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Portable Mantram Meditation for Veterans With Military Related Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD)
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The aim of this study is to determine the usefulness of a portable, meditation-based intervention called the Mantram Repetition Program (MRP) for Veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study will compare the individual delivery of the MRP to Present-Centered Individual Therapy (PCIT) at two sites in San Diego, CA and Bedford, MA.
Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Behavioral: Mantram Repetition Program (MRP)
Behavioral: Present Centered Individual Therapy (PCIT)
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Portable Mantram Meditation for Veterans With Military Related PTSD
- Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Post-treatment (8 weeks) and to 16 week follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]PTSD symptom severity is measured by CAPS to determine PTSD diagnosis. The scale rates 17 items representing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV (DSM-IV) criteria B (re-experiencing), C (avoidance/numbing) and D (hyper-arousal). CAPS has demonstrated high levels of internal consistency, good inter-rater reliability, & excellent convergent validity. The F1/I2 rule will be applied to establish the diagnosis of PTSD aligned with DSM-IV (e.g. one symptom of Criterion B, three of Criterion C, and two of Criterion D. The CAPS also includes an item to assess duration of PTSD symptoms.
- PTSD Checklist - Military [ Time Frame: Baseline to Post-treatment (8 weeks) and to 16 week follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]PCL-M is a brief self-report screening instrument for PTSD symptoms related to military trauma. Seventeen items are scored on a 1 (not at all bothersome) to 5 (extremely bothersome) Likert scale. Higher scores indicate greater symptom bothersomeness.
- Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Wellbeing Scale (FACIT-SWB) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Post-treatment (8 weeks) and to 16 week follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The FACIT-SWB was developed to assess spiritual components (e.g., harmony, meaning, purpose in life, peacefulness, faith/assurance) of quality of life using 23 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Higher scores indicating greater spiritual well-being. Validity has been demonstrated by significant Pearson correlations between measures of quality of life, mood, and religious growth. It has demonstrated internal consistency reliability.
- Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) [ Time Frame: Post-treatment and 8 week follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]FFMQ a 39-item scale that measures five components of mindfulness: observing; describing; acting with awareness; non-judging of inner experience; and non-reactivity to inner experience. FFMQ scores have mediated the effect of mindfulness training on positive changes in psychological state.
- Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Post-treatment (8 weeks) and to 16 week follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]ISI is a widely used measure of insomnia with well-established reliability and validity. It consists of seven items, three of which assess severity of insomnia (i.e., degree of difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking too early). The remaining questions tap satisfaction with sleep pattern, effect of sleep on daytime and social functioning, and concern about current sleep difficulties. Both categorical and continuous measures of sleep difficulties can be assessed. Items are rated on a 0-4 Likert scale. Total scores range from 0-28 and results are interpreted as 0-7 = no clinically significant insomnia, 8-14 = sub-threshold insomnia, 15-21 = moderately severe clinical insomnia (moderate severity) and 21-28 = severe clinical insomnia.
- Veterans RAND SF-12 (VRSF-12) Mental Health Function [ Time Frame: Baseline to Post-Treatment (Week 16) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]VRSF-12 is a brief version of the SF-36, assessing two broad domains of physical and mental health status (Physical Component Score, PCS and Mental Component Score, MCS). These instruments were adapted for use in the VHA by increasing the number of response options resulting in fewer floor and ceiling effects, increased reliability, and greater explanatory power over the original versions of the instrument. They are among the most widely used functional status measures in the world and have been shown to be highly reliable and valid. Reliability estimates for the PCS-12=.80 and for the MCS-12=.76.
- Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Post-treatment (8 weeks) and to 16 week follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The PTGI is a 21-item, 6-point Likert scale self-report measure (0 = �I did not experience this change as a result of my crisis� to 5 = �I experienced this change to a very great degree as a result of my crisis�). There are five domains of growth: I. Relating to Others; II. New Possibilities; III. Personal Strength; IV. Spiritual Change; and V. Appreciation of Life. Higher scores are indicative of greater growth.
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Arm 1
A portable meditation-based "Mantram Repetition Program (MRP)" will be delivered individually in 8-weekly 1 hour sessions to teach a set of strategies for training attention to manage symptoms. For this study, the program targets symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Veterans who have experienced military-related trauma.
Behavioral: Mantram Repetition Program (MRP)
The MRP includes three strategies for training attention and managing symptoms: Mantram Repetition, Slowing Down and One-Pointed Attention. In this study, it is delivered individually in 8 weekly 1 hour sessions that consist of information, experiential learning and homework. A "mantram" is a self-selected, sacred word or phrase that is meaningful to the participant. Slowing down refers to setting priorities and doing things carefully so one is not rushed or does not make mistakes. One-pointed attention refers to concentrating on one thing at a time (similar to mindfulness). These three tools are presented to work together synergistically and cumulatively to interrupt negative thoughts and emotional states such as anger, rage, irritability and hyper-arousal. The unique focus on spiritual words is linked to what one might call inner spiritual resources.
Other Name: MRP
Active Comparator: Arm 2
Present Centered Individual Therapy (PCIT) is a form of individually delivered 8 weekly, 1 hour sessions that are problem-oriented to improve current coping. For this study, it serves as an attention control arm for the non-specific effects of individual therapist interaction.
