the lede. Focus your title on the core idea of the proposal. In many cases, details like the organism, the location, or the specific method are secondary[iv]; if you include them, do so carefully, in supporting roles and not swamping the central conceptual component[v]. If you wrote your title before your proposal, it's a good idea to come back around to it before hitting submit.
It's a bit cliché to say this, but it bears mention: don't tell us your project is great, demonstrate it. That is what the project description is for. We like "transformative" and "interdisciplinary" projects, but placing those words in your title doesn't imbue your project with those qualities. Similarly, loading up on topical or methodological buzzwords ("*omics", "CRISPR", etc.) adds little when the major consideration is the knowledge you're seeking to uncover, not the shiny new tool you want to wield or the loose connection to a hot topic. The space you save by dropping this extra verbiage can allow you to address other important aspects of your project.
They save space in your title. And, NSF seems to have them all over the place (It's an ARE: Acronym Rich Environment). So, why not use them, right? Well…, tread carefully.
Compressed jargon- for example, "NGS" for Next Generation Sequencing. When you don't have the whole proposal immediately behind it, an acronym in your title may never actually be defined in the public description and it may imply something unintended to some in the audience.
Project-name shorthand- There are perhaps a handful of projects that through longevity and productivity have attained a degree of visibility and distinctiveness that allows them to be known by an acronym or other shorthand within the particular research community. Even if your project has achieved this distinction, remember that your audience goes beyond your community: not everyone will know of it. Further, trying to create a catchy nickname for a project (or program) usually doesn't add anything to your proposal and can lead to some real groan-inducing stretches of language.
How will reviewers respond to a title phrased as a question? Is the answer already an obvious yes or no? If so, why do you need the proposal and more money? Is this question even answerable with your proposed work? Is this one of the very rare projects that can be effectively encapsulated in this way?
This can work; it may also fall flat (see above entry on "Questions"). It can, to some audiences, make your project seem unprofessional and illegitimate. That is a sizeable risk. It used to be, and still is to some extent, a fairly common practice to have a joke or cartoon in your slide deck to "lighten the mood" and "connect with your audience". If you've ever seen a poor presenter do this, you know it's not a universally good thing. With a proposal title, it's always there and doesn't get buried under the rest of the material as might happen with a slide. The alternative is to skip the joke and write something that connects to your reader through personality and creativity instead. This can be hard to do, but practice helps. For example, "I Ain't Afraid of No Host: The Saga of a Generalist Parasite" was a funny, at least to us, title we made up – but will everyone reading it think it is funny, and does it help the grant that the title is funny? It isn't very informative – again, tread lightly.
Per tip 2, you may not always list an organism in your project title; but when you do, make it accessible. The Latin name alone places a burden of prior knowledge or extra work on readers. It is a courtesy to public readers (not to mention your own SRO who may be filling out paperwork about your proposal and also to panelists who may be far afield from your system and unfamiliar with your organism) to add a common name label too. But, be careful. Some common names are too specific, jargon-y, or even misleading for a general audience. You don't want, for instance, someone to see "mouse-ear cress" for Arabidopsis thaliana and think you're working on vertebrate animal auditory systems (this has happened![vii]).
This tip expands the idea of confusing language, which we already pointed out regarding Latin names and acronyms, to avoiding jargon in general. Some jargon is problematic just because it is dense; as with Latin names and acronyms, this sort of jargon can be addressed by addition of or replacement with common terms. Other jargon is problematic because the audience understands it, but differently than intended. Meg Duffy over at Dynamic Ecology had a post on this some time back in the context of teaching and communication. These issues arise in proposals too. There are some very core words in our fields that don't necessarily evoke the same meaning to a general audience or even across fields. The most straightforward example we can point to is our own name: the "E" in DEB stands for "environmental." To a general audience environmental is more evocative of "environmentalism," "conservation," recycling programs, and specific policy goals than it is of any form of basic research[viii]. Addressing this sort of jargon in a proposal title is a bit harder because the word already seems common, and concise alternative phrasings are hard to come by.
For jargon, it might benefit you to try bouncing your title off of a neighbor, an undergrad outside your department, or an administrator colleague. In some cases, you might find a better, clearer approach. In others, maybe there's not a better wording, but at least you are more aware of the potential misunderstandings.
Most of the project titles that we see won't lead to awards and will never be published; and even if an award is made, most of their titles attract little notice. A few, however, will be seen by thousands or be picked up by the media and broadcast to millions. Thus, the title seems like a small and inconsequential thing, until it's suddenly important. Because of this, even though the project title is a small piece of your proposal, it is worthy of attention and investment. We have provided the tips above to help you craft a title that uses straight-forward, plain language, to convey a clear and engaging message to your audiences.
We can't avoid attention. In fact, we want to draw positive attention to the awesome work you do. But audience reactions are reliably unpredictable. The best we can do is to make sure that what we're putting out there is as clear and understandable as possible.
[i] Anything related to research funding from policies on our end to research papers to tweets or videos mentioning projects.
[ii] At the close of an award, you are also required to file a "Project Outcomes Report" via Research.gov. This also becomes part of the permanent project record and publicly visible when your work is complete. We don't edit these.
[iv] There are obvious exceptions here, like a proposal for a targeted biodiversity survey in a geographical region.
[v] For what it's worth, this is a common "rookie mistake" even before writing a proposal. We get lots of inquiries along the lines of "do you fund studies on organism X" or "in place Y". The short answer is yes, but it's often irrelevant because that doesn't differentiate DEB from MCB or IOS or BioOCE. We don't define the Division of Environmental Biology by organisms, or places, or tools, or methods. We define it by the nature of the fundamental questions being addressed by the research.
[vi] Some prefixes are mutually exclusive of one another. For example, CAREER and RUI cannot both be applied to the same proposal (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15057/nsf15057.jsp#a16).
[viii] And yes, we do get the same sorts of calls and emails about "sick trees", "that strange bird I saw", "what to do about spiders," etc. as you do.
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Julia McCarthy, who co-founded Disrupt - The FinTech Initiative, is hoping that the student group will serve as a collaborative space for students to investigate and pursue startup ideas in the emerging field of financial technology. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
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Julia McCarthy had been searching for a line of work that could make her happy. Then one of her Northeastern professors, Mark Bernfeld, offered an alternative.
Why not help start a creative venture all her own?
Bernfeld introduced her to the emerging field of financial technology, known as fintech, which covers a wide range of high-tech innovations that include Bitcoin, Venmo, and the credit-card processor Square. This past year, while McCarthy was enrolled in Bernfeld's inaugural fintech course at Northeastern, he mentioned his goal of helping students launch a club to explore new technologies and opportunities for business and financial services.
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"I was telling [Bernfeld] what it was like to be a female in a male-dominated field," says McCarthy, who originally was majoring in marketing, but is now pursuing a degree in finance and communications. "He said, 'I need to get you involved.'"
McCarthy, in her fourth year at Northeastern, became president and co-founder of Disrupt – The FinTech Initiative. In addition to creating partnerships between students and employers, Disrupt will serve as a collaborative space for students to investigate and pursue startup ideas. Its initial event, a panel discussion of industry leaders, drew an audience of almost 200 people in March.
Disrupt represents one plank of Dean Raj Echambadi's initiative to bring fintech to the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, which includes ongoing plans to add a fintech concentration to the 2019-20 curriculum.
"We are definitely at the frontier," Echambadi says of Northeastern's investment in fintech. "It's not just the work our students are doing in the classroom; our co-op students get immediate feedback, and they come back and tell us about the practical applications. It's the curricular and the extracurricular that makes us unique in the field."
Bernfeld, who in his other life is an entrepreneur who has invested in 15 companies that mitigate climate change, views fintech as a vehicle for collaborating with students on their terms.
