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		<title>Why you should write with Pooh Bear on your shoulder</title>
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		<dc:creator>Diane Harms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague passed me the link to this short but sweet reminder of why we need to avoid jargon in our writing. 
&#8220;Why every editorial team needs Winnie the Pooh&#8221;
I love this:

All organisations need wise Owls who understand the customary procedures, protocols and practice of their business. But they also need tenacious little bears who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DG2010 &#8211; CV Tips &amp; Tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Harms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When preparing or updating your Form 100 (NSERC&#8217;s CV module) be sure to follow the instructions! There are many different aspects to the form portion of the document, however, most of the errors and issues seem to occur in the free form attachment portion of the module also called &#8220;Contributions&#8221;. 
NSERC is pretty particular about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DG2010 – budget rules of thumb</title>
		<link>http://harmsandcompany.com/main/2009/09/25/discovery-grants-%e2%80%93-budget-rules-of-thumb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Harms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a non-exhaustive list of rules of thumb for budgets (hopefully I don’t get skewered for putting this in print):
Equipment 

a computer purchase can be estimated at ~$2.5k 
Don’t forget to include the cost of federal and provincial taxes in your purchase – don’t let yourself be blindsided by these – they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery Grants – budget breakdowns</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Harms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, Izabella Laba described how an average Discovery grant in mathematics is spent in her blog.  This discussion is very interesting as it gives some perspective on how challenging it can be to fund research in mathematics.
I posted this last year, but I still think that it provides some relevant insight into some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSERC eConsole horizon</title>
		<link>http://harmsandcompany.com/main/2009/04/21/nserc-econsole-horizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Harms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was at a training session at NSERC and I learned something that I didn&#8217;t know before. 
A few years ago, the online system would keep forms available for 7 years. That timeframe has now been compressed to 18 months! 
This is great if you have many different test applications cluttering your eConsole [...]]]></description>
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