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Sir András Schiff Gala Piano Recital, Sydney (Musica Viva)
A sublime concert in which the piano virtuoso told us about silence, and how to listen.
by Harriet Cunningham on October 23, 2018
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
"First, let's talk about applause…"
The legendary Sir András Schiff began his Sydney recital with a few words about the music. Or perhaps I should say, about the spaces between the music. For while he did not order the 2500-strong crowd filling the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall to sit on their hands after Schumann's 'Ghost Variations', he made it very clear that, for him, an appropriate response to this confessional palimpsest exhumed from the ragged depths of a broken mind would be silence.
We did not need telling twice. We probably didn't need telling once. As he sat, hands poised above the keyboard, the strange tangle of notes of Schumann's final work decaying around him, we sat, holding our collective breaths, any impulse to clap frozen by the overwhelming sense of deep contemplation, of absolute concentration.
Schiff performs from memory. That's more than an hour of repertoire, played with only a short pause between each movement. Taking into account both halves of the concert, and his concert two days earlier in Melbourne, which had no overlaps with the Sydney program, that's more than four hours of repertoire presented, without a score, in the space of less than a week. This is impressive in itself, but when you listen to him play, and hear the attention he gives to each and every note, this achievement approaches the realms of mindboggledom.
No wonder no-one clapped after the Schumann. No wonder we kept silent again after three utterly transparent Brahms intermezzi (Op. 117) or a Mozart Rondo which felt like a tessellation of fractals, intricate but never mannered. It was not until the conclusion of Brahms' Six Pieces for piano (Op. 118) that Schiff sat back and, after a collective intake of breath, the hall erupted in applause.
After interval Schiff opened the second half with Bach's Prelude and Fugue No 24 in B minor, BWV869, luring us into the labyrinth of Western tonality with a seductive clarity and insight before handing us (and Western tonality) over to Brahms for his four final pieces for piano, Op. 119.
And then, Beethoven. It would have been unthinkable for Schiff to come to Australia and not perform Beethoven but, in a way, the Piano Sonata No 26 in E Flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux' felt like an afterthought or, perhaps more accurately, an evolution, a moving on. While Schiff maintained the dizzying no-note-left-behind attention to detail, he also seemed to shift into a new gear, finding new power in the bell-like tone of the piano.
The applause after the Beethoven was, if anything, even louder than before, and Schiff rewarded us with four encores, including an exquisite ur-Hungarian rendition of Bartok's Swineherd's Dance from 'For Children'. The clapping was set to go all night until his final encore, the aria from Bach's Goldberg Variations. Time for bed. And time to think about what Sir András Schiff had been teaching us: not how to stay silent, but how to listen.
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SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh interview: 'There's a lot of capacity in smaller cities which will spur growth'https://indianexpress.com/article/business/aviation/spicejet-cmd-ajay-singh-interview-theres-a-lot-of-capacity-in-smaller-cities-which-will-spur-growth-5112397/
SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh interview: 'There's a lot of capacity in smaller cities which will spur growth'
The airline currently has 205 Boeing 737 MAX and 50 Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft on order.
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Ajay Singh, CMD, Spicejet
With some of the largest airports in the country such as Mumbai and Delhi nearing saturation, the next phase of growth for airlines could come from smaller towns and cities. Speaking with PRANAV MUKUL, SpiceJet chairman and managing director Ajay Singh tells that small airports are where the country's second-largest budget carrier is looking to place the aircraft it is planning to induct. The airline currently has 205 Boeing 737 MAX and 50 Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft on order. Edited excerpts:
Airlines, including SpiceJet, have placed orders for hundreds of aircraft that will be coming in over the next five to ten years. Seeing that several large airports are constrained for infrastructure, what is the plan for this additional aircraft capacity?
Of course infrastructure is a constraint but we believe there's a lot of capacity available in the smaller airports of India. We think a great deal of growth is also happening in these small cities and therefore, this is where a lot of these aircraft will be placed. Of course, we also want airports of Delhi and Mumbai to be expanded further but till that happens other airports are where our focus will be.
You recently placed a large engine order with Safran for CFM engines. What does this mean for the airline?
It's one of the largest orders placed by an Indian company with a French company. As far as SpiceJet is concerned, it helps us bring down the cost of maintenance of our engines for the next ten years. It also helps us lower the fuel burn of our aircraft by up to 15 per cent, so the cost structure of SpiceJet will improve dramatically as a consequence of this order and that would mean that our margins will increase and we can be more competitive in the market.
Do you have an updated stand on bidding for Air India?
It's a great asset and a great brand but it's too large a company for somebody our size.
But what are the key strengths in Air India that a bidder would be looking at?
We will have to wait till the government announces the structure to what is happening with the debt. I am sure the government will work on reducing the debt for the new buyer. I think Air India has a great brand. Of course, it has several wide-body aircraft, good slots, a good schedule and certain reputation in the international market and these are all positives. It also has skilled manpower as well in form of large number of skilled people. The problems are well known – there is the debt, the contracts which may not have been negotiated with best of the commercial ability of a private party. The aircraft costs and the engineering costs could be very high.
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The Frankenstein Chronicles Season 1 (2015)
I usually start these essays by summarising the plot, but as Frankenstein Chronicles is a meandering six episode series, it's probably not a great idea to go into it in too much depth. Even so, there may be spoilers. Basically, Sean Bean is Inspector Merritt of the Thames Water Police in 1827. While investigating a crime, he discovers a body – or rather parts of several bodies that have been stitched together into a single body. He is ordered to investigate by Sir Robert Peel (Tom Ward) himself, who feels that the murder is an attempt to derail the Anatomy Act of 1830. His investigation leads him to learn about the story of Frankenstein. But is the patchwork body just a mad killer's whim or an actual attempt to raise the dead?
Sean Bean as Inspector Marlott
It's a very atmospheric piece. Sean Bean is excellent as the stolid Marlott, a dogged, guilt-ridden and slowly dying man. The rest of the cast is almost as impressive and the filming is absolutely gorgeous. After all, British TV seldom fails to do right by nineteenth century period pieces. On the downside, the pace is not just slow, it's glacial. More frustratingly, the show brings up a laundry list of interesting ideas, it doesn't do anything satisfying with them.
For example, we revisit ideas about the relationship between the body and soul that were challenged in the early nineteenth century, only to deal with it in a shallow and predictable way. It wonders at the relationship between inner vision and external reality, when the last, secret work of William Blake (Steven Berkoff) turns out to be a clue to Merritt's investigation. But the show drops this idea, with a weak payoff on this subplot.
'Who should play William Blake?'
'How about Steven Berkoff?'
'Niiiice. And how much screen time should he get?'
'Say… a minute?'
