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Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU - Seasonal Winter Plan Nights
- Employer
- Methodist Spec & Trans Hosp
- Location
- San Antonio, Texas
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Posted
- Dec 05, 2017
- Closes
- Feb 15, 2018
- Ref
- 01588-79952
- Specialty
- Med / Surg
- Contract Type
- Permanent
* Winter Pool - Seasonal Position - October 2017 through March 2018
* Candidate must be able to work full time ( 36 Hrs. Min) for the duration of the Winter Pool
* Full time Seasonal employees will be eligible for a $ 1000.00 Monthly Housing Stipend
* Current MHS employees are not eligible
The Registered Nurse (RN)
is the patient and patients family advocate. The RN consistently applies and utilizes the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills, and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients. The RN collaborates with the patient care team to achieve quality patient outcomes. Communicates and utilizes interpersonal skills effectively and role models confidence and professionalism within nursing by active engagement in unit and organizational activities. Demonstrates team work, adaptability, and is a resource person to the patient care team. The RN is accountable for the quality of nursing care services delivered by self or others under their direction in accordance with the Texas Nurse Practice Act, hospital policies, and the Texas Board of Nursing rules for delegated nursing tasks (Chapter 224).
Essential Job Functions
- Applies nursing judgment through a thorough, systematic approach of applying the nursing process, to include:
- Assessment: Conducts ongoing focused physical, psychosocial, and pain assessments; includes assessment of patient education needs.
- Planning: Utilizes the assessment, identifies problems, makes nursing diagnoses, formulates goals, teaching plans and outcomes to create an individualized plan of care. Identifies individual patient goals, readiness to learn, and incorporates family into the plan of care.
- Implementation: Prioritizes and implements an efficient nursing plan of care.
- Evaluation/Reassessment: Consistently conducts timely evaluations, recognizes changes in patient conditions, determines when reassessments are needed, and adjusts the plan of care as necessary. Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the plan of care.
- Collaborates with patient care team members on patient care plan, incorporating consistent use of hand-off communication and SBAR communication methods.
- Prioritizes tasks and adjusts priorities when necessary. Maintains an orderly, efficient, and timely flow of patients. Recognizes and reports errors or unusual occurrences, and initiates corrective action when appropriate.
- Makes accurate, complete, and timely entries into the patient medical record addressing all steps of the nursing process. Actively communicates with members of the healthcare team, patient, and patient family.
- Maintains current nursing knowledge to assure a safe working environment.


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Thomas Sowell on Liberals and Race
In a clip from a longer interview, "Intellectuals and Race" author Thomas Sowell explains why the traditional liberal views of race are incorrect. "Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson" is produced by the Hoover Institute.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Here's the latest batch then, all of which feature a woman in a corset from the back...
The first set: Taboo by Jess Michaels aka Jenna Petersen (HarperCollins, Apr 2009) and Trades of the Flesh by Faye L. Booth (Macmillan, Sep 2009).
It's funny because, although all these covers are very similar, only the middle
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I added Wildthorn to the second set. I wasn't sure it was the same image, but when you put it next to the others, it's pretty obvious that it is!


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By Leah Barbour | MSU University Relations
What does interior design have to do with literacy centers for adults? Several Mississippi State University interior design students spent their fall semester answering that very question.
Assistant professor William Riehm's sophomore design class already knew the art of creating great interiors is more than choosing attractive lamps, but thanks to a field trip to New Orleans early in the semester, students learned to design interiors that meet learners' needs.
"I was approached by the director of the New Orleans YMCA Adult Literacy Program, Shannan Cvitanovic, to help her with some ideas for her space," Riehm said. "This led to a conversation about having interior design students consider all of the possibilities that a learning center could be. I asked Shannan to act as a hypothetical 'client' for a drop-in center, and she agreed."
Riehm, since he first arrived at MSU in 2011, has been exploring how language connects to design, he said. He formed a partnership with English assistant professor Lyn Fogle, director of the Teaching English as a Second Language, TESOL, program at MSU.
"We've often discussed the relationship of design and language and when this New Orleans project was being developed, it seemed like a natural link," Riehm said.
Fogle suggested English master's degree candidate Caroline L. Baker of Leland work with the interior design students, and she accompanied the class when it visited the adult literacy center soon after the fall semester began.
"Design is often considered a language, and making that connection in school is a good way for young designers to develop their design skills," Riehm said.
While students did not get to develop plans for an actual local adult literacy center, they used a local downtown building, 205 Lafayette St. in Starkville, to create design plans as if an adult literacy center were to be located there.
As part of their final exam, 19 students offered different visions of what an adult learning and training environment could be.
From multi-level classrooms for multi-level adult learners to private counseling areas and discreet yet inviting signage, students developed a myriad of poster presentations and miniature models reflecting their visions for the building.
Students focused on ways to design interior rooms that foster learning in a literacy-focused environment, and many of them included the kinds of amenities adults need, like a kitchenette with a stove, sink and refrigerator.
Riehm emphasized that his students used forward-thinking ways to develop inventive solutions for dealing with the problem of adult illiteracy, and students' work allowed them to improve both their verbal and graphic presentation skills.
"I feel this project reveals our students' strengths in innovative thinking in design," he said. "I believe the project reveals the importance of interior design and its relationship to creating better, more effective environments for the greater good.
"I believe this reveals that the interior design program at Mississippi State is a top caliber program addressing contemporary issues and educating for innovation in design."


