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Medical News
HIV Vaccine on Horizon as Scientists Develop Jab That Gives 70 Percent Protection to Monkeys
March 16, 2012
A new study by Emory University researchers is seen as a step toward the development of a vaccine to prevent HIV infection. In the team's experiment, an injection protected monkeys against repeated exposure to the nonhuman version of HIV. The results were presented in Seattle at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
The injection uses HIV proteins to prime the body against a viral attack, as well as a protein, GM-CSF, that triggers the immune response, causing the body to release antibodies blocking HIV from entering the cells.
The monkeys received two injections, followed by two booster shots each two months apart. Beginning six months later for a 12-week period, the animals were repeatedly exposed to simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). "Repeated challenges in animals are used to mimic sexual transmission," said co-author Dr. Harriet Robinson, of GeoVax Labs.
The injection was found to be 87 percent effective per exposure; overall protection was 70 percent. "The hope is that the results in nonhuman primate models will translate into vaccine-induced prevention in humans," Robinson said.
This good news follows a recent study by a Harvard University team, which reported that a mixture of vaccines reduced monkeys' risk of SIV infection by more than 80 percent. Further, in those that did become infected, the vaccine combination "substantially" reduced SIV levels in the blood.
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Update on HIV Vaccines and Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies: An Interview With Dennis Burton, Ph.D. (Video)
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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This 9K yellow gold ring has five oval cut rubies in a channel setting with opposing diamond accents.
Wide band and shank. (6mm, 1/4 inch)
Well matched rubies, good colour, total weight just over 1 Carat.
UK size N 1/4,
US size 7
Rings can be resized at most high street Jewellers at a minimal cost.
Or if you prefer I can have my goldsmith resize it for you at an additional cost from £20 ($30). Just add the resize my ring listing before going through checkout.
1-3 business days
I'll do my best to meet these shipping estimates, but can't guarantee them. Actual delivery time will depend on the shipping method you choose.
Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
Just contact me within: 14 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 30 days of delivery
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
Buyers are responsible for return shipping costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
This Privacy Policy describes how and when I collect, use, and share information when you purchase an item from me, contact me, or otherwise use my services through Etsy.com or its related sites and services.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that I do not own or control, including Etsy or any third party services you access through Etsy. You can reference the Etsy Privacy Policy to learn more about its privacy practices.
To fulfil your order, you must provide me with certain information (which you authorised Etsy to provide to me), such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you're ordering. You may also choose to provide me with additional personal information (for a custom order of jewellery, for example), if you contact me directly.
Why I Need Your Information and How I Use It
I rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:
As needed to provide my services, such as when I use your information to fulfil your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support;
When you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for my mailing list;
If necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law;
And as necessary for the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as;
1) Providing and improving my services. I use your information to provide the services you requested and in my legitimate interest to improve my services;
2) Compliance with the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use. I use your information as necessary to comply with my obligations under the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Information about my customers is important to my business. I share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:
Etsy. I share information with Etsy as necessary to provide you my services and comply with my obligations under both the Etsy Seller Policy and Etsy Terms of Use.
Service providers. I engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to my shop, such as delivery companies. I will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.
Business transfers. If I sell or merge my business, I may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law.
Compliance with laws. I may collect, use, retain, and share your information if I have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to:
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(d) protect the rights, property, and safety of my customers, or others.
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I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in my Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce my agreements. I generally keep your data for the following time period: 4 years.
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I may store and process your information through third-party hosting services in the US and other jurisdictions. As a result, I may transfer your personal information to a jurisdiction with different data protection and government surveillance laws than your jurisdiction. If I am deemed to transfer information about you outside of the EU, I rely on Privacy Shield as the legal basis for the transfer, as Apple Cloud and Google Cloud is Privacy Shield certified.
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If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. I describe these rights below:
Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below.
Change, restrict, delete. You may also have rights to change, restrict my use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (like where I am required to store data for legal reasons) I will generally delete your personal information upon request.
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(ii) Receiving marketing messages from me after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, I will delete your personal information unless I have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.
If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about my use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.
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For purposes of EU data protection law, I, Michael Dinwiddy, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at email@example.com. Alternately, you may mail me at:
Michael Dinwiddy
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The BUYER is responsible for paying tax or import duties, Australia is added at checkout. Items will be listed as "Ornaments" on custom documents.
