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|China Tours
|City Guide
|Client's Testimonial
Documents Requirements:
A valid passport for at least six months from the date of travel with at least one entire unused page
A completed visa application form can be obtained from the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in your country or be downloaded from the official website of the Chinese Embassy in your country.
Two 2" X 2 (inch)" passport photos (either white& black or color) should be affixed to the visa application form
For Chinese Nationals now resident or naturalized in another country, the former Chinese passport is needed.
Related documents explain one's reasons to enter China. An invitation letter or a travel itinerary confirmed by a travel agency in China or an air tickets or hotel reservation files are all acceptable as the explanation of a traveler's reason for entry.
How to Apply:
An individual traveler can come to the embassy or consulate in their native country in person or through a third party (e.g. a travel agency or operator) to apply for his Chinese tourist visa.
No pre-contract is needed.
The embassy or consulate does not accept any visa applications sent by mail or postal services.
The process is straightforward and usually takes four to five working days. For express processing within one working day (any hand-in before 11:30 can be finished before 15:00), an extra fee of USD30 is charged and the express processing within two or three days cost an extra fee of USD 20.
Some travel agencies or operators handle a group tourist visa file for their tourists. However, this kind of group visa is actually not very convenient for tourists because all the group members are required to enter into and exit from China on the same dates.
Apply for a multi-entry tourist visa:
The multi-entry tourist visa allows a tourist to enter into and exit from China on more than one occasion and the stay period is 60 days. Applicants are required to provide documents, giving a reasonable reason for multi-entry into China.
Visa Fee
Visa fee is different when applys in different countries. The following table shows the visa fees when applys in the Chinese Embassy in USA.
|Entries of Visas
|U.S. Citizen
|Citizen of other countries
|Multiple within half a year
|Multiple within one year
|Multiple within two year
HelloI am a myanmar passport holder and I would like to visit to China for 3 or 4 days. Do I need to show bank statement to get visa? Thanks
Shannon, in principle, the bank statement is not required. But in real practice, the consular officers may require you to provide it.
Hello. Im planning to go to Jinan China at the end of this month to meet my boyfriend and his family. They are chinese citizen. I'm a Filipino Citizen but I used to live in Australia for 9 years. I'm here in Philippines temporary for couple of months. My bf's dad was the one that wrote my invitation letter and he will cover my expenses over my stay. I'm planning to stay there for 1months and 20days. The Embassy ask me to provide a Bank Certificate but I only have a Bank Statement from my Australian Bank. I enquire about the certificate but I still dont have an infinite answer from the bank. Is it ok to apply the visa with only bank statement and not a bank certificate?
Dear, I think the bank statement is enough.
Hi, I want to apply for either a 2 or 10 year tourist visa. I have a USA passport. Can I apply for this in another country besides the USA. For example, South Korea or the Philippine?
Steve, you can apply for it in another country, but I don't suggest you do so. You had better apply from the US so that you have a bigger chance to get it.
I am an Ecuadorian citizien holding a Ecuadorian passport. I am currently living in China and holding a Visa type F which will expire on july. I want to apply for a toursit visa for two months because I have already bought my ticket to september. Is it possible to apply for a chinese visa in Hong Kong?
Luis, as far as I see, you don't need to leave for Hong Kong to apply for the tourist L type. You can try to convert your F type into an L type at the nearest exit and entry administration bureau within mainland China.
Hi! I would like to ask you f I can apply a Hong Kong tourist visa for my brother in law. I am currently working here for almost 8 years. He has a plan to cross country after his tour here. What should I do? Does he can wait his tourist visa here going to Dubai? We have a friend to send his tourist visa here.. What should I do? Do I have a right to receive his visa from Dubai? All I know it is not allowed to mail it through postal. Is it true? Please help me. I really don't know what is the best way to do it. Thank you in advance. More power to you.
Sharon, I got confused by your description. Where are you and your brother now? What's your nationality? Anyway, you can apply for the HK entry permit through posts.
