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PINEHURST, N.C. -- Sophomore Gevon Arrington/Petersburg scored a game-high 19 points to lead No. 8 Richard Bland College to its second Region 10 Men's Basketball Tournament Championship in three years with a 78-75 overtime victory past No. 3 Louisburg (N.C.) College on Saturday evening in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Classmate Jaquan Wooten/Kinston, North Carolina added 13 points and freshman Tim Bing Jr./District Heights, Maryland had 10 points for the nationally-ranked and tournament No. 2 seed Statesmen (28-4) in the game played at Sandhills Community College. Richard Bland, winners of eight-straight and 15 of 16, advances to the 32nd Annual NJCAA Division II National Tournament, March 21-25, at Danville Area Community College in Danville, Illinois. Troy Locke scored 16 points for the nationally-ranked and tournament No. 1 seed Hurricanes (27-4).
Richard Bland had already qualified for the National Tournament in Illinois on Friday night by virtue of Region 10 receiving two bids to the 16-team championship field. The Statesmen qualified with their 70-61 semifinal victory past Patrick Henry that advanced them to the Region 10 Tournament Championship against Louisburg. The Hurricanes had already qualified for the National Tournament, as well, courtesy of their Region 10 regular season title. Tournament pairings will be available on Tuesday, March 14, and each of the 16 participating schools will play a minimum of two games.
Richard Bland will be making its second National Tournament appearance in three years, after winning the 2015 NJCAA Division II National Championship. The Statesmen defeated John Wood (Ill.) Community College 64-53 on March 21, 2015 at the Mary Miller Gymnasium on the campus of DACC in Danville, Illinois. Richard Bland finished its most memorable storybook 2014-15 campaign with a school-record of 32-4, winning the national title in only its second year back in action following a 20-year hiatus from competitive sports at the College. The Statesmen are now an impressive 102-29 (.779) over the past four seasons.
Richard Bland, No. 8 in this week's NJCAA Division II Top 20 Poll, fell behind 8-7 about seven minutes into the title tilt, before using a 7-3 run to lead 14-11 at the 7:00 mark. The Statesmen extended their run to 13-7 to lead 20-15 with about five minutes left in the opening half. The two teams traded baskets over the final minutes as Richard Bland led 29-23 at the intermission. Arrington (10), along with sophomores Deandre Clark/Orange (6) and Myles Markland/Petersburg (5), combined for 21 first-half points. Jordan Oakley scored seven first-half points for Louisburg.
Richard Bland began the second half with a 10-6 run to lead 39-29 at the 15:00 mark. Louisburg, however, outscored the Statesmen 16-12 to close to within 51-45 with about nine minutes remaining. The Hurricanes continued their comeback and was within 56-55 with 4:49 on the clock, and led by four with 1:15 left in regulation (64-60). Freshman Deon Joyner/North Charleston, South Carolina converted an old-fashioned three-point play to cut the deficit to one, but Louisburg made two free throws to push the margin to three points. Arrington sent the game to overtime with his game-tying three-point field goal with 19 seconds on the clock as the contest was tied at 66-66 at the end of regulation.
Richard Bland led 72-68 with 50.7-seconds remaining in OT, and it was 73-71 after a three-pointer by Louisburg that followed 1-2 free throws by Bing, who then added two more free throws for a 75-71 lead with 20-seconds left toward the thrilling and final three-point margin of victory. Bing (10), Arrington (9) and Wooten (9) combined for 28 points after halftime.
Arrington led Richard Bland with his game-high 19 points. Wooten had 13 points for the Statesmen, while Bing finished with 10 points, and Clark contributed nine points.
Locke led Louisburg with his 16 points, while Oakley and Mikeil Watkins each had 15 points and Josh Bougher added 13 points.
Richard Bland and Louisburg were playing for the 10th time in the sport of men's basketball, and the Hurricanes still lead the closely-played rivalry series at 6-4. The Statesmen, however, did avenge a pair of regular-season setbacks to Louisburg, including 71-66 in the first meeting on January 14 in North Carolina and 78-71 in the second meeting on February 8 at Statesman Hall.


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Fairfax County Police seized more than a dozen items from an apartment where a man died in a triple shooting last week.
Investigators took several bullets, casings, syringes and pills from the Alexandria apartment where 21-year-old Marquel Davis was killed and two others were injured Nov. 18.
They also found a box for a Glock and the gun's instruction manual in a nearby car.
Investigators believe there may have been an argument inside the apartment prior to the shooting.
Police are looking for 21-year-old Andre Wilkins.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-866-411-TIPS or 703-691-2131.

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Thanks to the GuestPoint system you are able to organize reciprocal and non reciprocal exchanges.
You can arrange 2 types of exchanges:
- I host the person whose home I am staying in: this is a reciprocal exchange as I am both the host and the guest
- The host whose home I am staying in may not be interested in coming to my home, in which case I will offer him a predetermined amount of GuestPoints per night in exchange for his hospitality. This is considered a non reciprocal exchange as I will either be a host or a guest thanks to the GuestPoint system.
Each home has a different value of GuestPoints per night. This amount is automatically calculated by the site and depends on a variety of factors: the size of the home, the number of beds and bedrooms, the home's equipment, location, etc ...
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Just as no two homes are the same, each home on HomeExchange has a different GuestPoint per night value. The GuestPoints are a way to attribute and account for the value of a night spent in each home. Thus, our members exchange GuestPoints rather than money.
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Could someone tell me please how to get it done ?
How can i get google terrain with the image still ontop of it to UDK ... i can get static mesh to it with no problems but not the image ontop of it ... the image helps me creating objects on it ...
Google terrain to UDK
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People complain about Sketchups texture mapping process....they should give UDK a try.
Just combine all the fragmented google pieces and "render to texture"....easy!
Here are a couple of links to get you started.
http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categ ... xtures.php
https://forums.epicgames.com/threads/91 ... shes-(-skp)-textures-to-UDK.
ps: I was kidding about it being easy.
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Over the years, the conversation about Africa has been shifting from one about shortfalls to one about opportunities. Africa is known as a leader in exporting of commodities, but the potential of the economy is far above that.
There has been much progress over the years to make Africa a greater place than it is, but with the overall goal of making the region a competitive and effective player in international relations and the world economy, Africa still needs to find a way to deliver an effective, efficient and high-quality higher education systems in the region.
It is quite obvious that access to early childhood education, primary and post primary education, which includes vocational education and training, remains a key challenge for the continent. For example, out of the 61 million children who are old enough to go to primary school are still out of school, 31 million of them (which is over than 50%) are found in the Sub-Saharan part of the African continent. Most of these children who are out of school are girls and children mostly from poor and remote rural areas and those affected by conflict and discrimination. In addition, the continuous use of child labor has exacerbated the problem and denied children their basic right to learn.
Educational quality remains a serious challenge in Africa. Many countries in Africa continue to experience shortages of basic facilities, infrastructure, equipment and teaching and learning materials. For example, children continue to learn under trees, exposed to harsh and unbearable weather conditions and to struggle to learn without sufficient textbooks and reading materials. The unavailability of electricity, clean water, and sanitation facilities, which includes toilets for both girls and boys remains a key challenge, most especially in rural schools. For example, reports stated that at least 60 percent of schools have no toilets in Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Côte d'Ivoire and Niger.
The general picture for education in Africa is one of ongoing progress and constant challenges. While no African country has achieved universal primary education, the number of children enrolled in primary school more than doubled between 1990 and 2012, according to "The State of Education in Africa Report 2015," which was published by the Africa-America Institute. Yet in 2012, the average pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary school was 42 to 1, unchanged since 1999. In terms of higher education, enrollment more than doubled between 2000 and 2010 – with 50 percent more students per professor at African universities compared to the global average.
African education needs more of everything – more schools, more trained teachers, more investment. Certainly greater participation by the private sector and strengthening public/private partnerships would assist governments and bolster public sector funds to finance Africa's public education system.
Africa is the youngest continent, with 200 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the Africa-America Institute reports. By 2040, Africa will have the world's youngest labor force. Young people in Africa need jobs and a positive outlook for their lives ahead. They need to realize their vision and to lead Africa forward. A quality education is a foundation and the essence of their future.
With that being said, Non-governmental organizations have stood up in the different part of the African continent to contribute their own quota and make things right for the African child.
Out of these organizations doing fantastically well is AFRICA EDUCATION AID FOR DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, a non for profit organization which is based in Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa.
On this episode, I will be speaking with Judith Obi, the executive director of the organization, a young change maker and an amazing lady!
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She talks more about how her organization has been contributing their own quota to ensuring quality education for the African child.
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John Aylward (b. 1946) is a character actor who played Mr. Joe Bowman in the Jim Henson Pictures film Buddy. A veteran of film and television, Aylward has often been cast as dower businessmen, judges, and other serious professionals, and may be most familiar as the gruff Dr. Anspaugh on ER, a role he has played for over ten years now. Other TV credits include The Others (regular as Albert McGonagle), The West Wing (recurring as former DNC chair Barry Goodwin), Alias, Law & Order, Boston Legal, Northern Exposure, and 3rd Rock from the Sun, among others.
In film, Aylward has appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Armageddon, Thirteen Days, Just Visiting, and Down with Love. On stage, he has appeared in the works of Shakespeare and Moliere and more modern plays such as Death of a Salesman and Waiting for Godot.


