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Suraj Venjaramoodu: The Actor Who Owned 2019
When the 61st National Awards were announced almost every Malayali was pleasantly surprised when they knew that Suraj Venjaramoodu has won the best actor award along with Rajkummar Rao. The movie was Perariyathavar directed by Dr. Biju. Sadly that movie never got a strong release across the state and like how Suraj jokingly said in a recent interview, most people doubted the ability of Suraj as an actor as the industry was only using him as that loud comedian who was mostly repeating the same thing in every film. Then came the second movie of Abrid Shine that had Nivin Pauly in the lead role, titled Action Hero Biju. The realistic depiction of a police station in a never before seen way impressed the audience immensely, but there was one actor in that movie who delivered a spectacular slice of acting in a role that hardly lasted for 10 minutes if you check the runtime. That actor was Suraj Venjaramoodu and in those 10 minutes, he demolished everyone's doubt about his capability.
Post the impact he created through his character in Action Hero Biju, there was a definite change in the way the industry looked at him as an actor. The same year we saw him in that slightly grey shaded character in Manju Warrier's film Karinkunnam 6's. It was in 2017 we saw another major shift in Suraj's acting career. That was the year where he starred alongside Fahadh Faasil in Dileesh Pothan's second directorial Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum. Subtle humor, extreme dilemma and a fight to prove his capability, Prasad of Thondimuthalum Driksashiyum offered Suraj a space to show his ability to pull off a much-nuanced character. That year there was another movie named Varnyathil Ashanka that garnered polarized reviews but saw Suraj Venjaramoodu exploring the humor track in a different and effective way. This Siddharth Bharathan movie was also an indication that the industry is no longer looking at Suraj Venjaramoodu as a mere comedy actor.
In 2018, most of the roles he did had a serious shade. In Ranjith Shankar's Njan Marykutti he was offered the role of a collector who supports a trans woman in getting societal acceptance. In Neerali, he was sharing a fairly good amount of time with Mohanlal and here also he wasn't a mere comic relief. In Theevandi he got the role of the heroine's father and he did it very neatly. In the same year, he played a very exciting character in a movie that I feel deserved a little more appreciation. He played the role of Kuttanpilla in Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri. An actor who at one point of time was somewhat an annoying comic addition to mainstream masala films had transformed to play roles ranging from being a district collector to a very peculiar police officer.
I decided to write this article because in 2019 it feels almost crystal clear that the man of the year is Suraj Venjaramoodu. Out of the 13 releases he had this year there were 4 movies that had people talk about him and his performance in a big way. They were Finals, Vikruthi, Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 and Driving License. What is so amazing is that in any of these movies, you can't really label his role as a hero character. They were all very much precisely designed character roles and his ability to pull off each role with uniqueness makes him an actor who will definitely make us proud in the long run.
Finals was released during the festival season against biggies like Ittymaani, Love Action Drama and Brothers Day. I clearly remember going in optimistically thinking that it will be a Rajisha Vijayan show. But the movie directed by Arun PR never tried to be a single character-oriented film and we got to see the struggle of Alice, her father Varghese and her friend Manuel. While the other two characters had a very specific portion in the movie where the focus got shifted to them, Suraj's Varghese was there throughout. It was easily one of the finest internalized acting performance I saw this year. Varghese was never aggressive or emotional in an evident way, but Suraj made sure that the pain and frustration of that character will be reflected in his performance.
Vikruthi
On a making level in terms of writing and presentation, the movie by debutante Emcy Joseph is very simplistic. It was easily that movie that had all the scope to be a preachy film about how to use social media responsibly. But what made the difference here was Suraj Venjaramoodu. Suraj played the character of Eldho who had difficulty in speaking and hearing. There was no dialogue here for him. I remember struggling to control my tears when he sort of asks the police to forgive Soubin's character in the climax and that was a great example of an actor single-handedly lifting the entire movie to the next level through his performance.
Android Kunjappan Version 5.25
In debutante director, Ratheesh Poduval's Android Kunjappan Version 5.25, Suraj Venjaramoodu stunned everyone by playing the role of a really old Bhaskara Poduval who was an extremely orthodox person. From slang to the body language of the character, this performance was undeniably one of the finest we have seen this year. It was an astonishing transformation and I was wondering this is the same man who used to repeat himself in mostly useless comic roles in the initial stages of his career. In fact in my own reviews in the initial stages, I have written multiple times that Suraj's comedy was annoying.
In terms of cinematic quality, Driving License may not be a fabulous movie. But I felt that this movie delivered some kind of poetic justice to the fabulous form Suraj Venjaramoodu enjoys this year. In Lal Jr's Driving License scripted by Sachy, Suraj played the role of MVI Kuruvila who was as important as Prithviraj's Hareendran and his face is there in every single poster along with Prithviraj with pretty much the same importance. He delivered a performance that effectively portrayed the pain of a man whose dreams got shattered in a matter of minutes and had to go through humiliation.
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2019 was undoubtedly a year that belonged to this actor. In 2019, through his various performances, Suraj Venjaramoodu announced that he should no longer be considered as a mere comic relief in movies. In all the four movies I mentioned in this article, Suraj Venjaramoodu was playing the role of a father and each performance felt distinct and unique. If anyone is still doubting his ability and wondering how he managed to get a National Award, I think they must be living under a rock.
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'X-Men' Kicks Off Now Playing Podcast Summer of New Releases
Screen art for Now Playing's "X-Men" retrospective.
When Now Playing Podcast's X-Men: Apocalypse episode arrives this week, it will kick start a summer schedule stacked with week of release reviews for the 9-year-old show and its panel of hosts.
In a way, Now Playing is going back to the beginning.
Longtime listeners will remember the early days, when the show launched with the goal of reviewing a just released flick every week. Those 2007-08 era shows are notable for their shorter run times (the first Iron Man review runs a little more than 8 minutes) and films that would never fit in Now Playing Retrospective Series (reviews of Fever Pitch and 21 are standout examples).
Having established its popularity and found its footing with the first retrospective (for Friday the 13th) in 2009, the show has stuck to its celebrated formula – review every film in a series leading up to the latest release. In summer that usually means a handful of new release reviews wrapped inside the longer retrospectives. Summer 2015, for example, was largely dedicated to the Mad Max and Mission Impossible franchises, with appearances by Marvel heroes and that Terminator sequel we've all forgotten.
The summer slate that begins with the aforementioned X-Men review will see the hosts back in theaters for eight new releases over the next 11 weeks, reviewing everything from the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Trek sequels, to DC Comics' Suicide Squad. Three new retrospective series' will make their debuts this summer, with Matt Damon's Bourne films taking up the most space on the calendar, and the Independence Day and Ghostbusters franchises offered as a bonus in Now Playing's bi-annual donation drive.
Listeners may even be in for a surprise or two, the host hinted. What that means is anyone's guess, as the calendar turns to June and Now Playing's summer schedule is stacked through Suicide Squad. The current schedule can be seen at the show's website, and if you look closely your eyes are not deceiving you – there are two reviews coming for The Bourne Identity. Listeners who love Now Playing's completist approach to Hollywood franchises will be delighted to know there was a 1988 television movie adaptation of the story, starring a post-Alan Quatermain Richard Chamberlain and former Charlie's Angel Jaclyn Smith. That should be good.
Jason R. Latham
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#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSVector.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>
#include <aws/autoscaling/model/ResponseMetadata.h>
#include <aws/autoscaling/model/ScalingPolicy.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
template<typename RESULT_TYPE>
class AmazonWebServiceResult;

namespace Utils
{
namespace Xml
{
  class XmlDocument;
} // namespace Xml
} // namespace Utils
namespace AutoScaling
{
namespace Model
{
  class AWS_AUTOSCALING_API DescribePoliciesResult
  {
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    DescribePoliciesResult(const Aws::AmazonWebServiceResult<Aws::Utils::Xml::XmlDocument>& result);
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    /**
     *
The scaling policies.

