At approximately 8PM, I realized I was in a place to stop my whole lil novlette, and thus managed to bookend it and tie it off at 60,892 words for a full first draft. I now have a complete story, and officially consider myself a nano weener. Yay. The profile and a small exerpt of it is here, BTW, under my usual handle.
Yippee! 50k or bust, just like everyone else. At least I can accomplish what I sign up for. Now to get this sucker actually completed, since I find 'winner' to be a bit of a misnomer if one doesn't actually finish the story. Except Terry Gilliam, who would need to finish it five times in succession. But I digress. None of my friends busted, although I'm still worried about an aquaintance/friend who've I've met through this. She's close though. So here's hoping.
Yay! Just checked, and she's in the same, managed 50k but nowhere near finished boat. We will paddle together on Wednesday. But the pressure is off that I'll have won and one of my friends didn't. Yes, that kind of thing leaves me rife with anxiety. I guess I'm just a socialist at heart. And now back to it. I want this stupid thing done!
Not really in the mood for posting much lately. Could be the weather, which has taken a decided turn for the chilly of late. Could be the bike, which had not gotten any less murky for trying. Could be that I've been exceptionally busy, but that's more of an excuse than a reason and nobody would believe me anyway. (Remember, unemployed means I sit on the couch doing nothing all day.) I think mostly it's just mom's birthday and the attendant guilt of it all. I called John on Tuesday, just to make sure he was taking care of dad tomorrow. He was. He's the good kid, after all. I also got a healthy dose of guilt for making the decision not to come back for Christmas this year. I always find it amazing how shocked and surprised they are the years I don't decide to drop everything and make the trek. And yet, my brother's family has been out to visit me exactly ONCE since 1992. Heck, he and his wife came out to wine country one spring weekend and specifically didn't tell me because they were on a weekend get away with friends. Stacked up against that, guilt ploys only make me angry. But I digress.
Wednesday, I knew would be bad. But I didn't realize what form it would take. I couldn't call my father. That's not quite true. I'd dial the number, then realize I had absolutely nothing to say and hang up before I got an answer. I finally gave up and called Lila. At least I know what to say to her. Unfortunately, I couldn't say anything at all. Something was screwy in the line, because I tried both my cell and my land line and we could get about a sentence worth's of communication in before we'd get unceremoniously dumped off our line. Go figure. I blame Jeb Bush. We kept calling each other back and getting in a few words, then the flashing dial tone sound and a dead line. After about a half hour of back and forth madness, we gave up. This is precisely why email and IM rock and telephones are becoming obsolete. I can finish an entire thought and then send it, and there's more than one way through.
I wound up staying up late into the night, then getting up early to get the turkey into the oven as only a proper Donna Reed could. So I was in fine form to celebrate the holiday. By the time I'd gone seven rounds with the stupid beast, my father had evidently left for the rest home to have dinner with grandma. So I got the voice mail he never learned how to retrieve. I decided to try back later. Later was when I remembered at 8:30PM, which meant 11:30 EST. I really hate time zones. I understand their necessity, but I've never found any particular advantage to living on Pacific Time.
Anyway, next year mom's birthday will fall exactly on Thanksgiving. That should be, erm, interesting. But I'll have a year more of interference and it won't be the FIRST. So I guess that's what I'm thankful for this year. For now, I think I'll have a slice of pumpkin pie and decide when to leave the next undelivered voice mail.
Boy, I haven't written anywhere this week, have I? I'd blame it on this time of year, which is very tangentially true, since mom's birthday is Wednesday. Despite numerous threats to whatever creative piece of anatomy I can think of when I call and complain, ProFlowers seems bound and determined not to let me miss the birthday. This would be a million times less annoying if their reminders had been half as prevalent when she was alive.
Anyway, I'm not really hiding, just trying to adjust my self-image to match my current reality. Unlike last year at this time, I don't have any serious issues with which to contend. Just the bike.I got a machine message from the appraiser this week, then the shop, then nothing. Now it's back to the appraiser. Then, if I get past that hurdle and the insurance pays, it's on to ordering the forks. Then another wait while they are sent donkey-back from Britain. At this rate, I'll be lucky to see the bike by January and to my unlearned mind, the whole fiasco smacks of something less than above board on the part of the shop. I am spitting mad about the situation and thinking about another bike just so I never have to go back.
I also never realized how much of my current self-image was tied into being a motorcycle rider until I had the ability taken away. I miss the clarity of thought from taking a ride. I miss the egotism of being in on the secret of how much better riding is than driving. I miss the confidence of doing something at a level which most people will never even attempt. Mostly, I miss the feeling of being in flight and the freedom that comes with it. It's been two months now. My ankle is about as good as it's going to get, I think. Now the wait is all about the bike. It's almost worse.
New Clubman show is scheduled. And this year's raffle prize has made its debut. You can see it here.
Someone please remind me in March, when I'm scrambling around trying to find someone, anyone who knows when the Clubman show is, that I KNOW. Thanks.
Well, yesterday after the phone call from Cal, I decided to go with Tony to Fry's. This probably has more to do with Nanowrimo than anything. See, the story I decided to write involves motorcycles. And the one thing I didn't want to think about this weekend was motorcycles. I really had been counting on riding my baby home yesterday, so I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach when I got that call. Yes, I've been punched in the stomach before. No, I won't go into that story. I had an interesting youth.
Anyway, in an effort to cheer up his instant-Eeyore wife, Tony turned right instead of left on Auto-Mall Parkway and we found ourselves at Fremont Motorsports. Actually, We found ourselves at Fremont Motorsports(a) because the Honda part had split off and moved a half block south. I went in to look again at the ST1300. They had one in stock- in the back, in a box, in pieces. Gah. I giggled at the scooters and we left.
The boy who'd asked if I needed help came flying out into the parking lot as I stopped to look at the late afternoon light hitting the east bay hills. (I do love this time of year.) Evidently, someone inside had heard me make the jokes to Tony about getting across the country on one of the little ice cream colored scooters I so adore and this clued him in that I was actually interested in a bike, whereas saying, "I'm interested in the ST1300" had no effect. So the boy passed me his business card like he was an Olympic runner handing off his baton and Tony and I hopped up the block to the Harley dealership to look at the Ulysses. I remember actually being able to touch a leg down on this bike on the lower seat. But not yesterday. Not even close. The nice Harleyboy (tm) said there was an even lower seat option for 2007, so maybe I'll hold off nixxing it until the bike show. I just... Well, it's just so cute, particularly in that yellowish orange. Why, oh why, can't they make these bikes for real sized people? Is there something inherent in the six foot plus gene that makes people adventure tourers? That might explain a lot, because everyone else in my family is tall. Maybe I got my brother's adventure gene- he rents a condo for a week or takes a cruise when his vacation comes up.
Anyway, we gave up Tony's plan of 'fitting the wife on a bike to make her smile' and slogged to Fry's. Tony headed back to what I think of as the 'bits and pieces' section of the store while I went to look at laptops. I've been informed that my old viao is considered antique if not downright obsolete and I figured I should at least check out what's available these days before I got tagged as a Luddite again. But the flock of uber-annoying salesmen decided that they would hover around me just to ensure there was no way I could actually enjoy comparing the different models. One even went so far as to get snippy with me the THIRD time I dismissed him. Yeesh. Do they actually sell things there pulling crap like that? While I created a diversion by seeming to aggro every single Fry's minion, Tony fullfilled the main objective: to aquire some router voodoo so I wouldn't be kicked offline every two and a half minutes on our home network. The laptop vultures finally ran me out of their section just as Tony came trundling down the aisle with three medium sized boxes. I checked him over for black cockrell feathers, just in case, and decided I really didn't want to know how much this was all going to cost. Suffice to say, the new router has not booted me once.
Today, I forced myself to do some writing, but my poor main character still hasn't taken a real ride yet. I wonder if I'm punishing her for my misfortune. I finally gave up staring at the word processor and installed new lights out front to go with the new paint job. Two out of three of the awful, cheap brass lamps have now been replaced. The installation went as smoothly as could be expected. Three wires, simple job. Except for the circuit breaker not being any one of the likely candidates, the bracket for the new lamps not fitting the outlet box, the rock facing needing to be recarved and the removal of a (hopefully) abandoned black widow's nest from one of the outlet boxes. Ugh. That was pretty atrocious. I just kept quoting Hudson from Aliens as I pulled more and more little desiccated carcasses from the wiring. It really did remind me of the queen's nest in minature, and I kept expecting one of the little pill bug remnants to move and squeak out a Kafka-esque 'kill me.' Bleck. But now we have much cooler- and better illuminating- lights in front of the garage. They've been on for a few hours now and I haven't heard any firetrucks so it seems we're all good.
I'm running out of excuses not to write, though.
Sooooo, what is the opposite of WOOT? OTOU?
Cal called this afternoon, not to tell me my poor baby was finally ready but to tell me I had not one but two bent forks that the appraiser had somehow missed. He thought they could be realligned, but there's no way. Also my front wheel was bent. Joy. Those items are like another $2200 right there. Plus who knows how much time in transit. I didn't even ask.
Ah well, it's only machinery. I've got sentimental attachment to her, but the reality is that I limped away from the wreck with minimal damage so nothing about the bike matters. And I'm going to keep repeating that to myself until I actually believe it.
You realize what they're trying hard not to say, don't you? This is the next generation of oldies station- hot on the heels of the FOX empire, which was simply the oldies station for the generation who were too young to care about Chuck Berry. And now there's one for my demographic as well. Just another sign thet the years are accumulating. Ah well, it's still a fun station.
This is Virgil Elliott and his Vintage BMW R99S. That's a joke, for those of you who don't have a fetish for old bikes. He made this bike from several 1960's BMWs and decided it needed a model. So he took an old R69S badge to a jeweler and had them switch around the 6. This was a fantastic bike and I lusted after it all day. Yes, this bike was run on the track. Turns out the artist who owns it is pretty cool.
It's a bit weird that, but for millimeters, I could have known about his death and nothing about his life instead of the other way around. Virgil was pretty blase about it. He only made a comment about 'some idiot on the way in' until we told him we knew, we were in the vehicle opposite. Then he got a look in his eye, one I kind of know. He asked his way around the question of what could he could have done differently. The answer, of course, was nothing and we made no bones about saying that. But to me that made it all the worse, like fighting a futile battle. Then we spun off into other topics and I asked to take his picture. He gave us a business card and asked if we couldn't send him copies. Well, of course. We also looked at online images of his art, although honestly the video screen doesn't do the colors we saw in the photos justice.
For some reason, it makes me feel better to put his link up, as if making him less anonymous somehow makes him less vulnerable out there on the road. I remember back when I first started blogging and I started taking random photos of other riders on the Pony Express, just to chronicle them. I think I want to do that again. We're all riders, but that doesn't make us the same.
shouldn't leave the house tomorrow.
I love this color of Jeep (light tan) because it doesn't jar the eyes.
loud color= safety. I'm thinking maybe Kawasaki green or KTM orange.