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I'm being a busy bee working on a currently untitled New Adult Rockstar book hopefully to be released June/July. In the meantime, here's a few things I found to share...
The playlist for SKIN:
1. Love is a Drug by Eskimo Joe
2. Dark Storm by the Jezabels
3. Fool For You by John Butler Trio
4. All These Things That I've Done by The Killers
5. This Is Love by PJ Harvey
6. Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me? by The White Stripes
7. I Can Change by Shane Nicholson
8. Our Song by Kate Miller-Heidke
9. Hummingbird by Soviet X-Ray Record Club
10. Four Sticks by Led Zeppelin
11. Learnalilgivinanlovin by Gotye
12. Run by Snow Patrol
And here's the Map of Blackstone I did about three years ago. Because spending an entire day doodling on the computer is a brilliant use of time and energy when I should have been writing. Honestly, "research" and "world building" can cover so much time wasting goodness. The hours I spend on Google Image looking at pretty men. Hmm... Enjoy.
Talking of pretty men, got some ideas on who would be best to play Nick? Or maybe a fiesty smart mouthed babe to be Roslyn? Tell me about them in the comments.


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There's a decades old story about a snail and a car dealership.
A snail walks into a car dealership and asks the salesperson to paint a large "S" on the back of the car he's going to buy.
The salesperson asks why. The snail responds, "So when I drive down the street, people will say, 'Hey, look at that S-car go!'"
So, on that note, I thought I would share with you a few anecdotes about eating snails– edible snails ("escargots" in France)–in France so that you really know what you are
eating getting into.
Traditional Servings Of Snails or Escargots
Usually in France and most places in the world, when you order "escargots" you get 6 or 12 snails. They have actually been taken out of their shells, cleaned (thank goodness) and cooked with garlic butter. Parsely or thyme are added and the snails are sometimes put back into their shells.
If not, they are placed in ceramic dishes or on tin trays with indents for each snail. They are served with snail forks (to pry them out) and lots of bread to soak up the garlic butter. You can make it into a meal by ordering more than 6 or 12 (I have).
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One of my most memorable escargot appetizers was in Burgundy and they were served in a sauce in a ceramic dish. The dish was covered with a large topping of puff pastry. It was a very large appetizer and simply delicious.
There are other types of "escargot" that you might not be as familiar with: bulots and cargolades.
In a previous post, "Definitely An Experience Eating These Foods" I wrote about my surprise with the bulots I had in Honfleur. I wanted escargots but the waitress recommended bulots and said they were snails, like escargots. I ordered them and was disappointment to discover not only were they NOT served in garlic butter, but they were big and chewy. They were also served with garlic mayonnaise. A much different experience than the traditional "escargots".
When visiting Collioure recently our hotel recommended we go to one of the few restaurants open in early January, "Le Jardin de Collioure". It had paella on its menu as well as something that was new to us: cargolades.
Cargolades are a specialty of this southern area of France. Collioure is very close to the Spanish border and the dishes in the area are strongly influenced by the Catalan culture. Cargolades are escargots that are grilled in their shells on cast iron and when you order a dish, you get about 25 of them!
Once again, they were lacking the garlic butter but on the side was aioli. They were a different experience again. However I've decided (as you can tell from my disappointment in dishes lacking garlic butter) that I prefer the traditional escargot.
If you're interested in trying more unusual foods in France, check out this post: Definitely An Experience Eating These French Foods.
Check out my growing list of unique experiences in France for more ideas: Top 100 Experiences


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Hailey Baldwin Joins Bella Thorne at iGo.Live Launch Event
Hailey Baldwin goes sexy in a red, leather dress as she arrives at the launch event for iGo.Live on Wednesday night (July 26) at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 20-year-old model was joined at the event by Bella Thorne, the girls of Fifth Harmony, Lamar Odom, Ashley Benson, Tyga, and Blac Chyna.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Hailey Balddwin
The event promoted the launch of the new livestreaming app which is now available in the App Store.
FYI: Hailey is wearing a Meshki dress and Jennifer Fisher earrings.
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Music Guyd: Roxiny's Love Path
Life never seems to follow the path that we have projected. While some of us may see ourselves doing one thing, life has a way of making you try another. Roxiny, a Dominican singer/songwriter knows of the universe and its little tricks. After touring with Sony records as a member of the girl band Jzabehl, and poised to take over the Latin and English community simultaneously, the group was disbanded and her whole life had to change course.
Roxiny says the experience was "the best thing that has ever happened to me." There were struggles along the way: "After I left Sony, suddenly all the money was gone." She took that time to reflect on her life and allow the events that unfolded to inspire the music for her new EP. "Just being an artist, there is nothing worse than being suffocated [when] the true beauty of art is expression."
Her most recent single, "Cheree," a Suicide cover, is about a boy and the love that followed their first encounter. "I was on a date with this guy and he put on a song and it became the theme song for the relationship. I wanted the song to express the magical yet gritty feelings of the night. The feeling that everything is possible." After the song was spread throughout the Internet and radio waves, members of Suicide gave her the nod or approval. "That meant so much to me."
"When I write it comes from a very visual place. It is almost as if I can see the video in my mind." The film is a compilation of vintage footage that shows both the romanticized and hidden sides of New York City, as well as a few of Roxiny's interactions with the cityscape.
She giggled when I asked her if he knew the song was about him. "He absolutely knew, he even did the video for the project!" The two of them have a real love for each other and she says he is a "New York boy through and through." Her muse has been a big inspiration in her music, just as her many experiences within the industry shape her.
While her fan base is quickly evolving, she says she will know she is famous "when I have to wear dark sunglasses." This foyer into the musical world has been something very different from her first fight for fame. "It's about getting a message across. The journey has totally changed."
Roxiny lives on the philosophy that "love is the only religion." Having spent her life following her military father and humanitarian mother around the four corners of the globe, her worldview has been shaped by foreign cultures and the wisdom they have to offer. When asked about her relationship with the gay community she gloated about all her fabulous gay friends. She is an activist against bigotry and says "no one has the right to dictate love."
Her brand new EP was just released and is set up for a huge success.
The best ways to keep in touch with all things Roxiny are just below.
Do you have an artist you would like us to review or interview? Email me at email@example.com
Jackyboy (Guest)6 years, 8 months ago
i love this girl! she is so beautiful! i remember when she was still in jzabehl!!!! muy caliente!!!!!!!!


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My wife and I were joking {sorta) this would be an interesting business to start on the side. I bet we'd make some friends just be eliminating the noise pollution alone. Go Google.
"The cost of bringing in the goats is comparable to hiring lawn mowers for the same job and the green benefits are clear: the goats eliminate mower emissions, reduce noise pollution, restore plant species and fertilize while grazing.