Behavioral: Present Centered Individual Therapy (PCIT)
The PCIT is a form of individual therapy that is problem-oriented to improve current coping. It typically avoids actual details of traumatic experiences. In this study, it is delivered individually in 8 weekly, 1 hour sessions to serve as an active, attention comparison arm. Sessions are unstructured and managed so that there is some engagement of the participant's emotional concerns with an emphasis on strengths and process encouragement rather than skills training.
Other Name: PCIT
Detailed Description:
The investigators aim to conduct a rigorous test of the therapeutic treatment efficacy of the Mantram Repetition Program (MRP) by offering it as a stand-alone intervention, compared to an attention control arm, in a more diverse sample of Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who will be recruited from a variety of clinics, including primary care, women's health and specialty clinics in two geographical locations. A prospective, randomized, two-site clinical trial will be conducted to compare the effect of the MRP to that of Present Centered Individual Therapy on scores of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and PTSD Checklist-Military (PCL-M) at three time-points (pre-treatment, post-treatment at 8 weeks and at follow-up or 16 weeks). The investigators propose to address the following aims: To examine the MRP as a stand-alone intervention for efficacy in treating Veterans with PTSD; To examine MRP as stand-alone intervention for efficacy in treating trauma-related psychological distress (depression, insomnia, anger) in Veterans with PTSD; To examine MRP as a stand-alone intervention for efficacy in improving mental health, quality of life, spiritual well-being, mindfulness and posttraumatic growth.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older
- Read and write English fluently
- Traumatic event related to military-duty, including combat, military training accidents, and military sexual trauma
- Transportation to attend meetings and available to complete study protocols
- Stable dose and type of PTSD medications for at least 6 weeks (per chart review)
- Willing to track medication changes during study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to give informed, voluntary consent
- Cognitive impairment sufficient to cause inability to complete the protocol
- Psychotic symptoms
- Dementia or other organic mental disorders that may cause inability to complete the protocol
- Significant documented alcohol/substance abuse
- Presence of severe suicidal urges or intent
- Residence in a geographical area outside of San Diego County or Bedford, MA area
Current daily practice of any skills of any meditation-based program - including, but not limited to:
- Transcendental Meditation (TM)
- yoga
- Tai Chi
- Qi-Gong
- Vipassana
- Loving-Kindness Meditation
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- or other mindfulness intervention
- guided imagery
- mantram repetition
- passage meditation
- walking meditation
- Zen or Buddhist meditation
- self-hypnosis, bio-feedback, etc.
- Other participant circumstances that, in the opinion of a consensus of study team, would interfere with the safety of a prospective participant or their need for treatment.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01506323
|United States, California
|VA San Diego Healthcare System
|San Diego, California, United States, 92161
|United States, Massachusetts
|Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA
|Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, 01730
|Principal Investigator:
|Jill E. Bormann, PhD RN
|San Diego Veterans Healthcare System
|Principal Investigator:
|Anashua Rani Elwy, PhD MSc BA
|Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
Additional Information:
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Department of Veterans Affairs
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01506323 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 19, 2011
|Last Updated:
|December 16, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
Complementary Therapy
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Veterans Health
Clinical Trials, Randomized
Mind-body therapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Anxiety Disorders
Mental Disorders
Pathologic Processes
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 31, 2015


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Packers Podcast: McGinn and Dunne discuss Crosby's slump, Finley's role and the Giants rematch
Bob McGinn and Tyler Dunne sat down on Thanksgiving Day to talk Packers. In this week's podcast, they look back at the win over the Detroit Lions, discuss Mason Crosby's slump and Jermichael Finley's role and look ahead to Green Bay's rematch with the New York Giants.
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A colder, blustery day on tap
A powerful cold front swept through overnight and sent temperatures into the low 30s for Black Friday.
There's a chance of flurries.
High pressure will build in through the day and into tonight helping to clear out the skies in time for the first part of the weekend, according to Today's TMJ4's Scott Steele. »Read Full Article
Financing plan for Mayfair Collection wins final city approvals
A proposal to provide up to $8.5 million in city funds to help develop the Mayfair Collection shopping center has won final city approval.
The Common Council granted unanimous approval Tuesday night for the proposal, with the Joint Review Board also granting unanimous approval on Wednesday. The board is made up of representatives from local governments that will be affected by the financing plan.
The project's developer, HSA Commercial Real Estate Inc., hopes to begin construction next spring, and have the stores, including Nordstrom Rack, open by summer of 2014. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
On Tap Today: Hobbits and Hitch for the holidays
Hobbits, rebellions, revenge unchained and -- Alfred Hitchcock?!
Ho, ho, ho, if you like, but these are the topics of new movies about to make theaters festive this holiday season. Movie Critic Duane Dudek offers a preview of holiday flicks "The Hobbit," "Les Misérables" "Django Unchained" and "Hitchcock."
And don't miss Dudek's review of one of the most Oscar-talked-about films this season: "Life of Pi."
The space no longer is called "Roots." But the new restaurant there has a similar of-the-land name: Wolf Peach. Dining Critic Carol Deptolla's First Impressions column provides insight into the new enterprise.


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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 7, 2010) - The ETSU softball team hit the ground running for the first time under the watch of first-year head coach Brad Irwin, as the Lady Bucs began fall practice Tuesday afternoon at the ETSU Softball Complex.
Irwin, who spent the last five years as the top assistant at Chattanooga, was named head coach of the Lady Buccaneer program back on July 21.
