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http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/02/freedom-from-fries

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/11/9707864/walt-mossberg-ipad-pro-laptop-replacement

http://www.wsj.com/articles/ipad-pro-review-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-most-1447243200?mod=e2tw

http://gizmodo.com/new-london-tube-maps-shows-how-long-it-takes-to-walk-n-1741879484

Now I lay me down to sleep http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21674491-modern-life-has-not-changed-sleeping-patterns-much-some-believe-now-i-lay-me City dwellers #sleep 7.5 hrs. Hunter/gathers, 5.7-7.1. Electric lights not keeping us up

Wifi Woes Plague #Amtrak on NE Corridor http://www.wsj.com/articles/wi-fi-woes-plague-amtrak-on-northeast-corridor-1447033522 Ughh! Reception better on planes. Plans for signals from a trackside network

http://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2015/oct/26/meat-and-tobacco-the-difference-between-risk-and-strength-of-evidence

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11. Descriptive Title of Applicant’s Project

Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. This field is required.

A “new” application must have a different title from any other PHS project with the same PD/PI. A “resubmission” or “renewal” application should normally have the same title as the previous grant or application. If the specific aims of the project have significantly changed, choose a new title.

A “revision” application must have the same title as the currently funded grant.

NIH and other PHS agencies limit title character length to 81 characters, including the spaces between words and punctuation. Titles in excess of 81 characters will be truncated. Be sure to only use standard characters in the descriptive title: A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, space ( ), and underscore (_).

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Font

Prepare the application using Arial, Helvetica, Palatino Linotype, or Georgia typeface in black font color. After text attachments are converted to PDF, font size in each final PDF document must be at least 11 points (or larger). (A Symbol font may be used to insert Greek letters or special characters; the font size requirement still applies.) Since some PDF converters may reduce font sizes, it is important to confirm that type density in each final PDF document, including both characters and spaces, is no more than 15
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Note: 72 points/inch so 6 lines/inch at 11pt type translates into a line spacing of 11 pts + 1pt per line.

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Paper Size and Page Margins

Final PDF documents should be formatted to be no larger than standard paper size (8 ½” x 11). The final PDF document should have at least one-half inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right) for all pages. No information should appear in the margins, including the PI’s name and page numbers.

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http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424

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On 14 May 1796, Jenner tested his hypothesis by inoculating James Phipps, an eight-year-old boy who was the son of Jenner’s gardener. He scraped pus from cowpox blisters on the hands of Sarah Nelmes, a milkmaid who had caught cowpox from a cow called Blossom,[23] whose hide now hangs on the wall of the St George’s medical school library (now in Tooting). Phipps was the 17th case described in Jenner’s first paper[24] on vaccination.

Jenner inoculated Phipps in both arms that day, subsequently producing in Phipps a fever and some uneasiness, but no full-blown infection. Later, he injected Phipps with variolous material, the routine method of immunization at that time. No disease followed. The boy was later challenged with variolous material and again showed no sign of infection.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner

100-Billion-Body Problem
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-100-billion-body-problem Similar issues & solutions to molecular #simulation, eg GPUs & hierarchical decomposition