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
Marc Verderame didn't try to conceal his grin as reporters swarmed around his players at Fuessenich Field in Torrington. He laughed as one player tried to interrupt his teammate's post game interview with a good natured joke.
He nodded his head with satisfaction as he listened to the interview unfold and the player was heaping praise on his teammates rather than championing his own efforts.
Verderame didn't try to conceal his pride in his players as he joined in with their postgame celebrations. It's no surprise that the Southington American Legion baseball team is just one win from securing a berth in state finals. It's no surprise that Verderame's team is in the driver's seat as the only undefeated team in the double-elimination regional brackets.
Verderame credits the teamwork, cooperation, and camaraderie as Southington's biggest assets during their third consecutive postseason rally.
"They're like my little brothers," he said with a wide smile. "I really like where we are right now."
Post 72 didn't repeat as Zone 1 champions. They just survived a first round scare to reach the double-elimination tournament, but Southington took advantage of the opportunity. They out-scored opponents, 14-6, in the two regional games and are just one victory from reaching the best-of-three finals for the first time since winning in 1993 and just the second time in program history.
More importantly, Southington avoided the loser's bracket entirely to reach the regional final with a rested bullpen while their opponents battled it out with their backs against the wall.
"In a double elimination tournament with nine-inning games, they're just not going to have a lot of pitchers left on Tuesday," Verderame said after beating Montville on Sunday to secure their bid to the final game. "They played today, and they're going to have to play tomorrow. There won't be much pitching left on either team, but we'll have two of our aces ready to go. I like our chances right now. I think we have a good shot at it."
On the other hand, Verderame acknowledged that the win isn't guaranteed. His team struggled at the end of the regular season and blew three late leads to lose the Zone title. They bounced back with a lopsided victory over Willimantic in the first round of the play-in brackets.
On Tuesday, July 23, Southington sped out to an early 5-0 lead against Zone 7 champion RCP in their second postseason contest before the Cromwell-based team rallied twice to come within one run.
Matt Santovasi beat out a grounder to shortstop to lead off the third inning, and Ted Shaw drove him home with a triple. Santovasi (2-for-3) scored again in the fifth inning to start a four run rally. Shaw (3-for-4), Matt DiNello (2-for-4), and Matt Sirois scored in the inning, and Southington cruised to a 5-0 lead through seven innings.
Joe Rivera scattered seven strikeouts and one hit over seven scoreless innings, but Verderame turned to his bullpen in the eighth inning and RCP rallied for four scores as Southington's defense began to struggle. RCP scored two doubles and a walk. The locals pushed a runner to third base with three consecutive errors, and RCP trimmed the lead to 5-4 by stealing home with two outs.
"I was very worried. We gave away three games this year in the last inning when we were up over two runs, and that's a big problem," said Verderame. "I sort of felt it in the back of my mind. Here we go again, but if we make the plays nobody can take it from us. We made some errors today, and we just can't do that."
Once again, the team turned to Santovasi and Shaw. Once again, the pair delivered. Santovasi drew a leadoff walk, and Shaw followed with a perfect linedrive into the left field corner to circle the bases for an in-the-park homerun.
Still, RCP was just 90 feet from tying the score, trailing 7-6 in the bottom of the ninth inning before Southington scored the final out. Brett Susi struggled on the mound with four hits in two innings of relief, but only three of his six runs were earned.
Shaw's two-run homerun was just enough to hold the lead.
"I'm exhausted right now. It was pretty exciting. It wasn't the way we wanted to win it, but we're moving on," said Shaw. "It's survive and advance…We were able to pull it out against this team, and they're a No. 1 seed. I think it's going to give us more confidence going forward."
It did.
For the third year in a row, Southington clawed their way into the final eight. For the first time in three attempts, they finished the first weekend with a 2-0 record in the double-elimination round. On Saturday, July 27, Southington rallied for three runs in the first inning and cruised to a 4-1 win over New London.
Susi earned the start, and rebounded with a six-hit, one-run performance over seven innings before turning the ball over to Andrew Goralski for a two-inning save. Susi kept New London off balanced with his fastball and curve.
"We made the plays today. We had a great game from Brett Susi, and I'm so proud of him—especially after the other day," said Verderame. "He's struggling as of late, but he's my guy. I gave him the ball, and I had all the faith in the world in him. He pitched great today."
Southington scored four runs on nine hits. DiNello and Dave Palladino scored. Palladino drove in two runs with a double, and Southington advanced into the winner's bracket with a 4-1 win. Brett Shaw scored twice for the Knights. He drew a one-out walk in the first inning to start a three-run rally and drove a ball over left center field in the fifth inning to end New London's hopes.
"We have a tendency to score early and kind of lag around and sit tight," said Verderame. "Brett Shaw came up with a big hit, and that kind of restored our life a little bit. We got that pick-off at second, and that was big. We kept the momentum going."
Shaw said that he approached the plate, looking for a ball to hit on the first pitch "His fastball was really hittable. I knew I could hit it, but my second at bat disappointed me," he said. "I went up there knowing that I was going to get a hit. I didn't know that I would get a homerun, but I knew that I was getting a hit."
The victory advanced the locals into the winner's bracket with a second round contest against Zone 6 champion Montville. Once again, Southington sped out to an early lead but Montville rallied for four runs in their first three at bats and they capped the rally by stealing home to take a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the third inning. It was Southington's first deficit in the postseason, but the locals responded with four straight hits to spark a four-run rally in the next inning to take the lead for good.
"I huddled them up and told them that we've been here so many times before, and I believe in them," said Verderame. "I thought that those games against Avon and Bristol when we had some tough times served us well. We've been in this situation before. We've been there. I don't think that Montville has been down much this year. We punched them in the mouth a little bit."
Craig Frobel scattered seven strikeouts and five hits over seven innings to get the win, and Rivera struck out three in two innings of scoreless relief. Southington put the game out of reach in the top of the eighth inning when Montville walked DiNello to load the bases and Andrew Goralski looped a three-run double to right-center.
Southington cruised to a 10-5 win to push Montville into the loser's brackets. Enfield edged Montville, 3-2, on Monday to earn the other regional berth. The series began on Tuesday with Southington (2-0) coming off a day of rest and Enfield (2-1) with no room for error.
"This is huge," Frobel said after the win. "We don't have to play tomorrow, so we have a day off. Then, we come back on Tuesday and we have Joe Rivera and we still have Goralski and Susi. I can throw an inning, and the other team is going to have nobody left. That's what hurt us last year. We ran out of pitching."
That's no longer a problem.
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Mice Study Reveals A Mystery of The Developing Brain
Mice Study Reveals A Mystery of The Developing Brain
April 2010
A congenital defect called microcephaly causes small brain size and varying degrees of mental impairment in humans and animals alike. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute, and others, recently identified a gene in mice that can cause this developmental brain disorder when inactivated. Other genetic problems also may cause microcephaly, but inactivation of this gene alone seems capable of producing under-developed brains.
The finding also provides clues about molecular mechanisms in cancer. The study was published in the April 4, 2010, early online edition of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
In the case of the brain, size matters. Unless the brain develops fully, a process launched during fetal development, cognitive activity will be abnormal. Brain size is controlled by regulating neural stem cell division, which requires the actions of many genes that convert the stem cells into different types of neurons in the brain. In the new study, the researchers were able to parse out a critical piece of the brain development puzzle focused on a single gene.
"This study demonstrates the power of using genetic screens in model organisms for transformative neuroscience research," said senior author William J. Pavan, Ph.D., senior investigator in NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch. "We were able to uncover a role for what is typically thought of as a housekeeping gene in neural stem cell biology."
Many genes effect normal neural stem cell division and normal brain development. One gene, called Magoh, controls critical functions of RNA following splicing. In particular, it regulates protein levels of LIS1, a gene associated with microcephaly in mice and humans. If a mutation inactivates Magoh in the neural stem cell, then the production of LIS1 is disrupted, resulting in a depletion of so-called intermediate neural progenitor cells and their resulting neurons. Without the production of a normal number of neurons, the brain cannot grow to normal size.
In the study, NHGRI researchers used laboratory techniques to knock out the Magoh gene, demonstrating its role in controlling brain size. Human and mice versions of the protein coded by this gene are 100 percent identical.
In addition to its role in stem cell maintenance and division, alterations of this gene also cause chromosome defects such as the kind seen in cancer.
Microcephaly can be present at birth or may develop in the first few years of life. It is associated with Down's syndrome, chromosomal syndromes, and neurometabolic syndromes. Some children with microcephaly have normal intelligence, while others with the condition may have mental retardation, delayed motor functions, speech impairment, dwarfism and other brain or neurological abnormalities.
"These types of findings link two fields, RNA biology and stem cell biology," said Dr. Pavan. RNA molecules are fundamentally important in both gene expression and gene regulation. From DNA, RNA transfers information that is used in making the diversity of proteins made within the cells. Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into a diverse range of specialized types of cells.
The authors note that their discovery explains just one of many factors that regulate neural stem cell division but expect it to open a fruitful area of research concerning brain development and disease.
"Magoh encodes a protein that acts together with other critical proteins to regulate RNA function," said study lead author Debra Silver, Ph.D., NHGRI research fellow. "In future research we will look into the role that mutations of this gene or the genes it interacts with play the etiology of neurodevelopmental diseases."


