Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas that can lead to serious illness or death if inhaled in significant amounts, especially when encountered in concentrations above about 35 ppm. In the United States, unintentional non-fire related CO poisoning accounts for the death of more than 400 people each year. When daylight savings time begins and ends are good times to use to check and/or change the batteries in your CO and smoke detectors. Do this when changing the time on your clocks. It may also be a good time to check your smoke detectors as well.
What can cause carbon monoxide in your home?
How do you know if you have a carbon monoxide leak?
Get a carbon monoxide detector. They've become as commonplace as smoke detectors, and are a good extra precaution. Do this in addition to having your appliances fitted and checked by an engineer. A good carbon monoxide detector should have an audible alarm that will wake you up.
What do you do if your carbon monoxide detector goes off? DO NOT IGNORE IT.
If you or others in your household are experiencing any symptoms of CO poisoning, call 911 immediately, get to a hospital ASAP. DO NOT RE-ENTER THE HOME until emergency services has indicated it is safe to return.
If no one is showing the signs or symptoms of CO poisoning, open all windows to ventilate the house, turn off any running appliances. Reset CO detectors. If the CO detectors don't make more sounds, call a qualified technician to inspect and repair any problems that may have lead to the presence of CO. If the alarm sounds a second time, and no one is showing signs of CO poisoning, continue ventilation of the home, and call the fire department.
Carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms could include tiredness or drowsiness, headaches, nausea and dizziness, difficulty breathing, stomach pain, feeling or being sick. The symptoms, as you can see can be very similar to other common illnesses like flu or food poisoning.
The longer you breathe in carbon monoxide, the worse your symptoms will become. Several severe symptoms can include confusion, loss of memory, personality changes and/or unusual behavior, elevated heart rate of more than 100 beats per minute, chest pain, seizures, and a loss of consciousness. Very high levels of carbon monoxide can kill within minutes.
What to do to help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.
When you're proactive about safety, there are a lot of things you can do to help prevent a possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
Make sure that every appliance in your home is installed properly and is working correctly. Have your heating system, water heater, and any other gas, oil, or coal burning appliances serviced by a qualified technician.
Have your furnace, chimneys and flues inspected and cleaned each year, and if you're using a fireplace. make sure the flue is open.
Never heat your home with a gas range or oven. Never burn charcoal indoors, or in any enclosed space such as an R.V. or camper. Never use kerosene or gas heaters indoors – these kick off carbon monoxide, and should only be used when outdoors.
Never leave a gas-fueled tool or vehicle running inside a garage or tool shed, or anywhere indoors. Another note: if you get your car stuck in winter snow, when it is safe to do so, clear out the snow surrounding the bottom of your car as much as possible, to allow air to circulate and carbon monoxide to dissipate.
Be sure that your stove and furnace vent outdoors and there are no leaks in the exhaust systems. Also make sure that your furnace takes in enough fresh air.
Your list may include more things, but these should be the minimum.
I do public relations for Briggs & Stratton, the leading manufacturer of generators. I send out the following portable generator safety tips ahead of hurricanes and during winter storm power outages so people don't improperly use their generators. This includes the potential risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
1. Always read and follow the operator's manual and all operating instructions before running generator.
2. Engines emit deadly carbon monoxide gas. Use your generator outdoors only, away from open windows, vents, or doors. Never use your generator inside homes, garages, crawl spaces, or other enclosed areas. Fumes that can kill you can build up in these areas. Using a fan and opening doors or windows does NOT provide enough fresh air.
3. Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide detector when running your generator.
4. Gasoline and its vapors are extremely flammable, allow engine to cool at least 2 minutes before refueling. Always use fresh gas in your generator. If you do not plan to use your generator in 30 days, stabilize the gas with fuel stabilizer.
5. Maintain your generator according to the maintenance schedule for peak performance and safety.
6. Keep generator at least 5 feet away from any structures or combustible materials. Reflective exhaust heat can damage fuel tank causing fire.
7. When using extension cords, be sure they are of the grounded type and are rated for the application. Coiled cords can get HOT, always uncoil cords and lay them in flat open locations.
8. If you are connecting a generator into your home electrical system, have a qualified electrician install a Power Transfer Switch. Never plug your generator directly into your home outlet.
9. Protect your generator from exposure to rain and snow. Generators produce powerful voltage; DO NOT operate under wet conditions.
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"Top notch outdoor theatre" The Telegraph
Shakespeare, Classics, Children's, Gilbert & Sullivan, Outdoor Theatre, Open air theatre
Illyria has a deservedly unparalleled reputation for the clarity and authenticity of its Shakespearean style.
Illyria performs each play in the open-air on an Elizabethan-inspired stage. We achieve the seemingly impossible by performing the plays UNCUT with five actors, the number we believe Shakespeare's own company used when touring the provinces, for his plays subtly reveal how this is to be achieved. This combination of artistic integrity, uncompromising refusal to patronise our audience with edited Shakespeare scripts, and financial efficiency has set a standard practised, so far as we know, by no other theatre company.
Illyria's productions are slick, physical and imaginative in execution. They are played with characteristic briskness - Shakespeare was, after all, unequivocal about how long his plays take to perform. Each is inspired by performance techniques of Elizabethan touring troupes such as live music and song, an inclusion of the audience in the proceedings, contemporary references and a robustness of style.
lllyria leaves all-male casting back in the 16th century where it belongs. As a 21st century company, and a proudly inclusive one, Illyria uses both male and female actors. In any case, contrary to popular assumption, there was never a law prohibiting women from the stage. Court Productions in the 16th and 17th centuries used female as well as male actors (Anne Boleyn herself performed). Shakespeare's company did use an all-male cast, but only because this was all the talent available for public performances. In the 21st century the available talent obviously includes women. Besides, it is unnecessary to ignore half the available talent just to put men in dresses.
Illyria uses only the power of the human voice to perform the plays – we don't use artificial amplification because the calibre of professional actor we use does not necessitate it. Among the UK open-air touring theatre companies only Illyria's artistic director has published articles on Shakespearean verse-speaking.
The design of Illyria's staging has been taken directly from sixteenth century engravings of touring troupes. In the words of Elizabethan scholar Dr Reaveley Gair:
"Illyria's five actors are the direct heirs of Shakespeare's wandering players." Dr Reavley Gair, University of New Brunswick
Illyria's Theatre for Children has one principal aim: great storytelling. Brightly costumed and accompanied by live music, the shows address their target audience in an intelligent, unpatronising and entertaining way.
Illyria does not espouse the pc view that Theatre for Children should be cleansed of cruelty, peril, or even death. We know that children are a demanding audience, and can sniff out such dishonesty. Our shows often deal with these topics in a sensitive, direct - and sometimes even humorous - manner. Perhaps that is why they are so popular.
For a significant number of young people in every audience, we appreciate that Illyria will be their first exposure to live theatre. We take this responsibility seriously, and strive to make our shows an experience they will remember for all the right reasons.
Illyria was the first of the UK open-air touring theatre companies to tour Theatre for Children on the same full-season scale as its adult productions. Illyria was also the first of the UK open-air touring theatre companies to be granted permission to perform the works of Roald Dahl.
Founder/artistic director Oliver Gray has a genuine passion for Children's Theatre, inspired by his experience as an actor in the West End production of The BFG directed by the leading writer/director for children in the country, David Wood.
Illyria prides itself on the faithfulness of its adaptations of English - and occasionally French - classics. Each is prepared meticulously from the original work, close regard is paid to characterisation and story, and dialogue is invariably (often entirely) the author's own.
This laying bare of the author's intentions often explodes impressions fostered by generations of bland TV costume dramas and dull teachers. Everyone at Illyria HQ rejoices when, for example, yet another email is received saying "I never realised Jane Austen was funny," or, "I loved the comedy you added to Sherlock Holmes," or even "I didn't know that The Three Musketeers was that dark" - even though we perform vast swathes of the novel verbatim.
The productions are performed with a reduced cast, each of whom plays more than one role (the maximum to date is 17!). Inspired by Illyria's Shakespeare productions the shows are performed in the open-air and are slick, physical and imaginative in execution.
In 2011 Illyria raised the bar for the major UK open-air touring theatre companies by becoming the first and only one to add Opera to its regular season. The ticket sales, acclaim and feedback from last season's "The Mikado" all vouch for its enormous success.
The subject matter of Gilbert & Sullivan's original works is often romantic and frivolous, the music jolly, and the approach iconoclastic, satirical and extremely tongue-in-cheek. In other words, the perfect material for Illyria!
Although Gilbert & Sullivan wrote the Savoy Operas with seven or eight principals, a large chorus and a moderate orchestra in mind, for the sake of affordability Illyria tours with a cast of six or seven actor-singers and one Musical Director on piano. Despite the reduction in scale not a single word from WS Gilbert's libretto is cut, nor a single note or harmony from Sir Arthur Sullivan's score unsung. The works are performed faithfully, in their entirety - and given the full Illyria treatment!
These shows boast a creative pedigree unmatched by any other major UK open-air touring theatre company, featuring:
Musical arrangement by Jane Marlow, singing teacher at LAMDA and formerly MD at Salisbury Playhouse, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Harrogate Theatre and New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich.
Musical direction by Richard Healey (Performing in Fame, New Jersey Nights and Songs To Make You Smile and composing music for Beauty and the Beast, Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland and A Christmas Carol).
Choreography by Grant Murphy (assistant director to Whoopi Goldberg for the New York and London productions of "Sister Act" and dance captain in the West End production of "Shrek")
Direction by Oliver Gray (Artistic director/Founder of Illyria and director of two Best of Fringe award-winning shows in Vancouver and Orlando Fringe festivals)
Illyria. Outdoor theatre and open air theatre in the United Kingdom. Shakespeare, Gilbert & Sullivan, Children's Theatre, Family, Classics, Jane Austen.
National Trust Theatre.
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Iberochondrostoma lemmingii е вид лъчеперка от семейство Шаранови (Cyprinidae). Видът е световно застрашен, със статут Уязвим.

