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The current population of Surry County is 74,565 with the median age of 41. Surry County's median household income is $38,334, and the average household net worth is $331,465. 38% of Surry County's population are long term residents having lived in their homes for more than 5 years, while 19% of Surry County's population have moved in the last year.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Surry County by age group. In Surry County, the male-to-female ratio is 36,400:38,165, which is 0% higher than the ratio of North Carolina, which is 4,806,033:5,064,249. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. North Carolina, has 20% more property crime than the national average, and has 4% less personal crime than the national average
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Surry County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Surry County, 77% of people are married and 23% of people are single. The percent of people married is 4% higher than the ratio of North Carolina, which is 73%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Surry County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Surry County is $38,334, which is 17% lower than that of North Carolina ($46,237). Income data for Surry County is sourced from census, 2015.
Education data represents the highest level of education attained by residents in Surry County. In Surry County, 24% of residents 18 and over graduated from high school and 15% completed a Bachelor's degree or higher, which is 11% lower than that of North Carolina. Education statistics is sourced from census, 2015.


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April 16, 2008
Using Emacs with Git
Just upload to server a new part of article about usage of Emacs with version control systems -- now about usage of Emacs to work with Git. This variant contain information only about git.el package, but in near future i'll extend it with information about emacs-git and some minor modes.
2 comments:
- piyo said...
I notice the screenshot looks like Emacs on Windows. I had some problems with git.el on Emacs on Windows, so I contributed some Emacs Lisp code.
Did you have any problem?
- Alex Ott said...
2piyo: Yes - this is screenshot from windows, that i did 1.5 years ago. At the time it almost completely worked with cygwin git + some patches.
Next step after translation of articles will add more content to both versions (russian and english): add descriptions of aHg, emacs-git, and many other modes
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Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with Ivan Scott, WTOP-Radio, Washington, DC
Q: Mr. Secretary, we've known each other for a number of years. And I have known you to be highly intelligent, motivated, focused. You don't suffer fools easily and you're a stern taskmaster. If I were to pick only one English word to describe you, I would pick the same word that your former college roommates picked, which is "tenacious," that you don't like to quit in the middle of midstream. You don't like to lose and you certainly want to get the job done. I know you serve at the president's pleasure, but would you like to stay on and finish the unfinished business of Iraq and the question of global terror and also the transformation of America's military?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Well, Ivan, it's true, we've known each other some time now. And you know, as well as I do, that I'm not going to get into that subject because it strikes me that that is best addressed at a future time. And I will say this, that the, it is a real privilege for me to be able to serve the country and this very fine president and to serve the men and women in uniform who are doing such noble work around the world and to be able to thank them and their families for what they do. We just passed Thanksgiving. Obviously, many of these folks weren't home with their families and their families miss them. And we're approaching Christmas and it's important, I think, for all of us to recognize the sacrifice they make to defend freedom. So I feel privileged to have been able to serve over many years in many different ways and to be able to serve today.
Q: And I take it, you're happy in what you're doing and you may continue to serve.
SEC. RUMSFELD: I tell you, my view is that I'm going to kick that can down the road a little bit here and at some point, I'll address it or the president will and we'll leave it to that.
Q: When he was in his 60s, Ed Murrow once told me, quote, "I don't know what I want to do when I grow up."
SEC. RUMSFELD: [Laughs]
Q: What does Don Rumsfeld want to do when he finally kicks the can and scores a goal?
SEC. RUMSFELD: I'll tell you, I have been so lucky that I have enjoyed everything I've ever done in my life. I enjoyed school. I enjoyed being a Navy pilot. I enjoyed working in the Congress and being a congressman and serving as an ambassador and in the White House and at the Pentagon and business. I feel very fortunate and I am sure that life is filled with the important things that people can do to contribute. And as long as one feels they're contributing something to the world and to the country, I think that's about all anyone could ask.
Q: Finally, on this subject, would you think perhaps – and you're a young man, compared to me – would you think, perhaps, of trying to get your old House seat back or run for the Senate? How about elective office?
SEC. RUMSFELD: I think that I've probably run for office for my last time. I think there are other roles in life. And we're about the same age, if I'm not mistaken, Ivan.
Q: I think I've got you by three years. And I refer to you quietly among friends as "the kid," but that's all right.
SEC. RUMSFELD: [Laughter]
Q: Mr. Secretary, unfinished business, let's look at Iraq, were you and the combatant commanders surprised at the level of resistance after the major fighting ended or were you blindsided?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Oh, I don't know that I'd use either word. Anyone who – once the decision was made by the president to invade Iraq and remove the regime, you know that predictability just isn't what happens. It's unlikely that things will be perfectly predictable. Certainly, the intelligence we received did not lay out the kind of a postwar environment that we'd be in. On the other hand, I don't know that anyone expected that you would get perfect predictability. And so what we're dealing with today is something that's evolving and changing on the ground. It is a tough situation and our folks out there are doing a superb job.
If you think about it, Afghanistan just had their election and they're going to inaugurate a president. And people said, oh, it couldn't be done, the Afghans aren't ready for democracy, they couldn't have an election, it's too dangerous, the Al Qaeda and the Taliban are going to stop them. Well, millions of people registered. Millions of people voted. The innauguration's taking next week and it's a wonderful accomplishment. I think Iraq's going to be a wonderful accomplishment. Is it easy? No, it's very tough. But they're going to have elections in January, very likely. I think it's the 25th or 30th, the dates [Inaudible].
Q: You don't think it'll be postponed?
SEC. RUMSFELD: I don't. Why should it be postponed? I mean, no elections are perfect and it is important that the Iraqi people want to vote. They want elections. They want to select the people to run that government and they deserve to have that chance. And the Iraqi government has determined that they have that chance, the coalition forces are determined that they're going to have that chance and I think that's a good thing.
