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Depending on where you are in your life, you might be thinking about where you will be at the end of the day or at the end of your career. When planning your retirement options, we want to make sure we offer a variety of plans.
We are part of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). Instead of participating in Social Security, CalOptima employees contribute a percentage of their pre-tax earnings to their CalPERS account. CalOptima contributes the same percentage of the employee’s regular earnings into this account. This is a defined benefit retirement plan in which the retirement benefit is based on the employee's years of service, final/highest compensation, and age at retirement. Regular, full-time employees become vested in the plan after five years of service.
We also offer a Defined Contribution Supplemental Retirement Plan through the Public Agency Retirement System (PARS), a 401(a) tax-qualified multiple employer trust. CalOptima contributes to this on each employee’s behalf. All contributions are automatically invested in a life-cycle mutual fund based on your current age and is managed by John Hancock Retirement Services. These life-cycle funds are professionally managed investments that automatically adjust to become more conservative over time as you approach your retirement date. If you wish to manage your own investments, you have the ability to select among 20 different mutual funds representing different investment sectors.
A voluntary 457 Deferred Compensation Plan is also offered. Section 457 plans are available to public agencies and are similar to 401(k) plans in the private sector. The employee determines the amount of pay they wish to contribute, via payroll deductions, on a pre-tax basis. The employee determines from a selection of options how their money will be invested. The plan is portable, so it may be “rolled over” to most other retirement plans.
Fresh food is so attractive to astronauts that they toasted with salad when they were able to cultivate a few lettuce heads on the International Space Station three years ago.
In 2021, beans are on the menu to be grown in space, planted in high-tech planters developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
“Astronauts like gardening and everything that reminds them of life on earth. They enjoy tending and watering the vegetables, and getting them to germinate,” says Silje Wolff, a plant physiologist at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Space (CIRiS), which is part of NTNU Social Research.
Wolff has just completed an experiment that involved growing lettuce for space. The lettuce was planted in artificial soil made from lava rock. The goal is for the plants to grow directly in water that is supplemented with plant nutrients.
“The dream of every astronaut is to be able to eat fresh food – like strawberries, cherry tomatoes or anything that’s really flavorful. Someday that will certainly be possible. We envision a greenhouse with several varieties of vegetables,” says Wolff.
The longest stays at the International Space Station have been six months. People travelling to Mars will need to be prepared to stay in space for at least a year.
The European Space Agency plans to build a lunar base in 2030 as a stopover on the way to Mars. NASA plans to fly directly to the planet with a target landing date of 2030.
“The way space travel works today, it’s almost impossible to take along all the resources you need. That’s why we have to develop a biological system so astronauts can produce their own food, and recycle all of the resources,” says Wolff.
Today’s astronauts eat only freeze-dried and vacuum-packed foods.
“Astronauts struggle with having little appetite. They often lose weight. Addressing the psychological aspect of eating something fresh is one of our goals. Vacuum-packed food doesn’t really remind you of food. Having something fresh that triggers the appetite and the right receptors in the brain is important,” Wolff says.
NTNU and CIRiS are collaborating with Italian and French researchers in their quest to cultivate plant-based food for long space journeys.
CIRiS tests the new equipment made by NTNU’s technical workshop – very sophisticated planters that regulate all the water, nutrients, gas and air the plants need. In space, all the water and food has to be recovered. This means that plant fertilization needs to be as precise as possible.
Wolff has conducted experiments in climate-regulated growth chambers in the Netherlands as one aspect of this research.
Of all the nutrients plants use, they use nitrogen the most. During her experiments, Wolff looked at different nutrient doses and how they affected the plants’ water uptake.
“We found that plants can, in a way, ‘smell’ the amount of nutrients available to them. When the nitrogen concentration is very low, the plant will absorb more water and thus more nitrogen until it reaches an optimal level. The plant has a mechanism that turns on when the nitrogen level is adequate. Then it adjusts both nitrogen and water absorption down,” says Wolff.
Everything that can be tested on Earth has now been carried out. The next step is to grow beans in space to observe the effect of no gravity on plants’ ability to transport water and absorb nutrients. Simulating the absence of gravity can’t be done on Earth.
The beans are placed in a centrifuge to sprout and grow in the space station. The centrifuge is rotated to create different amounts of gravity.
