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Terrorism will live on our collective memories as 2015 comes to a close, but much more took place last year. Here we take a look at major global events in chronological order.
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2015: The year in news
As we enter a new year, let's take a look back at the most memorable moments of 2015.
Two masked gunmen storm the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and kill 12 people, including the editor, cartoonists and two policemen; five are wounded. It terrorises the world, but prompts hundreds of thousands of Parisians to take to the streets in defiance of extremism. The world joins the demonstrations in person and online as "Je suis Charlie" becomes a symbol of support for freedom of expression and the West's way of life.
The wing of a TransAsia passenger jet clips a bridge, causing the plane with 58 people on board to crash into a river in the Taiwan capital, killing 31 and injuring 15. The freaky accident is caught on video.
Cyclone Pam, a category 5 tropical storm, hits Vanuatu, killing 11, forcing thousands to seek shelter and destroys 96 per cent of food crops. Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale blames climate change and begs the world to help rebuild his nation. Gunmen in military uniforms storm Tunisia's national museum, National Bardo Museum, in the Tunisian capital. The dead include 17 foreigners, including an Australian and people from Japan, Italy, Colombia, France, Poland and Spain.
A Germanwings jet crashes in the French Alps during a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf after the co-pilot, 28-year-old German Andreas Lubitz, locks the pilot out of the cockpit and deliberately sends the plane into a steep dive; all 144 passengers and six crew are killed
The migrant crisis in the Mediterranean shocks the world when a boat carrying 850 refugees capsizes while attempting a crossing from Turkey to Greece. The boat is carrying migrants from Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Eritrea, Somalia, Bangladesh and Ivory Coast and for the next few days the world watches horrified as the death toll rises from 400, to 700 and finally "more than 800" and more boats sink and more people drown, prompting the European Union to take notice.
A massive earthquake hits Nepal, killing nearly 4000 people as it tears through large parts of the country, toppling office blocks and towers in Kathmandu and triggering a deadly avalanche at Everest base camp.
It is the quake-prone Himalayan nation's worst disaster in more than 80 years. It doesn't stop the federal government cutting aid to the country the following month on the same day as a second deadly earthquake hits the Himalayan nation, killing 40 and injuring 1000 – non-disaster relief aid for Nepal is cut from $33.9 million to $26.8 million in the 2015 budget. On the ground, Australians join the relief and reconstruction effort.
In British elections, Prime Minister David Cameron and the Tories win a second five-year term with a resounding majority. The Tories outperform even their own expectations by winning a majority of seats, while Labour and the Liberal Democrats suffer bitter losses. Labour leader Ed Miliband and Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg resign as a result.
Catholic-majority Ireland legalises same-sex marriage in a national referendum. The country's paradigm shift does not happen by accident. It is the result of a calculated 10-year campaign for equality by gay activists and the coincidental decline of the Catholic Church.
The following month, the US Supreme Court legalises gay marriage across the country, extending a shift already present in some US states. The world begins to tally the countries for and against the new order, but Australia's then prime minister Tony Abbott digs his heels in.
A Chinese cruise ship Oriental Star capsizes in the Yangtze River; only 14 survive out of the 456 people on board. The next day a heatwave in India kills more than 2000 people, but the Western world is distracted by the US Congress ending its National Security Agency's mass collection of phone records of Americans. In the same month, White supremacist Dylann Roof opens fire in a Charleston, South Carolina, church killing nine. US President Barack Obama grows exasperated at the frequency wth which he needs to front his nation after gun crimes. Mentioning Australia's gun laws, the President laments his country's violence: "This doesn't happen in other countries," he says.
Still in June, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death and gunman Seifeddine Rezgui, 23, fires on holidaymakers at a beach resort in Tunisia, killing 38 and adding to terrorism fears around the world.
Greece misses a key debt repayment deadline to the IMF, as Grexit becomes part of the media lexicon and Greeks at home and abroad being to panic about their own finances. The "Greek crisis" dominates the headlines.
A historical month in more ways than one. The US and Cuba agree to open embassies in each other's country, ending more than 50 years of hostility, but the lifting of sanctions will take longer.
A majority of Greeks vote against budget cuts proposed by the country's creditors in a national referendum, extending the Greek crisis. Then Iran and the West reach a historic nuclear deal, that will see Iran's capacity to develop nuclear weapons substantially curbed.
A huge explosion rocks a chemicals warehouse in the port of Tianjin in China, killing 114 people; about 70 remain missing, including 64 firefighters. A few days later a bomb explodes at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine, killing 20 and injuring 123 others. The Greek crisis continues with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' resignation manoeuvre – he calls for fresh elections. It works. He is re-elected the following month and Europe averts a major financial crisis.
The world weeps when the body of a drowned migrant toddler is found on a Turkish beach. The death of Aylan Kurdi, as he was later identified, sees a renewed resolve in some quarters to help Syrian refugees, but also sparks renewed debate over the role of other European countries. Progressively, border fences are erected throughout the Schengen territories. Canada, Australia and the US also announce expanded refugee intakes.
Scientists identify a new member of the human family tree called Homo naledi, based on fossils found in a South African cave. A massive 8.3 magnitude earthquake hits Chile; while only five are killed, 1 million are forced to evacuate their homes as the Chilean government remembers criticism of its handling of the 2010 earthquake. Hundreds of pilgrims are killed or injured during a stampede near Mecca in Saudi Arabia during the Haj festival.