Q: I will not use your most hated word here among us at the Pentagon "quagmire" but it does seem that whoever is leading the terrorists and the insurgents, obviously is aware and truly well-schooled to be somebody using guerilla warfare. They have these roadside bombs that are very effective. They have suicide attacks, a chapter taken, I suppose, from the Israeli-Palestinian situation and also the spreading of terror by the beheadings. How do you – with a structured force -- such as the United States, its force and the coalition -- how do you fight this kind of a thing over the long run? When do you think you can declare victory?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Well, of course, it's not a military problem as such. It's a problem that is complex. It involves a political process, economic activity and as well as the military activity. So when we point out that where the Iraqi people were a couple years ago, there was a vicious dictator in power. Since then, 25 million people have been liberated. The schools are open with new textbooks. The hospitals are open. The clinics are open. They have a stock market. The basic utilities are functioning. They are developing their own security forces and their own security forces are going to take over security for that country. I mean, the United States has – coalition forces have no desire to be there. We have no desire to stay there. We're not interested in their oil and we're interested only in having them succeed. And the president said we'd stay there as long as necessary and not one day longer. The task is to get those Iraqi security forces built up, get them in a position to take over responsibilities and then turn over responsibility to them.
Q: In this national assembly election coming up on January 30th – and we're playing "what-if" here – but supposing a strong man, comparable to a Saddam Hussein emerges, supposing this man goes on to become president or prime minister, will the United States tolerate that?
SEC. RUMSFELD: I'm not going to get into that – these hypothetical questions. I mean, what if this, what if that. Look, the people there know what a vicious dictator is. The likelihood of their wanting to go back to one is about 10 percent and less than 10 percent. And sure, there's some extremists who want to do that. Sure, there are people who'd like to be dictators. Sure, there are a small handful of clerics who'd like to take over the country and rule it like they do in Iran, but that isn't going to happen. The bulk of the people, the great sweep of human history is for freedom and the people there understand that. And look at all the newspapers -- that's your business – it's radio, newspaper, television. They're just blossoming out there. And they're free to be responsible and free to be irresponsible.
Q: I hope, perhaps, they're more responsible than some of us, but…
Q: … going to one of your favorite subjects, if not your favorite subject here, the transformation of the U.S. military. A couple of things and we don't have a good deal of time left, unfortunately, but one, the role of the reserve and national guard, was this the anticipated, was this the way the reserve and guard were supposed to be used with this large call-up, some even going back for a second tour, albeit volunteer? How do you view their role in the future, as you go down? And secondly, are you revising your plan for transformation, based on what you've learned in Afghanistan and Iraq?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Well, first of all, the United States military was not well organized for the 21st century. You go to war with what you have -- organized the way they are, equipped the way they are, and that's life. But was it well-organized and trained and equipped for the 21st century? No, it wasn't. It's a legacy for us. It's a force that had been restructured, as between the active force and the reserve component in a way that was an anachronism. It was industrial age. And it's being revised. Gen. Schoomaker, and now secretary of the Army Fran Harvey, are moving rapidly to restructure the Army and to rebalance the active force with the reserve components. We have a great many people in the military today that are not accessible. And as a result, there's a stress on certain skill sets and we have to fix that and we're well along in fixing that. We're shifting a lot of military positions that are filled by military people today to civilian positions because they're perfectly able to do those jobs. And we're going to free up more military to be able to perform the kinds of functions they volunteered to perform. So I feel very good about the progress taking place in the Army.
Q: The last part of my question and my last question for today. What have you learned from Afghanistan and Iraq to perhaps shift in your transformation to change in what you originally set out to do?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Oh, it isn't that you'd change from what you set out to do. We have put from the very first weeks here, we put a great deal of emphasis on our special forces. Why? Because obviously, in the 21st century, we're going to need them. We've put a premium on agility and deployability. We've put a premium on modularity and interchangeability and interoperability, on jointness, on precision and all those things that are going to be and are today important in this new century. The task...this Department of Defense was basically organized, trained and equipped to fight big armies, navies and big air forces. Well, at the moment, we don't have a lot of big armies, navies and air forces that are competing with us. That's fortunate, that's a good thing. And indeed, our capabilities in those areas are one of the reasons we don't, because it's a deterrent. On the other hand, we are being tested with a whole series of asymmetrical challenges and it is our task to see that as rapidly as possible the armed forces of the United States adjust to meet those asymmetrical threats and to develop the kinds of skill sets and capabilities to do it most effectively.
Q: May I wish you and your wife Joyce and your family a most merry and blessed Christmas and the best of New Years and I hope we do this interview again next year and the year after and maybe in 3 ½ more years. Thank you, sir.
SEC. RUMSFELD: Thank you, Ivan.


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I saw one in person today when I dropped off my kid to pick up a 2012 250. It's a nice evolution from the 12s. The last obvious ode to cheapness is the rear brake pedal, still stamped steel with ugly holes punched in it. The clutch lever pull is noticably lighter and the lines work better. It was sitting next to 2 12s and a CBR250r. It easily blows them both away in pure looks. It is much more a solid looking "real" bike than the 12 and far and away beyond the CBR. My opinion only. The wheels and tires are proportionate to the body. It'll not look far out of place among 600-1000s on the road or parked among friends, tghat should be a huge draw to younger new riders.
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The Miami and Erie Canal, built in the 1830s, connected the Dayton commerce from Lake Erie via the Great Miami River and served as the principal route of transportation for western Ohio until the 1850s.
The catastrophic Great Dayton Flood of March 1913 severely affected much of the city, stimulated the growth of suburban communities outside central Dayton in areas lying further from the Miami River and on higher ground, and led to the establishment of the Miami Conservancy District in 1914. The flood remains an event of note in popular memory and local histories. The high waters damaged some of the Wright Brothers' glass plate photographic negatives of their glider flights at Kitty Hawk and power flights over Huffman Prairie near Dayton.