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Need a private car with driver for a day trip Hanoi to Duong Lam village, Thay pagoda, Tay Phuong pagoda? Check out our latest car rental deals for this day trip out of Hanoi. Our Hanoi car hire package includes a private car with driver. The pickup is at 8.00 at your hotel in Hanoi. The day trip finishes about 4.00 pm. Book a 4 seater sedan, 7 seater mpv or minibus based on your group size.
08.00 Car and driver pick you up at your hotel then heading to the North of the city. Enjoy the rich fertile farmlands of the Red River Delta scene on the way to Thay (the Master) pagoda at Thay Village. This village is very famous as it is the motherland of Water Puppetry. Tour then followed by visit to Tay Phuong Pagoda where the unique collection of Buddhist Statue still remains intact since 17th century.
Afternoon, visit Duong Lam ancient village of Viet people famous for its hundreds of houses built of later it brick. Visit Mong Phu communal house, Mia Pagoda… After visit one family where three or five generations live together, drive back to centre.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire actor Sam Claflin has married his actress girlfriend, Laura Haddock. The wedding was a private and intimate affair but a friend couldn't help uploading this beautiful pic to Instagram.
The adorable shot shows the 27-year-old newlyweds slicing in to their huge chocolate wedding cake.
We love everything about the pic: From Laura's vintage-inspired wedding dress, to her free 'n' easy wedding hairstyle topped off with pretty Alice Band. And then you look at Sam, with his loose and relaxed tie - it looks like the nerve-wracking speeches part is over and he's ready to party.
No word as yet whether his old pal Kristen Stewart was present at his wedding – the pair filmed Snow White and the Huntsman together and are said to be firm friends.
Sam and his new wife - who had a pretty big role in The Inbetweeners movie - were engaged for just under two years before they tied the knot, and unlike other boring celebrities, these two actually talk about one another in interviews.
On the topic of how they met (at an audition), Sam said: "I called my agent, I said, 'Mate, I am in love,'" He's like, 'How did the audition go, mate?' I was like, 'No, no, you don't understand. I have just met the woman I want to marry.'"
The pair then had a chance run-in on the London underground later that night and continued to stay in touch. "We started Skyping and I flew her out to L.A. and then here we are."
Right, we're going to concentrate on our commute home tonight – no more Kindle – we're on the look-out for Mr Right.
Are you gutted Sam if off the market? Or are you loving this romantic tale as much as we are? Tell us in the comment box below or tweet us @CosmopolitanUK.
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Fashion by Double A Presents: Accessories for man!
Accessorizing can be such a nasty word when it comes to men's fashion. Judging by the selection of men's bracelets and necklaces in recent years, it wouldn't be hard to understand why. The men's jewelry business outside of gaudy gold jewelry behemoths used to be nearly nonexistent. As any woman will tell you, it can be impossible to make a real statement with what you're wearing if it doesn't have that little something extra. The same is true for men.
If you're going to drop a fortune on a stylish new pair of men's jeans, you might as well have the fancy belt to match. But who says you need to shell out mountains of cash on a belt that blends quality construction with premium leather? This loose belt brown by Gabriel mixes fine real texture leather with quality Japanese craftsmanship - at an amazingly group gift.
So go ahead and fork out a few extra dollars on your designer jeans, 'cause you'll be able to save some scratch on this sturdy brown belt that keeps it classic.
Tattoos are no longer taboo - they've been part of mainstream culture for some time now and it's clear that they're here to stay. Men worldwide get their bodies tattooed for a million and one reasons, including marking a drastic change in their lives, or highlighting something that influenced them, either in a positive or negative way. I picked up some awesome tattoos to show you. The body birds tattoo from Kosh are very sensual and discret, if you are making some drama, Kosh also have a tattoo solution to show your moody: get these tears! And this hand tattoo from Kandy Tattoos is very original.
Skin: Maurice Eyeliner Chin2 by Egoisme
Shape: Alon Alphaville
Eyes: Eyes Awake by MADesigns
Undewears: Verge Boxer Birefs by Aitui
Pants: Cargo Pants Brown by Gabriel
Hair/Cap: BakerBoy Cap and Hair by Mr. Poet - Culture Shock 2011
Necklace: UnisexNecklace Esses by MadeForYou
Bracelet: 3in1 Unisex R by MadeForYou
Belt: loose belt brown by Gabriel (group gift)
Shoes: Style Sneakers Brown by Redgrave
Tattoo hand:Yvo hand tattoo 1 by by kandy tattoos
Tattoo body: Flock of Birds by Kosh
Tattoo face: To Much Stress - drama - by Kosh
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Master of Science in Public Health Extended Programme (EMSPH)
The Extended Master of Science in Public Health (EMSPH) offered by the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and administered by the Health Services Academy (HSA), Islamabad, is a three year postgraduate degree programme.
Goal of the EMSPH Programme
The MSPH/EMSPH programmes offered by HSA aims to improve the health status of the population, which is to be achieved by providing public health and health care professionals with a high quality postgraduate training programme in public health sciences.
Objectives of the EMSPH Programme
The graduates of the MSPH/EMSPH programmes are prepared to:
- Solve health-related problems within the financial, socio-cultural, environmental and political framework of Pakistan and its surrounding region.
- Design, conduct, analyze and interpret the results of relevant studies, projects and programmes.
- Initiate, plan, manage, monitor and evaluate interventions in the field of public health.
- Communicate public health messages to diverse audience effectively.
- Advocate sound public health policies and practices.
The Master of Science programmes at HSA provide experienced professionals with a thorough grounding in population-based approaches to health sector problem identification, investigation, analysis and managed response.
Programme Organization and Structure
The intensive curriculum emphasizes basic public health sciences, essential managerial and analytical skills including project planning and evaluation, epidemiological investigations, health systems analysis and research, reproductive and child health, environmental and occupational health, disease control, and effective communication and leadership. It adopts a discipline-based approach to address the core competencies.
The curriculum is organized around a guiding framework, which first provides students a conceptual overview of the diverse profession of public health and team-oriented approach to professional practice as well as practicum.
The courses are taught in either a concurrent or modular manner to build upon and integrate with each other. The first semester curriculum provides exposure to the breadth of public health disciplines. The second semester curriculum provides advanced training in key methodological and programmatic disciplines which continues into the third semester, along with electives and a student-directed thesis. The Dissertation integrates public health knowledge, skills, and methods in a professionally and personally relevant practice context. Elective courses are offered only during the third semester if minimally eight participants enroll for a course. New credited courses will be subsequently introduced on a need-and-demand basis in the coming years. Students are encouraged to become involved in the institutional research, e.g. HSA's Field Demonstration Area provides an opportunity for supervised, mentored practical experiences while addressing the health needs of Pakistan and its surrounding region.
In the fourth semester the students of MSPH (two year) proceed to their respective workplace and apply the skills that they learnt in the first three semesters. The immediate supervisor's/mentor's appraisal will be submitted at the end of the semester.
EMSPH Programme Duration, Credits and Medium of Instruction (3 Year Programme)
The Extended MSPH degree programme extends up to (36) months. During the first (26) months course work will be completed. At the end of the first and second year, a university exam will be conducted. A third examination will be held after the elective culminating in the last examination pertaining to their research work/dissertation.
The total progarmme consists of sixty credits. One credit is equivalent to 16-18 hours of formal teaching/contact hours or 48-54 hours of practical field work. Practical fieldwork is defined as consisting of individual fieldwork, group fieldwork, field visits, individual assignments and class exercises.
English is the medium of instruction and examination for the progarmme.
Method of Assessment/Examination for MSPH (3 year programme)
The students are evaluated during each course on the basis of:
- Formative assessment which is a mix of the tests, end of course examination, class and home assignments, class participation, interactive discussions, practical
exercises and/or group works depending on the course outline (ongoing assessment);.
- Summative assessment based on the end of semester examination papers. Summative assessments are held at the end of first two semesters and comprise of two semester papers each. In the third semester, the students are examined in the mid-semester summative assessment before the start of the Dissertation work.
The Dissertation work is assessed through a viva voce examination on the basis of a structured format covering the quality of the project, work performed in the field, data generation and analysis and presentation of results, discussion and conclusions presented as a written report. In the fourth semester the students go back to their workplaces and apply the skills learned in the first three semesters. At the end of the semester an on-job written report will be submitted by the students in addition to the written appraisal by the designated supervisor/mentor. A joint agreement has to be made with the supervisor/mentor and the faculty advisors at HSA prior to the beginning of the fourth semester. This will be finally assessed by the senior faculty of HSA. Fifty percent marks shall be reserved for the ongoing (formative) assessment and fifty percent for the semester examination paper and dissertation (summative assessment). Candidates obtaining less than 50% in any of the examinations will be deemed to have failed in that paper/semester of the MSPH. A student failing in a paper (when scores of semester examination and ongoing assessment are less than fifty percent), will be allowed to clear that paper in the supplementary examination to be held within 3 months of the declaration of the result of the semester. However, a student accumulating more than two failures at any stage shall cease to be a student of the University. Each credit corresponds to 50 marks in the examination. 25 marks per credit are for the formative (ongoing) assessment and 25 marks for summative (end semester exam) assessment. The distribution of marks of each examination is as follows:
Candidates passing all the semester/annual examinations shall be declared to have passed the MSPH/EMSPH programmes and shall be awarded the degree. The final evaluation of the students will be as per the existing university regulations. The minimum passing marks in each of the subjects will be 50%; however the overall cumulative minimum marks required for passing the MSPH/EMSPH programmes will be 60%.
Grading of course work is as under:
·Grade "A" 80% or higher
· Grade "B" 60% to 79%
· Grade "C" 50% to 59%
· Fail Less than 50%
Course Catalog for MSPH/EMSPH Programmes
HSA's MSPH/EMSPH programmes are internationally accredited and its curriculum designed in accordance with international standards. Every year, HSA produces public health graduates who work at key posts in national and international agencies within Pakistan and abroad.
Courses for Semester I for MSPH/EMSPH
MPH301: Foundations of Public Health
This is a 1-credit introductory course designed to introduce students to the various facets of public health concepts, the problem-solving paradigm, and to prepare them for a multi-disciplinary approach towards public health. By the end of the course, participants should be able to examine public health through its historical context and use this information in the evaluation of current public health issues, and analyze a public health problem and evaluate interventions and policy alternatives using the roblem-solving methodology.
MPH302 & MPH303: Basic Epidemiology and Basic Biostatistics
MPH302 Basic Epidemiology: This 3-credit course in Basic Epidemiology is designed with the objective of introducing the subject and its fundamental principles, uses and methods. The student should become familiar with principles of screening, surveillance, measures of disease frequency and association. They will be able to understand epidemiological study designs and interpret data in a scientific manner.
MPH303 Basic Biostatistics: A 3-credit core course in basic biostatistics shall be given. It shall cover the basic statistical methods to enable the participants to use them in such disciplines as Epidemiology, medical demography, health planning and management, maternal and child health and communicable and non-communicable disease prevention and control. The emphasis in the course shall be on development of practical skills in Biostatistics rather than on its mathematical basis. The student would thus acquire the ability to make appropriate tabulations and graphic displays of data, select and conduct appropriate methods of statistical inference and interpret the results of analyses.
MPH304: Population Dynamics
This is a 1-credit core course. The course introduces participants to the basic concepts of demography, its importance and application in public health. They would study the various methods for demographic data collection and learn how to compute and interpret the common demographic indicators. Participants shall be able to use this knowledge to make projections of future population growth and its use in planning for health services.
MPH305: Computer Applications in Public Health