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Il singolare del Bank Austria Tennis Trophy 2002 è stato un torneo di tennis facente parte dell'ATP Tour.

Tommy Haas era il detentore del titolo, ma ha perso nel 2º turno contro Jürgen Melzer.

Roger Federer ha battuto in finale 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 Jiří Novák.

Teste di serie

  Tommy Haas (secondo turno)
  Juan Carlos Ferrero (secondo turno)
  Albert Costa (primo turno)
  Carlos Moyá (semifinali)

 Jiří Novák (finale)
 Roger Federer (campione)
n/a
 David Nalbandian (primo turno)
 Xavier Malisse (primo turno)

Qualificazioni

Tabellone

Finale

Sezione 1

Sezione 2

Collegamenti esterni

Bank Austria Tennis Trophy 2002
ATP Tour 2002

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Þórbergur Þórðarson (Hala í Suðursveit, 12 de març 1889-Reykjavík, 12 de novembre 1974) fou un escriptor i esperantista islandès.

Obres
 1915: Hálfir skósólar.
 1917: Spaks manns spjarir.
 1922: Hvítir hrafnar (reimpressió de Hálfir skósólar i Spaks manns spjarir).
 1924: Bréf til Láru.
 1938: Íslenzkur aðall.
 1940-1941: Ofvitinn.
 1945-1950: Ævisaga Árna Þórarinssonar prófasts (Memòries d'Árni Þórarinsson).
 1954-1955: Sálmurinn um blómið.
 1960: Ritgerðir 1924-1959 (assajos).
 1975: Í Suðursveit.

Referències

 Íslenska Alfræðiorðabókin P-Ö. 1990. Editors: Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir i Sigríður Harðardóttir. Örn og Örlygur hf., Reykjavík.

Poetes islandesos
Escriptors en esperanto
Esperantistes
Morts a Reykjavík


SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The man who identified himself as an "Islamist jihadist" in threats emailed to several Colorado churches has been arrested in Utah, according to a report.
The Associated Press is reporting that Chris Craig, a former basketball coach at the University of Northern Colorado, was arrested in Price, Utah on Thursday morning on an outstanding warrant for misdemeanor drug possession after marijuana and a pipe were found in his car.
Law enforcement in Arizona say this isn't Craig's first brush with the law. He was arrested in 2010 after shouting at students and teachers at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Arizona.
Craig was also accused of entering a classroom at Eastern Arizona College on July 10, raising a Bible in the air and responding with obscenities after asking the instructor whether he was Mormon. College spokesman Todd Haynie said a female counselor had a similar encounter. Haynie said police arrested him, but prosecutors didn't pursue charges.
University of Northern Colorado spokesman Nate Haas confirmed that Craig is a former assistant men's basketball coach for the school.
Before his arrest in Utah, Craig was recently spotted in Steamboat Springs and leaving Rocky Mountain National Park, according to various reports.