During World War II Dayton, like many other American cities, was heavily involved in the war effort. Residential neighborhoods in Dayton and in nearby Oakwood hosted the Dayton Project, in which the Monsanto Chemical Company developed methods to industrially produce polonium for use in the triggers of early atomic bombs, including those dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Dayton was also home to the National Cash Register Company whose employees built airplane engines, bomb sights and code-breaking machines, including the American bombe designed by Joseph Desch which helped crack the Enigma machine.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) later acknowledged the nickname in his poem, "Toast to Dayton", which contains this stanza:
Another explanation for the nickname "Gem", is from Dayton's sister city to the south, Cincinnati. Cincinnati is known as the "Queen City", and Dayton would be the "Gem" in the queen's crown.
The city was advertised as "The Gem City, the Cleanest City in America" in the 1950s, 60s and into the 70s. The phrase was often seen on public trash cans, and other places throughout the city during this time period. Additionally, Dayton has one of the most consistent street cleaning schedules. Every morning, street cleaners sweep downtown Dayton of any trash from the previous day.
Ohio's nickname "Birthplace of Aviation" is also frequently seen due to Dayton being the hometown of the Wright Brothers. In their bicycle shop in Dayton, the Wrights developed the principles of aerodynamics, and designed and constructed a number of gliders and portions of their first airplane. After their first manned flights in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wrights continued testing at nearby Huffman Prairie.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 56.6 square miles (146.7 km²), of which, 55.8 square miles (144.5 km²) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.2 km²) of it (1.55%) is water.
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The region is dominated by a humid continental climate, characterized by hot, muggy summers and cold, dry winters. The highest temperature ever recorded in Dayton was 105 °F in July 1934, and the coldest was -21 °F in January 1985.
Dayton is subject to severe weather typical to the Midwestern United States. Tornadoes are possible from the spring to the fall. Floods, blizzards, and severe thunderstorms can also occur from time to time.
The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males, while for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.
In 1913, Dayton became the first large city in the United States to adopt the council-manager system of city government. In this system, the mayor is merely the chairperson of the city commission and has one vote on the commission just like the other commissioners. The commission hires a separate city manager, who holds administrative authority over the city government.
The city also encourages resident participation through the use of neighborhood associations and priority boards. A total of 65 neighborhoods comprise seven priority board districts.
Dayton has experienced an improving public safety environment since 2003, with crime declining in key categories according to FBI Uniform Crime Reports and Dayton Police Department data. City officials reported in January 2008 a decline of 6.1 percent in crime for 2007 when compared to 2006. From 2003 to 2007, crime decreased by 10.7 percent. Among violent crimes (homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault), Dayton saw a decline of 17.3 percent over the five years ending December 31, 2007. Targeted crimes in downtown Dayton declined 39 percent over the five-year period.
A new police chief, Richard S. Biehl, joined the Dayton Police Department in January of 2008. Biehl brought more than 25 years of law enforcement experience (with expertise in prevention and community policing) to Dayton following a career with the Cincinnati Police Department and the Community Police Partnering Center (where he served as Executive Director), also in Cincinnati.
Dayton's relatively high position in recent, widely publicized CQ Press crime rankings may be considered questionable, depending on one's opinion of the study's methodology.
Mayor Rhine McLin is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston, Massachusetts Mayor Thomas Menino and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
A courthouse building was constructed in downtown Dayton in 1888 to supplement Dayton's original Neoclassical courthouse, which still stands. This second, "new" courthouse has since been replaced with new facilities as well as a park.
Dayton's ten historic neighborhoods — Oregon District, Wright Dunbar, Dayton View, Grafton Hill, McPherson Town, Webster Station, Huffman, Kenilworth,St. Anne's Hill, and South Park — feature mostly single-family houses and mansions in the Neoclassical, Jacobethan, Tudor Revival, English Gothic, Chateauesque, Craftsman, Queen Anne, Georgian Revival, Colonial Revival, Renaissance Revival Architecture, Shingle Style Architecture, Prairie, Mission Revival, Eastlake/Italianate, American Foursquare, and Federal styles of architecture.
The two tallest buildings of the Dayton skyline are the Kettering Tower at 408 ft (124 m) and the MeadWestvaco Tower at 385 ft (117 m). Kettering Tower was originally Winters Tower, the headquarters of Winters Bank. The building was renamed after Virginia Kettering when Winters was merged into BankOne.
The Dayton Metro Library is a library system consisting of 23 locations across the metropolitan area, with the Main Library located in downtown Dayton.
The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park commemorates the lives and achievements of Dayton natives Orville and Wilbur Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar.
SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park is located on the south end of Dayton. SunWatch is the location of a 12th century American Indian village that has been partially reconstructed and includes a museum where visitors can learn about the Indian history of the Miami Valley.
Dayton has given birth to a variety of popular pizza chains which have become woven into local culture, the most notable of which are Cassano's and Marion's Piazza.
Dayton is also home to a variety of performing arts venues. The Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center at the corner of Second and Main, is the home performance venue of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dayton Opera. In addition to Philharmonic and Opera performances, the Schuster Center hosts concerts, lectures, traveling Broadway shows, and is a popular spot for weddings and other events. The historic Victoria Theatre, located at the corner of First and Main, hosts concerts, traveling Broadway shows, ballet, a summertime classic film series, and much more. The Loft Theatre, also on Main Street, is the home of the Human Race Theatre Company.
Dayton is also the home to the Gem City Ballet and Progressive Dance Theater, companies in residence at the Pontecorvo Ballet Studio.
South of Dayton in Kettering is the Fraze Pavilion which hosts many nationally and internationally known musicians for concerts. Also south of downtown, on the banks of the Great Miami River, is the University of Dayton Arena, home venue for the University of Dayton Flyers basketball teams and the location of various other events and concerts. North of Dayton is the Hara Arena and the Nutter Center, venues that frequently host sporting events and concerts. The Nutter Center is the home arena for athletics of Wright State University and the Dayton Bombers.
From 1996 to 1998, Dayton hosted the National Folk Festival.
