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A community project often requires multiple sources of funding to make it a reality. MVRPC has staff experience and resources to help members find opportunities for these alternate funding sources.
MVRPC can help identify potential partnerships, funding approaches and opportunities to support your project and achieve a successful outcome.
MVRPC can help analyze funding requirements and award trends, identify factors critical in winning competitive funding, connect organizations where collaboration would be beneficial, help refine project scopes to increase competitiveness, and help identify positive regional impacts.
MVRPC can provide data, mapping, and planning services for the application process and the project itself.
If you have specific needs or questions about funding opportunities, please contact: Kathryn Youra Polk, Senior Planner.
Special COVID-19 Funding Opportunities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, MVRPC will highlight special COVID-19 funding opportunities. Deadlines on many of these are tight, and we will update the page as often as needed as more opportunities are found.
Restaurant Revitalization Funding Programs
Deadline: None Given
SBA is awarding funding through the Restaurant Revitalization Program to restaurants, bars, and other similar places of business that serve food or drink. The purpose of this funding is to provide support to eligible entities that suffered revenue losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligible entities include:
Eligible entities are businesses that are not permanently closed and include businesses where the public or patrons assemble for the primary purpose of being served food or drink including:
Food stands, food trucks, food carts
Bars, saloons, lounges, taverns
Licensed facilities or premises of a beverage alcohol producer where the public may taste, sample, or purchase products
Other similar places of business in which the public or patrons assemble for the primary purpose of being served food or drink
Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
*Bakeries
*Brewpubs, tasting rooms, taprooms
*Breweries and/or microbreweries
*Wineries and distilleries
**Inns
Maximum Amount: $5,000,000 per location (not to exceed $10,000,000 total for the Applicant and any Affiliated Businesses
Minimum Amount: $1,000
Contact: Restaurant Revitalization fund, U.S. Small Business Administration, phone: (844) 279-8898
See more at: https://www.sba.gov/document/support-restaurant-revitalization-funding-p...
Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (opening early April)
Due: none given
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was established by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, and amended by the American Rescue Plan Act. The program includes over $16 billion in grants to shuttered venues, to be administered by SBA's Office of Disaster Assistance.
Live venue operators or promoters
Theatrical producers
Live performing arts organization operators
Relevant museum operators, zoos and aquariums who meet specific criteria
Motion picture theater operators
Talent representatives
Each business entity owned by an eligible entity that also meets the eligibility requirements
Maximum Amount: none listed
Contact: U.S. Small Business Administration, email: answerdesk@sba.gov
See more at: https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options/shuttered-venue-operators-grant
Home Relief Grant
Ohioans can receive assistance with rent, mortgage, or utilities including gas, electric, bulk fuel, water/sewer and trash, from the state of Ohio, through their local Community Action Agency (CAA). Ohio's Community Action Agencies work with the Ohio Development Services Agency to provide assistance to Ohioans in need. Any federal unemployment stipend is excluded from determining a household's benefit.
When applying for assistance, you should be prepared to provide the following information:
Names of all household members
Date(s) of birth
Social Security Number(s), if applicable
Current or previous address
Copies of Social Security cards, or verification for each household member, if applicable
Proof of income for all household members 18 years or older
Any supporting documentation to demonstrate need
Proof of hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Contact: Ohio Development Services Agency, email: EnergyHelp@Development.Ohio.Gov
See more at: https://businesshelp.ohio.gov/home-relief-grant.html
COVID-19 Emergency School Nutrition Funding
GENYOUth is providing grants of up to $3,000 per school to supply much-needed resources for meal distribution and delivery efforts to get food to students during COVID-19. From soft-sided coolers, bags and containers for individual servings, to protective gear for food service sanitation and safety, this equipment will help ensure our children continue to receive the nutritious meals they need.
School must be located in the United States
School must participate in the National School Lunch Program
School must include at least one of the grades K-12
School must be located in a recognized "brick and mortar" school building
Maximum Amount: $3,000
Contact: GENYouth, email: info@genyouthfoundation.org
See more at: https://covid-19.genyouthnow.org/
The Greene Giving Pandemic Relief Fund
The Greene County Community Foundation and the United Way will administer the grantmaking process with an oversight committee of funders. The size and number of grant awards are directly related to the amount of money available.
Grants from the fund will complement the work of public health officials and expand the community's capacity to respond and assist effectively and efficiently in the outbreak. Grants will be awarded to vetted community-based and 501(c)(3) charitable organizations that are focused on:
To Be Eligible for a Grant, Your Organization Must:
be recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, church, or an eligible government or educational institution;
provide services in Greene County; and
benefit citizens of Greene County Ohio.
In Addition, You Must Focus On:
Immediate, basic human needs (food, shelter, safety, etc.);
Mental health services;
Addressing the economic impact on individuals from reduced or lost work due to the outbreak.
Contact: Greene County Community Foundation, 941 W Second St., Xenia, OH 45385. Phone: 937-458-2064
Stay up to date about this program: https://greenegiving.org/pandemic-relief-fund/
New Eligibility for Economic Injury Disaster Loan and Advance
Due: First come, first served
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, small business owners in all U.S. states, Washington D.C., and territories were able to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan advance of up to $10,000. This advance is designed to provide economic relief to businesses that are currently experiencing a temporary loss of revenue. This loan advance will not have to be repaid.
Agricultural businesses includes those businesses engaged in the production of food and fiber, ranching, and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related industries (as defined by section 18(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 647(b)).
SBA is encouraging all eligible agricultural businesses with 500 or fewer employees wishing to apply to begin preparing their business financial information needed for their application.
Award Ceiling: $10,000
Deadline: first come, first served.
Contact: U.S. Small Business Administration, email: disastercustomerservice@sba.gov; phone: 800-659-2955
See more at: https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/
EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs
Due: Ongoing
EDA provides strategic investments on a competitive merit basis to support economic development, foster job creation, and attract private investment in economically distressed areas of the United States. Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in order to provide investments that support construction, non-construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA's Public Works program and EAA program (which includes Assistance to Coal Communities). Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities, including those negatively impacted by changes to the coal economy.
District Organization;
Indian Tribe or a consortium of Indian Tribes;
State, county, city, or other political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions;
Institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or
Public or private non-profit organization or association acting in cooperation with officials of a political subdivision of a State.
Award Ceiling: EDA was appropriated $118.5 million for the Public Works program, $37 million for the EAA program, an additional $30 million in EAA funds for ACC, and $15 million for NCC pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
Deadline: Ongoing.
Contact: U.S. Economic Development Administration
See more at: Applicants may search for this funding opportunity on Grants.gov using Funding Opportunity Number "PWEAA2020". https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html .
Miami County COVID-19 Emergency Grant Application Program Spring 2020
Due: None listed
Due to the current events happening in our county, the Miami County Foundation has reevaluated our Spring Grant cycle to address the current need for humanitarian relief. The Miami County Foundation will support our Miami County nonprofits in their efforts to provide additional enhanced services to counter the effects the coronavirus (COVID-19) is having on our Miami County friends and neighbors. Thus the "normal" spring grant cycle will not occur this year.
The funds previously budgeted for the spring grant cycle will now be used to support the Miami County Foundation's Emergency COVID-19 Grant Program. The Miami County Foundation will immediately begin providing emergency COVID-19 funding (applications reviewed in the order they are received) to organizations supplying food, shelter, and other humanitarian needs.
Non-profit serving Miami County residents
Deadline: none listed
Contact: Karen, P. O. Box 1526, Piqua, OH 45356, email: karen@miamicountyfoundation.org; phone: (937) 773-9012;
See more at: http://www.miamicountyfoundation.org/
On a monthly basis MVRPC will highlight several funding opportunities that could benefit communities in the Region. Click on the grant titles listed below to view more details including links to the granting agency webpage.
Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program
Letter of Intent Due: December 20, 2021; Application Deadline: January 30, 2022
Ohio's latest operational budget has included $500 million for the redevelopment of brownfield sites, as well as for demolition and revitalization of commercial and residential blight, a significant investment in brownfield grant dollars. The Ohio Department of Development has recently released program guidelines for a Brownfield Remediation and Demolition and Site Revitalization Program. These programs are designed to provide grants for the remediation of brownfield sites and revitalization of surrounding properties across Ohio to clean up the sites and prepare them for future economic development. All 88 Ohio counties will receive $1 million which can be spent in the next year on the remediation of brownfields, and a further $500,000 for the demolition of commercial and residential buildings and the revitalization of surrounding properties on sites that are not brownfields. The remaining funds for both programs, $262M for brownfields and $106M for demolition will be awarded to statewide projects on a first-come, first-served basis.
A lead entity must be established by each county. This can either be a county land reutilization corporation or, if a county has not created a county land reutilization corporation, the Board of County Commissioners must submit a lead entity letter of intent and grant user access to identify a lead entity. The letter of intent and grant user access form are due by 5:00 p.m. on December 20, 2021.
Deadline: All Round 1 applications due January 30,2022. Counties without a county land reutilization corporation should submit a Letter of Intent to apply by 5pm December 20,2021.
To learn more about these programs and how to apply, please visit https://development.ohio.gov/static/community/redevelopment/12092021-Brownfield-Remediation-Program-and-Demolition-and-Site-Revitalization-Program-Presentation.pdf or go to Ohio Department of Development's program websites at: Building Demotion and Site Revitalization Program: https://development.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/development/community/redevelopment/building-demolition-site-revitalization-program and Brownfield Remediation Program:
https://development.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/development/community/redevelopment/brownfield-remediation-program
Questions: email: redevelopment@development.ohio.gov
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's Recycling and Litter Prevention Grants
Due: February 4, 2022
Ohio EPA's Recycling and Litter Prevention program supports communities, nonprofits, businesses and academic institutions that initiate or expand recycling programs, encourage sustainable practices, stimulate economic growth and support litter prevention efforts.
Community and Litter Grants Local governments can receive funding to purchase equipment for the collection and processing of recyclables and construction demolition debris. Communities and non-profit organizations can also receive funding to implement litter collection events, outreach and education as well as tire amnesty programs (tire amnesty programs require a minimum $0.50/tire collection fee). Grantees have 12 months to complete the project.
Market Development Grants provide opportunities for businesses, manufacturers and material processors to create or expand recycling processing capacity and recycled material production. Funding is available for equipment specifically needed to remanufacture recyclable materials into bulk raw material or finished product. To be eligible for this grant, the applicant must have a government sponsor. Grant funds are reimbursed only after project completion through the government sponsor. Grantees have 24 months to complete the project.
Scrap Tire Grants offer funding for businesses, manufacturers and material processors to create or expand scrap tire processing capacity and product manufacturing. Funds are also available for beneficial use projects that incorporate the use of ground tire rubber and recycled asphalt shingles. Business applicants must have a government sponsor. Grant funds for business applicants are reimbursed only after project completion through the government sponsor. Grantees have 24 months to complete the project.
Deadline: February 4, 2022
Contact: Marie Barnett, Grants Administrator; email: marie.barnett@epa.ohio.gov, phone: (614) 705-1019.
See more at: https://epa.ohio.gov/ocapp/recycling#1843210477-community-and-litter-grant
NEA Grants for Arts Projects
Due: February 10, 2022
"The Arts . . . belong to all the people of the United States" *
The arts are a powerful and important part of what unites us as Americans. The arts celebrate our differences while connecting us through a communal experience. For over 50 years, the National Endowment for the Arts has been healing, uniting, and lifting up communities with compassion and creativity.
Grants for Arts Projects is the National Endowment for the Arts' principal grants program for organizations based in the United States. Through project-based funding, the program supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of excellent art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life.
The Arts Endowment encourages applications from a variety of eligible organizations, e.g., with small, medium, or large budgets, and from rural to urban communities. Similarly, projects may be large or small, existing or new, and may take place in any part of the nation's 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.
A project may consist of one or more specific events or activities; it may be a new initiative or part of your organization's regular season or activities. Organizations that undertake a single short-term program in a year could apply for that event, or they could identify certain components (such as the presentation of a particular artist and the associated activities) as their project. Organizations may apply for any or all phases of a project, from its planning through its implementation.
The NEA is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and fostering mutual respect for the diverse beliefs and values of all individuals and groups. We encourage projects that use the arts to unite and heal, as well as address any of the following:
Elevate artists as integral and essential to a healthy and vibrant society.
Celebrate the nation's creativity and/or cultural heritage.
Enrich our humanity by broadening our understanding of ourselves as individuals and as a society.
Originate from or are in collaboration with the following constituencies encouraged by White House Executive Orders:
Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
Tribal Colleges and Universities,
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes,
African American Serving Institutions,
Hispanic Serving Institutions,
Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and Organizations that support the independence and lifelong inclusion of people with disabilities.
In recognition of the United States of America's 250th anniversary in 2026, we also welcome arts projects that educate and engage communities in dialogue about the past, present, and future of our nation.
Eligible applicants include:
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
City or township governments
Special district governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Award Floor: $ 10,000
Contact: NEA web manager, email: webmgr@arts.gov
See more at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336866
Rural Business Development Grant
Due February 28, 2022
RBDG is a competitive grant designed to support targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas that have fewer than 50 employees and less than $1 million in gross revenues. Programmatic activities are separated into enterprise or opportunity type grant activities.
Enterprise grants must be used on projects to benefit small and emerging businesses in rural areas as specified in the grant application. Uses may include:
Training and technical assistance, such as project planning, business counseling and training, market research, feasibility studies, professional or/technical reports or producer service improvements.
Acquisition or development of land, easements, or rights of way; construction, conversion, renovation of buildings; plants, machinery, equipment, access for streets and roads; parking areas and utilities.
Pollution control and abatement.
The capitalization of revolving loan funds, including funds that will make loans for start-ups and working capital.
Distance adult learning for job training and advancement.
Rural transportation improvement.
Community economic development.
Technology-based economic development.
Feasibility studies and business plans.
Leadership and entrepreneur training.
Rural business incubators.
Long-term business strategic planning.
Opportunity grants can be used for:
Eligible applicants may include:
Award Ceiling: no maximum, most projects range from $10,000-$500,000
Deadline: February 28, 2022.
Contact: Cindy Mason, Program Manager, email: cindy.mason@usda.gov
Ohio Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Grant Program
The Ohio Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Grant Program will award approximately $250 million to provide safe, reliable drinking water in areas that lack infrastructure, bring sewage treatment capacity to unsewered areas, and develop regional infrastructure to serve multiple communities. This presentation offers more information.
Water and wastewater construction projects are eligible for up to $5 million in grant funding, and infrastructure engineering design projects are eligible for up to $250,000.
Examples of water infrastructure constructions projects include, but are not limited to:
Sewer/wastewater treatment plant improvements/expansion
New/replacement sanitary sewer lines
Excess sanitary sewer infiltration/inflow correction
Improvements to public drinking water treatment facilities
Drinking water line improvements or extensions
Repair, replacement, and construction of drinking water storage towers
Click to download the application to the Ohio Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Grant Program, and contact Matt Lindsay at mlindsay@mvrpc.org to discuss potential projects in your community.
FY 2016 – FY 2019 Economic Development Administration's Planning Program and Local Technical Assistance Program
Through its Planning and Local Technical Assistance programs, EDA assists eligible recipients in developing economic development plans and studies designed to build capacity and guide the economic prosperity and resiliency of an area or region. The Planning program helps support organizations, including District Organizations, Indian Tribes, and other eligible recipients, with Short Term and State Planning investments designed to guide the eventual creation and retention of high-quality jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the Nation's most economically distressed regions. As part of this program, EDA supports Partnership Planning investments to facilitate the development, implementation, revision, or replacement of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS), which articulate and prioritize the strategic economic goals of recipients' respective regions. The Local Technical Assistance program strengthens the capacity of local or State organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible recipients to undertake and promote effective economic development programs through projects such as feasibility studies and impact analyses.
Please see the Federal Funding Opportunity for full information on how to apply. Also note that any applicants who are in the process of developing an application under the previous FFO will need to apply under the new FFO and use the associated new forms.
Deadline: Applications are accepted on a continuing basis and processed as received. This Planning and Local Technical Assistance opportunity will remain in effect until superseded by a future announcement.
Jeannette P. Tamayo, Regional Director, 230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 3280, Chicago, IL 60604-1512, phone: 312-353-8143, email: jtamayo@eda.gov
Darrin Fleener, Economic Development Representative , 230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 3280, Chicago, IL 60604-1512, phone: 312‐789‐9753, email: dfleener@eda.gov
See more at:
https://www.eda.gov/funding-opportunities/
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=280447
U.S. Economic Development Assistance (EDA) Programs  Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs
The Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) mission is to lead the Federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for economic growth and success in the worldwide economy. EDA fulfills this mission through strategic investments and partnerships that create the regional economic ecosystems required to foster globally competitive regions throughout the United States. EDA supports development in economically distressed areas of the United States by fostering job creation and attracting private investment. Specifically, under the Economic Development Assistance programs (EDAP) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), EDA will make construction, non-construction, and revolving loan fund investments under the Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) Programs. Grants made under these programs will leverage regional assets to support the implementation of regional economic development strategies designed to create jobs, leverage private capital, encourage economic development, and strengthen America's ability to compete in the global marketplace. Through the EDAP NOFA, EDA solicits applications from rural and urban communities to develop initiatives that advance new ideas and creative approaches to address rapidly evolving economic conditions.
Please access this opportunity, "EDAP-2017" on Grants.gov that supersedes the previously published "EDAP2017" opportunity. https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294771
Deadline: There are no submission deadlines under this opportunity. Proposals and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the publication of a new EDAP NOFA.
Contact Information for Indiana/Ohio Region: Kyle Darton, 230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 3280, Chicago, IL 60604-1512, phone: 312-789-9752, email: kdarton@eda.gov
See more at: https://www.eda.gov/funding-opportunities/
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA)
The Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) program provides property assessment services at no cost to eligible applicants. SABR utilizes either in-house field staff or contractors to perform the requested assistance and the applicant receives a written report of the work performed.
Typical services include Phase I environmental site assessment, asbestos surveys, geophysical surveys, and limited or supplemental phase II property assessment. TBA staff will work with applicants to provide the appropriate services to meet their needs.
New services available through TBA include those required for participation in the Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup program administered by Ohio Development Services Agency. The program includes certain perquisites for eligibility including a Phase I assessment to Ohio EPA Voluntary Action Program (VAP) standards, Class C designated release by the Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations (BUSTR) and former use of the property as a gas station or service station. TBA can assist with preparatory activities including Phase I assessment, determining if underground storage tanks (USTs) are present, determining if there was a release from UST's, tank closure assessment and completing the BUSTR Class C release form. For more information about the Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup program click here.
Eligible applicants: Eligibility for the TBA program requires the following:
Applicant is a local government or quasi-governmental entity
Applicant is not a potentially responsible party
If applicants do not own the property, access to the site has been granted
Property must be a brownfield (former industrial/commercial use or residential if more than 4 units)
Property is not subject to federal CERCLA orders or on the National Priorities List.
Contact: Martin Smith, VAP/SABR Manager, email: martin.smith@epa.ohio.gov, phone: (614) 644-4829
See more at: http://epa.ohio.gov/derr/SABR/Grant_Assistance.aspx
Valuable Resources for Finding Funding Opportunities
Below are MVRPC's top picks to search for Federal and State funding opportunities.
GRANTS.GOV (www.grants.gov)
Grants.gov is your place to find and apply for grants for all Federal Agencies. You can sign up for a subscription to receive email updates on grant opportunities. There are also many resources to help you in the 'Grants Learning Center' at www.grants.gov/web/grants/learn-grants.html.
US ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORY
This directory provides links to critical local resources including: EDA regional office contacts, state government contacts, and EDD, TAAC, RLF, University Centers, and Tribal planning organization sites. https://www.eda.gov/resources/economic-development-directory/states/oh.htm
OHIO COMMUNITY GRANTS, LOANS, BONDS, AND TAX CREDITS
The Ohio Development Services Agency has a variety of bonds, grants, loans, and tax credits that can assist Ohio communities as they build an environment for economic development. More information on the various programs is listed at http://development.ohio.gov/cs/cs_grantsloansbonds.htm.
OHIO BUSINESS GRANTS, LOANS AND TAX CREDITS
The Ohio Development Services Agency has a variety of bonds, grants, loans and tax credits that can assist Ohio companies as they grow and create jobs in Ohio. More information on the various programs is listed at http://development.ohio.gov/bs/bs_busgrantsloans.htm.
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GRANTS
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources offers several grants to entities and individuals to help further resource management and enjoyment. A description of the grants can be found at https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/business-and-industry/municipalities-and-public-entities/grants-and-equipment/grants-and-equipment.
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
The link below takes you directly to Ohio's resources, which has a valuable spreadsheet of funding sources and a list of contacts by agency. http://epa.ohio.gov/DoBusiness/GetHelp/FinancialAssistance.aspx