It brings up the question of the difference between fiction and reality with Mary Shelley (Anna Maxwell Martin)herself being a character in a Frankenstein story, but then takes an extraordinarily prosaic approach to Mary's subplot before dropping it. Themes of class, justice, gender and power are all raised, but none are dealt with in a satisfying way. It's almost as if the makers of the Frankenstein Chronicles wanted to reviewers to say their work 'deals with themes of class, justice, gender, power, death, the soul and the power of fiction,' but didn't quite know how to earn a judgement like that.
More than anything, I suspect that the writers of this were inspired by the first season of True Detective, except with English Gothic replacing Southern Gothic. The difference is that True Detective seamlessly melded its themes into plot, character and symbol, whereas Frankenstein Chronicles just bolts them on and hopes.
Hi, I'm Mary Shelley. I'll just stand over here and try not to get in your way.
True Detective can be read as a straight-up detective story or a supernatural horror story, and the horror elements are all the more unsettling for being ambiguous. This is achieved in part, by making the character of 'Rust' Cole (Matthew McConnehey an unreliable narrator by virtue of mental illness and addiction. Frankenstein Chronicles attempts the same thing through Marlott's syphilis-induced hallucinations. But then it undoes this ambiguity by making it quite easy to tell when he is seeing things or not. The inclusion of William Blake as a character offers the possibility of blurring the line between vision and reality, but Blake barely gets a word in before dying.
Legendary writer of ghost stories talks to Sean Bean. No reason.
It's probably just as well. Merritt's prosaic and repetitive visions aren't exactly Blakean. Mary Shelley's literature isn't really handled well either. It's strongly implied that her story is based on an actual even in which an attempted reanimation by electricity went wrong. Basically, the show is saying that 'Frankenstein' was a mistake and Mary Shelley was really trying to write Flatliners. A third literary figure rears his head in the form of a young, and almost unrecognisably shallow and cowardly Charles Dickens (Ryan Sampson). Here we're on much firmer ground – there are a number of characters and situations that are recognisably Dickensian. But Merritt pointedly and repeatedly refuses to tell Dickens any of his stories, so it's not at all clear how the reality connects with the fiction.
Fortunately, the makers of the Frankenstein Chronicles avoid some of the racist implications of Dickens' work by not making the Fagin surrogate Jewish. Instead he's black.
Other themes and ideas fizzle as well. A part of the conceit is that the action occurs within the context of debate over the Anatomy Act of 1830 (which among other things stopped the trade in grave robbery by creating a source of legally available corpses for medical students to dissect). This debate is presented as a fight between traditional Christianity and the forces of modernity and materialism. The argument is raised, but the story doesn't care to take a side. The Christian side is made to implode in the laziest way possible – its champion (Eliot Cowan) is revealed as a hypocrite and blackmailed into backing down.
Perhaps that looks like taking a side, but the materialist side is shown to be worse. It is represented by Sir Robert Peel (Tom Ward) who is shown to be a cynical manipulator and two surgeons (played Samuel West and Mark Bazeley) who are shown to be a mad scientist and a rapist, respectively. Oh, and the other major Christian guy (Daniel Stoppard) is actually also a mad scientist. So, yeah, you know both sides, man. Amirite?
Don't ask me. I just work here.
Okay, I've complained enough, why not say something nice. I warned about spoilers earlier, but serious spoilers here. Let's talk about the ending. Sean Bean – a fine actor, best known for his many onscreen deaths. We have a) a horror story staring b) Sean Bean in which c) Bean is portraying a man suffering from a fatal disease. His death is pretty much set in stone from the opening shot. In the end Bean dies, because of cause it does, but then he comes back as a Frankensteinian revenant.
It. Is. Brilliant.
Yes, Sean Bean dies because he's Sean Bean, but still he gets to walk away at the end. Alone, penniless and destitute, but up and kicking. It's aliiiiive — and in this case 'it' is Sean Bean. The mind boggles.
This isn't enough to salvage the series. It isn't enough to help figure out just what point the makers were shooting for. It doesn't make very long, slow scenes go any faster. But yeah, it does mean that I get to walk away from the show, not regretting that I watched it.
If you put Sean Bean in a box then he dies even if you don't observe him, thus disproving quantum physics.
I want to like Frankenstein Chronicles. I really do. On paper, it looks great. If someone set out to write a TV series just to appeal to me, they'd write something very much like this. It's just that it doesn't quite work in practice. The ideas never quite coalesce into something worthwhile. The strands of detective story, period piece and horror story never quite gel. Characters are raised to prominence, only to be forgotten. Ideas are brought up and abandoned. Frankenstein Chronicles determined to say something but can't quite make its mind up on what that is. And the most frustrating thing is, I get the feeling that it was almost there – as if one more draft of the script could have produced something genuinely memorable. But what can I say? Sometimes when you give your creation a jolt and it gets up and walks, and sometimes it just doesn't. Maybe the next try will be better.
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MFDA Hearing Panel approves three settlement agreements
November 29, 2021, 4:47 p.m. ·4 min read
TORONTO, Nov. 29, 2021 /CNW/ - On November 26, 2021, a three-person Hearing Panel of the Central Regional Council of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA") heard the following three settlement proceedings, the particulars of which are:
Sageev Satchithanantham
A hearing in the matter of Sageev Satchithanantham ("Satchithanantham") was held on November 26, 2021 at which the Hearing Panel approved the settlement agreement dated September 20, 2021 ("Settlement Agreement") between Staff of the MFDA and Satchithanantham, as a consequence of which the following sanctions were imposed:
a suspension from conducting securities related business while in the employ of or associated with a Member of the MFDA for a period of one month commencing on December 1, 2021;
a fine in the amount of $20,000;
costs in the amount of $5,000; and
shall complete an ethics or professional conduct course within six months of the acceptance of the Settlement Agreement.
In the Settlement Agreement, Satchithanantham admitted that:
A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Settlement Agreement, Satchithanantham conducted business in the Scarborough, Ontario area.
Jessica Miller
A hearing in the matter of Jessica Ann Miller ("Miller") was held on November 26, 2021 at which the Hearing Panel approved the settlement agreement dated September 20, 2021 ("Settlement Agreement") between Staff of the MFDA and Miller, as a consequence of which the following sanctions were imposed:
a fine in the amount of $9,000; and
costs in the amount of $5,000.
In the Settlement Agreement, Miller admitted that:
A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Settlement Agreement, Miller conducted business in the Scarborough, Ontario area.
Edward Romaniuk
A hearing in the matter of Edward William Romaniuk ("Romaniuk") was held on November 26, 2021 at which the Hearing Panel approved the settlement agreement dated September 20, 2021 ("Settlement Agreement") between Staff of the MFDA and Romaniuk, as a consequence of which the following sanctions were imposed:
In the Settlement Agreement, Romaniuk admitted that:
A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Settlement Agreement, Romaniuk conducted business in the Scarborough, Ontario area.