The Dayton Amateur Radio Association annually hosts North America's largest hamfest at Hara Arena in Trotwood, a neighboring suburb. Amateur radio operators are commonly referred to as "hams" with as many as 25,000 traveling from around the world to attend this convention.
The Dayton Canoe Club is a private club located on four rivers where canoeing is enjoyed by many enthusiasts. The Dayton Canoe Club was organized in 1912 and has an active membership today. They host events yearlong and members can also use the main hall for private events.
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The Dayton television market is ranked the #62 Nielsen DMA in the United States.
Nationally syndicated morning talk show The Daily Buzz originated from WBDT-TV, the Acme property in Miamisburg, Ohio before moving to its current home in Florida.
Some Cincinnati and other southwest Ohio radio and television stations can be received in parts of Dayton, as well.
Air transportation is available via the James M. Cox Dayton International Airport, located in nearby Vandalia, just north of Dayton proper. People from nearby cities such as Cincinnati, Columbus, and Indianapolis travel and fly out of Dayton due to lower costs.
Liberty Cab (in operation since 1929), Checker Cab and Airport Checker Cab all provide taxicab service throughout the Dayton metro area.
Dayton is located on Interstate 75, which intersects Interstate 70 just north of the city. This intersection is also known as "Freedom Veterans Crossroads."
The intersection of Route 4 and Interstate 75 is also known to locals as Malfunction Junction, because of the sharp turn in the Northbound lanes of I-75 that causes heavy traffic delays during rush hour. That section of interstate is also known for traffic accidents.
Starting in October 2007, a multi-year project to upgrade Interstate 75 through downtown gets under way. There will be three continuous through lanes on Interstate 75, when the project is two-thirds complete in 2011.
US 35 is also a major east-west highway passing through downtown Dayton, carrying commuters east to Xenia, Ohio or west to the Ohio-Indiana border. The stretch of US 35 through downtown just recently underwent major reconstruction, extending the third lane past Steve Whalen Blvd to the east.
Dayton is also home to one of the country's leading community colleges, Sinclair Community College (founded as a YMCA college in 1887).
Dayton Public High Schools are: Paul Laurence Dunbar High, Thurgood Marshall High, Meadowdale High, Patterson Career Center, Belmont High, and Stivers School for the Arts. Paul Laurence Dunbar High has won the Ohio Division II state men's basketball title in the past two years, in 2006 and 2007. Private high schools include Chaminade-Julienne Catholic High School and Carroll High School.
During the 1990s, The Dayton Public School System was the lowest performing school district in the state of Ohio. After a dramatic restructuring of the schools in the mid 2000s, the school system had a new superintendent, Dr. Percy Mack. The district moved up from "academic emergency" to "continuous improvement", building new schools and the first all girls school in the City. The school district's motto states that "A New Day is Dawning" for Dayton Public Schools. On May 8, 2007, taxpayers voted against a school levy. As a result, approximately 250 teaching jobs were cut in a Reduction in Force, class sizes were increased, transportation services were reduced and some athletic programs were cut as well.


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The poetry of Frank Bidart is best known for the intensity of its philosophical inquiries and for its treatments of psychopathology. As regards the first of these, Bidart has explored, with a focus unparalleled in contemporary poetry, the history of Western conceptuality in three long sequences based on the Egyptian "hours of the night": "The First Hour of the Night", "The Second Hour of the Night", and "The Third Hour of the Night". [These poems appear, respectively, in the volumes In The Western Night (1990), Desire (1997), and Stardust (2005). The first version of the Book of the Night comes from the Osireion of Abydos and extends only to the Ninth hour of the night.…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Forty-five years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed supporting a historic sanitation workers strike in Memphis, the city's garbage and trash collectors are fighting to hold on to jobs some city leaders want to hand over to a private company.
Thursday marks the 45th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination in 1968. King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was felled by a rifle bullet fired by James Earl Ray.
As Memphis residents honor King with a planned march, the union that represents the city's sanitation workers is trying to stave off efforts to privatize solid waste collection.
City council members who favor privatization say it can save the city $8 million to $15 million in a tough economy.
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Admission requirements
Admission requirements for the Master of Nursing Science are:
- a three-year bachelor degree, or equivalent, in any discipline, completed within 10 years of application. Where this degree is older than ten years, the Selection Committee will call for curriculum vitae and consider any graduate study completed in the intervening period to determine current capacity for graduate study, or significant relevant professional experience of greater than five years full-time equivalent
- a supporting statement from applicants indicating their reasons for and ability to undertake the Master of Nursing Science
- the contact details of two professional referees
The Selection Committee may conduct interviews to elucidate any of the matters referred to above.
English language requirements
All applicants must also meet the University's English language requirements. Further details are available on the Future Students' Graduate English language requirements web page.
If English is not your first language, there are a number of ways of demonstrating that you have met this requirement. If you undertake the IELTS test, entry to the Master of Nursing Science requires an IELTS (Academic English only) score of 6.5 (written 7.0, no band less than 6.5).
Human Anatomy for Nursing Students
Applicants are assumed to have some grounding at a tertiary level in human anatomy before commencing the course. Students without such grounding can take the online subject Human Anatomy for Nursing Students to prepare for the course.
Overseas qualifications
If your Bachelor degree was awarded at an overseas university, your qualification will be assessed for equivalency using available resources. The Australian Government provides a qualification assessment service through Australian Education International, should you wish to submit evidence of equivalency with your application.
If your qualification documents are not in English, you must provide an official translation with the original documents.
Enrolment requirements
Students who successfully gain a place in the Master of Nursing Science must meet several additional enrolment requirements upon course commencement. Further information will be provided in your enrolment pack.
Police record check
Organisations, such as hospitals, that provide clinical placements for students require annual police checks to be undertaken in order to assess students' suitability for placement. Master of Nursing Science students are required to complete a Victoria Police National Name Check upon course commencement.
Students pay the discounted student rate for the police check if the consent form is authorised by an approved University staff member.