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You can follow your items progress with the tracking number I send to you in your 'item sent' message.
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Responsibility for return postage is with the purchaser.
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Failure to declare 'returned goods' may result in the package being refused at customs and returned to sender.
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Layaway items may be refunded at the same increment and time period as they were purchased.
I make every effort to give accurate descriptions of the items I sell, vintage is an item that is from the past, it is therefore 'used', and as such is likely to have been subject to wear and tear. Nothing is less than 20 years old unless made by me.
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Refunds for items purchased on Layaway will be made in identical increments over the same period of time.
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A Boston man is scheduled to be arraigned on charges that he made a fake claim of nearly $2.2 million to the main compensation fund for Boston Marathon bombing victims.
Twenty-two-year-old Branden Mattier is to appear in Boston Municipal Court on charges of attempted larceny and identity theft.
Attorney General Martha Coakley said Mattier claimed to The One Fund that his long-dead aunt had lost both legs in the April 15 attacks that killed three people and injured more than 260. She said Mattier's aunt died more than 10 years ago.
Coakley said Mattier was arrested Tuesday when he accepted a fake check for $2.195 million from an undercover state trooper.
Coakley said The One Fund reported the suspicious claim to her office.
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In Rochester Hotels we strive to provide excellent products and services. We value our customers and specially your loyalty. We know that privacy is an important issue. We have developed this Statement of global privacy to explain practices at Rochester Hotels and its direct or indirect subsidiaries about personal information we collect from you or about you or through written or verbal communications with us or information obtained when you visit one of our properties or other sources. In addition, this Statement does not apply to the processing of personal information by or on behalf of third parties , such as airlines, car rental companies and other service providers, companies that organize or offer packages or partners marketing .
At all points of contact and in every interaction with the customer, and to develop every aspect of our business, we may collect personal information. This personal information may include : your contact information ; information related to your reservation, stay or visit to a hotel ; participation in a loyalty program ; participating in a sweepstakes or marketing program ; information related to the purchase and receipt of goods or services; personal characteristics, nationality, income, passport number and date and place of issue; travel background; payment information; guest preferences; preferences of marketing and communication; The information on vehicles that can bring our hotels ; reviews and opinions about our portfolio of brands or hotels ( if identified or associated with you); membership in a frequent flyer program or travel partner and member number; groups with which it is associated for stays in hotels, transaction details and correspondence; and other information you choose to provide or that we obtain from third parties. We may also collect and store information related to talks and records, including the recording or monitoring of calls to customer service.
We also collect other personal information in certain cases, for example:
1. Polls: We may ask for demographic information or other personal information in customer surveys .
2. The collection at the hotel . Local law may require us to collect additional personal information during registration / check -in at our hotels. We can also use a CCTV and other security measures in our hotels that can capture or record images of guests, visitors in public areas and information related to their location while in our hotels through postcards or other technologies. We may also use other technologies to record sound or video to protect our staff. We may also collect personal information on amenities such as concierge services, health clubs, spas, activities, childcare services and equipment rentals.
3. Means of social communication . If you choose to participate in activities or offers a social media sponsored by Rochester Hotels, we may collect certain information from the account of the means of social communication consistent with your settings in the service of the media, such as location, check -in , activities, interests , photos , status updates and list of friends. Please understand that you may be subject to the terms and conditions and any privacy policy site social media , and Rochester Hotels. is not responsible for their activities at the sites of the media sociales.
In addition to the information we collect directly from you, we can also infer information about you based on the information provided to us or information we receive. (See below for details on "Other Information" ). We may also collect information about you from third parties, including information obtained from our airline, credit card and other partners; information from media sites consistent with their social settings such sites, such as login programs to social media; and third parties.
We use your personal information to provide the services you requested from Rochester Hotels, or are part of a program that has been registered or a purchase you made. We also use it to provide information of events and meetings, and for administrative purposes. In addition, we may use the information to: improve services of Rochester Hotels; provide the expected level of hospitality; ensure our site, products and services are of interest; process registrations and applications; and facilitate collection. We also use the information to send you newsletters , promotions and special offers, other marketing communications , marketing information of services or products ; and to conduct surveys, prize giveaways and other contests . We can collect these communications online, by email, by phone, using a mobile device or text message (including SMS and MMS) and by mail. We can also add your personal information to the data from third parties for data analysis.
