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ESRC Funded PhD Studentship in The Governance of Clean Development in the School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia Meeting the development needs of the majority of the world’s...

One of the hardest thing to do for many start-ups is raising money. Lets face it. Nobody wants to give money to an unproven commodity, especially in these current economy conditions. So how can we go about getting money? One way could be through TheFunded.com. According to their front page: TheFunded.com is an online community of entrepreneurs [...]

The politics of taxpayer-funded erectile dysfunction medication will hit the southwest Missouri airwaves today. The squabble between the dueling Republican candidates began Friday when Steelman took Hulshof to task in a debate for voting in June 2005 against an amendment that would have banned Medicaid and Medicare recipients from getting reimbursed for the sexual impotency medication [...]

Actually, I made that last half of the title up, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did.National Geographic News reported today that heterosexual men and homosexual women, and their respective opposites, share significant physiological and neurological similarities in their brains.Differences both in the brain activity and anatomy were observed in a study involving 90 men and women, including homos

Vietnam-Laos Electricity Joint Stock Company began construction of a hotel and office for lease complex in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on June 16. The 7 million USD project will feature a six-storey building and other auxiliary facilities. The project is scheduled for completion in November 2009 to serve the 25th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 25) to be held later next year.

The central province of Quang Ngai inaugurated an anchorage on June 14 as part of a 208 billion VND project funded by the Australian government to help mitigate natural disasters’ devastating impacts. The Tinh Hoa anchorage, located in Son Tinh district, was built at a total cost of 39 billion VND, of which more than 27 billion VND were provided as non-refundable aid by the Australian Governmen

It is scary to think of the possibility of a foreign and often hostile Islamic government forming schools in America to educate our children. Not only has such a foreign entity been allowed to develop such schools, but our own government has shown it will do very little when it chooses to promote murder by our own children.An recent investigation of the Islamic Saudi Academy-funded by the Saudi g

The Prime Minister on June 10 gave the nod to implementation of a number of foreign-funded projects. The PM has permitted the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to take part in the second phase of a technical assistance project to increase its preparedness in emergency cases to cope with the highly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, an

A PhD opening is available at the University of Iceland to research the physical behavior of one of Iceland´s largest and deepest lakes, Lake Lagarfljót. The successful candidate will characterize... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

One of the advantages of living in Canada is the ability to use the Universal Health Care program that has been in place in the country for decades. This initiative is paid for by the various levels of government through tax dollars, and alleviates many of the expenses involved with health care, such as the cost of a visit to the doctor or the hospital, various operations, prescriptions, and so on

San Diego Chargers President Dean Spanos carried on the teams tradition of leadership and philanthropy as he announced the 16 deserving students and nine schools to receive more than $400,000 in scholarships, grants and computers.

Two partly funded PhD studentships in PsychologyDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Hull, UKThe Department of Psychology is now seeking two high calibre applicants for the degree of PhD with an area of research interest which aligns strategically with that of the department. We offer two partly funded positions covering EU fees and a small allowance per year. Non UK/EU stud

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals Asus’ R&D design studio, PEGA, looks to be coming up with some surprising product concepts as part of its Between On & Off exhibition. We’re betting that none of these will ever see the light of day, but we’re intrigued — and prematurely annoyed — by the Look@Me emoticon keyboard. Stocked [...]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals Asus’ R&D design studio, PEGA, looks to be coming up with some surprising product concepts as part of its Between On & Off exhibition. We’re betting that none of these will ever see the light of day, but we’re intrigued — and prematurely annoyed — by the Look@Me emoticon keyboard. Stocked [...]

If you all thought that Will Smith was going the Tom Cruise way and becoming a fully fledged member of The Church of Scientology, then the news that the Hollywood actor is now funding a new Scientology-based school, will only spark more rumors. According to reports from The Guardian, Smith is funding a new private [...]

The European Commission has launched a call to fund scholarships for the study of MA programmes in European integration. The scholarship of the European Commission covers up to €20,000 per student...

PhD Student Position at the University of Amsterdam (Fully Funded) The University of Amsterdam is seeking an individual who is excited about engaging in multidisciplinary approaches to studying information and information technologies in a social context. See more details here.

The Kansas City Star reported that Hillary Clinton’s campaign had received $30 million in contributions via credit card payments over the internet through February.  I wonder what percentage of those contributors maintain a balance on their credit cards and what the real cost of the contribution to the campaign supporter will be by the time [...]