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CURRICULUM VITAE OF JACQUES ("Jack") A. SCHNABEL
School of Business and Economics,
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada
Voice: (519) 884-0710 (ext.2529)
jschnabel@wlu.ca
Background Appointments Specialization Teaching Awards Seminars
Publications 1977 -1981 1982-1986 1987-1991 1992-2015
Academic Background:
1970: Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics summa cum laude (with highest honors) from the Ateneo de Manila, Philippines.
1974: Master of Business Administration at Stanford University, California.
1980: Ph.D. in Finance at the University of New South Wales. Doctoral dissertation entitled "Capital Market Imperfections, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and the Modigliani-Miller Theorems," submitted in March 1979.
Academic Appointments:
1974 - 1979: Lecturer in Finance, School of Finance and Economics, The N.S.W. Institute of Technology, New South Wales, Australia.
1979 - 1986: Assistant then Associate Professor of Finance, Faculty of Management, The University of Calgary.
July - December 1985: Visiting Professor of Finance, Arizona State University.
1986: Professor of Business (Finance), School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University.
August 1998 - May 1999 Visiting Professor of Finance, University of New Hampshire.
October-November, 2000 Visiting Professor of Finance at the Czech Management Center in Celakovice, Czech Republic.
Areas of Academic and Consulting Specialization:
Corporate and International Financial Management
Derivative Securities.
Major Teaching Awards
Master Teacher Award at the University of Calgary for the 1982/83 academic year. (This award is given to the best teacher in the university as judged by students).
Honorary President of the 1990 Wilfrid Laurier University Graduating Class. (This award is given to the best teacher in the university as judged by graduating students.)
Executive Development Seminars Taught:
"Fundamentos de Finanzas Internacionales" and "La Gestion del Riesgo Cambiario Mediante Activos Derivados" (in Spanish) at the University of Santiago de Chile; 1994 and 1995.
"Financial Restructuring: Mergers, Spinoffs, and LBO's" at Port of Spain, Trinidad for executives of The Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago; 1996.
"International Financial Management and Financial Derivatives" at the Center for Research and Communication (University of Asia and the Pacific), Manila, Philippines; 1995.
Examples of Refereed Publications
(With Drs. R. Graham and L. Johnson), "Asset Pricing in the Australian Industrial Equity Market," Australian Journal of Management, Volume 2, Number 2 (1977).
(With Dr. L. Johnson), "International Influences on the Australian Equity Market," Management Forum, Volume 4, Number 2 (1978).
(With Professors G. Davy and J. Veale) "Monetary Policy and Monetary Rules: Australian Experience in the 1970's," pp. 68-79 of Readings in Macroeconomics edited by Prof. C. Terry (New South Wales Institute of Technology Press, 1980).
(With Professor J. Veale) "Domestic and Overseas Influences on Inflation in Australia," Australian Economic Papers, Volume 19, Number 34 (1980).
"The Stable Dividends Hypothesis," Journal of Business Research, Volume 9, Number 1 (1981)
"Beta Geared and Ungeared: An Extension," Accounting and Business Research (Spring, 1983). Reprinted in Readings in Financial Management edited by Ivison, Moss and Simpson (Harper and Row Ltd. Publishers, 1986).
"Short Sale Restrictions and the Security Market Line," Journal of Business Research, Volume 12, Number 1 (1984).
(With Professor J. Frank) "The Timing of Borrowing Decisions - A Decision Support System," Journal of Systems Management, Volume 34, Number 4 (1983).
"On Mean-Variance Portfolio Selection," Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 5, Number 1 (1984).
"Bankruptcy, Interest Tax Shields and 'Optimal' Capital Structure: A Cash Flow Formulation," Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 5, Number 2 (1984).
(With Professor J. Frank) "The Subterranean Economy in Canada," The Canadian Manager, Volume 8, Number 3 (1983).
(With Professor J. Frank) "Borrowing Decisions in a Volatile Market," The Certified General Accountant's Magazine, Volume 17, Number 8 (1983).
"On Cash Demands, Dividend Yields and the CAPM," Journal of Business Research, Volume 13, pp. 259-265 (1985).
"Monetary Instability and Share Market Risk: Canadian Evidence" Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 6, Number 3 (1985).
(With Professor J. Chua) "Nonpecuniary Benefits and Asset Market Equilibrium" Financial Review, Volume 21, Number 2, pp. 185-190 (1986).
(With Professor J. Frank) "Streamlining Trade Credit Decisions" Journal of Applied Business Research, Volume 4, Number 2 (Spring 1988), pp. 26-37.
(With Professor R. Ironside) Investments Course Book (Athabasca University, 1987).
(With Professor E. Roumi) "Optimal Cash Tender Offers" Decision Sciences, Volume 20, Number 2 (Spring 1989), pp. 272-284.
"Cost of Capital Estimates and the Firm's Debt Transaction Plan" The Engineering Economist, Volume 34, Number 2 (Winter 1989), pp. 163-171.
(With Professor E. Roumi) "Corporate Insurance and the Underinvestment Problem: An Extension" The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 56, Number 1 (March, 1989), pp. 155-158.
"Optimal Output in an Option Pricing Framework: An Agency- Theoretic Perspective," Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Volume 17, Number 5 (Winter 1990), pp. 745-749.
(with Professor Brian Smith) "The High Cost of High Correlation," Benefits Canada, Volume 12, Number 8 (October 1988), pp. 21-24.
"Exposure to Foreign Exchange Risk," Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 10, Number 4 (December 1989), pp. 331-333.
(with Professor E. Roumi) "Evaluating Investment in Inventory Policy: A Net Present Value Framework - An Addendum," The Engineering Economist, Volume 35, Number 3 (Spring 1990), pp. 239-246.
"Range Forwards," Financial Management, Volume 18, Number 3 (Autumn 1989), pp. 10-11.
(with Prof. Philip Chang) "Agency Problems in Canadian Oil and Gas Limited Partnerships," The Certified General Accountants Magazine, Volume 23, Number 11 (November 1989), pp. 45-49.
(with Profs. Ben Amoako-Adu and Brian Smith) "Systematic Risk of Dual Classes of Shares: Are There Differences?" Journal of Economics and Business, Volume 42, Number 1 (February 1990), pp. 39-50.
(with Prof. Ebrahim Roumi) "Range Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts," Review of Research in Banking and Finance, Volume 6, Number 1 (Spring 1990), pp. 43-54.
"Is Benter Better?" Financial Analysts Journal (January/February 1990), pp. 78-79.
(with Prof. Ebrahim Roumi) "A Contingent Claims Analysis of Partial Loss Offset Taxation and Risk-Taking," Public Finance, Volume 45, Number 2 (1990), pp. 304-320.
"Computerized Technical Trading Strategies in Commodity Futures Markets," Selected Papers of the Fifth Canadian International Futures Conference and Research Seminar (1990), pp. 77-82.
"An Agency-Theoretic Perspective on Participation Clauses in Loan Contracts," Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Volume 20, Number 1 (January 1993), pp. 133-142.
(with Prof. Ebrahim Roumi) "Setting the Limits on a Flexible Forward," Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Volume 19, Number 5 (September-October 1991), pp. 421-428.
"Uncertainty and the Abandonment Option," The Engineering Economist, Volume 37, Number 2 (Winter 1992), pp. 172-177.
"Tax Wedges, Bid-Ask Spreads, and International Financial Parity Conditions," Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 13, Number 4 (July-August 1992), pp. 363-368.
"Gold Loans," Financial Management, Volume 20, Number 2 (Summer 1991), p. 11.
"Hedge Ratios Under Inherent Risk Reduction in a Commodity Complex: An Interpretation," The Journal of Futures Markets, Volume 12, Number 1 (February 1992), pp. 55-59.
"Corporate Spin-offs and Closed-End Funds in a State-Preference Framework," The Financial Review, Volume 27, Number 3 (August 1992), pp. 391-410.
(with Prof. A. Bhanich Supapol) "Foreign Exchange Futures Options: A Parity-Based Test of Learning Effects," International Review of Economics and Finance, Volume 1, Number 2 (1992), pp. 169-176.
"Production Loans," Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Volume 21, Number 3 (1994), pp. 457-465.
"Small Business Capital Structure Choice," Journal of Small Business Finance, Volume 2, Number 1 (1992/1993), pp. 13-21.
(with Prof. Rashmi Thakkar) "Debt Financing, the Darby Effect, and the Inflation-Induced Penalty in Historical Cost Depreciation," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Volume 11, Number 1 (Spring 1992), pp. 83-92.
(with Prof. Lucy Ackert) "Stock Prices and the Dividend Discount Model During the 80's," Canadian Investment Review, Volume 6, Number 3 (Fall 1993), pp. 7-12.
(with Prof. Ebrahim Roumi) "Risk Incentive Problems and Foreign Currency Bonds," Journal of Economics and Business, Volume 46, Number 3 (1994), pp. 167-177.
(with Prof. Jason Z. Wei) "Valuing Takeover-Contingent Foreign Exchange Call Options," Advances in Futures and Options Research (JAI Press Inc., 1994), Volume 7, pp. 223-236.
(with Prof. George Athanassakos) "Professional Portfolio Managers and the January Effect: Theory and Evidence," Review of Financial Economics, Volume 4, Number 1 (Fall, 1994), pp. 79-92.
"Real Exposure to Foreign Currency Risk," Managerial Finance, Volume 20, Number 8 (1994), pp. 69-77.
"A Primer on International Financial Risk Management" Monograph published by The Mutual Group Financial Research Center, Wilfrid Laurier University, October 1995.
"Fundamentos de administración del reisgo en las finanzas internacionales" Contabilida, Auditoría e Impuestos, Editorial Jurídico Cono Sur Ltda. de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile (Julio 1997) Número 64, pp. 68-103.
(with Prof. George Athanassakos) "Stockholder Wealth Effects of Eurobond Financing: A Canadian Perspective," Global Finance Journal, Volume 7, Number 2 (Fall-Winter 1996), pp. 191-208.
"Pari Passu Debt and Bankruptcy Settlements: The Nash Bargaining Solution Reexamined" The Business Review (Journal of the American Academy of Business), Volume 3, Number 1, December 2004, pp 30-33.
"Bankruptcy and the Nash Solution," Applied Financial Economics Letters, Volume 3, Number 4 (2007), pp. 251-254.
"The Shotgun Clause," Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Volume 15, Number 1 (2008), pp. 194-201.
"Entrepreneurial Start-ups: Emerging Markets versus Developed Economies," Journal of Money, Investment, and Banking, Volume 1, Number 5 (2008), pp. 90-97.
"Some Pitfalls in Loan Subsidy Valuation," The Engineering Economist, Volume 54, Number 1 (2009), pp. 75-79.
"Divergence of Opinion and Valuation in a Mean-Variance Framework," Studies in Economics and Finance , Volume 26, Number 3 (2009), pp. 148-154.
"Dual Currency Deposits," Journal of Structured Finance, Volume 15, Number 3 (Fall 2009), pp. 32-36. 58.
"Benchmarking the PEG Ratio," Journal of Wealth Management, Volume 12, Number 3 (Winter 2009), pp. 89-94.
"Interest Rates, Commodity Prices, and the Cost-of-Carry Model", Journal of Risk Finance, Volume 11, Number 2 (2010), pp.221-223.
"The Timing Option and the Interest Rate Sensitivity of Investment", The Engineering Economist, Volume 55, Number 1 (Winter 2010), pp. 52-59.
"Demystifying Concessionary Loans", CMA Management, Volume 84, Number 4 (June/July 2010), pp. 23-27.
"Currency Mismatching", Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 32 (August, 2011), pp. 487-492.
"Consumption Hedging and Home-Country Bias in a Model of International Capital Market Equilibrium," Studies in Economics and Finance, Volume 29, Number 1 (2012), pp. 4-10.
"Correcting for Hubris in Project Appraisal," ISRN (International Scholarly Research Network) Economics, Volume 2012, Article ID 478485, doi:10.5402/2012/478485, pp. 1-4.
(with Prof. Subhankar Nayak) "Futures Hedges under Basis Heteroscedasticity" ISRN (International Scholarly Research Network) Economics, Volume 2012, Article ID 481856, doi:10.5402/2012/481856, pp. 1-5.
"Technical Note: Tax Capitalization, Beta, and the Cost of Equity," The Engineering Economist, Volume 58, Number 2(2013), pp. 149-155.
"Synthetic Real Return Bonds," The Journal of Structured Finance, Volume 19, Number 2 (Summer 2013), pp. 59-63.
"Foreign Exchange Operating Exposure and Pass-Through in a Homogeneous Product Market," Managerial Finance, Volume 41, Number 1 (2015), pp. 2-9.
"The Underinvestment Problem Under Conglomeration," Cogent: Economics and Finance, (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2015.1012452
"Hedging and Debt Overhang: A Conceptual Note," Journal of Risk Finance, Volume 16, Number 2 (2015), pp. 164-169.