Разпространение
Разпространен е в Испания и Португалия.

Източници

Iberochondrostoma

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Platostoma es un género con 59 especies de plantas con flores perteneciente a la familia Lamiaceae. Es originario de los trópicos de Sudáfrica y Australia.

Especies
El género Platostoma comprende las siguientes especies:

 Platostoma africanum P.Beauv.
 Platostoma annamense (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma axillaris (Benth.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma becquerelii Suddee & A.J.Paton
 Platostoma calcaratum (Hemsl.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma cambodgense Suddee & A.J.Paton
 Platostoma clausum (Merr.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma cochinchinense (Lour.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma coeruleum (R.E.Fr.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma coloratum (D.Don) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma denticulatum Robyns
 Platostoma dilungense (Lisowski & Mielcarek) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma elongatum (Benth.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma fastigiatum A.J.Paton & Hedge
 Platostoma fimbriatum A.J.Paton
 Platostoma gabonense A.J.Paton
 Platostoma glomerulatum A.J.Paton & Hedge
 Platostoma grandiflorum Suddee & A.J.Paton
 Platostoma hildebrandtii (Vatke) A.J.Paton & Hedge
 Platostoma hispidum (L.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma intermedium A.J.Paton
 Platostoma kerrii Suddee & A.J.Paton
 Platostoma lanceolatum (Chermsir. ex Murata) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma laxiflorum A.J.Paton & Hedge
 Platostoma leptochilon Robyns
 Platostoma longicorne (F.Muell.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma madagascariense (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge
 Platostoma mekongense Suddee
 Platostoma menthoides (L.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma montanum (Robyns) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma ocimoides (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma palniense (Mukerjee) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma palustre (Blume) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma rotundifolium (Briq.) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma rubrum Suddee & A.J.Paton
 Platostoma siamense (Murata) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma stoloniferum (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma strictum (Hiern) A.J.Paton
 Platostoma taylorii Suddee & A.J.Paton
 Platostoma tectum A.J.Paton
 Platostoma tenellum (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge
 Platostoma thymifolium (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge
 Platostoma tridechii Suddee
 Platostoma verbenifolium (Watt ex Mukarjee) A.J.Paton

Sinonimia
Mesona Blume, Bijdr.: 838 (1826).
Acrocephalus Benth., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1282, 13 (1829).
Geniosporum Wall. ex Benth., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1300 (1830).
Nosema Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73: 20 (1904).
Limniboza R.E.Fr., Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo Exped. 1: 277 (1916).
Hemsleia Kudô, Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 142 (1929).
Ceratanthus F.Muell. ex G.Taylor, J. Bot. 74: 3 (1936).
Octomeron Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. État 17: 28 (1943).