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    inline const Aws::Vector<ScalingPolicy>& GetScalingPolicies() const{ return m_scalingPolicies; }

    /**
     *
The scaling policies.

     */
    inline void SetScalingPolicies(const Aws::Vector<ScalingPolicy>& value) { m_scalingPolicies = value; }

    /**
     *
The scaling policies.

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    inline void SetScalingPolicies(Aws::Vector<ScalingPolicy>&& value) { m_scalingPolicies = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The scaling policies.

     */
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    /**
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The scaling policies.

     */
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    /**
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The scaling policies.

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The scaling policies.

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    /**
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The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no
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The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no
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The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no
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The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no
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The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no
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The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no
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The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no
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A Tale of Two Conversions – a look at Acts 9
By April FietApril 10, 2016Sermons & Meditations
Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)
Saul was a young man with a reputation for his zeal. He was passionate about his faith, and he was willing to go to extremes to see that God was rightly worshiped. We first met him at the stoning of Stephen in Acts 7, and in Acts 8:1 we read, "And Saul approved of their killing [Stephen]." Why did he approve of Stephen's stoning? Because Stephen was part of this new movement called The Way, and he preached about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. This movement was new, and was challenging the way things had always been done. These followers of Jesus weren't abiding by the rules. Their teacher had healed on the Sabbath, touched people who were unclean, and had no problem interacting with sinners.
Saul, in his desire for faithful worship of God and adherence to the law, dedicated himself to turning in all those who followed Jesus. He had them arrested, thrown into prison, and he even approved when these followers of Jesus were killed. Acts 9:1-2 says, "Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for the letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem." His conviction that the disciples of Jesus must be stopped had become so vitally a part of who he was that it was like breathing – it was second nature. Day in, day out, Saul was so convinced that these people were blasphemers that he worked tirelessly to stop them from spreading their message.
He knew with certainty that he was right, and his conviction seeped down deep into his heart until it became such a part of him that it was like breathing.
Saul must have received the letters to the synagogue at Damascus, and he headed on the road toward Damascus so that he might continue to find these followers of the Way and have them thrown into prison. This is the part of the story we know so well. This is the part that we tend to focus on. Saul, heading to Damascus with conviction and intent, is overwhelmed by a flash of light. He falls to the ground, and he hears the voice of Jesus speaking to him: "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" Saul responded, "Who are you, Lord?" and the response came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting."
In that moment, Saul encountered the risen Christ. He came face-to-face with the truth that in Saul's zeal to do good, he was working against the movement of God.
Have you ever, in your zeal for holiness and righteousness, actually been working against the movement of God? I am reminded of that famous Peanuts comic strip where Charlie Brown says to Snoopy, "I hear you're writing a book on theology. I hope you have a good title." And Snoopy responds, "I have the perfect title. 'Has It Ever Occurred to You That You Might Be Wrong?'"
Saul's deeply held convictions, his murderous threats towards those of this new movement called the Way, were wrong. And, in that moment, he had to face the reality that what he had been dedicating himself to was wrong. He had to change, and he had to face the reality that his zeal had had disastrous results. In his zeal for godliness, he was hurting the cause of Christ. In his passion for uprightness, he was attempting to stand in the way of the movement of the Holy Spirit.
This story is dramatic and convicting, compelling us to marvel at God who is able to change any heart. We know that from here, Saul becomes Paul. We know that from persecuting the early church, Paul would go on to be a missionary for Christ to many. He would write letters that would eventually make up the bulk of the epistles in the New Testament. From persecutor of the church to apostle to the Gentiles, Saul's conversion stands as a stark reminder that no matter how hard our hearts may be, God can change anyone's heart. There are no hopeless cases.
A few months ago I came across this painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The scene is chaotic. There are horses and riders and people walking along a dirt road along a rocky mountainside. The painting is busy, and if it hadn't been for the title given to the painting, I would have missed what Bruegel the Elder was capturing in his work. This piece is entitled "The Conversion of St. Paul." Do you see Paul in this picture? It's a bit like a Where's Waldo, but if you look long enough at the painting, you'll see Paul, in gray, on the ground in a very small clearing. (For larger image, look here)
Why would Bruegel title this painting after Paul's conversion, and then make Paul so difficult to find? As I've read and studied this passage, I've started to wonder if perhaps Bruegel was keenly aware that Paul's conversion wasn't the only thing happening in this story. Perhaps he knew that, though Paul's conversion was dramatic, it was simply one story among many stories of the spiritual journey we're all on. And, he's not wrong. If we keep reading, we see that Paul's conversion is not the only thing going on in Acts 9.
The brilliant light on the road to Damascus left Paul blinded for three days. And then we meet another character in the story – Ananias.
Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, 'Ananias.' He answered, 'Here I am, Lord.' The Lord said to him, 'Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. At this moment he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.' But Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who invoke your name.'
Can you imagine how terrified Ananias must have been? The Lord spoke to him in a vision, which would have been unsettling, and called him to go to someone Ananias had probably been hiding from. Everyone knew that Saul threw followers of Jesus in prison – and even approved of these followers of Jesus being killed. God told Ananias to go, but Ananias was afraid.
Have your fears ever stood in the way of doing what you knew you needed to do?
When I was going into fifth grade, I had an opportunity to go and meet my new teacher. I walked into the classroom, and there was my teacher – a man over six feet tall (which made him seem like a giant to me), with a strong, muscular build. I later learned he had been a Marine, and he made a habit of running 11 miles to the nearest town and back a few times a week. I looked up at him, and I was terrified. How on earth was I going to come to school every day and sit in a classroom with such a scary teacher?
When you're a fifth grader, you don't really have a choice about going to class, so I had to figure out how to go to school every day and not be afraid of my teacher. But, he didn't make it very difficult for me to overcome my fears. On the first day of school, he shared his two class rules with us (respect yourself, and respect others), and I knew it was going to be okay. He was big and strong, but he was also gentle and kind. He showed respect and love to every student he encountered, and he even pulled a bully off of me one day after school. I was forced to face my fear, but we aren't always forced to face things we're afraid of. Too often, we resist and fight against our fears, rather than finding freedom in facing them.
We fight and resist because we're afraid – either afraid that we won't be safe, or afraid that our fears will be proven unjustified and we'll be forced to change our minds. Like Jonah, we run away from Nineveh. Like Moses, we're afraid to go before Pharaoh and we ask God to pick someone else. Fear is a real and compelling force, and it's incredibly difficult to get beyond.
It's a little bit like a man who fell off of a cliff and managed to catch hold of a small branch on the way down.
"HELP! IS THERE ANYBODY UP THERE?" he shouted.
A majestic voice boomed through the gorge:
"I will help you, my son, but first you must have faith in me."
"Yes, yes, I trust you!" cried the man.
"Let go of the branch," boomed the voice.
There was a long pause, and the man shouted up again, "IS THERE ANYONE ELSE UP THERE I COULD TALK TO?"[1]
It's scary to let go. I remember often climbing a fence, or a ladder, or onto a short wall and then being afraid to come back down. "It's not as far down as it looks," my mom would remind me. It didn't make it any easier to let go or come back down, even if I knew she was right.
Ananias was afraid to go and help Saul. Beginning in verse 15, God tells Ananias, "Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before Gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel. I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." Verse 17 continues, "So Ananias went and entered the house. He laid his hands on Saul and said, 'Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.'"
Saul had his mind changed about Jesus, and Ananias had his mind changed about Saul. The Holy Spirit changed the heart of Saul, whose zeal against Christians had become so ingrained in him it was like breathing. The Holy Spirit called Ananias to step out of his fear and restore Paul's sight. And all of this so that the good news about the resurrected Jesus could be shared with all people – and eventually with you and with me.
I always thought it was interesting that Ananias was given the name of the street of where he could find Paul. "Get up and go to the street called Straight." And Ananias did. The word for straight is also used in Luke in a quotation from Isaiah: "Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God" (Luke 3:5-6, cf Isaiah 40:3-5).
Saul was afraid of the Way who proclaimed Christ crucified and raised from the dead. Ananias was afraid of Saul, who was persecuting the early church. Both were brought together on a street called Straight. I wonder if sometimes the people we are trying so hard to save the church from will end up being people who help save us from ourselves. Could it be that on the street called Straight there were two conversions, rather than just the one? Saul to breathe in a new kind of breath – the Holy Spirit – rather than breathing violence against followers of Christ, and Ananias to lay down his fear and embrace Saul as his brother.
When Paul retells this story of his conversion in Acts 26, he fills in more of what he heard from the Lord on the road to Damascus. The voice called out to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads." This reminds me of something Corie ten Boom once said: "Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open."
May we come before the Lord with open hands, ready to lay down our fears and our misconceptions and be transformed by the love of Christ.
And even when we are too afraid to come with open hands, may we take comfort in knowing that the One who opened his hands on the cross for all of us is willing to meet us where we are and walk beside us all the way.
[1] http://www.emmitsburg.net/humor/archives/religious/heaven_2.htm
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Through our partnership with Arkivum and via their Framework Agreement with Janet, member institutions are now able to access pre-negotiated, preferential rates for archiving as a service.
With cloud technology at the forefront of a developing IT industry it is no wonder that businesses are now evaluating this platform to manage and store their data.
Last month we wrote about storing information for the long term and some of the areas you should consider as archiving is not just about the physical storage device. To help address our customers' requirements for long term archiving and preservation, after a lot of research and due-diligence, S3 recently partnered with Arkivum, a specialist service provider in the field of digital preservation.
Arkivum, the data archiving specialist, has appointed data storage reseller Solid State Solutions (S3) as a reseller of its digital archiving service.


