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I've looked through the gritty mix source thread, and unless I missed it there were no San Antonio sources for pine bark fines. I have found turface MVP (about $10.00 a bag - ewing irrigation) and granite (about $8.00 a bag - St. Hedwig Feed and Supply). I have called landscape suppliers, orchid suppliers, compost and mulch suppliers, local nurseries, and went to the big box stores with no luck. I will go with repti bark if necessary, but after finding good sources for the other components, it would be a shame not to find a source for the pine bark also. So if anyone can help it would be appreciated. Thanks, Billy |
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Suggest just keep looking. Last year I thought I was going to strike out big time here in Syracuse, NY. I just kept looking and ended up with a few sources. IMO you've done the hard part already. You will eventually find the pine bark. |
When you talk to orchid suppliers, ask about seedling bark. In my experience, it is usually a good size for gritty mix. Though you should certainly check it out yourself before purchasing. |
- Posted by jdwhitaker 7TEX (My Page) on Sat, Dec 31, 11 at 9:21
I buy 20 or more bags of pine bark fines in Texas every year in Dallas or Midland/Odessa. San Antonio should have similar products available. The big box stores almost always have it, but it will be labeled "soil conditioner" or "landscape mix". Your problem may be that it is mid-winter and the stores haven't restocked for the next growing season. |
- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW Tx (My Page) on Sat, Jan 7, 12 at 9:07
I get mine from Lowe's labeled as landscape mix that you would have to use 1/4 (or is that 1/8th"?) screen to screen out fine stuff from landscape mix. Pretty cheap for 3 cubic feet bag which I think costs 3.50 dollars. |
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Rainbow Pool is a historic site that is unmarked on most maps, as well as the road.
Once a log bridge in 1870, the bridge has a life of burnouts, and flood-overs which destroy it many times. The most recent rebuild occurred in 1999.
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Dunga, Brazil coach
Today's was a nice game to watch, because Chile like to attack too. They're difficult opponents to mark, because their players never stop moving, but Brazil were able to hold firm and play a balanced match. When we had the ball, we were able to use it quickly. The quality Brazilian players have makes that easier and this team now has an ingrained playing style, even if there are personnel changes. We've now got yet another difficult game ahead against the Netherlands, who are a side that have continued their tradition of producing good players with technical ability.
Marcelo Bielsa, Chile coach
We deserved to reach this stage but we also deserved to go out. Perhaps the margin of victory was a bit excessive but, overall, it was clear just how superior our opponents were. Brazil had the patience to take advantage of any spaces we gave them, and it's always dangerous when you concede the first goal against them. We did a good job despite being one of the youngest sides in the competition, which makes me think that, with the benefit of more experience, we can continue to progress in the future.
Robinho, Brazil forward and Budweiser Man of the Match
I'm pleased to have got on the scoresheet but I'm even happier about the victory. I've always done well against Chile and thankfully today was no different. Now we've got another decisive match ahead. There's always room for improvement, but I think we're on the right track and we're achieving our objectives.
Luis Fabiano, Brazil striker
I think that A Seleção made a real breakthrough today. We created several moves and were able to launch our counter-attacks. We've come through another difficult game and we're getting there, step by step. It's my job to score goals, that's why I'm up front, and today I was able to score a very nice goal after going round the keeper. We've picked up a very important victory, which is going to really boost our confidence.
Claudio Bravo, Chile goalkeeper and captain
We're a fragile team at times. We're good going forward but we've also got to be able to defend. We've got a young team and we need to keep on learning. We're heading for home but we can rest easy in the knowledge that we gave it our all, we tried to achieve big things and tried to be a fair and honest team. We gave it everything, we couldn't have done any more. We were just unfortunate to come up against Brazil.
Gonzalo Jara, Chile defender
We knew it'd be a difficult task given the big-name opponents facing us but, given how the game panned out, the scoreline is a bit excessive. When you're going toe-to-toe with a team like that and you don't take your chances then the task gets even more difficult. Once we went a goal down we had to push forward and look for the equaliser, and they made the most of the spaces we left.


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22 See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were. | 22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. |
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"As the largest packaging company in South Africa we're constantly looking for opportunities outside of the country," Tim Leaf-Wright, general manager of Nampak Angola unit Angolata, told reporters in Luanda, the capital. "We're really focusing on Nigeria and Angola at this time."