Note: the police check must be issued in the year of course commencement.
International students and students who have lived abroad for more than one year must normally provide a police check from all countries of residence. Processing times for such documents vary greatly, so students are advised to request the police checks as soon as possible after accepting a place in the course.
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The WWC is valid for 5 years. Details of the WWC check are available on the Department of Justice website.
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If your previous studies were undertaken overseas you must be able to demonstrate that your qualification is equivalent in level to an Australian masters degree.
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Course Code: CPD132
Duration: 80 hours, 6 months
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Cost: $1,250
This completely online and self-paced project management program builds successful project managers at all levels of the organization. It provides a comprehensive preparation for the PMP®certification exam including exam-taking tips, 12 comprehensive module quizzes, five process group tests, and two full-length, 200-question practice exams covering the PMBOK® Guide areas of knowledge, which will provide a report to help you determine your areas of weakness.
After completing this Project Management course, you will be able to:
- Describe how enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets affect how projects can be managed
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- Create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant
- Discuss the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration Management to coordinate the various project management processes
- Explain how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed
- Describe how to effectively manage human resources and engage all stakeholders
- Recognize the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project
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This course contains video segments of project management professionals who offer advice and best practices about how to become a more effective project manager. By submitting a question via the course's Ask the Expert link, you get access to project managers who will answer your questions within 24-48 hours.
Taking advantage of online interactivity, the course utilizes vocabulary games, crossword puzzles, flashcards, ordering games, drag-and-drop activities, and other interactive components to help you master the material.
After successful completion, you will receive 35 PDUs/contact hours to qualify to take the PMI Project Management Professional® Exam. Successful completion means completing all assignments in the course, and scoring a minimum of 70% on the second 200-question practice test.
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After-hours crowd falls in love with Late Night Lounge - Sydney Opera House announces sold-out series to continue
Tickets on-sale Friday, June 25
Night owls have taken note and the uber cool after-hours club at Sydney Opera House has become one of the hottest tickets in town.
Late Night Lounge is a monthly rock 'n' roll, variety, cabaret, chat show experience that brings together both the famous and the infamous artists performing across Sydney.
Sydney Opera House created the signature series in February and with the first five events selling out, Late Night Lounge has been extended until the end of the year.
With a different line up each month, the edgy and dynamic series is always good fun so audiences have come to expect the unexpected.
For the next Lounge on July 10, the line up includes comedian Charlie Pickering (The 7pm Project and Talking 'Bout My Generation), French chanteuse Caroline Nin, aerial and circus artists Aerialize, musical comedy trio Axis of Awesome and a special encore performance by home-grown cabaret star iOTA.
Keeping a loose rein on the monthly party will be MC Anthony Durkin with a red-hot house band. Normally under the direction of Matt McMahon, Carl Dewhurst will act as special guest musical director for July.
Guests can purchase supper and chill with a drink as we sample stories and songs, moves and grooves, familiar faces and secret surprise guests.
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The morning of February 18, 2012 at 10:25 the Rapid City Fire Department responded to a diesel fuel spill at Big D at the intersection of E. Omaha and Maple. A delivery truck was transferring fuel to an underground tank when a spill occurred. Our units along with the Haz-Mat team responded. Fuel was mostly contained to the area, with some run off making it into the storm drain. We used absorbent on the scene to reduce the run off. The Haz-Mat team has placed booms across rapid creek to absorb and monitor any of the fuel that makes its way into Rapid Creek. Both the Street and Water Departments were called in to help clean up the fuel soaked absorbent.
We would just like to say thank you to both the Water and Street divisions for their assistance. These types of incidents not only pose an immediate threat with fuel on the ground, but have the potential to have environmental impacts as well. Without the help today from our other city divisions this incident could easily have created a long term impact costing our community a great deal more than just picking up spilled fuel.
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Presidential Palace
Purple Mountain Observatory
The Purple Mountain (Zijin Shan or literally Purple-God Mountain) Area covers half of the attractions in this city's suburbs. It dominates the northeastern skyline of the city. Some of the famous attractions found in this area include the father of China's great revolution Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, Xiaoling Mausoleum of the first Ming emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the temple of antiquity.
To the east of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum is the well-known Linggu Temple. Built about 1,500 years ago, Linggu Temple surrounded by aged but still flourishing trees is claimed to be the best Buddhist temple in the world. Also, Purple Mountain Observatory and the planetarium on the mountainside are famous attractions for science gurus. Another place of interest in this area is the so-called Plum Garden where the annual plum festival in the city is held.
|Qinhuai River
Found on the west side of the mountain (southeast of Nanjing Railway Station), is the scenic Xuanwu Lake. The Xuanwu Lake is a former imperial navy training and recreation center accessed only by extravagant aristocrats. Fishing game and boating are some of the recreational activities in this area. Xuanwu Lake is a must for your itinerary in this city because the clustered sights are quite convenient for visitors to see for a day.
One of the must-see places in the city would be the area around the Qinhuai River, which falls on the southern end of the walled city. During the old days, this riverside region had a bustling nightlife where extravagant nobles, talents and businessmen flock to the restaurants, dance halls and whorehouses in this area. In Chinese literature, it is famed as a place for beauty queens and romance.
|Confucius Temple
If one goes southward of the city area, crossing the South Railway Station, Yu Hua Tai - a favorite place for Chinese patriots will be found. The historical park of Yu Hua Tai houses a monument built to commemorate the seventy-two Chinese martyrs. If you will be more curious about historical records, we recommend you to visit the Museum halls, which contain these pertinent documents. The Yuhuashi (Rain Flower Pebbles) Art Festival (annual) is held here. The visit around this area will take you three hours.
|Zhanyuan Garden
Besides, Nanjing Museum holding a collection of some 2,000 first class treasures of national and cultural interest, the Xuyuan Garden, a relatively small exquisite southern China gardening style garden and the Yangtze River Bridge are also highly recommended attractions of the city.