I officially have Spring Fever!!! The weather was wonderful yesterday and it really has me looking forward to so many of my favorite things in Spring. Bright, beautiful flowers are one thing that I love about spring. Today I hope to brighten your day with some of these beautiful flower arrangements!
These are perfect. I especially like the one in the log and the one with the jelly beans.
I absolutely love tulips. These are some really cute arrangements.


If you're one of the many who have recently taken advantage of the first-time or move-up home buyer tax credit, there's a happy move in your future. Unfortunately, I've seen the stresses of moving cast a cloud over the excitement my clients feel about heading to their new home, making for a nightmarish experience instead of a momentous occasion.
• Put your move details in writing.
Use a large notebook or binder to centralize all the important details of your move. It should contain detailed lists, including an inventory of boxes. Supplement this with a computer printout of box contents and e-mail it to yourself and a couple of other trusted sources as a back-up.
• Order boxes and moving supplies as far in advance as possible.
It's never too early to start packing as we all have items that are not currently in use—think winter clothes, your baseball card collection, holiday decorations. Moving companies may allow you to return unused boxes, so order more than you think you'll need, by 20%. Invest in the right tape to keep boxes securely fastened, some new Sharpie pens, and labels to color-code your move.
• Document your AV details.
Take photos and notes on how your media equipment is set up: television, sound equipment, computer equipment, etc., in order to avoid an AV nightmare in your new home. Label all remotes and wires as well.
• Plan for your pets.
Moving can be particularly stressful for animals. Consider leaving them with a friend or at a reputable pet boarding service.
• Plan for valuables and critical documents.
Most homeowners insurance will not cover property in transit, so consider insuring certain items separately. Take photos for documentation to support loss or damage claims, and carry irreplaceable and legal items, like passports and birth certificates, with you.
• Choose a reputable moving company.
Good companies that can guide you through the process will have a proven track record. Ask your friends and your real estate agent for referrals.
• Keep your moving receipts for income tax deductions.
In many cases, moving expenses are deductible from federal income taxes. If you are moving because of a change in employment, you may be able to claim this deduction even if you do not itemize.
For more information on making your move as painless as possible, please e-mail me—and please feel free to forward these tips to any family and friends with a move in their future.
Did you know that in 2009, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured nearly 30% of the single-family mortgage market and that more than 50% of all first-time home buyers used FHA programs?
FHA has increased the upfront MIP from 1.75% to 2.25% for borrowers while it awaits legislative authority to increase the annual premium. FHA stated it will decrease the upfront premium when they can increase the annual premium.
FHA has proposed that borrowers with a credit score below 580 be required to make at least a 10% down payment. The minimum down payment will remain at 3.5% for all other borrowers.
FHA intends to propose a rule to decrease allowable seller concessions from 6% to 3%. NAR plans to argue against this decrease since closing costs differ greatly among states, and with fees on services (such as appraisals) increasing, seller concessions can be a vital part of closing the transaction.
Current FHA loan limits are as high as $729,750 in high-cost areas, and are set to expire at the end of the year and revert to lower amounts, potentially putting a damper on a housing market rebound. A decrease of current limits would adversely affect 612 counties in 40 states and the District of Columbia, reports NAR, which is urging passage of legislation to make the loan limits permanent.
FHA is delaying implementation of "Mortgagee Letter 2009-19" and making temporary enhancements to the policy instead, such as eliminating the owner-occupancy requirement for FHA condo mortgages and reducing the number of units sold prior to FHA's endorsement of a unit from 50% to 30%.
Please feel free to e-mail me for guidance on the above FHA programs and how changes might affect your particular situation. Also, please pass this article on to anyone you know who could be impacted by changes to FHA policy.
None of us are immune to the constant stream of negative news about the real estate market. There's no denying the fact that the market has suffered, along with our country's economy, over the past couple of years.
Unfortunately, this has created a serious dilemma as many consumers unwittingly base their real estate decisions on national media reports. Those of us in the industry live by the term "all real estate is local," and as a consumer, so should you—otherwise, you run the risk of making an irreversible real estate mistake.
The truth, which you won't find in the national media, is that real estate markets not only vary from region to region but from county to county, neighborhood to neighborhood…even street to street. I know from my national network of leading real estate professionals, The Top 5 in Real Estate Network®, that there is tremendous variation in home sales prices from locality to locality, and that buyers and sellers are often heading into—or worse, avoiding all together—a real estate investment based on misinformation from national media reporting.
1. Consult with a local real estate professional—like a Member of Top 5—for the most up-to-date information on the local market.
2. Ask for statistical reports and trend graphs—the hard facts. Real estate professionals have access to actual data that can be broken down into extremely finite components, such as a particular street or neighborhood.
3. Ask for comparative reports for the last 3-4 months of the current year, versus the previous year. This will reveal the latest market trend and provide you with concrete facts.
4. Media reports can vary widely based on state, city, and neighborhood – read, listen, learn, but always revert to the facts for the specific area in which you are looking, especially if you are relocating to a different state or region.
5. Also take seasonal considerations into account. In vacation-destination areas, the numbers will vary greatly from national and state data.
For many real estate consumers, today's market is an unbelievable opportunity to buy or move up to a different home. Don't let the national headlines scare you away. Consult with a local real estate professional to get only the facts that matter to your specific situation and location. Please e-mail me for more information and pass this article along to others who might benefit from the real facts.
REALTOR® Open House Weekend being held April 10-11, 2010.
The extended and expanded homebuyer tax credit is still available. A contract has to be in place by April 30, 2010.
Click Here for the homes The Mike Parker Team will be holding open this weekend.
With many Americans experiencing a financial pinch these days, there is a growing trend among homeowners nationwide to look to the outdoor areas of their own property for not only relaxation and entertainment value, but to also expand their living space and thereby, increase their home's value.
Through my national network of leading real estate professionals, the Top 5 in Real Estate Network®, I have learned that homeowners across the country are spending more time at home and showing an increased interest in outdoor living areas. By sprucing up your patios, porches and decks, you are making your home more livable now and more attractive to future buyers.
Stylish patios and outdoor rooms with comfortable furnishings and convenient cooking and eating areas provide new opportunities for recreation and relaxing family times. A recent survey by the Propane Education & Research Council, found that 35% of homeowners have a finished outdoor room and 34% say they are planning to design one in the next year or two.