The company, which earned 13 percent of its revenue from its African operations outside South Africa during the six months through March, is growing its business in the continent's faster-growing economies. Nampak has previously manufactured cans in Angola, Africa's second-biggest oil producer, for world's largest drinks company Coca-Cola Co. (KO:US), Leaf-Wright said. Investment in the new plant will "probably be in the region of $250 million," he said.
Pedro Coelho, Angola head of Standard Bank Group Ltd. (SBK), Africa's biggest lender, said Nampak was still arranging financing for the plant and that the Johannesburg-based company was bidding to be the lead bank on the project.
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Cases for fresh-cut fruits and vegetables claim some of Mi Mercado's produce department's space, but even some of those have a Hispanic twist. Fresh-cut "Mexican soup kits" include chopped and peeled vegetables found in traditional recipes. Nelson said all of the fresh-cut produce is prepared in-house.
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Vol. 25: $5 HeliRocket
Use toilet paper tubes, coat hangers, and rubber bands to build a high-flying model rocket that transforms into a helicopter midflight, then spins dramatically back down to Earth.
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You can also see other rocket copter designs here:
Rocket Copter Recovery Guide
Posted by lessgravity on January 12, 2011 at 10:57:37 Pacific Time
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Rocket Copter Recovery GuidePosted by lessgravity on January 12, 2011 at 10:59:28 Pacific Time
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The design of the rocket is ingenious and the helicopter action is one of the best I've seen.
But why the heck are you having kids light these off with a FUSE!?!?
You can get buy a cheap "launch set" with an electrical launch panel for under $10 at Wal-Mart. Or whip one together from an extension cord and a doorbell button. I have a MAKE Project on how to make cheap igniters.Posted by email@example.com on January 11, 2011 at 19:08:00 Pacific Time
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Correct. Never use a fuse to ignite a rocket motor. It is extremely dangerous especially in the event of a CATO.
Also - It is against the law to light a rocket motor with a fuse in all 50 states.
You can read further rocket regulation info at National Fire Protection Agency - NFPA -http://www.nfpa.org/index.asp
Please follow these rocket launching safety guidelines:
Posted by lessgravity on January 12, 2011 at 10:44:52 Pacific Time
Chill out...
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The use of fuses is not illegal, though the Nat'l Fire Protection Association does not recommend it (hardly a law).
Listen- I've been launching rockets for nearly 40 years, the most important thing is to get out of the 20 ft radius safely. A CATO in that case is identical for fuses or ignitors.
Is there more risk- maybe- but the number of electronic igntors I've had fail- and the potential for someone pressing the button while at the rocket (can't happen with a fuse)- makes all things equal.
As a society we are trying to get risk to zero (not possible)- and fret over the wrong things. NASA has been overshadowed by private launch companies because they can't deal with even small amount of risk.Posted by Beads27 on January 12, 2011 at 21:40:31 Pacific Time
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I remember reading about the fuses being against the law on the NAR.org site.
Thats one of the reasons why they have the safety code -
http://www.nar.org/NARmrsc.htmlPosted by bodie124 on January 13, 2011 at 17:07:50 Pacific Time
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Been launching for 45 years myself.
Not trying to be contrary just safe
OK - if you say so. Now find me a municipality or state that will agree with you.
"All Federal and state legal codes recognize sport rockets as
different from fireworks. Fireworks are single-use recreational
products designed solely to produce noise, smoke, or visual effect.
Fireworks are fuse-lit, an inherently dangerous ignition method that is specifically forbidden in the hobby of sport rocketry and accordingly all 50 states have regulations against fuse lit rockets.
(NFPA) Code 1112 -1.1.1. 1.1.3 This code also shall apply to the conduct of launch operations of model rockets specified in 1.1.2. 1.1.4
These regulations are written into regional and National Fire codes"Posted by lessgravity on January 13, 2011 at 16:46:09 Pacific Time
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All true. Additionally, solid fuel burn design varies. Correct ignition is needed for correct burn/thrust.
Back when I made the Heliorocket I also designed a briefcased launch controller that plugged, via a long cord, into the 12V socket of my car.