At the end of the month, Russia enters the Syrian conflict by beginning air strikes in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. While the world debates Vladmir Putin's motives, the Syrian refugee crisis continues unabated.
American gunman Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, opens fire in Umpqua Community College in Oregon, killing nine and wounding seven and prompting more despair from Barack Obama but no gun-law reform. A mudslide kills hundreds in Guatemala, but it's a US air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that grabs most media attention. It kills 12 medical personnel and seven patients. US officials later admitted the hit was a mistake.
In the same month, terrorists kill about 100 people in the Turkish capital, Ankara, during a peace rally, the bombing is a setback for security in the region.
At the same time, the world seems charmed by Justin Trudeau as he and his Liberal Party win Canada's parliamentary election, 47 years after his father first held the office of prime minister. Within a few days he names his cabinet, 50 per cent of which is made up of women. When asked why, he responds: "Because it's 2015."
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan and the surrounding countries, killing 364 people, most of them in Pakistan. China announces it will end its one-child policy, a new two-children law comes into place on January 1.
A Russian passenger Metrojet plane is blown out of the sky in Egypt 20 minutes after take-off, with an Islamic State-affiliated group claiming responsibility for killing all 224 people on board.
The dam of the BHP Billiton-Vale Samarco joint venture mine in Brazil burst, taking with it millions of cubic metres of tailings from Samarco's iron ore operation. By late December, the death toll had been raised to 17 with two still missing.
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD party win the country's general election in a landslide, ending decades of repression. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou hold the first leaders' meeting since the two countries split 66 years ago
France is again shaken to its core when multiple gun attacks and suicide bombings kill 130 people in a Paris atrocity claimed by Islamic State. Borders are temporarily closed and the focus shifts to homegrown extremists in Paris and Brussels. As an immediate consequence, France starts air strikes on IS in Syria, joined by the US.
Terrorism rolls on with jihadists killing 27 people in the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, after holding 170 people hostage.
Turkey shoots down a Russian warplane over Syria, claiming it strayed into its territory, which Russia denies; the pilot and a rescue helicopter pilot are killed, with Russian President Vladimir Putin vowing retribution on Turkey. Media commentary turns to talk of a return to Cold War.
Muslim couple Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, open fire on his work colleagues at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding more than 20. The attack only adds to xenophobia whipped up by politicians, including Republican candidate Donald Trump who's made xenophobia an ingredient of his campaign for a nomination to the Republican ticket at next year's US presidential election.
Some good news finally hit the headlines when a historic climate change agreement is adopted in Paris by 195 countries to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
The year closes on a somewhat fearful note, with European cities on high alert following terrorism threats, arrests and the cancellation of New Year's Eve celebrations in Brussels on the grounds of a possible attack.
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FOR some years now the federal Department of Agriculture has been trying to convince Long Islanders that research conducted at its mystery-shrouded Plum Island Animal Disease Center, while vital to protecting the nation's agricultural industries, was hardly top secret or cause for alarm.
As the Department of Homeland Security prepared to formally take over the laboratory today,, there was every expectation that the curtain of secrecy would close tighter than ever.
This time the secrecy will be official, and indeed a matter of law, because the Department of Homeland Security has a mandate to conduct classified research. Some people say that this could push the laboratory in a new, ultra-hush-hush direction, and that any of the 200 or so administrators, scientists or employees who say too much about what goes on at the 850-acre island, which is less than two miles off the North Fork, will risk committing a criminal act.
All of which made it even more surprising that the homeland security official who will be in charge, Dr. Maureen McCarthy, the acting director for research and development in the department's science and technology directorate, said last week that openness and closer community ties were a high priority.
''Public involvement is absolutely critical for us,'' Dr. McCarthy said. ''It is critical for us to hear and address the concerns of the local community as we develop our plans and move forward.'' She said she would support creation of a community advisory board as ''an integral element of how we need to do business.''Continue reading the main story
The pledge, which Dr. McCarthy said in an interview would extend to including local as well as state and federal officials in emergency preparedness for the island, came as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Representative Timothy H. Bishop told the homeland security secretary, Tom Ridge, in a May 27 letter that better communications would be vital to allay community concerns.
''We believe that it is absolutely imperative for us to get off to a positive start by establishing open lines of communication between the department and the surrounding community and public from the moment of the transfer,'' said the letter, which noted residents' ''longstanding concerns about the safety and security'' of the laboratory and the readiness of local communities to respond to an emergency.
Senator Clinton and Representative Bishop were to have met with Secretary Ridge last month to discuss the transfer. But the meeting was pre-empted by Mr. Ridge's announcement of an elevated terrorist alert.
In their letter, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Bishop urged Mr. Ridge to reject any plan for a Biosafety Level 4 designation for Plum Island. This would allow scientists there to study the most virulent toxins and viruses and the so-called zoonotic diseases, which can pass from animals to humans and can kill both.
''Any upgrade would potentially jeopardize the safety of the millions of residents residing in surrounding communities,'' the letter said.
Dr. McCarthy dismissed the possibility that there were plans for Biosafety Level 4 labs on Plum Island, the highest security classification. ''I can state definitively that we have no plans, either near-term or long-term, for BSL4 containment labs,'' Dr. McCarthy said in a telephone interview from her Washington office. She also said there are no plans to study mad cow disease at the lab.
But Dr. McCarthy said the Biosafety Level 3 labs now operating, where Agriculture scientists study foreign animal diseases, fulfilled an immediate and critical need for homeland security. ''Scientists at Plum Island are using them now,'' she said. ''We intend to be a part of that research in accordance with our mission.''