WMR has obtained a confidential “France Only” report of the French intelligence service, Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure (DGSE), that states that the CIA and Britain’s MI-6 maintained effective control of an important Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan as late as 1995, fully two years after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, an attack that was launched with the help

Zhejiang University, a top-ranking research university in China with quality graduate education over 80 years, is now offering 60 full scholarships to international students for graduate studies in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Finally, a TRUE Funded Proposal Prospecting SystemMember: Years in Industry: Location: Hello and thanks for visiting my blog. my name is Sean Motola and I am from New Orleans, La. I have been in the industry for 2. I want to take this entry to explain something very important: the funded proposal system. This is an integral building block of The SpiderWeb Marketing System, yet few people truly understand it. For my entry, I want to take an explanation written by the founder and inventor of The SpiderWeb Marketing System, and insert it into my blog. Hopefully it will bring you increased understanding, as it has to me. It's a little long, but stick with it, as it will explain things very well.The SpiderWeb Marketing System is a Revolutionary new Funded Proposal MLM Prospecting syst

2 fully funded PhD scholarship in Enterprise Resource Planning in collaboration with Microsoft The Centre for Applied ICT at Copenhagen Business School invites applications for 2 scholarship in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

After years of exploring the matter, Microsoft has finally started offering an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works in some countries. Users who run the software see a small ad as they are writing their document or editing their spreadsheet. Although the program has the ability to update its set of ads online, today it runs mostly ads for Microsoft and a few partners, all of which ship with the

MPhil/PhD Funded Studentship Rural Tourism and Farm Diversification: An Analysis of Farmers as Entrepreneurs Reference No RS/07/18 A full-time MPhil/PhD funded studentship is available in the Lancashire Business School. The studentship is tenable up to 3 years (subject to satisfactory progress) with an expected commencement date of 1 July 2008. The studentship will cover the cost of [...]

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the legislation providing 27% quota for other backward castes (OBCs) in centrally funded educational institutions, including IITs and IIMs. The “creamy layer” from amongst the OBCs, however, will remain out of the quota’s ambit. A review of the quota’s continuation would have to be done every five years, the [...]

Minnesota State funded Muslim public school Recently, I wrote about Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA), a K-8 charter school in Inver Grove Heights. Charter schools are public schools and by law must not endorse or promote religion. Evidence suggests, however, that TIZA is an Islamic school, funded by Minnesota taxpayers. TIZA has many characteristics [...]

Fortis Merchant Banking has successfully closed syndication of a $280 million senior secured financing for Sherbino I Wind Farm LLC. This west-Texas wind farm... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

According to recently released Department of Education reports, the University of Virginia received $29,450,000.00 from the government of Saudi Arabia and $200,000.00 from the Peoples Republic of China. Exactly what the Saudis got for their small fortune is unknown, and UVA didn't release the information publicly. Also unknown is what the Chinese government got for its sizeable contribution. Also

The Orange mobile network is to trail a new ad-funded download service, 800,000 of their mobile users will be able to trail this new service. You as the user will be able to download tracks for a discounted rate, either free or half price. The trial is to last three-months, and to help fund this download [...]

Hopefully by now you realize why every fortune 500 company, every successful business or corporation, and even successful non-profit organizations use Marketing. I am shocked that network marketers, who operate under this guise of marketers, have NO IDEA how to market and hardly do it anyway. But that is all changing. Why? Well, as much as I would like to believe I am some sort of pioneer or the "first" to come up with good ideas...it's simply not true. There is a HUGE shift happening in network marketing. LOTS of people are waking up to the power of Internet Marketing to generate endless leads, and bring those endless leads into their business. Of course...most of these people are the ones who are more SERIOUS about being successful, which is why they put out more energy then someone who

As I had previously observed, Prosper seems to have more lenders chasing loans than there are borrowers to take the money for some classes of loans. One such class encompasses just about anything that's inside one of Prosper's standard portfolios. If a borrower wants to get funded, all they need to do is qualify for one of the portfolio slices (I count 21 slices spanning AA - D loans) and choose

In part 6 of this prospecting series, I talked about how to use pay per click marketing to rapidly produce prospects for your products, services and opportunity who will be so hot that in many cases they will CALL YOU instead of you chasing after them.In this final part to this prospecting series, I will share with you one of the most advanced techniques in prospecting. In my personal opinion, this method of prospecting is probably not going to be right for 99% of your organization and if you teach it to them, you will probably distract them and they will probably fail. However, for the relative few in your organization that this type of prospecting might be right for, this select few can revolutionize your organizational growth and your income.This method of prospecting is called attrac

Electronic arts (EA) the largest gaming company in the US, is set to change its strategy for marketing video games. They intend to launch a new version of the popular PC game ‘Battlefield Heroes’ in the summer, but this version will not be on sale in any of the stores. It will be launched [...]