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It's true! British people often start a conversation with strangers and friends by talking about the weather. As weather is a neutral topic of conversation, it's usually safe to use it to strike up a conversation - at the bus stop, in a shop, or with a neighbour over the garden fence.
"What strange weather we're having!"
"It doesn't look like it's going to stop raining today."
Although British people like to complain about bad weather, they generally "put a brave face on it".
"Never mind - it's good for the garden."
"At least my tomatoes will be happy."
"Well, I've heard it's worse in the west. They've had terrible flooding."
"I think it'll clear up later."
"It's going to rain by the looks of it."
"We're in for frost tonight."
"They're expecting snow in the north."
"I hear that showers are coming our way."
"The sun's trying to come out."
"It's been trying to rain all morning."
"It's finally decided to rain."
hailstones = when it rains "ice"
The weather can be funny, strange or unusual.
Although there are four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter) we talk about the time of the year.
If the weather ''clears up'' it will stop raining and become nicer.
We often use the ''going to'' future to talk about events we can predict based on what we see now, in the present. In this example, because we can see dark skies and hear thunder (present evidence) we think a storm is going to happen in the near future.
''By the looks of it'' = from what I can see.
A ''spell'' of weather = a period of weather. So ''sunny spells'' means some times when it will be sunny (but not all day).
''Be in for'' = going to have. ''We're in for rain'' = we are going to have some rain.
If weather is ''mild'', it isn't hard or extreme. If you have a mild winter, maybe it isn't very cold, or there isn't much snow.
We often talk about the weather almost as if it is human and able to decide its own actions. For example ''The sun is trying to come out'' = the sun wants to come out and to shine!
The noun ''weather'' is uncountable, so you can't have ''a''. (Remember: uncountable nouns don't have indefinite articles.) But you can say ''a lovely day'' because the noun ''day'' is countable.
It is good lesson to learn how to talk about weather with people.