It contained Safety, Arm (with alarm) and Launch switches, plus a swivel light (from my 1971 Capri) to illuminate my note pad. It was great, and a fun project.
The briefcase was purchased at a Salvation Army, and it sported the monogram "ELF." Fellow rocketeers would see this engraved metal plate on my new launcher, and, hoping to pester me, would ask what it stood for, like I hadn't expected their needling. I'd look at them, feign disbelief, and reply, "Electronic Launching Facility," slightly shaking my head.
Anyway, commercial ignitors and a long wire to a lantern battery (terminals capped until launch) is always nifty, offers cool teaching room for the kids (electricity=heat, in this case), and, of course, beyond offering correct fuel ignition, is way safer than fingers near lit fuses or thrust vectors.
Those little hand-held launchers must still be available... mine was gray with an arming key, a Ready light and a launching button.
(How I loved the D-12-7, where Estes stopped, and didn't the bigger Enerjets of the era stop the show? Wow).
Reed GhazalaPosted by qrghazala on January 12, 2011 at 16:08:04 Pacific Time
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Enerjets . . . they were the first commercially available "composite" motors.
Yes, back in 1971 an F67 was a truly fearsome thing!
If need be -- I'd be surprised if there isn't a cheap launcher on MAKE Projects already -- I'll submit a design for a EZ & cheap launch panel.Posted by firstname.lastname@example.com on January 12, 2011 at 17:01:40 Pacific Time
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Reed Ghazala here, a big fan of MAKE and making.
Back in the 1970's I did a lot of home rocketry, including a rocket incredibly similar to the Helirocket in the current issue (which I think is very nice).
My model has a simpler release device, which might help persons trying their own build. It is described here...
Great magazine. Great article!
reedPosted by qrghazala on January 11, 2011 at 18:51:13 Pacific Time
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Thanks for sharing this Reed!Posted by golim on January 11, 2011 at 18:55:46 Pacific Time
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New Order – Live at the London Troxy
Label: Abbey Road
Release date: December 21, 2011
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It's been a special year for the post-punk and new wave bands of the 80's. If The Cure hooking up for another Reflections tour wasn't enough to satisfy the needs of children of the 80's from around the world, here is New Order with their first official live album since 1992. With such an illustrious catalog from 1981 to 2005, their first release since 2005's Waiting for the Siren's Call, Live at the London Troxy does each album and era justice with an impressive set list.
To the dismay of New Order veterans, bassist Peter Hook is absent from this performance (it appears he and vocalist Bernard Sumner are still at odds with each other). However, Sumner is still equipped with his old mates Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, as well as newcomer Phil Cunningham from Bernard's other project, Bad Lieutenant. Is the band on par after an indefinite hiatus and no new material? Absolutely. The band is top-notch. Each instrument is crystal clear and competent while ripping through old favorites like "Age of Consent,†"1963,†"Bizarre Love Triangle†"The Perfect Kiss,†and the nearly 10-minute performance of "Temptation,†with occasional banter from Sumner in between the songs. The spirit of old synthesizer and electronic-infused post-punk is still alive and kicking within each note and vocal performance. The haunting intro of Low-Life's "Elegia†and the soaring string keys on Waiting for the Siren's Call's "Krafty†amplify the atmosphere and magic of the performance. The live drums in place of programming succeeds in not taking away but rather adding to the songs, enhancing them with a more organic and real sound.
The set is concluded with a rendition of "Love Will Tears Us Apart,†a tune from the old Joy Division days that is just as haunting and harrowing with Sumner on vocals as it was when being crooned by the late, legendary Ian Curtis. It is a fitting end to what is easily an ideal New Order set—catchy, danceable, melodic, light-hearted, and filled to the brim with fantastic songs. It is remarkable how a band this old can still give 100% to a lengthy set. Past their prime they are not.
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Lightning Can Strike Twice
Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon—about 100 strike Earth's surface every single second—yet their power is extraordinary. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity.
This enormous electrical discharge is caused by an imbalance between positive and negative charges. During a storm, colliding particles of rain, ice, or snow increase this imbalance and often negatively charge the lower reaches of storm clouds. Objects on the ground, like steeples, trees, and the Earth itself, become positively charged—creating an imbalance that nature seeks to remedy by passing current between the two charges.