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Q: Android need help to sort saving images from web I have a problem when saving image from web.
I create new folder and save all images to this. The problem is I want this folder order by the last download image on first but When i open gallery, the folder is order by the image date created and the date created in the downloaded image is not the time I download but the first time it created. I've already search on stack over flow and see that java can't modified the date created in image to the time I download it.
Any one has the solution? (Sorry for the bad English)
Thanks you for the comment. I will explain more details.
First, I download image from web to cache directory
HttpURLConnection localHttpURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) new java.net.URL(urldisplay).openConnection();
localHttpURLConnection.setConnectTimeout(30000);
localHttpURLConnection.setReadTimeout(30000);
localHttpURLConnection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
InputStream in = localHttpURLConnection.getInputStream();
File localFile = Constans.fileCache.getCacheFile(urldisplay);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(localFile);
Utils.CopyStream(in, fos); // simple copy by trunks
fos.close();

Second, I copy downloaded image to external storage
File toFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/folder", "folder_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".png");
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(toFile);
Utils.CopyStream(new FileInputStream(fromFile), fos);
fos.close();

// Scan image to display when open with gallery otherwise it couldn't see in gallery
Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
Uri contentUri = Uri.fromFile(toFie);
mediaScanIntent.setData(contentUri);
mContext.sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);

Lastly, I see that gallery don't sort my image by the time I downloaded. That is the problem i want to fix.

A: Not sure I understood, but let's try.
First the issue you mention is more specific to Gallery application than a java code issue.
I assume Gallery use EXIF information to order the picture by date they were taken, not oder they are downloaded/copied. Unfortunatly Gallery does not provide any option to sort picture in other oders.
Maybe you can try to use another explorer that allows you to sort the pictures in another order (maybe ESFileExplore which has more options?)
Ultimate solution: you can try to change EXIF in your pictures using a java EXIF library to modify picture taken date and this should change the order they appear in the Galery (but very ugly solution...). Some random EXIF libraries after 5 seconds of Google:
http://drewnoakes.com/code/exif/
http://www.toanthang.net/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=2&catid=7
Hope this helps
Thierry

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The Gray Mahatma, by Talbot Mundy (Hardcover)
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"The best adventure writer of the 20th century!" -- SF Site
When Mundy published the short novel The Gray Mahatma (retitled Caves of Terror in book form) in the Nov. 10, 1922 issue of Adventure, it was the first time the supernatural and mystical elements of Eastern religion and philosophy took the forefront in his work. Mundy would return to the white man's quest for esoteric knowledge in many of his later classics such as Om -- The Secret of Abhor Valley and The Nine Unknown. In Caves of Terror, the gray mahatma, a high-level Indian mystic wishing to draw Athelstan King [hero of Mundy's early classic King -- of the Khyber Rifles] into an allegiance to use Indian mystic "super-science" to bring India from under the yoke of British colonialism, has been doomed to death for leaking secrets to the dangerous and cunning, but ever so seductive Yasmini, who wishes to use these same powers to dominate the World. . . .While the breathtaking pace of the story tends to marginalize Mundy's underlying message of Eastern wisdom's insights into many things unexplained by Western science, it is this same pace which likely earned it its "best novel of the year" accolade from the readers of Adventure." -- George Dobbs, SF Site
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IAAF SUSPENDS RUSSIA!!!
Photo: Maryia Savinova – World and Olympic 800m champion (Getty Images)
The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on Friday, announced that the Russian Athletics Federation has been provisionally suspended from international track and field events.
The governing body, led by the new federation president, Lorde Sebastian Coe, met via teleconference today and voted on the suspension by a unanimous 22-1 margin.
Russia Council member Mikhail Butov, was allowed to state the case against a ban, but not to vote. He was quoted just before the decision as saying that all Russian athletes s should not be punished for the sins of a few.
"We hope that the decision will be reasonable, not of anti-Russian nature," he said
He also pleaded that innocent athletes must be protected, noting that banned drugs gets into the body of an athlete only with one's permission. "It is exclusively an independent choice of an athlete."
Russia currently entangled in an alleged doping fiasco, involving athletes, coaches, trainers, doctors and officials from past IAAF Administrations. Early recommendations came from a comprehensive WADA investigation that suggested the country should be suspended.
The ban which will keep Russian athletes out of all sanctioned international track and field events worldwide and possibly disrupt preparations for next summer's Rio Olympics, will remain in place while the case is considered more fully.
The IAAF President in describing the state of the sport he heads and the surrounding incident to BBC Sports today was quoted as saying "This is a wake-up call for all of us. Tonight our sport finds itself in a shameful situation.
"I am wholly focused on the changes that need to be made. I have openly conceded that we need to learn some very tough lessons. We need to look at ourselves, within our sport, and we will do that."
The Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko in a response to the announcement via The Associated Press has slammed Russia's suspension from track and field as "very strange," saying the IAAF should have focused on its own legal problems instead.
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Boom in the sale of illegal cigarettes
Alex Ralph
Gillingham, where more than half of cigarettes smoked are illegal, has the worst habitFrederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images
More than one in four cigarettes smoked in Britain is illicit and Gillingham in Kent has emerged as the town with the worst habit.
A study of discarded packs throughout Britain by MSIntelligence, a Geneva-based company, found that just over 26 per cent of cigarettes had avoided tax in the last quarter of 2012, compared with 19.3 per cent in the same period a year ago.
It is the highest number since the survey was first conducted in 2008 and comes as a parliamentary committee prepares to begin an inquiry into the illicit tobacco trade for the first time.
London is the region with the highest number of illicit cigarettes at 34.8 per cent, followed by the South East, where 33.3 per cent were tax-free.…


Today we started by sanding all the remaining paneling that only has one coat of varnish. They are now ready for their last coat.
Next, we put plastic up in the master bedroom and the bunk room and prepped the ceiling for paint. Prepping consisted of lightly sanding the surface with 100 grit sandpaper and wiping it down with thinner.
We chose to go with a satin finish paint. The color we chose is a grey/white with a hint of blue.
After the paint was done I was able to get 3 lights installed. I even tested them and they WORK!
Great job on the "Good News" bus, I was curious why you didn't paint the inside ceiling as you were painting the exterior of the bus?
By the way, after viewing your videos and finding your blog you and your family have really inspired me. I am married and have four kids, ages 3 to 14 and I've decided to buy a bus and convert it as you have. In the hopes of making memories with my family that last forever. Thank you for your inspiration and instructions.