"It's the intersection of a massive financial services industry with two major forces," Bernfeld says of fintech. "The first of those forces is technology, and it is moving forward at an incredible pace that is going to change the way financial services are delivered. The other major force is buying patterns. The younger generation doesn't buy like my generation buys—their interaction with the world comes online with mobile devices."
Northeastern can be a leader in fintech, Bernfeld insists.
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"We have the right talent, and there's incredible student and employer interest," he says. "So it has the potential to really explode. We need to develop partnerships with employers, we need to train students, we need to help everyone understand what it is we're doing."
McCarthy's goal is to help build Disrupt into a "welcoming place" for entrepreneurial students, regardless of their fields of study.
"I'm not a techie, I actually don't know much about blockchain, and I don't know how to code—though I would like to," she says. "I don't think you have to know that much about financial services or technology. It's just seeing that this is a market that really is untapped, and that you can tap into it."
Disrupt's leadership team of 13 students features seven women. McCarthy says this amounts to a mission statement for the organization.
"Financial services and technology companies have a huge problem with diversity," McCarthy says. "Fintech is about solving problems, and diversity is one of those problems. That is one of the missions of Disrupt, because you don't see a lot of females in finance."
Bernfeld is counting on students to help drive the emerging fintech curriculum at Northeastern. By "helping us old people figure out what content they want us to deliver," he says, McCarthy and other members of Disrupt will be contributing to a reinvention of the financial services industry.
"These are Fortune 500 companies, they have tens or hundreds of billions of dollars at their disposal, and they have all come to the conclusion that they need to innovate better," Bernfeld says. "Our students are the ones who are going to help them bridge the gap if financial institutions are going to survive."
As McCarthy looks forward to her final year at Northeastern, she is hoping to encourage more women to join her at Disrupt—which, in turn, may help her continue to find her own way.
"I've gone back and forth: What do I care about?" she says. "And I've realized it's not about the money for me. It's about creating purpose and change, and I see a big opportunity within financial services."
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Communities and nations that are welcoming to immigrants are more likely to realize the benefits of immigration, says Luis Dau, a Northeastern professor of international business and strategy. History, he believes, is on his side. But a new Northeastern-Gallup poll shows a deep ideological divide among respondents in the U.S., U.K., and Canada on whether immigration causes job losses.
by Ian Thomsen July 1, 2019
Working mothers need to chart their own paths, says Northeastern professor Jamie Ladge. There can be no perfect model for working motherhood, Ladge points out in her new book, Maternal Optimism, because each case is unique to the circumstances of the parents and their children.
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Sports history: the Harry Turtledove edition
campussportswriter | Jun 8, 2015 10:18 am
Born in Los Angeles, author Harry Turtledove writes in the category of alternative history – taking actual historical events and flipping its original outcome. He's responsible for titles United States of Atlantis and Guns of the South. Once a UCLA Bruin, he's received three Hugo Awards (best sci-fi in English) and two Nebula Awards (best sci-fi within the U.S.) – amongst others.
With allegiance to Turtledove's extensive background in alternate history, what if he re-wrote the sports history books?
What if Serena Williams was stripped of her 20 Grand Slams? What if Ricky Carmichael – former MX rider turned commentator – lost his 22 motocross championships since 1997?
Bathed in unfamiliarity – from draft trades to championships – Turtledove would liberally alter today's sports landscape.
Here's his vision of sports history.
The 1985 NFL Draft: Jerry Rice is a New England Patriot
Turtledove's Version: Sitting in the middle of the 1st round of the 1985 NFL draft and following a 9-7 record in the AFC East, the Patriots had a wide receiver deficiency. As tight end for the Patriots in 1984, Derrick Ramsey led in total yards (792) and TDs (7). Following the Kansas City Chiefs acquisition of UNC RB Ethan Horton at 16th overall in '85, the Patriots had their horse at No. 17 – Jerry Rice.
An amazing collegiate career in DI-AA, Jerry Rice would go onto the 1985 NFL regular season catching balls from Patriots QB Tony Eason. That season, the Patriots walked away with a Super Bowl ring against Chicago alongside the Eason-Rice duo.
Throughout his NFL career with the Patriots, Jerry Rice would work with five QBs – Flutie, Steve Grogan, Marc Wilson, Hugh Millen and Bledsoe. He'd also catch a glimpse of 6th-round pick, Tom Brady, in 2001.
At his position, Rice would duel with veterans Troy Brown (9th year) and Drew Patten (5th year).
What really happened: In an ideal position to snag what would be one of the NFL's most legendary wideouts in history, the Patriots forego drafting 17th overall. Although other teams keyed in on Jerry Rice, the San Francisco 49ers made an offer to the Patriots to acquire Rice. Accepted by the Patriots, the 49ers now held the 17th overall position and selected the Missouri Valley State alum.
Now at 28th overall, the Patriots settled on BYU center, Trevor Matich, who – in his NFL career debut – injured his ankle and sat out the season.
Meanwhile – in his rookie campaign – Jerry Rice was targeted 49 times for over 900 yards. The following season, he managed over 1,500 reception yards and 15 TDs.
For a majority of his NFL career, Jerry Rice found himself in the company of two of NFL's best QBs – Joe Montana and Steve Young. Meanwhile, Trevor Matich resumed his 12-year NFL career, not as a center, but a long snapper.
In his career totals with the 49ers, Jerry Rice attended 14 Pro Bowls, tallied 23,546 all-purpose yards (currently an NFL best) and a Hall of Fame induction.
The 1957-69 Boston Celtics: 1 NBA title; Bill Russell plays for the St. Louis Hawks
Turtledove's Version: In succession of the 1956 NBA draft – where St. Louis selected Bill Russell 2nd overall – the Hawks would become a feared front court for the late-50s and most of the 1960s. Under supervision of Guerin (1965-72) and Gallatin (1962-65), Bill Russell would share time with fellow Hawks teammates, Bob Pettit and Lenny Wilkens.
With Ed Macauley stuck in Beantown up until his retirement, the St. Louis Hawks – along with the Lakers – would reign terror on NBA teams from 1956 to 1969.
In between those years, the Celtics won one title and were then neglected from playoff contention – with or without Macauley.
What really happened: While the St. Louis Hawks experienced an NBA Finals dry spell spanning from 1957 to 1969, the Celtics' fortune ran differently. In those 12 years – under head coaches Red Auerbach, Bill Russell and Tom Heinsohn – the Boston Celtics won 11 NBA titles in their 12 appearances.
Due mostly in part of dealing frontman Ed Macauley to the St. Louis Hawks in the 1956 draft, the Celtics optioned for University of San Francisco graduate, Bill Russell.
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उन्होंने कहा, 'भारतीय इतिहास में ऐसे कई लोग रहे हैं जो यह सोचते थे कि वे अजेय हैं और भारत के लोगों से बड़े हैं (लेकिन) भारत के लोगों से बड़ा कोई नहीं है…उन्होंने कहा कि नरेंद्र मोदी ने पांच साल में भारत के लोगों के लिए कुछ नहीं किया. गांधी ने तंज करते हुए कहा कि उनका (मोदी का) अजेय होना चुनाव नतीजों के बाद स्पष्ट दिख जाएगा.
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PU Dept. remembered 'Martyrs of JallianwalaBagh in connection with the centenary year of the JallianwalaBagh Massacre, the Department of Library & Information Science today observed a two minute silence in the remembrance of the Martyrs of JallianwalaBagh.
Before this, the Chairperson of the Department briefly narrated the history and the contributions of the martyrs of the JallianwalaBagh Massacre. All the members of faculty and non teaching staff as well as students were present.
On 11.04.2019, Chandigarh Police (Police Station Maloya) has achieved a major success to arrest accused Jhujhar Singh S/o Late S. Tajinder Singh R/o Village-Mullanpur Sodian, Distt-Mohali, Punjab, age-27 years wanted in Case FIR No.38 dated 19.03.19 U/s 356, 379 IPC, PS-Maloya, UT, Chandigarh who had snatched a mobile from a person namely Shiv Kumar S/o Haripal R/o H. No. 558, Vikash Nagar, Mouli Jagran, Chandigarh near Sector-38/38West roundabouts on 19.03.19 on his motorcycle no.PB65-AJ-2344. During the investigation, snatched Mobile and motorcycle used to commit crime has been recovered.
On 09.04.2019, mobile phone snatched in case FIR no.38, dt.19.03.19 U/s 379, 356 IPC found activated and on enquiring, the same has been found active on the name of Surinder Singh S/o Harchand Singh R/o Village-Rani Majra, Chandigarh. On tracing, Surinder Singh disclosed that his mobile phone make Redmi Note-4 was not working, so, he got a standby mobile phone from Mehra Telecom.
Owner of the above said shop i.e. Harjinder Singh @ Shanty S/o Malagar Singh R/o Village-Nanglian, Distt.Mohali, Punjab disclosed that his known person namely Mandeep Singh has given this mobile phone to him by mortgaging the same in lieu of Rs.2200/-.
Upon this, Mandeep Singh S/o Avtar Singh Village-Rani Majra, Distt.Mohali, Punjab, age-25 years got traced who disclosed that his known person namely Jhujhar Singh S/o Late S. Tajinder Singh R/o Village-Mullanpur Sodian, Distt-Mohali, Punjab has sold the mobile phone in question to him in lieu of some money and he has given the mobile in question to Harjinder Singh at his shop and taken Rs.2200/- from him.
During the interrogation, it is revealed that accused Jhujhar Singh is well qualified up to B.A, LLB who is married and his wife is residing in Canada. He got to used drugs from the last 1½ years and to fulfill his drug needs, he snatched the mobile on 19.03.19.


