#altac

[impostoradult]

something I have learned recently is academics are shockingly bad at filling out surveys

they'll use "other" fields to say something that is pretty clearly covered by one of the pre-existing options OR they'll say something that is not actually a relevant or appropriate response to the question that was asked (i.e., they clearly didn't actually read the question in full)

like, y'all get mad at your students for not reading instructions and you do THE EXACT SAME THING!

[horse-tones]

Tac tac tac tac

Lovely tac and altac for the @thetaciturn1 , plz go and tell em they very cool uwu

[horademagic]

Caçador de Sangue de Altac/ Altac Bloodseeker

Tipo de criatura: Humano Amoque

Custo de mana: 1 vermelha + 1 de qualquer cor = 2 no total

2/1 de Poder e Resistência

Por que ela é interessante? Toda vez que uma criatura que um oponente controlar morrer, essa criatura vai receber +2/+0 e iniciativa e ímpeto até o final do turno, então criaturas dos oponentes morrem e lhe geram benefícios. Iniciativa ela vai atacar primeiro nos embates e ímpeto ela fica sem enjoo de invocação, é simples? Sim, principalmente pensando que tem apenas 1 de resistência, mas pode ter 4 de poder com as coisas dando certo.

Preço da carta: em torno de 0,05 até 1,30

Disponível em Português

Link: https://www.ligamagic.com.br/?view=cards%2Fsearch&card=Altac+Bloodseeker&tipo=1

Até a próxima postagem, Ulli e Thiago

[theloop41-blog]

Working on it

I was diagnosed with lupus in late 2015, right after I had started writing my dissertation. Amped up on steroids, I pushed through and defended my dissertation mid-2017. Cut to 2019. Just now getting around to fully processing my lupus feels, embracing my new normal, and trying to not feel bad about my “limitations”. Finally dipping a toe in the Tumblr world to find more like-minded individuals, hold myself accountable, and have a small outlet to share when necessary. 

[gerrycanavan]

Just Another Saturday Night Linkdump

Just Another Saturday Night Linkdump

* CFP: Medical Humanities and the Fantastic. CFP: Edited Collection, Fan Studies: Methods, Ethics, Research. CFP: Reclaiming the Tomboy: Posthumanism, Gender Representation, and Intersectionality. CFP: Special Issue on Indigenous and Sovereign Games. CFP: The Age of the Pulps: The SF magazine, 1926–1960. CFP: Productive Futures: The Political Economy of Science Fiction, Bloomsbury, London, 12-14…

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Happy Dissertation Day to me! 9 years ago today, I filed my #dissertation and my arguably difficult career in #academia began. I am no longer a professor, but #writing those 200, single-spaced pages was good practice for what comes next. #amwriting #exacademic #highered #altac #postac #academiclife #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram (at Reno, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvsQyj6BxXL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14dmm78oosyvs

[superlinguo]

Linguistics jobs -  Interview with a university course coordinator

I’ve known Colleen since we were both PhD students at The University of Melbourne. When I found out that she had also moved to La Trobe, it was lovely to have a friendly face around the place! Colleen has taken a slightly unusual, but increasingly common, lateral step; although she’s no longer working in linguist research she’s still working at a university and running courses. She kindly agreed to be interviewed about her work.

What did you study at university?

For undergrad I studied a BA (Languages) at Monash University (in Melbourne, Australia). I did a double major - Chinese and Linguistics. I also did a minor in Spanish to satisfy the "languages" part. Originally I wanted to work as a translator at the UN! When I realised that probably wouldn't work out, I pursued Linguistics for Honours. My thesis looked at the efficacy of using the first four formants of certain vowels to distinguish one speaker from another.

After Honours I got a job as a Research Assistant at The University of Melbourne in Otolaryngology (now Audiology and Speech Pathology). My PhD topic was a response to what I'd been hearing and experiencing in working with individuals using cochlear implants. I looked at the perception and production of some aspects of prosody in adolescents who had grown up with cochlear implants as their only hearing. What is your job?