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Omaha, Nebraska
One person was hospitalized following a crane accident south of Bellevue on Tuesday morning.
Authorities were called to the work site of the Highway 34 bridge project over the Missouri River just east of La Platte Road around 9:30 a.m.
Initial reports indicate that two people were on top of a 100-foot crane at the time that it rolled onto its top. The two people fell into the Missouri River about 20 to 30 feet from the bank and swam to shore.
The crane operator was trapped inside until other bridge workers freed him by using cutting torches.
Bellevue Fire Department's medic unit took the crane operator to a trauma center.
The two people who fell into the river refused medical treatment.
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It began last season, although we didn't realize just what was beginning, when A.J. Burnett demanded his own personal catcher, saying he couldn't work with 15-year veteran Jorge Posada. At the end of the season, we were told Jorge wouldn't be catching at all in 2011 but would be in the lineup as DH. Alarming as this was, we still didn't get what was happening. It is only now, after Posada's been benched, apparently forever, that it's become eminently clear: the Yankee super structure is trying to get rid of him. Is this any way to treat a player who's been with the organization 15 years, one of the "Core Four" who played together longer than any other teammates in any sport, a catcher who's run the games, the locker room and the team almost as much as the Captain? You bet your ass it isn't!
The general public became aware something strange was brewing a few months ago, when Jorge pulled himself from the lineup rather than bat ninth, which must've felt like the ultimate humiliation — plus who knows what preceded that move by Joe Girardi? Suddenly the media was all over the story of Posada v. Yankees. Everyone had something to say, my favorite comment, as I wrote, being the one made by Red Sox DH David Ortiz, which was, in part, "You're going to tell me that Posada can't catch a game out there? Come on, man…that is a good hitter. I don't care what anybody says."
Since then, Posada's been making a huge effort to contribute to the team, but, unfortunately, his efforts haven't borne much fruit: in 90 games this season, he's hitting .230, as compared to his career .273 mark. A few days ago manager Joe Girardi informed Posada he is no longer the DH player. From now on, it's likely that Eric Chavez will be DH against right-handed pitchers, and Andruw Jones against lefties. Chavez, himself a veteran, feels awkward being in this position: "I'm not trying to replace anyone or anything like that," he said. "I'll just do whatever they need me to do."
No doubt it's withdrawal from catching that's to blame for Posada's poor performance…but people like Joe Girardi, Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner don't give a shit about reasons, they care about one thing only: WINning. (Actually, they care only for money, but in baseball it amounts to the same thing.)
Even if it is time for Posada to leave, the Yankees could and should be doing it in a much classier way, instead of behaving even worse than they did when Joe Torre got the boot. Their biggest rival, the Red Sox, treat their own a lot better: When Mike Lowell left them last year, he was celebrated with Mike Lowell Day and other sentimental rituals. Jason Varitek, who'll be leaving after this season, is still catching a few games, and serving as consultant to the newbies. I don't recall any big ceremonies when the most recent long-time Yankees, Paul O'Neill and Tino Martinez, left, but at least they weren't mistreated. Then again, Bernie Williams simply disappeared, with rumors buzzing.
They could have let Posada catch a few games this season; I don't believe he's suddenly incapable of it. Instead, he sits on the bench looking miserable. My heart breaks for him–and so do many others. Here are a few comments from around the Internet.
From ESPN Online by Stephen A. Smith : Humiliated but not humbled, the veteran should take the high road — unlike the Yankees…Now it's up to Posada to remind them of how it should be done.It's up to Posada to point out all the maneuvers that have been used against him and to elocute the classless way this organization has acted toward him at times. It's up to Posada, the catcher with 270 career homers and a lifetime .273 batting average, to remind the Yankees that he wasn't just a spectator during those four World Series championships.
From the Wall Street Journal by Daniel Barbarisi: It is the lowest moment in a humbling season for the 39-year-old Posada, as he was stripped of his catcher's job, then removed as DH against left-handed pitchers, and now, finally, taken out of the starting lineup completely.
From Mass. Live.com, by Ron Chimelis: Red Sox fans should take no delight in the sad farewell of Jorge Posada…Joe Girardi has said he knew he might be in charge when the day came that the team's resident icons would hit the wall erected by Father Time. For Posada, it has come with a vengeance. His last two months will be spent on the bench, and no matter what anyone says, a player cannot lead a team from there. This is significant, because for as much leadership as Derek Jeter has given the Yankees, Posada has been at least as much his team's heart and soul, and maybe more.The Yankees will go on, but they are losing something of value. So are those of us who love baseball and the men who represent it well, no matter what uniform they wear.
Saying goodbye is never easy, and some people are worse at it than others. Still, there's no excuse for what the Yankees are doing. Right now I'm watching them bury the Anaheim Angels, but I'm less than jubilant. Every so often the camera zeroes in on Posada, sitting alone on the bench with his teammates out in the field, his face wearing an expression of defeat. I hope, as one writer above suggested, he decides to walk away before they do any worse to him.
Jorge Posada is my favorite ball player. I'm not so sure I'll remain a Yankee fan once he's gone, if how I feel watching this game is any indication. I'll have to kiss my hometown boys goodbye, and take the last leap West: after 23 years in the Bay Area I'll finally become a Giants fan.
More DL Posts on Posada:
We Stand Behind Jorge
The Beauty of Love: Book Review
Posada Hits Grand Slam
Adding Insult to Injury
Posada: Perfect
The Man Behind the Plate
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How It Feels To Be Out of Shape At the Gym. How Many of These Have You Done?
I try to go to the gym for Zumba class 3ish times a week, but ya know sometimes life gets in the way and scheduling conflicts arise and basically I can make any excuse not to work out.
I am the type of person that prefers the classes at the gym over working out by myself. I would lose interest or half-ass some of the stuff. And honestly, after about 10 minutes on a treadmill I'm super bored and want to leave. So, like I said, I stick to classes.
In the classes there is an instructor pushing you and keeping my attention for the full 45 to 60 minutes of the class. Also, because we all care a little bit about what people think about us, I try a little harder so the other people in the class don't think I'm totally pathetic. Honestly though, I hardly ever look around at anyone else so I'm sure no one cares what I'm doing, but whatever.
Sometimes I think the working out part is easy, it's the eating well part that is hard. That is where I fail. I try to not buy crap at the grocery store so that at least at home I'm not as tempted, but I mean there is a drive thru only a few minutes away no matter where ya go. Willpower is something I struggle with.
All of the above is why this video resonated with me. Buzzfeed read my mind in this video. The video is entitled , "This Is What It's Like To Be Out Of Shape At The Gym."


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WASHINGTON — The U.S. still has not figured out who was behind the July 4 cyberattacks that took down a series of government Web sites, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Wednesday.
After an address to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Blair also told the crowd he is trying to patch up the relationship between Congress and the intelligence agencies, which was badly strained by a secretive Bush administration and flared up again with revelations this month that the CIA had hidden from the intelligence committees word of a program to develop secret hit teams.
The teams were never operational, according to the CIA. Agency Director Leon Panetta told the House and Senate Intelligence Committees about it June 24, a day after he both learned of the effort and canceled it.
The House Intelligence Committee has launched a full investigation of the program and the CIA's history of congressional notification.
"What I am finding in my six months in the job is that there a lot of legacy issues that we have to work our way through as we establish a relationship with Congress," Blair said. "I have been very clear that we will be on the side of telling them about things."
On the subject of cyberattacks, Blair said the attackers covered their tracks by temporarily hijacking a network of computers, which were used to spawn the cyber offensive. The U.S. is working with other countries to identify the perpetrators.
The South Korean government says it has evidence of North Korean involvement but has not yet assigned blame.
The attacks, in which hundreds of computers tried to connect to a single Web site at the same time to overwhelm the server, caused outages on prominent government-run sites in both the United States and South Korea.
Blair said the attack was relatively unsophisticated.
He said that the Internet in the United States is not as vulnerable to cyberattacks as in some other countries. But he warned that hard work is needed or it could become more vulnerable.
"I don't believe the United States is at risk right now in the way that we have seen countries like Georgia and Estonia," Blair said, referring to two countries temporarily paralyzed by large-scale cyberattacks. "Our infrastructure is too big and too complex and we have practice dealing all the time with a serious number of attacks and other obstacles."
He said the U.S. government quickly spread the word to other agencies about vulnerabilities the July 4 attack exploited so that those holes could be patched. Word of the cyberattacks did not reach the public for several days.
Blair also defended the Obama administration's decision to delay for another six months decisions about what to do with the remaining prisoners at Guantanamo and whether there will be new rules for U.S. interrogators.
"Although no one likes to miss a deadline, looking at it from the inside, it's really a mark of the seriousness with which we are taking it and really taking the time to get the answer right," Blair said.
Asked about his use of private contractors in intelligence work, Blair said about 25 percent of the roughly 100,000 employees in intelligence agencies are private contractors. The use of private contractors to do intelligence work — particularly interrogations in the first few years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — has been questioned on Capitol Hill.
According to the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2010 authorization bill, contract personnel made up 29 percent of the total intelligence workforce in 2008 yet represented 49 percent of the total personnel budget.
"We had more money and missions than we had people to carry them out," Blair said.
Blair said contractors are useful for temporary missions, but inherently governmental duties should remain with federal employees. He said his office is in the process of converting many contract jobs to governmental positions. He did not specify how many.