Hi I'm planninig to have a tour in shanghai, I have the other requirements but I dont have a bank certificate is there any action or advise that you would help me with this?
Which country do you come from? The bank certificate is only required for citizens of certain countries.
I have an invitation letter of my foreigner friend who is Chinese resident.. It was scan invitation.. Would it be possible to grant my visa?
Don't worry! The scanned invitation letter will work.
Hi!I'm Myanmar citizen holding Myanmar passport and I wanna go to Shenzhen .My question is that what type of visa do I need to enter Shenzhen and can I apply multiple entry visa to Shenzhen in China Embassy, Myanmar.
Hi, you can apply for a tourist visa for Shenzhen. Generally, it is a little bit hard to get a multiple entry visa. Most people get single entry visa if they apply for it for the first time.
Hi, i am working here in macau and i want to apply for a multiple entry tourist visa to china... What are the documents i need for application? Thanks..
First of all, I'd like to tell you that it is usually hard to get a multiple entery visa to China mainland. Most visitors get one with single entry or double entry. And the documents required include:passport with at least 6 months remaining validity and available blank pages; a truly completed Visa Application Form; a recent passport-size color photo with white background stuck on the application form; proof of legal stay or resdence status (if you intend to apply for that in Macau); documents showing the itinerary including round trip air ticket booking record and proof of hotel reservation, etc.
Hi! I am due to fly to beijing for a 5 day travel in a few weeks time and am about to apply for visa. But i just found out that my BIR FORM 2316 is missing. I was in taiwan march of this year and was able to get a visa since my requirements were complete back then. Is it possible to get a VISA now for my beijing trip? Will my certificate of employment and bank statement suffice? I am still with the same employer as i have been. Please help! :(
If you can provide other documents such as the professional ID, your employment certificate, bank statement and a statement on the reasons for not providing the BIR form, it is still possible to get a Tourist L.


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Left: Coleman, circa 1993; Middle: Age-progression to 12 years (circa 2005); Right: Age-progression to 19 years
Jamaree Clarence Coleman
Missing since July 24, 1993 from Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia.
Classification: Non family Abduction
Vital Statistics
Circumstances of Disappearance
Jamaree and his mother, Cheryl Coleman, visited her brother's residence during the early morning hours of July 24, 1993 in Brunswick, Georgia. Cheryl and Jamaree left the house at approximately 03:00 AM. Her brother offered to give them a ride back to their home, but Cheryl chose to walk. The two were last seen alive at a gas station on Newcastle and O streets, where they got into a pickup truck driven by Carl Harris.
Harris took them to a wooded area on Homer Wilson Way on Andrews Island, where he killed Cheryl Coleman, he later confessed to police. Her remains were found on the bank near Academy Creek.
A search of the bank turned up only Jamaree's baby carrier and blanket. His body was never found.
Harris told authorities under questioning that he laid the baby beside the creek. It was the last place he saw him.
Harris is serving a sentence of life without parole for the murder of Coleman and another woman, Essie May Dowdy, who was found dead in Greenwood Cemetery.
A drawing of what Jamaree's split ear may look like is below.
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Brunswick Police Department
Agency Case Number: 093014396
NCIC Number:
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Source Information:
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
America's Most Wanted
NamUs MP #5961
Return to the Unexplained Disappearances' Index

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|Reviews for Silently Spinning
| Leylique Morrow chapter 1 . 9/19/2005
Sounds very much like a song that would be sung with an acoustic guitar and a single female voice. Very pretty, simple, but with a definite twinge of tragedy. Absolutely beautiful.
I'm still waiting for an update on Twelve Bullets. You got me hooked and now you've left me hanging. In the meantime, I'll gladly read anything else you put up. I've enjoyed reading your word.
| Aslan Israel chapter 1 . 9/19/2005
Very profound. This line was my favorite:
Missing memories of what I never did.
Great job.
| Kat-Renee Kittel chapter 1 . 9/19/2005
Sounds like the makings of an interesting tale as well as poem. Very strong feelings of going it alone in the world with only the Book as your companion (besides the gun).