From Billionaires Blog By Brendan MontagueA study that claimed 650,000 people were killed as a result of the invasion of Iraq was partly funded by the antiwar billionaire George Soros. Soros, 77, provided almost half the nearly $100,000 cost of the research, which appeared in The Lancet, the medical journal. Its claim was 10 times higher than consensus estimates of the number of war dead.The study, published in 2006, was hailed by antiwar campaigners as evidence of the scale of the disaster caused by the invasion, but Downing Street and President George Bush challenged its methodology.New research published by The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 151,000 people - less than a quarter of The Lancet estimate - have died since the invasion in 2003.“The authors should have discl

The Chemical Biology Centre, a joint venture of Imperial College London, the Institute of Cancer Research and the London Research Institute of Cancer Research UK has fully funded studentships available on this 1-year course, commencing in October 2008.The course will cover all the fundamentals of modern bioimaging methodologies (PET, MRI, Optical Imaging, Ultrasound, Pharmacology and Image Computation) – including their techniques and application within medicine and the pharmaceutical industry, along with the chemistry behind imaging agents, drugs and biomarkers.The course consists of an 8-month interdisciplinary research project, taught lecture modules on elementary and advanced aspects of bioimaging techniques and applications, specialist lectures in transferable skills, literature rev

The UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine are offering a funded postgraduate scholarship to work on a project entitled "Enhancing human health through improved water quality".

In a groundbreaking ruling, the Wisconsin courts have determined that the Wisconsin Virtual School, run by K12, Inc. is operating illegally. The Judge ordered funding to cease effective immediately. According to the Wisonsin judge,  it is illegal for school districts to pay for virtual schools for a number of reasons. One reason cited is that the parents [...]

Alloptic Inc. , a company that could figure heavily into cable fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) strategies, has landed $24 million in Series B funding led by legacy investors Arcapita Ventures and Ritchie Capital Management . (See Alloptic Bags $24M.) The company, which has 69 employees and has raised a total of $39 million since hitting the reset button in 2005, said it will use the new infusion to support international expansion, protect its patent portfolio, and expand support for the MicroNode, a product that handles the optical-to-electrical conversion at the subscriber home or business building. Alloptic, along with companies such as Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT - message board), Arris Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRS - message board), CommScope Inc. (NYSE: CTV - message board), Scientific Atlanta , and Aurora Networks Inc. , has been developing cable FTTP products particularly as MSOs create momentum for a new initiative called RF Over Glass (RFOG). (See Moto Expands 'CablePON' Strateg

Position DescriptionA full-time postdoc researcher position in the area of Wireless Mesh Networking is available at CREATE-NET (www.create-net.org).The successful candidate will be working on the MIUR-funded Italy-Israel WING project (www.wing-project.org), focusing on wireless mesh networks as an access architecture for the next- generation Internet.The project aims at advancing the state-of-art in research on wireless mesh networks (WMN), while at the same time developing software prototypes and demonstrators.ResponsibilitiesWe seek candidates with strong hands-on research experience in wireless communications and networking.Areas of specific of interest include:Multi-channel mesh networks architectures and protocolsDistributed monitoring for WMNs Distributed channel assignment/switching schemes for WMNs Network coding for WMNs prototyping and experimental measurements. QualificationsApplicants should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineerin

When a title for an article is “Vegetarian diet is nuts: study,” you know that somewhere down the line, the study was funded by a livestock association. Upon reading the article, it becomes clear that the “study was funded by Meat and Livestock Australia.” According to the study, “Vegetarians must double their portion size and kilojoule intake to achieve recommended daily levels of iron, zinc and omega-3 fatty acids.” Is this an attempt by Meat and Livestock Australia to try and turn Vegetarians back into meat-eaters, or, is this, in fact, true? Many studies and books that I’ve read advise it’s quite easy to achieve the daily level of nutritional requirements. The article itself has suggestions by the VNV (Vegetarian Network of Victoria) that by eating a balanced diet, you can in fact decrease your risk of osteo and heart disease. One book I’ve religiously followed last year titled “The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide,&rdq

The alliance brings together internationally leading physics research across Scotland to form the largest physics grouping in the UK. Major research themes being pursued are astronomy, condensed...