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Amanda Ghassaei 3D Prints Playable 33⅓rpm Records!
I printed these records on a UV-cured resin printer called the Objet Connex500. Like most 3D printers, the Objet creates an object by depositing material layer by layer until the final form is achieved. This printer has incredibly high resolution: 600dpi in the x and y axes and 16 microns in the z axis, some of the highest resolution possible with 3D printing at the moment. Despite all its precision, the Objet is still at least an order of magnitude or two away from the resolution of a real vinyl record. When I first started this project, I wasn't sure that the resolution of the Objet would be enough to reproduce audio, but I hoped that I might produce something recognizable by approximating the groove shape as accurately as possible with the tools I had.
In this Instructable, I'll demonstrate how I developed a workflow that can convert any audio file, of virtually any format, into a 3D model of a record, and how I optimized these records for playback on a real turntable. The 3D modeling in this project was far too complex for traditional drafting-style CAD techniques, so I wrote an program to do this conversion automatically. It works by importing raw audio data, performing some calculations to generate the geometry of a record, and eventually exporting this geometry straight to a 3D printable file format. . . .
This is *such* a rad project! Clearly not practical–it requires a big 3D printer with *really* high resolution in order to get a really low-resolution version of a single song–but I *love* the whopping oscillation artifact that the process introduces to the audio. *That* has some delicious sonic possibilities, in my humble.


All of these "safe" strategies typically mean spending lots of money with no guarantee of success. Yet like an insane man who does the same thing over and over again but constantly fails anyway, Hollywood keeps following this "safe" strategy and churning out bomb after bomb.
First, unless you're an established screenwriter, you're never going to get any of these assignments. That's actually good because you want to create an original story all your own. Second, don't try to write an original story that mimics this so-called "safe" route to success that never guarantees success or profits. If you try to write a screenplay mimicking another movie such as "Life" mimicking "Alien," you may get it produced but it will likely be unforgettable since people will feel like they've seen it before (and they have).
The key to breaking into Hollywood is to offer an original story that's inexpensive to make and that usually involves comedy, horror, or drama in a contemporary setting. Notice that the contemporary setting is crucial because it reduces costs. You don't want to create a science fiction or historical story because that would involve special effects, costumes, and settings like streets and buildings that need to be changed. You also don't want to write an animated feature because animation costs money and that alone will make it difficult for any studio to want to do a script that will require funding up front.
Remember, Hollywood like to play it safe and one way to play it safe is to rely on established writers first, and if they have to go with an unknown writer, it should be a low-budget story like "Little Miss Sunshine" or "It Follows" that could be filmed anywhere in America.
Think of a story that could take place today that wouldn't require specific settings like the White House or inside a Space Shuttle. Think ordinary restaurants, homes, gas stations, or hotels. That's why horror stories are so popular and cheap to produce and also why comedies are equally popular and cheap to produce. Unlike "Saving Private Ryan" that requires hundreds of extras and costumes for everyone, a movie that takes place in an ordinary high school, neighborhood, and house like "The Edge of Seventeen" is cheap and easy to make and thus more attractive. Change that setting to the second moon of Titan and suddenly the story is much harder to sell simply because the cost of special effects.
So don't play it "safe" like Hollywood because you'll never get the rights to popular novels, toys, TV series, sequels, or video games. Think small, think low-budget, and think original. That's actually what Hollywood should be doing since their "safe" strategy has been anything but safe. But like the definition of insanity says, Hollywood will keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result, and when it doesn't work, they'll try again.


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Tres Cantos är ett samhälle och en kommun belägen i Madridprovinsen, i Spanien. Det ligger 22 km norr om huvudstaden Madrid. Tres Cantor skapades genom stadsplanering som en satellitstad till Madrid så sent som på 1970-talet, vilket gör den till den yngsta inkorporerade kommunen i Spanien, med en befolkning (2004 års siffror) på ungefär 39 000.