As an international company , we strive to provide the same level of service you expect from Rochester Hotels in any of our properties. To provide this service , we may share your personal information with other members of the Rochester Hotels brand`s portfolio that could jointly use personal information for the purposes described above. Rochester Hotels can shared your information in the following cases:
1. Franchised and managed hotels Hotels: We may share your personal information with owners and operators of franchised hotels, hotels that we manage but which are not owners, in order to offer services. We may share with other promotions companies, promotional contests or competitions, or if we grant prizes for sweepstakes and contests sponsored by other companies. If you join one of these sweepstakes or contests , we may share your personal information with our co-sponsor or the company sponsoring such sweepstakes or contests.
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3. Rochester Hotels may disclose personal information for the following purposes : ( i ) comply with all applicable laws ; ( ii ) respond to governmental inquiries or requests from public authorities; ( iii) comply with valid legal process ; ( iv ) protect the rights , privacy , safety or property of guests, visitors , employees or the public; ( v ) permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may suffer ; (vi ) enforce the terms and conditions of our Web site, and ( vii ) respond to an emergency.
When you visit and interact with this site , Rochester Hotels and third parties with whom Rochester Hotels has contracted the provision of services may collect other information (for example, a catalog of the Site pages you visit and the number of visitors to our sites ) . We use cookies and other technology to collect this information.
Rochester Hotels take reasonable actions for the following: ( i ) protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure , alteration or unauthorized destruction , and ( ii ) maintain and update exact personal information. We also require our affiliates and service providers with whom we share personal information we take all reasonable steps to keep your personal information confidential. For online transactions , we use technology to reasonably protect the personal information you provide to us through our site. Unfortunately, however, no security system or transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be 100% safe..For your own privacy protection , we ask that you not include confidential information in the emails you send to us except whichever specifically requested.
To the extent required by applicable law, you may request : that we notify you about the personal information we maintain about you and, where appropriate , we update , correct or delete personal information about you that we maintain in our active database . You can request us , by sending a request by mail to [email protected] to stop sharing your personal information with our business partners and Rochester Hotels shall stop using personal information about you if it has been acquired in dishonest ways or used in a manner that constitutes a violation of applicable law.
If you have supplied us with your contact information ( mailing address , fax number, email address or telephone number) , we may want to inform you about our products and services or invite you to an event via email, telephone, mobile phone / text message (including SMS and MMS) , or mail.
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2007 PASS Community Summit Wrapup
Some of the biggest news from PASS this year revolved around a joint announcement by Microsoft and Dell introducing a new range of reference server configurations for BI and Data Warehousing.
Three systems will be offered, with each including a database, analysis and reporting server, running off Dell PowerEdge hardware. Each can be configured with either 1TB, 2TB, or 4TB worth of Dell PowerVault disk storage, and will ship preconfigured with SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003 and other BI software.
Microsoft General Manager of SQL Server Tom Casey mentioned during an interview at PASS that these configurations should help customers take the guesswork out of assembling an optimal platform for BI. Both Casey and Dell Spokesperson Andrew Hargett explained that these new packages are designed to make selecting a BI solution more straightforward.
"These new configurations don't require customers to learn new skills to solve their BI problems," said Casey. "This makes BI easier to deploy and will speed up initial adoption of BI capability.
Microsoft's presence at the show was significant, including a massive booth in the main expo floor and a large, bus-sized vehicle parked outside the convention center entrance. Microsoft developers were also featured in many breakout sessions and talks throughout the event, underscoring Microsoft's support for PASS and the SQL Server customer community.
SQL Sentry Proves Popular with PASS, SQLNitro Accelerates Network Performance
Speaking of supporting the event, database application provider SQL Sentry took that concept literally and announced that PASS had selected SQL Sentry Event Manager to manage their SQL Server enterprise, which is hosted by MaximumASP.