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Clad in his working girl commuter-friendly disco Reeboks, the 46-year-old musical clown was spotted at a charity event in London, looking more like Marilyn Manson's long lost aunt after a hectic day of work in the garment district. The 5:56 PM train to Great Neck will get you home before sundown!
Time for George to start atoning -- for this look! Fast!


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Watch how to make this recipe.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place hazelnuts on baking sheet. Bake until they're a shade darker and fragrant, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
Lower oven to 325 degrees F.
Place hazelnuts in blender or food processor and pulse to coarse bits; set aside. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt to blend; set aside.
Beat butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon until smooth. Beat in egg. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Add the chopped hazelnuts and mix until distributed evenly throughout.
Form into long cookies and place on greased cookie sheets. Bake until firm, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on racks.
In a saucepan over lowest heat or in a double boiler, melt chocolate. Dip 1 end of cooled cookies into melted chocolate. Place back on cookie sheet to harden.


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Crime Against Nature
An archaic term used to describe sexual practices deemed deviant or not natural by a legislature or a court. Examples range from bestiality (intercourse between a human and an animal) to necrophilia (intercourse with a dead body). Few states still have "crime against nature" statutes on the books, and any that still include consensual sexual acts, such as sodomy, between adults are unconstitutional under a 2003 United States Supreme Court decision, Lawrence v. Texas.


text: Hi, I'm trying to use the vmware images included with the paid account but have run into problems. I think these things should be covered on http://www.howtoforge.com/import_vmware_images Specifically, this is for: The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.2 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3] (x86_64) http://www.howtoforge.com/download.php?id=6626_0 1. The keyboard layout is set to German. This is great if you're Falko but for the rest of us reading a site that's in English I think we all expect an English keyboard layout. I tried to do "yum install system-config-keyboard" but that brings me to #2. 2. Why not set the images to use DHCP? Using vim to edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file with the wrong keyboard layout is a guessing game. Here's the key for anyone else that runs into these problems: y=z z=y /=- shift 7=/ shift .=: Additional notes: When using VMWare Fusion select I moved this image NOT copied. If you select copied the NIC doesn't show up.


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- Godox 2.4GHz RF Radio System
- Range – 100m +
- Flash Modes – ETTL / M / OFF
- HSS to 1/8000th
- FEC / FEB – 1/3rd Increments (±3 Stops)
- FEL (Flash Exposure Lock)
- Manual Flash – 1/128 – 1/1 Output (1/3rd Increments)
- Remote Flash Zoom
- GR Group Mode – A / B / C / D / E (5 Groups)
- Ratio Group Mode – A / B / C
- 32 Channels
- Large LCD Display
- Back Light On-Off Switch
- HSS Delay Setting – 0~19.9ms, (100us Increments)
- Modeling flash
- Auto Memory Function
- AF Assist light (Manual Open ?)
- Wireless Shutter Release
- Micro USB Port for Firmware Upgrades
- Transmitter PC Sync Port – Input & Output
- Receiver 2.5mm Sync and Shutter Release Port – Output
- 1x Godox X1-N TTL HSS Single Wireless Camera Flash Trigger (Nikon)
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All products are covered by an Australian 12 month warranty. This can be either a manufacturer's warranty or a Hypop warranty depending on the product's origin. The warranty covers manufacturers faults, defects, parts and labour. This means that any fault that is deemed to be due to manufacturing will be covered by the warranty for any parts and labor required to fix it. In some cases when the cost of repair outweighs that of a replacement, a suitable replacement product may be offered.
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Hand Feed Grinder
A strong, durable hand grinder. Crack corn to feed your animals or grind your home grown grains to flour.
Uses two metal discs that grind closely together to reduce grains (corn, wheat, etc) into cracked grains or by adjusting the tension on the wheels they can readily produce excellent flour.
Includes clamps to mount to a table top for easy use.
Common Uses
- Cast iron grinder base with stainless steel hopper (funnel shaped part)
- Wooden handle is 4.5" long
Also allows those with only a few animals that want to provide cracked corn the ability to do so without having to pay for expensive cracked corn.
How to Use
- Once mounted to a table top, make sure to insert the hopper into the top of the cast iron grinder.
- Now proceed to pour the grain to be grinded into the hopper and turn the handle in either direction for several cranks, study the material coming out and adjust the tension accordingly to obtain the particle size you desire.
- Tightening the tension produces a smaller end product, loosening the tension results in larger particle sizes.
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Brian & Jen V
We purchased this hand feed grinder to crack corn for our lambs. It cracks a very little amount of corn. We were hoping to crack a 5 gallon bucket of corn at a time. We tried to adjust the discs to allow more corn to go through and tried to turn the handle as fast as possible, but it takes an extremely long time to crack barely any corn at all.
As we have stated in the description—this grinder allows you to create your own flour and to have control over your food supply for increased food safety and a healthier diet. Also allows those with only a few animals that want to provide cracked corn the ability to do so without having to pay for expensive cracked corn. It's not made to produce a 5-gallon bucket of cracked corn at one time—but if you need some for just a few chickens, it does a great job!


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Blocks: Wikipedia
Maintained by Ralf Krause
The Wikipedia block is a Moodle block to search in Wikipedia.
345 sites
158 downloads
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Current versions available: 1
The Wikipedia block is a Moodle block to search in Wikipedia. You can enter your search words in Moodle and choose the language.
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- Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 5:37 AMHi Ralph,
I think your wikipedia search block will be a very nice addition to many Moodle sites. Thanks
I wonder if it wouldn't be unpolite for me to ask you to change the hard-wired "Search" text in the search button for an English language string that would be translatable in AMOS for non-English Moodle users ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
- Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 6:59 PMHi German,
The search button is not hard coded. The problem is that the translation must be done now in the AMOS utility.
- Mon, Jan 21, 2013, 12:55 AMHi Ralph,
My fault
Silly old me, I forgot I am using Moodle branch 2.5dev and the plugin is registered for 2.0 to 2.4, but once I copied the language strings from the 2.4 language pack it worked beautifully in spanish (which I had translated yesterday at AMOS).
Thanks for this nice plugin.
- Sat, Sep 21, 2013, 2:56 AMHi Ralf,
We have been using your block in our school moodle (thanks!). Can you please place this block in github? I'd like to include your plugin in my "git upgrade script " to make all future upgrades automatic. Thanks
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The Breckinridge Greys
Company G, 5th (9th) Kentucky Infantry, C.S.A.
is a group of living historians based in Kentucky & portraying the common Confederate infantry soldier in the western theater of The War (for Southern Independence).
The Greys at Pickett's Mill GA
We are campaign oriented, meaning that we:
- Wear the most authentic uniforms and clothing possible and look the part of Confederate soldiers on campaign
- Carry the gear a Confederate soldier on campaign would carry
- Sleep with a groundcloth & blanket without the benefit of tents (unless historically documented for a particular campaign)
- Carry and prepare period rations
- Function as a military unit, by the book (Hardee's Rifle & Light Infantry Tactics)
- Always learn more and improve
- And at the same time, stay family-friendly
This progressive mess (a group of soldiers who camped, ate, and fought together) wants the best reenacting experience possible–to experience what our ancestors lived. All or nearly all of us are members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and have Confederate ancestors. What we do takes a lot of thought and effort, but what we gain through the experience makes it worth it all. Our goal is to learn from and teach each other, our unit, the reenactment community, and civilians (the public) about the cause and sacrifices of the Confederate soldier.
Our cause, our flag, and our heritage are that important.
We are proud to be affiliated with:
Independent Rifles -
Western Independent Grays - http://www.westernindependentgrays.org/
Georgia Volunteer Battalion - http://www.gavolbn.org/
Tennessee Valley Battalion - http://www.tnvalleybatt.com/
Sons of Confederate Veterans - http://scv.org/
Thanks to http://tennessee-scv.org/Camp1513/ for use of Confederate clipart.
Unit members: Visit our forum.