I was wondering if there were any decent apps that anyone knew about that would allow me to either edit areas and upload the edits later (when I have internet access) or to place map notes and then upload later. I have iOS 6 and can't update (it's an older device). I would really like to be able to add notes to a route while I'm traveling so I don't have to keep track of a paper list and have trouble finding exactly what location I was talking about before.
If you just want to make notes on geographical places and have a map display see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple_iOS#Track_making_features and sort for "geo-tagged notes" (or photos). Many map apps support that. While I am saying "photos" – as far as I know the standard Apple camera app saves your current location into a photo's meta info, so maybe just taking photos would be enough for you.


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It is difficult to say much about the famous city of Paris that hasn't already been said, but the coveted destination still possesses many secrets only to be uncovered by those most in-the-know. The city of art, the city of love, the city of food – there isn't a lot this multifaceted destination isn't renowned for. Whether you're in search of a bustling nightlife, a pair of vintage Chanel sunglasses hidden in the back of a thrift-store, or the world's most delectable macaron, put on your beret and take a stroll down the winding roads of Paris where you'll be sure to find it all.
Enjoy the City of Love, from Hotel Brach, a spectacular design-focused boutique hotel located in the 16th arrondissement. A former 1970s sorting house, the hotel has been transformed into a haven of contemporary luxury that will leave you wanting for nothing. The rooms are designed using rich wood panelling, marble, leather and metal – attention to detail is second-to-none. Beckoning visitors with its perfect balance of refined style and playful quirkiness, Hotel Brach is an ideal place to stay for an arty trip exploring one of the coolest cities in Europe.
Hotel Henriette: A cosy and stylish boutique hotel located in the Mouffetard district that truly is a home away from home.
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Hôtel Amour: A quirky romance-themed hotel with playfully designed stylish rooms and an ambient restaurant and bar.
Tucked into a corner of the Palais de Tokyo, Monsieur Bleu is an impossibly stylish and elegant restaurant situated underneath the Eiffel Tower and the perfect spot for an idyllic Parisian dinner. The interior is carefully designed to be both contemporary and stylish while maintaining a welcoming ambience. It is a restaurant that ticks every box - spectacular views, incredible atmosphere, delectable dishes and friendly service. We recommend the beef tartar and octopus to start, before diving into the menu specialising in fine French dishes. And be sure to make the most of the extensive wine list showcasing some of the country's best wines.
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The Musée Picasso is housed within the beautiful Hôtel Salé and is one of a handful of museums in Paris that offer free entry to guests. With a collection that comprises over 5000 pieces by the iconic Spanish artist, the museum reopened in 2014 after five years of renovations. Take a walk around the extensive display that sprawls across three floors and be taken on a visual journey that gives you some insight into the creative process of this artistic master. After enjoying the museum, be sure to take the short walk to Place de Vosges - the oldest planned square in Paris. Boasting impressive architecture and gardens, this is the perfect place to pause for a moment of stillness and reflect on all that you have seen in just one simple Parisian afternoon.
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Your article about the two competing Republican candidates for S.C. House District 45 was both interesting and confusing. When your reporter asked about school vouchers, etc., Deborah Long simply parroted state Rep. Mick Mulvaney, by stating that she agrees with his current position. She really didn't give any response. Bruce Miller, at least, gave his thoughts and although I may not completely agree with what he said, he did take a position.
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What is ISO 27001 Compliance as it Relates to Cloud or Dedicated Hosting?
December 11, 2017 December 11, 2017 by Kent Roberts Atlantic.Net (79posts) under HIPAA Compliant Hosting
The year was 1946. Experts from 25 nations convened in London to talk about the breathtakingly pragmatic topic of international standardization. Professionals from myriad fields were getting together to figure out how a common language of quality control, related to how products were manufactured and services provided, could be spoken across continents with ease.
Many people yawn when the topic of compliance is introduced (due to its often dense technicality, its obsessive exactitude related to clarity of specifications, its perception as a snooze-worthy topic, its connection to federal regulations, etc.). Because many view compliance with boredom or indifference, it may be seen as unimportant, but we're going to take a moment to appreciate how helpful compliance is.
The professionals who together founded the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) had a vision. They wanted to make it easier for people to know what they were getting when they went into business with other organizations or wanted to be the customer of a business. The ISO, put together by dozens of thoughtful, handshaking men in suits (well, it was 1946), offered a way for people to not have to take another company for its word but to get an objective reading. The ISO, through certification that can be completed by a third party to verify compliance with a specific standard, allows a way to externalize and, well, standardize, B2B trade, vendor relationships, and filtration of products and services by savvy customers.
What is ISO 27001 or ISO/EIC 27001?
One of the most important standards in use that was created and remains in ongoing development by the standards body is ISO 27001. The most up-to-date version of this standard, as of this writing, is ISO 27001:2013.
The full official title of the standard is currently not the snappy "ISO 27001" but ISO/EIC 27001:2013. The IEC is a separate standards institution, the International Electrotechnical Commission: it develops ISO 27001 in partnership with the ISO.
Actually, the IEC does numerous standards in conjunction with the ISO. The technical committees and subcommittees at the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) interact with one another – facilitated, actually, through the top levels, the office of each association's CEO. The collaboration between these two standards organizations is so tight that they even let each other know when they come up with an idea for a new standard so that they do not perform the same work redundantly. The two associations are a check and balance for each other in a sense, but they align their work, showing their commitment to standardized protocols and operations over promoting their own specific organization.
ISO 27001, in brief
This standard was initiated to create reasonable parameters for the setup, deployment, maintenance, and ongoing enhancement of a system with which to analyze an information security management system (ISMS; a set of policies and procedures that allow an organization to meaningfully and systematically handle confidential and potentially critical data.
When a company puts together an ISMS, it is a sophisticated process that is not one-size-fits-all. The management system will be driven heavily by dynamic factors that change case-by-case but also as time passes: the goals of the firm, the concerns with compromise, and the operations of the entity, as well as the way it is structured and how large it is.