"The growth of our organization's membership and several new technology initiatives have placed large demands on our underlying enterprise," said Rushabh Mehta, Director of Technology for PASS, in a written statement announcing the SQL Sentry product selection. "SQL Sentry Event Manager allows our DBA team at MaximumASP to see, understand and manage SQL Server more efficiently than the native tools. The PASS organization then invests that time savings on the more strategic tasks of serving the growing SQL Server community."
Another provider of SQL Server utilities present at PASS was DBA 24 Hours, which was demonstrating DBLaunch 2.5 and SQLNitro 2.0 at their booth. DBALaunch lets DBAs automate and standardize many of their deployment and maintenance activities, while SQLNitro optimizes data on the network going into and out of SQL Server databases."
According to DBA 24 Hours Product Manager Bob Boule, SQLNitro manages to achieve those goals by optimizing the TDS protocol. "The native network protocol may transfer one
packet of 4096 bytes into one TCP buffer," explains Boule. "SQLNitro can pack more than a dozen packets in a single buffer, which greatly reduces files sizes."
Boule also indicated that SQLNitro relies on an adaptive compression technology that can sense whether compression would be usable in each instance. "SQLNitro will turn itself when it can make a positive change, but it's also smart enough to turn off compression when it encounters uncompressible data."
SQL Server and Virtualization: A Good Match?
One of the most well-attended sessions at PASS was an expert panel discussion hosted by Quest Software called Virtualization and SQL Server in the Enterprise. Quest Software Vice President Billy Bosworth introduced the speakers, which included PASS President (and Director of Technology for the SQL Server Solutions Group at Quest Software) Kevin Kline; Microsoft's Matt Hollingworth (Senior Program Manager on SQL Server); Allan Hirt (Consultant and Author); Ron Talmage (Co-Founder of Solid Quality Mentors); Scott Herold (Vice President of Product Engineering for Invirtus); Darren Bieniek (Global Practice Manager for Microsoft SQL Server at EMC Corporation); and John Paul Cook (a database and system architect).
Most of the discussion revolved around how virtualization could best be used with SQL Server, and all agreed that virtualization was a good choice for backup, disaster recovery, testing non-critical systems and development testing.
All the panelists had reservations about using virtualization in conjunction with live, transaction-level SQL Servers, but a good percentage of the audience didn't agree: a good number (by show of hands) were already running their production SQL Server environments on top of a virtualization solution. While most of these attendees seemed to fall into the SMB category, it was clear that virtualization will continue to have an impact on how SQL Server is used and deployed.
The panelists remained more conservative in their approach to virtualization, and suggested that the modest performance hit involved in running SQL Server with virtualization still made them reluctant to endorse its use on live, production and clearly critical SQL Server installations.
"Note that this is the answer that we're giving this year," said panelist John Paul Cook. "Come back to PASS next year and some of our answers may have changed."
Look for Technical Director Michael Otey's take on SQL Server and Virtualization in the December 2007 issue of SQL Server Magazine.


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Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 Rev 1.1 Review
Not to get too personal, but is there anyone else out there playing with their Zambezi? I have been since about three days since their release and have come to a few conclusions about the Bulldozer CPUs. First is that the chip has suffered more from broken expectations than it has from performance. Looked at objectively, there are a number of positives for the Bulldozer. After all it is priced appropriately, overclocks like a bat out of hell, and excels at heavily threaded applications (I look forward to your letters).
As we sit ostensibly on the verge of the new and hopefully improved incarnation of the Bulldozer architecture, I thought we would take a look at a high-end home for the Bulldozer chip to get the most out of it. AMD has reportedly announced that it will be sticking with the AM3+ socket for Piledriver, and talk of a new 1090/1070 chipset has gone quiet for some time. Gigabyte was quick out of the gates with what it intended to be the definitive enthusiast board. Wth a slick looking black and gold color scheme and aimed entirely at the overclocking, multi-GPU crowd, a feature set that would make the most rabid computer OCD nerd drool, the 990-FXA-UD7 is also the only AM3+ board with native 4-way Crossfire and SLI capability. In a bit of a wrinkle, there are two almost identical versions of this board with the exception of one BIOS feature, but what a difference that single feature makes to the enthusiast. So I will wrap up my ramblings and present you with a look at the Gigabyte GA-990-FXA-UD7.