The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its Members and their approximately 80,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest. For more information about the MFDA's complaint and enforcement processes, as well as links to 'Check an Advisor' and other Investor Tools, visit the For Investors page on the MFDA website.
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Alphasax – What Is It Exactly?
Choosing an Instrument, News / By Richard Thompson
The Alphasax is a small version of an alto saxophone but especially designed for little people. It is made by Trevor James and has been
created to enable younger children who wish to play the saxophone the chance to learn.
The Alphasax looks like a normal Alto Saxophone but is actually completely redesigned to enable smaller hands to cope with the keys. It has a few less keys due to its size but isn't missing anything that is needed at the early stages of learning the saxophone. A child will learn in exactly the same way as they would if learning the alto sax, but won't be lumbered with an instrument that is far too big and heavy for them. The Alphasax weighs 33% less than the alto sax (it weighs 1.48kg).
The key of the instrument is Eb, the same as the alto sax, and it has a range of 2 octaves which is more than enough for a beginner. The keys are also in the same position as an alto sax, so there isn't a big issue when they move to a regular size alto sax.
The Alphasax also comes in a strong but lightweight case which again makes life easier when carrying all those bags into school!
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Exodus Ex-Chairman Creates Gay Myths in Order to Refute Them
Michael Airhart March 08, 2008
In a March 2008 article for Focus on the Family's male youth magazine Breakaway, Focus operative and Exodus former chairman Mike Haley invents three myths, attributes them to "homosexual activists" in order to alarm the readership, and then proceeds to refute his own myths. Haley confuses his audience by claiming that he is "clearing up the confusion" about sexual orientation and then offering falsehoods instead. Here are Haley's myths, followed by the facts he chose to withhold:
1. Strawman argument of the ten percent. Haley claims that "homosexual advocates for years have quoted [Kinsey's] book from the 1940s" as evidence that 10 percent of the population is "homosexual." Haley cites no advocates — perhaps because they've been few in number for the past decade. Instead of citing the past 15 years of research about the proportion of gay people within the general population, Haley cites a 15-year-old antigay op-ed in the Wall Street Journal as his authoritative source. Haley then goes two steps further — insinuating that a low proportion of gay people means they're not "normal" and comparing gay people to alcoholics.
Haley had easy access to the widely varying research results but withheld them from his readers. For example, here are recent findings as collected by Wikipedia:
2003 [Australia]: The largest and most thorough survey in Australia to date was conducted by telephone interview with 19,307 respondents between the ages of 16 and 59 in 2001/2002. The study found that 97.4% of men identified as heterosexual, 1.6% as gay and 0.9% as bisexual. For women 97.7% identified as heterosexual, 0.8% as gay and 1.4% as bisexual. Nevertheless, 8.6% of men and 15.1% of women reported either feelings of attraction to the same sex or some sexual experience with the same sex. Half the men and two thirds of the women who had same-sex sexual experience regarded themselves as heterosexual rather than homosexual.
2005 [United Kingdom]: HM Treasury and the Department for Trade and Industry completed a survey to help the Government analyse the financial implications of the Civil Patrnerships Act (such as pensions, inheritance and tax benefits). They concluded that there were 3.6m gay people in the United Kingdom – around 6% of the total population or 1 in 16.66 people.
2003 [United States]: Smith's 2003 analysis of National Opinion Research Center data states that 4.9% of sexually active American males had had a male sexual partner since age 18, but that "since age 18 less than 1% are [exclusively] gay and 4+% bisexual". In the top twelve urban areas however, the rates are double the national average. Smith adds that "It is generally believed that including adolescent behavior would further increase these rates." The NORC data has been criticised because the original design sampling techniques were not followed, and depended upon direct self report regarding masturbation and same sex behaviors. (For example, the original data in the early 1990s reported that approximately 40% of adult males had never masturbated–a finding inconsistent with some other studies.)
It is important to note, however, that these numbers are subject to many of the pitfalls inherent in researching sensitive social issues. It is possible that survey results may be biased by under-reporting, for instance. The frequent use of non-random samples (white college students) in many studies could also serve to skew the data.
2. Strawman argument of the gay gene. Haley falsely claims that advocates for tolerance are wedded to tenuous early-1990s research about the possibility (since discarded) of a single gene determining sexual orientation. Subsequent studies have found numerous biological factors that may collectively play a role in predisposing one's sexual orientation, but Haley distorts basic biology by insinuating that biological factors must be genetic; then, having disqualified non-genetic biological research from his worldview, Haley declares that "there is no evidence to support the claim that someone can be born homosexual." Haley ignores one ex-gay pundit, Dean Byrd of NARTH who recently acknowledged that biology may play a significant role in determining sexual orientation, and distorts the view of another pundit, ex-gay therapist Joseph Nicolosi of NARTH, the national reparative-therapy advocacy group.
3. Unsubstantiated smear. In response to the growing public realization that long-term gay relationships possess the same love and desire for mutual support, fidelity, and sometimes child-raising as heterosexual relationships, Haley declares as a fact, without substantiation, that homosexuals are promiscuous and diseased.
It is surprising, to say the least, that an organization with a $150 million annual budget that claims to uphold family values would lie to youths, resort to strawman arguments, and promote misunderstanding in families about something as basic as spouses' and siblings' sexual orientation.
Haley has written an entire book of supposed gay myths, titled "101 Frequently Asked Questions about Homosexuality," which is sold at Focus on the Family's "Love Won Out" roadshows and at the Exodus bookstore. Given Haley's use of outdated and unsourced information in Breakaway, we are naturally skeptical whether Haley's supposed 101 questions accurately or fairly represent current conventional wisdom or research.
When Haley and his Focus colleagues complain about being denied a soapbox in U.S. public schools, we question why they believe public schools are an appropriate forum for such sloppy and inaccurate propaganda. Schools are for learning — not politics.
Hat tip: Good As You
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Michael Airhart is a news editor, digital media technician, and founding editor of Ex-Gay Watch. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Transport Secretary
Northern Powerhouse Rail
Author: Elliot Griffiths
Job Title: Journalist
Company: Rail Technology Magazine
Published: September 7th 2022
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan replaces Grant Shapps as Transport Secretary
With the announcement of Liz Truss' victory in the race to become the next Conservative Party leader, thus becoming the third female Prime Minister in British history, a major cabinet shakeup has begun, seeing Grant Shapps removed from his position of Secretary of State for Transport. Anne-Marie Trevelyan has since been announced as his replacement, having previously served as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade from 15 September 2021 to 6 September 2022.
Addressing this news on Twitter, Shapps stated:
"It has been a privilege to serve as Transport Secretary; a job I loved.