The ISMS keeps the data within an IT system or systems private (confidentiality), accurate (integrity), and highly retrievable (availability) through a series of straightforward risk management steps. It should generally lend a sense that the company is paying attention to the evolving threat landscape and putting appropriate protections into place.
How ISO 27001 relates to cloud and dedicated hosting environments
ISO 27001 is a broad set of guidelines that are intended as all-encompassing for IT systems, which would include hosting environments such as dedicated and cloud, as well as your own data center.
ISO/IEC 27001 is within the ISO/IEC 27000 series. The series is "probably the most widely recognized and used set of standards relating the security of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) systems," according to the nonprofit Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC). The CSCC notes that 27001 and 27002 are the two key standards, with the former a way to check off how an ISMS should be designed and the latter an overview of proper best-practice controls on an ISMS.
It should be noted that ISO 27001, for better and worse, is somewhat flexible in the sense that different types of companies (based on size, form, etc.) will have different security needs. Essentially, what that means for cloud customers is that the service provider is able to find the security controls that are most helpful to their individual situation. While flexibility can be good in the sense that parameters remain reasonable and pragmatic, it does mean that testing for compliance can be more challenging than some standards that are more rigid, simply to determine whether the cloud service provider is compliant or not.
The same basic idea applies to any type of web host: cloud or dedicated. It is simply a question of incorporating the servers within your hosting environments into your management system.
Understanding core processes for ISMS development
One element that you will want to consider when you look at hosts is the ways in which they are involved with your primary ISMS processes. Part of the challenge here, immediately, is the same issue listed by the cloud association above: every organization is different, so the standard is a bit fluid.
Researchers from Germany and Norway, Knut Haufe et al., tackled this issue in Procedia Computer Science in 2016 with a set of descriptions related to three types of processes:
Core processes – These processes, sourced from the knowledge of the company, have seeming and real value to users.
Management processes – These processes shape and describe the goals of the entity and oversee the attainment of goals both at a core-process level and related to the full organization.
Supporting processes – These processes do not have value to customers or users in and of themselves. Instead, they are tasked with administration and monitoring of resources that allow both management and core processes to take place. Examples include IT management, financial management, and human resources.
How does ISO 27001 relate to PCI DSS?
People often wonder how these various sets of standards are interrelated. One standard that, like ISO/IEC 27001, focuses on information security is PCI DSS. PCI compliance, of great importance related to taking card payments online, has the full name Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. PCI DSS is developed by a consortium of the major credit card companies and designed to protect online transactions. It gives you a better sense that specific parameters are in place for specific data (cardholder data), while ISO 27001 is broader in what it covers. "When comparing the scope of the two standards, scope selection in ISO/IEC 27001 depends on the company; however, the scope is exactly the credit cardholder information in PCI DSS," notes the ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association).
ISO/EIC 27001:2017: Is it real?
To clarify the year version related to ISO 27001, you may have heard of ISO/EIC 27001: 2017. If you have not updated from the 2013 to 2017 version of 27001, do not fear. These two standards are the same thing. That's right: the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), a European Union body for public standards, caused some confusion in standardization circles earlier this year by releasing EN ISO/IEC 27001:2017. Following this release, a nation-specific standard was issued in the UK (BSI), Norway (NEK), and Italy (UNI) that also listed the new 2017 version year.
Note that this standard is essentially identical to the original, with two minor corrections that were added in 2014 and 2015.
This topic is discussed aptly by Italian ISO 27001 compliance consultant Cesare Gallotti. "CEN adopted ISO/IEC 27001:2013 only in January 2017," wrote Gallotti. "So its publishing date is… 2017. So its name is EN ISO/IEC 27001:2017 (with "EN" at the beginning)."
While compliance can be stressful and confusing, it is also a way to know what you are getting from a cloud or dedicated host. ISO 27001 is just one way to review an organization's IT systems, though. At Atlantic.Net, we specialize in Managed HIPAA Hosting and hold numerous compliance certifications, such as SSAE (SOC 1 & SOC 2), HIPAA, HITECH, and PCI DSS. See our stability and cost advantage.
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This House in Linden Gardens, in the popular Notting Hill London I liked very much, not only for the use of space, but for the restoration and the simple and highly decorative solutions that propose.
It is of the typical townhouse building in the area, well-known by the film of the same name that has some spectacular close-up neighborhood and the inside of the housing, apart from it being romantic comedy par excellence, clear.
We are going on the basis that is not a neighbourhood as Belgravia with large mansions, but that was the neighborhood where immigrants arrived in London to work were set up. A multicultural neighborhood best known for its Notting Hill Carnival Another thing, until they began to rehabilitate houses and the famous film was shot.
Already then Notting Hill, especially for the nearest part to Hyde Park, He began to emerge as trendy district of the capital of the Thames. The interiors in this area tend to be multicolored and many nooks and crannies, hence the restoration I love.
The first thing they have done is take advantage of the high ceilings creating a perfect loft as library or simply to relax. In addition to safeguard Georgian moldings the ceiling of the living room, getting the effect of an 18th-century miniature room.
All the restoration has been carried out with care and no fixed costs. The soil of teak parquet Burmese is rescued from the old Museum Victoria and Albert, the guest bed (which belonged by the physician of the Queen) is French, of Walnut, and dates back to 1776, and mezzanine railings are hand carved by one of the greatest craftsmen of the United Kingdom.
Everywhere we see details, such as the cast iron fireplace Salon, recovered after delving into the wall, covered by paper, paint and a hundred years of history. Another detail is the tiles the kitchen that are hand-painted. A cuisine that takes advantage of the space under the loft and has a perfect bar to prepare cocktails for guests.
There is more hand-painted tiles in the bathroom (has no carpet!) But if it is fully modernized. The apartment has a classic and luxurious master bedroom suite and other double guests, thought to be cozy, with a built-in mirror and genuinely British antiques.
Close to the most famous flea market in the world, in Portobello Road, and a step away from the Kensington Gardens, It is owned by a pair of journalists who travel most of the year, renting their fabulous London abode. So, if you want, you can already feel as Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts living in Notting Hill.