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Favorably Modulates Gene ExpressionNovember 2009
By Julius Goepp, MD
When we consume fewer calories, one proven benefit is favorable changes in the expression of our genes. Favorable changes occur when "youth genes" that promote cellular vitality are "turned on," while "senescence genes" that rob cellular functionality are "turned off." Resveratrol has become popular because like calorie restriction, it favorably alters gene expression in ways that have been shown to protect against age-related disease. Several years ago, researchers discovered significant health benefits in response to pomegranate ingestion. New studies show that one way pomegranate protects against cancer, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, and other disorders is by inducing beneficial alterations in gene expression.
This article discusses the many mechanisms that enable pomegranate to combat degenerative disease, including its newly discovered ability to modulate gene expression.
A Multi-Pronged Approach to Preventing Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) is a leading killer of older adults. Pomegranate extracts work at every step in the deadly atherosclerosis cascade to prevent or reverse the damage, thereby extending life.1,2
Pomegranate juice contains powerful antioxidant polyphenols called ellagitannins and ellagic acid.3,4 Early animal and human studies established that pomegranate juice consumption reduces oxidative stress, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) aggregation and oxidation, and platelet clumping associated with atherosclerosis.5-8 It also inhibits a serum enzyme called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) that can produce high blood pressure, helping to lower systolic blood pressure in humans.9
Another vascular-protective mechanism of pomegranate extracts is inhibition of the inflammatory actions of NF-kappaB in vascular endothelial (vessel lining) cells.10 Israeli researchers found that pomegranate wine powerfully inhibited NF-kappaB that had been activated by blood flow disruptions—a step in development of the inflammatory atherosclerotic plaque.11 Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have also been found to down regulate inflammatory NF-kappaB. However, these medications have side effects that many people find intolerable.12,13
Pomegranate researchers later found that they could reduce carotid artery wall thickness (a major risk factor for stroke) with three years of pomegranate juice supplementation.14 Excitingly, they discovered that this effect was accompanied by lower blood pressure and reduced LDL oxidation, vividly demonstrating pomegranate's multi-pronged approach to stroke prevention.
Pomegranate juice exerts powerful control over atherosclerosis-related genes.15 For example, disrupted blood flow (shear stress) in arteries increases expression of oxidation-sensitive genes causing endothelial damage. Pomegranate juice concentrate reduced activation of those dangerous genes in cultured human coronary artery cells exposed to shear stress and blocked progression of atherosclerosis in mice with elevated cholesterol.16,17 Pomegranate juice also markedly increases the stability and activity of the vital paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) complex in humans.18 PON-1 is a component of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) that prevents lipid oxidation.19
Its extraordinary ability to support vascular health extends even further. The vital protective cytokine called prostacyclin prevents platelet clumping and clot formation. When human aortic endothelial cells were exposed to pomegranate juice, their prostacyclin production increased by 61%, a benefit that would be expected to significantly reduce arterial clotting risk (a major cause of heart attack and stroke).20,21 And pomegranate flower extracts radically improved heart muscle metabolism of excess lipids in diabetic rats.22 Human studies confirm this benefit—concentrated pomegranate juice consumption significantly lowered total cholesterol and LDL levels—markers of cardiovascular risk.23
Nearly one-third of all cancer deaths in the United States could be prevented through appropriate dietary modification.24 Pomegranate's broad-spectrum antioxidant and anti-inflammatory powers, plus its proven safety record, make it a natural for cancer prevention.25 Compelling evidence details how pomegranate juice and extracts prevent a variety of common cancers.
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a devastating malignancy, accounting for about 25% of all the newly diagnosed cancers in American men. Although it is highly survivable when detected early, the American Cancer Society estimates that prostate cancer was responsible for more than 29,000 deaths in 2008.26-28 Pomegranate and its extracts are potent suppressors of prostate cancer at virtually every phase of its development.25 Pomegranate extracts powerfully suppressed proliferation, growth, invasion, and blood vessel formation of human prostate cancer cells in culture and when implanted in experimental animals.29-32 Pomegranate juice also helps stimulate the programmed "cellular suicide" called apoptosis that often stops incipient cancer cells from developing into full-blown tumors.33,34 Dramatic synergistic effects were discovered by Israeli researchers, who found that extracts from various parts of the whole fruit acted in concert to block prostate cancer invasion in the laboratory.35 And pomegranate juice blocks activity of carcinogen-activator enzymes called cytochrome P450 in the liver.36
A landmark human clinical trial was published by urologists at the University of California in 2006.37 This study was conducted in a challenging population, showing the true power of pomegranate. The researchers studied men who had already undergone surgery or radiation treatment, but nevertheless had rising levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), the serum marker of tumor growth or reoccurrence. Men drank 8 oz of pomegranate juice daily, and the researchers measured the time it took for their PSA levels to double. The longer the doubling time, the more slowly the disease was progressing and the better the quantity and quality of life.
The mean PSA doubling time increased dramatically and significantly with pomegranate supplementation, rising from 15 months before the study, to 54 months post-treatment. In other words, before supplementation these men's PSA was doubling in less than a year and a half, while it took four and a half years to double after supplementation! Lab studies on the men's serum showed that it could drastically cut proliferation of prostate cells in culture while radically increasing the cells' rate of death by apoptosis.
Later studies demonstrated that, by modulating gene expression, pomegranate polyphenols down-regulated production of androgens (male hormones) and the androgen receptors that many prostate cancers need to survive and grow.38 In fact, scientists have found that pomegranate is effective at inhibiting both androgen-dependent (often early) and androgen-independent (often more advanced) cancers of the prostate.39


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Here's another notable tutorial from Winbluegod from 4-designer.com. This full Photoshop tutorial covers 4 different drawing methods for creating dotted lines in Photoshop. We know it's easy to generate all kinds of dotted lines in Illustrator, but Photoshop just doesn't have that skill set. So Winbluegod has these alternative methods for dotted lines in Photoshop. He writes . . .
Since a lot of dotted lines (such as splitters and borders in UI design) will be used in practical drawing, I would like to share here 4 dotted line drawing methods that I have concluded by myself.
One: Pencil and Pixel
This is the most straightforward and time-consuming drawing method.
We take the tool "pencil" as an example. Here is an amplified pixel grid to help explain. Because the pencil tool is edge-sharpened and will not leave extra trimmings when drawing, so it is suitable for drawing lines that require high pixel accuracy, but not fit for drawing straight lines.
Step 1, Draw the dotted line part. Draw a 4xl line segment here.
Step 2, Use "Marquee tool" frame to select drawn pixels.
Step 3, Press "Ctrl+Alt+T" to get an option bar as shown in the following picture. Now make sure the triangle is in the state of being selected and input shift values into the X value input box. If you want the clearance part of the dotted line as 3px, input 7 (because the length of the dotted line is 4px). At this point, the line segment will move 7px to the right when copying. Then press "Enter" completes the change.
Step 4, Now make sure it is still in the state of box and continuously press down "Shift+Ctrl+Alt+T" to copy the line segment infinitely and attain a dotted line with a 4px solid line segment and 3px clearance.
You can have many variation by using this method.
PS: select pixel with "Marquee tool" before making changes so as to keep only one layer when making duplicate transformation and reduce the number of layers.
NEXT: The second, more flexible and time-saving drawing method
... continues on the next page!