A step-like series of negative charges, called a stepped leader, works its way incrementally downward from the bottom of a storm cloud toward the Earth. Each of these segments is about 150 feet (46 meters) long. When the lowermost step comes within 150 feet (46 meters) of a positively charged object it is met by a climbing surge of positive electricity, called a streamer, which can rise up through a building, a tree, or even a person. The process forms a channel through which electricity is transferred as lightning.
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Gov. George Ryan today proposed a $1.41 billion Fiscal
Year 2000 budget for the Department of Children and Family Services. The budget includes a
$45.9 million increase to fund the movement of a record 6,000 children from state custody
to safe, caring and permanent homes through adoption and guardianship.
"The reforms
undertaken by the Department of Children and Family Services have had a positive impact on
the lives of abused and neglected children," Ryan said. "Increased services and
funding are made available to safely reunify children with their families."
The number of children
in the department's adoption and guardianship program is estimated to increase by 23% in
fiscal year 2000, while the number of children in out-of-home placements (substitute care)
will decrease by 9 percent. By the end of fiscal year 2000, the department expects to have
responsibility for 39,030 wards - a reduction of nearly 25% from the peak of 51,599
children in March 1997.
The department's total
budget will increase by just $13.1 million, less than 1 percent, due to lower carryover
balances in the department's Children's Services Fund. The General Revenue Fund
appropriations will increase by $31 million. The majority of the new funding will go to
ward provider increases.
DCFS Director Jess
McDonald pointed to federal and state permanency legislation passed in 1997, special
efforts to promote permanency in the Cook County courts and the department's performance
contracting initiative as changes that have been particularly important in the increased
movement of children from state custody.
"The new child
welfare laws mark our greatest effort in the effort to give every child a safe and
permanent home," McDonald said.
An important factor in
the increased movement of children out of state custody is the subsidized guardianship
program. In 1996, the state received one of 10 federal waivers of Title IV-E reimbursement
rules. Each waver allows a state to offer subsidies in cases where an individual or family
takes guardianship of a child but does not legally adopt. By the end of fiscal year 2000,
3,535 children will be in guardianship under this program. It is likely that all of these
children would still be in state care without alternatives, since subsidized guardianship
is an option only after both return home and adoption has been ruled out.
Since the end of fiscal
year 1995, the department has increased efforts to make sure that children are placed in
residential settings only when that treatment level is necessary. By the end of fiscal
year 2000, there will be approximately 2,580 children in residential placements, a 45%
reduction since the end of fiscal year 1995. Very few of these children are now placed in
out-of-state settings thanks to a successful public-private partnership to provide
in-state services. The number of children in out-of-state residential placements is
expected to drop to 150 on June 30, 1999 - from a high of 792 in May 1995.
Over $600,000 has been
added to the existing $783,400 in state funding for Child Advocacy Centers. These
county-based centers coordinate the activities of various agencies involved in the
investigation, prosecution and treatment of child sexual abuse cases and serious child
physical abuse cases. The department considers Child Advocacy Centers to be an important
part of its effort to improve decision making and early treatment for some of its most
serious cases.
This budget supports
the department's continuing effort to improve the quality of the services it delivers. An
increase of $500,000 is added to treat children who are victims of sexual abuse. Intensive
treatment will be provided to victims of sexual abuse, in an effort to prevent them from
becoming perpetrators. Funding that provides one-time support to families who are at risk
of losing their children due to poverty, or where poverty is the only remaining barrier to
reunification, will be increased by 11% or $351,100. In addition, the department continues
to work toward statewide accreditation of its offices by the Council on Accreditation of
Services to Children and Families. So far, 25 of 65 field sites and all of the central
office functions have been accredited.
DCFS provides
protection, family maintenance and substitute care services to abused and neglected
children and their families. When children cannot be returned home safely in a reasonable
amount of time, the department pursues adoption or guardianship as an alternative
permanent family.
Through licensing of
day care homes and centers, foster homes, child welfare agencies, child welfare
institutions and group homes, the agency establishes standards and monitors the level of
health and safety in these settings.
