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Japan, U.S. evacuate citizens from China as virus spreads
Se Young Lee and Cheng Leng
BEIJING/SHANGHAI — The United States and Japan flew citizens out of the Chinese city at the epicenter of a new virus outbreak on Wednesday, as the death toll rose sharply to 132 and the first case appeared in the Middle East.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is confident in China's ability to contain the coronavirus, but concern is mounting as health authorities reported the number of confirmed cases had jumped by 1,459 to 5,974.
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Streets were deserted in many major cities as the number of deaths from the flu-like virus rose by 26 to 132, almost all in the province of Hubei, the capital of which is Wuhan, where the virus emerged last month in a wild animal market.
The central province of about 60 million people is under virtual lockdown.
"I was extremely worried that I was stuck there while the situation was changing very rapidly," said Takeo Aoyama, who arrived in Tokyo on a chartered plane carrying 206 Japanese nationals out of Wuhan, with more flights planned.
"I feel really relieved," Aoyama, an employee of Nippon Steel who was wearing a mask, told reporters at the airport in the Japanese capital.
Two of those evacuated had symptoms of pneumonia but a coronavirus diagnosis has not been confirmed, hospital representatives said later.
Concern is also growing over the impact of the virus on the world's second-biggest economy, with airlines cutting flights to China – British Airways is the latest to announce a suspension – and global companies curbing employees' travel there.
The gambling hub of Macau was virtually a ghost town, while malls and shopping centers in Asian capitals such as Bangkok were bare, with many who ventured outdoors wearing green or white masks.
Sectors from mining to luxury goods have been shaken by concerns about the possibility of a worst-case pandemic.
Hong Kong stocks took a beating on the first day of trading after the Lunar New Year break. Casino and financial stocks led the Hang Seng index 2.5% lower to a seven-month trough.
Regional markets, however, arrested their slide, with stocks in Japan, Australia, Korea and India steady or firmer and currencies mostly stable.
Chinese markets resume trade on Feb. 3.
"In our view, the worst is yet to come," Japanese securities firm Nomura said in a note, warning of a severe near-term blow to China's economy.
But in what could be a major step towards reining in the disease, scientists in Australia said they had developed a lab-grown version of the coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside China.
As infections spread, numerous countries are scrambling to get citizens out of Wuhan while, at the same time, hoping to keep the virus at bay.
A U.S. government official who declined to be identified told Reuters a U.S. charter plane had left Wuhan. It had 220 people aboard, a U.S. diplomatic source added, with 50 diplomats and contractors among them.
Australia said it would help some citizens leave and then quarantine them on Christmas Island, a remote speck in the Indian Ocean best known for housing asylum seekers.
U.S. officials said the White House was weighing whether to suspend flights to China in what would be a drastic measure to control the spread of the disease.
The White House is holding daily meetings on the outbreak and monitoring China-U.S. flights as a likely source of infections, sources briefed on the matter said, though it had decided against suspending air traffic for the time being.
The number of cases in China now exceeds its tally of 5,327 infected with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus that killed about 800 people globally in 2002 and 2003.
While some experts believe the new strain, known as "2019-nCoV," is not as deadly as SARS, alarm has grown over its rapid spread and many unknown attributes, such as how lethal it is.
Like other respiratory infections, it is spread by droplets from coughs and sneezes, with an incubation time between one and 14 days. There are signs it may also be able to spread before symptoms show.
Wuhan, with a population of 11 million, is racing to build two dedicated hospitals with 2,600 beds for victims, the official People's Daily said.
About 60 cases, but no deaths, have been reported in 15 other countries, including the United States, France and Singapore. Airports around the world are screening passengers from China.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) diagnosed its first four cases in a family from Wuhan, state news agency WAM said.
The WHO said person-to-person transmission has taken place, largely in Wuhan but also elsewhere in China and abroad, though the virus was too little known to allow a definite conclusion about the intensity of transmission.
(Reporting by Lusha Zhang, Gabriel Crossley, Tony Munroe, Huizhong Wu, Cheng Leng and Judy Hua in Beijing; Additional reporting by Michelle Nichols at the United Nations, Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Matthias Blamont in Paris, Akira Tomoshige in Tokyo; Writing by Stephen Coates and Robert Birsel Editing by Michael Perry and Clarence Fernandez)