Historia
Tres Cantos började byggas 1971 på uppdrag av diktatorn Francisco Franco på mark som låg inom staden Colmenar Viejo. Bosättningarna började 1982, och 1991 ombildades Tres Cantos till en särskild kommun, den yngsta av alla i Spanien. Utvecklingen av infrastrukturen har sedan fortsatt i jämn takt, med en löpande (2005) femårs utvecklingsplan upprättad av de lokala myndigheterna vilken tillåter en expansion upp till 60 000 invånare.

Beskrivning
Kommunen är byggd runt en konstgjord sjö och park, med områden (sektorer) avsedda för bostäder, kommunala ändamål och för industri. Den har många parker, gröna zoner för fotgängare, fontäner, och flera kommunala inrättningar såsom bibliotek, kulturellt centrum och stadshus.

Det finns två stora katolska församlingar i Tres Cantos, en baptistkyrka (ungefär 80 medlemmar) och en pingstkyrka.

Motorvägen från Madrid, M-607, går nära förbi Tres Cantos på dess östra sida och fortsätter mot Colmenar Viejo.

Vänorter
Tres Cantos är en vänort till städerna Columbia (Maryland) i USA, Cergy-Pontoise i Frankrike och Nejapa i El Salvador

Källor

Externa länkar
 Officiell webbsida för kommunen Tres Cantos (på Spanska)
 Information om Tres Cantos av en missionär
 Portal för Tres Cantos med lokal information