Major depression in individuals could be treated by a new therapeutic approach where a weak alternating electric current is sent through electrodes attached to the scalp. Researchers successfully target a naturally occurring electrical pattern in a specific part of the brain through this approach, which improved depression in 70 percent of the subjects in a clinical trial.
"We conducted a small study of 32 people because this sort of approach had never been done before," said senior author Flavio Frohlich, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Carolina Center for Neurostimulation. "Now that we've documented how this kind of tACS can reduce depression symptoms, we can fine tune our approach to help many people in a relatively inexpensive, noninvasive way."
His tACS approach is unlike the more common brain stimulation technique called transcranial direct stimulation (tDCS), which sends a steady stream of weak electricity through electrodes attached to various parts of the brain. That approach has had mixed results in treating various conditions, including depression. Frohlich's tACS paradigm is newer and has not been investigated as thoroughly as tDCS. Frohlich's approach focuses on each individual's specific alpha oscillations, which appear as waves between 8 and 12 Hertz on an electroencephalogram (EEG). The waves in this range rise in predominance when we close our eyes and daydream, meditate, or conjure ideas - essentially when our brains shut out sensory stimuli, such as what we see, feel, and hear.
The participants were then separated into three groups. One group received the sham placebo stimulation - a brief electrical stimulus to mimic the sensation at the beginning of a tACS session. A control group received a 40-Hertz tACS intervention, well outside the range that the researchers thought would affect alpha oscillations. A third group received the treatment intervention - a 10-Hertz tACS electrical current that targeted each individual's naturally occurring alpha waves. Each person underwent their invention for 40 minutes on five consecutive days. None of the participants knew which group they were in, and neither did the researchers, making this a randomized double-blinded clinical study - the gold standard in biomedical research. Each participant took the MADRS immediately following the five-day regimen, at two weeks, and again at four weeks.
"It's important to note that this is a first-of-its kind study," Frohlich said. "When we started this research with computer simulations and preclinical studies, it was unclear if we would see an effect in people days after tACS treatment - let alone if tACS could become a treatment for psychiatric illnesses. It was unclear what would happen if we treated people several days in a row or what effect we might see weeks later. So, the fact that we've seen such positive results from this study gives me confidence our approach could help many people with depression."


