Physician Assistant - Acute Care, Hospitalist Service

Job Announcement Number:

PHL-14-JHo-1040164

Location Name:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department:

Department Of Veterans Affairs

Agency:

Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

Hiring Organization:

The Philadelphia VA Medical Center VISN 4

Occupation Code:

0603

Pay Plan:

VN

Appointment Duration:

Permanent

Opening Date:

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Closing Date:

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Job Status:

Full-Time

Salary:

$73,408.00 to $114,614.00 / Per Year

Pay Grade(s):

00 to 00

Who May Apply:

United States Citizens

Job Summary:

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise - "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans? As a VA profes



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Duke Nukem 3D Gaining Online Multiplayer

Giant Bomb's Site Mashup Duke Nukem 3D Gaining Online Multiplayer

It's almost like Duke Nukem Forever never happened.


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So This Exists: A Broccoli Rabe Cocktail at High Street on Market, Philadelphia

Is it a bartender's duty to make sure drinks possess mass appeal? Guy Smith, bar manager of Philadelphia's High Street on Market, doesn't think so. Combining the juice of an already-divisive brassica with smoky-mouthed mezcal and dry seasonings more often found on ribs than in rocks glasses, he's created a vegetable-based cocktail so green it could double as a Kermit the Frog-inspired paint swatch.



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Great Deals on a Variety of Transcend Storage Today on Amazon

Today's Amazon Gold Box features SSDs, SD cards, and external hard drives from Transcend, all at great prices. Here's the complete list:

• Transcend Information 128GB SSD | $70


• Transcend Information 256GB SSD | $130


• Transcend 16GB MicroSDHC with Adapter 45 MB/s | $10


• Transcend 32GB MicroSDHC with Adapter 45 MB/s | $17


• Transcend 64GB MicroSDXC with Adapter 45 MB/s | $38


• Transcend 16 GB High Speed 10 UHS Flash Memory Card | $10


• Transcend 32 GB High Speed 10 UHS Flash Memory Card | $17


• Transcend 64GB High Speed 10 UHS Flash Memory Card | $38


• Transcend 1 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive - Military Drop Standards | $68

Though totally unrelated to storage, it's also worth pointing out a second Gold Box deal that features a 6-piece home theater system from JBL for $280, or $70 below the previous low price. Happy shopping!

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Not Good At All: What Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles Are Going To Look Like

Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome Not Good At All: What Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles Are Going To Look Like

Because what good is making a new Ninja Turtle movie if you can't sell kid's Halloween costumes of all the characters, this is a leaked shot of a costume based on the way the Ninja Turtles will appear in the Michael Bay produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles due out in a few months. Apparently the turtles have tattoos. And wear sunglasses (despite not having external ears). And...shorts? Where the hell do you buy shorts in mutant turtle sizes? Besides, a turtle's penis isn't visible outside the cloaca except during mating, so there's really no reason to wear shorts in the first place. I'd think running into an anthropomorphic turtle wearing shorts would be even weirder than running into a naked one. You know how the script for Quintin Tarantino's new movie got leaked and now he's said he isn't going to make it? They should consider doing something similar for this. Thanks to lilco, who admitted to having a crush on Michelangelo. You do know he's a turtle, right? "Aren't you into dinosaurs?" Turtles are cool, you could date a turtle if you wanted.


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We Try the New Draft Beer Flavored Jelly Beans from Jelly Belly

The beer-flavored beans smell exactly like the floor at college parties: which is to say, carefully cleaned with Milwaukee's Best.



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The Sony SRF-39FP: The Audio Player of Choice in Prison

It might not look much, but the Sony SRF-39FP pocket AM/FM radio is regarded as the audio player of choice in prisons across the US.

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Skyrim Modding Gets Its Doors Blown Off

Kotaku Skyrim Modding Gets Its Doors Blown Off

When something carries a warning that it "will require your first born and a pint of your blood", you know it's going to be good.

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Mr. Potato Head Homer: Let's Play D'oh

If you're old enough to remember when The Simpsons was just a series of animated shorts on the The Tracey Ullman Show, you'll probably feel even older when you realize that as of this year the show has been on the air for a quarter of a century. And what better way to celebrate its success than by immortalizing the characters as plastic over-sized toy potatoes?

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How to Stop Credit Card Offers from Littering Your Mailbox

I unknowingly conducted an experiment two years ago. My husband and I love to travel, and I wanted to sign onto one of those credit card offers that gives you free airfare. So as each offer came in the mail, I added it to a stack on my desk.

This post originally appeared on ReadyForZero.

The pile grew rather quickly and became a bit unwieldy. I was so amazed with how many offers were coming through the door that I decided to see how many credit card offers would pass through my mailbox in a span of two years. The number came to 52.