Orter i regionen Madrid
Kommuner i regionen Madrid
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This is the fourth year of publishing a list of my best experiences of the year. The full list had a record thirty-three items and reducing it down to the top ten was tough, with many memorable and worthy events not making the final cut. For this truly remarkable year, here are the best of the best.
10. Having a Heart Calcium Test Score of Zero
My doctor put me in a statin to lower my cholesterol, which it did very drastically, but with a side effect of a nasty rash, so I had to stop. However, there's now a new test that measures the calcium buildup around the heart, an indicator of how much plaque has formed in the arteries around the heart. My test result was zero, meaning no buildup and no need for further meds.
9. Taking the Tullamore D.E.W. Tour
This year's top ten list contains four experiences from Ireland, leaving out at least that many others. Tullamore D.E.W. is my wife's favorite Irish Whiskey and learning their history and the distilling process was fascinating. Getting to taste three separate samples was pretty nice too. Finally, we all learned that "D.E.W", not Dew as we all thought, stands for Daniel Edmund Williams, who worked for nearly sixty years at the distillery.
8. A Sunset Sail Cruise in Key West
A trip to Key West wasn't on the list of planned vacations for 2014, but was won at a conference as one of their big prizes. I've seen the sunset from Mallory Square a dozen times, but no way does that compare to experiencing it on a boat.
7. Watching Alan Jackson Perform at The Fraze
There is an experience missing here that I'm sure would have made the list, but due to moving the Ireland trip up a week, we had to sell our tickets to see Darius Rucker at the Fraze. However, the Alan Jackson concert rocked to It's Five O'Clock Somewhere and weeped to Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning).
6. Attending the TEDxDayton Conference
This was the second year for the independently organized, sold-out TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference at the Victoria Theatre in downtown Dayton and it didn't disappoint. A little more than twenty interesting talks on a wide variety of subjects sprinkled with a few singing and dancing acts. Hard to pick out a favorite presentation, but I'll give it to the final one of the day, by Toniya Singh, relating her experiences growing up in India and coming to the USA.
5. Dinner and Music at McGann's in Doolin, Ireland
The last full day in Ireland was spent traveling to Doolin, a small seaside town near the Cliffs of Moher. The cliffs were awesome, albeit on a foggy day, but having dinner and listening to real Irish music at McGann's, a small locals tavern, that night was even better. The music was performed in exchange for drinks and was top notch. And when we asked for four shots of Irish Whiskey as our final toast our trip, they pulled out four tumblers. When we asked the bartender to use shot glasses, he complied while stating "that's a novel idea!".
4. Dinner at the Blue Heaven in Key West
My hat's off to Duane who suggested this quintessential Key West restaurant. Great food, drinks and music. Tables are inside the restaurant walls but out in the open with chickens clucking and flying around. The bass player's instrument was made out of a old wash tub and he explained its history as we chatted at the bar during a break.
3. Touring the Aran Islands
Starting in Galway City, we took a 45-minute bus ride and a 45-minute ferry ride to Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands. The roads, property lines, grazing fields and about everything else on the islands are lined with rock walls, busted out of the ground to provide land for food and housing. Most impressive were the cliffs, with no barriers to keep you safe, and braving the high winds to take some memorable pictures.
2. Seeing Jeff Dunham Perform in Las Vegas
I've seen all of Jeff Dunham's Comedy Central performances and when luck, lots of luck, came together, I was able to watch him perform live in Las Vegas with his sidekicks Walter, Little Jeff, Achmed The Dead Terrorist, Peanut and Jose Jalapeno. The act is part planned, part ad lib, a little picking on the audience and a very funny couple hours. The second best live comedy I've ever seen, just behind The Producers, on Broadway, starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, many years ago.
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India with the diversity of its cultural richness, colors, spirituality and festivities undoubtedly remains a popular destination visited by scores of tourists from around the world. To experience its varied cultures, people and its rich history, a visit to India and its many lively, dynamic cities is a must.
India's dramatic landscapes and ancient cultures provide a visual treat to the visitors. Take the assistance of our Indian Travel Guide to explore the Indian cities of Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune and others. Important attractions worth visiting in India include the Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Hawa Mahal, Ajanta and Ellora caves, Qutub Minar and many others.
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Nagara Deepikas help improve municipal solid waste collection
SHGs help source segregation of waste, ensure cent pent door-to-door collection
November 19, 2021 10:50 pm | Updated 10:50 pm IST - HYDERABAD
V. Geetanath
Shamshabad municipality on the capital outskirts has initiated a unique "Micro-Level Monitoring and Awareness Program" for the door-to-door collection and segregation of municipal solid waste by engaging self-help groups (SHGs), Nagara Deepikas, which has helped source segregation of waste from 15% to 75%, besides ensuring cent pent door-to-door collection.
Women members of these groups are trained in different aspects of solid waste management such as micro-level monitoring of door-to-door collection, sensitisation of households on source segregation, the importance of not littering on roads and in open places, and against garbage burning, said Director of Municipal Administration N. Satyanarayana on Friday.
'Nagara Deepikas helped the municipal authorities improve waste collection as well as segregation into wet, dry and hazardous wastes by households, acting as a liaison between the municipality and the citizens, to reduce the gaps in the system within a couple of months of they being pressed into service.
Each Nagara Deepika covers around 500 households to counsel them about the waste and road littering while also keeping on eye on the drains overflow and burning of waste. This information is conveyed to the officials concerned on daily basis. Shamshabad municipality has a total of 25 wards and around 13,076 households. A pilot programme was started in 10 wards by appointing 12 Nagara Deepikas for them and this was gradually enhanced to 17 women after noticing the positive impact. Soon, it was taken throughout the town and a spin-off of waste segregation has been that auto-drivers have been earning up to ₹300 a day selling the dry waste.
ITC-WOW has been providing support to community awareness programmes on source segregation of waste, said said senior officials. The experiment was taken to the Badangpet municipal corporation with 32 wards and around 39,000 households. Here, 64 Nagara Deepikas were appointed and this helped eliminate 82 garbage points, and 100% door-to-door collection was achieved with 80% waste segregation. In fact, 1,600 households have begun home-composting and terrace gardening too, they claimed.
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1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, 2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; 4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 12 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputes, 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, 16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain. 17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all. 18 In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me. 19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing. 20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you. 21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News. 23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly. 25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need; 26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick. 27 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow. 28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor, 30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
This chapter Phil. 2 is made up principally of exhortations to the performance of various Christian duties, and the exhibition of Christian virtues. The apostle first exhorts the Philippians, in the most tender manner, so to live as to give him joy, by evincing among themselves unity and concord. He entreats them to do nothing by strife and a desire of distinction, but to evince that humility which is manifested when we regard others as more worthy than we are; Philippians 2:1-4. This exhortation he enforces in a most impressive manner by a reference to the example of Christ - an example of condescension and humiliation fitted to repress in us all the aspirings of ambition, and to make us ready to submit to the most humble offices to benefit others; Philippians 2:5-11. He then exhorts them to work out their salvation with diligence, assuring them, for their encouragement, that God worked in them to will and to do of his good pleasure; Philippians 2:12-13.
To this he adds an exhortation that they would avoid everything like complaining and disputing - that they would be blameless and harmless in their walk, showing the excellency of the religion which they loved to all around them, and exerting such an influence on others that Paul might feel that he had not labored in vain; Philippians 2:14-16. To excite them to this, he assures them that he was ready himself to be sacrificed for their welfare, and should rejoice if by his laying down his life their happiness would be promoted. He asked the same thing in return from them; Philippians 2:17-18. He then tells them, in expressing his interest in them, that he hoped soon to be able to send Timothy to them again - a man who felt a deep interest in their welfare, and whose going to them would be one of the highest proofs of the apostle's love; Philippians 2:19-24. The same love for them, he says, he had now shown by sending to them Epaphroditus - a man to whom he was tenderly attached, and who had an earnest desire again to return to the church from which he had been sent. Paul sent him, therefore, again to Philippi, that he might be with them and comfort them, and he asked for him a kind reception and affectionate treatment, in view of the sufferings which he had experienced in the cause of the Redeemer; Philippians 2:25-30.
The apostle beseeches them by various considerations, to live in unity and in the spirit of the Gospel, loving each other; and each to prefer his brother to himself, Philippians 2:1-4. He exhorts them to be like-minded with Christ, who, though in the form of God, and equal with God, made himself of no reputation, and humbled himself to the death of the cross for the salvation of man; in consequence of which he was highly exalted, and had a name above every name; to whose authority every knee should bow, and whose glory every tongue should acknowledge, Philippians 2:5-11. They are exhorted to work out their own salvation through his power who works in them, that they may be blameless, and that the apostle's labor may not be in vain, Philippians 2:12-16. He expresses his readiness to offer his life for the Gospel, Philippians 2:17, Philippians 2:18. Intends to send Timothy to them, of whom he gives a very high character; yet hopes to see them himself shortly, Philippians 2:19-24. In the meantime sends Epaphroditus, who had been near death, and whom he begs them to receive with especial tenderness, Philippians 2:25-30.
This chapter contains several exhortations to unity, love, and concord, to humility, and lowliness of mind, and to a becoming life and conversation; and concludes with commendations of two eminent ministers of Christ, Timothy and Epaphroditus. The arguments engaging to harmony and mutual affection, are taken from the consolation that is in Christ, the comfort there is in love, the fellowship of the Spirit, and the bowels and mercies which become saints, Philippians 2:1, as also from the joy this would fill the apostle with; and the things exhorted to are expressed by likeness of mind, sameness of love, and unity of soul, Philippians 2:2, and the manner directed to for the preservation of such a spirit, is to do nothing in a contentious and vainglorious way, but in an humble and lowly manner, having a better opinion of others than themselves; and observing their superior gifts and graces, and so submit things unto them, Philippians 2:3, and which humble deportment is further urged, from the instance and example of our Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 2:5, which is illustrated by the dignity of his person, the glorious divine form in which he was, and his indisputable equality with his Father, Philippians 2:6, and yet such was his great condescension, that he became man, appeared in the form of a servant, and was humbled to the lowest degree, even to die the death of the cross, Philippians 2:7, nevertheless God exalted him as man, and gave him superior honour to all creatures; and will oblige all to be subject to him, and acknowledge his dominion over them, to the glory of his divine Father, Philippians 2:9, hereby suggesting, that in like manner, though not to the same degree, such who are humble and lowly minded shall be exalted by the Lord; and then with the greatest affection to the Philippians, and with high commendations of them, the apostle renews his exhortation to do all the duties of religion with humility and modesty; knowing that all the grace and strength in which they performed them was owing to the internal operation of divine power in them, Philippians 2:12, and therefore should be done without murmuring against God, or disputings among themselves, Philippians 2:14, and next he proceeds to exhort to an unblemished and inoffensive life and conversation, as the end and issue of a modest and humble behaviour; and this he enforces on them, from the consideration of their relation to God, being his children, which would appear hereby; and from the wickedness and perverseness of the people they lived among; and therefore should be careful, lest they be ensnared by them, to the dishonour of God, and the grief of themselves; and from their character as lights in the world, whose business it was to hold forth the word of life; and also from this consideration, that it would be the joy of the apostle in the day of Christ, that his labours among them had not been fruitless, Philippians 2:15, yea, such was his love to them, that if even he was to die on their account, it would be matter of joy and gladness to him; and he desires they would express the same joy with him, Philippians 2:17, and though he could not be with them in person, he hoped in a little time to send Timothy, for this end, that he might know how things stood with them; which if well, would be a comfort to him, Philippians 2:19, the reasons why he picked Timothy as a messenger to them were, because there were none like him, for the sincere regard he had for their spiritual good, Philippians 2:20, and which is illustrated by the contrary disposition and conduct of others, who sought themselves, and not Jesus Christ, his honour and interest, Philippians 2:21, and besides, they themselves were witnesses of his filial affection to the apostle, and of his faithful service with him in the Gospel, Philippians 2:22, and then he repeats his hopes of sending him quickly, as soon as ever he knew how it would go with him, whether he should be released or suffer, Philippians 2:23, the former of which he had some confidence of, and that he should be able to see them himself in a little time, Philippians 2:24, however, in the mean while he thought it proper to send Epaphroditus to them, whom he commends as a brother of his, a co-worker, a fellow soldier, a messenger of theirs, and a minister to his wants, Philippians 2:25, the reasons of sending him were, because he longed to see them, and because he was uneasy that they had heard of his sickness; which was not only true that he had been sick, but his sickness was very dangerous, and threatened with death; however, through the mercy of God to him, he was recovered; and which was a mercy also to the apostle, who otherwise would have had an additional sorrow; wherefore another reason of sending him was, that upon the sight of him they might be filled with joy, and the apostle himself have less sorrow, Philippians 2:26, and then he exhorts them, that when he was returned to them, they would gladly receive him, and highly esteem of him; and the rather, since the dangerous illness he was attended with was brought upon him through his labours in the service of Christ, and also of the apostle, which he performed in their stead, even to the neglect of his health and life, Philippians 2:29.
(Philippians 2:1-4) Exhortations to a kind, humble spirit and behaviour.
(Philippians 2:5-11) The example of Christ.
(Philippians 2:12-18) Diligence in the affairs of salvation, and to be examples to the world.
(Philippians 2:19-30) The apostle's purpose of visiting Philippi.
SUMMARY.--Like-mindedness Commended. Lowliness Enjoined. The Lowliness and the Exaltation of Christ. Working Out Their Own Salvation. Becoming Lights in the World. The Relations of Paul and Timothy. Epaphroditus and His Sickness.