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A Young Girl with a Lamb
Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
Oil painting on canvas, A Young Girl with a Lamb by Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661). A full-length portrait of a young girl, facing, seated in a landscape with rose bushes, with drape to left, wearing a decolleté gold dress with blue cloak. She is gesturing with her left hand to a seated lamb to her right.
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
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Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist
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Q: Does the speed of a wave travelling through a chain vary based on the size of the links? If you have a single, linear, physical, steel chain, and you initiate a wave motion that travels through this chain, how would the speed or momentum of the wave vary based on the thickness and/or length of each link in the chain?
Assume that the force applied to the wave, the total length of the chain, the total weight of the chain, and all other characteristics remain the same -- the only variables are the thicknesses and lengths of the individual links in the chain.
Similarly, how would the speed or momentum of that same wave be different if there were no links at all in the chain, but rather a continuous steel cable of the same weight and length, but just in cable form vs. in chain link form.

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The parents of two pupils at Ambergate Sports College will set off for a cycling challenge on Sunday to raise funds towards an amphitheatre for the pupils.
Kim Gibson and Claire Bembridge will pedal across a 53-mile route from Skegness to Grantham in an attempt to raise £1,000 in sponsorship money for Friends of Sandon and Ambergate (FOSA) and new planned facilities.
Kim explained to the Grantham Journal why they are embarking on the challenge.
"Leona [Kim's daughter] started the school in Year 7. She has additional needs and would never have coped with mainstream school. She has come on leaps and bounds since joining Ambergate, as has Claire's 10-year-old son, Reece. Photo right courtesy of Grantham Journal.
"This is our way of showing the school how much we appreciate everything they have done and raise some money for them at the same time. The money raised will go to Friends of Sandon and Ambergate (FOSA) which will benefit all the children at both schools.
The challenge comes hot on the heels of the #greatGANFrun, which saw GANF staff run over 120 miles in less than 24 hours to raise £2,600 towards a new amphitheatre at their Forest School.


From the man who invented Jason Bourne comes a new hero - not a highly trained assassin from a top-secret operation, but a regular guy who gets sucked into some international intrigue.
Legendary producer Irwin Winkler and screenwriter Jose Ruisanchez are at work on adapting "The Sigma Protocol," Robert Ludlum's last novel before his death in 2001, reported Deadline.
Universal's been kicking this thing around to no avail for a decade now, but with their Bourne reboot, "The Bourne Legacy," starring Jeremy Renner, heating up, they probably figure now's a good time to try again to leverage the Ludlum brand.


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Jeffrey Welborn is a Republican member of the Montana Senate.  He was elected to House District 72 which represents the Dillon area and now serves as a State Senator of District 36. In 2022, he supported the state of Montana's proposed purchase of a 5,600-acre ranch from Shodair Children's Hospital in order to open up 100,000 acres of public land for easier access by the public.

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Філі́ппо Палі́цці (; 16 червня 1818, Васто, Абруццо — 11 вересня 1899, Неаполь) — італійський художник 19 століття. Робив картини історичного жанру , портрети, пейзажі, розробляв побутовий та анімалістичний жанри.

Життєпис
Народився і жив у Басто (Абруццо) до 1837 року. Відомо, що мав художні здібності і брав участь у створенні фігурок для різдвяних вертепів. 1837 року перебрався до Неаполя, де влаштувався у Художню академію. Навчання в академії не сподобалось і був вимушений покинути академію, аби навчатися у приватній школі художника Джузеппе Боноліса (1800—1851). У власних творах відійшов від настанов академізму у бік реалізму і досвіду художників Фрнції.

Мав старшого брата-художника, Джузеппе Паліцці (1812—1888), що покинув Італію і влаштувався в Парижі. Філіппо Паліцці виробив власну, не схожу на братову, художню манеру і займався фото, що вплинуло на ретельне відтворення на полотні численних подробиць. Використовував фотографії для створення власних композицій.

1855 року відвідав Францію, Бельгію та Нідерланди.
1880 року взяв участь у заснуванні шкіл промислового дизайну в Неаполі.
Два роки був головою Художньої академії Неаполя (1878—1880).

Працював у Парижі та в Неаполі.

Помер 11 вересня 1899 року у Неаполі.

Вибрані твори

 "Ластівки біля калюжі "
 «Ковчег Ноя»
 «Віслюк», 1843
 «Жінка з куркою в руках», 1848
 «Стайня з конем і бараном», 1854
 «Дівчина біля джерела», 1856
 «Джузеппе Гарібальді верхи», 1860
 «Весна», 1868
 «Дівчинка на скелі біля Сорренто», 1871
 «Пастушка повертається з поля»
 «Голуби на паркані»
 «Бідна оселя»
 «Священик на вузькій вулиці»
 «Спанієль з двома цуценятами»
 «Три корови»
 «Полювання на оленя»
 «Полювання на вовка»
 «Старий бородань»
 «Годівля бичка»
 «Робітниці на розкопках у Помпеях», 1870

Галерея вибраних творів

Джерела
 Eduardo Alamaro, La Querelle Palizzi/Tesorone: sull'idealmente nobile e praticamente utile nella produzione delle scuole-officine del Museo Artistico Industriale di Napoli, LAF-Faenza, Faenza 1988 (estratti dalla rivista «Faenza», bollettino del MIC di Faenza, A. LXX (1984) NN. 1-2 3-4 5-6; A. LXXI (1985) NN. 1-3;
 Eduardo Alamaro, Barbara Ceramica: Filippo Palizzi e la scuola/officina di ceramica del Museo Artistico Industriale di Napoli (1880—1899) in «K (Keramikos)», rivista bimestrale, agosto 1988, n. 5, Alberto Greco Editore — Milano, inserto monografico di 12 pp. a colori, al centro della rivista, fuori numerazione pagine;
 Guglielmo Aurini, Filippo Palizzi, Teramo, Rivista Abruzzese, 1900, estratto dalla Rivista Abruzzese di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Anno 15 (1900), Fasc. 1 e 2, gennaio-febbraio;
 Raffaele Aurini, Palizzi Filippo, in Dizionario bibliografico della gente d'Abruzzo, vol. I, Teramo, Ars et Labor, 1952, ora in Nuova edizione a cura di Fausto Eugeni, Luigi Ponziani, Marcello Sgattoni, Colledara, Andromeda editrice, 2002, vol. IV, pp. 301—321;
 Filippo, Giuseppe, Nicola, Francesco Paolo Palizzi del Vasto, a cura di Giovanna Di Matteo e Cosimo Savastano, Sant'Atto di Teramo, Edigrafital, 1999;
 Cosimo Savastano, Fotografi abruzzesi, in Fotografi abruzzesi dell'Ottocento e del primo Novecento, a cura di Corrado Anelli e Fausto Eugeni, Sant'Atto di Teramo, Edigrafital, 2002, pp. IX—XIII, (collana Scatti d'Epoca, n.6);
 Cosimo Savastano, Palizzi Filippo, in Gente d'Abruzzo. Dizionario biografico, Castelli, Andromeda editrice, 2006, vol. 7, pp. 235—242;
 Laura Casone, Filippo Palizzi , catalogo online Artgate  della Fondazione Cariplo, 2010, CC-BY-SA.
 Antonio Menna e Vittorio Menna, Giuseppe Palizzi — Celebrazione del bicentenario della nascita (1812—2012), Vasto, Edizioni Cannarsa, 2012.
 Гос. Эрмитаж, каталог 1, «Западноевропейская живопись», Ленинград, «Аврора», 1976

Див. також
 Мистецтво Італії
 Барбізонська школа
 Пейзаж
 Побутовий жанр
 Анімалістичний жанр
 Паліцці (прізвище)
 Список художників Італії 19 ст.