That will allow her to compare how the different gravitational levels affect the plants in space. On Earth, gravity causes warm air to rise while cold air sinks. In the space station, air is more stationary, causing astronauts to always have a low-grade fever. Plants are also affected.
“Stationary air affects a layer on the underside of the leaf where the stoma pores are located. When gravity disappears, the boundary layer in the slit-shaped apertures thickens. This reduces evaporation and causes the leaf temperature to increase. Water vapour diffusion to the environment is an important part of plant regulation and can be compared with sweating to cool the body in humans and animals,” says Wolff.
Food production in cities offers an opportunity to produce more food in the most sustainable way. Cities don’t have much soil for cultivation, but a lot becomes possible if you can plant directly in water in indoor closed systems where all aspects of the climate are regulated.
“Recycling and precise fertilization are key to achieving more sustainable food production. By growing plants directly in water with dissolved nutrients, fertilization and irrigation are much easier to control,” says Wolff.
“The plants become less sensitive to nutritional deficiency because the roots are in direct contact with the nutrients. They’re always able to access new nutrients through the water, and can use absolutely all the nutrients available – unlike with soil that binds the nutrients and affects their availability to the roots. And the roots don’t rot when the water is mixed with a little oxygen,” she says.
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This mildly racy spot introduces us to the character of the brown M&M, who only looks like she’s not wearing her shell. And it does so by showing us more than we ever cared to see of one of her bagmates. “That is not something I want to be thinking about when I’m eating M&M’s,” my 10-year-old son says. He’s got a point, but be thankful: if someone bared his peanut, we’d have an FCC issue right now.
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From July 17th to July 27th, the 2018 Santander-ShanghaiTech Innovation Workshop was successfully held at School of Entrepreneurship and Management. The theme of workshop was “InnoLab: Innovation for Urban Living.” SEM Vice Dean Professor Lu Ding pointed out in his opening remarks that the workshop is of great importance as the Chinese economy transitions from quantitative expansion to quality growth, people are in pursuit of higher standards of urban living.
With the goal of improving urban living, 26 participants from 11 universities in 5 different countries gathered at ShanghaiTech University for the Innovation Workshop. The workshop consisted of interactive lectures and learning activities on innovation management and design thinking; company visits featuring Chinese entrepreneurship and innovation, an entrepreneurship tournament promoting innovations to improve urban living. During the 10-day workshop, participants also took part in a cultural-exchange tour in Shanghai, company visits to Dow Chemical and XNode Zhangjiang Space, teamwork at the Design Thinking workshop, and a three-day module on innovation management taught by Professor Christian Terwiesch from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.
On July 27th, products designed by five groups of students were presented at the final competition session. The panel of judges included Mr. Jose Maneul Mateu De Ros Domenech (Managing Director of Santander Asia), Mr. Fu Jian (Entrepreneur, Founder of Zhuoyi Tech), Mr. Zhang Songhao (emeritus Senior Manager of Shanghai Municipal Investment Group Corporation), and Professor Lu Ding. ShanghaiTech Provost and Vice President Yin Jie and Dean of SEM Professor Fang Hanming attended the presentation session. Finally, the mobile app Comates, designed by Fang Xue (ShanghaiTech University), Xiao Zihan (Fudan University), Xian Shiyin (Shanghai International Studies School), Xu Lin (University of Nottingham Ningbo China) and Sofia Elena Isoldi Daris (Universidade de São Paulo) won the Winner Team Award. This app matches people with similar public transport commute routes, aiming to address safety of white collar workers on their daily commute. With Comates, they can meet up, share safe commute, and socialize with each other.
In his closing remarks, Mr. Mateu expressed his amazement at the students’ innovative ideas. He reminded the audience that Santander Bank has been committed to supporting higher education through Santander Universities Program and encouraging students’ innovative practices. He expressed his hope that the students could make good use of their educational resources and innovative opportunities. Provost and Vice President Yin Jie pointed out that ShanghaiTech and SEM has made great efforts on developing students’ innovation and entrepreneurship competence and skills. He congratulated SEM on successfully holding the workshop and thanked Santander Bank for its support. He commended the students’ achievements in acquiring knowledge, improving skills, learning about different cultures, and making new friends through the workshop.
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Tangerine is superb on morena complexions, as this complements the golden undertones of Pinay skin.