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OAKLAND – The fact literally looms over the Warriors every time they practice at their downtown facility, the way the long rectangular sign attached high on one of the walls lists their All-Stars of the California era.
The recent history – or lack thereof – is impossible to avoid. Players have learned it by osmosis by now. Latrell Sprewell made the 1997 showcase in Cleveland as a reserve and no Warrior has since. It looks down as a constant reminder.
That will almost certainly change in the 2013 game in Houston. Golden State is 22-10, has the fifth-best record in the Western Conference and is playing particularly well as coaches begin to focus on the vote to fill out the roster following the fan selection of starters. The Warriors have two deserving candidates, David Lee and Stephen Curry. At least one should make it.
Unless Lee and Curry come close enough to splitting the coach's balloting, Lee in the frontcourt and Curry among the guards, that they cancel each other out and end up hurting the Warriors' chances of ending the dry spell.
Will it happen? Probably not.
But could it happen? Yes. Agonizingly, frustratingly, disappointingly yes.
"Who knows," said Warriors coach Mark Jackson, who will be able to lobby colleagues but not vote for his own players. "I can't figure out these coaches sometimes."
Lee is averaging 20.2 points and 11.1 rebounds while shooting 53.8 percent. Curry is at 20.4 points, 6.5 assists and, although 43.6 percent overall, 45.6 percent from behind the arc. Both are leaders in a very good locker-room atmosphere. Both have been huge factors as Golden State made the move from lottery regular to playoff possibility and then kept going, all the way to being part of the lead pack for home-court advantage as the season nears the midpoint.
Western Conference coaches will reward the Warriors for the start, made all the more impressive because it has come mostly without Andrew Bogut and entirely without Brandon Rush. Exactly how they will reward is where it could get interesting. Golden State expecting two representatives in Houston is probably overly ambitious given how many other teams need to be similarly saluted, and so it becomes a numbers game at some point. Curry over Lee, Lee over Curry – this could become a conflict.
"Great problem to have," Curry said. "That's all I can say. You can play out all the scenarios and say who deserves what. But the fact that you have two legitimate shots at having a Warriors representative in Houston after 15, 16 years, that's a big deal."
External factors are at play as well. If Jeremy Lin of the Rockets moves back ahead of Chris Paul of the Clippers in fan voting and joins Kobe Bryant as the starting guards, Paul takes one of the reserve spots and hurts Curry's chances. But if Lin does not win the popularity contest and Paul is in the opening lineup, there is more room for Curry.
This may end up with Jackson on the spot, with coaches asking him who is more deserving of the two. He wouldn't like that and he would never say which Warrior got his nod if it came down to that, but it's realistic to think he will have some voice in a situation where his team may not get the ideal outcome of both Lee and Curry going.
"I would hope that it's realistic," Jackson said of the chances of having two representatives. "And again, if we continue to do what we're doing. I will say that because there's some tough games coming up. But to me, as a coach, I would get phone calls from coaches last year asking or making their case for their players. I think it's important for coaches around this league to not just jot down names because they're names. I think it's important. And I'm not saying this because it's my guys. I took pride in doing it last year and there were none of my guys. Whoever it may be, if there's a guy that's deserving of an All-Star opportunity, put his name down and disregard that his name does not sound as hot when you write it down as somebody else's."
Jackson is partly wrong – Curry and Lee are hot names, not long-shot underdogs trying to establish themselves in the league. But point taken. It could get that interesting come voting time.


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It's me writing this book, so you knew there'd be a big, creepy, dilapidated house, right?
I fell in love not with the grandness, but with the disrepair. These photos were taken in 1934. The house is still there today, and probably in mint condition now, but...but...just look at it in the dead of the Great Depression. The broken shutters, the dirty siding, the exposed brick. Love, love, love.
And another view:
Whew, the tangents today. Sorry.


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Doctoral Candidate Edens Keeps Lens Focused on Sky, Oct. 31, 2002
New Mexico Tech Doctoral Candidate Keeps his Lens Focused on the Sky
(Note: all photos in this article were taken and provided by Harald Edens.)
SOCORRO, N.M., October 31, 2002 -- New Mexico Tech doctoral candidate Harald Edens has been keeping a close watch on the sky.
Since he's a Ph.D. student studying atmospheric physics at the state-supported research university, the very nature of his discipline often requires a lot of sky-watching.
However, Edens' interest in atmospheric phenomena isn't confined solely to the scientific realm: Edens also harbors a passion for weather photography -- an avocation which takes him out in the middle of lightning storms, when most people opt to run for cover.
"What it was that started up my weather photography hobby back when I was about 12 or 13 years old, I still do not exactly know," Edens says.
"I think my interest in it was triggered by lightning, if you'll excuse the pun," he adds with a smile.
As a small child growing up in Holland, Edens can remember being initially terrified of the thunderstorms that would roll across the Dutch landscape in the spring and summer months.
His parents attempted to dispel Edens' keraunophobia -- or, fear of thunder and lightning--by having him and his sister watch one of the lighting displays from the safe vantage point of their home's second floor.
His sister would marvel at the intricacy of the lightning discharges, which she thought looked like flowers, but Edens would only see bright flashes.
It wasn't until several weeks after Edens and his sister had watched that storm that Edens forced himself to watch another storm on his own and only then was able to discern the marvelous spectacle of lightning channeling up from ground to cloud.
Soon after, he began to ponder whether he might be able to record these ephemeral atmospheric events, using the photographic skills and techniques he developed under the tutelage of his father, an avid amateur photographer.
"Well, I found out I could photograph lightning," Edens says, "but it was not easy at first, and it kept me trying to improve my methods."
"Eventually, I became interested in photographing other weather phenomena," Edens relates, "starting first with clouds, since I was learning to fly sailplanes at the time. Later on, I began taking pictures of sunsets, mostly because of their pure beauty. . . . It was, I think, during a period of volcanic activity somewhere around the Earth, and the ash and other aerosols added to the atmosphere at the time intensified the sunrises and sunsets."
Lightning, clouds, and sunsets -- all are basic subjects of most weather photographers, Edens admits, but he wasn't content to just photograph them -- he wanted to know more about them.
His thermal soaring required that he know something about meteorology, he says, and when he combined that with his penchant for photographing lightning, it only seemed natural that he would eventually pursue a higher degree in atmospheric physics.
In the meanwhile, while still an undergraduate in Holland, Edens developed an Internet website devoted to exhibiting some of his more striking photographs, which can still be accessed at www.weather-photography.com.
"I had originally thought I might be able to start up an online business with my gallery of weather photographs, and decided to buy that particular dot-com address," Edens explains.
"However, it soon became apparent that my plans were a bit too ambitious," he adds. "Running an online business is a full-time job, and can become so time-consuming that it would have taken too much time away from my research."
Appropriately enough, Edens' current research for his doctoral dissertation at New Mexico Tech focuses on -- you guessed it -- lightning.
"I am working with the New Mexico Tech Lightning Mapping Array, a lighting detection and measurement system developed here at Tech that enables researchers to obtain very accurate three- dimensional, real-time observations of lightning as it's occurring within storms," Edens says.
In fact, Edens' work was featured in a recent issue of the prestigious journal Science, but it wasn't his research that received mention. Instead, it was his weather photography website that got noticed.
And though spectacular shots of lightning fill up a large portion of his online gallery, Edens admits to expanding his
horizons beyond weather photography.
"I'm also a photographer of astronomical objects, as well as of atmospheric optical phenomena, such as rainbows, haloes, glories, and the Northern Lights," he says. "Sometimes I go small-scale and photograph things like snow crystals, ice flowers on a window, or the colors of soap films. Other times I lie down flat on a street to photograph a road mirage, or go out to hunt the sun's elusive green flash."
During a typical week, Edens goes through about two or three 36-frame rolls of film, pointing his Nikon FE ever skyward.
For those who might aspire to take their own pictures of lightning or other atmospheric phenomena, Edens suggests starting with a manual 35-millimeter SLR camera equipped with a zoom lens and a bulb shutter-speed setting, a tripod, and a cable release.
"After that, I would suggest you learn at least a little bit about the weather phenomena you will be photographing," he adds.
"It is somewhat like playing an instrument. It is an art, which you can't do unless you practice; and you can't practice if you are not really interested. . . . So, start by getting interested in the weather."
More tips about weather photography, as well as hundreds of Edens' best photos, can be found on his website, but he cautions visitors that the website is still "a work in progress" and hasn't been updated in several months, since he is working on a complete redesign.
He hopes to have the updated version of his weather photography website up and running by mid-December.
"I never get bored with weather photography, because I'm seeing something new all the time," Edens says.