Here's What Families Are Indicating About Medicare Supplement Plan.
They are under the impression that health insurance is something for older or maybe more affluent people. However, simply hoping not to fall ill is much from a wise strategy. This article will explain why it is very important to have medical health insurance.
When you consider registering for medical coverage using your employer, bear in mind your individual health status and this of your respective immediate family. If you will find no foreseeable or imminent health issues, you might feel that it must be appropriate to get insurance that may be less costly. While this could be cheaper initially, this can cause risks if problems develop.
Individual policies will often have higher costs than the group coverage made available from employers, so plan accordingly. You may have to acquire a policy with a higher deductible, less coverage, or both. Get a variety of quotes to get the best policy and rates.
When your eyes have issues, or vision problems exist in your home, then vision insurance proves a wise buy. A few of your visits and eye care purchases, like glasses or contacts, will likely be covered. Vision insurance policies are not mandatory, and several people lower your expenses money not having this particular coverage.
During each enrollment period, search for variations in your prescription coverage, co-payments and annual deductibles. Medical insurance carriers can change the types of medications they cover, so make certain not to join an idea that won't cover your prescriptions. Through taking a medication daily which is not covered anymore by your insurer, you may want to get a new insurance company — fast.
A more affordable alternative to comprehensive insurance policies are catastrophic coverage. Prescriptions and doctor's visits are paid by an intensive plan, while hospital and emergency care is protected by catastrophic medical health insurance.
Will not offer up information when someone from the health insurance agency is discussing the application form process. Only allow them to have the medical information they specifically demand. By volunteering extraneous details, chances are that they will note them inside your file as well as enhance your policy costs or deny coverage altogether depending on the information you provided.
Talk with the doctors and hospitals that you apply and ensure you will be able to keep planning to them under the insurance policies you pick out. It is possible to usually find this information in the insurance company's website.
For people who are young and healthy, and you should not visit the doctor frequently, a HSA, or Health Bank Account might be the way to go. Any dollars you save towards deductibles, premiums and copays can get saved within an HSA and applied towards future medical expenses.
With luck, the belongings in this article has given you pause enough to reconsider the things you thought about medical insurance. Your life may rely on the caliber of your health insurance. In the event it really matters most, it's far too late to further improve your plan. Plan in advance to help you meet your overall health care needs. As expensive as medical health insurance seems to be, are you able to afford not to be able to look after your wellbeing?.
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The very first hint of Shadowlands impending status came with a quest of sorts, on Rubi-Ka itself, that would work as a portal to other dimensions. Although very much related to the Shadowlands, this quest and item is gotten on Rubi-Ka, and is available to all levels, sides and professions.
Also note that the information below is only one way of getting this ring. The other option that lies before you is to complete the Nascence and Elysium tasks for Ergo. For characters over level 150 however, this is the path many opt to go since the ring will get you almost directly into the fray of the Mid-level areas as opposed to going the long way around starting at the beginning in Nascence.
The ring in question will follow you through Shadowlands and be a part of your endeavors there for some time to come. The following outline will only deal with how to get and assemble the ring while on Rubi-Ka - something that can be done whether you have Shadowlands installed or not - as well as any information pertaining to the future use of this mysterious ring.
During the first patches that enabled Shadowlands, this ring played a part in the transgression into the shadowlands, as you either had to pay a token and some credits to enter, or could forego the token if you had the ring. This has now changed with the token requirement removed, and the ring is not needed to enter the Shadowlands.
Alright, down to business. There's a new ...thing in town, called Ergo - Guardian of Shadows on Rubi-Ka. Not really in town either really, but placed in three areas on Rubi-Ka. In the deserts of Wailing Wastes in the Yuttos Encampment located at 550 x 550 you can find one of them, most suited for members of the clans. Omni-Tek personell will have to visit Great Omni-Forest at 1200 x 2800 in the Sunken Swamps, and neutrals can visit good ol' Ergo in Stret West at 1500 x 2700, East Last Ditch (close to Reets Retreat).
Have a look here for some more info on Ergo and what his mysterious Guardian of Shadows faction stand for. Ergo is a representation of himself on Rubi-Ka, as the name implies, and boy does the fellow have a weird appearance. Like a big hovering chunk of highly sophisticated metal.
"Yarr.. I used to be a member of Talking Heads but they kicked me out!"
Visiting Ergo's manifestation on Rubi-Ka is however not the first task on the menu. First we need four odd pieces of broken down gear, to offer him in return for the ring. These four pieces doesn't drop off a single 18 hour unique spawn one by one, as one would expect by now, but the harsh truth isn't that far away either. These items drop from any "normal" mob in any of the unique dungeons scattered about, except the Temple of Three Winds, or Inner Sanctum. That means, any non-boss mob in The Abandoned Subway, Steppes of Madness, Foremans, Cyborg Barracks, Smugglers Den, or Camelot, have a potential to drop one of the four pieces.
As you would expect, why hunt the higher mobs when you can wipe the floor with the grey mobs of the lower-leveled dungeons? The problem of course is that everyone else tends to think in around the same lines, so these dungeons can be mighty camped and anything moving or spawning will be annihilated within a fraction of a second - be prepared for a cozy couple of hours worth of camping.
The rings also come in different strengths, from +1 to +7. Depending on your level, Ergo will give you either a +1 or +2 ring from your first encounter, The +1 Ring grants you passage to Elysium, while the +2 ring grants you passage to Scheol. Do not worry however, these rings will upgrade in Shadowlands, so if you do happen to get the +1 one, abide your time.
The various strength rings have different names too, where the +1 ones are Insipid and the +2 ones are Caliginous, and so on. In Shadowlands, you will be able to update the rings further in strength.
So what do these rings do? Quite simply, boost your skills, almost all of them. Any ring will give you a bonus to 1-4 base abilities according to your unit group (example, Soldiers get bonuses to Strength, Stamina, Agility and Sense - while Engineers get a bonus to Intelligence). Further, combat skills or tradeskills get boosted equally, still according to Unit affiliation where Soldiers would get a bonus to Assault Rifle, Burst, Full Auto etc., while an Engineer would get a similar bonus to tradeskills and nanoskills. In addition, all the rings seems to give xp rewards, up to 7%, and some even have NCU modifiers, heal/nano delta, nanoresist, various evades etc. And last, there's a little AC involved also, "tailored" to your unit.
Also, to aid you in your quest for the playfields, Ergo will give you the equipment needed to survive in these brutal lands, such as the scubagear for Adonis and the goggles for Penumbra.
All in all, the rings are customized to your profession, or rather unit. Some of this is bound to fail horribly no doubt, and we can only speculate about the motivation of placing some of the professions together. As a quick example, MetaPhysicists are grouped with Adventurers in these ring's unit system, and thus get bonuses to Agility and Sense, Vehicle Water, Concealment, Tutoring ... "typical stuff" your local MetaPhysicist can't have enough of.


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St Pancras Church is a small church situated in the middle of the Guildhall Shopping Centre in Exeter. The majority of the church dates from the thirteenth century, although the font is eleventh century. The church probably occupies the oldest Christian site in Exeter, and is usually open on weekdays.  The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.

History
It is not known when St Pancras' Church was constructed though the dedication to Saint Pancras indicated that it may have been of Anglo-Saxon origin. Records cited a Saxon-style archway in the construction which was later removed during renovations. The church was first mentioned in 1191 but most of the building work dates to the 13th century. The church underwent several periods of use and disuse between 1658 and 1831. In 1831, the chancel arch was destroyed and replaced with a plain one which stood until John Loughborough Pearson renovated the church to rebuild the original arch. Pews were also added to the church. In 1906, when the nearby All Hallows Church was demolished for road widening, St Pancras received its Jacobean pulpit and medieval memorial tablets. In the early 20th century, the Bishop of Exeter considered closing St Pancras and uniting it with another parish but due to the church hosting worshipers from churches that had been bombed during the Second World War, the church remained open with the Victorian pews later removed. A house that had been built up against the church and blocked out a window in the 1930s was removed during 1969 due to a shopping centre being built around the sunken church.

In 1953, English Heritage granted the church grade II* listed building status. The reason for the grant was because St Pancras was a good example of a small medieval urban church that managed to maintain a lot of its original medieval fittings and fixtures.

See also
List of ecclesiastical restorations and alterations by J. L. Pearson

References

Further reading
Orme, Nicholas (2014) The Churches of Medieval Exeter, Impress Books, ISBN 9781907605512; pp. 153-54.

External links
 St. Pancras Church

Exeter
Churches in Exeter
Exeter
J. L. Pearson buildings

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Jamaican Bat Guano and Cave Preservation
Jamaica Caving News
Jamaican Caves Organisation
JCO - Main Page
Contact the JCO
The caves of Jamaica, like other caves around the world, face threats to their physical structure, their biodiversity, and the paleoclimatic and fossil records that they preserve. The damage being done to these ancient, underground systems has one source and that is us. The ways that humans cause damage to caves may be broadly grouped into two categories: external and internal.
External factors are activities such as removal of forest cover on, and upstream of, the caves. Deforestation on the land immediately above the system affects the temperature and humidity of the cave below. Deforestation and inappropriate agricultural practices upstream of hydrologically active systems can result in the filling up of the cave with silt. A good example of the latter is Farmyard Cave in Rock Spring. Within a generation, it has become entirely filled and no longer exits as an accessible cave. Because the site is part of the main upstream feed to Printed Circuit Cave (aka Rock Spring), choking of the cave by silt has caused changes in above-ground drainage patterns, and flooding now occurs where it hadn't in the past.
Internal factors in the destruction of Jamaican caves are excessive human visitation for the purposes of tourism, and most importantly in Jamaica, mining for bat guano. Unfortunately, many people are unaware that the caves of the island are habitats for more than bats. Caves that have rich deposits of guano contain many unique invertebrates, which are only found in Jamaican caves. The guano is the base of the food chain, and when it goes, so do all the invertebrates.
Much of the biodiversity of the caves of Jamaica is dependent on bat guano as the primary food source. The wholesale removal of the bat guano results in the elimination of not only the bats that made it (through repeated disturbance of a creature that lives on the metabolic edge and is easily driven over that edge), it also results in the elimination of almost every species that lived on it. The cave is effectively sterilized, and although some of the original bat species might eventually return (in reduced numbers), the invertebrates that were lost are gone forever. I invite any wholesalers, retailers, or buyers of Jamaican Bat Guano to join me in a visit to Bristol Cave if you doubt this. Where there was once a colony of tens of thousands of bats, where there was once a great variety of troglobytic invertebrate species, there is now nothing, thanks to guano mining (and Deacon Thwaites, who was responsible).
As well as supplying a habitat for living creatures, old guano deposits contain a record of the climatalogical conditions of the island that extends back for thousands of years. The guano has been laid down in a series of strata, with each containing records of the flora and fauna outside of the cave that the resident bats consumed, which were in turn set by the climatic conditions of the day.
Guano also contains the fossilized remains of ancient creatures that stumbled in, or were washed in, to caves. Several important discoveries of Quaternary (Neogene) mammalian species, now extinct, have occurred in Jamaican caves.
Physical damage to formations, and bone breccia [1], is unavoidable during the mining process. Speleothems (stalactites, stalagmites, helictites) are delicate. They do not withstand abuse well. Their importance is two-fold: First, they are beautiful, and rare. Second, as with the guano deposits, they contain records of past climatic conditions.
To summarize, there is more to be found in the caves, and the guano, than just a fertilizer that will likely be used for the production of recreational drugs - remove the guano, and you remove tens of thousand of years of Jamaica's history and much of the life that still exists there. The damage is irreversible.
The current biological status of the source caves for the commercially available Jamaican Bat Guano found at hydroponic and gardening stores across North America is unknown, but prudence suggests a careful survey to ensure that the cave systems remain healthy.
Caves, as well as being beautiful, are wonderful biological islands capable of creating their own endemic species, archives of our planet, and are in great need of our protection.
Before purchasing any bat guano fertilizer, one must consider the true need, and the consequences, of using such a product.
[1] Journal of Karst and Cave Studies, Aug 2002
Cave biota videos (non-Jamaican)
(Please excuse this next part... it is a direct attempt to have this page do well in the Search Engines and thereby combat the desecration of the Bat Caves of Jamaica by merchants dealing in Jamaican Bat Guano)
Removal of Jamaican Bat Guano damages Jamaican Caves; Jamaican Bat Guano should never be used for commercial purposes; Jamaica Bat Guano is sold as an organic fertilizer by unscrupulous retailers, that will be used in growing Ganja; Jamaica Bat Guano should never be bought or sold; Jamaica Bat Guano contains paleoclimatic records; Jamaica Bat Guano contains fossils; removing Jamaican Bat Guano will result in the elimination of the Jamaican bats that produced the deposits; Jamaica Bat Guano can carry histoplasmosis and can be hazardous to your health. To summarize, if you buy Jamaican Bat Guano you are helping to destroy the bat caves of Jamaica.
Introduction to Jamaican Caves and Sinkholes