"Now I look forward to being a strong, independent voice on the backbenches, developing policies that will further the Conservative cause."
Shapps faced major obstacles throughout his time as Transport Secretary, notably the subsidising major aspects of the transport industry throughout the struggles of the Covid-19 pandemic. This can be seen recently in funding deal secured with the TfL to ensure their operations can be maintained into 2023.
Shapps' tenure will likely be remembered for the ongoing industrial action that has plagued the rail sector for recent months, with many operators struggling to cope with daily operations, seeing major travel disruptions across the country. Shapps' handling of this dispute drew ire from some over his failure to engage with unions to mitigate the fallout of these walkouts, whilst others praised his hard-nosed approach that refused to be held to ransom over worker demands.
The new appointment of Anne-Marie Trevelyan will be notable as Ms Truss has been outspoken in the lead up to her election win about her vision for the future of British rail, championing causes such as the progression of Northern Powerhouse Rail. If Trevelyan can secure the progression of this scheme, she will likely win support of rail users in the North of England, in particular Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham who has welcomed Ms Truss' premiership by stating;
"I was encouraged to be fair by what Liz Truss had to say about building Northern Powerhouse Rail in full, she sounded like she meant it when discussing her own years growing up in Yorkshire and her own difficulties getting over the Pennines. That sounded genuine to me and her commitment sounds encouraging. So, I would say, if she wins and becomes Prime Minister, sit down with us and let's work this situation out.
"So far, it's Liz who has said something that is more encouraging to us in this issue of rail investment in the North."
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How this mom advocates against childhood sexual abuse >
How this mom advocates against childhood sexual abuse
We have to believe that it happens
Diana Spalding
Trigger warning: This article contains a story and description of child sexual abuse.
The very thought of it makes us nauseous. The idea that a child—our child—could be sexually abused is so upsetting that we can't bear to think about it. But the devastating reality is that we must.
I had the honor of speaking to a mother who lived through this. She shared her story here: The story of her son who was sexually abused by his babysitter.
This mother's bravery, candidness and resolve humbled me deeply. And I'll be honest—it took me a long time to sit down and write this article. Because how on earth can you do justice to this family's experience?
The heart-breaking answer is that you can't.
There is nothing that can make this go away for this mother and her family. What we can do though—what she wants—is to share her story.
Since her experience, she has become an advocate, for her family and for others. We are so grateful for her insight on ways to feel empowered and protect your family. Here's what she shared:
1. We have to believe that it happens
Wrapping our minds around the possibility of something awful happening to our children is incredibly difficult. But the first step in preventing it is acknowledging that it could happen. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that one out of six boys and one of four girls are sexually abused as children. Eighty-four percent of incidents happen in the child's home, and as many as 95% of the abusers have prior relationships with the families.
The National Center for Victims of Crimes shares that it's also important to know that "child sexual abuse is not solely restricted to physical contact—such abuse could include noncontact abuse, such as exposure, voyeurism and child pornography."
Symptoms of child abuse may include genital discomfort or infection, difficult or painful bowel movements, or behavioral signs such as depression, anger, bed-wetting, nightmares, fear or sudden change in activity level.
The scope of this problem is huge. We simply cannot ignore it.
2. No secrets in our family
As abusers will often tell the child to keep their activities a secret, it's important to communicate—to everyone—that your family does not keep secrets. This means telling your children, and anyone who has contact with them, that "our family does not keep secrets."
Differentiate between surprises and secrets. Expert Jayneen Sanders told Motherly, "Talk about 'happy surprises' instead such as not telling Granny about her surprise birthday party. Compare this with 'unsafe' secrets such as someone touching their private parts. Make sure your child knows that if someone does ask them to keep an unsafe secret that they must tell someone."
3. Talk about it. To everyone. A lot.
It's normal to feel uncomfortable about this. Talking about sex, body parts and abuse is simply not something we are used to doing, and it feels awkward—especially when it involves our children. But we have to talk about it. All the time. The way to change the awkwardness of it is to just start.
It gets easier, and eventually, it just becomes second nature.
For the mom I spoke with, this means telling everyone who comes in contact with her kids that they are teaching their kids about body safety and that their family does not keep secrets.
She wrote, "Have this conversation with the adults at school (teachers, aides, principals, tutors), babysitters, your parents and in-laws, your siblings and cousins, camp counselors, parents of your kids' friends (yes, all of your kids' friends), and every other adult or teenager who has access to your kids."
4. Be loud and clear
The mother I spoke to said that one of the most important steps she has taken has been "to unambiguously communicate to everyone around [her] children that we are alert and vigilant and OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT PREY."
The Children's Assessment Center agrees, stating that "Perpetrators frequently seek out children who are particularly trusting and work proactively to establish a trusting relationship before abusing them."
An abuser is less likely to target a child when they know that the family has a firm "we don't keep secrets" policy, and when they know that the family openly and regularly talks about body safety and appropriate relationships.
5. Listen, truly listen
In our very busy lives, it's so easy to half-listen to our kids or dismiss what they are saying as innocent child-ramblings. And while it often is, children may also be trying to tell us something they don't understand or don't have the words to describe.
When your child speaks to you, listen. If something strikes you as unusual or off, dig deeper. You can seek professional help from a counselor to guide you through these conversations. If your alarm bell goes off, listen to it.
6. Teach body safety routinely
The mom wrote, "Body safety" is a concept you need to instill into your child as routinely as you teach them not to touch a hot stove or to look both ways before crossing the street. If you introduce it early enough, it won't even register to them as novel or unusual."
Jayneen Sanders explains that this means:
Teaching kids the real names for body parts
Talking about the difference between private and public parts of the body
Creating a safety network of three to five trusting adults children can talk to
Discussing feelings openly, including the feeling of being 'unsafe'
Empowering them to tell you when they do feel unsafe
Experts also recommend that we avoid using the terms 'good-touch/bad-touch,' because the truth is that sometimes, 'bad-touch' feels good to a child. Instead, use 'okay touch/not-okay touch,' or 'safe touch/not-safe touch.'
This is overwhelming and so hard to think about. The mom wrote, "If you're panicking right now about the things you haven't done, I'll tell you what the child abuse expert told us: It's never too late to start doing any of this."
So while it's uncomfortable and unknown, we just have to start. One conversation at a time. We have to listen, and we have to support each other. It's not easy. But it's so worth it.
If you or your child are in immediate danger, call 911, or visit The National Domestic Abuse Hotline.
If you suspect that someone you know is being abused, you can learn about how to report it here.
If you have gone through this, please know that you are not alone. And it's not too late for you or your child either. There is help available to you. You can find a list of psychologists and counselors to help you here.