I’m the Deputy Coordinator for the first year of a range of Allied Health Courses. There’s about 2000 students across six campuses, so it’s huge! I mainly look after those courses where the teaching involves external partners. There’s a lot to do around compliance and reporting for these third party teaching contracts. I also teach myself – I teach a Work Integrated Learning subject that’s open to all students from the College of Science, Health and Engineering. They go out on placement and we look at career management and how to utilize what’s learnt on placement out in the job market. I also teach an Industry Innovation subject that brings students together from all over the uni. They work in small teams to tackle wicked problems.

How does your linguistics training help you in your job?

A lot at The University of Melbourne because I'm still involved in research. At La Trobe it does help, particularly when you need to advise students who are struggling. I used to teach in the Master of Speech Pathology at the University of Melbourne and between that and Linguistics I've gained a wide perspective on what could be going on when someone is struggling in first year. Linguistics also helps in the subjects I teach at La Trobe. It's great to be able to provide very specific advice for students as to their writing and how to improve it. I also try to slip in activities on intercultural communication where I can. Do you gave any advice do you wish someone had given to you about linguistics/careers/university?

I wish they had been more honest about studying languages (not linguistics) as a career. I realised after awhile that people born into bi- or multilingual households would be the ones landing the interpreter/translator jobs, although I don't regret studying languages. I think in general I would have appreciated some advice re jobs that you could go onto with Linguistics. I'm assuming they're better at that now but we really received no career advice at all. For those doing PhDs I think we do well on the research training side, but not so well on the careers side, both in talking about potential industries you could go into and about what a career in academia actually entails. 

Any other thoughts or comments?

I'd like to say something about how Linguistics is so undervalued but I'm not sure how to put it. I feel like perceiving, producing, communicating is something so fundamental that linguistics should be a standard part of everything!

Previously:

Interview with a Communications Consultant

Interview with a Linguistic Project Manager at a Language Tech Company

Interview with a Data Scientist

Interview with a Librarian

Interview with a Text Analyst

Check out the Linguist Jobs tag for even more interviews

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Ramipril

Brand Name: Altace

Generic Available

Common Dosage Forms:

Capsules: 1.25 mg, 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg

FDA Indications/Dosages:

For the treatment of hypertension, alone or in combination with thiazide diuretics: Initially give 2.5 mg once daily. Maintenance dose is between 2.5-20 mg/day in one or two doses.

Initial dose when using diuretics: Begin with 1.26 mg daily or temporarily discontinue diuretic therapy beginning 3 days before initial dose.

Reduction in the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death from cardiovascular causes: Begin with 2.5 mg for 7 days, increase to 5 mg for 21 days, then adjust dose as tolerated.

Treatment of heart failure in post-MI patients: Begin with 2.5 mg twice a day.

Dosing in renal function impairment: Give 1.25 mg to a maximum of 5 mg daily in patients with CrCl of <40 mL/min/1.73m^2.

Monitor: K, BP, CrCl, WBC

Pharmacology/Pharmacokinetics: Ramipril’s mechanism of action is thought to be due to its suppression of the renin-aldosterone system by competitively inhibiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). ACE converts angiotensin I to angiotensin II, one of the most potent vasoconstrictors known. Inhibition of ACE decreases plasma angiotensin II which leads to decreased aldosterone secretion. The latter may cause an increase in serum potassium. The net result is a decrease in peripheral arterial resistance. Ramipril is metabolized to the more active ramiprilat in the liver. Peak plasma levels of ramiprilat are reached in 2-4 hours. Protein binding is approximately 60%. Half-life of ramiprilat is 13-17 hours. Elimination occurs through the urine (60%) and the feces (40%).

Drug Interactions: Indomethacin may decrease therapeutic effects. Capsaicin may increase the incidence of coughing. Because of potassium-sparing effect, use caution when given with potassium-sparing diuretics and potassium supplements. Lithium toxicity may occur. Increased adverse effects may occur when used with other renin-angiotensin system blockers or aliskiren.

Contraindications/Precautions: Contraindicated in combination with neprilysin inhibitor (sacubitril). DO NOT USE DURING PREGNANCY. Use with caution in nursing mothers, in patients with impaired renal function, collagen vascular disease (may cause agranulocytosis), or aortic stenosis, and in patients undergoing surgery or anesthesia. Rare occurrences of angioedema and neutropenia have been seen in patients taking ACE inhibitors. Patients should report to their physician any signs of facial swelling, difficulty in breathing, or infection (unexplained fever or sore throat). Rarely, ACE inhibitors have been associated with a syndrome that starts with cholestatic jaundice or hepatitis and progresses to fulminant hepatic necrosis and sometimes death. Pregnancy Category D.

