NA) stands for not approved. All boards except for the Test Area are semi-moderated, which means that all posts by new members have to be reviewed and approved by a moderator. The (NA) marks a post that has not yet been approved, it is only visible to moderators of that board, and to the user who posted it. As soon as it is approved, everyone can see it, and the (NA) disappears.

FIRM stands for Flood Insurance Rate Map. Post-FIRM means built after the effective date of the initial Flood Insurance Rate Map for the community or December 31, 1974, whichever is later. See similar questions...

The Desert Institute Seminars is a post-graduate program that holds ongoing seminars in classical homeopathy. These are scheduled 3-4 times per year. See similar questions...

Innovation Centers help create new companies. Our goal is to help these companies start and then graduate into the real business world. If the client follows the support given by the center they have a much better chance of being successful when they are out on their own (Read Incubator Facts at right). Typically, a company will be ready to graduate in less than three years. Some will be ready to leave within one year. See similar questions...

If you submit a post without entering anything in the message box, the server usually assumes you made a mistake. If you *want* to post just a subject, without a message, then click the "no message, just post above subject" box when you enter your post. The subject will then have "(nm)", which stands for "no message", automatically added to it. Don't type it in yourself. If you click that box by mistake, any message you enter will be ignored. This isn't an option when starting a new thread. See similar questions...

If a post is marked as frozen, it means that a moderator has decided that no more edits will be allowed on that post. You can always create more new posts, however, and edit other non-frozen posts as well. See similar questions...

The Post-High School (PHS) score indicates that your student did as well as a high school graduate would have done on that grade-level test. It does not necessarily mean that your child can read and understand college-level reading material. See similar questions...

A gold star beside a message means that another person on the board thought that message was worthy of highlighting, as a way to point out the quality of the post to other members. The button to do this is inside each message and is called "Must Read Flag". To mark a post as "Must Read", click the "Must Read" button, located at the top of the post display screen: Note: You must be a contributing member to flag a post as "Must Read". See similar questions...

This means that your site is connected to another site by a partnership agreement. When we opened an account for you on the mother site and posted your information the networked site has direct access to that information. Nevertheless, you cannot logon to a networked site. See similar questions...

Well apparently it has to do with something called gene expression, which refers to the pattern in which genes are switched on and off. And gene expression has a major effect on your body's biological processes. Each cell in your body contains a 'power-factory' that produces energy, called the mitochondria. See similar questions...

The numbers in parenthesise indicate how many new topics (or posts) have been made since your last visit to the forums. Registered (anya, Camille, hudson702, Manuella, mindfreak, pharos, 1 invisible), 121 Guests and 51 Spiders online. See similar questions...

NO, the only degree required for certification is a bachelor's degree. However, the skills and knowledge usually developed in a graduate program (e.g., Masters of Accounting, Masters in Tax, MBA, law degree) may be very useful in helping CPAs to meet client demands. For this reason, the Massachusetts Society of CPAs strongly encourages a graduate education. See similar questions...

Technically, a graduate teaching assistant is a person who holds a graduate teaching assistantship and is obligated to the extent of teaching two three-hour courses per semester, or for the equivalent in laboratory classes, or for other forms of departmental assistance, except research assistance, amounting to a minimum of 12 clock hours per week. These assistantships are generally registered to academic units. For more information visit Graduate Education . See similar questions...

A student who fails to qualify for unconditional admission due to a less than satisfactory grade point average or test scores may be admitted on a conditional basis, provided, however, the student possesses a grade point average of at least 2.50. Students who still need prerequisites are also considered conditional. Conditional admission can be given only upon the recommendation of the school dean and the graduate dean. See similar questions...

Please visit NASA Glenn's University Programs page for information about possible opportunities. Please note that they are limited to US citizens. Computers and Software Can I get NASA software? If you are looking for a particular piece of software that you believe was generated at NASA Glenn, you might first try using our Software Source site. For non-Glenn NASA software, the best place to check would be our software distributor, the COSMIC program. See similar questions...

We provide regular Circle Evenings so that graduates can come together to get support form each other and the Academy and stay in touch. Postgraduate Workshops, Momentum evenings, Community Healing Ceremonies, and assisting as well as student clinics are all open to postgraduate students. See similar questions...