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Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high-risk project? The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you.
Applicants for the ERC Advanced Grants - called Principal Investigators (PI) - are expected to be active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years.
The Principal Investigators should be exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions. No specific eligibility criteria with respect to the academic requirements are foreseen.
Extensions of eligibility
Extensions of eligibility are possible in several cases. In the case of maternity, paternity, long term illness, national service, clinical training, or due to a natural disaster or seeking asylum. (see also the latest ERC Work Programme)
What proposals are eligible?
Applications can be made in any field of research.
The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities.
Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries
Host Institution
Applications for an ERC grant must be submitted by a single Principal Investigator (PI) in conjunction with and on behalf of their Host Institution, called the applicant legal entity.
Grants are awarded to the Host Institution with the explicit commitment that this institution offers appropriate conditions for the Principal Investigator independently to direct the research and manage its funding for the duration of the project.
Any type of legal entity, including universities, research centres and undertakings can host the PI and his/her team. Legally the Host Institution must be based in one of the EU Member States, or one of the Associated Countries.
The PI does not necessarily need to be working at the Host Institution at the time when the proposal is submitted. However, a mutual agreement and the Host Institution's commitment on how the relationship will be established are necessary, should the proposal be successful.
ERC grants support projects carried out by an individual researcher who can employ researchers of any nationality as team members. It is also possible to have one or more team members located in a non-European country.
Vacancies for team members interested in joining an ERC led research project, can be published on the Euraxess-Jobs portal.
Initiatives, under the form of 'Implementing Arrangements', exist for ERC-funded teams in Europe to host non-European talented scientists. Find out more about the agreements.
UK's participation in Horizon Europe
The UK is expected to become an associated country to the EU's R&I Framework Programme Horizon Europe. The UK will therefore have the same rights and obligations as other countries associated to the Programme. Read more.
Advanced Grants may be awarded up to € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible "start-up" costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.
An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs.
ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals.
The ERC has yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.
For an ERC grant application to be complete, it needs to include the administrative forms, the research proposal and the supplementary documents. The completed proposal needs to be submitted by the specified closing date.
Calls are published on this page, the European Commission's Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Before the call is published:
Find out which ERC grant and which call is suitable for you.
Identify the Host Institution and team members you would like to work with. (see also the online research partner search services)
Contact the National Contact Point (NCP) in your country for support.
Once the call is open:
Read the call documents carefully.
Contact the Host Institution and gather all the details you need for the application.
Start writing your proposal. Allow time for other people to review your draft. Your NCP, peers and other scientists can all give you helpful support and feedback.
Familiarise yourself with the EU submission service. This is the online system through which proposals must be submitted.
Submit your proposal as early as possible. Deadlines cannot be changed under any circumstances. You can update your submitted proposal any time before the deadline by simply submitting a new version, which will overwrite the old one.
You will get an 'acknowledgement of receipt' by e-mail for each submission.
After the deadline:
The ERC will check whether your proposal meets the call's eligibility criteria.
External experts will evaluate all the eligible proposals.
You will receive further information as your proposal progresses through the evaluation. For more information we invite you to consult the timeframe for the current call.
How does the evaluation process work?
Proposals are evaluated by selected international peer reviewers who assess them on the basis of excellence as the sole criterion. It will be applied to the evaluation of both the research project and the Principal Investigator in conjunction.
Peer reviewers are in charge of assessing and scoring the proposals. Those who pass the quality threshold are ranked. Depending on the call budget available, a budgetary cut-off applies to the ranking list and only the highest ranked proposals are offered an ERC grant until the call's budget has been used.
For each call there are 27 panels, each covering a sub-section of one of three domains:
Social Sciences and Humanities (SH)
Life Sciences (LS)
Physical and Engineering Sciences (PE)
Each ERC panel consists of a chair and 10-16 members. The panel chair and the panel members are selected by the ERC Scientific Council on the basis of their scientific reputation.
In addition to the panel members (who act as "generalists"), the ERC evaluations rely on input from remote experts external to the panel, called referees. They are scientists and scholars who bring in the necessary specialised expertise.
Before the deadline of a call, the names of the panel chairs are published on the ERC website. Similarly, the names of panel members are published, however, after the evaluation process is concluded.
Interested to learn more?
Watch our instructional videos describing the full ERC grant application and evaluation process, step by step.
ERC-2023-ADG
Timeframe Advanced Grant 2023
ERC Work Programme 2023
Info for Applicants - AdG call 2022
ERC Guide for Peer Reviewers 2022
Horizon Europe Guidance on Gender Equality Plans
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Panel Chairs
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Examples of projects


It is important for parents to invest a lot of time and effort during initial stages of a child's growth. After all, this is the time during which the child forms the basic idea of the world around him and learns basic functions like speaking, walking and so on. An important step for proper development of a child is selecting the right toys for them.
Toys perform two-fold function in child's development. First, toys entertain your child and second, they help to develop educational knowledge. So, it is vital to choose the correct toys for your toddler.
So, without much ado, here are some of the best gifts for 2 year olds.
This innovative geometric board puzzle serves as a fun way for the child to learn the fundamental principles of shapes. The simple design will be easy for the child to understand and so would start playing instantly. The blocks and the holes would encourage the child to memorize which shape goes where and how many holes each block has and so forth, and so improving memory and hand-eye coordination. So, this is a fantastic gift worth considering for your toddler.
A radio controlled race car would be one of the most fun and best gifts for 2 year old boys. Controlling a race car could greatly help the child's motor skills. The design is attractive and could pique the interest of the child towards the action figures, which could be used to develop a positive attitude towards sportsperson. It could serve as a wonderful way for you to spend time with your child, creating wonderful memories.
Whenever selecting gifts for 2 year olds, a couple of things must always be kept in mind – is it easy to understand, is it easy to use, and is it safe. Ideally, a safe toy is one which is large, since toddlers tend to put things in their mouth. Easy to understand and use are toys with simplistic designs. This is where this drum set excels. As a kid's drum set, it is large and hassle-free. It can go a long way in creating interest in music. So, undoubtedly, it is one of the best gifts for 2 year old.
The See 'n Say toy is a wonderful way to build your child's knowledge of the environment around them and encourage curiosity in things they don't know. This also helps to build their speech abilities. In this particular one, there are a set of animals. It could also provide a platform to teach the child about animals. It helps not only in speech development but also in improving the memory as the child learns to associate a sound of an animal with the animal's image.
One of the most popular gifts, the classic sorting cube offers a much more simplistic and easy to master design than the previously mentioned geometric sort. The sorting cube has a series of shapes and holes through which only certain shapes will go through. It will serve as an easier way for the child to learn about shapes. It will also go a long way in improving hand-eye coordination. As it has a simplistic design, it would be easy for the child to understand and could play with it himself.
Child learns to read with this Rhyme and Discover Book. The book has a button by which it reads out the story. The book by reading out the story, could help the child associate the words with the alphabets and so, learn how to read the story by him/herself. It also helps the toddler to learn new words.
A toddler is at a stage where s/he is learning how to walk properly. With the help of sit-to-stand learning walker toy, the toddler would learn to walk at a much faster rate. It could help the toddler in developing finer motor skills and learning to balance him/herself. With the help of this, ideally, the toddler would learn to walk without your assistance, which in turn, would also help the toddler to grow more independent and self-sufficient as well.
Another classic toy, the building bag has a number of building blocks which the toddler can use to creatively build structures of his/her own choice. Furthermore, it also helps in developing spatial awareness in the child. So, it is one of the best toys for children. It could also provide a platform for parents to play with the child and so, strengthen the bonds.
The Alphabet Apple is a large and attractive apple with a number of buttons, pressing which will tell the child what the alphabet sounds like. This could serve as an interesting way for the child to learn the alphabets. As a toddler, it could help in developing the language speaking abilities.
With a rather large and simplistic design, the car carrier is wholesome toy for your child. The car can perform a number of tasks, so, it can keep your child interested and busy for a long time. The innovative aspects of this toy are numbers, colors and animals. It can also serve as a platform for the child to role-play with the action figures which would lead to improved creative thinking in the toddler.
The flashlight is a rather inventive toy which has a number of colors. So, by pressing a particular color button, the flashlight would show that color. It would be a fun new toy for the child to play around with. Furthermore, it could help the child in learning the difference between different colors, which would improve the child's differentiation ability and basic cognitive skills. It could serve as a memorable toy as it is the child's first flashlight.
The match-it set has two components – a head and a tail. Similar to a puzzle, the set has a number of animals inside. The child is to determine which animal's head has a particular tail. This could greatly help the child in developing memorizing abilities and learn about various animals.
The telephone has a simplistic design which the child can understand easily. It serves as a way to introduce the child to numbers, as pressing a number would lead to the toy announcing it. This would greatly help the child's memorizing abilities as he will learn to associate a number with a particular sound. Similarly, the telephone also speaks certain phrases inviting the child to initiate a conversation. Overall, it is a fantastic toy for a toddler.
Often, it is a challenging task for a toddler to be bathed, as they often protest and move around. However, when there is a bath toy, the toddler is distracted and involved in playing with the toy, during which time, they can be easily bathed. In this regard, a bath toy is a fun and useful toy. This particular toy has a fun and attractive design which would keep the toddler entertained, and even excited for baths.
A coloring book is a fun and engaging way for the toddler to explore his creativity. This book has a number of images to color. It can also serve as an opportunity for the child to be taught about the environment around them and teach them what a particular background is supposed to be colored as. It would greatly help in improving their cognitive abilities. So, it is another wonderful gift for the child.
Indeed, there are a lot of choices. So, settling on gifts for two year olds is a difficult task, which depends on what you want for your child, and what interests the child. Nonetheless, the toy that the child would grow up with will greatly influence them and they will treasure it for a long time, so think long and hard about which one you want it to be.
Most importantly, be creative. Don't go for a simple toy but rather go for a toy that is attractive, innovative and educational, in some ways. Now go out there and give your toddler the perfect gift.