This 1-credit course aims to provide the public health professionals with skills to operate computers and utilize softwares with speed and efficiency to improve their communications with their colleagues and other scientists around the world. Public Health professionals must have the expertise to utilize statistical and wordprocessing softwares effectively in order to produce high quality reports and publications.
MPH306: Foundations of Qualitative Research
In this 3-credit course the participants are introduced to basic concepts of social and medical anthropology. The socio-cultural dimensions and lay perceptions of health and medicine including the concepts and definitions of disease, illness and sickness from the public health's point of view are taught. The course teaches qualitative research methods, i.e. interview, observation and participative techniques, and their application to public health. Students discuss and practice methods for collecting and analyzing qualitative data.
MPH307: Introduction to Environmental Health
This 3-credit course presents concepts, principles, and applications of the main natural and social science disciplines that form the basis of environmental health and describes how these disciplines and their practitioners interact in the environmental health paradigm. The course examines health issues, scientific understanding of causes, and possible future approaches to control of the major emerging environmental health problems in industrialized and developing countries.
MPH308: Aspects of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Public Health
The goal of this 1-credit course is to introduce the MSPH participants to the various facets of the public health in light of the social determinants of health. The main emphasis is on a holistic view keeping under consideration the social, cultural, ecological, political and economic factors and their mutual interaction that influences the occurrence of disease and its management at individual and community level.
MPH309: Health Systems Analysis
This course is worth 2 credits, and introduces the concept of a health system, its various components, and the influences of the surrounding socioeconomic and cultural environment. Participants shall become familiar with the methods used to assess the health system in general and the health care delivery system in particular. The role of various private and public sector agencies (including NGOs) and their interrelationship with respect to their impact on the improvement of health systems at all levels will be analysed. They will also become familiar with methods used to identify health problems and health needs of communities.
Courses for Semester II for MSPH/EMSPH
MPH310: Research Process I and II
This is a 3-credit hour course offered over two semesters; part one in semester II (credits 2) and part two in semester III (credit 1). This is an applied subject utilizing the knowledge and skills acquired in the first semester. This includes the learning of skills of critically assessing the published articles in medical journals based on the knowledge acquired earlier. Through the application of their knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics, population dynamics, qualitative research methods,
computer skills and health systems analysis, students will develop a research question, do a literature review and provide the essential background, make statements for objectives, carry out data collection, apply statistical methods and computer skills to conduct data analysis, and finally, present their findings and research projects in the third semester.
MPH311: Introduction to Reproductive Health
This 2-credit core course provides information on the reproductive health problems of women and men and possible solutions. The goal of this course is to enable the students to have the knowledge and skills to address and provide solutions for a better reproductive health. It is hoped that the participants would also be able to analyse and interpret relevant data and to design, implement and monitor field programmes for improving reproductive health status. The course will focus on the
basic concepts, problems and issues in reproductive health.
MPH312: Child Health Programmes and Interventions
This 2-credit core course aims to improve and strengthen the knowledge and skills of health care providers in the field of child health including social problems. Participants will become aware of the multidimensional causes of child health problems, understand the basic concepts and principles of essential programme areas of child health, the role of governmental, private and international health agencies, research methods, policy formulation and programme evaluation in child health. The participants will be able to evaluate national health programmes and to compare and contrast vertical and integrated approaches to health care interventions in child health.
MPH313: Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics
This 3-credit elective course in applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics shall further consolidate the knowledge and skills the participants have acquired in basic epidemiology, biostatistics, and computer applications in public health course. The aim of this course is to familiarize participants with the application of epidemiological methods in the field.
MPH314: Communicable and Non-communicable Disease Control
This is a 2-credit core course. The overall aim of this course is to familiarize participants with the epidemiology of commonly occurring diseases in developing countries and their impact in endemic areas. It mainly covers epidemiology of infectious diseases, and additionally addresses some common non-communicable diseases. The course contents include investigation of outbreaks, medical entomology, efficacy of vaccines, diagnostic laboratory techniques and control measures for selected communicable diseases.
MPH315: Health Promotion
Health promotion is an important intervention to change behaviors and attitudes of people to deal with largely preventable health problems. It needs the input in the form of proper planning, implementation and evaluation of Health Promotion programmes and projects. Health Promotion is considered as the continuation of the skills already learnt in the earlier courses. This 3-credit course aims to reorient the students to turn them into health promotion specialists and communicators.
MPH316: Health Systems Management
This 3-credit core course focuses on the means and methods of proper management of a health care system. It will focus on issues such as health management information, quality assurance, and financial management, maintenance and repair, and personnel management. Also considered are quantitative techniques and methods, which shall assist health managers in evidence-based decision-making.
MPH317: Health Systems Planning
This 3-credit course is offered to MSPH participants to build upon their existing Health Systems concepts. Health planning is a major task of public health professionals working in the government and the private sector at managerial posts such as project managers, district health officers, and hospital managers. Particularly since many countries have decentralized their administration to the districts and below, public health professionals are required to have sound knowledge and skills to plan and budget for health. The focus of this course is on the tools and techniques of operational planning, whereas strategic planning is dealt with in the elective course on health policy.
Courses for Semester III for MSPH/EMSPH
MPH418: Health Care Financing
This 3-credit course is an introduction to the field of health care financing and health economics. In the past decade, some of the most controversial policies considered by governments have involved issues that have been analyzed by health economists. For this reason, public health professionals need to have a sound basis to understand economic and financing mechanisms underlying changes occurring in the health sector.
MPH419: Applied Nutrition
This 3-credit elective course is designed to familiarize the participants with the fundamentals of nutrition. The assessment of nutritional status, effects on growth and common nutrition problems will be discussed in greater detail. In addition, this course will provide an opportunity to the participants to learn about the nutritional care of the mother, infant and young children.
MPH420: Hospital Management
This 3-credit elective course is aimed at enhancing the skills of participants in hospital management in order to improve the quality of services being provided in hospitals. Participants will familiarize themselves with the essential components of a hospital system, the role of hospitals in relation to a primary health care system and the fundamental principles of management of hospitals with respect to financial, physical and personnel resource management.
MPH421: Occupational Health
This 3-credit course specifically focuses on occupational health problems. The emphasis is on problems encountered in developing countries, in the rural and urban setting. It begins by describing exposure-disease relationships in the workplace and then goes on to discuss the various control measures available to minimize such exposures. Ergonomics and acute and chronic injuries are also discussed. Other issues that are covered include occupational epidemiology, industrial hygiene, workers' compensation, and the mechanism for delivery of occupational health services.
MPH422: Health Policy
The overall goal of this 3-credit course is to provide the participants a basis on how to critically analyze, develop and improve health policies. This course introduces participants to the concepts of Primary Health Care, its policies and strategies: the role of the community, the participatory principle and the necessity for multi-sectoral cooperation. Participants will develop an understanding of the need for a health policy, and be equipped with the methods and tools of policy formulation. This course will introduce participants to means and methods of planning at the central level. Participants will be given an insight into how macro-plans relate to district plans and
be able to identify constraints, limitations and problems with implementing macro-plans for improving peripheral health services.
MPH423: Community-based Reproductive Health Interventions
The goal of this 3-credit course is to equip the participants with the skills, knowledge and principles to design and manage effective community-based reproductive health programmes at the national, provincial and district levels. Students spend the first part of the course preparing the community-level assessment tools and the second part collecting the information in the field. Assessments are conducted at volunteer tehsil health centres where local health officials and community providers can guide the types of information needed. Course participants analyze the collected data and prepare written and oral reports which are shared with the local health unit.
Appropriate community-based interventions are then suggested from the needs assessment.
MPH424: Workforce Planning
This course prepares participants to advance their competence in preparing workforce plans at national, regional and organizational level. Participants will become familiar and competent with the various planning tools and models available to health planners, and be able to prepare high quality evidence based work plans. The module will be practical in orientation offering students multiple opportunities to use different tools, software and techniques.
MPH 425: Workforce Management
This module examines the theory and process of managing and mobilizing the health workforce to achieve organizational goals from the standpoint of the mid-level manager, including management issues such as recruitment, retention, staff development, performance issues, and the difficult and sensitive skills of handling grievances and negotiations. The module is strong on skills development and practice.
MPH-426: Strategic Human Resources for Health
This module reviews the consequences of a systemic failure to address human resource issues in health systems and health care organizations at local and national level. Drawing on a wide range of evidence from a range of sources, students explore what is happening in the workforce, and critically appraise strategies and policies that could be or have been put in place to address the national workforce crisis.
MPH324: Dissertation
During this 10-credit assignment for MSPH & 12-credit assignment for EMSPH, participants will carry out a research project of her/his own choice in an area of public health. In close collaboration with a faculty advisor, participants will conduct a study in the form of basic or an applied research project or program/project evaluation. At the end of the fieldwork participants shall formally present their findings in the form of a dissertation.
Eligibility Criteria
Basic Qualifications
The candidate should possess one of the following qualifications or an equivalent degree from a recognized university or accrediting body.
a) MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery).
b) BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery).
c) B Pharmacy (Bachelor of Pharmacy) or M Pharmacy (Master's in Pharmacy).
d) BSc Nursing (Bachelor of Science in Nursing).
e) DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine).
f) Master's Degree in a relevant subject such as Anthropology, Business Administration Public
Administration (MPA), Executive Business Administration (EMBA of 2 year), Human Nutrition, Microbiology, Physiology, Psychology, Public Health Engineering, Statistic, Zoology, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Education & other related sciences.
Age Limit
Candidates should not be over 45 years of age at the time of applying for the course. In case of a tie in the process of fulfillment of selection criteria, preference shall be given to those of younger age.
Final Selection
The applicant's acceptance is contingent upon the receipt of all required documents including official transcripts. The MSPH/EMSPH Admissions Committee is responsible for identifying those students with missing documents and/or credentials which do not meet eligibility standards.
The final selection shall be done on the basis of the following distribution of marks:
* The marks obtained in the final examination of the qualifying degree as mentioned in the eligibility criteria.