This document has been archived and replaced by NSF 13-517.
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 11-1 , was issued on October 1, 2010 and is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 18, 2011. Please be advised that the guidelines contained in NSF 11-1 apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity. Proposers who opt to submit prior to January 18, 2011, must also follow the guidelines contained in NSF 11-1.
A 2-page maximum Data Management Plan, or an assertion of the absence of the need for such a Plan, is required to be provided as a supplemental document (see Section V.A.9.c). The Data Management Plan will be subject to merit-based review and FastLane will not permit submission of a proposal that is missing a Data Management Plan.
MRI eligible expenses now include incremental costs associated with the implementation of the Data Management Plan.
Cost sharing, when required, must be precisely 30% of the total project cost. Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited.
Guidance has been provided for proposals that request the acquisition or development of an instrument to be located at an organization other than, or away from, the submitting organization (see Sections V.A.1, V.A.3.d and V.A.9.i).
Categorization in Section V.A.3.a. of the requested instrument is required using codes provided in the solicitation and also available at https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/mri.
Information requested in the organization's commitment letter has been extended to include a list of the MRI awards made to the organization during the previous five years and a brief summary of the status of the instrumentation obtained from each award.
Effective for awards made on or after January 4, 2010 a new reporting requirement has been instituted which requires PIs to provide a project outcomes report for the general public within 90 days following the expiration of the grant.
To accomplish these goals, the MRI program assists with the acquisition or development of shared research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. Instruments are expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period. For the purposes of the MRI program, proposals must be for either acquisition or development of a single instrument or for equipment that, when combined, serves as an integrated research instrument (physical or virtual). The MRI program does not support the acquisition or development of a suite of instruments to outfit research laboratories/facilities or to conduct independent research activities simultaneously. Further guidance on appropriate requests can be found in the MRI Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/mri.
Instrument acquisition or development proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million will be accepted from all eligible organizations. Proposals that request funds from NSF less than $100,000 will also be accepted from all eligible organizations for the disciplines of mathematics or social, behavioral and economic sciences and from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education for all NSF-supported disciplines.
Estimated Number of Awards: 175 awards: Proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million will be accepted from all eligible organizations. Proposals that request funds from NSF less than $100,000 will also be accepted from all eligible organizations for the disciplines of mathematics or social, behavioral and economic sciences and from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education for all NSF-supported disciplines.
Anticipated Funding Amount: $90,000,000 Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will be competing for about $90 million, pending availability of funds and quality of proposals. Up to $35 million of these funds will be available to support proposals requesting $1-$4 million from NSF, pending overall proposal pressure and quality.
1. Institutions of higher education (Ph.D.-granting and non-Ph.D.-granting), acting on behalf of their faculty members, that are accredited in and have a campus in the United States, its territories or possessions. Distinct academic campuses (e.g., that award their own degrees, have independent administrative structures, admissions policies, alumni associations, etc.) within multi-campus systems qualify as separate submission-eligible institutions.
2. Not-for-profit, non-degree-granting domestic U.S. organizations that include (but are not limited to) independent museums and science centers, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies, and similar organizations that are directly associated with the Nation's research or educational activities. These organizations must have an independent, permanent administrative organization (e.g., an office of sponsored research) located in the United States, its territories or possessions, and have 501(c)(3) tax status.
3b. Submission-eligible organizations as described in items (1) and (2) above may submit proposals on behalf of other consortia. The cover sheet must clearly indicate the consortium nature of the proposal in the title, and it must identify a PI and co-PI(s) from at least two MRI submission-eligible organizations participating in the consortium. These consortium proposals may also include as partners U.S. organizations that are not eligible to submit MRI proposals (e.g., Federal labs).
4. Commercial U.S. organizations, especially small businesses with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education, are eligible for instrument development support only through subawards as private sector partners with submitting organizations; they may not submit proposals. Such partnerships must be substantive and meaningful, and build capacity for instrument development within the submitting organization(s). Title to the resulting instrument should be retained by the submitting organization(s). Commercial organizations must be based in the United States, its territories or possessions.
MREFC-related Proposals: The MRI program will not accept proposals for instruments that augment the scope of an NSF Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) project if that project is currently receiving funding through the MREFC account.
FFRDC-related Proposals: Proposals for the acquisition or development of an instrument to be located at a facility of another Federal agency or one of their Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) must be submitted as a consortium proposal by an MRI submission-eligible organization as described in item 3(b) above. The proposal must include the facility/FFRDC (or its managing organization) as a partner in the consortium, even if the role of the FFRDC in the project is solely to house the instrument. The instruments must make unique contributions to the needs of researchers elsewhere or establish access to new multi-user facilities. The current list of FFRDCs can be found at: https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf05306/.
A. Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education are accredited colleges and universities that have awarded more than 20 Ph.D.s or D.Sci.s in all NSF-supported fields during the combined previous two academic years. Additionally, any organization that awards Ph.D. or D.Sci. in NSF-supported fields is considered to be a Ph.D.-granting institution if the only degrees it awards in NSF-supported fields are post-Bachelor's degrees.
B. Non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education are accredited colleges and universities (including two-year community colleges) that award Associate's degrees, Bachelor's degrees, and/or Master's degrees in NSF-supported fields, but have awarded 20 or fewer Ph.D./D.Sci. degrees in all NSF-supported fields during the combined previous two academic years.
C. Non-degree-granting organizations are those that do not award Associate's degrees, Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees, and/or Ph.D.s or D.Sci.s. Non-degree-granting organizations also include institutions of higher education that award all of their degrees outside of NSF-supported fields.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is required. Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information.
For the purposes of the MRI Program, proposals must be for either acquisition or development (see Section II.A.2), and can be for a single instrument or for equipment that when combined serves as an integrated research instrument (physical or virtual). The MRI program does not support the acquisition or development of a suite of instruments to outfit research laboratories/facilities or to conduct independent experiments simultaneously. Further guidance on appropriate requests can be found in the MRI FAQs at https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/mri.
The America COMPETES Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-69) establishes the maximum award limit for MRI proposals commensurate with the budget for the program. For the current MRI competition, the maximum amount of an award under the program is $4 million. Proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million will be accepted from all eligible organizations. Proposals that request funds from NSF less than $100,000 will be accepted from all eligible organizations for the disciplines of mathematics or social, behavioral and economic sciences and from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education for all NSF-supported disciplines.
Cost-sharing at the level of 30% of the total project cost is required for Ph.D-granting institutions and non-degree-granting organizations. Only non-Ph.D.-granting academic institutions of higher education are exempt from the cost-sharing requirement. Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited. Please see definitions of organization types used by the MRI program (Section IV).
The primary purpose of the MRI program is to facilitate scientific and engineering research and research training through the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation. The MRI program does not support requests for general purpose ancillary laboratory equipment or multiple instruments that serve to outfit a laboratory or research environment. The MRI program also does not support the acquisition or development of instrumentation used primarily for science and engineering education courses (this and other uses of the instrumentation may serve to facilitate the broader impacts of the project).
Enabling academic departments, disciplinary and cross-disciplinary units, and organizations and multi-organization collaborations to integrate research with education.
Supporting the acquisition and development of research instrumentation that makes use of, advances, and/or expands the Nation's cyberinfrastructure and/or high performance computing capability (while avoiding duplication of services already provided by NSF investments). MRI proposals that are aligned with the evolving NSF vision (see "Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering" at https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10015/nsf10015.pdf), including those that support development of computational and data-intensive science and engineering programs, or that provide pathways to regional and national infrastructure, are strongly encouraged.