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We love getting to go to Homeschool conferences. It's usually a great time of learning from speakers and also learning by getting our hands on books and curricula we've been wanting to check out. The kids always love getting to come too, when we are able to bring them. We were super thankful to find out that our local one allows children to come.
Before we could get on the road we needed to pick up two big kids that had a late night baby sitting job (and so had just spent the night).
We really wanted our older kids to enjoy the speakers and hear from some men that we had learned so much from in the past. We were so glad they had that opportunity. Since Daddy was actually helping out a bit at the conference that left me hanging out with the littles quite a bit.
We also met up with several friends making it extra fun for all of us.
I think we may have had a bit too much fun in the vendor hall. Our kids sure love books and we are always happy to supply good quality reading materials. I enjoyed seeing their excitement over picking out new biographies to read together this year, or the excitement over seeing that a favorite author had a new series out. Some kids had made requests before going and so had been assigned the job of looking for those items; they took those jobs very seriously.


1) AHRQ, Grant # 1R18HS023458, "Simulation Based Training to Enhance Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology." September 2014 to August 2017. Co-investigator.
2) NIH, Grant # R 01 CA158925-01, "Integration of Endoscopic and CT Data for Radiation Therapy," April 2013 to March 2018. Principal Investigator.
LCCC# 1413 (IRB# 14-1795): De-intensification of Radiation and Chemotherapy for Low-Risk HPV-related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Principal Investigator.
LCCC # 1612 (IRB # 16-1477): P53 mutational status and circulating free HPV DNA for the management of HPV-associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Cancers. Principal Investigator.
LCCC # 1430 (IRB# 15-1781): Phase Ib trial of Dose-escalating AZD1775 in Combination with Concurrent Radiation and Cisplatin for Intermediate and High Risk Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). Principal Investigator.
Marks L, Mazur L, Chera B, Adams R. Engineering Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology. Productivity Press. March 27th, 2015. ISBN: 9781482233643. 328 pages.
Higginson DS, Cahlon O, Chera BS. Chapter 5: Advanced Laryngeal Cancer, pg 57-72. Target Volume Delineation for Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. New York, NY. Springer. 2015.


In Silver Lake, a census designated place in Warren County, New Jersey, packaged liquor may be sold between 11:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, and between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Packaged beer and wine may be sold between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, and between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday.
Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve, packaged beer and wine may be sold until 3:00 a.m.
Alcoholic beverages may be served in bars and restaurants between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., any day of the week.
Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve, alcoholic beverages may be served until 3:00 a.m.
Source: Hope, N.J., Code ch. VI.


