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Union rep visits

dvatakis — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:20:03 -0800

J1 visa- 2 yr home residence requirement

Aps — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:14:35 -0700

Hi Everyone,

I have recently been offered a postdoctoral position at UCLA. I have a few queries regarding the J1 visa paper work. Anyone who has gone through this, kindly help. Read more »

J1 to H1

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:23:44 -0700

Visa Issues

UAW Representation

sharonschen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:02:17 -0700

I was here 2 years ago when there was a huge letter writing campaign to dispute the UAW's petition to represent UC Postdocs (a petition that failed). They are at it again. Read more »

Squash or Racquetball...

Graham — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:57:46 -0700

If anyone is interested in playing squash or racquetball at the Woodden Center then post a reply here... Read more »

British Bacon

Graham — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 08:39:24 -0800

Would anyone be interested in bulk ordering British / Danish / Irish style back bacon from the internet?

The only back bacon I have found in LA is at the Santa Monica King's Head shop - but this is pretty bad AND it is frozen.

Companies online sell bacon but chilled shipping makes buying as an individual very expensive ($50 per lb). As a group though it is much cheaper ($13 for 10lbs). Here is one online retailer - I don't know if it is any good though.

http://www.britishbacon.com/bacon.htm

I contacted Farmer John to see why back bacon is not made here. It seems that back bacon is made from cured pork loin and is much more expensive to produce than streaky (belly) bacon.

Let me know if you would be interested in buying some - or if you know anywhere locally that sells it.

Graham

international phone plans / calling cards

Maija — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:10:48 -0700

Hi there,

Does anyone have any recommendations for international plans / calling cards, other than the standard plans that are available through the larger phone companies like Verizon, etc.?

Thanks,

Maija.

health insurance

surefirer — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:07:54 -0700

hi there, Read more »

USMLE Exams for foreign MD's - learning material?

rita — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:55:32 -0800

Hi everybody!

Since my last "visit" here there have been some chages. I'm working now here at UCLA as a postdoc. But, being a physician, I would like to make the exams here to be able to practice ... someday. Read more »

Good long distance movers?

arimokula — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:46:02 -0700

Who has tried any good long distance moving companies? I've been looking online, and there's so many of them. Are they all pretty much the same? I've heard of a company called budget van lines that compares different movers rates or something. But there are many sites like that:

http://www.zmoving.com/
http://www.movers-moving-companies.com/
http://www.freemovingquote.com/
etc

They all kind of look the same and seem to be offering the same thing. But they're going to be moving *my* stuff cross country after all, so I'm apprehensive about just letting anybody handle it (but I don't want to have to sell my kidney to afford it either). Been reading about my legal rights at protectyourmove.gov but I fell asleep two sentences in to it...can anyone just tell me a good mover they've used?? Thanks!

Recreational Soccer?

bobbypaton — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:08:03 -0700

Hi all,
Are there any regular opportunities to play casual soccer matches around campus and beyond?
Thanks for your help!
Cheers

Rob

J1 visa waiver timeline

sjoshi — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:44:13 -0700

Hello All,

I'm an Indian citizen, and a PhD from a U.S university. My department is looking at the possibility of getting a J1 visa for me. Read more »

SoPS Automated Account Deactivation Policy

ajay — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:38:25 -0700

Dear Registered SoPS Members,

For the SoPS user database to better reflect the population actively using the website, we have instituted an annual automated audit of inactive accounts. When not used for over a year, an account will go through the following phase-out steps.

STEP I: NOTIFICATION
Nine months after the last logged-in access to the SoPS website, each user will receive a notification that their account has been inactive for that period. This email will contain a link to the current policy on inactive-account deactivation.
NOTE: At this stage, the user may prevent further action simply by logging in to the website using their account id and password, within the next three months (i.e. a year from the last login date). If you do not want to keep the account, no action is required.

STEP II: TEMPORARY DEACTIVATION
The account will be temporarily disabled a year after the last login date. Temporarily disabled accounts can be re-activated by contacting the SoPS web team before they are permanently deleted.
NOTE: For reactivations, use the "Contact Us" link above and provide us with the account id and reason for reactivation. If you do not want to keep the account, no action is required.

STEP III: PERMANENT DELETION
Disabled accounts will be permanently deleted a year and half from the last login date. (Except for accounts of users who have created content -- these will remain in the database as disabled accounts to preserve the old content of the website.
NOTE: Once permanently deleted, the old account cannot be revived. If the deleted username is free, you may create a new account with your old username. If your old username was used to create content and therefore not deleted permanently, please follow the note in Step II to revive your account.

ERROR: We have received some reports that the first run of the notification program also notified people that had already been blocked (due to inactivity for over a year). This is an error in the software that we are trying to fix. We apologize for the extra email that those not interested in an account have received. If you are in this category and want to revive your account, please follow action noted in Step II.

Sincerely,

The SoPS Web Team

Postdoctoral Position Available at the USC Health Sciences Campus

Kyle — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:07:02 -0800

Our translational cancer research laboratory is located in the new Harlyne Norris Research Tower at the USC Health Sciences Campus. Dr. Read more »

getting rid of extra and old chemicals, do you want them?

annam — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:21:50 -0700

We are doing a chemical inventory and are getting rid of a lot of extra or old bottles of chemical (see list below). If you want them, please contact matynia [at] ucla [dot] edu.

Chemical (Rec'd) Read more »

Support scientific researchers who use animals

annam — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:04:22 -0700

http://www.ucla-pro-test.org/index.html Read more »

HUVEC

Rita1 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:29:31 -0800

We want to do tubular formation with HUVEC cells. We need some help to get started. Any help would be appreciated.

Seeking Webmaster to Join SoPS

alenarto — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:11:18 -0700

Please contact alenarto [at] ucla [dot] edu if you have computer and web skills and would like to join our team!

TUNEl staining

Cecilia — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:29:18 -0700

I am having some problems with TUNEL in kidney mouse frozen sections.
I have been using ROCHE kit. Read more »

O'Brien's FC Looking for Soccer Players for Competitive Over 30 League in Santa Monica

smbaca — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:49:10 -0700

Over 30?

Looking for a competitive and well organized soccer league in Santa Monica? Read more »