Promoting substantive and meaningful partnerships for instrument development between the academic and private sectors. MRI proposals involving partnerships with applicability to NSF-supported centers, including the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRCs) program are encouraged. Such proposals are expected to create innovative ideas or products with wide scientific or commercial impact.
The MRI program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. An MRI proposal must be for either the acquisition or development of a single instrument or for equipment that when combined serves as an integrated research instrument (physical or virtual).
The science and engineering research enterprise relies on the availability of modern instrumentation, much of which can be acquired with little/no modification from existing sources. For this reason, an acquisition proposal is characterized by a rapid implementation requiring limited personnel and having little risk to complete. An MRI acquisition proposal may also be characterized by a demonstrated need for the purchase or upgrade of a generally available, yet sophisticated, instrument with little or no modification. An acquisition proposal must meet these guidelines to be considered for the MRI program.
A development proposal must describe the improved performance of the new instrument over existing options and the expected impact of this new instrument on the broader research community. The MRI program does not consider the acquisition of individual pieces of equipment simply combined in a new system, the mere purchase of an upgrade, or the development of enabling technologies, devices, products or techniques to constitute instrument development. The purchase of a computer(s) and the subsequent porting of application-specific software also does not constitute instrument development. A development proposal with commercial partners must be substantive, meaningful and build capacity for instrument development within academic settings; a proposal that "outsources" the development to the commercial partner will be considered to be an acquisition proposal by the MRI program.
A development proposal must meet the above guidelines to be considered for the MRI program. NSF reserves the right to carefully examine development proposals to ensure that they are appropriate for this proposal category and adequately distinguish between instrument development and research.
Sustaining infrastructure and/or building systems - this category may include electrical and plumbing systems, routine multi-purpose computer networks, standard safety features, and other general purpose systems (e.g., HVAC, electrical generation and distribution systems, toxic waste removal systems, and telecommunications equipment).
Proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million will be accepted from all eligible organizations. Proposals that request funds from NSF less than $100,000 will also be accepted from all eligible organizations for the disciplines of mathematics or social, behavioral and economic sciences and from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education for all NSF-supported disciplines.
Proposers may request an award period up to three years for acquisition proposals and up to five years for development proposals. The anticipated earliest starting date is August 01 after submission.
Grants.gov Users: The program solicitation number will be pre-populated by Grants.gov on the NSF Grant Application Cover Page. Grants.gov users should refer to Section VI.1.2. of the NSF Grants.gov Application Guide for specific instructions on how to designate the NSF Unit of Consideration. Select "Major Research Instrumentation" as the program for your proposal. Please note that simultaneously submitted collaborative applications must be submitted via FastLane as Grants.gov does not currently support this functionality.
NSF applications identify only a single PI and up to four co-PIs with those titles. For the purposes of the MRI program, other major participants may be indicated as "senior personnel," and they should be listed in the Proposal Budget, even if they are receiving no support.
Note: Please see the GPG for new guidance on specifying the Project/Performance Site Primary Location.
a. Instrument Location and Type.
Indicate in a single separate line the physical location of the proposed instrument as follows, Instrument Location: _______________.
Additionally, the following information is requested to assist the MRI program in reporting on the types of instruments the program supports. The information has no bearing on funding decision. On a single separate line, using the codes below (and also available at https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/mri), please indicate the instrument type as follows, Instrument Code: ______________.
b. Research Activities to be Enabled (suggested length: 9 pages for instrument acquisition; 4 pages for instrument development). Describe the research and research training activities and projects that will be enabled with the desired instrumentation, and any sources that may support those activities and projects. Researchers using this instrumentation need not be supported by NSF or the Federal government, but reviewers should understand how users of the instrument will support and disseminate their research. In narrative or tabular form describe the personnel by research area, number, and type (e.g., senior personnel, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students). Include only those who will most actively use the instrumentation for research and research training on a regular basis. Other more minor users of the instrument, when applicable, should be described in a more condensed format.
c. Description of the Research Instrumentation and Needs (Suggested length: 2 pages for instrument acquisition; 6 pages for instrument development).
Proposals involving large collaborations should describe the importance and priority of the requested instrument in the overall efforts being undertaken by the collaboration. A supplemental document (see Section V.A.9.g) confirming the priority is encouraged.
d. Impact on Research and Training Infrastructure (suggested length: 2 pages). Describe how the instrument will serve to attract researchers and make a substantial improvement in the institution's capabilities to conduct leading-edge research. Describe how the instrument will improve the quality of student education, research and research training. Any proposal requesting direct student support in operations and maintenance or development efforts must justify that involvement in terms of both project needs and the training of the next generation of instrumentalists (reviewers will be asked to evaluate the appropriateness of this type of involvement). Proposals should also address how the instrumentation will broaden the participation in science and engineering research by women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities.
e. Management Plan (suggested length: 2 pages for instrument acquisition; 3 pages for instrument development). To be considered by the MRI program, all proposals must include a management plan, as outlined below.
Describe the design, construction and commissioning phases of the project, including the work breakdown structure of the project activities (i.e., activities broken into tasks). Include a description of parts and materials, the estimated deliverables, associated timelines and the anticipated cost of each activity.
Note: Proposals for the acquisition or development of an instrument to be located at an organization other than, or away from, the submitting organization must describe the rationale for performance of all or part of the project at the specified location(s) and provide, if appropriate, a (one-page maximum) supplementary document providing the host organization's commitment to house the instrument. For the purposes of this solicitation, use of instruments at NSF's Antarctic facilities is considered to be field deployment and a supplementary document from the host facility is not required. Please see the GPG for additional requirements for specifying the Project/Performance Site Primary Location.
___5. Biographical Sketches. The proposal must include two-page biographical sketches of the PI and any Co-PI(s) (i.e., those personnel listed on the cover sheet), as well as any designated senior personnel (see Section V.A.1) who are major users/developers of the relevant research instrumentation. If applicable, also provide a separate biographical sketch of the individual responsible for the management of the instrument. These are the only Biographical Sketches that are allowed. The format for biographical sketches should follow the guidelines as given in the GPG or NSF Grants.gov Application Guide.
___6. Budget and Budget Justification. Provide yearly and cumulative budget pages, listing those eligible project costs that NSF is being asked to fund. The cumulative amount requested represents NSF's contribution to the total project cost and does not include the organization's cost sharing (when applicable). The total project cost should be clearly stated in the budget justification. The budget justification, which must not exceed three pages, should itemize and explain all eligible project costs, assigning each to either the budget for funding from NSF or the organization's cost-sharing (if appropriate). All budget items (particularly those for operations and maintenance in acquisition proposals and personnel support in development proposals) must be well-justified and commensurate with the scale and complexity of the instrumentation and/or development effort.
Cost-sharing, when required, should be shown explicitly in the proposal budget pages. In the budget justification specify the sources and amounts of eligible cost-sharing funds (see Section V.B below for further information on cost-sharing) and a projection of when they will be available.
Note that cost-sharing, when applicable, is an eligibility requirement, must come from non-Federal sources and must occur during the award period. Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited. See Section V.B. for detailed budgetary information.
a. For all proposals: Provide a statement from each sponsored research office (including subawardees) classifying the performing organization(s) as either non-Ph.D.-granting, Ph.D.-granting, or non-degree-granting (as defined in Section IV).
b. For all proposals: Include a letter documenting the commitment(s) for operations and maintenance of the instrument (during the award period and longer term). This letter (two-page maximum) should also list the MRI awards made to the organization during the previous five years and briefly describe the status of the instrumentation obtained from each award.