Adverse Effects: Mild adverse effects include cough, headache, dizziness, and fatigue. A potentially serious side effect is angioedema.

Patient Consultation:

Do not discontinue medication unless otherwise directed by your physician.

Capsules may be swallowed whole, or their contents sprinkled over soft food and consumed (without chewing). They also may be mixed into water or apple juice and consumed. Pre-mixed solutions are stable for 24 hours at room temperature and 48 hours under refrigeration.

Avoid nonprescription cough, cold, and allergy medications unless otherwise directed.

Avoid salt substitutes containing potassium.

Report any signs of facial swelling, difficulty in breathing, or infection (unexplained fever or sore throat) to your physician.

Store in a cool, dry place away from sunlight and children.

If a dose is missed, take it as soon as possible. If it is closer to the time of your next dose than the dose you missed, skip the missed dose and return to your dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

[impostoradult]

Are you a precarious academic? Or do you know any?

For a couple of years now, I've been running a Twitter account that curates "altac" jobs. Recently, I expanded the project significantly into a full-fledge dedicated site with over 300 job listings updated daily.

It is free to access through all of January. In February, I will charge $2/month for access via my Patreon.

If you are a precarious academic, or you know of any who might be interested, I'd love for you to share this with them.

A few caveats:

Currently, the curation is almost exclusively US-based. I would like to expand beyond the US but currently I do multiple hours of work on this project every day for essentially no money. I can't expand outside the US until my work is financially supported.

I primarily curate jobs relevant to those with academic backgrounds in the Humanities & Social Sciences. I have the odd STEM-related job there, but my primary focus is the Humanities & Social Sciences.

[rgr-pop]

when i first became interested in pursuing academic grad school as an undergrad, the conversation in the humanities was still very much--this is so deranged in hindsight, i’m curious if any of you remember this reasoning or experienced it from inside: elite phds in the humanities are at a job market disadvantage because they don’t get a lot of teaching experience because they “don’t have to teach.” the conversation about altac career planning is so stupid and so deranged. why aren’t we preparing phds for jobs outside of academia? like ok! first of all we’re not preparing them for anything lol. second of all, well

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Niddah-Zine. A zine commentary, translation, overwrite, overdraw, hamfisted, heavyhanded, flatfooted, alt-ac, queer-review, uterine emission. The Mishnah a compendium written in 3rd century Palestine, reimagined. But really just drawn out of context, word for word, the rabbis sought to categorize the uterine emissions of women, and of other species. They loved in a world on which one species could birth a different kind. Male gaze meets species/flesh/women’s bodies kicking back. #zine #niddah #mishnah #rabbis #midwives #artist #art #drawblood #drawimage #speculum #malegaze #cisgaze #queerreview #altac #worksonpaper #art #penandink #uterus #reproductivejustice #species #hybris #xerox https://www.instagram.com/p/BnM0m3YgCUJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tf6o0kibcbpo

[boldadulting]

39 questions to ask grad students during your grad school interviews and 1 question you should never ask

Congratulations, you got grad school interviews! And now they're coming up and maybe you're freaking out because you don't know how to prepare. Scariest yet, you're going to be meeting tons of people and you may not be sure what you're going to talk to them about or how to best use the opportunity you have. Well, don't panic! 

First, start by reading about 4 steps to prepare for grad school interviews.

Next, you should prepare for the many opportunities you're going to have to ask questions. You will be asked “do you have any questions for me?” over and over by grad students and professors alike. If you don't have any questions to ask, that can be interpreted as a lack of interest, so having a handy list will be useful.

You don't have to ask all of them, but choose the ones that are the most important to you to know to make the huge decisions you have ahead of you. Today we'll tackle

Questions to ask grad students at your grad school interviews

Important warning: some of these are on sensitive subjects, so be aware of whether you may raise some insecurities or whether there are other people around. If you're asking a potentially touchy question, make sure you're clear about the fact that you don't expect them to answer if they don't feel comfortable. If it's a question best asked without people around, ask them if you can ask them the question over email, skype, or coffee at a later date if they prefer.