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March 25, 2014
Anti-Whistleblower Bills Hide Factory-Farming Abuses from the Public
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Anti-whistleblower bills ("ag-gag" bills) seek to criminalize whistleblowing on factory farms, keeping Americans in the dark about where their food is coming from. Whistleblowing employees have played a vital role in exposing animal abuse, unsafe working conditions, and environmental problems on industrial farms.
Instead of working to prevent these abuses from occuring, the agribusiness industry has been working to prevent people from finding out about such problems by supporting anti-whistleblower bills.
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Anti-whistleblower bills effectively block anyone from exposing animal cruelty, food-safety issues, poor working conditions, and more in factory farms. These bills can also suppress investigations into cruel horse soring, mistreatment of animals in laboratories, and other abuses. These bills could do this by:
- Banning taking a photo or video of a factory farm without permission,
- Essentially making it a crime for an investigator to get work at a factory farm, or
- Requiring mandatory reporting with impossibly short timelines so that no pattern of abuse can be documented.
What is Big Ag's big secret?
These anti-whistleblower bills raise the question, "What does animal agriculture have to hide?" By criminalizing whistleblowing, these bills would make important undercover investigations impossible—investigations like:
- The HSUS exposé of calf abuse at a Vermont slaughter plant that led to the plant's closure and a felony criminal conviction
- The HSUS investigation of a cow slaughter plant in California, which prompted the largest meat recall in U.S. history and criminal convictions, too
- The HSUS investigation of Wyoming Premium Farms, which documented rampant animal abuse and brought charges of criminal animal cruelty for nine workers
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In the past, the agricultural industry has introduced anti-whistleblower bills in dozens of states. Nearly all of these bills failed, thanks to a strong outcry from the public and newspaper editorial boards, both of which favor bringing more transparency to an industry shrouded in secrecy and protecting consumers' right to know how their food is produced.
In 2013, 15 anti-whistleblower bills were introduced in 11 states: Arkansas, California, Indiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Vermont. So far, none have passed.
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- Donating to The HSUS's Investigations Fund
- Sharing the investigations the industry doesn't want the public to see
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The Humane Society of the United States, the largest animal welfare organization in the nation, and more than 70 groups including civil liberties, public health, food safety, environmental, food justice, animal welfare, legal, workers' rights, journalism, and First Amendment organizations strongly oppose anti-whistleblower bills.
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Morgan Stanley Director Erskine Bowles, along with his sidekick former Senator Alan Simpson, once again used the Washington Post oped page to call for cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The two made the call in the context of a piece urging the congressional "supercommittee" to produce a large deficit reduction package.
They argued that it was necessary for cuts in "entitlements" to be part of any deficit package. "Entitlements" is the preferred euphemism for Social Security and Medicare for people who want to cut Social Security and Medicare.
It is once again interesting to note that in a call for shared sacrifice, Bowles and Simpson once again never mention the possibility of financial speculation tax (FST), which could raise over $1.5 trillion over the course of the next decade. Such a tax has been used in the UK for centuries and a proposal for such a tax has recently been put forward by the European Commission. It is remarkable that the elite political figures in the United States show so little interest in an FST.
The Bowles-Simpson piece also includes a bizarre criticism of President Obama's deficit reduction proposal complaining that:
"while it does (barely) stabilize the debt, it does so at a dangerously high level and with no margin for error."
Since Congress approves budgets every single year, and often makes major budget adjustments between budgets, it is not clear why Bowles and Simpson think they mean by "with no margin for error." If a budget plan approved by the current Congress fails to meet deficit targets for budgets 8-10 years in the future, Congress will have plenty of time to make whatever adjustments it views as necessary.
Of course as every budget analyst knows, the whole long-term budget problem is the result of our broken health care system. If the United States paid a comparable amount per person for its health care as people do in any other wealthy country, we would be looking at huge surpluses, not deficit. This point is rarely mentioned by Bowles and Simpson.
...it is not clear why Bowles and Simpson think they mean by "with no margin for error."
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The evaluation of faculty performance is an important component of the institution's ongoing commitment to accountability. Article 22 of the IFO Master Agreement outlines the systematic process of professional development and evaluation, whereby faculty place continuous emphasis on the development and improvement of their professional competence and productivity. The purpose of evaluation is to provide faculty with information that will contribute to their professional growth and academic excellence.