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Angela Merkel calls for ban on full facial veils
Posted by essaybee2012 in Alternative for Germany (AfD), Angela Merkel, asylum seekers, burqas, Christian Democratic Union Party, European Union (EU), full facial veils, German law, Islamic law, Matteo Renzi, Muslim immigrants, Populism, refugees, Shariah
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Germany's Merkel Pushes to Ban Full Facial Veil
Chancellor toughens rhetoric toward Muslim immigrants
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives her speech at the Christian Democratic Union party convention. Photo: Getty Images
by Anton Troianovski
Updated Dec. 6, 2016 11:16 a.m. ET
ESSEN, Germany—German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the prohibition in some situations of the full facial veil, toughening her rhetoric toward Muslim immigrants as she sought to shore up her party's conservative flank at its annual convention on Tuesday.
"We show our face in interpersonal communication," Ms. Merkel told delegates of her Christian Democratic Union party to some of the strongest applause of her more than hourlong speech. "Because of this, the full veil is unacceptable for us. It should be banned wherever legally possible."
Ms. Merkel also said that German law superseded Islamic law, or Shariah, in a nod to criticism that her policy of accepting refugees had undermined the rule of law in the country. Some 890,000 asylum seekers arrived in Germany last year, largely from Muslim countries, as Ms. Merkel refused to close the country's borders to refugees.
Ms. Merkel's tougher rhetoric doesn't necessarily herald a change in policy. In September, she said that a ban on burqas would be appropriate in certain situations such as in courtrooms or the civil service, but wearing the veil was generally protected by the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion.
The convention speech amounted to Ms. Merkel's road map to fighting populism as her center-right party enters an election year that she said would be the most difficult since German reunification.
'We show our face in interpersonal communication. Because of this, the full veil is unacceptable for us. It should be banned wherever legally possible.'
—German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Ms. Merkel repeated her promise that last year's chaotic wave of migration to Germany wouldn't repeat. The detention of a 17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker on suspicion of raping and murdering a university student in Freiburg, and the detention of a 31-year-old Iraqi asylum-seeker for two alleged sex crimes against students in Bochum, have inflamed the immigration debate in recent days.
In next September's general election, Ms. Merkel will run for a fourth term as chancellor and will face the strongest right-wing populist party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in the country's postwar history.
The Christian Democrats still hold a wide lead in the polls, and the upstart, anti-immigrant AfD has virtually no chance of entering government next year. But the party's rise has made Christian Democrats nervous because it has attracted past supporters of Ms. Merkel who are upset by her refugee policy and could complicate her ability to form a new government next year.
The internal discord was reflected in Ms. Merkel's less-than-unanimous reelection as party chairwoman. About 89.5% of the party delegates voted for her on Tuesday, compared to 96.7% at the previous election, in 2014.
Ms. Merkel exhorted her colleagues to avoid divisive rhetoric and defended European integration.
"In this situation in which the world has come out of joint, we must first do everything to make sure that Europe doesn't come out of its crises even weaker than how it entered them," Ms. Merkel said. "We must do this deeply in our own interest, since Germany will do well in the long term only when Europe also does well."
The anti-establishment mood sweeping Europe has rattled Ms. Merkel, the European Union's most influential politician and a staunch defender of liberal values and international institutions. The latest blow came on Sunday, when Italian voters rejected Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's proposed constitutional changes.
Ms. Merkel said that managing the consequences of the digital revolution and globalization was one of the party's main challenges, casting the rise of populism in the West as a by-product of those economic changes. She said financial-market regulation needed to be improved and tax loopholes for global corporations removed.
While some people benefited from the modern economy, she said, others feared losing their jobs and that things were changing too fast.
"Some blame the liberal, constitutional state for all of this and fight against its values," Ms. Merkel said. To defend liberal society, she said, politicians had to show that "hard work will still pay off, today and in the future."
Write to Anton Troianovski at anton.troianovski@wsj.com