Shifting the risk of an owner's possible non-payment from one party to another is neither simple nor guaranteed. Unsuspecting parties can quickly find themselves locked into an agreement containing a payment provision susceptible to conflicting interpretations. What the parties intended, and thought they understood, may in fact not be what they obtain.
That little bit of language is called a Pay-when-paid (or pay-if-paid) contract provision and it exists in almost every construction contract, and more than likely exists in almost every contract that you sign. On this episode, Alex explains the "magic" language you need to watch out for, and what you can to do to protect your business.
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Should We Always Seek to Forgive?
January 1, 2020 by Neel Burton 1 Comment
Some time ago, five men were jailed for their part in a failed attempt to break into the wine cellar of famed collector Michel-Jack Chasseuil. The men threatened Chasseuil with a Kalashnikov rifle, punched him, and broke a few of his fingers. With the ordeal behind him, Chasseuil commented: "Je pardonne mais je n'excuse pas" (I forgive but I do not excuse).
What did Chasseuil mean by this? In other words, what is the difference between forgiving and excusing? To forgive is to overcome justified negative emotions, such as anger, resentment, and vengefulness, stemming from an offensive deed or state of affairs. To excuse, on the other hand, is to mitigate, or seek to mitigate, the moral blame attaching to the offensive deed or situation, with the aim of exonerating the perpetrator(s).
And so Chasseuil must have meant that, while he had overcome his negative feelings towards the men, this did not imply that they were any less culpable or deserving of punishment. It has been argued that to forgive is also to exonerate, but Chasseuil's stance suggests that this need not be the case.
Other concepts related to forgiveness include condoning, tolerating, and pardoning. If to excuse is to seek to mitigate the moral blame attaching to an offense, to condone is to deny that there is any blame in the first place by disregarding or discounting any negative judgement and attendant negative emotions. To tolerate, at least in the moral sense, is to acknowledge the blame but carry on as if nothing were. To pardon is to write off the offense on the grounds that the person did not intend it. A pardon is also a legal and political concept exercised by a third-party authority, such as the President of the United States, to absolve a person convicted of a crime, who must in turn accept the pardon.
Forgiveness ought also to be distinguished from mercy, which is leniency borne out of compassion for someone whom we were otherwise intending to blame, punish, or harm. In a judicial context, mercy (or clemency) is, as John Locke put it, "the power to act according to discretion, for the public good, without the prescription of the Law, and sometimes even against it."
Condoning and tolerating tend to apply to patterns of behavior, whereas forgiving is more often for a specific, singular offense; and while it is possible to condone or tolerate blameworthy actions that are directed at others, we can only properly forgive those blameworthy actions that are directed at ourselves. Moreover, it is not the actions themselves that we forgive so much as the person who committed them, saying something like, "I forgive you for …."
Much more than condoning or tolerating, forgiving belies the moral relation between the self and the other, which it aims at rebalancing. If I say, "I forgive you," I am implying that you have wronged me (or at least that I think that you have wronged me) and in some sense placing you in my debt. But if you do not accept that you have wronged me, you may yourself feel wronged by my forgiveness—and so sometimes, especially for minor offenses, it may be politic to keep our forgiveness to ourselves, that is, to behave like we have forgiven but without actually mentioning that we have.
Forgiveness is not the overcoming of resentment by any means, or else one could forgive simply by losing one's memory, or by dying. Instead, genuine forgiveness involves a particular process by the end of which the injured party should have been able to forswear revenge, overcome resentment, and, crucially, rehabilitate the offender by reframing their relationship as one of moral equals.
Of course, this process is greatly eased by the cooperation of the offender. Ideally, the offender readily engages in a reciprocal process of acknowledging the offense, taking responsibility for it, accounting for it, repudiating it, and committing not to repeat it or anything like it—since the fear of further offense is a significant impediment to forgiveness. On an emotional level, the offender ought to empathize with the injured party, and express and experience remorse. But given enough time, or goodwill, forgiveness need not require the cooperation of the offender, who may be unrepentant, unreachable, or dead.
Historically, an offender may also have undertaken, or submitted to, a formal apology ritual, which facilitated forgiveness by protecting the dignity of the victim in forgiving. In January 1077, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV trekked to Canossa Castle in Northern Italy to obtain the revocation of his excommunication from Pope Gregory VII. Henry had angered Gregory by demanding that he abdicate, but now Henry needed Gregory's revocation to save his crown. Before granting the revocation, Gregory made Henry wait outside the castle for three days and three nights on his knees through a blizzard. Henry's penance, or apology ritual, enabled Gregory to grant the revocation without losing face or looking like a pushover. Centuries later, the German Chancellor Bismarck coined the expression, "to go to Canossa," meaning something like "to submit willingly to degradation." The modern incarnation of the apology ritual, depending on the severity of the offense, is to offer a bunch of flowers or box of chocolates.
By rebalancing the moral relation between victim and offender, forgiveness enables us to move on with our lives, repairing our relationships and removing the resentment or guilt that would otherwise have weighed upon us. What's more, forgiveness reinforces important principles and values such as mutual respect, personal accountability, and social harmony. Forgiveness is a major theme in Tolstoy's War and Peace: Princess Marya forgives her father, Natasha forgives Anatole Kuragin, Prince Andrei forgives Natasha, Pierre forgives Dolokhov. None of it is easy, but by rising to forgiveness these characters are able to grow, both in themselves and in our hearts. In contrast, characters like Countess Rostova and Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky are brought down by their inability to forgive or ask for forgiveness. Their rancor eats at them and blinds them to the bigger picture of their lives.
For all that, should we always seek to forgive? There may be certain offenses, such as the senseless murder of a loved one, that truly are unforgivable. But even if everything can be forgiven, forgiveness might not serve the best interests, particularly when the offender has not made amends or enough amends. In such cases, to forgive the offense is to condone, and therefore invite, the bad behavior of which it is an instance; while to withhold forgiveness is to signal that the offense is inadmissible and pressure the offender into reconsidering his or her attitude. Even if raw resentment has been overcome, it might be judicious to withhold forgiveness as a kind of moral protest, as a learning exercise for the offender, or for prudential reasons (for example, if the offender has a potential for violence). And so, even if it is the central plank, there is more to forgiveness than the mere overcoming of resentment.
Classical thinkers like Plato and Aristotle did not count forgiveness as one of the virtues. Neither did they share in the later concept of forgiveness as a means of overcoming justified anger or resentment. For them, and in ancient morality more broadly, a virtuous person is immune from moral harm by lesser persons, and therefore has no need of forgiveness. In Plato's Apology, Socrates tells the jurors that his accusers, Meletus and Anytus, will not injure him: "They cannot; for it is not in the nature of things that a bad man should injure a better than himself."
In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle says that actions are either voluntary, in which case they attract praise or blame, or involuntary, in which case they ought to be (to use the most accurate term) pardoned. Significantly, actions that are voluntary—prima facie, most actions—cannot be pardoned because they are not involuntary and therefore not pardonable. In the Rhetoric, Aristotle says that anger can be quelled by the feeling that the offense is deserved, by the passage of time, by the exaction of revenge … and the list goes on. But, tellingly, the Master of Those Who Know, as Dante called him, makes absolutely no mention of forgiveness as a means of redress.
Like Greco-Roman concepts of forgiveness, the biblical concept of forgiveness has much more to do with pardon than with the overcoming of resentment. The Greek word aphiemi, which in the Bible is sometimes translated as "forgiveness," actually means "to let go or release, as of a debt or bond." In Leviticus 16:10, aphiemi is used in the context of the scapegoat, as it is sent forth into the wilderness with its burden of sin. The ultimate scapegoat is, of course, Christ himself. Upon seeing Jesus for the first time, John the Baptist exclaimed, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!"
In Christian ethics, to forgive is to abandon our claims against others, just as God abandoned His claims against us, casting out our sins "as far as the east is from the west." To forgive is not merely to imitate God, but to have Him imitate us: "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you …." Forgiveness is a manifestation of love: our love for others is an echo of God's love for us, and forgiveness is the greatest expression of that love.
These notions come together in the parable of the prodigal son. The younger of a man's two sons asks for his inheritance and sets off to a faraway land where, in a fabulous turn of phrase, he "wastes his substance with riotous living." Having outspent his inheritance, he becomes a swineherd, and is so destitute that he envies the swine the husks that they eat. With hunger in the belly, he resolves to return to his father and beg to be taken as a servant. Instead of spurning him, the old man falls upon his neck and kisses him. The elder son walks into the homecoming feast and begrudges the old man for slaughtering a fatted calf in honor of his debauched brother. But the old man replies that it is right that they should make merry: "For this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found."
Ancient and biblical notions of forgiveness may seem inadequate or incomplete, but manage to sidestep an important problem with the modern concept of forgiveness as the overcoming of resentment: namely, that resentment, or the kind of resentment that ought to be overcome, is necessarily inappropriate, leaving forgiveness with no intrinsic moral worth.
Let me explain. If people have no free will and no meaningful control over their actions, resenting them serves no moral purpose. But if they do have free will and their actions fall short, they deserve our measured resentment. If they then make amends, our resentment is no longer appropriate, and "forgiveness" requires no special effort. But if they do not make amends, resentment remains the right or moral response: to forgive them in those circumstances would be to imply that our resentment was inappropriate or excessive, and therefore vicious.
The modern concept of forgiveness is fundamentally flawed. Instead of learning to forgive, we should learn to resent rightly, and, in some cases, to pardon.
Neel Burton is a psychiatrist and philosopher. He is a fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford. This article is adapted from his most recent book, Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions.
© 2019 Neel Burton
Filed Under: Featured Article, Misc. Philosophical Musings Tagged With: aphiemi, condoning, excuses, excusing, Forgiveness, forgiving versus excusing, mercy, moral psychology, pardoning, philosophy blog, tolerating
Leo Beilin says
This is an excellent examination of forgiveness.
In a brief essay,I understand one cannot examine all the nuances of forgiveness but one I want to bring up is the perspective of an ancient Jewish philosopher.
Maimonides reportedly in a Torah commentary stated one cannot forgive an offender by proxy,i.e.,only the the victim has the right to forgive,not his family or friends, and only if the offender makes amends.
Thus a murderer cannot be forgiven because how can he make amends even if the victim forgave him before dying?
Another example reportedly from Maimondies is that the sin of adultery cannot be forgiven because there is no way to make amends to the victim (betrayed partner).
These 2 conditions can be satisfied,of course, if the betrayed partner or pre-mortem murder victim agrees to accept amends in the form of money,goods or services,.