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Review: How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse [Hollywood Fringe]
Noah J Nelson on Wednesday, Jun. 22nd
It is only a matter of time before the Zombie Apocalypse is upon us. What was once thought of merely as fantasy has turned the corner. Do you really think the CDC page dedicated to a Zombie outbreak, or the University of Ottawa would task its math wizards with calculating just how the long the human race would survive after the outbreak began*.
Still think this is all fun and games?
The deranged lunatics/good people at The School of Survival don't think so**. That's why they've developed the informational seminar How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse, which for some reason has been categorized as a "comedy" by the clearly misinformed people at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
The seminar is conducted by Dr. Dale Seslick (Ben Muir), who has been educating audiences on the topic of the Zombie Apocalypse since 2009 when the seminar debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe to sold out shows. Dr. Seslick and his team have brought the seminar to Los Angeles, and according to him, the chances of Angelenos surviving a zombie outbreak are slim.
Before the seminar the audience was supplied with name tags, which are integral to the zombie outbreak simulation that Dr. Seslick's team runs for the audience. This takes the form of hilarious deadly serious sketches scenarios illustrated by survivalist Donald Straite (David Ash), scientist Judy O'Dea (Jessica Napthine), and research subject Tristen Granger (Lee Cooper).
Dr. Seslick and his associates are gifted comedians, deft communicators, and get a lot of laughs to impress a fair degree of knowledge onto the audience. Seminar participants are then quizzed on their knowledge of survival techniques. Those who fail to answer correctly are killed.
That is to say, they are killed in a simulated fashion, by means of the removal of their name tag.
The seminar was a lot of fun, highly informative and attracted a diverse, if small crowd to the Tuesday night showing. Which is a real shame, as Angelenos are getting a rare chance to get serious answers from a published Zombie expert (and iPhone app developer) who has traveled all the way from the United Kingdom to instruct Americans on Zombie survival tactics. I suppose that means that there will be fewer survivors in L.A., which means I can finally get that Hancock Park mansion I've always wanted, post Zombie Apocalypse, of course.
How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse is a production of After Dark Entertainment, and was "devised" by Ben Muir. The show plays at the Theatre Asylum as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival through June 26. Family friendly, ages 12 and up. $15.
*10 Days. Hope you like sweetbreads.
**Please realize this is a joke. If not, seek professional help.


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Parathyroid hormone secretion and action
- Authors
- Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, MD, MPH
Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, MD, MPH
- Professor of Medicine
- American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon
- Edward M Brown, MD
Edward M Brown, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Section Editor
- Clifford J Rosen, MD
Clifford J Rosen, MD
- Section Editor — Bone Disease
- Professor of Nutrition
- University of Maine
- Professor of Medicine
- Tufts University School of Medicine
- Deputy Editor
- Jean E Mulder, MD
Jean E Mulder, MD
- Senior Deputy Editor — UpToDate
- Deputy Editor — Endocrinology
- Instructor in Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is one of the two major hormones modulating calcium and phosphate homeostasis, the other being calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) [1]. The minute-to-minute regulation of serum ionized calcium is exclusively regulated through PTH, maintaining the concentration of this cation within a narrow range, through stimulation of renal tubular calcium reabsorption and bone resorption [2,3]. On a more chronic basis, PTH also stimulates the conversion of calcidiol (25-hydroxyvitamin D) to calcitriol in renal tubular cells, thereby stimulating intestinal calcium absorption. (See "Regulation of calcium and phosphate balance".)
PTH secretion is, in turn, regulated by serum ionized calcium acting via an exquisitely sensitive calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) on the surface of parathyroid cells [4]. The receptor has a long amino terminus, seven transmembrane segments, and a shorter intracellular carboxyl terminus (figure 1). When activated by a small increase in serum ionized calcium, the calcium-receptor complex acts via one or more guanine nucleotide-binding (G) proteins through second messengers such as intracellular calcium and inositol phosphates to inhibit PTH secretion and decrease renal tubular reabsorption of calcium. Conversely, the effect of deactivation of the receptor by a small decrease in serum ionized calcium is to stimulate PTH secretion.