The shopping area near Xinjiekou, the street near Hunan Lu and Shanxi Lu Square, is a must for night owls. This is a commercial area and has a varied and bustling nightlife. More information is found in our nightlife section.
-- For Visitors Who Want to Travel Alone --
Suggested Itineraries
Bus Tour
|Xiaoling Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty
Take Bus 9 from Xin Jie Kou and get down at Zhong Shan Ling stop (pin yin for Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yet-sen) to visit the Zijinshan scenic area. After visiting, take Bus 20 and get down at Da Xing Gong stop to visit the Presidential Palace then take Bus 31 to Jian kang stop to visit the famous riverside street of Qinhuai River and have a sample of the local snacks at Fuzimiao dining street.
Two Days Itinerary
Day1: the same as the above
Day2: Take Bus 1, 3, 33 or 40 to get down at Xuan Wu Men stop to visit the Xuanwu Lake. Have a look at the vegetable fare in Jiming Temple. In the afternoon, take Bus 2 or 33 to Yu Hua Tai stop and visit Yu Hua Tai scenic area, Zhonghua Gate and Zhanyuan Garden.
Metro Tour
The new metro line is an alternative for visitors who do not want to take the crowded buses. You could still see most of the attractions in the area.
Route& Attractions
Hongshan Zoo ---> Nanjing Railway Station ---> Xin Mofan Malu ---> Xuanwu Men (Xuanwu Gate) ---> Gulou (Drum Tower) ---> Zhujiang Lu ---> Xinjiekou (downtown area) ---> Zhangfuyuan ---> Sanshanjie ---> Zhonghua Gate -----> Xiaohang -----> Aoti Zhongxin (the southern ending)
It is the second stop for the north-to-south passengers with 10 minutes walk from the metro station to the zoo gate. The dense forest park is home to various animals.
Xuanwu Lake
Get down at the four stop - Xuanwu Men and take a five-minute walk eastwards from the stop, you will find the second-famous attraction in the city, Xuanwu Lake. The Jiangsu Exhibition Center is on the way to the lake.
|Gongyuan Street beside the Qinhuai River
Continue from Xuanwu Men stop and go further for four stops is Zhangfuyuan. Walk out of the station and go southward for five minutes along the Zhonghua Lu, you will find classical garden buildings on the street. Originally it is the residential houses during the Qing Dynasty. The Nanjing Folk Museum is located in the area.
Next stop to Zhangfuyuan, you will get to Sanshanjie stop. Take a five-minute walk east to the northern end of Fuzimiao area. Fuzimiao, also called Confucius Temple, has been a prosperous area from the old days. Dazzling shops, restaurants and entertainment places surround the traditional houses during the traditional Ming and Qing eras. Old architectural buildings can be found along the beautiful Qinhuai River. This is a must attraction in the city.
Zhonghua Gate
Next stop to Sanshanjie is the Zhonghua Gate, the well-preserved castle on the ancient wall of the city.
Rain Flower Terrace (Yuhuatai)
Walk across the old Gate and go down to the south for fifteen minutes, you will get to the north gate of Yuhuatai Park. It is a historical monumental site where Chinese martyrs are commemorated.


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We explore the use of importance sampling based on signed root log-likelihood ratios for Bayesian computation. Approximations based on signed root log-likelihood ratios are used in two distinct ways; firstly, to define an importance function and, secondly, to define suitable control variates for variance reduction. These considerations give rise to alternative simulation-consistent schemes to MCMC for Bayesian computation in moderately parameterized regular problems. The schemes based on control variates can also be viewed as usefully supplementing computations based on asymptotic approximations by supplying external estimates of error. The methods are illustrated by agenetic linkage model and a censored regression model.
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Yesterday, Nikita Khrushchev's great-granddaughter, Nina Khrushcheva, warned that the trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was the clearest and most alarming example of what happens when post-Soviet nostalgia informs state policy in Eastern Europe. Tymoshenko, who left office in 2010, was charged with harming Ukraine's state interests by signing a gas deal with Russia during her second premiership. Today, she was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison and fined nearly $200 million.
Not only did the West consider the charges politically motivated, but Tymoshenko had been a key figure in the country's Orange Revolution. The substance and the symbolism of the case have been giving the European Union heartburn. Khrushcheva wrote:
In Tymoshenko's trial, however, many elements of Stalin's grotesque legal charades are present: a near-hysterical prosecutor, a compliant judge, a ruler who washed his hands of the affair like Pontius Pilate. Tymoshenko may not be exactly squeaky clean—she made a fortune in the shady world of gas trading in the 1990s, for which she faced criminal charges in Russia. But then again, no one in post-Soviet politics is.
Certainly not Ukraine's president and Tymoshenko's mortal political rival Viktor Yanukovych, who spent time in jail as a youth for assault. But the charges against Tymoshenko for "economic crimes" stem from a criminal code that goes back to Khrushchev's time as the U.S.S.R.'s leader. She is accused of profiting from a contract she negotiated with Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to preserve the flow of natural gas to Ukraine and Europe in January 2009. As a result, Ukraine now pays the full European price for Russian gas, putting an end to decades of subsidies. Prosecutors allege that Tymoshenko was bribed by the Russians to betray her country's interests.
For her part, Tymoshenko claimed Yanukovych was taking Ukraine back "to 1937," a reference to Stalin's purges. But what's most alarming about the case is Yanukovych appears to know what he's doing. It would be no less unjust if this was a crime of passion–Tymoshenko has been a thorn in his side since he defeated her last year, and Yanukovych's patience with Tymoshenko, who is a loose cannon herself, had clearly run out. But it would look less like an affront to the EU and more like an internal matter.
That doesn't seem to be the case. Ukraine is nearing the completion of a free trade agreement with the EU, while jailing Tymoshenko ostensibly for paying too much for Russian gas sends a message to Vladimir Putin as well. Putin would like Ukraine to join an economic union of former Soviet states, and with the EU and Russia both courting Ukraine, Yanukovych may be seeking to maximize his negotiating leverage.