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Bureaucrats typically won't admit to caving under political pressure. That's why it's no surprise that Greg Petrowich, general manager of the PBS station KUAC in Fairbanks, denies any connection between his unilaterally axing some popular KUAC-FM programming this summer and the carping from state and national politicians about the evils of public broadcasting.
For example, Rep. Jim Holm, R-Fairbanks, despises public broadcasting, having worked tirelessly in Juneau to kill it. In public comments that would make the Communists proud, Holm said of public broadcasting: "Unless we have control of what they print or publish, we can't give tax dollars to it." Petrowich apparently gets wobbly around such politicians, demonstrating scant understanding of journalistic integrity.
Using Holm's logic, public broadcasting should sanitize the government's incompetence amid Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, even as unfiltered media images have starkly revealed to the world the ever-expanding divide between rich and poor in wealthy America; government's failure to invest in infrastructure; and politicians' strange notion to protect property over human lives with "shoot to kill" orders that put the poor in even greater danger as they desperately scrambled for food and water in flood-ravaged New Orleans. (We'll see how long the media's recent "discovery" of the poor will last.)
Back in Alaska, instead of publicly standing up to Holm and defending the mission of public broadcasting and enlightening him about such things as divergent views, government censorship, and the First Amendment, Petrowich simply swept from KUAC-FM's schedule the sort of programming that offends Holm and his ilk. Then KUAC's general manager lashed out at KUAC's core supporters.
In a local newspaper commentary, Petrowich trivialized his own loyal KUAC listeners as "a relatively small but vocal group" because they dared object to his capitulation.
"They question our timing and incorrectly conclude that the changes were somehow influenced by politics," Petrowich wrote. "We failed to consider this potential public perception when we made our program changes."
By eliminating the well-respected "CounterSpin" program, Petrowich zapped the show that may well be one of KUAC's top call-getters during fund drives. "CounterSpin," a product of the media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), counterbalances an increasing move to the right both at PBS and in the nation's shamelessly shallow mainstream media, the same ones that consider the runaway bride, Michael Jackson, and Tom Cruise's newest romance legitimate "news" worthy of blanket coverage while essentially ignoring, for example, genocide in Africa.
"CounterSpin" challenges powerful media entities. Judging from public reaction to Petrowich's move, public radio listeners appreciate FAIR's fact-based criticism of corporate media, which continue to shovel tabloid-style drivel at us and our children. The "CounterSpin" audience is growing nationally.
"We continue to add a few stations every year," says Peter Hart, FAIR's director of media activism. "It's very rare for a station to pull the show."
Petrowich now finds himself facing a patron revolt: the KUAC Listeners' Alliance, which recently launched a "conditional pledge" drive, reportedly capturing more than $3,500 in one day.
A KUAC listener petition wonders why critics like Holm attack public broadcasting for its perceived "liberal bias" while ignoring PBS's many right-wing voices, including PBS's conservatives-only Wall Street Journal Review.
"KUAC regularly offers us the views of arch-conservative extremists like Pat Buchanan, while never regularly featuring anyone who is as far to the left as Buchanan . . . (is) to the right," says the petition.
Meanwhile, if Petrowich digs in against reinstating"Counterspin" and other ousted programs, the next call he fields from listeners and viewers (who feel they are fighting for the integrity of public broadcasting) might well be for be his resignation.
One way or another, Mr. Petrowich will learn that longtime public broadcasting supporters want general managers who represent them. They don't want a meek instrument of politicians, bureaucrats, or businessmen seeking to remake public broadcasting in their image-or to kill PBS altogether.
Susan Andrews and John Creed are journalism professors at Chukchi Campus, the Kotzebue branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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On this page, you will find information on grants awarded by the Committee on African Studies, general information and funding opportunities for language programs both on and off campus, as well as external sources of funding such as campus employment opportunities.
African Studies Grants: University of Chicago Graduate Student Small Grants
Graduate Student Small Grants
These grants are for projects that will advance the research agendas and professional training of doctoral students. Students may use these awards either alone or in combination with African Language Funds to support independent research and travel related to dissertation fieldwork and language study. Priority will be given to projects that are carried out on the African continent and that are likely to enhance the applicant's ability to obtain outside funding for dissertation research. It is also possible to use small grants for follow-up research or for other initiatives; please confer with faculty members before the deadline in such instances. Consistent and committed participation in the African Studies Workshop is required of all awardees. Please submit your application, which should include a one-paragraph summary and justification of the proposed research, a cv, and a budget by Friday, January 24, 2020. Awards will not exceed $3,000 and in some cases may be considerably less.
The Graduate Student Small Grants are made possible by support from the Office of the Provost.
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African Language Fund.
The African Language Fund (ALF) offers limited support for students preparing for doctoral research. These funds may be used to defray the costs of tuition, tutoring fees, textbooks, or other language-learning materials, or to assist with travel to language programs offered elsewhere, including in African countries. In exceptional circumstances, ALF may also be used for other scholarly projects. If you wish to apply, please write a brief letter of application which includes a paragraph on your proposed doctoral research, as well as a discussion of your need for language training, your plans for undertaking it, and a budget. Please send applications by January 24, 2020. No budget should exceed $1,500, and actual awards may be less. Consistent and committed participation in the African Studies Workshop is required of all awardees.
The African Language Fund is made possible by support from the Dean of the Social Sciences.
Summer intensive language study at Ohio University. An intensive summer African languages program at Ohio University provides beginner and intermediate-level courses equivalent to one academic year of instruction. Classes meet 5 hours a day, Monday through Friday, and are taught by native speakers of the respective languages. Available languages include Akan (Twi), IsiZulu, Somali, Swahili, and Wolof. Availability may be altered depending on student interest. NON-Ohio University Students will need to complete a NON-DEGREE application in order to register for classes. The same tuition fees apply.
The Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World (University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign). SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and cultures of the Muslim World and interact with experts in this region. In addition to classroom instruction, SILMW will offer a variety of extracurricular activities designed to enhance classroom instruction, provide additional channels for language contact and practice, and expose learners to the traditions of the Muslim World communities. These extracurricular activities include research forums, picnics, conversation tables, cooking classes, music & dance performances, movie screenings, field trips, lectures and other cultural activities. Languages include Arabic, Swahili, and Wolof.
Grants and Fellowships: External Resources
- Graduate Student Affairs. An extensive list of external funding opportunities is maintained by Brooke Noonan and the Graduate Student Affairs committee.
- Boston University's West African Research Association (WARA) Grants and Fellowships. WARA offers several exciting funding opportunities to both U.S. and West African scholars.
- Boren Fellowship. Boren Fellowships provide graduate students with up to $30,000 to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency.The African Languages Initiative (AFLI) offers Boren Scholarship and Fellowship applicants the unique opportunity to learn African languages and cultures in a domestic and an overseas programs. More information on the AFLI available here. Contact Jessica Smith to set up a campus advising session.
Employment: On Campus
- NEW IN 2018: Graduate Assistant in Dakar, Senegal. The College's "Dakar: African Civilizations" program requires a Graduate Assistant (GA) to serve as a program and course assistant in Dakar. The program includes three intensive African Civilizations courses taught in English by two University of Chicago faculty members and a faculty member from University Cheikh Anta Diop. More information available here.
- African Studies Workshop Coordinator. Every year, a graduate student coordinator works with the ASW faculty advisors to manage the logistics and organization of the workshop. Duties include working with faculty advisors to organize the ASW schedule; coordinating with with presenters and recruiting discussants; distributing papers and setting up each ASW meeting; managing the ASW email list and Chalk site; coordinating visits of and publicity for outside visitors, including those who come to speak in the Distinguished African Studies Lecture series; working with Northwestern for the bi-annual Red Lion seminars; maintain ties with the Committee for Advanced Study (CAS) and the Center for International Studies (CIS); soliciting applications for the African Language Fund (January 15) and publicizing faculty and graduate student Small Grants; working with webmaster to ensure that ASW and Lecture Series pages are updated; working with faculty coordinators to prepare and submit workshop renewal forms. For more information on the duties of workshop coordinators, see the CAS website.
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When Cardi B announced last week that she and Offset had split, fans were shocked.
Many even believed she wasn't being truthful, as the two had packed on the PDA onstage at the 2018 102.7 KIIS-FM Jingle Ball just days prior, and had made her announcement to generate publicity for Offset's new album, which is set for release on December 14.
In an Instagram Live session on Sunday, which was watched by more than 100,000 people including Lindsay Lohan, Cardi debunked the rumors and also went on to deny rumors that her and her ex's relationship was fake.
"I really don't like how people say my and my husband—whatever he is right now to me—is doing it for publicity," she said. "I wouldn't put my family in a bad name for no f--king publicity, 'cause at the end of the day, ten years from now, my daughter, she's gonna be looking at these type of things and she's gonna be asking me about these type of things."