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using System;
using Ch07.Common.Contracts;
using Ch07.Common.Services;
using Unity.Injection;
using Unity;

namespace Ex07.OverrideAutoWiring
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var container = new UnityContainer();

            container.RegisterType<IMessageService, EmailService>("email");
            container.RegisterType<IMessageService, SmsService>("sms");
            //container.RegisterType<NotificationManager>(
            //    new InjectionConstructor(
            //        new ResolvedParameter<IMessageService>("email"),
            //        new ResolvedParameter<IMessageService>("sms")
            //    )
            //);

            //container.RegisterType<NotificationManager>(
            //    new InjectionConstructor(
            //        new ResolvedParameter<IMessageService>("email"),
            //        500
            //    ));

            container.RegisterType<NotificationManager>(
                new InjectionConstructor(new ResolvedParameter<IMessageService>("email")),
                new InjectionProperty("Timeout", 500));

            var obj = container.Resolve<NotificationManager>();
            Console.WriteLine("Timeout 屬性值 = " + obj.Timeout);
        }
    }

    class NotificationManager
    {
        public NotificationManager()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("呼叫了無參數的建構函式。");
        }

        public NotificationManager(IMessageService svc)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("呼叫了一個參數的建構函式。");
        }
        public NotificationManager(IMessageService svc1, IMessageService svc2)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("呼叫了兩個參數的建構函式。");
        }

        public NotificationManager(IMessageService svc, int timeout)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("示範傳入需解析的型別以及簡單型別。timeout={0}", timeout);
        }