The Lady Bucs return 11 letterwinners from a year ago, including the senior leadership of Katie Henderson (Jackson, Tenn.) and Jessica Duncan (Ooltewah, Tenn.). Henderson started in 52 of the 56 games in 2009 and led the Lady Bucs with six home runs. In addition, Henderson's .308 batting average (16-52) against Atlantic Sun foes was tied for the second highest on the team. Meanwhile, Duncan led the ETSU pitching staff in wins (9), ERA (2.83), innings pitched (121.1), strikeouts (77) and appearances (28).
In addition to the returners, five newcomers will don the Blue and Gold for the first time this season. The freshman class includes Jackie Baird (Ooltewah, Tenn.), Nicole Fox (Peachtree City, Ga.), Sad� Johnson (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Kristen Koen (Mandeville, La.) and Katie Wolff (LaGrange, Texas).
Tuesday marked the first of 19 fall practices for the Lady Bucs. The fall slate will also include a trip to Blacksburg, Va. for a doubleheader against Virginia Tech on Sept. 25. ETSU will also conduct scrimmages against Milligan and Lincoln Memorial.
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Season two of "The Millers" continues to follow recently divorced Nate Miller (played by Will Arnett) and his mother Carol Miller with the new addition of Sean Hayes as Kip Withers.
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CBS is making some updates to its fall primetime schedule.
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Naomi, the brilliant and pious daughter of an ultra orthodox rabbi finds herself at a crossroads of life choices when her mother dies and she is expected to immediately marry her father's prodigy. Distressed yet determined, she begs that her father allow her one year to study at a women's religious seminary in Safed, the birthplace of the Kabala, in order to prepare herself for the sacrifices she will make as a wife. Her father relents and Naomi's life begins to take an unexpected turn. Devote but lively, Naomi and her new friend Michelle befriend a beautiful, mysterious older woman, Anouk. The woman is ill, lives nearby, may or may not be Jewish, and may have committed a crime of passion. Naomi devises a series of rituals which will somehow "purify" Anouk and purge her of her sins, but as these stretch the borders of Jewish law they must be kept secret. Eventually, this journeys into the forbidden and leads to a growing attraction between the two girls and more crossroads are faced.
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Fernando Alonso is refusing to give up on this year's World title, "100 percent" confident he can still beat Sebastian Vettel.
With three wins on the trot, the Red Bull racer took control of the standings after Korea, taking a six-point lead over Alonso.
Ferrari, though, didn't appear to have an answer to the Bulls in India on Saturday where Alonso qualified fifth while Vettel took pole position.
Asked if the title was slipping away, Alonso said: "Not at all.
"I think it's more challenging for us now but I remain 100 percent confident that we will fight for this Championship and we will win it."
The Spaniard is hoping to take a step towards this goal in India on Sunday where he reckons Ferrari have the long distance pace needed to challenge at the front.
"I think (Red Bull) are dominant on Saturdays. They have the fastest cars at the moment, so they are first and second.
"They are dominant as a team performance but normally on Sundays our performance improves a little bit.
"We saw in Korea that we were putting some pressure on Webber especially, so let's wait.
"I think we can do a good race. I think we can take some good points and hopefully more points than Sebastian. And in the next races, hopefully we are a little bit more competitive.
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Veysonnaz is the most attractive of the 4 Valleys satellite resorts with a good range of facilities including bars, cafés, restaurants and sport centres, Veysonnaz is also ideal for families who do not need the pulsating night life of Verbier, but are still looking for excellent skiing. Ski school is good Veysonnaz with children being well provided for.
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NNSA field office managers from across the enterprise gathered in Kansas City last week for a federal field leadership team meeting. During the trip, they toured the new Kansas City Plant, which is more than 80 percent complete. Beginning in January 2013, KCP will begin the move from the Bannister Federal Complex to the new National Security Campus.
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From left to right: John Woolery, President and General Manager B&W Pantex; Geoffrey Beausoleil, Sandia Field Office Manager; Steven Erhart, Nuclear Security Production Office Manager; Stephen Mellington, Nevada Field Office Manager; Bill Jackson, meeting coordinator; Rick Lavelock, Kansas City Plant, Transformation Leader; Mark Holecek, Kansas City Field Office Manager; Michael Lemke, Associate Principal Deputy Administrator and Associate Administrator for Infrastructure and Operations; Douglas Dearolph, Savannah River Field Office Manager; Kimberly Davis, Livermore Field Office Manager; Kevin Smith, Los Alamos Field Office Manager; and Dana Hunter, NNSA's Field Office Liaison.
Representatives from NNSA's Sandia Site Office recently hosted the NNSA summer interns from the Albuquerque Complex and the Sandia Site Office on a tour of Sandia National Laboratories. The interns toured Sandia's Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications (MESA) facility and the Annular Core Research Reactor.
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(Group photo) Anthony Torres, Michael Pitonzo, Nicholas Shaneyfelt, Matthew 'David' Conklin, Jennifer Slopek, Turner Adair, Dominique Rodriguez, Ashley Dyke, Richard Baca (NNSA Mentor for 2012 NNSA Intern Program), and Jordan Flynn.
NNSA Sandia Site Office Facility Representative Erwin Hoo hosts the NNSA Summer Interns on a tour of Sandia's Annular Core Research Reactor.
The NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) annual fellows' conference this week brought together its fellows, alumni, academic advisors and DOE laboratory and headquarters staff. Participants gathered to learn about current research in the areas of high energy density physics, nuclear science and materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics.