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UNN offers a wide variety of Russian language programmes. We offer classes in three unique programmes: Preparatory Course Programme, Practical course of Russian as a foreign language. Please review our programmes summaries below to see which programme best meets your needs. If you're unsure of which program is best for you, then you can apply for admission.
It is also advisable to check the deadlines found on each programme page.
See the list of Russian Language Programmes
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Submit copy of your international passport (all fulfilled pages)
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Once you have been admitted to a degree programme, you will receive a detailed letter which clearly states the terms of enrolment and requirements for programmes. If you accept UNN admission offer, you will be sent a contract you should sign and send back to the Faculty of International Students. The University signs 2 copies of the Contract, registers and certifies them with its seal. Afterwards you will receive one copy of the signed Contract by email.
Step 4. Pay the tuition fees
Tuition fees shoud be paid before your arrival at the University. This can be done by bank transfer to the University's account (you will find the account number in your contract). In this case you pay the fee under the registered study contract at your local bank and send a copy of receipt to the University.
Step 5. Get an invitation and visa
In case all the recruitments stipulated in the Contract are fulfilled and your payment of fees is confirmed, the University addresses the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia to launch the invitation process. The FMS issues an invitation letter approximately 5 weeks after the University`s official request. The original invitation letter is required in order to obtain a student visa at the local Russian Embassy.
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After you obtain the visa and buy the plane (train) tickets to Nizhni Novgorod, please inform the University about the date of your arrival. On the additional request (please, contact your admissions officer), you can be met at Nizhni Novgorod airport or railroad station and guided to the University.
Students must come to Russia no later than one month before the expiry of the initial three-month visa in order to have enough time to prolong this student visa. The Federal Migration Service may refuse to prolong your visa if you come to Russia later than this date.
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Opinion: ObamaCare's Self-Destruct Mechanism
Editorial page editor Paul Gigot on the reason why Democrats don't want ObamaCare interpreted according to the letter of the law. Photo credit: Getty Images.
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I think the administration is paying faster was what's fascinating about this is accused the judiciary that the rare opportunity to weigh in on this issue that has become such a big part ... of the second Obama term which is it's it's ... doesnt Cana rewrite laws ... ever we um goes rewritten delay Obamacare thirty eight times in different ways ... this is a case where suddenly somebody has standing so it's gonna go up to the dish here and I think the Liberals were dismissing this are making mistake is having a win at the DC Circuit level of the level ... of Lombok which is the entire corridor was there because the quarter's been stack ... now with the Obama appointees but I think the Supreme Court if it wins the appellate level ... and a three judge panel has a strong opinion ... I think we don't be surprised if the Supreme Court takes escape call on within the next year would have to be next year if the option to serve raises the question in effect territorial suggested a is Obamacare all all or isn't a lot there's just a fundamental constitutional question right at the center of this case ... I mean the federal exchanges are not in the last ... well look at the federal exchanges are a lot but it did but but not just the payment of this channeling this ... disease through them ... so you know they say it's just a mistake and and and and and reading the sector well that's not ... totally honest ... ah but even if it has ... gone to have some obligation ... has executive for the political branches ... go back ... and fix it ... and that's what I would think the court should say yes it's not our job to fix badly drafted statutes that don't do what you said they are supposed to do ... you gotta go pick some ... of the president doesn't want to do that because he knows what you open about them is to be a lot more negotiation over a lot more portions of the law but that's what his obligations as the president gets ... to work with the other political branch to fix something that was their mistake well I don't wanna do that since beginning the government argues this would destroy the individual mandate ... the last twelve ... the president basically has said ... I can change the individual mandate myself ... so he's rewriting and as he goes along anyway ... so but it would necessarily destroy the individually they would or would do is it would require the executive of Congress to sit down and say ok do we want it ... again what are the real parameters of the law ... and to just go in and to fix it basically some other the other thing that might happen in some states might say ... ok well now will set up a ... state exchange to be able to get the subsidies so that the calamity day ... the project ... would happen if they actually follow the law ... in and what to do about to ... Tuesday's big officials for Obamacare revenue watching of all things ...