Okay, before you panic, this pigment is actually in a (very, very) deep plum shade. A thin veil leaves a berry stain on the cheeks, which, IMHO, is ultra-flattering for all skin tones!
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Ihr habt wunderbare Rituale. Es ist sehr schön, dass in dieser Form an Hans erinnert wird. Wir sehen ihn vor uns, wie wir ihn noch im Mai 2009 erlebt haben. Es fällt uns schwer, ihn nicht mehr wieder zu sehen.
Unser ganzes Mitgefühl gilt Dir und Deiner ganzen, großen, liebevollen Familie.
Hermine, my condolences to you and your family. It has been a long time since I conversed with you and Hans in person. My love, thoughts and prayers go out to you.
OUR CONDOLENCES FOR YOUR LOSS HERMINE. HANS IS AT PEACE NOW UNDER GOD’S CARE. WE PRAY FOR YOUR RECOVERY AND GOOD HEALTH.
We send our heartfelt sympathy to all of your family, especially to John and Ashley. Our prayers are with you.
I’m so very sorry for your loss. He is in a much better place, Unforunatley we are the ones that have to suffer. I hope that god will heal your pain.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire family. Let us know if there is anything we can do.
I am so sorry for your loss. I understand how difficult it is when a loved one passes away. I find Acts 24:15 to be comforting because it promises a hope for the future. Please accept my sincere condolences. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.
I would like to express my deepest sympathy to each of you.
May the God of all jComfort comfort you.
Robert A. Kloner, MD, Ph.D., is Chief Science Officer and Director of Cardiovascular Research at Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI). He serves as Professor of Medicine (Clinical Scholar) at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and is an attending cardiologist at LAC+USC. Prior to accepting an appointment at HMRI, Dr. Kloner served as Director of Research of the Heart Institute of Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles from 1987 to December 2014. He has run nationally and internationally known cardiovascular research programs for over 40 years, training dozens of medical scientists and collaborating with scores of physician-scientists, numerous research institutions, and medical industries worldwide. During his administrative tenure at both Wayne State University and The Heart Institute of Good Samaritan Hospital, he built successful research facilities from the ground-up, creating centers recognized for scientific excellence and innovation.
In the mid-1970s Dr. Kloner received his MD in the Honors Program in Medical Education and Ph.D. (Experimental Pathology) degrees from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago where he trained in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Jennings. Dr. Kloner is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed internship and residency in internal medicine at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts (1975-1978). Additional training included clinical and research fellowships in medicine and cardiology (with Drs. Eugene Braunwald and Peter Maroko) at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He served as Assistant and then Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and was an attending cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (1979-1984). He was the recipient of an Established Investigator Award of the American Heart Association (AHA), is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, an Inaugural Fellow of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences of the AHA, and was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation. In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiology Society.
Dr. Kloner has made major contributions to the understanding and treatment of heart disease, receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), American Heart Association (AHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense (DOD) and numerous corporations and private foundations. He has made major contributions in the following areas: the pathophysiology of heart attack; treatments for heart attack; triggers of cardiovascular events; studies on high blood pressure and heart failure; the effect of toxins like alcohol, cocaine, and pollution on the heart; stem cell therapy for the heart; the intersection between sexual dysfunction and cardiovascular disease. His current work at HMRI, funded by the DOD, assesses new therapies for hemorrhagic shock; additional current work funded by the NIH and Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program studies the effects of e-cigarettes on the cardiovascular system. Throughout his career, Dr. Kloner has participated in several large multi-center studies. This experience has enabled Dr. Kloner to actively facilitate cross-disciplinary research initiatives within HMRI, advising and collaborating with the bio-technology group (cell phone app for assessing heart function), neuro-science, stem cell biology, and imaging scientists.
A frequent contributor to the medical and scientific press, Dr. Kloner has authored or co-authored over 720 original papers in peer-reviewed journals, 219 chapters or monographs, and 518 abstracts (as of 2019). Dr. Kloner is the author and editor of 18 medical texts including Cardiovascular Trials Reviews (10 editions); The Guide to Cardiology (3 editions); Stunned Myocardium; Ischemic Preconditioning; VIAGRA; and Heart Disease and Erectile Dysfunction. In addition, he has written and published three medical science fiction novels.