Now in its seventh year, five new fellows were recently welcomed into the program and participated in the annual conference. Each fellow is afforded the unique opportunity to complete a three-month practicum at one of the DOE's national defense laboratories. During the practicum experience, fellows are able to use some of the nation's largest and most sophisticated experimental and computational facilities to conduct their research.
Funded by NNSA and founded in 2006, the SSGF program is administered by the Krell Institute. The SSGF recognizes an ever-increasing demand for highly trained scientists in fields within science and engineering that are critical to stewardship science.
Read more about the conference.
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Jennifer Shusterman, nuclear chemistry Ph.D. candidate at University of California, Berkeley, answers questions about her research.
Five individuals from NNSA's national laboratories have been named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Among the 96 recipients announced by President Obama are: Jeffrey W. Banks and Heather Whitley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Amy J. Clarke, Los Alamos National Laboratory; and Stanley Atcitty and Daniel B. Sinars, Sandia National Laboratories.
The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers embody the high priority the Obama Administration places on producing outstanding scientists and engineers to advance the Nation's goals, tackle grand challenges and contribute to the American economy.
Read more about the awards.
Savannah River Site (SRS) Tritium Programs recently completed a project to design, build and relocate a new system for separating and capturing helium-3. This form of helium gas is primarily used in radiation detectors employed by the United States Department of Homeland Security to detect neutron activity from nuclear material.
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, the management and operations contractor at SRS, is responsible for the recovery and management of helium-3 as one of its key missions for NNSA. The recovery system upgrade project paves the way for a larger initiative to maintain and modernize Tritium operations while reducing operational footprint and costs.
The Tritium Responsive Infrastructure Modifications initiative will leverage technology advancements, so that the large, aging and more expensive processes will move from Cold War-era facilities into newer, smaller and less expensive accommodations, thereby reducing operating expenses by $28 million annually.
Read more about the upgrade.
Construction crews prepare to pour concrete at the new High Explosives Pressing Facility (HEPF) project at Pantex this month. Workers have performed several major concrete pours on the site and are beginning to erect the walls of the 45,000-square-foot facility.
The HEPF project, which is being managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is on budget and on schedule for completion in 2014. The project will combine the operations of half a dozen aging buildings into one state-of-the-art facility, greatly reducing the movement of high explosives at Pantex. Reduced movement benefits safety and also aids in production, as high explosives moves can restrict other plant operations.
NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino yesterday awarded the first ever NNSA Science and Technology Excellence Award to Dr. Michel McCoy from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for his groundbreaking computer science research and leadership with the Advanced Simulation and Computing program.
The newly-established NNSA Science and Technology Excellence Award is the highest level of recognition for science and technology achievement in NNSA. It recognizes accomplishment that can include vision, leadership, innovation and intellectual contributions. The award is intended to draw attention to the remarkable scientific and technological successes that are achieved by the researchers that support the NNSA mission, and will be awarded at the sole discretion of the administrator.
"Dr. McCoy's groundbreaking work in the field of computer science and his commitment to the Advanced Simulation and Computing program is unmatched," said D'Agostino. "The award presented to Dr. McCoy represents our deep commitment to the science and technology that serves the breadth of our national security missions. His leadership, ingenuity and dedication not only helped NNSA's Sequoia supercomputer become the fastest supercomputer in the world, but also led to discoveries that will define our work for decades to come. We are fortunate to have dedicated professionals like Dr. McCoy who are truly leaders in their fields, and I am proud to have him part of our enterprise."
Read more about the NNSA Science and Technology Excellence Award.
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NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino presents Dr. Michel McCoy from LLNL with the newly-established NNSA Science and Technology Excellence Award.
Y-12 recently honored six small businesses for their exceptional contributions to Y-12's missions during Fiscal Year 2011. In addition, two Y-12 employees also were acknowledged for their role as small-business advocates.
During the annual Socioeconomic Programs Awards reception, Y-12 highlighted the valuable role small businesses and entrepreneurs play in Y-12's transformation from the nation's 20th century Cold War nuclear weapons complex into a 21st century nuclear security enterprise.
Read more about the Y-12 honorees.
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Darrel Kohlhorst, president and general manager of B&W Y-12, at right, and Gary Johnson, president of CG Services Corporation, sign a Mentor-Protégé agreement as his wife and CG Services Corporation Vice President Cindy Johnson looks on at the annual Socioeconomic Programs Awards ceremony held at Y-12's New Hope Center on July 12. CG Services' capabilities include environmental restoration, waste management, waste transportation and pollution prevention.
Senior leaders from various agencies are meeting in Kansas City, Mo., this week to take part in Amber Waves 2012, a radiological dispersal device (RDD) exercise series sponsored by DOE and NNSA. Leaders from various counties and federal agencies representing Missouri, Kansas and Iowa are taking part in the incident management table-top exercise. The goal of the exercise is to foster interagency collaboration among federal, state and local organizations. The Federal Radiological Management and Assessment Center, coordinated by DOE/NNSA, is a major player in the exercise.
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Dave Bowman, NNSA's director or Office of Emergency Response, (fourth from left) takes part in a session of the Amber Waves 2012 emergency exercise.