Closer Look:
The packaging for the UD7 sets a new standard for showoffiness and attempting to convincing you that what is inside is the top of the line deal with every bell and whistle you could want. The outer retail box is a silver foil affair covered with a semi-transparent red top coat. The box is adorned with raised insignias of feature after feature, is busier than a Chinese take out menu, and has more flair than a waiter at T.G.I. Friday's. The sides of the box are not spared advertising the merits of the board and are filled with more features, specifications, and the large Gigabyte "Ultra Durable 3" logo. On the front and back of the retail sleeve you actually get a lot of detailed information on the individually fused USB ports, high quality Japanese 50,000 hour capacitors, and the 8+2 phase power system, among countless other attributes of the Gigabyte AMD flagship.
The retail packing is not done yet as you flip the front cover open to reveal a window that affords you a teasing peak at the mostly monochromatic board with a few well-placed, deep gold aluminum accents. The inside cover of the flap continues in glossy style to go on about 4-way Crossfire and SLI capabilities as well as 20 other build quality features. On the right side surrounding the peek-a-boo window are four high quality embossed pictures of the trademark black and gold heat sink setup that makes this one of the best looking motherboards ever in my opinion.
The strategic packaging is still not done with you yet however. Once you take it out from the glossy outer box, you are met with a black handled box with yet a second larger window to tease you with a look at the goodies inside. Under the motherboard inside is a pair of flaps that reveal what is a very nice bundle that includes a color coded rear I/O panel, two Crossfire bridges, a single, double, triple, and quad SLI bridge, a manual, install guide, driver disc, Gigabyte and Dolby badges, and half a dozen SATA cables. I think there are $50+ in SLI bridges alone here.
Click on and we will dive into Gigabyte's take on a Bulldozer flagship enthusiast board.


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Image: Le Moustier Homo neanderthalensis skull angled view
Cast of the Le Moustier skull, a 45,000-year-old skull discovered in Le Moustier, France. The distinctive features of Neanderthals are already apparent in this adolescent individual. This shows that these characteristics were genetic and not developed during an individual's lifetime.
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Electronics Engineer
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- £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
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Electronics Design Engineer - Permanent - Hampshire
I am recruiting for a talented Electronics Design Engineer to work as part of a team designing power supply solutions based in theUKsite in Hampshire. Joining a multi-disciplined team of engineers, this is a hands on role where you will be involved in new and existing product development.
You will be self motivated and be able to bridge across a number of different departments to resolve technically challenging problems. This will suit someone who enjoys problem solving and being creative as you will be given autonomy to run with your own ideas and designs. This role will also involve overseas travel to visit customer sites.
- degree educated in an electronics, electrical or similar discipline
- minimum 5 years commercial experience in a hands on design role
- analog and digital circuit design
- PCB board design
- AutoCAD
- Programming in C or Assembler
- PLC or HMMI programming
- Full product development experience
Salary will depend on level of experience c £40,000 pa and benefits
To apply, send your latest CV to Noa Muratsubaki at Progressive Engineering.
To find out more about Progressive Recruitment please visit www.progressiverecruitment.com


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Hurry and sign-up for this weekend's headband workshop while space is still available. Bring your friends and meet new friends during this exciting event. Learn how to make your own fashionable headbands from some of M&J's designers.
Location: M&J Trimming (1008 Sixth Avenue, NYC, 10018)
Time: 9:30am – 12Pm
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I know that I'm not the greatest at this stuff. Normally I'm impressed with pfsense, but I've got an issue that I can't quite figure out. Right now, for some reason, I can access the webgui for my pfsense box from my WAN port, something that I do not want since my WAN port is exposed to the internet. I changed the default webgui part to 88, and created a rule to block all WAN traffic to port 88 but still I can access it by typing in the wan ip address and port into the web browser. Here's a screenshot of the firewall rules. The first rule should allow ssh traffic from the WAN port (internet) to a specific device on my network. The second rule should block any WAN traffic to port 88. The first rule works properly, the second does not. I think that there's a conflict somewhere... any ideas? Thanks.
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(Reuters) - DuPont DD.N is exploring the sale of its once-lucrative performance chemicals unit, turning its back on the unpredictable paint business to focus on its thriving food and agriculture products.
The largest U.S. chemical maker by market value said it would also consider spinning off the unit, which contributed a fifth of the company's total sales last year and makes the paint pigments used in sunscreen and car paint.