Officials of both the Agriculture and Homeland Security Departments said last week that Plum Island scientists would continue to conduct the same kind of animal disease research done at the laboratory since its beginnings in 1954, when the island was designated as the only place in the country for the study of foot-and-mouth disease.
What will change, Dr. McCarthy said, was that research would be refocused on what she called countermeasures to agri-terrorism, or ways to prevent, respond to and quickly recover from an intentional introduction of an animal disease in the United States. .
Agriculture Department scientists on the Plum Island staff, who will remain employees of that department, would play a leading role in that research, she said. ''There are not a lot of scientists who have been working in these areas,'' she said.
Dr. McCarthy said that security for Plum Island would now become the responsibility of the Homeland Security Department, although it would work with the Agriculture Department, in what she described as a strategic partnership, to review what needs to be done. She said there were no plans for a permanent no-fly zone over the island, which has been requested by at least one local group.
In February, more than 500 residents attended a public meeting convened by Senator Clinton and Representative Bishop to discuss safety concerns at Plum Island, which was then in the middle of a labor dispute, and the coming transfer to the Homeland Security Department. The audience applauded and cheered when Senator Clinton, complaining about the lack of information about what the transfer might mean, said the Bush Administration was using the threat of domestic terrorism to ''create a secret government in the United States'' that was unreasonably withholding information from the public. The two officials and residents who spoke expressed fears that safety on the island had plummeted after unionized employees who maintained and operated the laboratory struck in August 2002 over wages and working conditions.
The private company holding the maintenance contract, LB&B Associates of Columbia, Md., brought in replacement workers, and a series of accidents, including power failures and security breaches, followed. The strikers, members of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 30, eventually agreed to drop wage demands but were locked out by the contractor.
LB&B, which has since formed a partnership with an Alaskan Indian group to meet Agriculture Department contract bidding requirements, has insisted that the replacement workers are capable and well trained.
But a striking worker and former Local 30 shop steward, Martin Weinmiller of Middle Island, said last week that replacement workers were not up to their jobs. ''They are untrained, unskilled and unqualified,'' he said. ''Conditions are so deplorable I got a call from one of the scabs asking how we could get the union back on the island because that's how bad it was.''
In their letter to Mr. Ridge, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Bishop also criticizedthe use of replacement workers, calling on Mr. Ridge to federalize the work force and rehire the some 70 strikers.
The letter also said that ''serious questions have been raised about inadequate safety measures on Plum Island that cast doubt on the ability of the island to continue to function as a top-notch research facility.''
''Well-documented security breaches have escalated fears that Plum Island could be vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack that could undermine the security of our nation's food supply,'' said the letter, which urged Mr. Ridge to heed findings of a security audit the General Accounting Office is expected to complete soon.
''A meaningful security overhaul of Plum Island will go a long way towards reassuring residents and protecting both the physical safety and economic stability of Long Island,'' the letter said.
The letter also said that despite complaints from volunteer fire department officials and medical workers that the laboratory had done nothing to prepare them for dealing with an emergency on the island, ''no real steps'' had been taken for training since the February meeting.
Dr. McCarthy said her department would expand on the security improvements the Agriculture Department made three years ago. She said a review of security policies and procedures was planned and that the department would communicate with local officials and emergency personnel about training and preparedness.
She said that while the department was ''committed to managing the facility in the most safe, secure and cost-effective manner that we possibly can,'' she could not say whether maintenance and operations workers would be federalized and whether strikers would be returned to their jobs. ''It would be premature for us to make that kind of commitment,'' she said. ''I can tell you that we are examining all options.''
Dr. McCarthy visited Plum Island last month (she will continue to maintain her office in Washington). She did not respond directly to a question about whether she found substandard conditions on the island during her visit. ''There is a need for attention to the capital facilities,'' she said. ''There will need to be additional improvements there.''
Mr. Bishop applauded the Homeland Security Department for ruling out Biosafety Level 4 labs and promising greater openness. ''That's welcome news,'' he said. He said he was gratified that Dr. McCarthy had expressed willingness to consider the option of rehiring of the striking workers as federal employees. ''I will be urging that she make that the option,'' he said.
Asked for a reaction for Dr. McCarthy's comments on Tuesday, Mrs. Clinton's office had no immediate response.
Dr. Michael D. Ruff, the director of homeland security for the Agricultural Research Service, an arm of the Agriculture Department, described the island's new status as a property transfer. He said the Agriculture Department would remain responsible for security procedures within the Biosafety Level 3 labs, including the control of pathogens. ''The Department of Homeland Security will do physical security of the island, guards and that sort of thing,'' he said.
Asked for his understanding of how Homeland Security would use the laboratories for in the future, he said, ''I have absolutely no idea what they are going to decide to do.''
Another agriculture official, Dr. Henry S. Parker, the Agriculture Research Service's associate director for the North Atlantic area, said that with the transfer, the Department of Homeland Security became a landlord leasing space to Agriculture Department researchers. ''They are the landlord, and they would have the ultimate say over the use of the space,'' he said. The Plum Island operation has an annual budget of about $22.5 million.
A new coalition, Concerned Citizens for Safety and Security of Plum Island, has joined Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Bishop in pressing for more information. ''The general public certainly has not been in the loop,'' said Debra O'Kane, the executive director of the North Fork Environmental Council in Mattituck, a founder of the coalition. ''We just want to make sure that local residents have a chance to weigh in. And we're hoping that the lines of communication stay open.''