As a Christian university, the nursing major at Bob Jones University strongly upholds Christian values as part of the core curriculum. Unlike many nursing schools offering the Bachelor of Science with a major in nursing major of 2 years, Bob Jones offers 3 years of nursing courses. Students are formerly accepted in the upper division phase as early as the freshman year and as such start on nursing courses early. This unique plan allows students to acquire many and unmatched clinical hours during their preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam.
Candidates must have completed the first year of preparatory courses at Bob Jones with a GPA of 2.5 and pass the NLN Pre-Admission RN exam. The suitable candidates must also be ready have an interview with the department chair prior to formal admission to the next 3 years of nursing courses.
Charleston seeks to integrate Christian values into the practice of nursing; a move evident in their traditional 4-year nursing curriculum. The university employs a 1+3 approach to nurses training that enables early admission of students to the nursing major to take nursing and clinical courses. With the 1+3 curriculum, students are first admitted to complete the set of liberal arts and general education during the first year prior to gaining eligibility to apply for the next 3 years for the major. Students must apply for the major towards the end of the freshman year, usually in the spring semester ahead of the fall admission dates. Since admission is very competitive, the ideal candidates must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher in addition to minimum SAT or ACT scores of 440 and 18 respectively.
At Clemson University, students interested in the undergraduate Bachelor of Science in nursing are admitted directly in the nursing major. This eliminates the need of a supplementary application usually common in other universities. Upon admission, students spend the first two years in foundational and liberal arts courses. This is then followed by progression to the junior and senior years where students take nursing and clinical courses. Most clinical courses at completed at the Clemson's Clinical and Learning and Research Center with the state-of-the-art simulation center. Upon admission in the major, students can decide to take minors in Psychology, Spanish or Sociology. There are is also the option of taking a Leadership Certificate Program. Beyond the classroom, students can become involved in the Students Nurses Association or take study abroad sessions.
The baccalaureate of nursing degree at Francis Marion University is fully accredited by the NCLAC to offer a preparatory program for the NCLEX-registered nurse licensure exam. The university has a 2+2 curriculum whereby students take the first two years completing 59 credit hours in lower division coursework. One semester prior to completion of lower division courses, students can apply for admission for the 2-year of upper division courses. Preferred candidates must have a cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0 and science prerequisites GPA of 2.6 to be eligible to apply for this phase. During the next 4 semesters of study in the nursing major, students get clinical experience in a range of health care settings. Francis Marion has two admission dates for nursing major for the Fall and Spring semesters.
Lander University provides a small and well compacted department of nursing that helps students become competent nurses through individual student attention. The undergraduate program leading to a bachelor of nursing degree is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Students start the 4-year journey as freshmen by taking general education courses and some support courses. Formal admission into the nursing major occurs in the sophomore level where students start on professional nursing courses. While taking the major, nursing majors may combine courses from numerous minors including health care management, Spanish, Child and Family studies and Sociology among others.
Through partnership with Lexington Medical Center, Newberry College offers a 4-year undergraduate baccalaureate nursing program for non-licensed students. This full time program is well structured into lower division and upper division courses. As a university with a Christian background, the curriculum of the nursing track embraces Christian traditions along with the main nursing curriculum. Students are only admitted in the nursing major upon completion of the lower division phase and maintaining at least a 2.75 GPA and taking the TEAS V test. Even though the college accepts transfer students in the major, traditional Newberry students are given priority in admission. It is however important to note that application to the nursing major is a separate process and meeting the minimum admission requirement does not guarantee admission into the BSN.
The Bachelor of Science in nursing degree at SCSU is a 4-year full time program fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. This generic nursing track is one among the three undergraduate options of completing the BSN along with the registered nurse completion track and the Licensed Practical Nurse advanced placement option. The generic track is designed for students that start as freshmen and have no prior nursing experience. Graduates are expected to serve the health care need of rural communities in accordance with land-grant universities commitment. The ultimate objective of the program is to enable students apply and write the NCLEX-RN registered nurses exam to become licensed nurses.
South University offers an undergraduate nursing curriculum leading to the award of a bachelor of science in nursing degree. The program at Columbia campus is a replica of other many other nursing tracks of South University offered at 9 states across the US. First, freshman students are admitted into the university on a general basis to complete a set of prerequisites courses. Application to the nursing major of the track is open to only students who have successfully met the minimum requirements from the prerequisite courses. As a limited admission program, meeting the minimum requirements or admission to take the lower division courses does not guarantee students admission to the nursing major. By the end of the 4-year curriculum, graduates become eligible to take the NCLEX-RN exam to become registered nurses.
The Bachelor of Science in nursing at USC-Columbus is a 2 tier program designed to train entry-level registered nurses. The 4-year track starts with lower division courses involving foundational nursing and general education courses. The lower division curriculum must be completed before students become eligible to apply for the upper division nursing. However, it is good to note that admission is very competitive and not all students who complete the lower division courses are admitted to the professional nursing phase. Upon admission to the nursing major, students combine class work with clinical and simulation lab practical sessions. Students can also develop more skills at a number of nursing centers and institutes at the university including the Breast Cancer Research Center, Health care Process Redesign Center and the Center for Nursing Leadership.
USCA provides a generic Bachelor of nursing program that prepares students to take initial licensure as registered nurses. The 4-year track is fully approved by the state's board of nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Students must start by completing the general education coursework so as to become eligible for courses in the nursing major phase. Generally, ideal applicants to the major are traditional or transfer students who have attained a minimum GPA of 3.0 on prerequisites courses. For the generic track, USCA offers two admission dates for classes starting January and August.
Since its inception in 2007, the baccalaureate nursing degree at USC-Beaufort campus has continued to draw interests from a large number of students. This full time 4-year degree program is accredited by the CCNE to offer a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree. The pre-licensure track accepts applications from students who have or are in the process of completing their pre-nursing requirements. Applicants must have completed at least 40 lower division credits towards the end of fall of sophomore level with a minimum GPA of 2.75 to be eligible to apply for the major. Applications for the major are accepted once annually for nursing core classes beginning spring each year. While undertaking the major, students can join the USC-Beaufort Students Nurse's Association to enjoy growth in their nursing career.
The Bachelor of Science at USC-Upstate is designed to prepare students for the NCLEX-RN exam. The program, a full time 4-year track is fully accredited by CCNE and is offered at Spartanburg and Greenville campuses. Since admission is very competitive, only students with high GPA's are ranked for selection. Close to 300 applications are received on each application cycle but only 112 are picked each fall and spring semesters. Candidates picked for the nursing major usually have a GPA of 3.0 or higher in contrast to the minimum required GPA of 2.75 for admission. Students admitted as freshmen can only take lower division courses from Spartanburg campus but can choose either campus for the major. While in the nursing program, students can apply for induction in the Mu Rho chapter of Sigma Theta Tau international honor society for nurses or the National Student's Association. Student nurses can also carry-out research in the Center for Nursing Research and Scholarship.


A decent accounting system will help you keep track of your cashflow and give you the option to complete GST Returns easily. We support all of the main desktop and cloud accounting packages including packages such as Xero, MYOB, Quicken, Cashflow Manager, Saasu and Reckon.
Choosing the right system for your business can be a difficult one - after all there are over sixty different accounting packages available in Australia. Here at Clarke McEwan we have invested considerable resources into on-going staff training to ensure we are able to recommend the best accounting solution for your business.


Plants in my garden are carefully chosen. I do not have any extra space for plants that do not produce lots of food or flowers that I can cut. Lilac does not fit my usual plant profile– it needs a fair amount of space, produces a few flowers very briefly once a season, does not look very good when it is not in bloom and needs to be pruned before July 4th in this area if you want it to produce flowers the following year. Regardless I have a Madame Lemoine lilac bush, tucked in a back corner near where extra pots and tools are stored. It is essential because it's short lived blooms bring me so much pleasure. The warm weather yesterday resulted in an explosion of full, sweet smelling white blooms.