Примітки

Посилання

Італійські художники
Уродженці провінції К'єті
Померли в Неаполі
Художники XIX століття
Художники, чиї твори перебувають у суспільному надбанні


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Three things we learned from the Colts' loss to the Patriots
The Colts lost to the New England Patriots 34-27 Here are three things we learned.
By Josh Wilson@JoshWilsonSB Oct 19, 2015, 8:00am EDT
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The Indianapolis Colts lost to the New England Patriots 34-27 on Sunday Night Football. What did we learn from the game? Here are three takeaways (and we're using the team "learn" loosely):
Offense shows glimpses of hope
If you're looking for positives from Sunday night's game, I think one of the biggest ones is that, at times, it was the best offensive showing of the year. Andrew Luck returned to the field and completed 30 of 50 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns without an interception, also rushing for 35 yards (8.8 yards per carry). Donte Moncrief caught six passes for 69 yards and a score, even forcing the Patriots to focus their coverage on him. T.Y. Hilton caught six passes for 74 yards and a touchdown. Frank Gore rushed for 78 yards on 13 carries, averaging six yards per rush. The Colts racked up 409 yards of total offense and didn't turn the football over. They snapped a streak of 21 games in a row not scoring on their opening possession. They led the Patriots at halftime. If we're looking for positives, one of the biggest ones was that the Colts showed the most life on offense that they've shown all season, besides for the fourth quarter of the Titans game. But it was inconsistent (particularly in the second half) and some of the same issues showed up again (see the next point), leaving the feeling that the offense isn't there yet. That was obvious, as the Colts scored only three touchdowns (and just six points in the second half, with 1:19 left in the game) - which won't be enough to beat the Patriots in very many games whatsoever. This unit is still very much a work in progress, but we saw glimpses of hope that perhaps they'll be able to put it all together at some point.
Same issues plague Colts... again
If you think back to Andrew Luck's first three starts of the season and then compare it to the team's game on Sunday night in week six, you would probably notice a lot of similarities - and that's because a lot of the issues were the same ones. The passing defense blew too many plays in coverage, especially early. It's much more understandable against Tom Brady, yeah, but they still didn't look too good. The team couldn't create much of a pass rush whatsoever. Andrew Luck did miss some passes once again, particularly in the second half. And the offensive line struggled mightily. Early in the game, they looked much better, and Luck was getting the ball out faster. But that didn't happen in the second half. As the Colts fell behind and the pressure mounted on Luck, he began to hold the football a bit longer, and while it's easy to blame him for that, the reality is this: the line needs to be able to protect Andrew Luck for a bit longer than simply for a quick dump off pass. For example, there was a 3rd and 7 play in which Luck was sacked, and he held on to the football a bit longer - but, if you want the team to develop a play downfield, you need to give him time. The line didn't do that in the second half. More hurtful, however, were the penalties that once again plagued this team. It's really getting ridiculous just how many holding penalties that this team commits. Simply put, the same issues are showing up over and over for the Colts. Penalties, poor play, mistakes, etc.
The biggest mismatch lies with the coaching staff
All of the moves that the Indianapolis Colts made this offseason were with one goal in mind: beating the Patriots. They improved their run defense after getting run over by the Patriots recently. They added a wide receiver in the draft after seeing their passing game shut down in the AFC Championship game. They added a running back to make their offense more than one-dimensional. Pretty much everything that the Colts did was with beating the Patriots in mind. And, to be honest, the Colts got closer. Prior to Sunday night, the closest the Colts had come to the Patriots in the Andrew Luck era was a 21 point loss, and on Sunday they lost by seven. It was closer, but I think we saw very clearly the biggest thing that is keeping this Colts team from seriously competing with the Patriots: the coaching staff. To be fair, Bill Belichick against any coach in the NFL is a mismatch, so that in and of itself isn't anything noteworthy. Belichick is an all-time great, so it's not a knock on Chuck Pagano to say that he was outcoached by Belichick. But the reality is that this staff is not equipped to compete with the adjustments or the gameplans of the Patriots' staff.
And this is coming after a game in which I thought there were positives to Chuck Pagano's calls - namely, his aggressiveness. He went for it on 4th and 1, leading to the Colts' first touchdown of the game. He kicked a surprise onside kick, and even though it didn't work out, that was coaching to win. If there's one area that Pagano has really improved at as a head coach, it's in this area. But then there was the fake punt call. And there were the second half adjustments that the Colts didn't make. On the field, the Colts were closer than many expected. But when it came to the coaching, the Colts were still totally outmatched, and I think it's clear that despite all of their efforts this offseason, perhaps the biggest gap between the Colts and the Patriots lies in the coaching staffs.


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COVID-19 hands NCAA tournament more unwelcome moments — this time an early exit for VCU
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The NCAA has canceled Saturday night's VCU-Oregon first round game. Read the NCAA's full statement below.
"The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee has declared the VCU-Oregon game scheduled for Saturday night at Indiana Farmers Coliseum a no-contest because of COVID-19 protocols. This decision was made in consultation with the Marion County Public Health Department. As a result, Oregon will advance to the next round of the tournament. The NCAA and the committee regret that VCU's student-athletes and coaching staff will not be able to play in a tournament in which they earned the right to participate. Because of privacy issues we cannot provide further details."
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Round 1 at the 2021 NCAA Tournament was filled with upsets and the typical madness that is March, including a surprising no-contest, the reigning national champion getting knocked off in an upset and several of the top-seeded teams getting good scares or eliminated altogether.
As the field takes shape with an even 32 teams entering Round 2, we should be in for quite a treat. No. 1 seeds Illinois and Baylor will kick off second-round action in consecutive games on CBS on Sunday afternoon. Also on deck is an OSU vs. OSU matchup (Oregon State vs. Oklahoma State), cinderella-hopeful Oral Roberts taking on Florida and a pair of 3 seeds in West Virginia and Arkansas drawing tough matchups stylistically with Syracuse and Texas Tech, respectively.
As the home of March Madness, CBS Sports will be tracking every game and every score as we keep you apprised of notable developments in our continuously updating live NCAA Tournament Bracket with matchup analysis for every game. And the schedule? It's hard to keep up with on that printable bracket of yours. So we've got you covered on that front right here with an easy-to-digest version featuring viewing information for each game.
Entering this year's unprecedented COVID-19 NCAA Tournament, at least one virus cancelation seemed to inevitably loom over the field of 64. On Saturday evening, that feared first cancelation hit.
Tonight's matchup between N0. 7 seed Oregon and No. 10 seed VCU has been ruled a no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols. With the virus issues occurring on the Rams' side of things, the Ducks will move on to the round of 32.
In an official statement released by the NCAA on Twitter, the league explained that the decision was made in consultation with the Marion County Public Health Department. Details about the scale of the potential outbreak were not divulged due to "privacy issues."
"The NCAA and the committee regret that VCU's student-athletes and coaching staff will not be able to play in a tournament in which they earned the right to participate," the league wrote.
You have to feel for this VCU team that fought its way to a second place finish in the Atlantic 10 conference and earned its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2018-19 — just to be booted without getting a chance to even attempt an upset.
With the forfeited "win" over the Rams, Oregon now extends the PAC-12's perfect round of 64 record to 5-0.
Tom Izzo felt Joshua Langford gave him everything he had.
And it appears Michigan State basketball's three-time captain ended his career early Friday morning with the Spartans' 86-80 NCAA tournament loss to UCLA.
A fifth-year senior, Langford could return for the 2021-22 season and not count against MSU's limit of 13 scholarships. Both he and Izzo hinted earlier this month the native of Huntsville, Alabama, was at least pondering that option.
Though he could change his mind, the 24-year-old seemed to be at peace and set in his decision to move on with his future.
"It's my last college basketball game for Michigan State," Langford said, "so that's tough."
He did not elaborate if his next step will be to pursue professional basketball opportunities, transfer to another college or end his playing career.
Three years to the day of his last NCAA appearance, against Syracuse in 2018, Langford scored 12 points — including 10 in the second half and overtime after injuring his ankle — on 5-for-8 shooting. The 6-foot-6 guard grabbed seven rebounds, handed out four assists and blocked a shot in 36 minutes against the Bruins.
Langford is a former McDonald's All-American and five-star recruit who was part of Izzo's vaunted 2016 recruiting haul (along with Miles Bridges, Cassius Winston and Nick Ward). He suffered a stress reaction in his left foot Dec. 29, 2018 against Northern Illinois that ended his sophomore season and required surgery. Langford attempted to return in the summer of 2019, but a similar injury in a different part of the same foot necessitated a second surgery in December 2019 that ended his season before he could play.
After a first day of spectacular upsets, the second day of first-round matchups in the men's NCAA Tournament delivered more madness.
Bracket-busting and Cinderella runs were brewing but ultimately put to rest in the early set of games, as Kansas staved off No. 14 Eastern Washington's upset bid despite trailing at halftime and Florida State shook off a late rally by No. 13 seed UNC Greensboro. Then later in the day Creighton barely evaded an upset by escaping UC Santa Barbara by one point.
Major upsets finally materialized in the later games with No. 13 seed Ohio sending the reigning national champion Virginia Cavaliers home and No. 14 Abilene Christian clipping No. 3 Texas.
The big news of the day was the first-round game between No. 7 seed Oregon and No. 10 seed Virginia Commonwealth being called off three hours before it was to begin because of COVID-19 concerns. The game was ruled a no-contest and Oregon automatically advances to the second round, as VCU had several players test positive at the last minute.
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Nestlé research means it's 'YES!' for recyclable paper packaging
A technical breakthrough in confectionery packaging will see Nestlé's 'YES!' snack bar range wrapped in recyclable paper for the first time.
UK based experts, working at Nestlé's confectionery R&D centre in York, have found a way to use a recyclable paper wrapper in a high-speed 'flow wrap cold seal' packaging line. It represents a world first for a process that, in the past, was only suitable for plastic films and laminates.
Nestlé's 'YES!' range of fruit-based and nut-based bars will become the first brand to convert to the new recyclable paper wrapper to be rolled out by September.
Stefano Agostini, CEO for Nestlé in the UK and Ireland said: "YES! represents exactly what more and more people are demanding from manufacturers like Nestlé now and for the future. Last year we introduced YES! as an entirely new brand using wholesome ingredients and offering a healthier snacking option of tasty fruit and nut bars.
"Now we've turned our attention to the wrapper so that the packaging is sustainable and easy to recycle. It's an important step as we work to make all of our packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025."
YES! bar wrappers will now carry the message "carefully wrapped in paper" to reflect the work that has been done in adapting production lines to handle the new packaging more gently during the manufacturing process.
The new packaging is made of a coated paper that is widely recyclable with other paper. The paper itself comes from sustainable sources, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification.
The innovation has been a significant project for Nestlé's global confectionery R&D centre in York and a small team have worked independently and creatively to focus on finding the breakthrough required.
Jas Scott de Martinville, Global Confectionery R&D lead for Nestlé said: "This launch is the result of a lot of hard work at speed with our R&D teams delivering a recyclable paper solution for our YES! bars in less than 10 months. It is an incredible achievement and one that we are all very proud of."
The challenge for experts was to find a way to use paper on high speed production lines that have been designed for more durable plastic or laminate packaging. The new wrapper then had to be tested extensively to make sure it would keep YES! bars in perfect condition during production, transport and storage.
Nestlé is introducing three new flavours of YES! bar to coincide with introduction of the new paper wrapper. Delicious Dark Choc, Banana & Pecan and Luscious Raspberry & Chia Seeds will join existing favourites like Tempting Dark Choc, Sea Salt & Almond, Sumptuous Cranberry and Dark Chocolate and Delicious Beetroot & Apple.
Each YES! nut bar is vegetarian, high in fibre, and a source of protein. The fruit bars are vegan, gluten free, lactose free, high in fibre, have no added sugar and contribute to one of your five a day.
With the new paper wrapper and a wider range of flavours, YES! is now being launched in more countries. It will now be available in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. More countries in Europe and beyond will follow soon.