c. For all proposals: All proposals must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled "Data Management Plan". This document should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results, which provides that investigators are expected to share with other researchers, at no more than incremental cost and within a reasonable amount of time, the primary data, samples, physical collections, software, curriculum materials, and other supporting materials created or gathered in the course of work under NSF grants. Alternatively the Data Management Plan may assert the absence of the need for such plans.
Please note that the Data Management Plan will be reviewed as an integral part of the proposal and that Fastlane will not permit submission of a proposal that is missing a Data Management Plan. Please see the GPG for additional details.
d. When applicable: Proposals that include subawards (except for development proposals with subawards to institutions that do not exceed 20% of the total amount requested from NSF), must include statements from subawardee sponsored research offices, acknowledging that this proposal is included as part of their submission limit. Otherwise, an organization may exceed its submission limit, with the result that the proposal including the subaward will be returned without review.
e. When applicable: Each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include, as a supplementary document, a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. The mentoring plan must not exceed one page.
f. When applicable: A letter (one-page maximum) documenting the organization's commitment for required cost-sharing, if applicable, must be included.
g. When applicable: If a proposed effort involves a private sector partner, a large collaboration or an organization (as opposed to an individual(s)) serving as a partner, a letter (one page maximum) confirming the participation must be included. Proposals involving large collaborations are encouraged to utilize this letter to document the priority of the requested instrument in the overall efforts being undertaken by the collaboration.
h. When applicable: If the proposal involves organizations other than the submitting organization, list all partners.
i. When applicable: Proposals for the acquisition or development of an instrument to be located at an organization other than the submitting organization must provide a (one-page maximum) supplementary document stating the host organization's commitment to house the instrument. For the purposes of this solicitation, use of instruments at NSF's Antarctic facilities is considered to be field deployment and a supplementary document from the host facility is not required.
a. Inclusion of itemized vendor quotes is strongly advised for all MRI proposals. Although a proposal might reference and have a quote for a specific make and model, the proposer is reminded that his/her organization's procurement processes must be utilized to establish the appropriate item(s) to be purchased.
b. Statements from individuals, on institutional letterhead, confirming substantive collaboration efforts and/or usage of the instrument may be submitted, but they must follow only the format indicated below.
The proposal body itself should describe the nature and need for a collaboration, and/or describe the major users and their need for the instrument. Statements of collaboration beyond that specified above, including letters of support/endorsement, are not allowed. Each statement must be signed by the designated collaborator/user. Requests to collaborators for these statements should be made by the PI well in advance of the proposal submission deadline, since they must be included at the time of the proposal submission.
a. Statements of collaboration beyond that specified above, including letters of support/endorsement, are not allowed.
b. Impact Statements and Eligibility Statements from the NSF "Research in Undergraduate Institutions" (RUI) program are not allowed; the certification statement indicating the type of performing organization, as defined by the MRI program, is instead required for MRI proposals.
c. Documentation that refers to other proposals being submitted by an organization (e.g., letters indicating which projects were selected through an internal competition) are not allowed.
d. Other documentation not specifically required or encouraged above is not allowed.
The Office of Polar Programs (OPP) strongly encourages MRI proposals related to all aspects of polar research supported by the Foundation. For any proposals requiring access to the polar regions, investigators must contact appropriate OPP Science Program Officers (https://www.nsf.gov/staff/staff_list.jsp?org=OPP&from_org=OPP) for guidance about submitting information needed to assess logistical support requirements (if any); this (in coordination with the cognizant MRI program officer to ensure MRI compliance) should be done during the proposal development.
The proposed cost sharing must be shown on Line M on the proposal budget. Documentation of the availability of cost sharing must be included in the proposal. Only items which would be allowable under the applicable cost principles, if charged to the project, may be included as the awardee's contribution to cost sharing. Contributions may be made from any non-Federal source, including non-Federal grants or contracts, and may be cash or in-kind (2 CFR § 215.23). It should be noted that contributions counted as cost-sharing toward projects of another Federal agency may not be counted towards meeting the specific cost-sharing requirements of the NSF award. All cost-sharing amounts are subject to audit. Failure to provide the level of cost-sharing required by the NSF solicitation and reflected in the approved award budget may result in termination of the NSF award, disallowance of award costs and/or refund of award funds to NSF.
Administrative requirements related to cost sharing may be found in 2 CFR § 215.23, "Cost Sharing or Matching." For additional information on cost principles consult: 2 CFR Part 220, Cost Principles for Educational Institutions (OMB Circular A-21); or 2 CFR Part 230, Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations (OMB Circular A-122), as applicable.
a. Acquisition proposals: Eligible project costs are limited to instrument purchase, installation, commissioning, and calibration, and the direct and indirect costs of operations and maintenance, and other appropriate technical support during the award period. Requests for operations and maintenance must be justified in terms of the scale and scope of the instrumentation. Salary support, including fringe benefits and indirect costs, is allowed only for personnel directly involved in operations and maintenance of the instrument. Any request for personnel must justify the skill level and time commitment of the person responsible for operations and maintenance. Any proposal requesting direct student support in operations and maintenance must justify the involvement in terms of both instrument needs and the training the next generation of instrumentalists – reviewers will be asked to evaluate the appropriateness of this type of involvement. Training costs that are directly related to proper operations and maintenance are eligible, but expenses associated with the training of users are not allowed. Support for research to be conducted with the instrument, outreach, and publication costs are not allowed, nor is travel associated with conferences and/or collaborations.
b. Development proposals: Eligible project costs are limited to parts and materials needed for the construction of the instrument, commissioning costs (including relevant operations and maintenance expenses), as well as the direct and indirect costs associated with support of personnel engaged strictly in the instrument development effort. Requests for personnel support must include a description of the responsibilities of the project co-workers and explain why a given position is necessary for the completion of the design, construction and commissioning of the new instrument. Any proposal requesting direct student support in development efforts must justify the involvement in terms of both project needs and training the next generation of instrumentalists – reviewers will be asked to evaluate the appropriateness of this type of involvement. Sufficient detail should be given to allow reviewers to analyze the cost of the new technology. Support for research to be conducted using the instrument after commissioning, along with long term operations and maintenance, is not allowed. Travel costs that are integral to the development work are eligible expenses, but travel associated with conferences and training is not allowed.
Note: A supplementary Data Management Plan is required for all NSF proposals submitted after January 18, 2011. The intent is to ensure that awards conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results, which provides that investigators are expected to share with other researchers, at no more than incremental cost and within a reasonable amount of time, the primary data, samples, physical collections, software, curriculum materials, and other supporting materials created or gathered in the course of work under NSF grants. As a result MRI eligible expenses include incremental costs associated with the implementation (but not the operation) of this plan.
___ Is the proposal properly identified as "MRI:Acquisition", "MRI:Development", "MRI Consortium:Acquisition", or "MRI Consortium:Development" on the Cover Sheet?
___ Is the Project Description 15 pages or less in length, and does it also address both Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts?
___ Is a subaward included as part of the proposal? If yes, has the amount of the subaward been included in the Budget Pages, and has a separate subaward budget been included? If applicable, is there a statement from the subawardee sponsored research office certifying that this proposal is included in the organization's proposal limit?
__ Has a (up to two pages) Data Management Plan been included?
__ Is there a (two-page maximum) letter that documents the organization's commitment for operation and maintenance of the instrument, and also includes a list and status of the MRI awards made to the organization during the previous five years?
Proposals that do not contain, as a supplemental document, a (up to 2 page) Data Management Plan.
Whether the management plan includes sufficient infrastructure and technical expertise to allow effective usage of the instrument; and provides the organization's commitments for operations and maintenance.
In addition, for instrument acquisition proposals of $2 million or above, the impact of the instrumentation at the National level and on the research community of interest.
NSF receives approximately 40,000 proposals each year for research, education and training projects, of which approximately 11,000 are funded. In addition, the Foundation receives several thousand applications for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The agency operates no laboratories itself but does support National Research Centers, user facilities, certain oceanographic vessels and Arctic and Antarctic research stations. The Foundation also supports cooperative research between universities and industry, US participation in international scientific and engineering efforts, and educational activities at every academic level.