Ms. O'Kane said Dr. McCarthy's pledge of openness was reassuring. ''It sounds like they are heading in the right direction,'' she said. But she said a protest rally would still be held as scheduled on June 8.
Others said concerns about the transfer were overstated and possible benefits had been overlooked. David Kapell, the mayor of Greenport, said he hoped the transfer would mean increased federal investment in the laboratory, to the benefit the village. Asked if people in the village were expressing apprehension about what the shift in ownership might mean, he said: ''I haven't heard that at all, not in my community.''
Mr. Kapell said he accepted the need for secrecy on Plum Island. ''I cannot imagine that the federal government would share all the information,'' he said. ''It would be inappropriate. On the other hand, I take it as a matter of faith that they will have the level of security that is appropriate for the activities that would be occurring.''
''You are talking about extremely sensitive national security, and why would they want to make that public?'' he said. ''An argument could be made that we would be better off if they didn't make it public. There has to be an element of faith in the thing.''
Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton of the Town of Southold, the nearest town to the island, said: ''I feel like this shift is happening very quickly, and I get the sense that even our federal legislators don't have a complete handle on this undertaking. I'd like some more information.''
Paul Connor III, the chief executive officer of Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, the nearest hospital to Plum Island, said that in recent months Plum Island officials had met with hospital staff members to discuss the hospital's role in an emergency. He said a second meeting had been planned.
Mr. Connor had said at the community meeting in February that the hospital was ill-prepared to deal with an emergency and that information from lab officials was difficult to get.
''Now we have their cooperation and attention, and we are on a path to be able to include each other in our emergency plans,'' he said last week.
He said he was concerned that these gains not be lost when Homeland Security takes over.
''To the extent that they are going to be conducting research on new viruses, we need to be prepared on a one-by-one or mass casualty basis,'' he said.
He said the need to know became paramount if zoonotic diseases ---- diseases that can kill animals and humans -- were studied on the island. ''Some zoonotic diseases begin with flulike symptoms,'' he said, and hospital medical staff members who treat anyone infected need to know the risks so they can protect themselves and other patients.
While Dr. McCarthy emphasized that existing research would continue at the laboratory, she did not rule out future research on pathogens not now studied at the lab.
She also did not rule out zoonotic diseases. ''We have no plans to do zoonotic at this point,'' she said.
If Mr. Kapell found no apprehension in Greenport, residents in Orient, a hamlet farther to the east and nearer Plum Island, felt differently. ''I think it's absolutely safe and noncontroversial to say that the residents of Orient, living as close as we do, are terribly concerned about the safety and security of the island,'' said Anne Hopkins, the president of the Orient Association. ''The transfer to Homeland Security doesn't fill me with any kind of confidence. It's basically an unknown.''
''I remember learning about Plum Island,'' said Ms. Hopkins, who moved to Orient in 1978. ''And I learned to be wary of it, and, of course, the secrecy has always added to it.''
Asked if she thought the secrecy would now increase, Ms. Hopkins said: ''I don't think it ever really went away. I don't think we have ever really known what was going on there.''Continue reading the main story


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Participants understand that they are solely responsible for their pre-program, program, and post-program medical care in all respects, including, but not limited to, obtaining and taking necessary medication(s), vaccinations and any other medical care and treatment.
Schools, colleges, and universities hold varying policies regarding a student's eligibility to earn or redeem course credit from other accredited institutions. Students should consult their school guidance counselors and/or school policy handbooks to determine their eligibility.
Medical Release: If participant becomes ill or incapacitated, their coach/tour director, or WorldStrides may take such actions as they consider necessary, including securing medical treatment. Participant (or participant's Parent/ Guardian if participant is a minor) hereby releases WorldStrides and participant's coach/tour director leader from any and all liability for the quality or timeliness of any such medical care and agree to indemnify WorldStrides for any expenses it incurs. Participant and participant's Parent/Guardian consents to the release of my medical or other personal information to health care providers or any other persons WorldStrides, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate to release such information to in the event participant becomes ill or incapacitated.
Arbitration: Any dispute concerning this contract, the Terms & Conditions and/or rules and regulations concerning the trip, the literature arising out of or relating to the trip and/or arising out of or relating to the trip itself including, but not limited to, any events and circumstances occurring during the trip, shall be resolved solely and exclusively by binding arbitration in Charlottesville, Virginia pursuant to the then existent commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association. In any such arbitration, the substantive (but not procedural) law of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall apply. The arbitrator and not any federal, state, or local court or agency shall have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, conscionability, or formation of this contract, including but not limited to any claim that all or any part of this contract is void or voidable. In any such arbitration, the arbitrator may, but is not required to, award attorney's fees to the prevailing party. Each party irrevocably and unconditionally expressly submits to the foregoing binding arbitration agreed for the purposes of dispute resolution hereunder and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives any and all jurisdictional, venue and convenience objections or defenses to such arbitration or to any related action, suit or proceeding in the courts of Virginia to enforce this Agreement to arbitrate or any award rendered therefrom.