DuPont's shares rose 4 percent in premarket trading.
"We have been carefully weighing the strong cash generation of our performance chemicals businesses against their cyclicality and lower growth profile," DuPont Chief Executive Ellen Kullman said in a statement.
DuPont is part of an industry-wide shift among chemical makers, including rival Dow Chemical DOW.N, into production of seeds and pesticides, which have proven to be less exposed to market ebbs and flows than the popular pigment titanium dioxide.
The global titanium dioxide industry, with Dupont, Saudi Arabia's Cristal Global, Tronox Ltd (TROX.N) and Huntsman Corp (HUN.N) as the largest players, has been in turmoil in recent years.
DuPont's performance chemicals unit, of which paints pigments are a big part, generated total sales of $7.2 billion in 2012. Revenue within the unit fell 8 percent last year.
Some investors have blamed the business for weighing on DuPont's shares, which trade at a discount to those of another rival in the agriculture business, Monsanto Co MON.N.
CNBC reported last week that Trian Fund Management, headed by investor Nelson Peltz, had amassed a "big stake" in DuPont, prompting several analysts to say he might be the push for the company to exit the paint pigment business.
Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont, a 211-year-old company, sold its car paint unit for $5 billion last year and bought nutritional supplements maker Danisco for $6 billion in 2011.
The company said on Tuesday it was restructuring its management team to tap the agriculture and nutrition markets, as well as industrial biosciences and advanced materials.
Sales of pesticides and other agricultural products helped DuPont's quarterly profit to scrape past analysts' estimates, as paint pigments once again lagged. Net income fell 13 percent to $1.03 billion in the second quarter.
Kullman said she expected earnings in the second half of the year to be "significantly better" than last year's second half, due to agricultural growth in Latin America and a strong start to the North American planting season.
DuPont also said it expected "modestly" higher full-year earnings as it overcomes steep declines in the titanium dioxide market and weak economic conditions in Europe and parts of Asia.
The company said agriculture sales rose 7 percent in the second quarter, while sales in the performance chemicals business fell 9 percent.
DuPont's shares closed at $57.17 on Monday on the New York Stock Exchange. They have risen about 20 percent in the last six months.
Additional reporting by Garima Goel in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Robin Paxton


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3D-IC Challenges Addressed at SEMICON Singapore
Singapore is a well-established manufacturing and business hub in Southeast Asia. Noting the island country's remarkable GDP growth from $20 billion in 1980 to more than $300 billion in 2010, SEMI Singapore Regional Advisory Board chairman Rodney Morgan commented on the vast opportunity and diversity of the region at its largest microelectronics manufacturing event, SEMICON Singapore. The 19th edition of the annual event was held recently at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Center and focused on pressing challenges in advanced semiconductor packaging including three-dimensional interconnects to produce smaller, thinner and more efficient devices for an increasing array of mobile and computing applications.
Singapore's electronics sector grew rapidly in the 1970's and 1980's and continued to be buoyed by government incentives for "high precision engineering and semiconductors" through the 1990's. Now, with an eye toward a multi-year industry expansion, a number of the world's leading semiconductor players have announced major investments or plant expansion projects in Singapore. Currently, Singapore has 14 wafer fabrication plants, including the world's top three wafer foundries. Singapore also has 20 semiconductor assembly and test operations, including three of the world's top six outsourced assembly and test companies. There are about 40 IC design centers, which comprise nine of the world's "top 10" fabless IC design companies.
Facilitating better communication between manufacturers and their suppliers is an important issue and improves supply chain efficiency. With this in mind, SEMICON Singapore featured viewpoints of manufacturing leaders and their global suppliers on how to ensure that Moore's Law will continue through the decade. The exhibition and conference provided a platform to source technology solutions while allowing partners and buyers to find a better way for industry collaboration and to further advance industry growth and profitability.
To help drive regional competitiveness, SEMICON Singapore featured a 3D-IC forum and gallery in collaboration with the Institute for Microelectronics (IME). Forum presenters and panelists tackled the tough issues of 2.5D/3D-IC commercialization and the many challenges that must be overcome to help manufacturers achieve cost-competitive adoption of the technology. Featured speakers from leading companies — such as Aptina, ASE, Hitachi Chemical, Lam Research, Novellus, SEMATECH, Silecs International, SPTS, STATS ChipPAC, Tech Search International, Tezzaron Corporation and Xilinx — shared their viewpoints.