Take a look at our Wishlist. Downloadable version HERE (the list is updated frequently).
Donate equipment and supplies. We are still looking for gently used items to keep our footprint low, so if you work in a lab, please consider sending us anything on this list that your lab has accumulated but no longer needs or uses. We are grateful for gently used and functional equipment on our wishlist but will accept other items as well, including certain consumables that require refrigeration. Use the form below to let us know what you have to donate. We will contact you immediately to discuss the details and arrange for a shipment. In-kind donations by the end of 2017 are particularly appreciated.
Please check off all items you think you can donate at this time. This need not be your final list, but it will give us a sense of the scale of your donation.
By doing so, you would save us valuable finances to put towards other equipment that we do not receive via donations.
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Expect 22°C daytime maximum temperatures in the shade with on average 5 hours of sunshine per day in Eritrea in August. Check more long-term weather averages for Eritrea in August before you book your next holiday to Eritrea in 2019/2020. The August weather averages shown above are for Asmara.
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The average maximum daytime temperature in Eritrea in August is a warm 22°C (72°F). The average night-time temperature is usually a cool 12°C (54°F). There are usually 5 hours of bright sunshine each day, which represents 42% of the 13 hours of daylight.
Expect 151mm (5.9 inches) of rainfall across the whole of August with 9 days with some rain falling. Maximum UV levels will be extreme (11+ UV index) at midday when the skies are clear.
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Women in Science and Engineering Symposium
Create What You Wish Existed
4-star returns to 1st assignment for WiSE keynote address
By Susan A. Romano, AFTAC Public Affairs
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The U.S. Air Force's third-ever female 4-star general returned to her first assignment to deliver keynote remarks at the Air Force Technical Applications Center's Women in Science and Engineering Symposium Sept. 7, 2016.
Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, opened the 3-day symposium with a speech that reflected on her time as an engineer, dating back to her high school days in 1972 and leading up to her first assignment as the chief of mass spectrometry for AFTAC in 1984.
"When I was in high school, my dad made me take a drafting class and encouraged me to pursue a degree in engineering," said Pawlikowski. "I'll be honest with you – if you've never had to take a drafting course, you're lucky. Of all the classes I've ever taken, drafting is not on my list of favorites!"
After high school, Pawlikowski earned her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1978 from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, a school very close to where she grew up. While she was on the path to both academic and professional success, she discussed the uphill climb she had in a field dominated by men.
"As many of my school girlfriends were taking music and chorus and home economics classes, I was in a class with all men. I felt very alone and isolated, and oftentimes not welcome. My girlfriends and I would meet up at lunchtime in the cafeteria and I wouldn't be able to share in their conversations. It was tough for me. It wasn't until I got to college and joined ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) that I truly felt part of a team, part of something big, and part of something that made me feel like I really belonged."
AFTAC leadership extended an invitation to the AFMC commander to serve as the WiSE keynote speaker not only because of her background and expertise in engineering, but also because of her connection to the nuclear treaty monitoring center.
"I was thrilled when I learned I received an assignment to AFTAC's McClellan Central Lab in California," the general said. "Here I was, a very young lieutenant, given the chance to put my T-square and blueprints expertise to work! And what made it even more gratifying was the fact that I was part of an exciting, vitally important mission."
AFTAC's WiSE Symposium is in its third year and has grown from 14 speakers and panelists its first year to 34 in its third. The event encourages diversity in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by providing inspirational presenters and engaging discussions for both women and men in and outside the federal government.
Much to the delight of symposium attendees, an unexpected speaker surprised the audience on day three of the event. Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, who was in town visiting the 45th Space Wing to observe the launch of the Atlas V, treated the guests to some words of wisdom and encouragement.
"I'd like to share a few lessons I've learned on how to be successful," James said to the standing-room-only crowd. "The first is to be ethical. While as a leader I am comfortable making a decision based on an 80 percent solution, I will never compromise my ethics. That has to be 100 percent all the time. The second is the importance of a mentor. I encourage you to seek out a good mentor; invite someone you respect to have a cup of coffee. You'll find most people love talking about the subject they care most – themselves! The Air Force has a great program called 'MyVector' where you can be paired up with leaders who share your passion and interests. But do you best to seek diversity in your network."
Other distinguished speakers included Sue Gordon, deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Kay Spears, vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin; Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition; Maj. Gen. Heidi Brown, director of Global Operations, U.S. Strategic Command; Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amy Courter, former National Commander and Chief Executive Officer of Civil Air Patrol; and Dr. Jarris Taylor, deputy assistant secretary for Air Force Strategic Diversity Integration.
This year's theme, "Breaking the Norm," was created to help guide the symposium's numerous discussions and breakout sessions in the direction of how professionals can work to dispel myths and outdated mores that women are not 'normally' found in STEM fields.
Dr. Alison Tamasi, a radiochemistry team lead in AFTAC's Ciambrone Radiochemistry Lab, volunteered as a moderator, helped craft questions for a panel, and attended several presentations and breakout sessions. "I truly enjoyed the whole symposium," she said. "The networking opportunities were world-class, but it was also amazing to meet women I looked up to and hear that they faced some of the same difficulties I have. Supporting women in STEM is something that everyone needs to have a vested interest in, not just women; otherwise the culture will never change."
According to AFTAC's WiSE program coordinator, the symposium planning team that put it together had multi-faceted objectives the group wanted to achieve.
"We need to inspire diversity of thought through STEM outreach," said Maj. Mandi Fuller, a space program manager with AFTAC and program coordinator for the 3-day event. "As an organization, we also need to gain an international perspective and leverage global strengths in STEM fields and replicate them. By doing so, it will give us the ability to establish mentoring and networking opportunities to future support career growth in these highly technical and demanding career fields."
Fuller added, "As women, we need to share success stories and lessons learned from women and men, particularly those in education and industry, which in turn will help shape the future of the STEM career fields within the Department of Defense. I'm extremely pleased with what we have been able to achieve with this year's event!"
More than 250 people attended the 2016 WiSE Symposium, and AFTAC plans to continue to host the event for years to come.
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Forgotten Worlds for Sega Genesis features a planent once beautiful destroyed by aliens using fire, bombs and naplam. You play as a Supreme Warrior of incredible power and energy and you make it your business to reclaim the planet for the humans. Face the fists of Iron Warlord. Dodge the Scorching breath of Dust Dragon. Blast Zipper Worms, Reptilian Thugs, Spydrobots and the acid-belching Paramecium. Survive the fiends and bizarre creatures of seven different levels to face the King of Aliens - the War Tyrant.


This album was originally released in 2010, but only became available worldwide in March 2012 through the usual internet outlets: although a promotional copy has only just found its way to Fireworks and Rocktopia for review.
Magentic formed in Israel in 2003 as a standard tribute band, but then began crafting their own progressively orientated material with diverse influences and in 2006 began work on their debut album. Four years in the making, concept album 'In The Dream' is a 23-song set spread over two discs. When I saw they were a progressive band with shared male and female lead vocals I was eagerly anticipating something along the likes of Mostly Autumn. Sadly not!
Several styles such as Rock, Punk, Funk, Grunge and Classical are all incorporated into the Magentic sound, which creates a variety of moods, but also gives the music an overall cluttered and disjointed feel. Throwing in some occasional off-kilter vocals and lyrics that range from odd to weird to often downright bizarre doesn't bode well for an enjoyable listening experience – and I couldn't even begin to explain the storyline running through the album; but with song-titles like 'Slap The Monkey To Sleep' and 'Raging Hormones And Surging Endorphins' it's probably best not to try. I know it wouldn't be progressive music without pushing some boundaries, but there are just too many extreme diversities within the music for it to work as a whole. Certain parts of the music are entertaining enough, but then they're counteracted by parts that are just plain irritating, and come across as too damn smug for their own good.
Disappointing is the only way I can summarise an album that on the face of it seemed to have plenty of potential.
Yeah, Magentic. I tried, I really tried to get into this. There are occasions I enjoy reflective, world music. In my opinion Ion's Immaculada (a side project of metal master Duncan Patersen of Anathema and Anti-Matter,) is a glorious, beautiful collection of music that is both soft and reflective. Difference is, on Ion's releases, the feel of the opening track continues throughout the CD's entire playing time drawing the listener into what it is the songwriter is trying to convey. Here, I got lost, with so many styles, vibes and tempos.
A concept album that "....tells a story about love and alternate realities in a world where there's nothing money can't buy," In the Dream opens with "Some Day," where the female and male voices of Dorin Mandelbaum and Boaz Peleg do a sort of accapella warble of vocal pitches and volumes. Tough to sit through at first, but within a few moments a soft piano comes into view, and then the song becomes quite beautiful - gentle, relaxing and easy on the ears. But then track 2 comes along, "Morning, Part 1," and I just had to take off the headphones. Jarring, with it's arpeggio beats and a give and take between different guitar riffs, the vocals were presented into a spoken, quicken pace type, that becomes more than one can listen to. Track 4, "Human, Part 2," didn't fare much better, as it sounded like all the instruments were in a footrace all trying to get to the finishing line first. I gave up quickly. Track 9, "How Nice..." featured classical guitar that played along nicely with a soft bass guitar adding a great underscore.
"My Precious," "In The Dream," the Beatles-esque "What's Real," (with what sounded like an accompaniment of cellos,) were strong and the closing track, the short 1:49 minute "Some Day We Will Fall In Love," was touching with some heartfelt lyrics, (....some day our hands will join, and holding hands will make our fears subside, our warmth flowing back and forth, from my hands to yours and from yours to mine. You fill the places fear likes to find.....all we have to do is some day fall in love..." This truly was a beautiful track, that I did listen to several times.
Comparing themselves to King Crimson, and Pink Floyd may be a bit of a stretch. I could hear influences of Kayak and early Genesis in their songs, but this was tough to listen to in one take. Way to much going on, way to many styles to throw at a listener at once and the end result is the CD doesn't play out nicely. It quickly becomes convoluted. Dorin Mandelbaum - vocals, flute, Boaz Peleg - vocals, guitar, Uri Katvan - guitar, Erez Aminpour - bass, vocals, all very talented indeed but this was just way to much of everything.