Faculty evaluations are systematic and comprehensive. The faculty evaluation process calls for an annual professional development plan (PDP) and subsequent progress reports (PDR), which are reviewed by departmental peers and college deans. Progress reports on actual achievement of goals must be documented and submitted for commentary and review. The performance criteria used for evaluation are:
• Demonstrated ability to teach effectively and/or perform effectively in other current assignments;
• Scholarly or creative achievements or research;
• Evidence of continuing preparation and study;
• Contribution to student growth and development; and
• Service to the university and community.
The established criteria are consistent with and easily align with the basic components of the conceptual framework.
Members of the faculty are evaluated according to a schedule as referenced in the IFO Master Agreement and established by the President. Fixed-term and probationary faculty members are evaluated on an annual basis and required to submit a professional development plan (PDP) and progress report (PDR) every year. Tenured faculty below the rank of full professor are evaluated every four years and required to submit a four-year professional development plan and an annual progress report. Tenured full professors are evaluated every four years and submit a summary report in year two and a full report in year four. Adjunct faculty members are required to conduct course evaluations that are submitted to the department chair for review and discussion. Graduate assistants do not engage in teaching activities; therefore, they are not subject to this type of formal review.
Candidates have the opportunity to evaluate faculty through course evaluations and follow-up studies. Data from course evaluations on teaching abilities are required in promotion, retention, and tenure applications and are highly valued in the College of Education. Data from promotion, tenure, and retention documents indicate that faculty are highly qualified in their teaching and use data from course evaluations to improve their performance.
The faculty evaluation process provides an effective vehicle to improve teaching, scholarship, and service within the unit. The process is designed to support faculty and requires feedback from department colleagues, as well as administrators, as new faculty move through the probationary period. Because a professional development plan (PDP) and report (PDR) are required each year for probationary faculty, feedback and support are provided on an ongoing basis. Faculty members seeking tenure or promotion also receive feedback and support through the process, providing opportunities for continued improvement in teaching, scholarship, and service.
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This was OK. I even added a bit of garlic at the end, and a touch of fresh basil and thyme along with the oregano. Still, not enough flavor for a do-over.
This is a comment. Recipe looks delicious, I appreciate the advice for omitting the feat as my husband is on a salt-restricted diet.
This dish is outstanding! It is a 4 . It is easy to make and I make it about once a week. If I don't have fresh oregano I use dried.
Whoops, forgot to rate it. 3 forks because I think it's much too bland without additional vegetables and without being served with rice or something.
This was an excellent recipe to build upon. I followed the advice someone wrote below and added garbanzo beans--such a good addition! I also added onions and zucchini for more vegetable flavor. I didn't have couscous, so I served this on a bed of white rice. So filling and hearty, I am definitely going to make this again when winter hits!
This recipe is spectacular. I've made it without the feta cheese and with. It's great (although different) either way. It's important to prepare the eggplant in advance (cut up as called for in recipe; sprinkle with kosher salt to draw out the bitter juices; then put in collander to drain - I left it overnight but shorter time is ok as well).
We loved this dish. It was easy to prepare, and it tasted even better the next day.
Only made the roasted eggplant which was wonderful. I salted the eggplant for 30 minutes to draw out the bitterness -- rinsed and proceeded with the recipe. The olive oil and sherry vinegar makes this recipe. In place of feta cheese I served the eggplant with drizzled sour cream that had a squeeze of lemon juice, salt and minced onions. Will make again.
This was perfect as is (and great with simple couscous, as suggested.) I also like the idea of adding some onions and maybe peppers. But for the garlic, I am curious as to how others added this...as whole cloves, to roast with the eggplant? Or did you roast it separately and add it later? Or was it peeled? Just loved it!


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RECALL: Subaru recalls Legacy, Outback vehicles
Subaru is recalling about 200,000 of its Legacy and Outback vehicles.
The recall involves cars made between 2005 and 2009 and sold in the Northeast states where they salt the roads.
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Hi, gang. I'll make this short today. Here are my results for this week. I'm almost there. I should be posting my before and after pictures sometime this week, I think.