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Breakfast provided, Van Transportation to the YMCA to for Elementary Bus Stops.
South Side Bus Stop at The Apple, Van Transportation for other schools from the YMCA. Walking distance from St. John's, EN Middle School.
Programing throughout the day, lunch provided 5:30a.m.-5:30p.m.
Music: our hopes and dreams are to provide our community, young and old with opportunities to express themselves and their faith through music. One day we would like to see a community inter-generational choir, a community orchestra and instrumental and voice lessons for children. If this is something that interests you, either as a participant or instructor please contact us. Listen, God is Calling!


Everyone does a little entertaining at the holidays, these centerpieces are sure amazing . The natural beauty of pine cones with their simplicity and the natural-style arrangement of pinecones and faux pine branches, florals, and candle with this rustic appeal that few man-made products can equal, can wow your guests, especially when you tell them you made it yourself. If you live near a stand of pine and spruce trees, these beautiful pine centerpieces for almost no cost. Best of all, it's a quick craft, and it lasts for weeks. This interest in nature led to the incorporation of designs from the outdoors into the inside doors with furnishings and decorations, bring the same cheer to the inside of your home. This everlasting celebration of thanksgiving day to enjoy year.


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Game on for digital vouchers at PayPoint
Welwyn Garden City, 2 October 2014: PayPoint is expanding its range of payment schemes to attract new customers into stores with the introduction of a new collection of digital vouchers for some of the world's most popular electronic games. With these new schemes, customers will be able to pay cash at a PayPoint terminal for a code which they can use online.
The first games, which will be available at PayPoint stores from early October, are:
Bin Weevils
Announcing the launch, Andrew Goddard, Retail Director of PayPoint UK & Ireland, said: "eVouchers are a really convenient way for players and gift buyers to pay in cash for a product that has seen an increasing number of consumers stream content directly to their gaming console, using card payments. And they're also a really simple and convenient way to buy entertainment for a family member or friend without having to know which games they most like to play.
"For parents, there's the added advantage that they can control their children's spending on the games – and avoid a nasty surprise when they receive their statement – as they no longer have to register their own credit card for their child to purchase credit or points to download digital entertainment.
"Adding gaming eVouchers embodies our retail brand proposition of 'Pick up more from your local store' and is yet another reason why customers – old and new – will come into shops with PayPoint as they choose to go to those stores to buy other items at the same time as buying their gaming vouchers.
"We're delighted to be partnering with digital voucher pioneer InComm to make eVouchers available through PayPoint and will be adding further entertainment brands to our digital voucher category over the coming months."
Online and in-store marketing campaign
PayPoint is supporting the launch with a comprehensive multimedia marketing campaign to raise awareness and understanding among customers that eVouchers are a simple way to pay in cash for digital entertainment at their local store. Selected retailers will be sent posters, wobblers, tent cards and bunting while digital activity will include online advertising, social media and a viral video.
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PayPoint is an international leader in payment technologies, its solutions transforming payments for everyone from consumer and financial services companies to retailers, utilities, media, e-commerce, gaming and government clients.
PayPoint delivers payments and services by taking the complexity of multi-channel payments and translating it into convenient, simple, value-added solutions. It handles over £14 billion from 775 million transactions annually for more than 6,000 clients and merchants.
With the backing of 24/7 operations centres with dual site processing, PayPoint is widely recognised for its leadership in payment systems, smart technology and service.
The PayPoint retail network across the UK numbers over 27,200 local shops (including Co-op, Spar, McColls, Costcutter, Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Express, One Stop, Asda, Londis and thousands of independents), where it processes energy meter pre-payments, bill payments, benefit payments, mobile phone top-ups, transport tickets, BBC TV licences, cash withdrawals and a range of other transactions. In Romania, the retail network numbers over 8,500 terminals in local shops, helping people to make cash bill payments, money transfers, road tax payments and mobile phone top-ups. In the Republic of Ireland, over 500 terminals in shops and credit unions process mobile top-ups and bill payments.
Collect+, a joint venture with Yodel, provides a parcel drop-off and pick-up service at more than 5,500 PayPoint retailers. PayPoint's ATM network numbers more than 3,600 'LINK' branded machines across the UK, and 9,100 PayPoint terminals enable retailers to accept credit and debit cards.
PayPoint Mobile and Online (formerly trading as PayPoint.net, PayByPhone and Adaptis) handles over 135 million payments for parking, payments and consumer services. In major cities in the UK, Canada, USA, France, Switzerland and Australia, its parking solutions make it easy for people to pay for parking by mobile, as well as providing electronic parking permits, automatic number plate recognition systems for car parks and penalty charge notices.
PayPoint's core online payments platform is linked to 16 major acquiring banks in the UK, Europe and North America, delivering secure credit and debit card payments for over 5,100 online merchants. Its suite of products ranges from transaction gateway to a bureau service, in addition to value-added services such as FraudGuard, an advanced service that mitigates the risk of fraud in card not present transactions.
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The Absolute Basics: Set up a Linux Virtual Machine and get started
June 26, 2015 /in Tutorials /by Dave Cohen
Everyone has to start their Linux System Administration journey somewhere. If you're ready to dive into Linux, here are the absolute basics.
Install Linux in a Virtual Machine
First things first: you need to get a learning environment set up for yourself: a place where you can make mistakes, explore things, and hack the matrix without destroying your day-to-day environment. The answer? A virtual machine! Here's a video detailing how to set up a Linux virtual machine:
Get Started on the Linux Command-Line
Next, the fun part — jumping into the command-line! Open up a terminal in Ubuntu (by pressing the windows key to bring up the application launcher, and then typing in 'terminal' to bring up the application), and let's get started with your first few commands:
At this point, you've got your learning environment set up. You're probably excited to dive in and begin learning, but take a few minutes to play around with Linux until you're comfortable using the Graphical User Interface (GUI), and typing in the basic commands we've discussed so far.
From here, you can continue the Linux Sysadmin Basics YouTube playlist!
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Official tutoriaLinux Site Launch
June 23, 2015 /in Site News /by Dave Cohen
I'm excited to finally launch this site! I've spent the last year happily uploading videos to YouTube, but it's finally time to make tutoriaLinux a bit more awesome. All of this started in 2014, when I began making videos for a friend to help him get the information he needed to get started with System Administration (he's now a sysadmin, yay!).
This site will be a place for me to share content that's not just the free YouTube videos you're used to.
What you'll see here:
Audio (sysadmin interviews, career advice, sysadmin theory, advice about system administration certifications, etc.).
Tutorials (text and screenshots; hardcore/retro/old-school style). This can be really useful on its own, and it can also supplement a lot of the free videos I've posted on YouTube.
Lists of useful links.
Code snippets, scripts, and source code downloads.
Other goodies.
YouTube was a great start for the tutoriaLinux idea, but it's time to grow this into something even more useful.
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Blu es el pseudónimo de un artista italiano que decidió permanecer en el anonimato. Lo poco que se sabe sobre su identidad es que vive o vivió en Bolonia, Italia y que participa en la escena del arte urbano desde 1999. Su obra fue premiada por el Festival internacional de cortometraje de Clermont-Ferrand.

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Inicio de su carrera
La fama de Blu comenzó en 1999, a causa de una serie de grafitis ilegales pintados en el centro histórico y suburbios de Bolonia, capital de la región italiana de Emilia-Romaña. En el comienzo de su carrera su técnica se limitaba al uso de pintura en aerosol, el medio más común en la cultura del grafiti.

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 Sitio web de Blu.

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The Internet has never had a shortage of flash games, it seems. From Miniclip to Newgrounds, these homemade time-wasters are everywhere. Like all things, some are bad, some are good, and some are really good.
Nowadays, it's not uncommon to see those in that latter category get ported to app form, like VVVVV or Gravity Guy. But there are plenty of awesome flash games that haven't gotten the mobile treatment they deserve. Let's look at a few examples.
Playing a lot like Fluidity, Liquid is an extremely challenging physics-based puzzle game. The goal is to rotate the stage to get at least twenty drops of liquid to the target at the end of the stage. But if you want to amp it up a little, you can go for the extra drops some stages have and try to get all fifty drops to the target.
Liquid is a fairly popular flash game and its mechanics are nearly perfect for the touchscreen and gyroscope of a smartphone, so a port seems like a no-brainer.
Very similar to Thomas Was Alone, Parallel Platformer has you guiding little color blocks into goals. However, unlike Thomas, all of the blocks move at once -- and when you throw in things like spikes and reverse switches, this game can quickly become ridiculously hard...but so addictive.
Parallel's simple aesthetic and gameplay would make it a great choice for mobile. All you really do in the game is jump, so it's perfect for devices with limited controls.
A point-and-click adventure from Patrick Smith's Vectorpark collection, Park has a level of artistry and atmosphere not usually seen in flash games. The aim of the game is to explore a mysterious park, which comes alive with detailed vector illustrations and and intricate animations -- not to mention that its click-on-everything mechanics could easily make the transition to tap-on-everything mechanics.
It's a short, simple game that I could see nearing the top of the charts should it ever make it to mobile.
Run 2 is easy to pick up, but nigh impossible to put down -- the calling card of a potential mobile giant. Run 2 is an endless runner where you must run and jump on the floor, walls and ceiling. Soon up will be down, down will be up and the only thing you'll care about is the little gray alien running (or skating) through the void.
Run 2, like any endless runner, could be controlled on mobile by simply tapping and swiping. Actually, I'm surprised that there isn't already a Run clone on the App Store already.
Dino Run is possibly one of the most successful flash games of all time. It is still widely played and was once popular enough to warrant an unfortunately failed Kickstarter campaign for a sequel. In the game, you play as a tiny yellow dinosaur that must escape extinction by avoiding a constant hail of meteors, and a "pyroclastic cloud of doom" on your way to shelter in an alien terrarium.
On mobile it could very easily play like Rayman Jungle Run. A simple concept, with simple mechanics, that's good in short bursts, but still very artfully done. It's a wonder this hasn't made it to mobile already.
And that's it for this list! What flash games do you think should hit mobile? Let us know in the comments!
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