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What is AIPG?
The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), founded in 1963, is the largest association dedicated to promoting geology as a profession. It presently has more than 7,800 members in the U.S. and abroad, organized into 36 regional Sections. The Institute adheres to the principles of professional responsibility and public service and is the only international organization that certifies the competence and ethical conduct of geological scientists in all branches of the science with members employed in industry, government, and academia. AIPG emphasizes competence, integrity and ethics. AIPG is an advocate for the profession and communicates regularly to federal and state legislators and agencies on matters pertaining to the geosciences.
AIPG is a nonprofit 501c6 organization whose policies are determined by its Executive Committee.
AIPG Purposes
The purposes of the Institute shall include:
- advance the geological sciences and the profession of geology;
- establish qualifications for professional geologists;
- certify the qualifications of specific individual Member geologists to the public;
- promote high standards of ethical conduct among its Members and Adjuncts, and within the profession of geology; and
- represent, and advocate for, the geological profession before government and the general public.
What AIPG does . . .
- Professional Certification - Certifies geologists based on their Competence, Integrity, and Ethics.
- Categories of Membership - Certified Professional Geologist, Professional, Young Professional, Associate, and Student.
- Ombudsman - Intervenes with regulatory boards and agencies on behalf of individual geologists, at the geologist's request. Information also is disseminated in cooperation with the Association of State Boards of Geologists.
- Lobbying - Presents testimony and position papers to Federal and State legislators and agencies on matters affecting geologists and geologists' employment opportunities. Exhibits at the National Conference of State Legislators.
- Liability Insurance - Provides access to insurance for errors and omissions, designed specifically for geologists.
- Continuing Education - Through publications, seminars, short courses, and field trips, provides educational opportunities for geologists, other scientists, engineers, and the general public. The American Institute of Professional Geologists, in cooperation with the Colorado School of Mines, presents the Management Development Program for Geologists and Related Professionals. This program is specifically structured for geologists and other scientific and engineering professionals.
- Supplemental, Life, and Accident Insurance - Provides access to a full line of supplemental, life, and accident insurance.
- International Comity - Through agreements with professional societies in other countries, provides access for its Members to professional registration, certification, or chartered status in those countries.
- State and Section Activities - State and regional sections work on local political issues and the professional status of geologists in their geographic areas. The Institute's sections around the country hold regular meetings, featuring educational programs covering important subjects of interest to professional geologists. One of the most worthwhile benefits of AIPG Membership is the opportunity to make personal contact at the local and State level; to meet fellow geologists; and to learn from them.
Professional Certification
AIPG certifies professional geologists based on their competence, integrity and ethics. By means of a rigorous and thorough peer review process, the Institute investigates applicants who voluntarily apply for self-regulation through the Institute. This screening carefully evaluates their education, experience, technical competence, and ethical conduct.
Certified Professional Geologists
Applicants for certification have a bachelor's degree or higher in the geological sciences with a minimum of 36 semester hours of geology plus eight years of professional geological work experience.
Professional Members
Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements for Certification that have a bachelor's degree or higher in the geological sciences with a minimum of 36 semester hours of geology and are engaged in the practice of geology but have not obtained eight years of experience.
Young Professional Members
Applicants must apply during the first three years upon earning a baccalaureate.
Student Adjunct
Applicants for Student Adjunct are students majoring in the geological sciences.
Non-Practicing Member
A member may be designated "Non-Practicing" upon request at the age of 60, provided that the Member is no longer actively engaged in the practice of geology for financial gain.
Any person who has ceased to be a Member or Affiliate by suspension shall be eligible for reinstatement during the four calendar years immediately succeeding the calendar year of such suspension.
What Membership in AIPG Can Do For You In . . .
Consulting: An AIPG Member may be more successful in attaining state registrations or licenses. In some states, a registered/licensed or certified geologist must be included in a proposal responding to a state solicitation for geological services. Certification as a professional geologist demonstrates high-level professionalism to prospective clients.
Education: Many geologists who are teaching at colleges and universities do part-time consulting in their specialty areas. They benefit from membership through association with other practicing professionals, AIPG services and publications, and the Institute's promotion of professionals standards of conduct. Other geology teachers find membership in AIPG important in guiding and educating their students, many of whom will become practicing professional geologists. All geology teachers benefit from AIPG's activities that enhance the science and profession of geology.
Government: AIPG Members in government agencies can:
- Arrange for testimony by AIPG geologists before state, county, or local government bodies on proposed bills or regulations having geologic aspects.
- Prepare testimony or reports on legislation or regulations dealing with geologic topics for governmental agencies.
- Identify qualified geologists for specific assignments, assuring quality performance.
Industry: For over half a century major companies and major consulting firms have established entry level standards for geologists. AIPG documents similar requirements for its members, and also addresses the experience and enforces the ethical obligations of geologists. This is important to smaller companies without geological staff and even large companies and clients whose familiarity with geological problems is limited. Companies find AIPG Certification useful in evaluating the competence and integrity of geologists they seek to employ.
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- Insurance Programs
- Continuing Education Opportunities
- Public Affairs and Lobbying Opportunities
- Strength in Numbers
- International Contacts
- Ombudsman
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1307.6 - Tasmanian State and Regional Indicators, Mar 2010
Previous ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010
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In August 2008, there were 277 schools in Tasmania, of which 210 (75.8%) were government schools and 67 (24.2%) were non-government schools. There were 169 (61.0%) primary only schools, 46 (16.6%) secondary only schools, 56 (20.2%) combined primary/secondary schools and 6 (2.2%) special schools.
The number of schools in a particular year can be affected by structural change in the composition of schooling rather than necessarily a change in the number of sites delivering full-time school education. That stated, over the ten-year period 1998-2008, the numbers and proportions of primary only and secondary only schools have remained steady. In 1998, there were 176 primary only schools in Tasmania representing 64.0% of all schools (not including special schools) and 47 secondary only schools (17.1%).
In August 2008, there were 81,591 full-time school students in Tasmania. From 1998 to 2008, the number of full-time students attending government schools fell by 7.5% (from 62,978 to 58,280), while the number attending non-government schools increased by 10.3% (from 21,138 to 23,311).
In August 2008, 54.9% of all full-time school students in Tasmania were attending primary schools (44,770); 45.1% were attending secondary schools (36,821).
In August 2008, apart from the Northern Territory (NT), Tasmania had the lowest proportion of full-time students attending non-government schools (28.6%). By contrast, the state or territory with the highest proportion was the Australian Capital Territory with 42.5%.
There were 1,546 part-time school students in Tasmania in August 2008, a significant decrease (42.8%) on the numbers in 1998 (2,701). There were 5,017 indigenous full-time school students, a significant increase (22.1%) on the numbers in 1998 (4,108).
In 2007, there were 19,531 higher education students in Tasmania. Of these, 53.7% were female, 73.4% were undertaking a bachelor degree and 17.6% were undertaking postgraduate study. The most popular field of education study by Tasmanian higher education students in 2006 was 'society and culture' (22.3% of all students) followed by 'management and commerce' (18.8%).
The school age participation rate indicates the proportion of the resident population who are at school. Occasionally, a participation rate can exceed 100%, mainly due to the enrolment of students in schools who are not residents of that state. The age participation rates for full-time Tasmanian school students in August 2008 were 99.8% for 14 year olds, 99.7% for 15 year olds, 86.3% for 16 year olds and 60.6% for 17 year olds.
Tasmania's participation rate for 17 year olds exceeded that of Western Australia (41.4%), the NT (5.2%) and Queensland (47.1%).
The apparent retention rate is the number of school students in a designated level/year of education expressed as a percentage of their respective cohort group. To calculate the apparent retention rate of full-time secondary school students in Tasmania, the total of full-time students in Year 12 in August 2008 is divided by the number of full-time students that were in Year 7 in 2003. The resultant figure is converted to a percentage. Care should be taken in interpreting apparent retention rates as the method of calculation does not take into account a range of factors. Please refer to paragraphs 20 and 22 of the explanatory notes in Schools, Australia, 2008 (ABS cat no. 4221.0).
In August 2008, the apparent retention rate of full-time Tasmanian students from Year 7/8 to Year 12 was 64.8%, compared to 62.1% in 1998. The apparent retention rate for females in 2008 was 71.1% and for males 58.9%.
In recent years, apparent retention rates for students in non-government schools have exceeded those for students in government schools. In August 2008, the apparent retention rate of full-time Tasmanian students from Year 10 to Year 12 was 71.8% for those in non-government schools, compared to 61.8% for those in government schools.
In March 1997, all state, territory and commonwealth education ministers agreed on the national goal: that every child leaving primary school should be numerate and able to read, write and spell at an appropriate level. The Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) publishes national reports which include the results of testing conducted to identify the achievement of students in each of Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 as measured against national benchmarks for reading, writing and numeracy.
In general, the results for Tasmania for 2008 show that the large majority of Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 students are achieving at the benchmark level or better in reading, writing and numeracy. The highest percentage results for Tasmania were gained by Year 3 students for writing and numeracy where this cohort saw a respective 97.1% and 96.7% of students achieving at the benchmark level or better; the lowest percentage results were gained by Year 9 for writing (84.1%) and Year 5 for reading (89.7%).
Across all categories and years except one, Tasmanian female school students achieved better benchmark results than equivalent male school students. The one exception was for Year 9 numeracy where 92.6% of males achieved the benchmark or better compared to 92.0% for females.
There were 6,973 teaching staff in Tasmania in August 2008. Of these, 4,921 were female and 2,052 were male.
There were 5,816 full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching staff in Tasmania in August 2008. Of these, 4,122 were at government schools and 1,694 were at non-government schools; 2,976 were at secondary schools and 2,840 were at primary schools; and 3,952 were female and 1,864 were male.
The proportion of Tasmanian FTE female teaching staff has continued to rise, albeit slowly, since 1998. Conversely, the proportion of male staff has fallen. In August 2008, 67.9% of all Tasmanian FTE teachers were female; this compared to 65.2% in 1998. In August 2008, 32.1% of all Tasmanian FTE teachers were male; this compared to 34.8% in 1998.
Tasmanian primary schools have significantly more female teachers than male teachers. In August 2008, 80.0% of all FTE teachers in primary schools were female compared to 56.5% in secondary schools. The comparable figures in 1998 were 78.8% and 52.2% respectively.
Overall, in August 2008, the average number of FTE Tasmanian primary school students per FTE teacher was 15.8. In government primary schools the average was 15.5; in non-government primary schools it was 16.5. The equivalent figures for secondary schools were 12.7 students, with an average of 13.0 in government secondary schools and 11.9 in non-government secondary schools.
Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA)
Schools, Australia (ABS cat no. 4221.0)
Further information can also be found on the Education and Training Statistics Theme Page of the ABS website.
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text: National Milk Producers Federation Reaffirms Support of Dairy Security Act in Farm Bill March 13, 2013 01:08 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By MILK Editors Email NMPF also concerned with elimination of NASS monthly milk production report. Source: NMPF news release The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Board of Directors reaffirmed the organization's support for a new farm bill, containing a better safety net for dairy farmers, at the Federation's spring meeting Tuesday in Arlington, Va. With the Senate Agriculture Committee expected to begin work on a new farm bill next month, NMPF's leadership said this week that a new, voluntary dairy program known as the Dairy Security Act (DSA), which combines margin insurance with market stabilization, remains critical to the future of the industry. "Our members went through a tough year in 2012, with high feed costs and low milk prices putting the squeeze on farmers across the country," said Randy Mooney, Chairman of NMPF, and a dairy farmer from Rogersville, Mo. "Existing federal dairy programs don't offer the type of safety net our members need, but the Dairy Security Act does." Mooney said that NMPF members were encouraged by a report delivered to them Monday from Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), the ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, who reaffirmed his support for the DSA and indicated that the House agriculture panel also will begin work on a farm bill this spring. In another development Tuesday affecting NMPF and its members, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced that it will suspend the monthly milk production report for the remainder of fiscal year 2013, as a result of sequestration-reduced funding. The monthly milk production report for February's milk output will come out next Tuesday, but the next six reports for April through September will be suspended, as will the Milk Production, Disposition and Income (Milk PDI) reports previously scheduled for release next month. NMPF President and CEO Jerry Kozak said that, "Eliminating the USDA's monthly milk production report through September will detrimentally affect how decisions are made about the marketing of milk, starting at, but not ending with, the farm level." "This report is important for ongoing industry outlook purposes, and it's also an essential input for estimating the monthly commercial disappearance of all dairy products, which is of importance to the dairy promotion program," Kozak said. He noted that among the other NASS report suspensions, "Dairy is the only major commodity that will be substantially affected. The July Cattle report consists of a mid-year update of the January Cattle report, which is obviously not affected by the current fiscal year suspension, and other NASS reports will continue to report non-dairy cattle inventory information." "This decision is a concern to NMPF as well as to the entire dairy industry, and we will need to have further discussions with USDA about why an extremely important informational tool involving a major commodity is being affected this way." Back to news