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In 2007, the Office of Nonproliferation and International Security (NIS) launched the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) to develop the policies, concepts, technologies, expertise, and infrastructure necessary to sustain the international safeguards system as its mission evolves over the next 25 years. One of the major goals of this initiative is to develop the next generation of safeguards professionals who have the qualifications and experience necessary to tackle the emerging challenges facing the nuclear safeguards regime. To meet this goal, the NGSI Human Capital Development subprogram recruits, educates, and trains students from U.S. universities for safeguards positions at the national laboratories, encourages U.S. experts to seek employment at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and supports young and mid-career professionals new to the safeguards field. To date, the program has sponsored more than 350 undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students in internship and research positions, and provided further safeguards education across the DOE/NNSA National Laboratory complex.
A key focus for the NGSI program is to ensure that incoming staff have the technical and policy expertise necessary to contribute effectively to the international safeguards system. One former intern, Amanda Rynes, spent a summer at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) developing a metric to assess proliferation risk using political, economic, and social factors in addition to technical capability. Through NGSI, she was able to participate in intensive training sessions, tour nuclear facilities, and gain hands-on experience with many of the tools and devices used in safeguards implementation today. She commented that "the NGSI internship program gave me a solid understanding of basic safeguards issues and technologies that I wouldn't have been able to get anywhere else." Amanda, who was hired by INL following her internship, is currently on detail to the State Department's Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety, and Security. She will begin graduate studies at the University of Chicago's Committee on International Relations in the fall.
NGSI's unique challenges require the cultivation of professionals from a variety of backgrounds. Evan Wyse, a former intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), used his background in economics to research alternative funding strategies available to the IAEA. He will present his findings on possible funding models to supplement the IAEA's budget at the 2012 Institute for Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting. Evan's background in Arabic has also allowed him to participate in NIS's international engagement efforts, particularly in the Middle East. After earning his Bachelor's degree in International Studies and Economics from the University of Washington, he was hired full-time at PNNL, where he conducts economic analyses in a nonproliferation context and continues to support NIS's international engagement work.
Interested in participating in the NGSI internship program? Contact Melissa Scholz at email@example.com.


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CMT - Generation 4
Frequently Asked Questions
What type of calculator should students use on the test?
Students should be using the calculator with which they are most familiar, either a four function or graphing calculator. Calculator use on the CMT should mirror calculator use in the classroom. They are tools which enhance students' ability to solve problems in context, not to perform straight computation.
Calculators are permitted on sessions 2 and 3 for grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. Only PDAs and devices with the potential ability to communicate electronically are prohibited.
What kinds of classroom visuals can be allowed?
As in test administration during previous generations, all classroom visuals such as number lines, place value charts, posters with formulas and problem solving strategies, must be hidden or removed from the view of test takers.
Is there a formula sheet for every grade?
A formula sheet is provided for grade 8 only. Formulae and conversions are included in some items at the other grade levels. In general, at the appropriate grade levels, students should know the name and relationship between units, 1000 units, 1/100 and 1/1000 of a unit for metric measures as well as basic information such as number of inches in a foot or yard and number of days in a year.
What kinds of highlighters can be used?
Students can highlight and underline and make marks in the test booklets. There are no stated stipulations on the type of highlighter. Students should use the highlighter with which they are most familiar.
How are the rulers different for CMT4?
Measurements for this generation will be done with rulers which do not have a recessed origin. Grade appropriate rulers are provided for the CMT. Grade 3 and 4 rulers are white. The rulers for grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 are light blue.
How many strand 25 questions are there on generation 4?
There are 2 strand 25 items at every grade level. Both are placed on the last session of the tests at each grade level. Care has been taken to balance the types of questions to which students must respond on that session.
Can students write anywhere in the test booklet?
There will be one test booklet for all mathematics sessions. Although responses are written in the test booklet, scrap paper should be provided for all test sessions. Students should be cautioned not to write or make stray marks in the areas of the booklet where multiple choice answers are bubbled in.


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Mount Desert Rock
History | Life on the Rock | MDR in the news | Science | Classes
Mount Desert Rock is a remote, treeless island situated approximately 25 nautical miles south of College of the Atlantic, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Since the early 19th century the island has had a light tower, and various buildings to house light-keeper families. In the 1950s the island was occupied by the United States Coastguard. Now it is the home of the Edward McC. Blair Marine Research Station.
In the early 1970s, students, staff, and faculty from College of the Atlantic visited the island. They noted that the site was a prime location for marine mammal research. Both Mount Desert Rock and the nearby Inner Schoodic Ridges are areas of upwelling, creating localized zones of high biological productivity. Species commonly sighted included humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), finback (Balaenoptera physalus), and northern right (Eubalaena glacialis) whales, harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), common (Delphinus delphis) and white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), and harbor (Phoca vitulina) and gray (Halichoerus grypus) seals.
In cooperation with the US Coastguard, Allied Whale, the marine mammal research division of College of the Atlantic, seasonally occupied Mount Desert Rock for several decades. Mount Desert Rock became the base of summer operations for Allied Whale, and provided a foundation for important studies such as the development of photo-identification techniques for humpback and finback whales. In the mid 1990s, occupation of the island ceased as the US Coastguard reviewed the need for Mount Desert Rock as part of the network of lighthouses off the coast of Maine. In 1996, College of the Atlantic acquired the island from the US Coastguard. Although the Coastguard maintains right of access to the aids to navigation equipment on the island, College of the Atlantic is responsible for the buildings and maintenance of the structures on Mount Desert Rock.