[Originally published June 4, 2018]
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Microsoft says it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Barnes & Noble and the manufacturers of its Nook e-reader, based on the Redmond company's assertion that the Android operating system violates its intellectual property.
Microsoft filed a similar action last year against Motorola, over its use of Android. The company's claims against Android first became apparent earlier last year, when it reached a patent deal with HTC over Android.
Here's the statement on the new case from Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing.
Update: Here is Microsoft's statement on the issue. A Barnes & Noble spokeswoman said via phone that the company doesn't comment on litigation as a matter of policy.


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VisArts Art Walk: Kelley Bell, Jackie Milad, Cory Oberndorfer, and Dunnie Onasanya
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VisArts Art Walk
Featuring: Kelley Bell, Cory Oberndorfer, Jackie Milad, and Dunnie Onasanya
Westfield Montgomery Mall
About the VisArts Art Walk:
The VisArts Art Walk is a partnership between VisArts and Westfield Montgomery Mall to present large scale art installations on the facades of business locations inside the mall that are in transition between tenants. Westfield Montgomery Mall has partnered with VisArts since 2018 on the VisArts Art Walk. The partnership has provided an opportunity for local artists to bring their ideas and work to life on a grand scale.
Kelley Bell: What You Need
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a motivational theory that attempts to classify and categorize the things people need in order to lead a fulfilling and satisfying life. Think of it as a food pyramid of the soul, starting with a solid base of the things we need to survive physically (food, water, sleep, etc.) leading up to the pinnacle of self-fulfillment (creative expression, success, accomplishment, etc.) As the basic organic needs of the lower tiers are satisfied one is able to strive for more abstract philosophical and psychological ones.
Kelley Bell is an artist, animator and educator living in Baltimore Maryland. Her work draws from a penny arcade of visual influences: automata, midcentury design and illustration, midway rides, carnival games and hand-lettered signage. Her animation and installation work includes screenings at the Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, the Annapolis Film Festival, the Propeller Center for the Arts in Toronto, Ontario and the Ontario Science Center. Her large-scale projection mapping works and other illuminated art have appeared in numerous festivals like the MOMENTUM festival in Toledo, Ohio, Dlectricity in Detroit, Michigan, the InLight Festival in Richmond, Virginia, the Lumen Festival in Staten Island, New York, Light City in Baltimore, Maryland and Animafest Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia.
Kelley holds an MFA from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Imaging and Digital Arts, and a BFA in Graphic Design from Pratt Institute. She is an Associate Professor of Design at the Visual Arts Department at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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Cory Oberndorfer: Pop Squad
When presented with a variety of flavors and styles of frozen treats, which do you choose and why?
The popsicle embodies an essence of innocence, youth, nostalgia, and the dream of an endless summer. Minimal in their shape, form, and color, they invite you to engage your own memories and associations with the frozen treats.
Cory Oberndorfer has exhibited nationally, including Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, CA, Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston, SC, and Flashpoint Gallery, G Fine Art, and the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C. He has completed residencies in Charleston, SC, Johnson, VT, and Ålvik, Norway. Cory has received multiple Artist Fellowships and project grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and Public Arts funding in Arlington, VA. He currently lives and works in Rockville, MD.
www.coryoberndorfer.com
Jackie Milad: Adentro y Afuera
Milad's work draws focus to time and movement, showcasing how artwork can become part of a regenerative process, keeping the work from becoming static. Thinking about the similarities between this notion and the reality of historical symbolism, we can begin to understand Milad's resistance to permanence. Within her collages, Milad gives us hints of her identity as an Egyptian-Honduran-American through pictorial elements and deconstructed language. She utilizes color and texture, freeing herself up to be responsive and reactive during her process. This breakdown of symbols and collapse of ideas references her experience in the world and allows the viewer to draw multiple meanings from small details in each piece.
Jackie Milad is an Egyptian-Honduran first generation American, born in Baltimore City. She has exhibited and performed internationally and nationally in venues such as the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, the Arlington Art Center and the Richard Foreman Ontological Theater in New York City.
www.jackiemilad.com
Dunnie Onasanya: Revolution Journey
This mural is a part of Dunnie Onasanya's freedhand journey series. This multilayered design was intuitively hand illustrated while she reflected on the significance of the current Black Lives Matter Movement. We are witnessing a pivotal awakening in our nation's history. This Revolution is a not a destination but a transformational journey. The colors chosen for this mural derive from the Rastafarian Colors & the Pan African Flag.
The BLACK represents all black lives and all black people all over the world.
The RED is represents of blood that unites all people of Black African ancestry, and shed for liberation.
The YELLOW represents happiness & joyful spirit that Black people possess through all adversity.
The GREEN represents hope & the abundant original natural wealth of Africa.
Dunnie Onasanya is a Nigerian American visual artist and muralist. Dunnie is currently a full time studio artist at VisArts where she is devoting her time to polishing her skills as a canvas painter and muralist.
Her work is heavily influenced by her West African heritage and faith in GOD. As an expressionist intuitive painter she creates breathtaking abstract works, cultural masks, hamsas and other historic symbols with the use of bright colors, and metallic paints while incorporating 3D elements such as crushed glass, gold leaf, glitter and jewels.
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It seems that everyone has stories to tell about their Thanksgiving traditions. The preparation for this meal usually involves several days. Turkeys are bought days ahead. They fill our refrigerators as they thaw. The aromas begin to fill our homes: cranberry sauce cooking on the stove, pies baking in the oven. These are the reminiscent smells that welcome family as they gather.
The actual day of Thanksgiving arises early as the final rubs and fillings are applied to the big bird before we slide it into the oven to roast. If you are like most cooks, you breathe a sigh of relief once this step is done. The day is still early, and the house is quiet. It is the perfect time to sit for a minute and sip some coffee.
Next up, think about the side dishes, the hors d'oeuvres, and last but certainly not least, the desserts. Vegetables need scrubbing, potatoes need peeling, green beans need trimming. Time to start mixing up the dinner rolls. We must always include favorite foods. Is your pie of choice pumpkin, apple, or pecan? Do you eat marshmallows on your sweet potatoes?
Our culinary traditions bring us together as friends and families, but also together as a country. This is the time we remember to give thanks. We give thanks for loved ones, food, warm houses, freedom, friendships. We also think about and give in record amounts to those who do not have loved ones, who are going hungry this November, and who lack a warm house to call their own. This is a time for thankfulness, and out of this full heart comes generosity.
The tradition of a harvest festival grew up with our country, starting in the early 1600s. This celebration took many forms in fits and starts before it finally settled in to what it is today. George Washington declared a national day of Thanksgiving on September 25, 1789. This was sporadically observed for a number of years following his declaration.
