Re: [ECOLOG-L] Backpacking with an infant?

2012-04-09 Thread Swaddle, John P
Hi Simone. From personal experience I second (or third) the view that a front-held carrier such as the Baby Bjorn is very effective for long hiking, climbing, and fieldwork with such a young child. She'll keep warm from your own body heat, you can put as many layers of any material between you

Re: [ECOLOG-L] NSF pre-proposal count

2012-01-13 Thread Swaddle, John P
Is there anyone left to review these proposals? This seems like a huge number to deal with. My understanding is that part of the reason for the switch to a once-a-year preproposal system was to reduce the amount of grant writing and the amount of reviewing. Sounds like this first year has