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Q: GCM - Getting Error message "There was an unknown error while processing the request. Try again." when creating new project We are trying to get API Key and Sender ID using Google Developer Console  https://developers.google.com/mobile/add
We enter the App Name and Android Package Name using correct format.  We get the error message "There was an unknown error while processing the request. Try again."
A couple of weeks ago we could use this process and had no issues.
When I click the link and go to the Developer Console - the project was created.  And we can use the console to get the API Key and Sender ID.  The problem is we need to have the SHA-1 to create the API key, and that's more difficult process.
Anyone else having this issue?  Is this a temporary issue with Google GCM, or do we need to go through the Developer Console t create the API key?

A: I got the same issue while logging to google using multiple accounts.

log in to single google account and try.


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Sony's Shawn Layden has given more information on the state of the cross-play feature of the PlayStation 4 and made it clear that the company is interested in having it. Layden spoke with Game Informer and gave more information on the feature, which is currently available in a few games.
The President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment said that they have learned from the feedback from their fans that it was important. He added that they have tried to be so good over the last four or five years and listen to what fans want. Layden also explained that it is not like flipping a switch. Sony's console currently offers the feature in just a few games, including battle royale title Fortnite.
Sony saw some criticism last year over Fortnite and other games that offered the feature for other consoles. The tech giant took time to bring the feature for Fortnite, which is available for PC, Xbox One and many other platforms.
Cross-play between PS4 and Xbox One was not available for a while but Sony later announced its launch. The announcement was big news for the feature since it allowed Fortnite players from other platforms to play against PS4 owners.
Before the announcement, many believed that Sony was taking its time and doing all it could to prevent players from competing against other consoles. Cross-play has been part of other games in the past but Sony had not really brought the feature until Fortnite.
In recent months, several game developers have expressed their interest in using the feature. Other games such as Rocket League now have cross-play enabled. Layden did not give any information on the games that could have the feature.
The lineup of games offering the feature for the PS4 remains quite small. The feature seems to have drawn lots of interest from game developers but Layden's explanation gave a different take. He went on to explain that they are open for business and that all it takes is for publishers and developers to work with the PlayStation account manager.
Part of his comments are good news for those who want to see more cross-play but his comments do leave some questions without answers since it makes it seem like companies behind games aren't stepping up to bring the feature.
For now, Fortnite and Rocket League are the only two games to offer this feature on Sony's console. Rocket League's cross play feature is actually less than a month old on the PlayStation 4. The game has announced that its cross-platform party system will arrive on February 19. This is great news because cross-play can be a little complicated due to the fact that players from different consoles can't join party chats. This means that the game needs a party system to make sure all players can play and talk together.