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Weird—it seems that our birthday ritual of breathing all over a sheet cake and then feeding it to our dearest friends might not be totally sanitary.
Business Insider picks up some research suggesting that "the mere act of extinguishing those flickering lights multiplied the bacteria on the cake by 1,400%." Oops! How they arrived at this revolting conclusion:
For the study, published this summer in the Journal of Food Research, a group of food scientists prepared two test birthday "cakes" made of Styrofoam which they then spread with real icing (vanilla, in case you were wondering) and decorated with exactly 17 candles. Before having volunteers blow out the candles on both cakes, they had all of them smell and consume a piece of hot pizza — "to simulate a meal-dessert sequence." Afterwards, they compared the amount of bacteria present on each cake surface, and then repeated the whole exercise three times — because science.
"I personally will be aware of the health status of the blower and won't blow out candles if I'm sick," said Clemson professor Paul Dawson, the study's leading author. But what better way to celebrate our loved ones than by consuming icing and fluffy yellow cake christened with their microbiome?


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" Shut Up (and sleep with me) " is by Sin With Sebastian ( Sebastian Roth ), the German Eurodance performer. The song was written by Sebastian with production by Sebastian and Inga Humpe, the German singer and composer.
The track is about asking for someone to sleep with him and includes a rousing chorus of almost operatic proportions by the blonde singer Donna Lynn Bowers; she begs the question while stroking a male model's torso in the video " You are young, you're free, why don't you sleep with me? "
After spending time as an artist, Sebastian was signed to the sing record label in 1994, from where he worked for his debut single " Shut Up (and sleep with me) ".
The song was released on the Sing Sing record label in 1995 as the lead single from Sebastian's first album, Golden Boy.
Sebastian enjoyed chart success with the song which became a European hit. The song entered the charts and reached a peak position of number one in many countries including Austria, Finland and Spain.
In Austria Sin With Sebastian entered the chart on the 30th of April 1995 and climbed to reach the top spot where he stayed for seven weeks. The song spent a total of twenty weeks on the chart.
In Finland, it entered the chart at number thirty-three and from there went on to reach the number one spot for one week, it stayed on the Finnish chart for a total of nine weeks.
Along with three number ones of his debut single, Sebastian also reached the Top Ten in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Not only was " Shut Up (and sleep with me) " successful in Europe. But over in the United States the song entered the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart and climbed to reach a peak of number twenty-six with a total of eight weeks on the chart, the song didn't make it over into the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
In the United Kingdom, the song failed to break into the Top Forty and hovered just outside at number forty-four and spent a total of two weeks on the chart.
BillBoard Highest Chart Position: N/A
UK Highest Chart Position: 44
Other Countries Highest Chart Positions: Austria (Austria Top 40) 1, Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 2, Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 6, Canada Dance (RPM) 2, Denmark (IFPI) 5, Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) 1, Germany (Official German Charts) 4, Italy (FIMI) 13, Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 4, Spain (AFYVE) 1, Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 3, Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 6, US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 26
Official Website: Sinwithsebastian.de
FaceBook Page: Facebook.com/sinwithsebastianPage
Twitter: Twitter.com/sinwithseb
Wikipedia Page: Wikipedia.org/SinWithSebastian
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Dear Jeff & Jessica,
I was encouraged to share our testimony after seeing the testimony recently posted by Wholehearted on FB.
I would like to appreciate the kind of friendship we have with you guys which started with my wife getting to know Jessica first. At first I was not sure where this was going but I later discovered that my wife was having a heart-to-heart discussion with Jessica.
We have been going through some turbulent phase in our life and thank God that at the right time God made my wife and Jessica to connect so there could be an opportunity for both of them to share things and provide quality support to each other.
The advice my wife was getting from Jessica, managed to get me back to the right direction. I was somehow getting sidetracked and was not willing to provide leadership in this marriage to ensure that love and intimacy and faith in nurtured. I was struggling with some habits of about a decade that I think made me hard in my heart and I was slowly growing cold in my love for God and that of my wife.
I have been to depths of sin but praise God that I am back and fighting for my life, my faith, my family, my career, my future!
My wife shared with Jessica about my problems and when I got to know about that I was angry but decided not to do anything because I realized how big the challenge she was facing in this relationship was. I also began to look inside me and realize that I am actually going down the drain.
My wife and Jessica were used by God-Jessica would encourage her, advise her and pray for her (even for me I believe). Although I was very difficult, emotionally cold, hostile and uncooperative, my wife managed to melt me down and convinced me that I needed to go to a men's camp in our church here in South Africa. What a weekend I had, God confronted me about my life and my issues, I was crying tears the whole weekend and I can say that ever since I came back I have been a different person. We have had some bad moments but God is helping us to listen to each other, to be sensitive to each other and to work through issues and resolve them.
I believe that from now whatever battle or issues surface, we will be able to deal with them properly. I am also able to deal with my issues which I have been struggling with and I am winning the battle. I have recently finished a very good book which helps married men deal with sexual purity in their lives and strengthen their marriages.
We are learning to fellowship with each and with God better now. Before I was not comfortable doing that with my wife. We now enjoy sharing about what God is saying to each of us and are able to talk about the vision for the future and pray together.
We do appreciate the kind of attention that you guys are giving us, it means a lot to us. Jeff I do not know you much and I have not even met you, we do not talk a lot about things, but you are like my own brother. I believe that there is a lot we will learn from each other about marriage, faith and life in general.
Continue to be a blessing to us and to others, one day we will be able to stand on a platform and talk to people about how the Lord helps you overcome challenges in marriage and in life and come out stronger than before.
God richly bless you!
Your friends in South Africa
A Note From Jessica,
If you feel led to share your story of how the Lord has blessed you, after reading our friends in South Africa's testimony, please do so! Your testimony according to Rev 19:10 IS the spirit of prophecy! It is through our testimony of Christ, that others are strengthened and encouraged that THEY TOO can win in life! Your testimony is prophetic!
You can send your testimony to: email@example.com. We give all our potential testifiers an option for anonymity, as well as the initial rights to proof what is printed.
You can also read more real-life testimonies @ http://wholeheartedministries.com/forreal


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|Question 1: Cunnilingus is the act of using the mouth, ________, and tongue to stimulate the female genitals.
|Question 2: The tongue can be inserted into the ________, either stiffened or moving.
|Question 3: Derived from a vulgar Latin word for the ________ (cunnus) and the Latin word for tongue (lingua).
|Question 4: Cunnilingus may be accompanied by the insertion of finger(s) or a sex toy into the vagina, which allows for the simultaneous stimulation of the ________, and/or into the anus.
|Question 5: [1] The ________ is the most sexually sensitive part of the body for almost all women but may be too sensitive to pleasantly stimulate directly at times, especially in early stages of arousal.
|Question 6: As in all ________, both the techniques used in cunnilingus and individual responses to them are varied.
|Question 7: Author Shere Hite notes in The Hite Report that most women achieve ________ easily from clitoral stimulation as part of cunnilingus.
|Question 8: Although not spoken of openly in Western society until recently, cunnilingus is accorded a revered place in ________.
|Question 9: The religious historian Mircea Eliade speaks of a similar desire to transcend old age and death, and achieve a state of nirvana, in the ________ practice of Tantric yoga.