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Deluhery: The legislator owes his constituency his judgment, as Edmund Burke might have said. Most of the time my votes reflect the wishes of the voters. When I disagree for reasons that are sound, I try to explain my thinking to the people I represent. It's a two-way street. Sometimes the voters persuade me to change my position. I have learned that most voters recognize that they are not going to agree with any individual who serves in elective office 100 percent of the time.
Deluhery: Biotechnology, statewide high-speed Internet access, and comprehensive transportation-infrastructure improvements are policy initiatives toward which I will work. Our world-class schools, colleges, and universities are our biggest asset in attracting high-quality, high-wage industries. I have been working on these initiatives and will continue.
Deluhery: When first elected, I organized a series of meetings with legislators and local elected officials under the sponsorship of the Bi-State Metropolitan Commission. These meetings continue to this day. Communication is the key. Our area faces a challenge because people live and work on both sides of the river, in Iowa and Illinois. Advocacy groups and private organizations such as Quad City Arts help break down these barriers, and they deserve our attention.
List any specific proposals you would support to improve the integrity of your legislative body, including the area of campaign-finance reform, lobbying reform, sunshine laws, and ethics legislation.
Deluhery: Citizen scrutiny of legislative candidates is our most important ethical safeguard. I support campaign-finance reform. I support full disclosure of lobbyists' legislative efforts and the clients they represent, continuation of Iowa's prohibition on gifts to legislators over $3, and conversion of state information systems to an electronic database that is widely accessible for all citizens, including news organizations.
Deluhery: Better schools; safe neighborhoods; good-paying jobs; clean air and water; and relief for seniors from the high cost of prescription drugs and pension taxes are my top priorities. That's what the people tell me they want.
Deluhery: Welfare reform imposes a major responsibility on state government to address the housing, health, transportation, and education needs of people who don't always speak with the loudest voices. I listen to them. If elected, I will continue to fight their battle in the Iowa Senate.
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Deerfield Beach Chamber of Commerce executive director Denise Jordan joined Grundfos on 8 November for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Florida facility.
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Grundfos employs more than 1200 people in the US at operations, sales and service facilities in Illinois (North American headquarters), Kansas, Pennsylvania, California, Texas, Indiana and Alabama.
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Today, sixteen additional top universities showcase their commitment to clarifying the cost of college by implementing MyinTuition, a revolutionary online tool that quickly and easily provides accurate college cost estimates. Prospective students will now be able to easily estimate costs to attend Babson College, Boston College, Brown University, Colby College, Davidson College, Duke University, Grinnell College, Hamilton College, Johns Hopkins University, Middlebury College, Northwestern University, Skidmore College, Smith College, St. Olaf College, University of Rochester, and Yale University.
Clarifying college costs for prospective students is increasingly important in higher education. MyinTuition requires no tax forms, asking users to provide six basic and readily known financial characteristics. It takes the average user just three minutes to complete and as such, MyinTuition is transforming the way people approach their college applications. Between April 2017 and January 2018 alone, over 150,000 people used the tool to generate college estimates.
Jeremiah Quinlan, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid at Yale University, argued "there is an information gap about what it actually costs a family to attend Yale. We want to change perceptions and ensure that students never miss an opportunity to apply for admission because of an incorrect assumption about costs." MyinTuition is designed to overcome that information gap.
MyinTuition was created in 2013 by Phillip Levine, Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Wellesley College and now founder and CEO of MyinTuition Corp. Since 2013, thirty-one academically elite colleges have implemented MyinTuition. The sixteen new users join fifteen existing partner schools, including Amherst College, Bowdoin College, Carleton College, Colorado College, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Mount Holyoke College, Pomona College, Rice University, University of Virginia, Vassar College, Washington and Lee University, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University, and Williams College.
Seth Allen, Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Pomona College believes that "MyInTuition has been an invaluable tool for demonstrating Pomona's commitment to access and affordability. It's our go to answer when students and families ask about our financial aid program." Dartmouth College attributes MyinTuition for the greater socioeconomic diversity in its early decision applicant pool this past year.
While MyinTuition helps clarify college costs for any prospective student, it is a critical tool in providing guidance to high-performing students from lower-income families. MyinTuition demonstrates to these students that a top college is still accessible–– and may even be the most affordable option. MyinTuition provides an accurate estimate of college cost after factoring in financial aid, separately reporting scholarships along with loan and work study expectations.
MyinTuition is a groundbreaking tool that easily provides a personalized estimate of what it would cost an individual to attend college. Users provide answers to six basic financial questions (total family income, value of their house, any remaining mortgage balance, cash in the bank, and savings held in retirement accounts and other investment accounts). They receive individualized estimates of the cost of college, including out-of-pocket costs, available loans and work-study opportunities, and scholarship assistance. The tool is easy to use and more straightforward than the typical net price calculator.
MyinTuition Corp. was founded in July 2017; it was initially created in 2013 and developed with the assistance of Wellesley College. Its mission is to lift the veil of uncertainty regarding college costs and, for qualified students, dispel the notion that college will cost them an exorbitant amount of money. It seeks continued expansion to more schools to provide the greatest possible benefit to students seeking to navigate the confusing waters of college costs.
Founder and CEO of MyinTuition was recently featured in Boston Globe Magazine as one of Boston's "2017 Best of the New People and Ideas" for his work with MyinTuition and clarifying the cost of college.
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Homepage / Viral "Michael Jordan managed to upstage LeBron James in Cleveland"
"Michael Jordan managed to upstage LeBron James in Cleveland"
Has the neverending argument over who is better between Michael Jordan and LeBron James produced a winner?
Analyst Skip Bayless said the NBA Top 75 ceremony at the All-Star Game halftime Sunday cemented Jordan as the greatest of all time.
On Thursday's podcast episode of "The Skip Bayless Show," Bayless said:
"He was announced last, which made him in my mind – and everybody else's – first on the all-time top 75 list. Remember, the list was released in alphabetic order and not ranked. And yet, Michael was saved for last. The best for last. Michael Jordan brought the house down."
The entire list was announced in alphabetical order, so for Jordan to be named last could infer that he was saved specifically for the end. As the old notion goes, one saves the best for last, so that logic agrees with Bayless' comments.
NBA 75 ceremony cemented Michael Jordan as the GOAT
Even with all of LeBron James' accolades and accomplishments, along with his insurmountable fame in Cleveland, Skip Bayless pointed out:
"Michael Jordan managed to upstage LeBron James in Cleveland, Ohio."
In Cleveland, James averaged 27.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game in 11 seasons (and two stints). In 2016, LeBron ended a 52-year championship drought in the city of Cleveland when the Cavaliers upset the Golden State Warriors.
Such large feats in any city would be remembered as legendary. Jordan topping LeBron's stardom in his hometown speaks volumes for his position the NBA. Insofar as Bayless' logic is concerned, it does seem that Jordan is the reigning GOAT of the NBA.
Jordan was a six-time NBA champion and six-time Finals MVP. He won all six times when he appeared in the Finals. The Hall of Famer was also a five-time MVP. He made the All-Defensive team nine times. Jordan, who played 15 seasons, holds the NBA record for all-time scoring average (30.1 points per game).
LeBron James, playing in his 19th season, is a four-time champion and a four-time Finals MVP. He is 4-for-10 in the Finals. He is also a four-time MVP and 18-time All-Star. He made the All-Defensive team six times. James has 36,559 points and could surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record of 38,387 next season. He recently passed Abdul-Jabbar for the combined record for points in the taatasastetap season and playoffs.
James is averaging 29.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game this season.
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Darrell Christopher Michael "Mike" Newman, 84 of Glenwood, Iowa passed away June 24, 2018 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was born on June 25, 1933 in Loup City, Nebraska to Henry and Martha (Koshizkie) Newman.
Mike was united in marriage to JoAnn Mary Kerby. He was employed as an automotive mechanic for many years in Omaha. Mike was very mechanically inclined and was know as the jack of all trades. He kept busy by gardening and working on cars.
Preceding Mike in passing were his parents, son, Clark "Moose" Newman and several siblings. Survivors include his wife, JoAnn Newman of Glenwood, Iowa; children, Betra Reeves, Connie Newman, Patty Barber, Mike (Christy) Newman, Chris Newman, Cliff (Kerry) Newman, Maria Newman Camp (Jeff) Leonardo, Mary Jane Newman, Craig Newman; Grandchildren, Kristen, Ashley, Cody, Danny, Nick, Bonnie, C.J., Chloe, Gracie, Jessica, Sami, Dustin, Maggie, Stevie, Randi, Darrell, Doyle and several great-grandchildren; sisters, Carolyn Townsend, Dusty Smith and Kathy Newman; extended relatives and many friends.