Questions to better understand the specific program - academically

What do you think about [professor you're interested in]?

Is your lab a good one to join?

Is the culture here more cooperative or competitive?

Why did you choose this program? [but see note 1] 

Do most people join their first choice lab? What does the program do if someone doesn't find a lab to join by the deadline?

Is the program supportive of people switching labs?

Does the program do anything in the beginning to help new students to transition into grad school?

How much do grad students TA?

Is there any sort of training for people who want to be better TAs or to go into teaching?

Is the program supportive of "alternative careers"? [see note 2]

What do you think of the classes? (Were they valuable, did you learn a lot, did they take a lot of effort, etc?)

Are there any nightmare professors to avoid?

Do you know people who have left the graduate program? Is there support for that?

Questions to better understand the specific program - personally

What do grad students do in their free time? [see note 3]

Do most students have a good work/life balance?

What kind of social events do people in the program tend to do?

Do grad students in this program hang out with each other?

Does the program do anything in the beginning to help grad students to bond with each other?

What kind of resources does the program offer (e.g. for mental health, career development, learning new skills, etc.)?

Does the program check in with grad students even after the first few years?

What age range are most grad students?

Are most grad students in relationships or single?

Do any grad students you know have kids?

Do social events tend to be clique-based or is everyone welcome? [see note 4]

Are there a lot of international students in the program? If so, are they welcomed by native students?

Questions to get advice

What do you wish you had done to prepare for grad school?

Do you think coming to grad school is a good decision given my desire to do ___?

What kinds of questions should I be asking grad students?

What kinds of questions should I be asking professors whose lab I'm interested in?

Can you advise me about [insert specific concern here]?

Questions to get to know them better

Where did you go to undergrad?

What are you studying?

What do you do for fun?

What made you decide to go to grad school?

Do you know what you want to do after grad school? - but keep in mind that this could be a potentially stressful question

Is the project you're working on what you thought you'd be doing? (Or, has the project you're working on gone in any unexpected directions?)

Questions about grad school generally

What do you love about grad school?

What sucks about grad school?

Do you know many people in grad school who regret starting it?

And the question you should never ask grad students:

I've rarely seen this question lead to a comfortable and fruitful conversation: "How much time do you have left in grad school?"

 If they're in their first couple of years, they have no idea how long it'll be (in a PhD program of the type described in the disclaimer here, the total time is ~5-7 years). 

If they're midway through grad school, it's likely a stressful time and part of the stress is not knowing how long they have left till they're done. 

If they're close enough to finishing that they actually have a reasonable estimate, it's highly unlikely they'll be hanging out with recruits during interviews [but see note 5]. 

If you want to get a sense for someone's timing-position in grad school, a better question to ask is how long ago they started grad school.

However, this leads to a potentially even worse variation to the question. If you learn that someone has been in grad school for a long time (e.g. 5 years, 6 years, or n years where n = a surprisingly long time), don't ever ever ever say "Oh so you must be almost done, right?"

How should you use this list?

The grad students you meet during recruitment weekends are participating because they want to help you, so get to know them! Prioritize which questions you find most important and ask them to anyone who seems willing to chat with you.

Don't forget to be mindful of surroundings and sensitivities when you ask certain questions. For example, the time to ask a grad student whether they like their lab is not when they're giving you a tour of it while their coworkers are working nearby. 

And if you ask someone what they plan to do after grad school, you might want to preempt the question with "I know you may have no idea about this yet but..." 

If someone seems especially kind, get their email and ask them if they would be open to you emailing them later with some more questions. This can especially come in handy a few months down the line when you're deciding between graduate programs, trying to figure out what to do if you didn't get into grad school, or are making the very scary decision of deciding to maybe not even go to grad school like you thought you would even if you got accepted. A helpful grad student who is willing to respond to an email, have coffee with you, or hop on skype with you may be just what you need to work your way out of a bind or to calm down.

Finally, if a grad student has been especially helpful to you, please please send them a thank you email just like you did to the professors who interviewed you. Not only might this brighten their likely stressful day, it might remind them to fill out a positive evaluation about you (which many programs allow their grad students to do).

Please comment below!