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Well, I stayed the same to-day - 162. I'm rather pleased that I hadn't gained some, as I have been bad a few time this past week.. Where is everyone else??? |
Hi All Congrats on ur weigh ins. I was 128.2 this morning. Did not lose any weight. Happy that I did not gain either:-)) Cheers |
Well, I weighed this morning and am down 1/2 a pound - total of 30.5 I was hoping that it would have been a bit more. But at least it didn't go up. We'll see what happns next week. |
Harold, when you say you walk 10,000 steps a day, is this just in your everyday doings or is part on a treadmill. It seems a lot unless it was for a postman or something. I do well to manage 3,000 or just a bit more, sometimes less. You surely must be proud of yourself and have every right to be |
Hi Harold and Ivamae I see you guys are doing good. I have been off on my calorie control these days. Have been averaging about 2000/day. Thats too much food for me:-)))) My weight today was 129.2 which is 1.2 pounds more than I weighed last week. You guys have a good and healthy weekend!!! |
I'm so happy this morning - Feb10/10. I lost a pound and a half. I'm now down to what I was when I was fisrt started on prednisone - 160 pounds. My cardiologist says I don't need to lose more, but I do want to get down to at least 150. I'm fairly tall and big boned, also 79 years old so can't exercise as much as if I were younger. Lets hear from the rest of you. |
Hi Ivamae Thats nice .. I havent had a chance to weigh this week. I am in a maintenance mode from past 3 months .. So am really happy as long as I do not gain any weight. Thank fully I did not gain any weight in Holidays but do seem to have been binging a lot this month with quite a few Bday parties around. I will post my weight tomorrow. ;-)) |
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What is a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice? - page 3
what is doctor of nursing practice (dnp) and doctor of nurse anesthesia practice (dnap)? what is the aana's official position statement on doctoral education and where can i view it? the aana... Read More
0Sep 28, '09 by elkparkQuote from maximilian333Well, the problem with that idea is that the DNP degree is nowhere close to being a PhD (and nursing doesn't get to redefine what a PhD consists of ), and plenty of people have PhDs in the various sciences (like, say, most science faculty in any university) and know a lot more science than MDs. So I doubt the MDs would be terribly reassured ...I wonder, if nurses just called it a PhD rather than DNP and pretended not to know anything about science, would MDs feel less threatened?
1Sep 28, '09 by mmm333By 2015 even the entry-level RN is going to need to fathom the amazing plethora of new drugs, genetic therapies, and new medicine that are now just emerging. I can understand why they are putting forward pressure on this issue.
As for the poster mige below, do you really think that nurses want to obtain a DNP degree so that they can call themselves "doctor" or actually equate themselves with MDs? If so, that's just paranoid. Your arguments seem to suggest that nursing education & self-actualization should simply end with the MSN, unless they do something safe like get a PhD in Nursing and go into teaching. By your logic, we should not let lawyers obtain their doctoral degrees in a mere 3 years either.naptime14 likes this. -
0Oct 1, '09 by aCRNAhopefulOne concern I have (as a wannabe CRNA) is that this new practice doctorate will be focused too much on "leadership" or general nursing classes instead of going deeper into the hard science of anesthesia and disease processes etc. I know CRNA school is intense and basically teaches you everything you need to practice safely but surely there is more in terms of science that can be learned. The only dnap cirriculum i have looked into is from VCU, there may be more programs now that are more science based but I havent seen them. Anyone else have similar thoughts on this issue?
3Oct 2, '09 by Pass the GasQuote from JubilayheeI think it is just a way to confuse people into thinking nurses are doctors, when really they aint. ANA cleary has an agenda and an inferiority complex. If you want to be called a doctor go to med school school plain and simple.
First of all check your grammer. Aint??? Come on.
Tell me, do Dentists want people to think they are doctors, what about audiologists, podiatrists, physicial therapists, pharmacists? They are all called doctors. A title of Doctor is defined as the highest level of education, this could be in any field. You are thinking of physicians. Use the word physicians. There is no nurse that wants to be known as a physician, but nurses can be called doctors. Do some research on higher education -
2Oct 2, '09 by Pass the GasQuote from migeThe DNP is another glorify easy degree, its purpose was to make/prepare better clinical nurses but if you look at the curriculum of almost all DNP programs you wont find more than 2 classes that involve clinical medicine.
Its funny that the Purdue DNP program states 192 hours of residency, As a 3rd year resident IM I do that in less than 3 weeks working 80 hours per week.