That's right: an amazing 52 credit card offers (approximately one every other week) showed up in my mailbox over the course of two years. Most of the offers were unwanted, and all of them were a waste of paper. At the end of this experiment, I decided it was time to look into putting a stop to the junk mail.

Why Do So Many Credit Card Offers Come through the Mail?

First of all, I wanted to find out why people (me included) receive so many pre-screened and pre-approved credit card offers. After all, it's not like I have ever filled out an application online for one.

There are three main US Credit Bureaus: TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian. Thanks to the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, these agencies are allowed to sell your credit history information—name, address, employer, open credit lines and amounts, payment history, etc.—to credit lending institutions. This creates a perfect situation for credit lending companies who want to take this data and target specific, credit-worthy consumers (so I guess we should take it as a positive sign that we received 52 offers!).

How to Stop the Flow of Credit Card Offers to Your Mailbox

If you are also "blessed" with lots of credit card offers that you are not interested in receiving, then there is a way to stop the flow through your mailbox. With the amendment of the Fair Credit Reporting Act in 1990, consumers were given a choice to opt out of solicitations. This is completed by directing Credit Reporting Agencies to exclude your name and address from lists provided to credit lending companies.

You are given two choices in regards to opting out of pre-approved and pre-screened credit card offers: either opt out of them for five years, or opt out of them permanently.

• To Opt Out for Five Years: You can either call the number 1-888-5-OPT-OUT (1-888-567-8688) or visit OptOutPrescreen.com.

• To Opt Out Permanently: You can also start the process of permanent opt-out through OptOutPrescreen.com. However, you need to print the application out, sign it, and send it in. If you do not happen to have the internet, then you can request an application through the mail. In the time between when you initiate this process and when you return the form to the designated address, you will automatically be opted into the 5-year list removal

It was great finding out that there is a way to stop these types of mailings. However, choosing to have your name removed from the lists used for pre-approved and pre-screened solicitations does not mean you will never receive another credit card offer again. It just means that you will not receive a credit card offer that is based on the credit records maintained by the Credit Reporting Agencies. In order to stop solicitations from other places, you will need to write them individually to request your name and address to be taken off of their list.

How Do I Stop Credit Card Offers from Littering My Mailbox | LearnVest

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Grab 50GB of Free Storage for Life on Box by Downloading the iOS App

iOS: You can never have too much free online storage. Box (formerly Box.net) is now offering a ton of free storage—50GB—if you download their new iPhone and iPad app within the next 30 days.

This is an increase from their already generous 10GB standard free space, and just like other online storage providers, Box can sync your files between devices. It also has very good support for collaboration and file control.

The updated app sports a new user interface, faster photo loading, full text search within documents, and more:

Even if you already have storage space elsewhere, no reason you can't pick this up as well. (I don't think, however, you'll get 50GB more if you already got the previous 50GB offer.) Hopefully, as they did last time, Android users will get the same offer when that updated app comes out.

Grab the iOS app on iTunes or learn more about it on Box's blog post below.

Get the all new Box for iPhone and iPad + 50GB free | Box via Gizmodo

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What Every NFL Logo Would Look Like If It Were A Hipster

The man who has brought us so much joy by doing ridiculous, hilarious things to the logos of NFL teams has struck again. Today, artist David Rappocio unveiled his latest collection: each NFL logo re-imagined as a hipster. Smug hipster jaguar is particularly inspired, but there are many more good ones over at Kissing Suzy Kolber.

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The Right Way to Wrap Cheese for Maximum Freshness

Cheese is delicious, and if you spend a little money on a nice piece of specialty cheese, you want it to stay fresh and tasty as long as possible (if you don't eat it all in one sitting.) Ditch the plastic wrap or baggies—the folks at Food52 have a better way to store your cheese so you can continue to enjoy it.

We're being a little facetious, but they do suggest you avoid plastic wrap—it doesn't give your cheese the opportunity to breathe, sweat, or gently age the way it needs to. It may keep moisture out, but it also stops oxygen from getting in, leading to an ammonia-like flavor. Instead, reach for parchment paper, a tip we've mentioned before. They use cheese paper specifically, but parchment paper will do.

Then, the wrapping method depends on the size and cut of cheese you're using—if you have a wedge of cheese, they suggest wrapping first around the back of the wedge, pressing the parchment paper against the back and the sides first, then folding the paper around the narrow end like a cone. Pull that cone end up and over the back of the thick end, and tape the final flap down. Repeat the process for any semi-soft cheese, even if it's a rectangle or bar—you just need to leave yourself enough paper to do it right.