PTH synthesis and degradation — Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is synthesized as a 115- amino acid polypeptide called pre-pro-PTH, which is cleaved within parathyroid cells at the N-terminal portion first to pro-PTH (90 amino acids) and then to PTH (84 amino acids). The latter is the major storage, secreted, and biologically active form of the hormone [5,6]. The biosynthetic process is estimated to take less than one hour. The N-terminal cleaved pre-sequence is rich in hydrophobic amino acids that are necessary for transport into the endoplasmic reticulum, while the basic pro-peptide directs accurate cleavage of pro-PTH into the mature 1-84 molecule [6]. The C-terminal portion of PTH is also essential for the PTH secretory process [6]. PTH 1-84 is secreted by exocytosis within seconds after induction of hypocalcemia [5]. Calcium regulates not only the release but also the synthesis and degradation of PTH, in all its molecular forms as described below [7].
In addition to intact PTH, some inactive carboxyl-terminal fragments and small amounts of active amino-terminal fragments of PTH are present in the parathyroid glands. During hypocalcemia, intracellular degradation of PTH decreases, and mostly PTH 1-84 is secreted; in comparison, during hypercalcemia mostly biologically inactive carboxyl-terminal fragments of PTH are secreted [1,3,7]. These carboxy-terminal fragments include long, amino-terminally cleaved species, such as PTH 7-84, which possess several biological activities. (See "Parathyroid hormone assays and their clinical use", section on 'PTH fragments'.)
Under normocalcemic conditions, PTH 1-84 constitutes 20 percent of total circulating PTH molecules. This proportion increases to 33 percent under hypocalcemic conditions, and decreases to 4 percent in the presence of hypercalcemia [7]. Once secreted, PTH is rapidly cleared from plasma through uptake principally by the liver and kidney, where PTH 1-84 is cleaved into amino- and carboxyl-terminal fragments that are then cleared by the kidney.
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- PTH synthesis and degradation
- PTH receptors
- Calcium-PTH interactions
- Calcitriol and other ions
- Other hormones and drugs
- Mutations in the calcium receptor
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Secondary hyperparathyroidism
- Lithium and PTH secretion
- Calcimimetic drugs
- Nonhypercalcemic vitamin D analogues
- Ectopic PTH secretion
- Skeletal actions of PTH
- Renal actions of PTH
- - Reabsorption of calcium
- - Reabsorption of phosphate
- - Synthesis of calcitriol
- Other actions of PTH


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U.S. stock index futures turned lower Friday, following a sharp rally in the previous session that propelled all three major averages by more than 1 percent each, but concerns remained over whether central banks will pare back their stimulus programs.
Stocks rallied to close near session highs Thursday, with major averages wiping out the previous session's losses, lifted by a pair of better-than-expected economic data and as investors shrugged off another steep selloff in the Japanese market.
U.S. stock index futures trimmed their losses Thursday, lifted by a report that showed retail sales rose more than expected in May and weekly jobless claims fell near its lowest level in five years.
Stocks finished near session lows in choppy trading Wednesday, with the Dow posting its first three-day losing streak this year, amid lingering worries of Fed tapering.
U.S. stock index futures were higher Wednesday, looking to bounce back after major averages slumped 1 percent in the previous session, as Europe markets gained and Asia markets trimmed earlier losses.
Stocks finished sharply lower in volatile trading Tuesday after briefly wiping out most of their losses, with all key S&P sectors closing in the red, as the Bank of Japan's latest monetary policy decision disappointed investors.
U.S. stock market index futures were sharply lower Tuesday, after a selloff in European stocks and Japan's Nikkei, after the Bank of Japan disappointed investors by failing to address market volatility in its monetary policy statement.
Stocks closed narrowly mixed in choppy trading Monday, as investors seemed to take a breather following last week's sharp rally and amid worries over when the Fed might scale back its stimulus program.