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Multifunctional periodic system of chemical elements, the best PC implementation of this well-known system. It provides an exhaustive information on each element (more than 30 data types for each chemical element) and special built-in calculator to balance the most complicated chemical equations. The program offers a lot of extended features such as supporting database of chemical reactions, giving different periodic system presentations etc.
This 3D graphics editing tool can be easily used for molecule creation. Falco Molecule is a 3D graphics editor for molecule creating. You can use this OpenGL editor in order to generate chemical molecules Key features: 1. Creation of Atoms. 2. Selecting, Rotation, Scale, Moving. 3. Free Camera Rotation. 4. Object Manipulations.


Deep Tissue Massage aims to release the chronic patterns of tension in the body through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on the contracted areas, either following or going across the fibres of the muscles, tendons and fascia. A deep-tissue massage helps loosen muscle tissues, release toxins from muscles and get blood and oxygen circulating properly. The areas of the body which require most attention will be given most time.
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Team names that were fitting and appropriate
What's in a name? Some are better than others, and here are the 10 greatest sports nicknames of all time.
10. "The Hogs"- Washington Redskins-1980s
The Hogs proved that offensive lineman are sexy, making perhaps the largest grassroots marketing campaign in the history of the National Football League. Jeff Bostic, guards Russ Grimm and Mark May and tackles Joe Jacoby and George Starke gave a face to the Hogs and fullback John Riggins allowed the Redskins to win SB XVII in 1983 over the Miami Dolphins, 27-17.
9. "The Big Red Machine"- Cincinnati Reds-1970 to 1976
These Reds were in fact Big – Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey, Sr., and Tony Perez gave opposing pitchers big headaches. They were Red – they got dirty, and the white shirts and pants did not often stay that way in games with Pete Rose and George Foster running wild around the bases. They were a machine under Sparky Anderson – they were well coached, played 63 All-Star games as a group and had in their ranks three Hall of Famers, six NL MVPs, four NL HR Champs, three NL Batting Champs and 25 Gold Glove winners.
8. "No Name Defense"-Miami Dolphins-1972
They have a great nickname, and they would have been higher on the list, but only half of the team was represented. Great defensive players like Jake Scott, Dick Anderson, Bill Stanfill and Nick Buoniconti did have names and gave offensive coaches no answers in sight. I bet every defensive coach since '72 has made a reference to the D that allowed the only perfect season in NFL history.
7. Miracle Mets of '86- New York Mets-1986
The Mets dominated the National League and were on the breach of a dynasty which could have racked up the World Series, but maybe the Miracle was that team won one world series and then broke apart due to off the field troubles.
6. "Fab Five"-University of Michigan-Men's Basketball-1991-92/1992-93
This group was larger than basketball and gave a much-needed boost to college basketball in the early '90s. Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Ray Jackson and Jimmy King truly changed the game of basketball and the social makeup of America. The long baggy shorts, the black socks with the black shoes, the swagger, the run and gun offense and defense even carried over to NBA and made the "old school" fresh.
5. Murderer's Row-New York Yankees-1927
Imagine if you were a pitcher and staring at Babe Ruth and MVP of the '27 season, Lou Gehrig, back-to-back, would you just walk both of them? The "5 o'clock lightning" was simply the best team of the pre-modern era. The "5 o'clock lightning" nickname was given due to games starting at 3:30 and teams experienced a jolt of lighting by the row of murder.
4. "Bad boys"- Detroit Pistons-1989-1990/1990-1991
Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman, John Salley and "good cop" Joe Dumars were hated, but one of the greatest teams to ever take the court. They played tough, dirty and hard and certainly played up to the hype as the "Bad boys." Al Davis gave them black jerseys – complete with skull and crossbones – and the rest is history.
3. Dream Team-USA Men's Olympic Basketball-1992
No team in the history of sports was ever more of a sure thing in 1992. The IOC allowed professionals to play in 1992, and this made sponsors extremely happy, as the marketing of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, David Robinson and Patrick Ewing made a great nucleus, which could not have been beat by any team in the history of basketball.
2."Show time"-Los Angeles Lakers-1986-87
The Lakers were truly great entertainment, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, A.C. Green, Byron Scott, Michael Cooper and goggles-wearing Kurt Rambis providing an offense that was truly show-stopping. Johnson put up nearly 24 points a game. With Abdul-Jabbar running around the court, the highflying Lakers won the NBA championships in five games against the Boston Celtics and only lost two games in the playoffs. Pat Riley was the mastermind of the whole operation.
1. "Steel Curtain"- Pittsburg Steelers-1970's
While the infamous defense represented only four members of the Steelers, never did a nickname say so much in two words. The "Steel Curtain" was the best defense to hit the National Football League and did almost the impossible: made Pittsburg desirable to live in. The cool thing about the nickname was it was made by one of Pittsburgh's own. Gregory Kronz, a ninth grader, named the team based on a term coined by Winston Churchill. "Mean" Joe Greene, L.G. Greenwood, Ernie Holmes and Dwight White gave quarterbacks and running backs nightmares.


As a student on Avondale's Sydney campus you'll find a range of facilities available to make studying easier. In addition to classes and tutorials in the new Clinical Education Centre, Avondale's nursing program gives students access to a wide range of nursing resources through Avondale Libraries, and includes opportunities for practical placements in the Sydney Adventist hospital.
Avondale's Nursing Discipline is located in the Clinical Education Centre on the grounds of the Sydney Adventist Hospital. Opened in 2013 as a joint teaching space for Sydney University's Clinical School and Avondale's Nursing degrees, the Clinical Education Centre is equipped with modern teaching facilities to enhance student learning.There are two clinical nursing laboratories in the Clinical Education Centre which are equipped with models, manikins and nursing equipment. A simulation laboratory containing manikins for specific training exercises is also available on campus.Students have the opportunity to undertake their planned learning experience within the clinical areas of the Sydney Adventist Hospital as well as other hospitals and health card facilities throughout New South Wales. Advanced nursing students can also arrange clinical placements in major teaching hospitals in Sydney or rural and remote locations across Australia.
The Sydney branch of Avondale Libraries is located in the Clinical Education Centre on the Sydney campus and caters specifically to nursing students.The library provides an extensive collection of print and electronic resources in nursing and the health sciences, including the Tom Ludowici Bioethics Collection. Current Avondale students, staff and alumni are eligible for free membership, as are University of Sydney clinical students and Sydney Adventist hospital staff.
The common rooms in the Clinical Education Centre, library and residences contain desktop computers that are available for student use. Printing, scanning and copying facilities are available in the library and in residence common rooms. Students with their own devices can connect to the Avondale wi-fi network in the Clinical Education Centre.