A most disgusting discovery made by Yid With Lid, Little Green Footballs and Michelle Malkin, it seems that the State Department funded a program at the UC that touts segregation of Israeli Jews. The main document that told about this has been deleted from the Dept.'s website ostensibly because there was a virus in it (but as I'm guessing, because they were embarrassed), but some telling pictures

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world’s largest source of funding for biomedical research. Taxpayers provide more than $28 billion annually for the NIH (1), yet only about a third of the research studies are made publicly available in various repositories after a 12-month delay (2). Lawmakers are trying to change this and the U.S. Senate is currently deliberating a bill that would require all research funded by the NIH to be freely available to the public within 12 months of publication. The requirement builds upon an earlier voluntary NIH initiative to establish a web-based repository for barrier-free access to primary reports in the life sciences (3). Unfortunately, since it’s implementation, the voluntary initiative has failed to attain a deposit rate greater than 5% by individual researchers (4). Thus, advocates of open access to scientific research have been lobbying to make it a mandatory requirement. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the provis

Australia's ambassador to Indonesia and the secretary-general of the Indonesian Ministry for Religious Affairs have opened 46 new Islamic schools as part of a $US25 million gift from Australia.Work on another 255 madrassa schools will start in a few weeks.Part of the aim of the Australian program is to lessen the influence of radical Islamists who have used their own madrassas as a training ground for terrorism.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com

Javier Gutierrez loves watching his grandkids play on the new sports field on the edge of his Costa Rican village. They used to play in the decrepit lots of abandoned buildings, tripping on rubble as they chased each other in games of tag or slipping and injuring themselves on glass and other debris while playing [...]

From WikipediaPublicly funded health care is a health care system that is financed entirely or in majority part by citizens' tax payments instead of through private payments made to insurance companies or directly to health care providers (health insurance premiums, copayments or deductibles).Financing of health care in public systemsPublicly funded health care systems are usually financed in one of two ways: through taxation or via compulsory Social health insurance. When taxation is the primary means of financing health care, everyone receives the same level of coverage regardless of their ability to pay, their level of taxation, or risk factors.In compulsory insurance models, healthcare is financed through a "sickness fund", which can receive income from a number of places such as employees' salary deductions, employers' contributions, or top-ups from the state.Varieties of public systemsMost developed countries currently have publicly funded health systems that cover the great m

Centre for War, State and Society, Department of History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Studentships and Fellowships) The Universities of Exeter, Reading and Newcastle have received funding from the AHRC for a major project on Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940-1945, directed by Professors Richard Overy and Andrew Knapp and Dr Claudia Baldoli. It will be based in the

Something To Remember...Not All Democrats Are DefeatistsBowing to President Bush, the Democratic-controlled House and Senate reluctantly approved fresh billions for the Iraq war on Thursday, minus the troop withdrawal timeline that drew his earlier veto.The Senate vote to send the legislation to the president was 80-14. Less than two hours earlier, the House had cleared the measure, 280-142, with Republicans supplying the bulk of the support.Five months in power on Capitol Hill, Democrats in both houses coupled their concession to the president with pledges to challenge his policies anew. “This debate will go on,” vowed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, announcing plans to hold votes by fall on four separate measures seeking a change in course.In a highly unusual maneuver, House Democratic leaders crafted a procedure that allowed their rank and file to oppose money for the war, then step aside so Republicans could advance it. There were 194 Republicans in favor, as well as 86 Democrats,

Advertiser-funded content is helping brands reach young consumers and the mobile networks make their heavy 3G investments pay off. The potential is huge — the mobile phone is the most direct marketing route available — but brands have so far failed truly to exploit the opportunities. There is currently something of a land grab for mobile content and services funded by advertising, allowing viewers free access in exchange for their eyeballs. Brands are trying to discover what will work for them — a task not made any easier by obstacles thrown up by networks, such as different handsets requiring different video formats. Many advertisers are therefore wondering whether to get involved with sponsored mobile content now or wait until the creases have been ironed out. One pressing argument for early adoption is the numbers. ‘There are approximately 1billion WAP page impressions served in the UK and millions of video downloads per month, so the reach is big enough to interest advertis

There’s a reason my chat status has been set to “busy” and I have not updated this blog in two weeks. On the heals of ScribeStorm’s first interactive DVD release earlier this month, we’ve been asked to do nearly a dozen more! Then last week our funding went through. After the funding was finalized I had a restful night of sleep, only to wake up the next morning and realize that the past eight months was the easy part. Now, in half that time, we have to hire half a dozen people, support and build out a quickly growing interactive DVD business, build a fully interactive demo for three next generation platforms (HD-DVD, Blu-Ray and IPTV), and sell our secret sauce to the next round of VC so we can go the distance. The white boards are filling up again.