The piece goes on to explain how to properly wrap hard cheeses (same process, just store in a ziploc baggie), bleu cheese (same process, just store in airtight plastic to keep odor under control), and even semi-soft cheeses (there's debate, but you might be able to use plastic in this case), so hit the link below for more photos of each method. Then, when you put your cheese in the fridge, put them in a crisper or drawer where the temperature and humidity is a bit more consistent than the rest of the fridge. When you're ready, unwrap, enjoy, and use fresh paper to re-wrap.

How to Store Cheese | Food52

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Major League Baseball Takes Matters Into Its Own Hands, Announces New RBI Baseball

Giant Bomb's Site Mashup Major League Baseball Takes Matters Into Its Own Hands, Announces New RBI Baseball

I'd been wondering aloud lately about the status of the R.B.I. Baseball license. The game was originally created by Namco, but that game (part of Namco's Family Stadium franchise) was taken by Tengen (Atari under a different name) and released for the NES without a license! It was one of those crazy black carts, but a licensed version was also released. It, along with Baseball Stars, serves as one of the greatest console baseball games of all time, and any other answer you may think to provide is actually completely incorrect.

OK, I'll accept that you might really like Baseball Simulator 1.000. That first Griffey game for the SNES was really good, too.

Anyway, last developments in the RBI saga went cold years ago. Midway eventually purchased the Atari/Tengen assets, but I was told that the baseball license was sold off separately, well before Midway's last-gasp sale to Warner Brothers. An in-development game called RBI Baseball showed up for the Xbox 360, with a company called Six Degrees Games at the helm. It was never released.

Today, Major League Baseball--like, the league--announced that it's getting into the video game business proper. And its first title? R.B.I. Baseball 14. Weird, right? Specifically, this would come from the company's Advanced Media arm, which was in the news last week as the partner for WWE's soon-to-launch streaming video service, the WWE Network.

The title is planned for release this Spring and is listed as a release for "current and next generation consoles and smartphones and tablets." One can only presume that this means Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, and iOS devices, but heck, I'm just guessing at this point.

Can a new RBI Baseball game come out and not be terrible? Can a developer that's primarily known for making solid streaming video services possibly develop a solid arcade-style baseball game? Do I seem prophetic for running my look back at the original RBI Baseball a little over a week ago? Those are just a few of the questions that come to mind. Here's said look back at the original RBI Baseball, by the way...

MLB has registered a Twitter account for the game at @rbigame. Crazy, right?

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/major-league-baseball-takes-matters-into-its-own-h/1100-4843/

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A He-Man Brawler Based On The 80s Cartoon. Yes.

Kotaku A He-Man Brawler Based On The 80s Cartoon. Yes.

The last He-Man game was pretty good, but it was a stylised thing, looking nothing like the original 1983 series. This game, made by fans, looks exactly like the 1983 series, and is all the better for it.

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Watch Chance The Rapper Play Arsenio

Those who’ve had the privilege of seeing Chance The Rapper live know the adventurous Chicago MC is not only a spazz on the mic — he also can barely contain his physical being, bouncing all over the stage with contagious burning emotion. Now a national TV audience knows that too: Chance made his television debut [...]

















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A Game About Boss Fights, Only One Of Your Friends Is The Boss

Falling somewhere between Left 4 Dead and Shadow of the Colossus, Outrise is a game currently in development that centres around co-operative battles against enormous bosses. The catch being that the bosses aren't AI; they're controlled by a human as well.

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Percy Street Is Breaking Out the Pappy

This Thursday, January 9th, Percy Street Barbecue will be offering several varieties of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon. At 5 p.m. they’ll be pouring six vintages of the highly sought after bourbon and rye. There will be one and two ounce pours that Percy Street promises “won’t break the bank.” Available to drink: 23 year 20…

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Wool Blend Smartphone Gloves

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Sad Alabama Fans: A Gallery

The best way to watch a dynasty end is to turn your head from the field, and look at the crowd.

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Hairy Ball Turns Into Hundreds Of Daddy Longlegs

Note: They're not spiders, they're six-legged Opiliones (aka harvestmen, daddy longlegs). Unfortunately, that doesn't make it any less terrifying. This is a furry looking clump that, when poked with a finger, produces nightmares (previously: this one). I dare you to eat something spicy then watch it right before bed. Wait -- did you just feel something on your leg? Thanks to Nicholas and IADM, who agree some furry looking balls are better left unpoked.



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Episode guide: 910- The Final Sacrifice

Movie: (1990) Searching for his long-lost father, a teen runs afoul of a devil-worshiping cult, then teams up with a beer-guzzling drifter.

First shown: 7/25/98 Opening: With the power shut down, the bots go looting Intro: Pearl decides to rule the world…one person at a time Host segment 1: Servo’s song–a tribute to Canada–goes horribly wrong Host segment [...]



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