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Daliha Aqbal (NHS'08, MS'12, M'17) writes about Georgetown's supportive, interfaith community, and how her own faith is helping her through medical school.
Lauren Kingsland, a professional artist with the Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program, created the prayer flag project to benefit patients, family members and staff.
Faith in the Lab
Most of the research happening at Georgetown University on any given day is taking place at the Medical Center. How does the Jesuit, Catholic tradition impact the pursuit of biomedical research on...
An Education Framed By Faith
Faculty offer perspectives on teaching health and medicine with faith in mind.
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How do Catholic, Jesuit values shape Georgetown's medical education, research and patient care?
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Alumna Jennifer Walter, MD (M'07), reflects on spirituality and patient care...
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You love your cat or dog. You want to give him or her the best life possible. After all, they provide unconditional love and can be our best friend. Basically, you want your pet to live a happy and healthy life, right? By having your pet spayed (female) or neutered (male), you will not only improve the health of your pet, but you will also strengthen the bond that you share.
A neutered animal has little or no risk of certain kinds of cancer. Did you know by spaying a female before her first heat, you are protecting her nearly 100% from ever getting mammary (breast) cancer? That's certainly one of the kindest things that you can do for her! You are also completely eliminating the risk of ovarian or uterine cancer. The males will never get testicular cancer, and you will be ensuring the risk of prostate problems is lowered. So, you're helping them live a healthier life!
Spaying or neutering will make your pet a better companion!
A female cat will no longer go into heat, and you will no longer endure the obnoxious yowling and pacing that occurs. Unwelcome visits by hordes of tomcats that mark your yard and further frustrate your cat will become a thing of the past.
A male cat will be less likely to spray that foul-smelling urine in your house. Because he won't be distracted by the neighborhood females in heat, he'll be more content staying inside, rather than getting out into the street-where he could get into fights or get hit by a car (which could lead to costly vet bills or even the death of your cat).
Did you know that millions of tax dollars are spent every year to care for lost, abandoned, and unwanted pets? In fact, it costs an average of $176 for shelters to handle each homeless animal. By spaying and neutering your pet, you will not be contributing to this financial burden. Nor will you be contributing to the homeless animals that roam the streets and potentially bite people, hurt animals, or even cause car crashes.
And most importantly, you will not be contributing to the already overwhelming problem of companion animal overpopulation. There are an estimated 4-6 million cats and dogs killed every year.There are too many animals and not enough homes.
Please do your part to help reduce the number of homeless animals killed each year by having your pet spayed or neutered!
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Simulation study of the effects of near- and far-field heating during focused ultrasound uterine fibroid ablation using an electronically focused phased array: A theoretical analysis of patient safety
Nicholas Ellens, Kullervo Hynynen
Purpose: Assess the feasibility of using large-aperture, flat ultrasonic transducer arrays with 6500 small elements operating at 500 kHz without the use of any mechanical components for the thermal coagulation of uterine fibroids. This study examines the benefits and detriments of using a frequency that is significantly lower than that used in clinical systems (1-1.5 MHz). Methods: Ultrasound simulations were performed using the anatomies of five fibroid patients derived from 3D MRI. Using electronic steering solely, the ultrasound focus from a flat, 6500-element phased array was translated around the volume of the fibroids in various patterns to assess the feasibility of completing full treatments from fixed physical locations. Successive temperature maps were generated by numerically solving the bioheat equation. Using a thermal dose model, the bioeffects of these simulations were quantified and analyzed. Results: The simulations indicate that such an array could be used to perform fibroid treatments to 18-EM43 at an average rate of 90 ± 20 cm3/h without physically moving the transducer array. On average, the maximum near-field thermal dose for each patient was below 4-EM43. Fibroid tissue could be treated as close as 40-mm to the spine without reaching temperatures expected to cause pain or damage. Conclusions: Fibroids were successfully targeted and treated from a single transducer position to acceptable extents and without causing damage in the near- or far-field. Compared to clinical systems, treatment rates were good. The proposed treatment paradigm is a promising alternative to existing systems and warrants further investigation.
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Ellens, N., & Hynynen, K. (2014). Simulation study of the effects of near- and far-field heating during focused ultrasound uterine fibroid ablation using an electronically focused phased array: A theoretical analysis of patient safety. Medical Physics, 41(7), [072902]. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4883777
Simulation study of the effects of near- and far-field heating during focused ultrasound uterine fibroid ablation using an electronically focused phased array : A theoretical analysis of patient safety. / Ellens, Nicholas; Hynynen, Kullervo.
In: Medical Physics, Vol. 41, No. 7, 072902, 2014.
Ellens, N & Hynynen, K 2014, 'Simulation study of the effects of near- and far-field heating during focused ultrasound uterine fibroid ablation using an electronically focused phased array: A theoretical analysis of patient safety', Medical Physics, vol. 41, no. 7, 072902. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4883777
Ellens N, Hynynen K. Simulation study of the effects of near- and far-field heating during focused ultrasound uterine fibroid ablation using an electronically focused phased array: A theoretical analysis of patient safety. Medical Physics. 2014;41(7). 072902. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4883777
Ellens, Nicholas ; Hynynen, Kullervo. / Simulation study of the effects of near- and far-field heating during focused ultrasound uterine fibroid ablation using an electronically focused phased array : A theoretical analysis of patient safety. In: Medical Physics. 2014 ; Vol. 41, No. 7.
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AU - Hynynen, Kullervo
N2 - Purpose: Assess the feasibility of using large-aperture, flat ultrasonic transducer arrays with 6500 small elements operating at 500 kHz without the use of any mechanical components for the thermal coagulation of uterine fibroids. This study examines the benefits and detriments of using a frequency that is significantly lower than that used in clinical systems (1-1.5 MHz). Methods: Ultrasound simulations were performed using the anatomies of five fibroid patients derived from 3D MRI. Using electronic steering solely, the ultrasound focus from a flat, 6500-element phased array was translated around the volume of the fibroids in various patterns to assess the feasibility of completing full treatments from fixed physical locations. Successive temperature maps were generated by numerically solving the bioheat equation. Using a thermal dose model, the bioeffects of these simulations were quantified and analyzed. Results: The simulations indicate that such an array could be used to perform fibroid treatments to 18-EM43 at an average rate of 90 ± 20 cm3/h without physically moving the transducer array. On average, the maximum near-field thermal dose for each patient was below 4-EM43. Fibroid tissue could be treated as close as 40-mm to the spine without reaching temperatures expected to cause pain or damage. Conclusions: Fibroids were successfully targeted and treated from a single transducer position to acceptable extents and without causing damage in the near- or far-field. Compared to clinical systems, treatment rates were good. The proposed treatment paradigm is a promising alternative to existing systems and warrants further investigation.
AB - Purpose: Assess the feasibility of using large-aperture, flat ultrasonic transducer arrays with 6500 small elements operating at 500 kHz without the use of any mechanical components for the thermal coagulation of uterine fibroids. This study examines the benefits and detriments of using a frequency that is significantly lower than that used in clinical systems (1-1.5 MHz). Methods: Ultrasound simulations were performed using the anatomies of five fibroid patients derived from 3D MRI. Using electronic steering solely, the ultrasound focus from a flat, 6500-element phased array was translated around the volume of the fibroids in various patterns to assess the feasibility of completing full treatments from fixed physical locations. Successive temperature maps were generated by numerically solving the bioheat equation. Using a thermal dose model, the bioeffects of these simulations were quantified and analyzed. Results: The simulations indicate that such an array could be used to perform fibroid treatments to 18-EM43 at an average rate of 90 ± 20 cm3/h without physically moving the transducer array. On average, the maximum near-field thermal dose for each patient was below 4-EM43. Fibroid tissue could be treated as close as 40-mm to the spine without reaching temperatures expected to cause pain or damage. Conclusions: Fibroids were successfully targeted and treated from a single transducer position to acceptable extents and without causing damage in the near- or far-field. Compared to clinical systems, treatment rates were good. The proposed treatment paradigm is a promising alternative to existing systems and warrants further investigation.
KW - focused ultrasound
KW - HIFU
KW - near-field heating
KW - phased arrays
KW - thermal coagulation
KW - uterine fibroids
JO - Medical Physics
JF - Medical Physics