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Archives and Historical Agency Internship
INTERNSHIP WORKSHOP NOVEMBER 21, 2019 1:30-3:00
Internship Coordinator: Sarah Crabtree, Science Building, 272, (415) 338-1604, e-mail: slc123@sfsu.edu
For some people, the study of history will lead to a career in an historical agency such as an archives or museum. "Public History" is the term applied to the work of agencies that preserve historical documents and artifacts for the purpose of making them available to an interested public. For the student planning a career with an historical agency, or for the student who wants to become more familiar with the functioning of an archive, an internship can be a valuable learning experience. History 680 and 880 are the Department of History's internship courses; 680 is for undergraduate credit, 880 for graduate credit. These courses became a part of the curriculum in order to provide students both the opportunity to supplement their classroom learning with on-site experience and also the opportunity to apply things learned in the classroom in an actual work setting. History 680 and 880 are different in several ways from most other course offerings. There are no regularly scheduled class meetings. Instead, the student earns academic credit for learning while working at an historical agency in the Bay Area. The internship is simultaneously a work experience and a learning experience. Students who wish to undertake an internship with an historical agency have a number from which to choose. For example, in the recent past, student interns have worked in the following institutions:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Sutro Library
J. Paul Leonard Library Special Collections.
The Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability
National Park Services in the San Franciso Area
- The Presidio
- Golden Gate National Parks Conservatory
- Golden Gate National Recreation Areas
San Francisco Archives and History Room, Public Library
Holocaust Center of Northern California
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California
Emma Goldman Papers, Berkeley
The National Archives at San Francisco
Oral History Center at the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
The preceding list should be considered only a partial list of suggestions. Students are encouraged to explore the possibility of working at other archives and museums which fall into their field of interest. Internships in museum work, historical editing and historic preservation are also available. The intern coordinator may also have other suggestions. The Career Services Office also has a great deal of information on paths to internships and employment.
While there are no course prerequisites for enrollment in History 680/880 beyond that which apply to all upper division courses or graduate courses, the department will not assign a student to an internship if the student lacks the necessary background to do well in the assignment. Appropriate preparation for an internship will vary from one assignment to another, but in most circumstances, undergraduate students should be at least second semester juniors and should have taken some courses relevant to the position they seek. The research methodologies taught in History 300 are necessary for nearly all assignments. Graduate students should have completed History 700. Other useful courses for typical internships include History 450, 426, 427, and 428. All students must have a 3.0 GPA in their major field.
Read more details on internships and History 680/880, including course requirements, structure, placement, etc.
Read More on the Internship and Student Testimnoes through our F.A.Q Page: Here
Forms and Additional Information
Work Agreement (pdf)
Preliminary Placement Form (pdf)
The website Beyond Academe seeks to educate historians about their options outside of academe. Beyond Academe also provides detailed assistance to historians who are looking for jobs outside of the academy.


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U.S. Opens Door To Russian Steel
By Agence France-Presse U.S. and Russian officials concluded two days of trade talks Nov. 19 by signing a steel agreement that partially lifts anti-dumping laws against Russian producers. But the two sides reported little to no progress over other trade liberalization issues that if resolved would allow Russia to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), with Moscow sticking to its refusal of a quick freeing of prices in its energy sector. The steel deal, signed by U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Faryar Shirzad and Russian Deputy Economic Trade and Development Minister Maxim Medvedkov, allows Russia to export an additional 200,000 tons of slab steel annually to the United States, Russian officials said. The two sides also initialed an agreement, which could be signed in Paris next month on the sidelines of an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) meeting, that would see Russia export up to 40,000 tons annually of plate and other partially processed steel to U.S. markets. The second agreement, however, will only take effect if three Russian steel majors -- Severstal, Nosta and Magnitogorsk (MMK) -- meet U.S. requirements for lifting their export prices to market levels defined by the U.S. Commerce Department. "Russia has not only been a partner and advocate in supporting the U.S. proposal to eliminate worldwide government subsidization to the steel industry, but has demonstrated great leadership by putting forth a plan of reform for its domestic steel industry," Shirzad said. Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2002


We have been waiting for it for a long time. Snow crust. And when it finally arrives, we are stuck with everyday life, stuck until the sun starts melting it away and all seems lost. Or is it? A forecast promising a few cold nights fuels our optimism. A few days after, we're on our way, Håkon and I, on a winter summit attempt. By bike.
It's late before we manage to get above the tree line and to the foot of the mountain. The snow is not very cooperative, to say the least. The crust gives way more or less nonstop and we have to push our bikes. All. The. Time.
Worn out after riding from the springlike conditions down in town and up to the receding winter landscape 750 meters higher up, the last kilometers on rotten snow fills us with doubt regarding whether it is possible to scale the mountain or not. The thought of another 450 meters of vertical climbing to the summit stops us in our tracks. Instead, we settle for camp, hoping to wake up to a fresh crust in the morning.
And indeed, early morning does reveal a thin snow crust. The summit attempt is on. Barely. At this point, the percentage that we actually have been riding our bikes in the mountain range is probably less than three percent. No wonder Håkon sports a broad smile when we finally can ride our fatbikes. But it is to no avail. The crust is melting in front of our eyes.
It's a shame to turn around, but it would be the pinnacle of stupidity to continue. At least, that's what we thought.
Iron horses on display. A Vision LTD as well as a trusty Surly Pugsley. At this very moment, we have aborted the summit attempt.
Even if we have to walk most of the way down the mountain, we manage to increase the percentage distance cycled to at least 5 percent. Oh, joy.
We decide to camp at the edge of the mountain range to recover from our failure. After a long evening around the campfire, Håkon chooses to spend the night alongside the fire, while I enjoy the comfort of my brand new Hilleberg Soulo tent.
We awake next morning to a crust thick enough to carry an elephant and can't help feeling slightly disappointed about our decision to turn back the day before.
This is where this little blog post easily could have ended, if it wasn't for the very fact that the cold comes back the week after. Whether its due to bad memory or shortsighted naivety is hard to tell, but I can't help giving it another go, perhaps fueled by the thought of having to wait another year.
I start early in the morning and hope the crust won't melt away before I have cycled the fifty kilometers up to the mountain range. Unfortunately, I'm on my own. Håkon couldn't make it this time.
Arms and legs aching after the brutal climb up to the edge of the mountain range, I enjoy catching a few rides on the crust before it indefinitely melts before my eyes. It's back to pushing again.
I summit many hours and 400 vertical meters later in the last remnants of daylight.
Then, next morning: A virgin crust fresh from the nights freezing cold. And instead of 5 percent riding and 95 percent pushing, it's the other way round.
That's one fat summit attempt.
Another great post. Love the images.
Thanks, Mike, glad you enjoyed it!
Really looking forward to go bikepacking with you this winter, Joe. I need to give those pogies some action soon!
Just ran across your site… your photography is superb! Look forward to following. Cheers.
Thanks a lot, and ditto – I have been lurking around your site lately and love it.
I'm impressed at your willingness to set up amazing shots like the 2nd from last when are solo! Always love your photography.


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using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using NUnit.Framework;
using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Persistence;
using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Dtos;
using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories.Implement;
using Umbraco.Core.Scoping;
using Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers;
using Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers.Entities;
using Umbraco.Tests.Testing;

namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence.Repositories
{
    /// <remarks>
    /// v9 -> Tests.Integration
    /// </remarks>
    [TestFixture]
    [UmbracoTest(Database = UmbracoTestOptions.Database.NewSchemaPerTest)]
    public class DocumentVersionRepository_Tests_Integration : TestWithDatabaseBase
    {
        [Test]
        public void GetDocumentVersionsEligibleForCleanup_Always_ExcludesActiveVersions()
        {
            var contentType = MockedContentTypes.CreateSimpleContentType("umbTextpage", "Textpage");
            ServiceContext.FileService.SaveTemplate(contentType.DefaultTemplate);
            ServiceContext.ContentTypeService.Save(contentType);

            var content = MockedContent.CreateSimpleContent(contentType);

            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            // At this point content has 2 versions, a draft version and a published version.