Moore's law has reliably driven silicon scaling for several decades. As the semiconductor manufacturing world moves into the "More than Moore" 2.5D/3D space, more opportunities exist that further increase the functionality and performance of semiconductor ICs. Enabled by 2.5D and 3D-IC technology, designers can now design and build high-performance and energy-efficient systems using heterogeneous technologies such as CMOS (including multiple logic, memory technology nodes), MEMS, Si Photonics, etc. According to Yole Développment, the shipment volume of 3D-IC wafers will reach 10 million units in 2012.
Dr. Ho-Ming Tong, general manager and chief R&D officer of ASE, noted: "Despite progress in 3D-IC development over the past years, challenges remain in the areas of cost control, design, mass production and testing in the lead-up to commercialization. The readiness of silicon interposer-based 2.5D-IC technology will expedite migration from the 40-nm node to 28-nm. With computing and smart devices fueling growth of the market, broader commercialization of 2.5D and 3D-ICs may take place in 2013."
"To address the challenges of taking 2.5D/3D systems to high-volume manufacturing, collaborative partnerships are very critical. IME has established strategic partnerships with leading players in the semiconductor ecosystem to co-develop cost effective 3D-IC integration and process technologies in Singapore," said Professor Dim-Lee Kwong, executive director of IME. "Our new 300mm advanced packaging facility will provide deeper and broader capabilities to our partners to overcome the challenges in 3D-IC."
2.5D and 3D-IC: On the Way to High Volume Manufacturing
A panel discussion about advanced packaging moderated by Jan Vardaman, president of TechSearch International, featured a lively discussion among a distinguished list of panel members:
- Mr. Sesh Ramaswami, managing director of Strategy, Applied Materials
- Dr. Itsuo Watanabe, executive officer, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Dr. Rajendra Phendse, vice president and chief marketing officer, STATS ChipPAC
- Mr. Robert Patti, CTO and VP of Design Engineering, Tezzaron Corporation
- Mr. Vincent Tong, senior VP, Xilinx
Panelists provided insight into key issues limiting 3D TSV HVM and the need for
standardization. Seth Ramaswami of Applied Materials outlined the clear need for the OSATs to be involved in setting the standards and issued a call for working with SEMI to help develop standards that will move the industry along. Issues with the supply chain emerged as a common theme. Xilinx is working with TSMC and OSATs and wants both interconnect models to be successful. Cost/yield is the biggest challenge. According to Robert Patti, "It's complicated," and standardization is needed, particularly in areas that have received little attention, such as relevant wafer definitions. STATS ChipPAC sees the OSATS as the integrator that procures and manages inventory. The hand-off point needs to be clear and the end customer can help define who does what. Dr. Watanabe from Hitachi Chemicals described the issues facing material suppliers to gain insight from a single source on the needs for materials.
The panelists agreed that temporary bonding is an area that still requires work. The use of interposers (as a long-term solution or as a stepping stone) was discussed, with mixed responses. The potential for laminate substrates with fine feature sizes as a future alternative was raised as a possibility. Thermal issues and the needs for known good substrates and known good die were pointed out as areas for future work. The panel agreed that while progress has occurred, further collaboration and cost effective technology development is essential.
Industry attention to 3D-IC and other manufacturing challenges important to regional competitiveness will continue to be a central focus at the 2013 edition of SEMICON Singapore.
The next SEMICON Singapore will be held in April 2013.
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Guide to Health Care Reform
By Mary Branham, CSG Managing Editor
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as "Obamacare," has been taking effect slowly since its passage in February 2010. Changes have been made to state Medicaid programs and requirements for insurance companies.
Imapact on Medicaid
Dual Eligibles
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in August 2012 that Massachusetts was the first state to partner in a project to test a new model for providing dual eligibles with a more coordinated, person-centered care experience.
The Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office is working to improve access, coordination and cost of care by focusing on three major areas—program alignment, data and analytics, and models and demonstrations. The office is creating a technical assistance center to help all states meet the needs of these dual eligibles. It also has launched an initiative to align the two programs to eliminate unnecessary and inefficient conflicts in the requirements for the two programs.