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Q: Your favourite database client tool Wondering what is the best or most popular database client tool.  Similar to Microsoft's SQL management studio, but one that can work with various databases.  Other tools I have found are:

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*Toad for SQL Server

*Database fishing tool

*Apex SQL Studio
Some of these tools can even compare and sync database schema's and some cases the data itself as well.  Very useful when deploying applications for example from a pre-production environment to production environment.
So what's your favourite database manager ?  Maybe there is a nice open source tool out there that is well rounded with the most useful features.

A: SqlDbx - www.sqldbx.com - has a free edition, is portable  and works with quite a few dbs.
Also AnySQL Maestro - http://www.sqlmaestro.com/products/anysql/maestro/

A: I use PL/SQL Developer, as soon as I have to work on an Oracle Database. I like the UI, simple and fast.

A: I'm using Aqua Data Studio for many years now and it is the most valuable of all my tools - see Aquafold

A: DbVisualizer - there's a free version with a bit limited functionality and a fully fledged one for $149.

A: I use Navicat myself. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle.

A: SQL Developer is nice for Oracle and has plugins for several other databases.

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/index.html

A: Eclipse Data Tools Platform within Eclipse (my primary IDE):

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*Open source, works with many databases

*Do all the basics and some advanced stuff. In recent versions you can find some kind of visual query builder as well.

*Oracle has a plugin where implemented some Oracle-specific functions.

A: If your're using MS Sql Server, try using LinqPad; it's much more lightweight than the Management Studio, and you'll be practicing writing queries in linq in the meantime as well.

(source: linqpad.net)

A: If you are using PostgreSQL (and, really, you should be!), PgAdmin rocks. It lets you query, explore tables, do administrative tasks, manage users, visually explain complex queries, graphically build queries and much more. It runs on Windows, Linux and OS X and can connect to local or remote PostgreSQL servers.

A: SQuirreL SQL

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*Open source

*Works with many databases

A: SQLyog for MySQL.
TOAD for when I worked with Oracle.

A: I prefer...

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*PL/SQL Developer for Oracle

*The inbuilt tool for MSSQL

*The inbuilt tool for DB2

A: RazorSQL - it works with pretty much any database you can think of.

A: Any comments on LyteRAD? Not a pure database management tool, but good for creating and prototyping db apps quickly.

A: I've used Query Express and it's great because it's actually a standalone 100 KB file, no installation needed. It only does querying but it's fast and free.

A: If you need data comparison, schema comparison or visual query builder, than you should take a look at our database tools for SQL Server:

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*dbForge Schema Compare for SQL Server

*dbForge Data Compare for SQL Server

*dbForge Query Builder for SQL Server
All these tools are quite affordable and have 30-days trial period.