College of the Atlantic continues to maintain an active presence on Mount Desert Rock. Recently, Allied Whale has initiated a five-year study of marine mammal populations in the northern Gulf of Maine, using Mount Desert Rock as a base of operations. Members of Allied Whale, together with staff, faculty and administration of the college, continue to spearhead the development of Mount Desert Rock as a fully operational research station that will eventually expand its research repertoire beyond marine mammal science. As a first step in this expansion, and in recognition of his financial and spiritual support to Allied Whale and College of the Atlantic, the field station was recently dedicated as the Edward McC. Blair Marine Research Station.
Life on the Rock
Mount Desert Rock has 4 buildings perched precariously on its rocky ledges; the boathouse, light tower, generator shed and light-keeper's house. The boathouse has space for 4 research inflatable boats, and is rigged with a hydraulic hauling system and chain hoist. The light tower reaches over 70 ft in height above sea level, and has two exterior platforms provide excellent views 360º around the island. The generator shed is currently used as an equipment room; the college plans to convert this space into a wet-lab. Finally, the house itself has accommodations for 20 researchers/students, 2 classrooms, a recreation room, kitchen and dining room, and radio room.
Power is currently provided by a small gas generator supplying a bank of deep-cycle batteries that distribute 110V mains power via an inverter. Plans exist to convert this system to a solar array, with the generator supplying emergency power only.
Rainwater is collected via a roof collection system, is stored in two large cisterns in the basement of the building and provides a non-potable freshwater source for bathing, washing, etc.. Drinking water currently must be shipped in, although the College has proposed to install a desalination system.
Mount Desert Rock in the News
College of the Atlantic recently made contact with former inhabitants of the island, Wilbur and Shirley York, who lived on the Rock in the late 1920s as children. Allied Whale arranged for Wilbur and Shirley to revisit Mount Desert Rock in Summer 2000. An article reviewing this visit can be found here, from the Bar Harbor Times (secondarily published in the Ellsworth American).
Science on the Rock
Mount Desert Rock is ideally located for offshore studies of marine mammals and seabirds. Thus the Rock is a perfect base-camp for members of Allied Whale, the marine mammal research group affiliate with College of the Atlantic. Allied Whale's mission is to be a center of excellence for marine mammal studies, while simultaneously providing the best experiential education possible for undergraduate and graduate students interested in a career in marine mammalogy. As such, Mount Desert Rock is an integral part of that mission, providing an offshore research platform that permits the study of marine mammals in their natural environment, while also providing a communal, educative and enriching atmosphere that promotes the growth of student' skills and knowledge.
Current research projects, with senior investigators, include:
A five-year study of the foraging ecology of balaenopterids in the northern Gulf of Maine - Dr. S. Todd (COA), D. Dendanto (UMO), and J. Allen (COA)
Behavioral interactions between harbor and gray seals - S. Renner, Dr. J. Gilbert (UMO), and Dr. S. Todd (COA/UMO adjunct)
Photo-identification of finback whales using digital video - Dr. S. Todd (COA), D. Dendanto (UMO), C.Vashro (COA), and J. Allen (COA)
The North Atlantic humpback whale catalog - R. Seton (COA), and J. Allen (COA)
The North Atlantic finback whale catalog - D. Dendanto (UMO) and C. Vashro (COA
Guano tolerant plants of Mount Desert Rock - Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna (COA) and Nathaniel Pope (COA)
Classes on the Rock
Although College of the Atlantic owns two field stations in the Gulf of Maine, Mount Desert Rock is located furthest offshore, and represents possibly the most remote and isolated learning conditions that the college has to offer. Classes on Mount Desert Rock focus on an experiential education, not only learning the syllabus of a particular class, but also learning how to become part of a close-knit self-reliant community that depends upon its members to ensure the smooth running of the research station. Thus, a student that enrolls in a class on MDR is also signing up for a lesson in island life and community living. By the end of their stay on Mount Desert Rock, most students never want to leave! The isolated and remote lifestyle can be addictive, and the opportunity to study wildlife in situ, in an offshore environment, is a unique opportunity unmatched by most other undergraduate institutions.
Courses offered on Mount Desert Rock by College of the Atlantic fall into two categories: those offered by the summer graduate/continuing education program, and undergraduate classes offered by the college during the normal school year.
In summer 2000, College of the Atlantic offered classes at Mount Desert Rock for the graduate courses Introduction to Biological Oceanography (Dr. S. Todd, COA), and Whales, dolphins and seals (Dr. G. Stone, NEAQ). In the same season, the college also provided the undergraduate class Field Studies in Marine Mammalogy (Dr. S. Todd, COA), and also hosted a class in Island Life (Dr. J. Anderson, COA). Plans to use Mount Desert Rock for classes in the undergraduate offering Introduction to Oceanography (Dr. S. Todd, COA) are ongoing.
Marine Mammal Strandings
To report a marine mammal stranding please call:
Office 207-288-5644
Cell 207-266-1326
If You would like to Donate
Donations can be made to:
Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609


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Margo Rey is a musician first, so when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in she didn't want the disease to stop her from doing what she loved.
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A pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur known as Microraptor had black iridescent feathers when it roamed the Earth 130 million years ago, according to new research led by a team of American and Chinese scientists that includes Museum researchers. The dinosaur's fossilized plumage is the earliest record of iridescent feather color. The findings, which suggest the importance of display in the early evolution of feathers, are published in the March 9 edition of the journal Science.