Price Adjustments: The price quoted is based upon a minimum number of travelers, the content of the program as outlined in your trip proposal and the date of your registration. The price quoted is also subject to adjustment if the minimum enrollment is not met, if the program content changes, or in the event of circumstances beyond WorldStrides' direct control. These include, but are not limited to, increases in travel security charges, government-imposed fees and taxes (e.g., European V.A.T. increases), increases in airport fees and taxes, airline fees and taxes, and airline, vendor, or group-imposed schedule changes or delays. Unless a price guarantee has been provided in writing: (a) fuel surcharges and other airline ticket related fees and taxes will fluctuate until group ticketing has occurred, and (b) any exchange rate guarantees applicable to your account will be shown on your invoices. In all instances, an additional fee may be added to your price if your Program Leader makes a substantive change to your itinerary or program content after your registration has been accepted.
Program Fees Not Included: Unless specifically stated in your registration letter, WorldStrides' program prices do not include optional additional college credit fees , passport fees, visa fees, lunches, beverages with meals, excess baggage charges, expenses incurred during free time periods, porterage at airports and hotels, transportation from your home to the origination point of the WorldStrides program and back, tips to guides and long-distance bus drivers, overnight lodging and meals in the United States prior to departure or upon return of an international flight, any mandatory new or increased taxes or inspection fees levied on airline tickets, hotels, transportation, land services, or at ports of entry/exit.
Payment Plan: If you register directly with WorldStrides, you will have three payment options: (1) pay in full (2) make regularly scheduled installment payments under an installment plan established by WorldStrides or (3) establish automatic monthly (EZ Pay) payment to be charged to your checking account at a US banking institution, via WorldStrides EZ Pay program. You can sign up for EZ Pay during registration. If you choose to follow an installment payment plan other than the EZ Pay Plan, WorldStrides charges a $15 non-refundable handling fee on each installment payment following your registration, except the initial deposit. There are NO HANDLING FEES associated with payments made through the EZ Pay program.
Note: If your tour is departing within 120 days of registration, there will be a total of two payments: the initial deposit (non-refundable, non-transferable) will be $1,500 and final payment will be due no later than 75 days prior to departure.
Reservations are not transferable at any time. Frequent flyer miles are not available to participants. All programs must be paid in full by the final payment deadline as stated on your registration letter or your account will be subject to cancellation. Your program space is not guaranteed if you do not adhere to the terms of the required payment plan(s).
Late Registration, Late Payment, and Fees: WorldStrides charges a late registration charge, equal to the greater of 10% of the base trip price or $250, for registrations received after the final payment deadline. All such late registrations must clear waiting list procedures and may involve additional airline and other charges and your program space is not guaranteed until your account has been paid in full and you have been advised in writing that all conditions for your being able to travel have been satisfied. If you register prior to 110 days prior to the scheduled departure of your program but your account is not paid in full by that date, WorldStrides charges a $150 late payment fee. The fee for any late payments made after any scheduled installment date is $15. No personal checks or business checks will be accepted after the final payment deadline. All fees are denominated in US dollars.
Program Information Letter: Approximately two to three weeks prior to departure, your program leader will be sent details regarding flight and hotel information, departure and return times, packing tips, drop off/pick-up locations, etc.
Travel/Medical Insurance: All participants are provided accident, illness, and accident-related dental insurance coverage up to $7,500 with no deductible for medical expense and up to $50,000 for medical evacuation and repatriation. Pre-existing conditions are not covered. Any charges not covered are the responsibility of the participant Please refer to the policy for a full description of coverage and limitations. In addition, Worldstrides strongly recommends the purchase of supplementary travel insurance (TripMate), which can be purchased through your online account anytime up to final payment. The travel insurance contract is between TripMate and the participant and any claims/refunds are determined by the travel insurance company exclusively.
Supervision/Behavior: WorldStrides, the Program Leader, and chaperones establish behavior rules and directions for all student participants. Failure to abide by the rules or directions may result in the student being sent home at the parents' expense without any right to a refund. Consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages or drugs of any kind for which you do not have a valid prescription, behavior infringing upon the ability of others to enjoy the Program, or compromising your own or others' safety, or is otherwise inappropriate, or violates the law as well as violation of certain other rules, constitute grounds for immediate expulsion. All program participants will be responsible for their own actions at all times and Program Leaders and chaperones are responsible for the actions of all participants in their group. On occasion, program participants may be allowed by the Program Leader and with the consent of WorldStrides to leave the group and to explore on their own.
Harassment: WorldStrides Excel Programs is committed in all areas to providing an environment that is free from harassment. Harassment based upon an individual's sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion or any other legally protected characteristics will not be tolerated. All employees, subcontractors, vendors, service providers, are expected and required to abide by this policy. No person will be adversely affected in employment with the employer as a result of bringing complaints of unlawful harassment.
WorldStrides has no responsibility for those participants when they are on their own, and it is the sole responsibility of those participants to take whatever actions are necessary rejoin the group, if that is their intent, at their own cost. You also acknowledge that if you are late in appearing for a scheduled departure, WorldStrides has no duty to delay the Program to wait for you. Damage or injury caused deliberately or by carelessness to WorldStrides property, or to any property or individual without limitation must be paid for by the person responsible for such damage.
All program participants are responsible for their own food intake while overseas and understand that language differences may impede their understanding of certain ingredients contained in various recipes and that neither my WorldStrides Tour Director nor other staff can provide reliable translation, or make any special arrangements for me. I understand that neither WorldStrides nor my Institution will be liable for any incident that arises as a result of my allergy. I also understand that I will not be compensated for any uneaten meals.