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Social Drivers of Mental Illnesses in Low- & Middle-Income Countries: Mechanisms and Pathways of Interventions for Youth (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
R01 Research Project Grant
RFA-MH-21-160
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit research that will help to identify and explain the mechanisms and pathways by which interventions targeting social drivers of mental illnesses affect the mental health and functioning of children and/or adolescents (ages 5-24 years) living in World Bank designated low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and previously designated LMICs re-categorized as high income on or after January 1, 2021. Studies should use innovative approaches to capture as much real-world complexity as possible in identifying and elucidating mechanisms and pathways that reduce risk for mental illnesses or improve mental health in children and/or adolescents. NIMH welcomes applicants from LMICs and strongly encourages applicants from the United States or upper middle income countries to partner with sites in LMICs.
February, 18, 2021
No late applications will be accepted for this Funding Opportunity Announcement.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the Research (R) Instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts).
Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. Applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions.
Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit research that will help to identify and explain the mechanisms and pathways by which interventions targeting social drivers of mental illnesses affect the mental health and functioning of children and/or adolescents (ages 5-24 years) living in World Bank designated low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and previously designated LMICs re-categorized as high income on or after January 1, 2021. Studies should use innovative approaches to capture as much real-world complexity as possible in identifying and elucidating mechanisms and pathways that reduce risk for mental illnesses or improve mental health in children and/or adolescents.
Conditions of adversity are potent social drivers of mental illnesses, and large numbers of children and adolescents worldwide grow up in such conditions. These adversities include childhood labor, economic instability, domestic/community violence, verbal/physical abuse, sexual exploitation, political/military conflict, food insecurity, homelessness/unsafe housing, family separation, discrimination/stigma, and environmental hazards, among others. Many children and adolescents in LMICs live with multiple, ongoing adversities throughout the first decades of life, the period during which most mental health problems emerge. Such compound and chronic adverse experiences can adversely affect brain functioning and increase risk for developing a wide range of emotional and behavioral problems, both internalizing and externalizing. These problems, in turn, predict several poor outcomes over time, from poor daily functioning to substance use, increased interpersonal violence, lower educational attainment, poor sexual/reproductive health behaviors, and chronic mental illness.
The strong association between chronic, compound adversity and mental illness, coupled with the demographic youth "bulge" in many LMICs, suggests that the global burden of mental illnesses will not be reduced quickly or substantially through individual treatment alone. Targeted alterations in upstream social drivers of mental illnesses are needed in LMICs and other low-resource settings with insufficient numbers of mental health professionals and inadequate mental health care. Some interventions are showing promise (e.g., cash transfer, improved housing/neighborhood, parenting training, social support), but the mechanisms and pathways by which they work are not well understood. Evidence is growing that differing types of adversity (e.g., dangerous or threatening conditions versus conditions of deprivation) may confer risk for mental illnesses through multiple and separate cognitive, biological, and other behavioral domains of functioning. There is little understanding, however, about how promising environmental interventions affect those different domains and thereby lower risk for mental illnesses. Similarly, we know little about how the components of multi-level or combined social-and-individual interventions (e.g., targeting the school environment, family interactions, and child behavior simultaneously) may work complementarily or synergistically to multiply benefits. Moreover, some social drivers appear to differentially affect mental health and illness depending on local context, gender, developmental stage, and other factors.
To help improve mental health among children and adolescents living with chronic and compound adversities in LMICs, this initiative aims to shed new light on the pathways and mechanisms through which economic, neighborhood, environmental, sociocultural, and other community-based targets for intervention reduce risk for mental illnesses or improve mental health among children and/or adolescents.
Applications may propose new studies or secondary data analyses. Applications to conduct secondary analyses must demonstrate the sufficiency of existing data sets in both quantity and quality to test hypothesized mediational pathways or to generate new hypotheses using computational and/or data science analytic approaches.
Applications that propose primary data collection must specify the models, variables, and measures that will be used to identify and test potential pathways and mechanisms that may account for changes in key outcomes. Proposed studies should be consistent with the NIMH experimental therapeutics approach.. Valid and reliable measures will provide useful information about pathways and mechanisms that may account for intervention effects. Accordingly, applicants should plan to use the most direct and objective measures possible in the study setting, including validated measures beyond self-reports and other subjective measures, where possible, and inclusion of measures that span more than one level of assessment if possible and appropriate. Given the focus of this FOA on environmental interventions that target upstream drivers of mental illnesses, NIMH encourages applicants to consider RDoC or RDoC-like constructs when defining intervention targets and outcomes, as feasible in the setting (see the RDoC webpage for more details).
For applications proposing multi-component intervention studies, applicants should examine how different components contribute to and/or interact synergistically to produce the observed outcomes. This may involve advanced data analytic approaches, which may necessitate the availability of advanced expertise in dealing with data complexity for which conventional analytic methods are inadequate, as well as data modeling; structuring, harmonizing and extracting meaningful features from multiple data streams; and advanced computational and statistical approaches.
NIMH is supportive of projects that help build sustainable research capacity in LMICs and welcomes applications from researchers in LMICs. Applicants from scientists in the United States or Upper Middle Income Countries are strongly encouraged to include collaboration with LMIC partners.
Applications responsive to this FOA include, but are not limited to, those that propose to:
Model the change pathways of interventions that target social drivers of mental health outcomes (e.g., emotional/behavioral functioning, school attendance, familial and other relationships, participation in community activities, etc.).
Examine the independent and complementary or synergistic effects on adolescent mental health of multilevel interventions targeting modifiable economic, neighborhood, family, or other community-based factors.
Understand how gender and/or developmental stage influence the mental health outcomes of interventions targeting sociocultural factors (e.g., child discipline norms, adult-youth communication norms, gender norms, etc.).
Determine how mental health services can best engage local communities to enhance community assets and promote service user participation.
Identify intervention targets by articulating the pathways by which social drivers (e.g., poverty) alter brain function related to mental health through biological or psychosocial risk factors (e.g. malnutrition, family conflict).
Inform intervention development by identifying pathways through which school or family factors can moderate the adverse effects of community chaos or violence on adolescent mental health.
Examine the change pathways through which interventions targeting structural stigma break down social barriers to mental health care and change help-seeking behavior for adolescents
NIMH encourages research activities that build on the infrastructure and demonstrated successes of other service delivery systems in LMICs (e.g., HIV care and treatment, maternal and child health care, education) and engage these systems in developing the interventions to be tested.
Applications considered NOT responsive to this FOA are those which:
The following will be considered non-responsive:
Applications that propose research to be conducted primarily in the US or other high-income country.
Applications that propose research exclusively for HIV+ populations.
Program Technical Assistance Note
All applicants are strongly encouraged to contact NIMH staff early in the application process to discuss the alignment of their application with the goals of this FOA, and with the NIMH Strategic Plan. Virtual technical assistance sessions will be held for potential applicants to this FOA. Date, time, and connectivity information will be posted on the NIMH Center for Global Mental Health (CGMH) website. During the technical assistance session(s), NIMH staff will present an overview of this FOA and answer questions from prospective applicants. A set of questions and answers from the virtual technical assistance session will be posted on the NIMH CGMH website after the virtual meeting. All virtual events are free and open to all prospective applicants, but participation is not a prerequisite to applying.
NIMH intends to commit $3,000,000 in FY 2022 to fund 4-6 awards.
Application budgets are limited to $500,000 in direct costs in any project year and need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.
Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Federal Governments
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)
NATO Commercial and Government Entity (NCAGE) Code – Foreign organizations must obtain an NCAGE code (in lieu of a CAGE code) in order to register in SAM.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the Research (R) Instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide except where instructed in this funding opportunity announcement to do otherwise. Conformance to the requirements in the Application Guide is required and strictly enforced. Applications that are out of compliance with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Email: nimhpeerreview@nih.gov
The following section supplements the instructions found in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and should be used for preparing an application to this FOA.
SF424(R&R) Senior/Key Person Profile
R&R or Modular Budget
All applications must:
Provide evidence that outcome measures are valid and reliable for the proposed population(s)
Describe the extent of significant involvement of researchers in LMICs
Applications proposing research that conducts secondary analyses of existing data sets must:
Demonstrate the sufficiency of existing data sets in both quantity and quality to test hypothesized mediational pathways or to generate new hypotheses using computational and/or data science analytic approaches
Applications that will involve acquisition of new data must:
Specify the models, variables and measures that will be used to identify and test potential pathways and mechanisms that may account for changes in key outcomes
Propose research design and methods consistent with the NIMH experimental therapeutics approach to clinical research
Employ objective, validated measures
Include measures that span more than one level of assessment
Include RDoC-like constructs when defining biomarkers, mechanisms, intervention targets, and outcomes
Applications proposing multi-component intervention studies must:
Describe how the application examines how different components contribute to and/or interact synergistically to produce the observed outcome
The following modifications also apply:
All applications, regardless of the amount of direct costs requested for any one year, should address a Data Sharing Plan.
Only limited Appendix materials are allowed. Follow all instructions for the Appendix as described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
When involving human subjects research, clinical research, and/or NIH-defined clinical trials (and when applicable, clinical trials research experience) follow all instructions for the PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information form in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, with the following additional instructions:
Note: Delayed onset does NOT apply to a study that can be described but will not start immediately (i.e., delayed start).All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide must be followed.
Foreign (non-U.S.) institutions must follow policies described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, and procedures for foreign institutions described throughout the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
All PD(s)/PI(s) must include their eRA Commons ID in the Credential field of the Senior/Key Person Profile Component of the SF424(R&R) Application Package. Failure to register in the Commons and to include a valid PD/PI Commons ID in the credential field will prevent the successful submission of an electronic application to NIH. See Section III of this FOA for information on registration requirements.
The applicant organization must ensure that the DUNS number it provides on the application is the same number used in the organization's profile in the eRA Commons and for the System for Award Management. Additional information may be found in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in the field? Is the prior research that serves as the key support for the proposed project rigorous? If the aims of the project are achieved, how will scientific knowledge, technical capability, and/or clinical practice be improved? How will successful completion of the aims change the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services, or preventative interventions that drive this field?
Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses well-reasoned and appropriate to accomplish the specific aims of the project? Have the investigators included plans to address weaknesses in the rigor of prior research that serves as the key support for the proposed project? Have the investigators presented strategies to ensure a robust and unbiased approach, as appropriate for the work proposed? Are potential problems, alternative strategies, and benchmarks for success presented? If the project is in the early stages of development, will the strategy establish feasibility and will particularly risky aspects be managed? Have the investigators presented adequate plans to address relevant biological variables, such as sex, for studies in vertebrate animals or human subjects?
If the proposed research will conduct secondary analyses of existing data sets, to what extent has the application demonstrated the sufficiency of existing data sets in both quantity and quality to test hypothesized mediational pathways or to generate new hypotheses using computational and/or data science analytic approaches?
If the proposed research will involve acquisition of new data:
Are the models, variables, and measures that will be used to identify and test potential pathways and mechanisms that may account for changes in key outcomes appropriate?
In relation to the NIMH experimental therapeutics approach to clinical research, are the proposed research design and methods appropriate?
To what extent does the application employ objective and validated measures?
Are measures that span more than one level of assessment appropriate for the proposed research?
If RDoC-like constructs have been proposed, does the application appropriately define biomarkers, mechanisms, intervention targets, and outcomes?
For proposed multi-component intervention studies, to what extent does the application examine how different components contribute to and/or interact synergistically to produce the observed outcome?
For all proposed research, regardless of whether secondary analysis of existing data sets or research involving acquisition of new data:
How well does the application provide evidence that outcome measures are valid and reliable for the proposed population(s)?
To what extent does the application include significant involvement of researchers in LMICs?
Are the plans to standardize, assure quality of, and monitor adherence to, the trial protocol and data collection or distribution guidelines appropriate? Is there a plan to obtain required study agent(s)? Does the application propose to use existing available resources, as applicable
If the project involves human subjects and/or NIH-defined clinical research, are the plans to address 1) the protection of human subjects from research risks, and 2) inclusion (or exclusion) of individuals on the basis of sex/gender, race, and ethnicity, as well as the inclusion or exclusion of individuals of all ages (including children and older adults), justified in terms of the scientific goals and research strategy proposed?
Reviewers will comment on whether the following Resource Sharing Plans, or the rationale for not sharing the following types of resources, are reasonable: (1) Data Sharing Plan; (2) Sharing Model Organisms; and (3) Genomic Data Sharing Plan (GDS).
Applications will be evaluated for scientific and technical merit by (an) appropriate Scientific Review Group(s) convened by NIMH, in accordance with NIH peer review policy and procedures, using the stated review criteria. Assignment to a Scientific Review Group will be shown in the eRA Commons.
As part of the scientific peer review, all applications will receive a written critique.
Applications may undergo a selection process in which only those applications deemed to have the highest scientific and technical merit (generally the top half of applications under review) will be discussed and assigned an overall impact score.
Applications will be assigned to NIMH. Applications will compete for available funds with all other recommended applications submitted in response to this FOA. Following initial peer review, recommended applications will receive a second level of review by the National Advisory Mental Health Council. The following will be considered in making funding decisions:
Institutional Review Board or Independent Ethics Committee Approval: Grantee institutions must ensure that all protocols are reviewed by their IRB or IEC. To help ensure the safety of participants enrolled in NIH-funded studies, the awardee must provide NIH copies of documents related to all major changes in the status of ongoing protocols.
Data and Safety Monitoring Requirements: The NIH policy for data and safety monitoring requires oversight and monitoring of all NIH-conducted or -supported human biomedical and behavioral intervention studies (clinical trials) to ensure the safety of participants and the validity and integrity of the data. Further information concerning these requirements is found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/hs/data_safety.htm and in the application instructions (SF424 (R&R) and PHS 398).
Stacia Friedman-Hill, PhD
Email: friedmans@mail.nih.gov
Nick Gaiano, Ph.D.
Email: nick.gaiano@nih.gov
Tamara Kees
Email: tkees@mail.nih.gov