        public int Timeout { get; set; }
    }
}

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This is the story of AAyaelees Amistis Star.
Think of this like a science-fiction soap opera.
A spin-off to the wonderful hit series - THE ADVENTURES OF AMISTIS STAR, already in the production of being published. Even though they may take a while to get published and put out there. This book gives you a bit of insight to her adventurous life. Her many travels as she goes from dimension to dimension, planet to extravagant planet.
Katryn Ali has devoted her entire life to writing. She likes to write about many characters.
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Relaxing holidays: Tucked away on the east coast, Cala Bona holidays are some of the quietest in Majorca. As a result, it's slightly better suited to relaxing holidays for older couples or family holidays.
Beautiful marina: The Cala Bona harbour is still fully functioning. Come out early in the morning and watch the fishermen spring into life with their daily catch.
Natural beauty: The protected park Punta de n'Amer is quite close by. It's a nature reserve with a diverse array of wildlife; you might even catch a sight of some rare birds and fish if you visit here during your holidays to Cala Bona.
Mediterranean Watersports: Like your holidays in Cala Bona to be a little more active than lazing on the beach? Not a problem! The calm seaside on Cala Bona holidays plays host to a range of water sports – everything from scuba diving to paragliding. You could even try the new craze of kite surfing!
Rancho Willy: These horse stables are also just a short walk from the centre of Cala Bona, in the Tramuntana mountain district. You can have a fun ride on horses and ponies through the beautiful countryside of Majorca and enjoy a nice change of scenery from beach holidays on the coast.
Punta de n'Amer: And if you find yourself falling in love with the lush plant life and unspoilt views in the forestry of inland Majorca, you'll probably like to visit Punta de n'Amer too. It's a protected nature reserve with a diverse array of wildlife; you might even catch a sight of some rare birds and fish during your holidays!
Auto Safari Zoo: Then again you could always take a trip to the Auto Safari Zoo where you'll be guaranteed to see lots of exotic animals. A mini train runs around the entire enclosure, past monkeys, elephants, lions and lots more, making the ride lots of fun for young children on family holidays.
Cala Bona: With many hidden coves and small stretches of fine sand, you can find your own private slice of holiday paradise on holidays to Cala Bona.
Cala Millor: The fine cotton-white sand here is considered to be the softest of all beaches in Majorca holidays. The only drawback is it can get a bit crowded during the summer holidays.
Cala Anguila: Although this beach is fairly small, it more than makes up for it with soft sand that's a treat for the feet and inviting crystal clear water. The stunning rocky scenery in the area adds up to it being one of the best beaches you'll see on holidays to Majorca.
Melis: To start, one place we absolutely must recommend is Melis. The food here is not the most authentically Spanish in Cala Bona holidays, but it more than makes up for it in the quality of cooking. Their fish dishes are exceptionally fresh, so give the seafood pizza a try.
Asia Buffet: Next up on the menu we have Asia Buffet. It offers exactly as its name suggests: all-you-can-eat Oriental food served simply and deliciously. And with a very cheap price per person it's perfect if you're looking for great value meals whilst on cheap holidays to Cala Bona.
Cala Bona: There's a smattering of karaoke joints and British bars in Cala Bona holidays that make for family friendly nights out. You'll find plenty of places playing all the latest footy on huge widescreen tellies too. Some of the best bars are found around the harbour area.
Cala Millor: If you find the nightlife in Cala Bona holidays a little too sedate, you could always catch a taxi to nearby Cala Millor. The party lasts a little longer into the night there, as they have a couple of good discos that'll help keep your holidays lively.
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2 'of those people that stands up and does something' named 2019 Mesa citizens of the year
Fire Chief Mary Cameli and businessman Rich Adams were named Mesa's citizens of the year for leadership and numerous volunteer activities.
2 'of those people that stands up and does something' named 2019 Mesa citizens of the year Fire Chief Mary Cameli and businessman Rich Adams were named Mesa's citizens of the year for leadership and numerous volunteer activities. Check out this story on azcentral.com: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2019/12/21/two-prolific-city-volunteers-named-mesa-citizens-year-2019/2680626001/
Alison Steinbach, Arizona Republic Published 6:00 a.m. MT Dec. 21, 2019
Mary Cameli and Rich Adams win Mesa's 2019 Citizen of the Year Award. (Photo: Alison Steinbach/The Republic)
Two Mesa residents received loud knocks on their doors early one Saturday morning.
Mary Cameli, the fire chief in Mesa, and Rich Adams, a credit manager at a local company, found a group gathered on their doorstep from the Mesa Citizen of the Year Association.
Cameli was expecting an early breakfast out with her family. Adams was waiting for a friend for a long day of door-knocking to rally support for Mesa's school bond vote.
Instead, the two found out they were the recipients of this year's Citizen of the Year award. The prestigious award has been given since 1935 to leaders who dedicate themselves to volunteer activities that help residents and neighborhoods.
"I was not expecting that at all," Adams said. "Some of the people who have received this award are really giants, in my estimation, in this community."
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Cameli: 'It's important to take the time'
Cameli has been a longtime standout in Mesa.
She was one of the first women hired by the Mesa Fire and Medical Department.
Since 1983, she has moved up through the ranks and was selected as chief in 2016.
Mesa Fire Chief Mary Cameli at her office. Cameli will be honored with her citizen of the year award at a Feb. 18 banquet. (Photo: Alison Steinbach/The Republic)
Cameli began volunteering to teach CPR to residents shortly after joining the department. It was the first of many volunteer experiences for her.
"Anything that we can do being engaged in the community is important," Cameli said.
While fighting fires and advancing in her career, Cameli served as board chair of Child Crisis Arizona and as a member of Mesa Sunrise Rotary, including a year as president.
A highlight, she said, was getting her kids involved in those organizations to teach them from young ages the importance of giving back. She's proud that they now seek out their own opportunities to volunteer.