Its a joke and that's why even the nurse community can find a common ground on this topic.
Not a very well thought out answer here. Basically, in the very near future, nurses will take on more responsibility in healthcare. They will be front line primary care practitionars. Get your facts correct about Purdue's DNP, it is not just 192 hours of residency. This program is for people who already are an advanced practice nurse and already have a Master's Degree. Typically these people have done years of clinical work. So, let's say they have worked for 3 years, well that is 6,240 hours already!!! Be very careful on what you quote from websites and take the time to read.Nurse2long and UMAshtangi like this. -
1Oct 2, '09 by Pass the GasQuote from SpouseofChicagoCRNAAre there any MDA programs which will take CRNAs and give any kind of credit for courses taken and experience which might shorten the program and yet yield a MDA rather than a DNA?
Ahh no, and why would you want to become an MDA?? Watch what the future brings, there are going to be more and more CRNA's and less and less MDA's. MDA's are too expensive. Healthcare is finally figuring that out. Nurse Anesthetists provide the same quality of care as MDA's without any higher morbidity or mortality.loveanesthesia likes this. -
1May 3, '12 by KalipsoRed21I agree with 'elkpark' and 'aCRNAwannabe' on this issue. I got my BSN from a school that is apparently top notch yet after graduating and starting my first nursing position I felt like a fish trying to swim through sand. I started college late in comparison to the majority, and was able to go through my BSN and first 4 years of nursing with a good highschool buddy who was in his last 4 years of MD school and 4 year residency. I was able to compare our education in this manner and found my BSN to be woefully short on teaching me the basics of nursing and the guidance to have confidence to practice post graduation. I'm not going to say that my friend didn't struggle with confidence in his skills, but he struggled with that confidence the last two years of his medical degree and the first two years of residency when he had considerable professional resources still available to him and dedicated educational time to review his performance with is professors. I feel like I had to pick up everything I know on the fly and half-assed in comparison. Makes me regret the $50K I spend to get my BS Nursing degree. I spent more time with books and papers than I ever did with a patient or learning skills.
I realize the science behind what we do is important. But if some insane nursing association is expecting us to pony up not just another $30K, but an additonal $60K for a doctorate in Nursing then the programs should include a very MD like school experience. I'm not saying that because I think nurses are MDs or a Phd in Nursing should be the same as a doctor. I'm saying that my BSN was a joke...I do/did not feel any better prepaired for my career than the ADNs I started nursing with. Lord knows a paid twice as much as those ADNs though.
If an MSN and and Phd prepaired RN are going to measure up the same as an ADN does to a BSN then someone needs to take the stick out of their ass and realize that until the programs measure up to the degree that is being offered they really need to quit wasting our time, the patients time, the doctors time, and everyone's money with these stupid ideas of forcing everyone to get a worthless piece of paper when the same job can be done for less.Last edit by sirI on Jun 9, '12bmacks likes this. -
1Jun 9, '12 by edmia[QUOTE="KalipsoRed21"] feel like I had to pick up everything I know on the fly and half-assed in comparison. Makes me regret the $50K I spend to get my BS Nursing degree. I spent more time with books and papers than I ever did with a patient or learning skills."
Completely agreed! BSN education is well, BS! Nursing theory? Really? Now that's a ridiculous subject altogether. We are practitioners of skills mainly and in some specialties, we need the SCIENCE to back up our practice. Science, anatomy, physiology, chemistry. Not "careative" theory of patient care! (instead of "curative" as in what physicians do-- yeah, that's nursing theory for you).
I'm very glad I completed my ADN on a full scholarship (thank you brain) and now have an employer who is fully reimbursing my MSN education. Notice I said MSN? Yup. I found a program that takes me from ADN to MSN and bypasses a lot of the BS. Only catch? I won't be getting a BSN degree, just straight to an MSN and advanced nursing practice training (awwww, let me go cry over that terrible loss...) oh, wait! I forgot to say that I will be able to get a DNP by completing a dual advanced practice degree, so I will actually have relevant clinical experience behind my final nursing degree and only then will the medical establishment "allow and respect" my practice. More BSLast edit by sirI on Jun 9, '12 : Reason: quoted edited postNurse2long likes this.


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