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A step beyond the idea: figuring out the logistics--While Eisman was trying to establish himself as a hedge fund manager, Michael Burry, a doctor turned investor who lived in San Jose, California, had already had the idea of short selling subprime mortgage bonds. His only question was how to go about it, and to this end, he was spending his days studying the market in excruciating detail. In his case, that meant countless hours by himself in his office, reading everything he could find on the subject, which included the rare act of poring over the incredibly long and boring prospectuses that accompanied each bond.
The further decline in lending standards--One thing was clear: lending standards had reached an all-time low as banks actually extended loans that required no payment at all. Instead, through the so-called ARM, or adjustable-rate mortgage, the homebuyer had the option of transferring the owed interest to the principal, the unacknowledged problem being that future interest payments could easily become unaffordable. In other words, banks were making mortgage loans to people who couldn't afford to pay them. Burry had already noticed the decrease in buyer quality by 2003, and two years later, he observed a similar decrease in loan quality. Lenders seemed mainly interested in increasing the volume of loans, and they would then minimize their own risk by selling these substandard loans to the large Wall Street investment banks, who packaged and sold them as mortgage bonds.
The credit default swap--Burry's investigation had led him to the realization that short selling a mortgage bond was not a logistical option. That would mean borrowing them, which wasn't possible. The solution was the credit default swap, which Lewis explains as being similar to an insurance policy. The buyer would pay a percentage of the total purchase amount for a fixed period in return for a guaranteed payment of the total by the seller (or insurer) in the event of a default. The advantages were that you could never lose more than the cost of the premiums and that you stood to gain much more if you bet wisely.
According to Lewis, credit default swaps were initially used by banks in the 1990s as a hedge against corporate default, but they rapidly evolved into a means of speculation. Burry had already begun to take advantage of corporate credit default swaps as a way of betting against the real estate market; but in 2004, credit default swaps didn't even exist for the subprime mortgage bond market, which was his real target. The idea for that had popped into Burry's head one day while he was studying the subprime mortgage bond situation, and his next step was to call the big investment banks to suggest it. Focusing on those he deemed most likely to survive what he felt was the certain doom of the subprime mortgage bond market, he contacted all except Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. Only two—Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank—showed any interest; the rest dismissed the suggestion, little guessing that within three years it would prove prophetic to the tune of trillions of dollars.
Glass eye and personality traits--Burry's foresight was not the only thing that set him apart from his peers. From the age of two, he had had only one eye as a result of cancer, when the removal of a tumor required taking out his left eye as well. Socially awkward, in his view mostly because of his glass eye and the subsequent difficulty he had with looking at people, he was not inclined to have a lot of friends, and the few he did have he knew mostly through e-mail. He married twice, the first time to a Korean woman and the second time to his current wife, a Vietnamese-American woman with whom he has had several children. His character traits, many of which he related to his physical deformity, include an obsession with honesty and fairness. When he noticed that professional basketball coaches had a tendency to be partial toward star players by faulting them less often than others, he completely lost interest in the sport; and when describing himself on Match.com, where he met his present wife, he emphasized his worst rather than his best qualities. Burry has an athletic build and enjoys sports, but partly because of problems caused by his eye and partly because of his discomfort around other people, he dislikes team sports, preferring instead such activities as swimming, which judge participants exclusively on their own performance.
Medical school--Since the time he was a child, Burry has also had an extraordinary ability to focus and learn, the catch being that he has to be obsessively interested in a subject in order to have any interest at all. Given that condition, school came so easily for him that he managed to get himself accepted to the best medical schools without particularly trying. After completing his medical studies at Vanderbilt University, he did his residency at Stanford Hospital. It was there that he realized that he had no real interest in medical practice, which he found either tedious or disgusting.
Fascination with the stock market--One thing he did take an ongoing interest in was the stock market, which had fascinated him ever since his boyhood, when his father had warned him about its dangers. Unable to find any rationality in it, he came to view himself as a value investor, especially with the insanity surrounding him during the 1990's dot-com bubble. He was familiar with both Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, and his student, Warren Buffett; and his study of these two extraordinary examples had convinced him that the secret to being a great investor was not to imitate them—just as Buffett had not imitated Graham—but to find his individual style and method of investing based on his own personality and way of doing things.
The miraculous value investor--Another of Burry's outstanding traits was his remarkable productivity. He was able to sustain fourteen-hour workdays and then stay up two nights in a row disassembling and reassembling his computer to improve its speed. Referring to the army's claim that its people got more done in the first few hours of the morning than most did in an entire day, he affirmed that he accomplished even more than the army. So the fact that his introduction to Wall Street happened in the wee hours of the morning, between midnight and 3 a.m., while working at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville in 1996, was not surprising if you knew Dr. Michael Burry. He had studied all he could about value investing, but he wanted more real world interaction and experience, so he logged onto technostocks.com and started a "value investing" thread. Once he had exhausted that source of information, he launched his own value investing blog, where he listed the trades he was making and outlined his reasons. In the middle of the dot-com bubble, he was doing the opposite of most other people's trades—and he was succeeding. In fact, his winning streak was so spectacular that he soon drew the attention of Wall Street. As Lewis says, they found him, and they were amazed at what they were seeing, in part because he seemed to be accomplishing miracles in his spare time. Lewis quotes one mutual fund manager from Philadelphia as saying that Burry was spotting trends that no one else had noticed.
By the time Burry arrived at Stanford for his residency in 1998, he was already a known quantity on the investing circuit. After a few years of dispensing investing advice over the Internet, he finally admitted to himself that professional investing seemed like a more rewarding and appropriate career for him than medicine. Ironically, it was the money received from a family settlement over his father's unnecessary death (due to misdiagnosis) that enabled Burry to pool enough capital to quit medicine and start his own hedge fund in San Jose. Another irony was that when Burry founded Scion Capital, he upped the ante for non-family investors by requiring a minimum net worth of $15 million dollars—far beyond anything he or his family and few friends had ever been able to afford. To his surprise, he received some calls from major financial firms offering to invest in his company. Joel Greenblatt of Gotham Capital flew Burry and his wife to New York to personally meet with him and give him a million dollars—something Greenblatt had never done before. White Mountains Insurance Group, which was associated with Warren Buffett through its CEO, Jack Byrne, was next. In a similarly unusual move, the firm called Burry, after first speaking with Gotham Capital, to offer him $600,000. As Lewis notes, within a short time, Burry had gone from being a neurology resident with a large debt to a millionaire hedge fund manager.
Integrity and individuality: a different way of doing things--His personal issue of having to deal with people in the flesh in order to attract clients was solved by the ubiquity of the internet, which enabled him to present his ideas in writing and allow his investors to come to him rather than having to court them personally. Luckily, his utter lack of interest in social interchange was more than made up for by his extraordinary intelligence and insight. In the next few years, Burry would consistently beat the market by a significant margin, and within four years, his company would go from a mere couple of million dollars to a growing fund of $600 million. According to one New York hedge fund manager, had Burry not been turning money away, he would have had billions of dollars under his management.
From the beginning, Burry's approach with Scion Capital was different from the norm. In line with his sense of honesty and fairness and with an acute awareness of the power of incentives, Burry refused to extract the usual 2-percent fee that other hedge fund managers considered standard, instead charging his investors only for expenses and for actual investment growth. He had no large support teams, preferring to work by himself. He used no secret tools (other than his mind) but spent his days studying financial statements and 10-K Wizard, a digest of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings of more than 10,000 public companies.
"Ick" investments--Burry's goal was to stay ahead of fluctuating market opinions and to unearth events and patterns that pointed toward a potential change in a company's value. His investments often decreased in value before experiencing significant increases, and for this reason, he required at least a year's commitment from his investors. He typically invested in stocks that showed signs of short-term devaluation (he called them "ick" investments) because of negative company circumstances but that promised long-term improvement. When the stock fell initially, he would buy up large amounts of it, and then, instead of simply watching the market, he would contact the company and attempt to influence it in a positive direction.
Originator of the idea for credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds--Given all this, it comes as no surprise that Michael Burry was one of the first to recognize the limited life span of the continued housing price boom following the Silicon Valley dot-com bubble. He could see that it was being largely driven by the irresponsible lending practices in place at the time and by the belief that residential real estate prices would continue to rise. A change in either of those factors could lead to a sharp drop in housing prices. That was why he felt such urgency in relation to setting up the purchase of credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds from the large investment banks, a process that included the creation of contracts that would ensure payment by the seller in the event of a default. This was done through the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), created by Salomon Brothers in 1986 to deal with interest rate swaps. Burry knew that he was betting against something much larger than a stock or bond: he was betting against an entire system, and he wanted to make sure that he would be paid.
"Ick" credit default swaps and the obliviousness of the investment banks--When he finally bought his first credit default swaps from Deutsche Bank for $60 million in 2005, he had done his homework and singled out the worst ones he could find. What surprised and concerned him to some extent—because he feared the banks would raise their prices if they caught on—was that the banks didn't seem to care or understand the significance of the choices he was making. They certainly didn't seem wise to the precarious nature of the overall subprime situation. For instance, Burry likened Goldman Sachs's mortgage bond prices to being able to buy flood insurance for the same price on any home regardless of its location and risk of damage. What struck him was that the banks seemed unconcerned about the differences between individual bonds and were instead content to take the rating agencies' decisions on faith, not realizing that their triple-A and triple-B labels (for example) had no specific or absolute value, as was assumed, but that they were intended to be used on a relative scale.
Within weeks, Burry had managed to engage several banks in the new market, amassing hundreds of millions of "ick" subprime credit default swaps in the process. By mid-2005, with $750 million in subprime credit default swaps in his fund's portfolio, Burry estimated Scion Capital to have the largest percentage of this type of investment at the time. Given his certainty that the subprime mortgage bond market would crash and knowing that Goldman Sachs and presumably the other banks were just brokers and not the ultimate sellers of what was obviously trash, he wondered who would be insane enough to risk so much money on a zero-sum bet that was doomed to go bad. Lewis explains here that the term "zero-sum" means that the same amount gained on side of the bet is lost on the other side. Whoever was on the other side of this bet apparently believed it was worth it.
Worsening of the subprime housing market bubble--Earlier that year, the country had witnessed record credit card delinquencies despite the continued increase in housing prices. That meant that, even with greater financing capability, Americans were having difficulty paying their debts. Within a short period of time, the mortgage bond market had grown to huge proportions, surpassing the other bond markets. The national economy was tied to the mortgage bond industry's success, and the industry itself was relying on the irrational notion that housing prices would keep rising. Mortgage-related fraud had increased substantially and had become standard even on Wall Street. As Burry tried to explain to his investors, all of this pointed to a bubble—and the bubble was doomed to burst.
Doubtful investors--Burry did not fully inform his investors of his credit default swap activities until late 2005, when he wrote to them of his dim view of the subprime mortgage situation and the remarkable opportunities it held. He knew that this was a rare moment in history, but his investors, who saw him more as a brilliant stock picker, were uncertain of his ability to predict larger economic events and did not take kindly to the idea that he was investing their money in an unpromising financial instrument. In an effort to convince them, Burry countered with the notion that his foray into subprime mortgage credit default swaps was part of the same overall strategy he used when seeking out value under any guise. He had also ascertained that he stood to win even if only a small part of a subprime credit default swap went bad. But what should have spoken most loudly were the fund's numbers: since the birth of Scion Capital five years earlier, its worth had increased 242 percent. There was no way that the single-digit increases (or decreases) in the S&P 500 index could even begin to compare. Still, except for those who wanted more information so that they could try this new type of investment on their own, his investors couldn't see past their worries.
Subprime mortgage market delinquencies and an awakening market--Burry's investors may have been chewing their nails over his latest tactics, but other hedge funds were taking an interest. They were calling Goldman Sachs wanting to know the secrets behind Burry's trades, something Burry found out by accident from a Goldman Sachs trader who called him requesting information. Next he heard from Greg Lippmann at Deutsche Bank, which had quit dealing with him almost half a year before because of his persistent demands for collateral. Lippmann wanted to repurchase the credit default swaps that Deutsche Bank had originally sold Burry. Burry no longer wanted to deal with Deutsche Bank, so he complied, only to have Lippmann turn around and ask to buy more bonds from him, assuming the bank could name its own price. Burry declined, but the situation struck him as odd. He couldn't understand how Deutsche Bank even knew about his latest investments. Within days after that, Burry got an unofficial call along the same lines from Goldman Sachs, followed by another similar request from Morgan Stanley. Out of curiosity, he had also checked with Bank of America to see whether they were willing to sell and discovered, not surprisingly, that they weren't.
The reason for this sudden change of heart was simple: the loans that Burry had expected to go bad were now doing so at an unprecedented rate. By this time, it was November 2006, and the Wall Street Journal was confirming his earlier predictions. Burry knew now that there had to be an awakening on the part of the lenders, the rating agencies, and the traders. The sloppy practices that had enabled his trades would finally have to change. From what Burry had heard from one of his investors, only one Wall Street trader stood to gain from the situation—and that was Greg Lippmann.