The EU has threatened Yanukovych to back off these charges. Yanukovych responded by calling their bluff. The question now is: Were they bluffing?


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I'm betting on a defective floppy drive (or cable).
-- Rod
On Sunday 22 September 2002 06:12 pm, Alexandra Thorn wrote:
> For the record, it wasn't the lock-unlock tab (tried doing it with the
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> other suggestion (need to get into campus for that). What surprises me is
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Namaqua land, and the three adventurous girls.
From the onset, this was going to be a trip like no other. For one its going to be the woman first proper, challenge yourself-type trip, and to add some fun to the trip Metaljockeys 4 year old daughter accompanied us. We could not do this trip without her, she loves riding bike, and this was going to be good fun for her.
Metaljockey had the planning sorted and because they previously did this trail with their vehicle, had a better knowledge of the area. It aided the planning around stops and sleepovers, accommodating the needs of the ever-playful MissMJ.
The plan was to start at Pofadder and ride our way quite leisurely towards the Richtersveld and then towards Port Nolloth. Off road all the way, even trying to skip the bigger dirt roads. We booked into a B&B in Augrabies called The Foxs lair, a wonderful place with very friendly people, who even allowed us to leave the Combi and trailer there for the week under a huge carport.
When did Namibia get independence? 20 What! Years ago? :deal And this board still shows Suid Wes Afrika?! Some things never change.
Springbok is an antelope and translate to Spring buck, Pofadder is a Puff adder, very toxic snake in Africa
Somewhere-Els and myself loaded the bikes and rode of towards Onseepkans from Augrabies the next morning, while MJ went the tar way to Onseepkans to leave their bus there. We were met by a friendly KLR riding farmer who just told MJ, No problem leave your bus here on the farm, it will be save
It took some time to get them kitted up and to make sure missMJ is comfortable and save. We just cant wait to get on our way for some serious fun. As we leave Onseepkans, I stop next to MJ and I quote: Dont worry I will look after the girls, you can get use to riding sitting down with MissMJ. :lol3 Those words would still come back to haunt me!
Just outside Pofadder we turned of onto the Namakwa 4x4 trail that runs along the Orange River to Vioolsdrift and then into the Richterveld.
Its a little evil piece of dirt track, no warning and sand, sand, and sand!!! Two spoor track and with the holiday makers and all the big 4x4s creating new tracks and worsening the old ones for us. This is not sea sand, or dune sand, this is proper river bed sand.
If you have never ridden in a riverbed with river sand, its difficult to describe. Its a very course sand with virtually no grip or resistance to help with steering or cornering. The sand grabs your wheel and forces it into a direction, while the back wheel just spins up and you have to keep the bike floating at high speed, and when you tap off, you snake like hell until you hit the dirt like a slaughtered ox!
Add to that sharp 90-degree corners, bushes in your track, round riverbed rocks, and it all adds to the excitement and white-eye ball look. :eek1 :lol3
Everybody got a quick wake up call, like getting a bucket of cold water in your face you did not expected.
The first riverbed and the struggle starts, the DRZ did the best of the lot, its the best thing since sliced toast. Mrs MJ struggled the first 2 days just getting the nerves calmed down and adjusting to the bike and sand, after that she was riding that DRZ like Satan was on her ass chasing it to hell. :pierce
Some more riverbeds and more assistance, slowly the girls adjust to the idea of full throttle, look up, and stay on the pegs. We were sweating and heaving like unfit scrum forwards. It was not going any better for me, as I was riding at the back picking up bikes. Stopping the 1200 in sand and getting it to float is a kind of scary dance all of its own.
As we enter Klein Pella the afternoon MrsMJ got a puncture on the DRZ 500m before the camp, we were already bloody hot and it was late. Some beers were consumed while fixing the puncture. This bloody piece of shit puncture came back to trouble us with more problems over the next 2 days!!
Klein Pella is a welcoming oasis in this arid landscape, wonderful affordable aircon bungalows, and lots of cold beers in an honesty bar. We paid 30US$ per bungalow, and the food was great. Camping facilities were available, but at that stage we though it better to splash out than camp, not even one debate came up. The heat must be unbearable when you build an additional roof to escape the heat!
As for MJ, he suddenly had his work cut out for him. MrsMJ made it clear he will not drop his bike!! He had to use all his hard earned sand riding skills, and, it took him a while to get used to the sitting down all the time. They got a special harness from the USA specifically for children that want to enjoy riding with mom or dad. It gets attached around your waist, the child sits in a harness that holds them upright in case they fall asleep or have no footing on the pegs. Quite an ingenious contraption.
We never really saw MJ, he was riding in the front finding the track, because Tracks4Africa and the actual route was sometimes a bit off, nothing serious, just a couple of u-turns every now and then.
The next morning while the MJ family was busy loading Somewhere-Els and Myself rode down to the date plantation, situated right along the banks of the Orange River. It was absolutely beautiful seeing those old date trees. The contrast between the dry mountain background and this luscious green piece of earth is difficult to explain.
The Nile must look and feel like this. Add to the dry hot air and its easy to imagine yourself a couple of thousand miles away.
This route snakes through most of the dry river beds along the Orange river and for obvious reasons, its actually easier and faster for 4x4s here. Bikes, more difficult and demanding, but for sure the most fun!!
If you ever want a migraine early in the morning, go ride a stretch of sand like this just after a hearty breakfast, its scary as hell, but the fun factor is off the chart. The best way to start never ease into a ride, it makes you lazy, start with the wake up juice!!
We frequently stop to rest and give MissMJ a chance to explore her surroundings. She just loved it, not once did she moan or bitch, we could not believe that she actually adapted to the ride that easily. We planned to adjust to her level of energy and ride according to her willingness. She made it easy for us all, she even fell asleep on the back of the bike letting MJ work his ass off keeping the bike in the sandy tracks.