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"Carnage" is the way UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described what is occurring in Aleppo, as the Syrian government and its allies wreak devastation on the civilian population there.
At a UN Security Council Emergency Briefing on December 13th, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power spoke of the accounts of human misery that have emerged from Aleppo: "first responders describing children's voices from beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings…; no equipment left to dig them out, and no doctors left to treat them. Bodies lying in the streets of eastern Aleppo, but no one dares collect them, for fear of getting bombed or shot to death in the process."
Ambassador Power excoriated the three UN Member States overseeing this brutality. "The regime of Bashar al-Assad, Russia, Iran, and their affiliated militia are the ones responsible for what the UN called "a complete meltdown of humanity," she said. "And they are showing no mercy. No mercy despite their territorial conquests."
Ambassador Power noted that when "civilians are able to run the gauntlet and make it across the frontlines, Syrian intelligence agencies are pulling people aside and sending them away, perhaps to be gang-pressed to the front lines, likely to the same prisons where we know the Assad regime tortures and executes those in its custody."
The United States, said Ambassador Power, joins the Secretary-General and others in reiterating the call on the Assad regime and Russia "to stop their assault on Aleppo, to protect civilians…[and] allow impartial, international observers into the city to oversee the safe evacuation of the people who wish to leave, but who justifiably fear that if they try, they will be shot in the street or carted off to one of Assad's gulags."
To the Assad regime, Russia and Iran, Ambassador Power asked, "Is there literally nothing that can shame you?"
To the other UN Member States, Ambassador Power declared, "You have a responsibility to denounce these atrocities…You have to tell those responsible that they must stop…Appeal to Moscow, to Damascus, to Tehran that they have to stop. Use every channel you have – public, private…,through someone who knows someone. The lives of tens of thousands of Syrians still in eastern Aleppo…and hundreds of thousands more across the country who are besieged, depend on it."


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You have a story you're afraid to write.
You know the one I'm talking about. The big one. The dangerous one. The one you've been putting off. The one you just don't have time for.
I'm Afraid, Too
When I launched The Write Practice a year and a half ago, the truth is I was afraid. I didn't know if anyone would read it (and in the beginning, no one did). Honestly, most of those first few months, I wanted to hide. I thought everyone was going to think I was a complete fraud.
But The Write Practice is the second best thing I've ever done in my life (marrying my wife is the first). It could have failed, and it still would have been worthwhile. I spent most of my life hiding, running away from fear, trying to stay comfortable. It was a pretty boring life. The Write Practice showed me I could make something special. I just had to work through the fear.
For the last year, I've been putting something off. I've been afraid. I thought everyone was going to think I was a complete fraud, and it stopped me from doing what I knew I needed to.
However, in two-and-a-half months my wife will give birth to our first child. I don't want to teach my son to give into fear. It's time for me to stop putting things off.
The Truth About Your Story
You will never be ready to write your story.
You will never have enough time.
The fear won't go away.
It's time to stop making excuses for yourself. It's time to come out of hiding.
Your story was meant to be shared. What are you waiting for? (You might want to tweet that).
It's Okay If No One Is Listening
Stories were meant to be shared, but that doesn't mean anyone has to listen to you.
Your job is not to force people to listen. Your job is to share your story in a way that creates a connection with those who are listening.
If people show up, if people enjoy your work, be grateful. It's an honor to have their attention.
But if nobody shows up, if nobody likes your story, be grateful then, too. It's an honor to have a story to tell. Go share another.
This thing we do, this writing, it's a gift. You're not entitled to a gift. The correct response is always "thank you."
Facing Fear
I alluded to this earlier, but in late February or early March, I will be launching a new course to help writers share their stories. This is what I've been putting off for a year.
My fear is that you'll think I'm a fraud, that I have no right to lead you, that I should be ashamed of myself for trying. In response, it would be easy to quote my credentials at you, but that would just be another way of hiding. So instead, I'll just ask.
If you want to join me, to face your fears and learn to create better stories to share with the world, I'd love to have you. To get added to the list and find out when we open the course, you can sign up here.
What are you afraid of? What is stopping you from sharing your story?
Today, take a step, not matter how small, out of your hiding spot. Begin working on that story, the dangerous one.
Write for fifteen minutes, nothing extreme. This is a practice in vulnerability and courage. Hopefully, it will bring you one step out of hiding and into the light.
I believe in you.
NOTE: This post was inspired by Seth Godin's new book The Icarus Project. Please, get this book. It will change your life.


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Feb 2015 MHC Team – DAY 5 – The Merchant of Minecraft
Objective: Collect as many emeralds as you can
@momofminers, @technascribe & Frank_n_Honest try to get as many emeralds as the can.
The Merchant of Minecraft!
Minecraft Hardcore Challenge!
Vanilla Minecraft, no mods, Optifine okay, current version.
Seed: 2043
Structures: ON
World Type: Large Biome
Objective: Have as many emeralds as possible by last day.
Standard rules apply, except you may kill animals for trades.
Everything on-camera at normal speed.
No AFK crop growth.
No sleeping in beds to skip the nights.
No alternate world explorations, Nether okay.
Start with Ep zero on first Monday of February.
No one dies on Day Zero.
Episodes run from sun-up to sun-up.
Whoever has the most emeralds on the last day, wins.
Day 0 – Feb 2
Day 1 – Feb 6
Day 2 – Feb 9
Day 3 – Feb 13
Day 4 – Feb 16
Day 5 – Feb 20
Day 6 – Feb 23
Day 7 – Feb 27
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"Islamofascism." There have been a lot of people—especially conservative media personalities—that have used this word or a variation thereof over the last few years. Now people have been talking about it even more since President George W. Bush used it to talk about the recently foiled terrorist plot.
But is it accurate? Not according to many people. Daniel Benjamin, a national security expert for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argued:
UPDATE [8/21/06]: Here is a Wall Street Journal column that also addresses the word "Islamofascism."
But is it accurate? Not according to many people. Daniel Benjamin, a national security expert for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argued:
There is no sense in which jihadists embrace fascist ideology as it was developed by [1930s Italian dictator Benito] Mussolini or anyone else who was associated with the term. ... This is an epithet, a way of arousing strong emotion and tarnishing one's opponent, but it doesn't tell us anything about the content of their beliefs. The people who are trying to kill us, Sunni jihadist terrorists, are a very, very different breed.Roxanne Euben, political science professor at Wellesley College, stated:
Fascism is nationalistic and Islamicism is hostile to nationalism. ... Fundamentalism is a transnational movement that is appealing to believers of all nations and races across national boundaries. There is no idea of racial purity as in Nazism.The best critique of the word comes from a Los Angeles Times article by Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist at UC Berkeley's School of Information. He argues:
Islamicists have very little idea of the state. It is a religious movement, while fascism in Europe was a secular movement. ... So if it's not what we really think of as nationalism, and if it's not really like what we think of as fascist, why use these terms?
Actually, the term "Islamo-fascism," if taken literally, doesn't make sense. The "fascist" part might fit Saddam Hussein's Iraq, with its militaristic nationalism, its secret police and its silly peaked officers' hats. But there was nothing "Islamo" about the regime; Iraq's Baathists tried to make the state the real object of the people's devotion.All of these comments should make us very cautious about using the word. It seems to be designed not to be accurate but merely to anger people. Christians should especially try to avoid using inaccurate and inflammatory terms such as "Islamofascism."
That's why it's odd to describe repressive theocracies like the Taliban as fascist — just as it would be for Savonarola's Florence, John Calvin's Geneva or the Spain of the Inquisition, all of which reduced the state to an instrument for enforcing God's will. The Islamic world doesn't seem to offer very fertile soil for fascist cults of the state.
... Of course, it's the point of symbolic words such as "fascist" to ease the burden of thought — as Walter Lippmann observed, they "assemble emotions after they've been detached from their ideas." And it may be that Americans are particularly vulnerable to using "fascism" sloppily, never having experienced the real thing close up.
But like "terror," and "evil" before it, "Islamic fascism" has the effect of reducing a complex story to a simple fable.
UPDATE [8/21/06]: Here is a Wall Street Journal column that also addresses the word "Islamofascism."