Just a short note that I did some guest-posting on the Boostrapme site, about Employee commitment in bootstrapped versus externally funded companies. There are several posts on the subject, for which you should go to the main page http://www.bootstrapme.com Anyway, I'm am also working on a little review: "Founders at work" - the book, and the other things from the preview: Entrepreneurship failure Small businesses going on "survival mode" versus "full speed ahead" Business values for small companies Small Business Blogging But for now, I just need to run my business and also get some sleep. Talk to you soon, so tune up your rss readers for the next posts.

British Fully Funded PhD Studentships at Agronomy Institute, Orkney College, UHI Millennium InstituteUHI Millennium Institute is a unique, multicentre network of colleges and research Institutions of national standing in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. UHI is concentrating on a targeted expansion of proven international research strengths and the development of key new foci.With a £7.8 million UHI wide research funding package providing a step-change in our research capacity, the Agronomy Institute aims to build a high-calibre, prestigious research programme that will contribute to our international profile. Part of UHI-Orkney College, AI provides a high quality, dynamic research environment centred in Kirkwall, the historic capital of Orkney. The AI aims to address regional, national and international issues in agriculture through innovation and excellence.As part of the research strategy, the AI is offering two, fully funded 3 year PhD programmes to be based in Orkney.Investi

As long as taxpayers are supporting private development the economic conditions hurting the area will persist. The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency approved a $2 million low-interest loan that will help finance the development of the Warehouse Lofts project. The loan package was approved during the agency’s meeting Thursday. The Warehouse Lofts are the latest in a lengthy series of downtown residential projects. Since 2002, more than 1,000 people have moved into more than 400 apartments and lofts in the immediate downtown area. Schneider said he expects that trend to continue. “We’re still bullish on the market,” he said. The government guaranteed financing takes the money out of tax payers pockets to subsidize apartments for a select few individuals. If this is such a bullish market, why is taxpayer support needed for an apartment building? The apartments will include 10 single-bedroom units and 20 two-bedroom units. The apartments will range in size from

I thought that I’ve read about some pretty absurd research projects funded by the taxpayers’ money, but this takes the cake. Tennis icon Martina Navratilova has condemned hormone-altering experiments on “gay sheep” at Oregon State University and Oregon Health and Science University. The research seeks to manipulate the sheep’s sexual preferences and make them heterosexual. The tests are funded by taxpayers through the year 2008. The one burning question I have is, how many sheep and were did they fall on the Kinsey Scale? Rating - Description 0 - Exclusively heterosexual 1 - Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual 2 - Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual 3 - Equally heterosexual and homosexual 4 - Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual 5 - Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual 6 - Exclusively homosexual This is truly a baaaaaaaaaad research project and a

How do you like this? Senator Carl Levine visited Iraq on Oct 1-3 and notes this on his official Senate website: Our Marine leadership in al Anbar advises that 30 percent of all contracts, including U.S. Government let contracts paid for with U.S. taxpayer dollars, goes to al Qaeda. — Carl Levine The deliberate refusal of this congress to exercise their obligation of oversight allowed this administration to pull out of Afghanistan without vanquishing Al Qaeda , begin an illegal war in Iraq, grossly mismanage billions of dollars in Iraq, ignore the rise of Al Qaeda in Iraq as a direct result of our actions within that country, and now allow AMERICAN TAXPAYER MONEY TO FUND OUR SWORN ENEMY. Fire the traitorous bastards who decline to exercise oversight. Put somebody in there who will do their damn job. Taxpayer funded Al Qaeda. Christ. Hat Tip to Altercation Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Levine, Iraq Tags: Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Levine, Iraq Click these buttons to share this sto

Finally, a TRUE Funded Proposal Prospecting System Member: Years in Industry: Location: Hello and thanks for visiting my blog. my name is Sean Gartland and I am from , . I have been in the industry for . I want to take this entry to explain something very important: the funded proposal system. This is an [...]

The profusion of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras amongst police forces has given privacy campaigners a tough "sell." How can you explain the possible abuse of a system that simply does a MUCH better job of what cops are supposed to be doing anyway (i.e. checking license plates for stolen vehicles and any outstanding warrants on the driver)? News10 reports that the privacy people may have an easier time fighting ANPR, now that Sacramento's Arden Fair Mall is using the system to scan vehicles entering and exiting its premises. Mall Security Supremo Steve Reed says chill, it's no biggie [paraphrase]. "The information from the cameras would only be shared with Sacramento Police and in those cases, only plate information would be passed on to law enforcement. Other personal information about shoppers, their vehicles or their purchases is not included." Whew! And guess who's footing the bill for these ANPR cameras with their self-enforced privac