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Israel Today has for years been covering the Internet-based evangelism efforts of One For Israel, a team of young Israeli Messianic new media professionals.
One For Israel's latest newsletter reveals that not only has the ministry remained active, it is growing considerably both in activity and reach.
As an example, One For Israel noted that over just the past seven days, "we were contacted via our websites by 6 different people around Israel who stated an authentic desire to learn more about the Lord Yeshua (Jesus)."
Among those who made contact were two teenage girls doing a report on Messianic Judaism for their school and a young man who identified himself as a homosexual eager to learn more about Yeshua.
"Three out of the six who contacted us asked to be connected with a local congregation/church as soon as possible," according to the newsletter.
As a reminder of the growing curiosity (and hunger) among Israelis for information regarding faith in Yeshua, One For Israel published statistics showing that every month 18,000 Israelis search Google for the term "redemption," and over 22,000 search for "Yeshua."
On their own series of websites, One For Israel offers a free copy of the New Testament in three versions: MP3 (audio), hard copy and an app for smartphones. A hard copy New Testament is requested once every 35 hours, and the MP3 and smartphone versions are downloaded as much as five times every day.
The ministry recently moved to new facilities at Israel College of the Bible, a Messianic college located in the coastal town of Netanya. One For Israel hopes to increase their already impressive efforts with the new television and audio recording studios now available to them.
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