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· Ceramic Technology
· Chemical Engineering
· Civil Engineering
· Computer Engineering
· Environmental Engineering
· Electrical Engineering
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· Fire Engineering
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Careers in Photonics
Photonics and optics are two of those fields in physics wherein jobs available are more than the applicants. The global shortage of photonics specialists has made these skilled professionals highly in demand.
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From the 8th to the 13th of October, Cascais will receive the second edition of Estoril Classics, an initiative which will comprise the main categories of classic cars and motorcycles.
An event full of glamor and heritage, which will conjoin the Formula 1 Classic championships, the Historic Portugal Rally, the Pre-1982 GROUP1 PORTUGAL, the ACP Elegance Contest and the Iberian Historic Endurance.
The organization of this super event is under the responsibility of the Cascais Tourism Association and the Race Ready – Iberian Historic Racing, ACP – Portugal Automobile Club of and Estoril Motor Club are the promoters. It also counts on the support of Estoril Sol and the Estoril Race Track.


How can we design laws in ways that don't invite unethical behavior from ordinary people?
I was much influenced by a brilliant, pathbreaking paper, "Picking and Choosing," by Edna Ullmann-Margalit and Sidney Morgenbesser.
Data from research I recently conducted with Bette Bottoms and Phillip Goff, published in Law and Human Behavior, suggest that the psychological experience of such police encounters is very different for Black as compared to White citizens.
Her journey into the world of confidence men and women takes the reader to the edge of reality, belief, and trust.


PORT HARCOURT (Sundiata Post) – The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied that its governorship candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in the state, Dr. Dakuku Peterside insulted Dr. Peter Odili, former governor of the state and his wife, Hon. Justice Mary Odili, a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Reacting to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Rivers State PDP, the Rivers APC on Thursday, gave its own account of what Peterside said during the press conference he addressed on Wednesday in Port Harcourt on the Supreme Court decision on the Rivers State governorship election.
The Rivers APC said: "We read with mixed feeling the press statement issued by the Rivers PDP titled, 'Dakuku's Attack on Odili, Height Of Frustration, Rascality – Rivers PDP Chairman'.
"Credible information confirmed that Nyesom Wike had earlier confessed to some persons of having met one of the Justices of the Supreme Court in Mbaise during an important burial, another at Owerri in a hotel and yet others in Dubai and Saudi Arabia respectively. These Justices were in the panel that decided the matter in Wike's favour.
"However, the most striking revelation by Nyesom Wike is contained in his account at the thanksgiving service last Sunday. He obviously stunned his audience and the watching world when he confessed that when it came to the Judges, Dr. Peter Odili and the wife Justice Mary Odili [a Justice of the Supreme Court] were his advisers. This simply confirmed his earlier statements that he had contact with the Justices after several attempts to reach the Chief Justice of the country failed. It is therefore obvious that the decision of the Supreme Court on the Rivers State Election was not a product of justice but rather a product of compromise and orchestrated contrivance to legalise electoral violence and rigging and, in turn, reward injustice. This calls for serious introspection by our Judiciary and judicial officers.
"For the records, in his speech at the church service, Gov. Nyesom Wike probably forgot that he was on live telecast when he stated: "Let me thank our former governor, Dr. Peter Odili [husband of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili]. He will call me midnight to tell me what to do….he will say 'go so so place.' I took all his advice, and here we are today." This shocking confession needs no further explanation except for you and other decent Nigerians to further make your fair conclusions".


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Sweethearts candy packaging - Colour your own contest
The New England Confectionery Company announced today the launch of its new Sweethearts® candy packaging and its "Colour Your Own" contest for children in celebration of Valentine's Day. NECCO, the maker of Sweethearts Conversation Hearts, developed a new, black and white matte Sweethearts "Colour Your Own" packaging to invoke kids' creativity. The crayon and marker-friendly candy boxes provide a canvas for kids to create a personalized gift – and the designs can be entered in the "Colour Your Own" contest, that runs through to March 1, 2014.
Open to children in three age groups (5-7, 8-10 and 11-12), the contest asks that young participants colour the Sweethearts box, creating a one-of-a-kind design. With the help of an adult, kids upload their unique submission at www.necco.com, under the "Colour Your Own" link. All submissions will be reviewed by NECCO and judged on colour and creativity.
"We wanted a fun and interactive way to give back to Sweethearts fans," said Alyssa Hills, director of marketing at NECCO. "Kids today are extremely tech savvy and we love the idea of encouraging their creativity with the blank canvas of the packaging while incorporating a web component that speaks to young generations. We can't wait to review the submissions and see what designs the participants invent."
There will be one grand prize winner and one runner-up for each of the three age categories. The grand prize winners will be awarded a $1,000 savings bond certificate and the opportunity to have their own personal saying appear as a Sweetheart candy for the 2015 Valentine's Day season. The runners-up will win a giant NECCO goodie bag worth $200 each. Winner selection will be announced two weeks after the submission period closes. More information and contest rules can be found at www.necco.com.
The modern day Sweethearts Conversation Hearts were introduced in 1902, inspired by their predecessor, the cockles, small crisp candies made of sugar and flour formed in the shape of a cockle or scallop shell. The hearts first became a wedding day favourite, bearing messages meant for the bride and groom, however, soon the entire family began to enjoy the confectionery treat. The present day Sweethearts is now today's #1 selling non-chocolate Valentine's Day candy and still features some of the original sayings including "Kiss Me" and "Be Mine." More than four billion pounds of Sweethearts candies are sold in the six weeks leading up to Valentine's Day.
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