The idea of a designated Thanksgiving Day, however, was championed by a most unlikely suspect. Sarah Josepha Hale, a poor young widow who then rose to become the editor of the most popular magazine of its time, Godey's Lady Book, talked about this idea for many years, presenting it to multiple presidents. Finally Abraham Lincoln listened and declared in his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1863 that the last Thursday of November should be set aside. It wasn't until 1941, thanks to President Roosevelt, that Congress officially established that day as a national holiday.
Sage, a common Thanksgiving herb.
Apples with manchego and pancetta on rosemary sprigs.
In our home, Thanksgiving tends to be tradition with a twist. While the basic food items such as turkey, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberries, etc, are present at the Thanksgiving table, their form and what dish they show up in is constantly changing. One year cranberries are in the stuffing, the next year they appear in the beverage, the next, in a dessert. Likewise with apples or pecans.
Trio of cranberry sauces: cranberry fig, cranberry jalapeño, and cranberry pear.
Our turkey may appear green thanks to the herb paste stuffed under the skin or have copper sheen due to being glazed with sweet mix of pomegranate molasses and orange juice. Sometimes we roast it upside down, other times on high heat. Some years we stuff it with apples, onions, lemon, garlic, and sage leaves, other times with cornbread sausage stuffing. Every year is an opportunity to try new versions of the trusty old ingredients.
Trio of cranberry sauces: cranberry pear, cranberry jalapeño, and cranberry fig.
This year the cranberries are going to have some added kick, sauteed with shallots and jalapeno peppers. A second sweet variation will include Bosc pears, quince paste, and ginger root. A butternut squash will be pan-roasted with sage leaves, tossed with fresh mozzarella cheese, and then drizzled all over with pistachio pesto. Our stuffing will be gluten-free by using a base of wild rice.
Roasted butternut squash with fresh mozzarella, sage, and pistachio pesto.
With so much change, does anything stay the same? Yes, the tender, fresh from the oven dinner rolls. These never change. They must show up every year. They are so pristinely baked that a goodly number of them never make it to the dinner table.
Find your own recipe for melding tradition with change. We are a blessed people, so this Thanksgiving, both give and give thanks.
Wonderful blog. Thank you for the reminder regarding our many reasons for thankfulness!


One person was reportedly injured in an overnight crash on Interstate 79 in Butler County.
The crash happened about 03:30 a.m. Tuesday on I-79 south in Worth Township, near exit 105 to Route 108 in Slippery Rock.
The vehicle reportedly rolled over and then caught fire.
Slippery Rock volunteer firefighters got on scene and said the vehicle was "fully involved" in flames but all of the occupants were out. Crews quickly extinguished the blaze.
One person was reportedly taken to the hospital.
State police are investigating but have yet to release more information.


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Q: Iterating over mount points on startup with python script executed as a service with systemd I want to iterate over mounting points with a Python script on a system startup.
The script works fine on the fully booted system (even when called as sudo systemctl start launcher.service) but fails to find mount points when started after reboot.
I guess the system needs some time to mount external devices on boot, and the script starts earlier than that, so I should change the service to execute after something.
My service now without AFTER in [Unit]:
[Unit]
Description=Python script executing after reboot.

[Service]
Type=simple
User=jetson
WorkingDirectory=/home/jetson/
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3.6 /home/jetson/launcher_script.py

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

What should I use in AFTER=___ in systemd to launch the script on the system with already mounted drives? Or is there a more robust method to execute the script on the booted system automatically?
The problem is I don't know the mount point beforehand because Jetson mounts drives as /media/jetson/9DC3-C264 or /media/4A21-EE5D. That's one of the reasons I wrote a Python script to iterate over mount points in search of the config file (and I can't mount it in fstab because it can be different drives/cards each time).
Python script looks something like this:
#!/usr/bin/python3.6

import psutil
partitions = psutil.disk_partitions()

for p in partitions:
    if p.mountpoint != '/':
        #DO SOMETHING

My system is Ubuntu 18.04 on NVIDIA Jetson. And I want to add a possibility for updating my software or changing its parameters without user input or network from an external microSD card or USB drive. Also, I can not guarantee that drive will be mounted, and I want to start the script regardless.

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We get a lot of questions in regards to the deed restrictions and the process for sending compliance letter to homeowners. We will be hosting a townhall meeting and educational seminar to discuss how it all works. Please join us Tuesday, April 16th at 7pm in the MPCA Clubhouse to learn everything you want to know.
The Board of Directors meets in the Memorial Parkway Clubhouse (21600 Cimarron Parkway) on the first Tuesday of every month at 7pm. The meeting is open to all members of the Association. The Board is only required by the State to have ONE meeting per year, but MP has always had monthly meetings so that they can be more accessible to the members that they serve. Our monthly board meeting, will be Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
We are happy to announce that the Cimarron Park equipment has been ordered. We have ordered 20x20 metal shade structure/pavilion, a 2-5 age playground, a 5-12 age playground, a bucket spinner, and a spin max tower. We have been told to expect 4-6 weeks for equipment to come in then several weeks for installation. The company stated to expect a 10 week completion time. We are hoping that park will be ready for the egg hunt April 13th!!
Join your neighbors for a night out at the clubhouse! Friday, February 8, 2019. We would like you to join us for dinner and bingo! We will serve food at 6:30pm and begin BINGO at 7pm. We will play 20 games, which usually takes about 2 hours. Bingo is for residents over the age of 18 years old. This is an adult only event and space is limited to 60 people. You may RSVP by calling the office at 281-492-2949 or through our online reservation at https://goo.gl/forms/Ixswx5Dq6ReVWwI53.
Join us other neighborhood ladies for game night and pot luck. We play Bunco ($13) and LRC ($3). Bring your favorite dish to share. Thursday, February 7th at 6:30pm in the Memorial Parkway Clubhouse. Newbies we always love to teach you how to play. Such easy games and some great prizes, but the fun of getting together for great food and great new friends is the best part. We play the first Thursday of each month at the same location and time.
The Board of Directors meets in the Memorial Parkway Clubhouse (21600 Cimarron Parkway) on the first Tuesday of every month at 7pm. The meeting is open to all members of the Association. The Board is only required by the State to have ONE meeting per year, but MP has always had monthly meetings so that they can be more accessible to the members that they serve. Our monthly board meeting, will be Tuesday, February 5, 2019.
There will be a focus group meeting to get feed back on playground/park bids Tuesday, January 15th at 7pm in the Cimarron Parkway Clubhouse. All are welcome to attend.
The Santa Parade was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who participate and came out to wave to Santa, his elves, and everyone who walked in the parade.


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Announcement of the SONATA 15 call for proposals
The National Science Centre hereby announces the SONATA 15 call for research projects addressed at researchers with a PhD degree conferred within 2 to 7 years before the proposal submission year. The applicants may apply for funding of research projects to be carried out over a period of 12, 24 or 36 months.