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Once a staple of science fiction, terraforming—or making a planet more like Earth—is now being studied as a real possibility, as scientists research how to apply knowledge of evolution, climate, and technology to re-create the blue planet's environment on the red planet. Visitors can learn firsthand how humans might make Mars habitable with a custom, multi-user touch table featured in the Museum's exhibition Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration.
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Arengo's fieldwork has taken her across South America, from high-altitude lakes to fertile lowlands. "Flamingos are adapted to environments described as 'inhospitable,'" says Arengo. "They live in landscapes of extreme salt, wind, sun, and high altitudes." It takes a dedicated team to follow the birds and track their numbers.
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Dear Ms. Vicki,
I am begging for advice with a problem that is probably very common for military families. My husband works 10-12 hour days in a job he hates and for which he feels he is overqualified.
He comes home tired and frustrated. He only wants to lie in bed watching movies or playing video games. He is great with our two-year-old and doesn't mind letting her climb all over him.
The problem is the way he treats me when he is tired. Tonight, for example, he decided to take his dinner into our room to eat alone. I let him, but our daughter ran to him as soon as she was done.
When I joined them after doing the dishes, he started cursing at me, even calling me an "f*** b***" right in front of her! I tried to stay calm, but I told him he could never speak to me like that in front of her.
When I asked why he suddenly got so upset he said I was too stupid to understand -- going out of his way to use the F word three more times.
I am trying to be understanding of the way this stress affects him, recognizing when he is tired, and giving him space. There is simply no excuse for his taking it out on me. I am not feeling threatened or anything, but having been raised by a manipulative and verbally abusive father, I am very worried about our little girl seeing him treat me this way. This will affect her thoughts on relationships and marriage.
Worst of all, when I ask for an apology the day after this kind of temper tantrum, he refuses to apologize or acknowledge that he did anything wrong. He usually just gives me a sarcastic, "I'm sorry you feel so offended."
I am starting to wonder what more I can do, as he has stated that he will never go back to couples counseling. Where do I draw the line between supportive/committed wife and concerned mother?
Daddy Has Temper Tantrums
Dear Tantrums,
Let me get to the point really quick: Your husband is abusive toward you and his behavior is totally unacceptable.
How many people each day go to a stressful job they hate? Honestly, it's probably millions of people.
How many of them come home and take their stress out on their wife and start swearing at her and belittling her because she enters the room? Probably less than one percent of those people.
Listen, your husband has a problem and I believe it goes much deeper than a stressful job. For example, he won't accept responsibility for his behavior. He blames you for his actions. He refuses to consider counseling.
Something is terribly wrong and you say you don't feel threatened? I'm not trying to come down hard on you, but you should feel threatened. I'm thinking because your father was verbally abusive maybe you are able to minimize your husband's behavior in some way.
To your credit, you are concerned about your daughter witnessing your husband's behavior and you should be. Right now, you are walking around on eggshells so you don't upset him.
Honestly, I think you have some decisions to make and you should ask yourself some questions. For one, why are you willing to stay with a man who treats you so terribly? Why are you willing to overlook his behavior and minimize it? What's your definition of love?
You really have to take care of yourself and your daughter. That includes being with someone who respects and cherishes you. Let me know how you are doing when you have the time.
Ms. Vicki
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Ms. Vicki is a native of Dallas, is married to an active-duty Soldier and has three sons. She has a Master's of Science in Social Work from the University of Louisville, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and currently works as a therapist with military servicemembers and their families. She provides services for a wide array of concerns such as combat stress, PTSD, couples and marital problems, depression, grief and loss, stress and coping.
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Recent Moans from the Minions...
The other day Pam Morris revealed an entire crew of new creations, including this zombie girl.
The crazy carrot-coloured hair.
The...contemplative gaze ("...braaaiiiins?").
The beautiful smile.
I was sold. Or rather, the piece was. To me.
Be sure to give them a browse in her Etsy shop before they're all gone.
Looking for something to do today? Alright. I've got two suggestions on how to spend your Saturday.
First, for any locals in the Greater Toronto Area, you can attend The 7th Annual Scarefest hosted by Boneyard Bargains. It takes place at 115 Philip Ave in Scarborough. BBQ, props, a few vendors, and lots of local haunters. Officially kicks off at 1 pm (which means I need to finish getting dressed).
For the rest of you, I can offer a distraction for at least an hour. If you didn't get enough of me via my ten minute interview on this month's Hauntcast, you can now listen to the entire uncut interview on their "Treats" page. And if you don't doze off at the beginning, some of you might find my stories about being a first time vendor, and starting out as an artist, interesting.
Thanks to Shellhawk again for taking the time to chat with me.
Enjoy your holiday weekend, everybody!
Before everyone takes off for the holiday weekend, I thought I would mention that a certain ghoul will be chatting with Shellhawk on the Charmed Pot segment of Hauntcast tomorrow, July 1.
I guess they wanted a little Canadian content for Canada Day.
We talked for over an hour on skype, which I'm told she's whittled down to about 10 minutes. I'm hoping she didn't just keep the parts where I sound ridiculous in my rambling.
Doing the dishes this morning, I'm reminded of a promising sign.
We are lucky enough to possess two Davis Graveyard travel mugs. When we got them, I thought one would end up in my office as decoration, and the other would be used by me now and then.
I've actually never had the chance to use either of them.
Yetch uses both. All the time.
It's his favourite of all the travel mugs we own (and there's a number of them).