I agree that I am fully responsible for any costs arising from the damage, loss or theft of any of my personal property during the Program, including my airline ticket. I understand that each airline has its own procedures for dealing with lost tickets and that if I lose my airline ticket, I may be required to purchase from the airline a full fare replacement ticket. I accept that in these circumstances it is entirely my own responsibility to pursue any refund directly from the airline.
Name Changes: Name changes may not be available or allowed within 110 days of departure. Should changes be allowed, WorldStrides will assess a $250 fee to any individual who requires a name change on his/her ticket within 110 days of departure. Any request for a name change within this period may be denied by the air carrier and will be subject to additional fees.
Young Travelers: Parent/guardian agrees that WorldStrides can use participant email and/or cell phone contact information in the context of this program. Registration for children under the age of 11 is subject to individual review by WorldStrides. The decision to allow participation in a trip is at the sole discretion of WorldStrides Excel Programs.
Travel Documentation: Every participant must have the required documentation necessary to participate in the trip prior to the date of departure, including needed identification that fully matches the name provided to WorldStrides for inclusion on travel documentation and airline tickets, and must meet any other applicable compliance requirements issued by the Transportation Security Administration or related agencies.
WorldStrides provides online and customer service means for keeping the program participant's information current and it is the participant's sole responsibility to assure that this information is fully up to date no later than 110 days prior to the group's departure date. If changes occur after that date, the participant must contact customer service and additional change fees might apply. Visit the Transportation Security Administration website for more information.
In the case of international travel, including Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico programs, the participant is additionally and solely responsible for obtaining a passport or visa in order to travel. Passports must be valid for at least six months after your return date. It is the responsibility of the participant to check and fully comply with the requirements for travel between the United States and the countries that you will be traveling to or through. Visit the Department of State website for more information.
WorldStrides Excel Programs is not responsible for any fees incurred if your passport or documentation does not meet TSA requirements. This includes, but is not limited to, expedited passport services, increases in airfare, or any other fees associated with documentation.
If a participant is unable to travel due to the lack of a proper identification, passport or visa, or necessary inoculations, the standard cancellation policy will apply.
Privacy: Because the nature of our business requires coordination with various providers who deliver the travel services you request, it is necessary to share some personal information that you have provided.
Stay-behind Options: You may wish to spend time at your destinations after the scheduled tour. Where possible, WorldStrides will provide altered flight arrangements according to your request. You are responsible for making all your arrangements to and from the hotel or airport as well as all land arrangements pertaining to your individual itinerary. Because we will arrange your airline tickets separately from your groups, we cannot guarantee that you will share any of the same flights. WorldStrides charges a $150 non-refundable fee for this service plus any additional costs incurred. This option is not available if your group has less than 10 traveling participants. All requests must be made within two weeks of registration and no later than 150 days from departure, whichever occurs first. Due to Group Booking restrictions, all deviations must return from same gateway as the group.
Adults: WorldStrides tours involve a great deal of walking, and are unsuitable for participants who have difficulty walking or carrying baggage, or who require special assistance. Adults are welcome, but should consider carefully whether this active, learning-centered itinerary, suits their travel needs.
Rooming: Players will be in shared rooms of twin, triple or, on occasion, quad size, and all will have their own bed. Parents/family will be in shared twin rooms. Families may have the option for Family Rooms based on availability. Participants can upgrade to a single room for an additional fee of $50 per person per hotel night.
Changes to your Program: Group travel requires a certain amount of flexibility in order to offer quality programs at the lowest rates possible. For operational reasons, and to meet the numbers required to qualify for group rates, WorldStrides reserves the right to make the following changes, which will not constitute grounds for a refund: Change in departure date, but not to exceed 3 days. WorldStrides is not responsible for individual arrangements that conflict with a date reassignment. Changes in itinerary, including reversing the itinerary, and changes to the order in which cities or countries are visited, the duration of the stay in each city, addition and omission of cities or countries. Participants will be charged the Program Fee applicable to the revised itinerary. WorldStrides reserves the right to fill in matches when tournament games or complete tournaments are canceled.
Omission, alteration, and/or substitution of services may be necessary due to scheduled or unscheduled closures, holidays, strikes, disease, civil unrest, war (declared or otherwise), government order or advice, or for any reason whatsoever beyond WorldStrides' control. Whenever possible, suitable alternatives will be provided.
Cancellations: All cancellations must be made in writing by or on behalf of the person listed on the registration form to WorldStrides Tours and must be postmarked or emailed prior to the group's departure, and must include account number, registrant's name, and complete address. If there is an applicable refund, it will only be issued to the person listed on the account. All refunds are issued in the original payment form that was made to the account; the refund process takes approximately four weeks. There will be no refunds for unused services or program features. Upon cancellation, there is no credit/refund for airline tickets. Injury of participants prior to departure does not constitute grounds for refund. If supplementary travel insurance was purchased, it may be considered for refund by TripMate. The travel insurance contract is between TripMate and the participant and any claims/refunds are determined by the travel insurance company exclusively.
Standard Cancellation Policy: Within seven calendar days following receipt of your written confirmation or initial payment invoice (whichever is received first), you may cancel your WorldStrides program and receive a full refund. Beyond the seven day grace period, if you, or the Program Leader cancel:
181 days prior to the departure, $300 penalty
111 to 180 days prior to departure, $500 penalty
91 to 110 days prior to departure, 50% of the base price penalty
61 to 90 days prior to departure, 75% of the base price penalty
60 or less days prior to departure, 100% of the base price penalty
The standard cancellation policy is based on the originally scheduled trip dates. This policy does not apply in the event of WorldStrides' bankruptcy, insolvency, or cessation of business.