As of this edition, the maximum amount of indirect costs is 20% of the direct costs, including costs of research equipment, devices and software.
The call budget is PLN 100,000,000.
Proposals may be submitted solely electronically via ZSUN/OSF, available at https://osf.opi.org.pl, in compliance with the proposal submission procedure.
The proposal submission deadline is 16 December 2019. The call results will be announced by June 2020.
Please read the call documents provided in this announcement.
A person who has been conferred a PhD degree within 2 to 7 years before the proposal submission year (between 1.01.2012 and 31.12.2017) may act as the principal investigator.
In specific cases, the period can be extended (see §6 (3) of the Resolution on the terms of the SONATA call).
The principal investigator must be a person, whose publication track record includes at least one research paper published or accepted for publication. In the case of research in the arts, the principal investigator should have at least one paper published or accepted for publication or at least one artistic achievement or achievement in research in art completed. Publication track record should cover the period of 10 years prior to the proposal submission year. In specific cases, the period can be extended (§7 (6) (a) of the Resolution on the terms of the SONATA call).
Proposals in the call may be submitted by any entity specified in the Act on the National Science Centre (NCN), namely:
universities;
federations of science and HE entities;
research institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences, operating pursuant to the Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1475);
research institutes operating pursuant to the Act on Research Institutes of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 736);
international research institutes established pursuant to separate Acts, operating in the Republic of Poland;
5a. Łukasiewicz Centre operating pursuant to the Act on the Łukasiewicz Research Network of 21 February 2019 (Journal of Laws, item 534);
5b. institutes operating within the Łukasiewicz Research Network;
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences;
other entities involved in research independently on a continuous basis;
groups of entities (at least two entities mentioned in sections 1-7 or at least one institution as such together with at least one company);
scientific and industrial centres within the meaning of the Act on Research Institutes of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 736);
research centres of the Polish Academy of Sciences within the meaning of the Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences of 30 April 2010;
scientific libraries;
companies operating as R&D centres within the meaning of the Act on Certain Forms of Support for Innovative Activity of 30 May 2008 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 141);
legal entities established with registered office in Poland;
natural persons; and
companies conducting research in another organisational form than laid down in sections 1-13.
Restrictions on submitting proposals for research projects under NCN calls
Restrictions on submitting proposals are detailed in Chapter III of the Regulations on awarding funding for the implementation of research tasks funded by the National Science Centre as regards research projects.
One can act as a principal investigator under the SONATA call only once.
Thematic scope of the project
Proposals may be submitted to the call covering basic research in any of 25 NCN panels comprising three groups:
HS – Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences;
ST – Physical Sciences and Engineering; and
NZ – Life Sciences.
Proposals are reviewed within the panels (e.g. HS1, ST1, NZ1). The principal investigator selects the panel. If an incorrect panel is selected, proposals may be rejected.
Project duration
Under the call, funding may be requested for research projects to be carried out over the period of:
12 months,
24 months or
36 months.
In the SONATA call, in addition to the principal investigator, research may be carried out by co-investigators, including students, PhD students and post-docs. As of this edition, however, researchers who have been awarded a PhD degree by the host institution for the project cannot be employed as post-docs. NCN-scholarship grantees and post-docs in the project must be selected in an open call. A proposal must include the description of qualifications and tasks of particular members of the research team whose relevance for the project will be reviewed by the expert team. The budget for remuneration is described, in detail, in the Types of costs in research projects funded by the NCN.
The project budget must be justified as regards the subject and scope of research and must be based on reasonable calculations. The terms of the SONATA call do not specify the total minimum or maximum amount of the project budget.
The project budget includes direct costs and indirect costs.
Direct costs include:
remuneration for the principal investigator: PLN 140,000 per annum if the principal investigator is employed full time and up to PLN 2,000 per month if the principal investigator is employed otherwise;
remuneration for co-investigators in the project:
full-time remuneration for a post-doc type post: PLN 120,000 per annum (which may be increased in well justified cases),
salaries and scholarships for students and PhD students (up to PLN 5,000 per each month of project implementation),
the so-called additional remuneration for members of the research team; if the principal investigator does not plan to be employed full time in the project, his /her remuneration shall be paid for from the pool allocated for additional remuneration;
costs of reduced obligatory teaching load: the entity that employs the principal investigator under a full-time employment contract may be provided with funding to cover the reduction by 50% of the obligatory teaching load of the principal investigator;
purchase or construction of research equipment, devices and software;
purchase of materials and small equipment
outsourced services;
business trips, visits and consultations;
compensation for collective investigators and
other costs crucial to the project which comply with the Types of costs in research projects funded by the NCN.
PLEASE NOTE: the costs of publication of monographs (as defined in §10 of the Regulation on evaluation of the quality of research activity issued by the Minister of Science and Higher Education on 22 February 2019 (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 392)) resulting from research projects may only be incurred following a positive review by the NCN.
Indirect costs may be a maximum of 20% of direct costs. As of this edition of the call, the indirect costs shall be calculated on all direct costs, including research equipment, devices and software. During the project implementation, the host institution shall agree with the principal investigator the coverage of a minimum of 25% of the indirect costs.
If unjustified costs are planned, a proposal may be rejected.
Detailed information on costs in NCN-funded research projects.
Information to be provided in the proposal:
PLEASE NOTE: the following information must be provided in English!
details of the principal investigator, including information on his/her academic and research career and research experience as well as 1-10 papers published in the proposal submission year and over the period of 10 years prior to the proposal submission year; for research in art, 1-10 most important papers published or artistic achievements and achievements in research in art in the proposal submission year and over the period of 10 years prior to the proposal submission year;
basic information on the proposal and host institution for the project (also in Polish);
work plan (also in Polish);
information on the scope of work carried out by the co-investigators in the project;
summary of the project;
abstract for the general public (also in Polish);
short project description with bibliography (no more than 5 pages, A4);
full project description with bibliography (no more than 15 pages, A4);
information on research projects carried out in international cooperation and advantages thereof (required only for projects involving research carried out in international cooperation);
information on ethical issues in the research planned;
data management plan (DMP) concerning data generated or used in the course of a research project, as required by the proposal; and
project budget.
Proposals in the SONATA call include application for state aid, except where a natural person applies for funding. Detailed information can be found in the State aid section.
In the case of research projects carried out in entities for which project funding will constitute state aid, funds for students and PhD students can only be planned in the form described in the category "salary for students and PhD students" in the Types of costs in research projects funded by the NCN.
PLEASE NOTE:all documents concerning proposals for state aid shall be signed with a qualified electronic signature in the PAdES format.