It's small changes like this that I silently approve of, and don't call attention to in hope the behaviour continues on a subconscious level.
Slowly, he's turning toward the darkside.
Mad Melvin is a trapper. He tracks, catches and skins smaller animals - possum, chickens, rats, that sort of thing - and barters for goods with their pelts.
Fur is fur, and meat is meat. He does not have discerning tastes or preferences. Anything smaller than him and furry is fair game (except guinea pigs. Mad Melvin loves guinea pigs. If you were ever to visit his shot gun shack by the river, you may be shocked to find dozens of the little critters sitting on arm rests and on top of the radio and under the table, munching happily on browned lettuce).
Melvin's spent most of his life scurrying around in the brush or down city alleyways, moving very much like the vermin he tracks.
He's constantly talking to himself and snickering. With the exception of the guinea pigs, Melvin lives alone - no friends, no family - and that's how he likes it.
At the end of a long day, if you stand outside the shack, you can hear scratchy records playing and Marvin's boot-heels clacking on the floorboards. You might even catch his silhouette - a shadow against the firelight - twirling past the window as he whoops it up.
I still have 2 more minions to finish, plus two more to post, so I thought I would combine 4 little guys together.
They've all been posted in the Art Ghoullery, so if you'd like to see more images or read more of their story (though these folks have short bios), head over there. Starting from left to right:
Nervous Nelly may be a black cat, but she doesn't care for creepy things.
Franklin likes to bust a move at the legion.
Grumpy Gus will attend your Halloween party, but he won't like it.
Woody is hopeful you'll think his ears are endearing.
I've commented before on this blog on my odd subconscious aversion to classic Halloween characters or icons. Yes, I make pumpkins. But if you go back through my catalogue of minions, you won't find too many recognizable Halloween classics.
There's nothing wrong with that, it just surprises me.
A while ago I made the the Witch in the Woods, but she still didn't fit that archetype. Which again is fine.
This time, I dove in with focus: pointy hat. Black scraggly hair. Greenish skin.
Wilhemina lives in the suburbs. Her lawn is unkempt. The shutters of her house are falling off their hinges. Junk mail overflows her mailbox. Her garden houses weeds.
The neighbours frown in her direction while chatting on manicured grass, listening to their cherub wind chimes. None of them would dare complain to the old woman who lives alone, who is often seen in jogging pants and oversized t-shirts (clothes she refers to as her costumes). I mean, who wants to tell the unattractive old lady who lives with too many cats that she's lowering the property value of the neighbourhood?
Besides, they reason, on Halloween she always comes out dressed in that witch outfit, and all the kids love her. She's just a harmless old lady.
It's best they don't give her a hard time.
They would learn very quickly she isn't as frail or helpless as they assume she is.
Dirth digs a bad mood. He thrives off them. He breathes them in.
He spends the majority of his time visiting places where he's most likely to find them. Places like the parking authority office, music venues with cancelled headliners, courtrooms, and traffic jams.
The more irritated people get, the more energetic Dirth feels.
He never directly contributes to the storm clouds over the heads of those he watches. It's more satisfying to stumble upon the brooding beings and lap up their negative energy without expending effort.
Lucky for him, there's an endless supply of grumpiness in this world. He'll never go hungry.
Ever since I started to make the Plague Doctors, I've wanted to incorporate hats into my minion creations. In fact, I didn't know why I hadn't before now. And with encouragement from a fellow artist a while back, I decided to have at it. So here's Jerome, the first of the bunch to be finished donning a chapeau (hat-tip to Dave the Dead).
Jerome isn't very bright. His conversation skills are limited to inappropriate jokes that are made worse by his lack of comedic timing.
He interrupts people. Belches. Talks too loud. Has offensive body odour and his breath is heavy with the smell of rotting gums.
But even social pariahs crave companionship, and one day Jerome realized the best way to make friends is to join groups. He believed he would have a captive audience, and if he simply paid his dues, people would have to tolerate him.
It never occurred to him he could be kicked out of groups. Sure, they didn't all kick him out. Some of them just started changing the location of the next meeting and conveniently forgot to tell him, leaving poor, clueless Jerome waiting all night in burger joints, bowling alleys and even empty parking lots. Perhaps it was a blessing he never pieced it all together, standing alone under streetlamps or at a table littered with fast food wrappers and empty ketchup packets.
Must be the flu, he'd think to himself as he finished off his third helping of fries.
So Jerome just makes it a point to join as many groups as he can, from knitting circles to the local association of bonsai pruners. It's a small town, and with the odds stacked in his favour, he eventually stumbles upon one of the gatherings before the week is through, happy as a clam and without a dark thought in his heart.
In case you missed it (and why would you, since I know most of you, like me, have been known to worship at the house of Davis), Frog Queen recently posted an interview (read: ramblings) of yours truly on her blog. Much thanks to her for taking the time to do so, and to everyone who left such heartwarming comments.
In other news, it's time to unveil Fernicus who stands out among his minion brethren both in colour and behaviour. Tall and stately, he moves slowly and with grace, never in a rush, never a glimpse of anxiety beneath the calm exterior.
Fernicus is often heard chanting quietly in a soothing, melodic, deep voice. When the spirit takes him, he will pause, raise his head, and amplify the sound. His voice resonates, his word-song similar to that of a Gregorian chant. And in the distance an identical sound answers: is it a second voice or simply an echo?
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