Roster Size: Trips will not be canceled due to roster size. There will be no refund to participants who cancel due to roster size. WorldStrides reserves the right to include, at our discretion, guest players to fill out a group roster.
*Please Note:
The travel insurance premium, handling charges, merchandise fees, fees for returned checks, fees for declined credit cards or electronic drafts, or late payments are not refundable (collectively, "Non-refundable Fees").
Cancellation by a Supplier: (For California residents only) Upon cancellation of the transportation or travel services, where you, the customer, are not at fault and have not canceled in violation of the terms and conditions, if any, of the contract for transportation or travel services, all sums paid to WorldStrides for services not received by you will be promptly refunded by WorldStrides to you unless you otherwise advise WorldStrides in writing. Registration as a seller of travel does not constitute approval by the state of California. WorldStrides' s principal office is located in Charlottesville, VA. This transaction is not covered by the California Travel Consumer Restitution Fund.
You are not eligible to file a claim against that Fund in the event of WorldStrides' default. (For Washington State residents only) If transportation or other services are canceled by WorldStrides, all sums paid to WorldStrides for services not performed in accordance with the contract between WorldStrides and the consumer will be refunded within 30 days of receiving funds from the supplier with whom the services were arranged, or if the funds were not sent to the supplier, the funds shall be returned within 14 days after cancellation by WorldStrides to the consumer unless the consumer requests WorldStrides apply the money to another travel product and/or date.
USTOA Membership Means You're Protected: WorldStrides as an Active Member of USTOA, is required to post $1 million with USTOA to be used to reimburse, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the USTOA Travelers Assistance Program, the advance payments of WorldStrides' customers in the unlikely event of WorldStrides' bankruptcy, insolvency, or cessation of business. Further, you should understand that the $1 million posted by WorldStrides may be sufficient to provide only a partial recovery of the advance payments received by WorldStrides. Complete details of the USTOA Travelers Assistance Program may be obtained by writing to USTOA at 275 Madison Avenue, Suite 2014, New York, New York 10016, or by e-mail to information@ ustoa.com or by visiting their website.
Liability Waiver and Parental Consent: By agreeing to this document, I hereby give my approval for my son's/daughter's participation in any activities of WorldStrides Excel Programs during the organized tour. I acknowledge that participation in sports competitions carries with it a potential hazard. I understand and assume all risks and hazards incidental to the conduct of activities and to the transportation to and from any and all activities. I do further hereby release, absolve, indemnify and hold harmless WorldStrides Excel Programs and its organizers, suppliers, officials, and sponsors, any and all of them. In case of injury to my son/daughter either during any activity or transportation to or from such activity, I hereby waive all claims against WorldStrides Excel Programs and its organizers, suppliers, officials, sponsors, or any of the supervisors appointed by them. I likewise release from responsibility any person transporting my son/daughter to or from WorldStrides Excel Programs activities. I also release WorldStrides Excel Programs and its organizers, suppliers, employee, officials, sponsors and contractors from any liability in the case of injury or death during the tour for myself, and/or my spouse/partner/significant other and/or my son and/or daughter. I also certify the address on page three is the legal and permanent address of my son/daughter.
Seller of Travel Numbers:
California Seller of Travel Registration No: 2041618-20
Lakeland Tours, LLC DBA: WorldStrides is registered with the state of Florida as a Seller of Travel – Registration No: ST24541
Hawaii TARS-5388; IA 568; and WA 601 887 646, 602 011 744.


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Roxburghshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. But they also had branches in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Nottingham, where they gave their name to towns of the same name.
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How to Import 3D STEP model into footprint
Altium Designer Tutorial – How to import 3D model from www.pcb-3d.com quick and easy
This text shows how to import 3D solid model (body) of one LED component into .step file format.
If you want to import 3D model in footprint firstly you need to open PCB library and select footprint (land pattern) on which you want to add model. After downloading 3D model from www.pcb-3d.com and selecting footprint in .pcblib, from the Altium menu, choose the option Place ->3D body. If you want to use shortcut press "pb" keyboard buttons (See Picture 1. Place ->3D body).
Picture 1: Option Place ->3D body
In 3D Body window in part 3D Model Type select Generic STEP Model and click on Embed STEP Model, find and select your 3D model you want to import (See picture 2. 3D Body Window).
Picture 2: 3D Body Window
First position cursor in the center of footprint and then left-click will place 3D STEP (STP) model on footprint (See Picture 3. Place 3D body in 2D mode).
Picture 3: Place 3D body in 2D mode
After placing 3D model, 3D Body window will appear again. If you want to add one more 3D model on the same footprint, press Cancel or Close 3D body window. You can import 3D model in both 2D and 3D mode of Altium PCB library. To switch in 3D mode, press keyboard button 3 and to return in 2D mode, press keyboard button 2.
Picture 4: Footprint view in 3D mode
Note 1: 3D models from www.pcb-3d.com are designed according to IPC standards. It means that coordinate origin of 3D models are located in the center of a footprint. This feature of 3D models helps you import models quickly and easily without rotating 3D body. If your footprint was not designed by IPC standards and origin of footprint is not in its center, we recommended you to set coordinate origin in center. You can set origin in center of footprint using option Edit->Set Reference->Center. Shortcut is keyboard buttons "esl". See Picture 5. Option Edit->Set Reference->Center.