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8 Top Cultural and Natural Explorations to Discover in East Bali
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There's plenty to do and see in East Bali, as long as "party" is not at the top of the agenda. The attractions in Klungkung and Karangasem lean more toward cultural and nature-friendly pursuits.
The region is home to a number of temples and royal structures along the coast, including the most important Balinese temple of all, Pura Besakih. Hiking trails criss-cross the mountainous terrain, and the waters surrounding East Bali are full of scenic diving sites. The next time you're in East Bali, check out one—or all—of these destinations.
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The 10,308-foot-high Gunung Agung is Bali's highest mountain. The mountain is an active volcano whose beauty is nothing compared to its deadly power. In March of 1963, Gunung Agung erupted, covering the entire island in ash and destroying villages and temples with floods of lava and volcanic mud. Gunung Agung sleeps today, and the temples and towns in its shadow rest easy.
Two hiking trails to the summit are popular with Bali visitors and are best climbed between July and September. Hikers are prohibited from climbing during religious ceremonies on Pura Besakih, and during these times, no person should stand higher than the temple.
Pura Besakih, the Mother Temple
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Coined the "Mother Temple," Pura Besakih is the biggest temple in Bali—a sprawling complex of over 20 temples set on the side of the active Gunung Agung volcano. The temple complex venerates the Hindu trinity (trimurti) of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, drawing thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year.
With over 50 festivals conducted at Pura Besakih annually, you're likely to be in town just as one celebration is ongoing or about to start. Check with your Bali resort or hotel if you're going to be lucky when you visit. Pura Besakih is most easily reached via a bemo from Klungkung.
USAT Liberty Wreck, Tulamben
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The USAT Liberty was an American merchant ship that was torpedoed by Japanese forces during World War II. Taking on water fast, the ship was beached off Tulamben and stripped of her valuables. The eruption of Gunung Agung in 1963 ripped her in half and pushed her deeper into the water.
Today, the crumbling remains of the ship can be explored by snorkelers and divers. The proliferation of coral and marine life in and around the ship make the Liberty one of the most popular dive destinations in Bali.
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This 19th-century royal palace combines Balinese, Chinese, and European influences within a complex of building clusters that used to house the King of Karangasem's formidable court, and it still retains a ceremonial significance today.
The inner court features the king's former home (Loji) and retains some relics from those long-gone days. From photos of the king with Dutch colonialists to well-worn furniture, guests can get an inkling of royal life just before the Dutch came and conquered all.
The descendants of the last king maintain a website that curates information and images about Karangasem's royal structures.
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The last king of Karangasem built this bathing palace in 1948, and it continues to fascinate visitors to this day. It's essentially a network of pools framed by an eclectic assortment of architecture.
The present site is actually a reconstruction; the former structures were destroyed by the 1963 Gunung Agung eruption. The reconstruction captures much of the place's former charm. An 11-tiered fountain pagoda is the palace's most notable architectural feature, and swimming is allowed for a nominal fee.
Goa Lawah (Bat Cave)
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Goa Lawah is an ancient temple built in front of a bat cave. The bats, not the temple, are the main draw. The bats are venerated by visiting worshippers, who buy offerings from nearby vendors. According to legend, the cave extends over 19 miles underground to emerge at Pura Besakih.
Balinese Hindus hold Goa Lawah in great regard where the afterlife is concerned. Worshippers stop at Goa Lawah to complete the Nyegara Gunung ceremony, a part of the Balinese funeral process: At Goa Lawah, offerings can be made to purify the newly released spirit so it can come home to the family's household shrine.
Traditional Village of Tenganan
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The Bali Aga, or the pre-Hindu original people of Bali, remain only in a few isolated communities on the island, the most famous one being the village of Tenganan about 10 minutes from Candidasa. The Bali Aga live in a walled community that enforces a strict separation between "pure" Bali Aga and the "fallen," who live outside the walls.
The village is open to tourists in the daytime and offers a very different perspective on Balinese culture; the architecture, language, and ceremonies retain the old pre-Hindu ways. Tenganan's most famous product is a fabric known as gringsing, and its wearers are said to gain magical powers from its use.
Pura Luhur Lempuyang
Despite its relatively obscure status, the temple of Pura Luhur Lempuyang is one of Bali's most important religious places. As one of the island's nine directional temples, Pura Luhur Lempuyang "protects" the native Balinese from evil spirits coming in from the east.
The temple presents an interesting challenge to visitors, reaching the top takes an hour and a half of serious climbing. The temple at the top offers awesome views of Gunung Agung, framed by the temple gate.
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