Getting her back on the bike while shes playing turned into a game itself
I just wanna ride man, riiiide, riiiide!!!! (Wild Hogs) 8) ;D
Great story and pictures! My best wishes to you all.
Super. I hate riding in that soft stuff...
lovely picture with the little kid
Great pics!
One question...why just a bicycle helmet on the little kiddo???
Our average moving speed was around 27km/h, and there's no traffic. Trying to source a helmet that small in SA is all but easy.
Also for that reason MJ rode out front so that he can set a quite leisurely pace.
Wow!! What an amazing ride!! Thanks for the detailed report and pics, amazed to see little MissMJ tagging along too! :thumb
The beauty of the surrounding area was just mind blowing, if only I had the capacity to keep a mental video clip. The smells, the heat, the dust, all contributed making this a perfect memory. Just a pity my picture taking ability cant do justice to this incredibly beautiful place.
We took another break just outside the small settlement called Witbank on the banks of the Orange River. Its midday and its close to 37 degrees. The puncture in the back tube on the DRZ was back ... This was becoming a mild irritation ... MJ and myself thought we knew how to fix punctures, but for some stupid reason we were unable to kick this ones ass.
The electric pump MJ brought with on the trip had a short swim in spilled petrol and the seals inside got damage. It was up to the tried and tested hand pump to stand in, exactly 100 strokes per bar, give or take some.
Just to mention, we figured we would be able to get petrol at Vioolsdrift, so no need to carry extra petrol except for the DRZ, and again the trusty doos-wine-silver-plastic bags had to do. It was one of them that got a small leak and damaged the pump.
Close to our overnight-spot at the river the DRZ back wheel went flat again. Fuck!!!:bluduh It was around fourish in the afternoon and the sun was still trying to burn you into the soil. We had to get out of here, and fast. As long as you ride it cools the body, the moment you stop your heat gauge hit max and the sun sucks the moisture out of you.
Decided to fit a new tube and fix the other later that night, in haste I did not do what I was suppose to do ... inflate the tube slightly before fitting ... it happened, the tube got a snakebite!!! FucK me!! :patch Basterd, this was all we needed now in this heat!
In the end we left the bike there for the night and decided to come back early the next morning with the fixed tube. It was already close to six.
A beautiful morning, how would you like to own a property right here, and wake up every morning to this view? Just spectacular. We had some coffee, enjoyed the cool water and were off into the direction of Goodhouse.
Again a puncture, we havent even travelled 40km and its flat again! For some reason the patches do not stick, we tried new solution different patches, drying longer. Nothing worked. One thing I vowed to do when back home, was to find ways of fixing a flat when every thing else fails. Surely duct tape can also work!?
We have used most of the patches and we could not take a chance for the rest of the trip, somehow we had to fix it and get new tubes somewhere.
Goodness, the people from Goodhouse are all just the Goodest people you will meet in your life. We had a rest at this house serving as a tuckshop. We bought all her cold drinks and even got a guy to organise us some big Carlings.
MissMJ, as usual, quickly made some friends and a KLR badge oil leaking wire car took up all of her interest. :lol3
We left an hour later and as we rounded a corner outside Goodhouse the DRZ back wheel was flat again!!!!!
At this stage both of us were really tired of the shit, and we decided, I would ride to Springbok and go buy some new tubes. It was only a 160km round trip. In the meantime the rest could enjoy the hospitality of the river.
The road to Springbok is biking nirvana, fast, lots of fish tailing, turns, and slides. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Coming back I was met with this picture panorama of desolation and expanse. What a place!!
The sun was setting fast and we decided to camp at the nearest place we can find close to the river. As with all the locals a friendly young man at a home next to the river showed us a perfect camping spot right on the banks with our own lawn and splash pool.
The next morning the moment the sun broke the back of the mountain, we were up. :D It was going to be a difficult day, we just did not knew it yet.
We stopped at the house again to say thanks for the help and got offered water and a 5L frozen water bottle. What a pity none of us could carry it.
The locals beds are under the carport, everybody sleeps outside. I ask the man what they do for a living, he just replied. No not much, we just stay here Does not sound to bad to me, I can get quite use to this laid back no nonsense life. Some people are truly rich!
More sand, great, but this is a different style, fast, sand grabbers and the sand ridges weaves into each other, gas it! gas it!! Because you open up the throttle all the time, you end up fish tailing going down the road at high speed. This is fall-your-ass-to-kingdom-come-country. :lol3 Why is it then so difficult to stop smiling :D I just loved it, it's addictive, crazy, man it's pure fun. :ricky :super :thumb
What are we waiting for dad? Lets go!
The three most important things on any trip........The third: Always carry new tubes.
The riding would get much more challenging..........
I always enjoy your threads. This one is turning out great! :clap Thanks.
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The lightest motorcycle helmets we could find was still over a kilogram in weight. So I decided to go with the weightless bicycle helmet, at least I could to a large extent control the risk of falling, but I could not control the roughness of the ride.
Youngest Adventurer?
I believe MissMJ wins the prize as youngest rider featured in a ride report...
She's a true adventure rider, taking everything in her stride. She really enjoyed the riding. :ricky
Nice hat
I think we will see a lot of hats in this thread. There will probably be lot of standing around and fixing stuff if all the talk about the Richtersveld is to be believed. For the Richtersfield you must take a spare everything. And that is before you hit the sandveld before the Port (Nolloth).
Better if you all move to the west coast. It looks like you spend most of the year trailer the bikes from the east coast to the west coast. West coasts are the best.
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I seriously doubt it, but it is conceivable. Since PalmOne and Palm Software split, it is entirely conceivable that Palm (the new name for PalmOne) could bring out a Pocket PC platform, but I seriously doubt it due to the outright confusion that would bring. That would be like Applce selling an iMac with Windows on it--it's possible (with a few modifications) but what possible benefit would it truly serve?
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ever heard of a power mac? ever heard of soft windows?
back in the 90s mac produced power macs with soft windows which was a system that ran both osx and windows.
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