Picture 5: Option Edit->Set Reference->Center
You also can watch this Altium Designer Tutorial of adding STEP model into footprint on video below.
How to import and position 3D STEP into footprint if model is not designed according to IPC standard?
Video below shows how to use options:
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Ultramarine blue and Air Force yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The caduceus symbolizes the medical profession. The alligator exemplifies the unit's tenacity and endurance in ensuring mission success.
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Eden Palmer knows how to make it on her own. The forty-something single mother has worked hard to raise her beloved daughter, now twenty-seven and recently married. The offspring of a terrible event, Eden's daughter, Melissa, has long been the jewel of Eden's life, the one for whom she would sacrifice anything and everything. But sooner or later a woman must come into her own, and that's what Eden tries to do when she moves to Arundel, North Carolina, to take ownership of Farrington Manor, a beautiful old house filled with charm and memories that was willed to Eden by the person who cared for her when she needed it most. Torn between the desire to stay with her daughter and the need to build a separate life on her own, Eden opts for some distance and some much-needed perspective. But it's not long before she realizes that sometimes you have to go back before you can start over.Arriving in Arundel, the South's prettiest small town, Eden quickly learns that looks can be deceiving when her move is met with delight in some quarters and jealousy in others. Pursued by two eligible bachelors, the rugged Jared McBride and Braddon Granville, local lawyer and town catch, Eden is flattered, and more than a little suspicious. Juggling the attentions of two men is hard enough, but soon Eden's bid to start over plunges her in the middle of a mystery that threatens not just her plans and reputation, but her very life. Can she use one man to save her from the other?
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Korea Builds World First Mobile Mech
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Dec 21, 2016 06:19 JST
- Tags: History, Korea, Mecha, Robots, Science, Technology
Korea has beaten not only Japan but the USA to the punch in regards to mecha construction, as videos have been released online featuring Korea's METHOD-1 moving in all its glory, a marvel which could potentially revolutionize the military field once enough sufficiently troubled adolescents are found to pilot them.
Videos of the METHOD-1 in action:
Praise has naturally started to pour in online:
Trump needs to fund this shit so we can stay competitive.
America leads the world in all other weapons technologies, we can't let fucking Korea bet us in giant biped fighting robots.
Are the military ones going to be painted in camo and military colors, or are they going to paint them anime style? Anime style makes the most sense.
Now the Koreans are making mecha for the Japs, too? Fucking pathetic what has becone of the nips. No cultural hegemony. Absolutely degenerate.
Should paint them with giant targets on them. :^)
Don't all these mechs still need to be plugged in? Or maybe they can work, like, a few minutes on battery power?
Unless there are plenty of outlets on the battlefield, I wouldn't expect cool anime mech battles anytime soon.
Nuclear reactors. How do you think animu mechs are powered.
They could easily be powered by a gasoline powered generator.
The mecha is supposedly being built to test what scenarios it could possibly work in and for the evaluation of its currently equipped parts, though more astute observers are naturally concerned about its ability to fight whilst navigating wheel-hostile terrain, something that has not been extensively touched on.


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We get to see the wonderful beginnings of a man who became more generous this year at his business's Christmas party. In years past he was mostly a miser but the new change in this holiday seasons get-together is festive and giving. He shows his gratitude toward his greater life by giving generous gifts from around the world to his staff.
Frank, the newest member of his staff, is impressed by the fun at the party. His wife, Ellie, is equally pleased by the affair. When the gifts are unwrapped to ooh's, and aah's Frank becomes expectant. But when he receives the poorest of all the gifts laid out that night, an old box filled with sand, he feels left out.
The story is about what Frank's poor man's gift really is as it begins to reveal itself over the seven days before Christmas. It is a story about love, tragedy, faith and hope. The poorest gift turned out to be the greatest gift of them all. Patrick Meservier was careful to wind a story that pulled at my heart at every corner.
I admit, hesitantly, that I can be weepy when reading a good story and this one doesn't fail in that regard. It broke my heart open and filled it with hope. A constriction in my throat tells me that I will remember this story for a long time to come. If doesn't pull at your heart, you may want to change your type of literature to non fiction to discover why.
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I came to know Zuma's Rescue Ranch when I embarked on a quest for horse manure for my garden. Zuma's was the only place which responded to my request with a simple, "We have lots." and their address. Since that time in 2009, I have come to understand the dedication, determination and professionalism of both Paul and Jodi Messinech. They give their whole selves to the cause of saving, reaching and teaching children and horses - one at a time - that there is someone who cares about them. I have seen Paul and Jodi work countless hours to keep a horse with colic comfortable. I have witnessed each of them putting their lives, honor, fortune and family on the line for the cause that they believe in - turning "throw away" kids and horses into partners and productive citizens.
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Beautiful 61+/- acre Hill Country ranch comprised of multiple adjoining parcels w/lovely 4000+/- sf home w/cathedral wood beamed ceiling, floor to ceiling windows, commercial kitchen, wood burning stove, spacious loft, hard surface floors throughout & wrap around porches. Perfect for private residence, wedding venue, event center, subdivision, or commercial development. Minutes to new Tom Glenn High School, HEB Plus & CAP Metro rail. 2 additional older dwellings & multiple outbuildings.
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Kent is widely known as the "Garden of England". Its beauty and open spaces bring people from all over the world, proven by Kent's thriving tourist industry. Julian lives near to the Denge Forest and walks frequently in Kent's countryside.
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