Which of these questions will you ask?

Which other ones have you thought of that aren't listed here?

What other questions do you have for me about applying to grad school? 

Notes:

1. Some people may be in the program because that's the only one they got into or because it's the only one they could afford to relocate to, so be ready for those answer. Be aware that such an admission may bring out people's imposter syndrome--the feeling that they aren't good enough for grad school.

2. "Alternative careers" is the erroneous name for the category of non-research professor jobs. This can include careers at universities focused on teaching, or non-academic careers in industry, government, communication, or an enormous range of other possibilities! The name is erroneous because the majority of grad students don't go into research-focused faculty positions. There aren't enough of them to go around and many people realize they don't actually want those jobs anyway. 

3. If they answer “what free time?” and don't seem to be joking, approach that graduate program extremely carefully. But be mindful that the person you're talking to may be in an extreme time of stress such as under a publication deadline or about to defend, which may not be representative of their general stress. It's normal for a student 6 months from defending her dissertation to not have any free time. But if you find out that most of the grad students at a given program don't expect to have free time for the whole ~6 years of grad school, you need to think very carefully about whether you can live like that. And if you can, do you want to? (On the optimistic side: Most grad students I know have hobbies and social lives. That is definitely something to aim for.)

4. Ideally, during the first year of grad school, most social events between grad students are open to everyone in their cohort. This gives everyone a chance to find community and get to know each other. Realistically, tighter groups may start to form quickly, and after the first year, many social events will be between smaller groups that gravitated toward each other. However, a program that bonded well in the beginning and is not overtly cliquey will still have occasional (1-2x/year) events that are open to everyone in the cohort.

5. Although most people who volunteer for recruitment are in their first few years, there are some amazing exceptions. Some senior grad students continue making time for new and potential grad students because they want to give back and/or they are rejuvenated by it.

[altacentmkt]

Networking ¿Por qué es tan Importante en tu Vida Profesional y para tu Negocio?

El Networking se basa en establecer una red de contactos profesionales que permita dar a conocer tu negocio, los productos o servicios que ofreces, tu perfil profesional, etc. El networking tiene como objetivo secundario el poner en contacto a dueños de negocios y emprendedores con posibles inversores y colaboradores.

El networking es de gran importancia porque establece redes profesionales de contactos que ayudan a las personas a dar a conocer sus habilidades sociales, escuchar y aprender de los demás, conectar con posibles colaboradores, socios o inversores, recibir consejos de personas que han alcanzado una gran trayectoria en el mundo comercial, y lo más importante, conseguir clientes potenciales interesados en comprar sus productos y/o servicios.

El networking no se trata solo de crear contactos sino de cultivar relaciones duraderas con personas y organizaciones que puedan nutrir tu crecimiento profesional.

En Altacent sabemos exactamente qué estrategia es la mejor para tu negocio para lograr la generación y captación de clientes calificados dispuestos a enamorarse de tu producto o servicio. Contamos con varios años de experiencia ayudando a decenas de empresas a lograr sus objetivos.

Dale me gusta a esta publicación y compártela con tus colegas y socios para que conozcan la importancia del networking.

[marginalmusings]

RT @NicoleBarbaro: Are you a PhD who is curious about #altac jobs but doesn't want to go into big tech? Here are 5 places to find diverse jobs in mission-oriented organizations 👇🏼

RT @NicoleBarbaro: Are you a PhD who is curious about #altac jobs but doesn't want to go into big tech? Here are 5 places to find diverse jobs in mission-oriented organizations 👇🏼

— Emily Shartrand (@emily_shartrand) Oct 14, 2022

from Twitter https://twitter.com/emily_shartrand October 14, 2022 at 05:53PM via IFTTT

[gerrycanavan]

612 Frozen Hellscape Links for All Your Frozen Hellscape Needs

612 Frozen Hellscape Links for All Your Frozen Hellscape Needs

* In case you missed it, I posted my syllabi for the spring last week: Classics of Science Fiction, Game Studies, and Methods of Inquiry: The Mind. And just in time for my games course: Marquette announces that esports — competitive video gaming — will be a varsity sport next year.

* Another just-in-case-you-missed-it: I was on the most recent episode of Random Trek talking about Voyagerepisode…