Among his editorial responsibilities, Dr. Kloner served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2009-2019). He has served as Guest Editor of Circulation. He is on the editorial boards of American Journal of Cardiology, Basic Research in Cardiology, International Journal of Impotence Research, Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Regenerative Medicine, and Life Sciences. Among his many career distinctions, Dr. Kloner has been listed in Who’s Who in America, The Best Doctors in America and in 2002 was cited by the Institute for Scientific Information as one of the most highly cited scientific authors. He has an H-index of 99 and is cited over 41,830 times as per the Web of Science. Dr. Kloner is a frequent lecturer at major scientific symposia including the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Meetings, and he has lectured at most major academic medical centers in the United States. He has taught at both the Keck School of Medicine at USC and lectured at Caltech.
For about as long as I can remember going to the gaming store, I remember seeing little bags with Cheapass Games on the side. They were a couple bucks each, and they were just fun, little games you could play in-between bigger games. I'd played a few over the years, but I never really realized just how many of those games there were. Now, Cheapass is running a Kickstarter campaign for an anthology of their products.
In the summer of 1996, James Ernest began his quest to bring happiness and joy to all the people of the world, by creating clever tabletop games and selling them really cheap. He named his company Cheapass Games, and we're still going today.
Since that first year, we have released more than 100 original games: card games, board games, dice games, free games, and more.
Cheapass Games in Black and White is a collection of all of our black and white games, with the rules and histories of favorites like Kill Doctor Lucky, Lord of the Fries, Button Men, and many others. It also has many more obscure games, like Escape from Elba, Pennywise, Dogfight, and The Lost Pueblo of Doctor Green, and a few prototypes and unreleased games you've never heard of.
If you're a fan of Cheapass Games, an aspiring game designer, or just interested in the history of the company, read on.
The campaign's more than 2x funded with still 28 days to go.
An Advanced Practice Provider career with UT Southwestern Medical Center is your chance to be part of an extraordinary team. We are a nationally recognized, academic medical center, home to dedicated health care professionals on a mission to improve the health care in our community, our nation and the world through education, innovation and compassion.
Advanced Practice RN (Nurse Practitioners) - Team members in this nursing job perform one or more of the following core functions: a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients; b) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records).
Physician Assistant - Team members in this role perform duties such as obtaining complete medical history data from patients; perform physical examinations to obtain physical data; organize and present historical and physical data, together with evaluations and recommendations, to physician in such way as to permit him/her to visualize medical problem; and determine appropriate diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
St Marys Medical Center (SMDC) is the region's most established source for quality, up-to-the-minute health care that's close to home. Through their 20 clinics, hospitals and specialty care facilities located in northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, they bring primary care, specialty services and medical technology to their community.
In 1997, St. Mary's Medical Center and Duluth Clinic merged to form St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System. In 2001, Miller-Dwan Medical Center joined the SMDC family, further enhancing the care and services SMDC offers patients and family members in this region. SMDC organizations represent decades of respected service, experience and excellence. Today, SMDC is an innovative leader in the health care of the region, with 20 clinics, four hospitals and an array of specialty care services to meet the needs of their patients.
When we hear the word patience, we probably think of the virtue that enables us to wait. That’s one way of looking at it, but Spirit-led patience is also much more. Patience is longsuffering. It involves more than passive waiting; it is active forbearance. It is a deliberate willingness to put up with disagreeable things in pursuit of higher goals.
The best example of patience in the Bible is God himself. A number of times, God is described as being “slow to anger” (see Exodus 34:6; Psalm 103:8). This phrase captures what true patience is. Patient people do more than just wait. They actively restrain their rightful anger and frustration. For a higher purpose, they put up with things that they know are wrong.
This is the attitude our longsuffering God has toward sinful people. For Paul, the “immense patience” of Jesus meant that God put up with all his wickedness for a long time before showing mercy to him. Paul calls himself “the worst of sinners,” reflecting back on the time of his life when he persecuted Christians (see Acts 7:54-8:3). But God had other plans for Paul (Acts 9:1-31; 13:1-28:31). That could easily be the testimony of every believer.
How wonderful that God’s love rests on his own capacity for goodness, and not our own!
Dear Lord, thank you for being patient with us. Forgive us for all we do wrong, and help us to be living testimonies of your mercy. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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