Proposal evaluation procedure
Eligibility check shall be carried out by the coordinators. Only complete proposals that comply with all the requirements set out in the call announcement shall be accepted for merit-based evaluation.
Proposals approved in the eligibility check shall be subject to merit-based evaluation performed in two stages.
qualification check performed by the expert team appointed by the NCN, based on the data included in the proposal and annexes attached thereto, with the exception of the full project description.
Each proposal is evaluated by two members of the expert team acting independently. Then, based on the discussions, a list of proposals recommended for the second stage of evaluation is drafted by the expert team at the first meeting.
specialist evaluation of proposals recommended for the second stage of evaluation. Proposals are addressed to at least two external experts and evaluated thereby based on the data included in the proposal and annexes attached thereto, with the exception of the short project description.
Based on the individual reviews drafted by the external experts, a ranking list of proposals recommended for funding is drafted by the expert team at the second meeting.
Additional information on the proposal evaluation procedure can be found in the Detailed procedure according to which proposals are evaluated by the expert teams.
PLEASE NOTE: the short and full project descriptions must be drafted in English.
Proposal evaluation criteria
The evaluation of proposals shall focus in particular on:
compliance with the criterion of basic research laid down in Article 2 (1) of the NCN Act;
quality of the project;
publication track record of the principal investigator;
feasibility of the project;
description of ethical issues in the proposal; and
relevance of the costs planned.
Detailed information on evaluation criteria under the SONATA calls.
Merit-based evaluation of proposals
Merit-based evaluation of proposals is performed by the expert team. Experts are selected by the NCN Council from among outstanding Polish and foreign researchers, holding at least a PhD degree. Expert teams are established for each call edition. The composition of the expert team is subject to the number and subjects of proposals submitted to each panel. At the stage of specialist evaluation, proposals recommended for the second stage are evaluated by external reviewers selected by the coordinators from among the candidates recommended by the expert team.
The call results shall be announced on the NCN's website and communicated to the applicants by way of a decision by the NCN Director within 6 months of the proposal submission deadline, by June 2020 at the latest.
Please read the Information for applicants available on the NCN's website.
Should you have any more queries, please contact us by e-mail: informacja@ncn.gov.pl or by phone: +48 12 341 90 00.
If you plan to submit a proposal in the SONATA 15 call:
read all call documents included in the call announcement, in particular:
terms of the SONATA call;
proposal form template, where you can find out about information and annexes needed to complete the electronic proposal form in ZSUN/OSF;
Regulations on awarding funding for research tasks funded by the National Science Centre;
proposal submission procedure;
obtain data from the host institution for the project that is required to complete the proposal and find out about the internal procedures that may affect the proposal and project performance (cost planned in the project, procedure for acquiring signature(s) of authorised representative(s) of the institution to confirm submission of the proposal);
when the proposal is submitted by a group of entities, draw up an Agreement on collaboration for the purposes of completion of the requested research project; and
prepare acceptance letters from publishers confirming that the work has been accepted for publication (when the publication track record section includes research papers accepted for publication that have not been published yet).
Before the proposal is submitted to the NCN:
check if all information in and annexes to the proposal are correct. The verification of the proposal for completeness in ZSUN/OSF by pressing the Sprawdź kompletność [Check completeness] button does not guarantee that all information has been entered correctly and that the required annexes have been attached;
disable the final version of the proposal to NCN;
download and sign the confirmation of submitting the proposal in the call – the principal investigator and authorised representative(s) of the institution; and
attach the confirmation of submitting the proposal with a signature.
Once you have filled out the form and attached all the required files, the proposal should be electronically submitted to the National Science Centre in ZSUN/OSF via the Wyślij do NCN [Send to NCN] button.
Once the call for proposals has been closed:
evaluation of proposals shall be carried out;
after each stage of evaluation, the funding decision by the NCN Director shall be delivered;
if the proposal is qualified for funding, a Funding Agreement shall be entered into; and
the project will be carried out pursuant to the Funding Agreement and Regulations on the implementation of research projects, fellowships and scholarships.
In the event of a breach of the call procedure or other formal infringements, the applicant may appeal against the decision of the NCN Director with the Committee of Appeals of the NCN Council. The appeal must be lodged within 14 days of the effective delivery of the decision.
Documents to be read before submitting a proposal to the NCN:
Terms of the SONATA call: NCN Council Resolution
Regulations on awarding funding for research tasks funded by the National Science Centre
Regulations for awarding scholarships in the NCN-funded research projects
Costs in research projects funded by NCN
Proposal form template
Agreement on collaboration for the purposes of completion of the requested research project (applicable to proposals comprising more than one institution, in Polish only)
Guidelines for completing the data management plan for a research project
The Code of the National Science Centre on research integrity and applying for research funding
Proposal submission procedure
Documents applicable to the evaluation of proposals:
Expert Teams of the National Science Centre - formation and appointing
Code of ethics for experts of the National Science Centre
Detailed procedure of evaluating proposals by expert teams
Rules for delivering the NCN Director's decisions
Rules for appealing against the NCN Director's decisions
Documents to be read before commencing NCN projects
Funding agreement template (in Polish only)*
Regulations on the implementation of research projects, fellowships and scholarships (in Polish only)
Regulation on the implementation of inspection procedure at the registered office of the host institution
Guidelines for entities auditing the implementation of research projects funded by the National Science Centre
Guidelines for applicants to complete the Ethics Issues form in the proposal
*Updated on 15 November 2019


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 Budgie (Desktop-Umgebung), Desktop-Umgebung der Linux-Distribution Solus
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This smoothie is refreshing and delicious on a warm/hot Summer day! It would work well with many citrus, but Cara Cara oranges are especially good. This is highly reminiscent of an Orange Julius drink. So get ready to be surprised how wonderful this tastes with so little preparation. Family members will be lining up at the VitaMix soda fountain for these!
Blend in VM, turning dial from 1-10, then on "high" until smooth.
Blend until center forms a vortex and pulls down in the center. This will mean the smoothie is ready. Put into 2-large glasses, add straws, and enjoy!
Note: I love the smoothie glass "beautiful bend" smoothie straws at glass dharma. They are a perfect size and mouth-feel for our smoothies! We rinse immediately and put into the dishwasher. They are sturdy, beautiful, and functional. These are great gifts for your friends who like smoothies!
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20 Year Anniversary for Vertex Product Development Inc.
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A promotional video discribing the benifits of the Magnetic ChargDock in a home and car inviroment.
Animation of a Nitrogen Generator.
This quick 3D animation depicts the simplicity in removing the internal components for servicing and maintenance.
Vertex was approached to do a complete re-design of an existing product manufactured by the client company. The client wanted the original design updated. As well as creating a new style for the old product, they asked us to configure the new design so they could reduce their manufacturing costs.