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Anthony de Mello (1931-1987) is known worldwide as an extraordinary spiritual teacher. What may be less known to his international audience is what a brilliant psychotherapist he was, too. There are a large number of people who would attribute significant and even life-saving changes that helped them find happiness and peace in life because of de Mello. Not only did he found an institute in India that has trained a large number of therapists, he also made powerful interventions in the lives of people through his practice of what he called spiritual counseling. What accounted for the profound changes in people was his ability to combine the skills of psychotherapy with the power of Awareness or Mindfulness. The practical manner in which Anthony de Mello integrated the skills of psychology with the transforming wisdom of Awareness was both groundbreaking and innovative.
Anthony de Mello – Awareness Review
Through all these works, as in his live conferences, de Mello continues to ease and tease his listeners, and challenge and inspire them along a path of humor and wisdom, obvious jokes and sudden depths. It is no wonder then that twenty-five years after his death, as in his life time, his work on awareness has inspired millions of people across the world and has continued to challenge them to wake up and live in the freedom and freshness of the Now.
De Mello recognized Awareness as the essence of Spirituality. He proposed Awareness as the way to freedom from all that binds us – our attachments that fetter us, our conditioning that prevents us from seeing with clarity, the barriers of beliefs and ideas that obstruct our vision, and our fears that prevent us from loving. He did not invent awareness, it was already taught from ancient times and in diverse ways throughout the world, especially by the Buddha. All he did was to experience its power, embody it in his life, and communicate it to a modern worldwide audience in a way that they could understand.
While the work of Tony de Mello is our starting point, we do not see it as being of one person. Rather it is an universal message, for in it are reflected the teachings of the mystics of diverse times and places. We find there a Master who, in his own words, is "a Hindu Guru, a Zen Roshi, a Taoist Sage, a Jewish Rabbi, a Christian Monk, a Sufi Mystic. He is a Lao-Tzu and Socrates. Buddha and Jesus, Zarathustra and Mohammed. His teaching is found in the seventh century B.C. and the twentieth century A.D. His wisdom belongs to East and West alike."
Anthony de Mello's Legacy
After Tony's death, Francis Valloor continued his work in India as the director of Sadhana Institute for 14 years, and later founded the De Mello Institute which continues that legacy. Following the same approach to human suffering and transformation, De Mello Institute offers psychotherapy, learning experiences and growth opportunities to individuals and groups with a variety of problems and life issues
Here is psychotherapy with a difference: We combine the best of what modern psychology has to give with Awareness/Mindfulness, the deepest and the most effective element that the perennial wisdom of spirituality offers in order to guide you towards the peace and happiness that you long for. We offer a number of programmes and services that, through insight, understanding and skilful interventions help resolve the difficulties and problems you encounter.
You will see that psychotherapy is neither painful nor shameful but an experience of growth and understanding that sets you free to find happiness in the present moment.
Tony's work was marked by an ordinariness and power that could in fact bring about deep transformation in the lives of people.
Awareness Psychotherapy and Practice
This possibility of transformation is what we are offering to participants at our Awareness workshops and retreats. We do this not by repeating what Tony taught but taking it beyond where he had left off twenty five years ago.
Tony wrote that the desired outcome of this work is this: to be Awakened – and transformed.
"This is what wisdom means: To be awakened without the slightest effort on your part, to be transformed, believe it or not, merely by waking to the reality that is not words, that lies beyond the reach of words.
If you are fortunate enough to be Awakened thus, you will know why the finest language is the one that is not spoken, the finest action is the one that is not done and the finest change is the one that is not willed."


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Student nurses energised by First Minister's letter
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has written to Nursing students at the University of Dundee to praise their hard work and dedication at the most testing time in the history of the NHS.
Ms Sturgeon was responding to a letter from Carike Barnardo, Student President at the University's School of Health Sciences inviting her to recognise the work that student nurses have been doing to support the health service since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Spring, more than 300 final-year nursing students at the University elected to graduate early and take up paid placements to join the global battle against COVID-19, while others volunteered to complete their Year 2 studies in practice in order to increase capacity as the NHS attempted to get to grips with the pandemic.
Addressing the 1400 students at the School of Health Sciences, the First Minister praised nursing students at Dundee, and across Scotland, saying, "This year the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on us all, and we are extremely grateful to our highly skilled nursing students who stepped up in an hour of need. Your extraordinary hard work, dedication, skills and commitment helped pull our health service through an exceptional time.
"Some of your colleagues have now joined the workforce permanently, others of you have continued with your programmes and are working hard to complete your studies, and many of you have just started on this journey to become the health professionals that Scotland will need for the future.
"I know that it has been difficult, and that many of you have family or other caring responsibilities as well as your nursing programmes.
"No matter what stage you are at in your career the people of Scotland will always remember our nurses are the lifeblood of the health service, and every day you work towards helping others. That is something truly admirable, and I thank you for your hard work and dedication, and wish you well in your career."
Ms Sturgeon's letter also included praise from Scotland's Chief Nursing Officer, Fiona McQueen, who added, "I am very proud of the response of the nursing and midwifery professions and nursing support staff to this challenge. It has been truly exemplary and inspiring."
The letter has been disseminated to students and shared widely on social media. Carike, a 3rd year Adult Nursing Student at the University, says the gesture has been greatly appreciated by her fellow students.
"Students and staff have been working so hard over the past year that they really deserved to be thanked and I thought there would be no better person for those thanks to come from than the First Minister," said Carike.
"I thought it was worth a shot but, to be honest, I didn't think we would get a reply due to the pressures of the pandemic so I was delighted to receive this lovely, heartfelt letter. It has gone down very, very well with the students. Many have commented that it has made them feel valued, energised and motivated."
Dundee was ranked in the UK's top 25 for Nursing in the most recent Complete University Guide, while the School of Health Sciences was inundated with emails praising the professionalism and performance of the students who moved into placements during the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis.
G.Hill@dundee.ac.uk
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Kaplan, D.M. (1994). Theory as Practice. Psychoanal. Inq., 14(2):185-200.
(1994). Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 14(2):185-200
Theory as Practice
Donald M. Kaplan, Ph.D.
The school of psychology known as social facilitation (Simmel, Hoppe, and Milton, 1968) tells us that in states of high drive arousal, such as inevitably occur in the presence of members of one's own species, all creatures, large and small, repeat dominant responses even when nondominant responses would be more advantageous to the solution of an immediate problem. The lowly cockroach, for example, will figure out a new maze with greater facility alone than in the company of another cockroach. Of course, once the maze is learned, having then become a dominant response, the cockroach will repeat it more reliably in a social situation than alone (Zajonc, 1965).
Such effects of an audience upon the performance of tasks, which is a subject of social facilitation theory, should come as no surprise to the psychoanalyst, who speaks of this situation at the human level as transference. The concept of transference embodies our theory of social facilitation (Simmel et al., 1968).


Natasha, Mollie, Emily, Josie and Lily made the front page of the Courier last week. Lily was the last sister to pass to 1st degree in the Longhurst/Hadlow family, making it an entirely Black Belt household! All the other girls moved up a degree at the same grading. Well done girls!