            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            // At this point content has 3 versions, a historic version, a draft version and a published version.

            var scopeProvider = TestObjects.GetScopeProvider(Logger);
            using (scopeProvider.CreateScope())
            {
                var sut = new DocumentVersionRepository((IScopeAccessor)scopeProvider);
                var results = sut.GetDocumentVersionsEligibleForCleanup();

                Assert.Multiple(() =>
                {
                    Assert.AreEqual(1, results.Count);
                    Assert.AreEqual(1, results.First().VersionId);
                });
            }
        }

        [Test]
        public void GetDocumentVersionsEligibleForCleanup_Always_ExcludesPinnedVersions()
        {
            var contentType = MockedContentTypes.CreateSimpleContentType("umbTextpage", "Textpage");
            ServiceContext.FileService.SaveTemplate(contentType.DefaultTemplate);
            ServiceContext.ContentTypeService.Save(contentType);

            var content = MockedContent.CreateSimpleContent(contentType);

            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            // At this point content has 2 versions, a draft version and a published version.
            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            // At this point content has 5 versions, 3 historic versions, a draft version and a published version.

            var allVersions = ServiceContext.ContentService.GetVersions(content.Id);
            Debug.Assert(allVersions.Count() == 5); // Sanity check

            var scopeProvider = TestObjects.GetScopeProvider(Logger);
            using (var scope = scopeProvider.CreateScope())
            {
                scope.Database.Update<ContentVersionDto>("set preventCleanup = 1 where id in (1,3)");

                var sut = new DocumentVersionRepository((IScopeAccessor)scopeProvider);
                var results = sut.GetDocumentVersionsEligibleForCleanup();

                Assert.Multiple(() =>
                {
                    Assert.AreEqual(1, results.Count);

                    // We pinned 1 & 3
                    // 4 is current
                    // 5 is published
                    // So all that is left is 2
                    Assert.AreEqual(2, results.First().VersionId);
                });
            }
        }

        [Test]
        public void DeleteVersions_Always_DeletesSpecifiedVersions()
        {
            var contentType = MockedContentTypes.CreateSimpleContentType("umbTextpage", "Textpage");
            ServiceContext.FileService.SaveTemplate(contentType.DefaultTemplate);
            ServiceContext.ContentTypeService.Save(contentType);

            var content = MockedContent.CreateSimpleContent(contentType);

            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content);

            var scopeProvider = TestObjects.GetScopeProvider(Logger);
            using (var scope = scopeProvider.CreateScope())
            {
                var query = scope.SqlContext.Sql();

                query.Select<ContentVersionDto>()
                    .From<ContentVersionDto>();

                var sut = new DocumentVersionRepository((IScopeAccessor)scopeProvider);
                sut.DeleteVersions(new []{1,2,3});

                var after = scope.Database.Fetch<ContentVersionDto>(query);

                Assert.Multiple(() =>
                {
                    Assert.AreEqual(2, after.Count);
                    Assert.True(after.All(x => x.Id > 3));
                });
            }
        }

        [Test]
        public void GetPagedItemsByContentId_WithInvariantCultureContent_ReturnsPaginatedResults()
        {
            var contentType = MockedContentTypes.CreateSimpleContentType("umbTextpage", "Textpage");
            ServiceContext.FileService.SaveTemplate(contentType.DefaultTemplate);
            ServiceContext.ContentTypeService.Save(contentType);

            var content = MockedContent.CreateSimpleContent(contentType);

            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content); // Draft + Published
            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content); // New Draft

            var scopeProvider = TestObjects.GetScopeProvider(Logger);
            using (scopeProvider.CreateScope())
            {
                var sut = new DocumentVersionRepository((IScopeAccessor)scopeProvider);
                var page1 = sut.GetPagedItemsByContentId(content.Id, 0, 2, out var page1Total);
                var page2 = sut.GetPagedItemsByContentId(content.Id, 1, 2, out var page2Total);

                Assert.Multiple(() =>
                {
                    Assert.AreEqual(2, page1.Count());
                    Assert.AreEqual(3, page1Total);

                    Assert.AreEqual(1, page2.Count());
                    Assert.AreEqual(3, page2Total);
                });
            }
        }

        [Test]
        public void GetPagedItemsByContentId_WithVariantCultureContent_ReturnsPaginatedResults()
        {
            var contentType = MockedContentTypes.CreateSimpleContentType("umbTextpage", "Textpage");
            contentType.Variations = ContentVariation.Culture;
            foreach (var propertyType in contentType.PropertyTypes)
            {
                propertyType.Variations = ContentVariation.Culture;
            }
            ServiceContext.FileService.SaveTemplate(contentType.DefaultTemplate);
            ServiceContext.ContentTypeService.Save(contentType);

            var content = MockedContent.CreateSimpleContent(contentType, "foo", culture:"en-US");
            content.SetCultureName("foo", "en-US");

            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content, "en-US"); // Draft + Published
            ServiceContext.ContentService.SaveAndPublish(content, "en-US"); // New Draft

            var scopeProvider = TestObjects.GetScopeProvider(Logger);
            using (scopeProvider.CreateScope())
            {
                var sut = new DocumentVersionRepository((IScopeAccessor)scopeProvider);
                var page1 = sut.GetPagedItemsByContentId(content.Id, 0, 2, out var page1Total, 1);
                var page2 = sut.GetPagedItemsByContentId(content.Id, 1, 2, out var page2Total, 1);

                Assert.Multiple(() =>
                {
                    Assert.AreEqual(2, page1.Count());
                    Assert.AreEqual(3, page1Total);

                    Assert.AreEqual(1, page2.Count());
                    Assert.AreEqual(3, page2Total);
                });
            }
        }
    }
}

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A former employee of the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Masonic Temple has been charged with stealing $225,000 from the lodge's catering facility.
From today's Morning Call:
A former employee at the Bethlehem Masonic Lodge facing charges of stealing more than $225,000 from the organization has admitted to the thefts and plans restitution, his attorney said at a hearing Wednesday.
John D. Lindemuth, 48, faces the charges in Northampton County Court after giving up his right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez. His attorney, Norman E. Blatt Jr., said Lindemuth has "candidly" admitted to the thefts and is working on a plea bargain with prosecutors that will include restitution.
After the hearing, Lindemuth declined to comment. He remains free on $150,000 unsecured bail on charges of theft and receiving stolen property.
Authorities say Lindemuth, of the 1400 block of Holland Avenue in Bethlehem, had confessed a total of three times to taking money from the lodge. In the most recent thefts, police said the total amount taken was more than $225,000.
According to court records:Lindemuth began working at the lodge in 2008 and a year later, took over as supervisor for the banquet facility.
Court records say he took petty cash in 2009, but returned it before anyone noticed.The following year, Lindemuth also started skimming money and Masonic officials discovered it during an audit. The lodge determined $55,000 was missing and Lindemuth admitted taking the money. He was permitted to stay as long as he paid back the funds.
But, authorities say in 2010, Lindemuth started playing the lottery and again began skimming money. Police said he booked banquets in 2011 and 2012, but did not schedule the events and kept the money.
In 2011, Lindemuth again admitted the thefts, but was allowed to stay on and repay the funds.
This past August, lodge officials suspended Lindemuth when he was confronted with a third set of thefts.
Posted by Christopher Hodapp at Wednesday, April 17, 2013
gotham77 Wed Apr 17, 11:39:00 PM 2013
This is fascinating because it's the third time he was caught. The article makes vague references to "playing the lottery" so I'm guessing he has a gambling addiction. He was caught not once but twice already, and in an impressive (and perhaps overzealous) display of Masonic principles the brethren took pity on him and not only didn't press charges, but actually let him keep his job on the condition he pay back what he stole. Sadly he didn't take those opportunities to get himself any help, and I don't see how the building association can continue to afford to trust him to do the right thing without the force of law.
Garden City Lodge, Newtonville, MA