U.S. stock index futures were in positive territory Monday, with major averages looking to extend last week's rally following the government jobs report, lifted by positive economic news from Japan and after S&P revised its rating on U.S. sovereign credit outlook.
Stocks closed up about 1.3 percent Friday as the monthly employment report suggested economic growth is tepid enough for the Federal Reserve to maintain its bond-buying program over the next few months.
Stocks closed out a volatile session on Wall Street in positive territory Thursday after a brief drop that pushed the S&P below 1600, amid caution ahead of the government's monthly jobs report and as the U.S. dollar tumbled against the Japanese yen.
U.S. stock market index futures held their gains following the weekly jobless claims report, but investors continued their guessing game about when the Fed will begin to scale back its bond-buying stimulus program.
Stocks posted sharp declines across the board Wednesday, with the Dow ending below 15,000, following weakness in overseas markets and amid concerns over when the Fed will start tapering its bond-buying program on the heels of several mixed economic reports.
U.S. stock futures point to a lower open, after the Nikkei tumbled nearly 4 percent when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's third "Abenomics" arrow failed to impress investors.
Stocks finished in the red, with the Dow snapping its Tuesday winning streak, amid ongoing worries over the future of the Fed's bond-buying policy and ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's speech.
U.S. stock index futures ticked slightly higher Tuesday following the latest trade deficit report and ahead of some key Federal Reserve speakers.
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That was when I started getting couture, kind of from the other side of the runway.
Consider the trashy, silky sweatpants sent down the runway by Jarrar, complete with thick stripes running down the legs.
Against strong headwinds, it took 192 minutes to reach the runway.
After the show, as Stefani took her final bow, Kingston rushed the runway, and she completed her lap with him in tow.
Like a fish, er, lobster out of water – a model walks the runway at Milan Fashion Week during the Gucci Spring/Summer 2013 show.
Apparently they were supposed to be leveling the shoulders of the runway.
The runway was raised to successive horizontals as the work progressed.
If possible find a suitable tree over a den or close to a runway.
As he laid over he saw the withering fire on the runway lift.
He gave Armstrong a curt nod as he walked to the jumpers' bench to the right of the runway.


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The Madison Fire was a classic example of a Southern California dry-season blaze.
It was started Saturday by a spark from a gardener's tool that was being used to clear brush. It quickly spread up the hillside from the homeowner's backyard into the wild lands bordering a national forest and grew to more than 100 acres. Along with the primary firefighting agency, dozens of other departments around Southern California rushed to the scene to help prevent it from spreading farther and becoming another Station Fire or Old Fire, to name just two of the most recent deadly, devastating disasters that have wreaked havoc.
What's notable about this fire is that it did not occur during Southern California's traditional fire season that begins in August, after a long, hot summer. The blaze in the hills above Monrovia was ignited -- and is still smoldering -- in April, well before the summer has even begun.
That's what has fire officials alarmed now, at the end of the fourth-driest rainy season since 1877. Monrovia's fire chief said that the Madison Fire reminded him of nothing so much as a post-summer blaze, when the chaparral in the hills has been dried after months of heat and goes up like kindling. The only thing missing was a wild October Santa Ana wind. It was the relatively calm air that likely saved homes and perhaps lives being lost in the fire.
But we won't always be so lucky.
This early-season blaze ought to serve as a warning to everyone in Southern California. If you live in hillside areas, clear the brush around your home thoroughly and early this year, making sure not to spark anything in the process. Hikers and campers should use an excess of caution to help avoid starting a fire.
City officials and fire agencies are going to need to start spreading the word about the unusual early fire conditions earlier, as well as beginning their own fire-prevention efforts now rather than later, including weed and brush abatement on public lands in arroyos and hillsides and overseeing the mandates that homeowners do the same on their own land.
By exercising these cautions, and by reporting unusual behavior by any of the zealous, unfortunate pyromaniacs who would do great harm with the help of these dangerous conditions, this extended fire season might pass without a catastrophic conflagration.