"I think it's important to take the time," Cameli said. "I'm very busy in my daily activities with work, but I think it's always important to take and make time for the community. That's what we're here for in our jobs as public safety: we are servants of the community."
She currently serves as board vice president of Community Bridges, Inc., board vice chair of the International Fire Service Training Association and board member of the Center for Public Safety Excellence.
And she does more.
Cameli's family has helped with Mesa's Veterans Day parade for years. She also regularly speaks to kids across the city about her job and public safety.
"The most valuable gift you can give anybody is your time," she said. "One person can make a difference in the community, and when you do that, it filters down to others, too, and lets them also want to be involved and be engaged."
Mary Cameli at Mesa fire department headquarters. (Photo: Alison Steinbach/The Republic)
Adams: 'one of those people that stands up and does something'
Adams has lived in Mesa since he was five years old. He has been a prolific local volunteer in addition to his work as a commercial credit manager and head of Southwest Business Credit Services for nearly 30 years.
Adams first volunteered with the city as as a member of Mesa's Museum and Cultural Advisory Board. There, he began meeting people doing things for Mesa not for personal gain, but because they were just good for the community, he said.
Adams knew that's how he wanted to operate.
He went on to spend more than seven years on Mesa's Planning and Zoning Board and chaired the Falcon Strategic Visioning Commission. He served as chair and remains a member of the city's Economic Development Advisory Board, which he said has been "eye-opening" in learning about the importance of preserving employment areas and encouraging cohesive planning.
Adams is the board chair of Visit Mesa, the city's non-profit tourism organization. He said the highlight of all his volunteer work was leading the organization's promotion of Mesa Plays, a massive youth sports complex that ultimately did not receive voter approval in 2018.
Rich Adams in the Visit Mesa board room. Adams is currently chair of the tourism organization's board and 2019 citizen of the year for Mesa. (Photo: Alison Steinbach/The Republic)
"The privilege to carry that flag was the greatest honor," Adams said.
He also is a board member of Mesa United Way and a former board member of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
"It's really helped me grow as a person and realize how important it is to give your time back to your community," Adams said of his decades of volunteerism. "It's one thing to complain; it's another thing to complain but say, 'But okay, I'll help.'"
Adams said he considers himself "a pretty young 61-year old" ready for a few more decades of volunteer work. He can't imagine retiring.
"I like to pay it forward. I like to leave things better than I find them," Adams said. "I want to be one of those people that stands up and does something."
Adams encourages everyone to give back, get involved or volunteer however they can. "There's something we can all do: some little kindness, make somebody's day, say something positive, contribute as opposed to detract."
Rich Adams poses with the Visit Mesa logo. Adams is board chair for the Mesa tourism organization, which in addition to his other Mesa volunteering, earned him citizen of the year. (Photo: Alison Steinbach/The Republic)
Details of the award
The award was founded in 1935 by the owners of The Mesa Tribune, according to the organization's website. It's run today by a group of volunteers seeking to recognize other volunteers.
A full list of past recipients can be found at mesacitizenoftheyear.com. Past honorees include local politicians such as Mayor John Giles, Councilman David Luna and former City Manager Charles Luster in addition to many other community volunteer leaders.
Mike Hutchinson, a former Mesa city manager, previous award recipient and member of the association's executive committee, said Cameli and Adams "certainly fit the bill."
"They just follow in that tradition of rolling up their sleeves and doing volunteer work," he said. "And they're not just volunteers, they're leaders."
Individuals are nominated online and then selected by a committee of past recipients. Most years, the committee receives three to five nominations for each award, all of whom are then discussed by around 30 past winners before a vote for the two awardees, he said.
The organization also honors four seniors from Mesa Public Schools for outstanding service learning. The winners, who have not yet been selected, will be awarded $1,000 to $1,500 each to help pay for college.
Cameli and Adams and the four high school students will be honored at the annual awards banquet on Feb. 18 at the Hilton Phoenix Mesa. The event will open with a reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online, by emailing debnesell@cox.net or by calling 480-969-2731.
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The AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite acquires high resolution measurements of the 89 GHz brightness temperature near the poles. Because this is a passive microwave sensor which is not so sensitive to atmospheric effects, this sensor is able to observe the entire polar region every day, even through clouds and snowfall. This animation progresses at a rate of six frames per day from January 1, 2007 through the minimum extent which occurred on September 14, 2007. The false color of the sea ice, derived from the AMSR-E 6.25 km 89 GHz brightness temperature, highlights the fissures or divergence areas in the sea ice cover by warm brightness temperatures (in blue) while cold brightness temperatures, shown in brighter white, represent consolidated sea ice. The sea ice edge is defined by the 15% ice concentration contour in the three-day moving average of the AMSR-E 12.5 km sea ice concentration data while ice extent is the sum of all pixels with at least 15% ice.
An image of the sea ice on September 14, 2007 is included below, along with a corresponding image from September 21, 2005 showing the previous minimum sea ice extent.
This animation shows the Arctic sea ices from January 1, 2007 through September 14, 2007 at a rate of 6 frames per day.
This image shows the minimum sea ice extent that occurred on September 14, 2007.
This image also shows the minimum sea ice extent that occurred on September 14, 2007. The view of this image matches the image below of the prior minimum sea ice that occurred on September 21, 2005.
This image shows the minimum sea ice that occurred on September 21, 2005. The view of this image matches the image above of the current minimum sea ice that occurred on September 14, 2007.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Next Generation Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).


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