Under the Financial Alignment Demonstration, the state and the CMS contracted with integrated care organizations to coordinate the delivery of services for all covered Medicare, Medicaid and expanded services.
The CMS in 2010 selected 14 other states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin—to receive contracts for up to $1 million each to design new integrated care models.
Dual eligibles are people who are eligible for medical coverage under both Medicare and Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act created the Federal Coordinated Health Care office—established in September 2010—to improve care coordination for people eligible for both programs.
Cutting Costs
The Affordable Care Act included several provisions aimed at cutting the cost of providing health care to those who qualify for Medicaid.
Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2016: CMS created new demonstration projects in Medicaid for up to eight states to pay bundled payments for episodes of care that include hospitalizations and to allow pediatric medical providers organized as accountable care organizations to share in cost-savings.
It established the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in 2010 to test new payment and delivery system models that reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality. The center has organized Innovation Models into seven categories—accountable care; bundled payments for care improvement; primary care transformation; initiatives focused on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP; initiatives focused on Medicare-Medicaid enrollees; initiatives to accelerate the development and testing of new payment and service delivery models; and initiatives to speed the adoption of best practices.
Ten states—California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Texas and Wisconsin—are participating in an initiative to offer incentives to Medicaid beneficiaries who participate in prevention programs and demonstrate improvements in health risk and outcomes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offered $100 million in grants to states that targeted chronic disease prevention through the program. The grants are for three years.
Points of Service
Home and Community-Based Services
Starting Oct. 1, 2010, states could offer home and community-based services to certain elderly and disabled populations through a Medicaid state plan amendment; they also could extend full Medicaid benefits to individuals receiving home and community-based services under a state plan.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Feb. 22, 2011 issued a proposed rule to allow states to provide home and community-based attendant services and supports through the Community First Choice Medicaid state plan option.
In its final rule issued April 26, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced states choosing to participate in the Community First Choice option would receive a six percentage point increase in federal Medicaid matching funds for providing community-based attendant services and supports to enrollees who would otherwise be confined to a nursing home or other institution.
"Prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act, many families had few choices beyond nursing homes or other institutions for their loved ones," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in announcing the rule.
Health Homes
According to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, about half of the 9 million people who qualify for Medicaid based on disability suffer from mental illness; 45 percent have three or more diagnosed chronic conditions.
The Affordable Care Act gave states the option to permit certain Medicaid enrollees to designate a provider as a health home; states taking the option received 90 percent federal matching payments for two years for health home-related services.
Health homes coordinate care for people on Medicaid who have chronic conditions. To be eligible for a health home, Medicaid enrollees must have two or more chronic conditions—defined as mental health, substance abuse, asthma, diabetes, heart disease and being overweight; have one chronic condition and be at risk for a second; or have one serious and persistent mental health condition.
Health home services include comprehensive care management; care coordination, health promotion, comprehensive transitional care/follow-up, patient and family support, and referral to community and social support services.
Health home providers can be a designated provider, such as a physician, clinic or mental health provider; a team of health professionals, including nurse care coordinators, social workers and behavioral health professionals; or a health team, which may include medical specialists, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, dieticians, social workers, behavioral health providers, chiropractors, and licensed complementary and alternative practitioners.
Medicaid and Health Exchanges
Did You Know?
The ACA required the Department of Health and Human Services to set up a website—healthcare.gov—to help consumers identify health coverage options.
Help for Coverage
Everyone has to buy health insurance or face a penalty. Medicaid expansion in some states will help to cover those up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.
U.S. citizens and legal immigrants who buy coverage in the exchange and who have incomes up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level are eligible for tax credits. They can't get the credits if they are eligible for public coverage or have access to health insurance through an employer.
Federal Poverty Level
The federal poverty level—approximately $14,000 for an individual and $29,000 for a family of four—is used to determine who is eligible for Medicaid and subsidies to buy health insurance.
Costs and Savings
The Congressional Budget Office says implementing the health care law will cost $938 billion over the next 10 years. But it also says the law will cut the federal deficit about $124 billion over that same time period.
Kid Stuff
The health reform law allows parents to keep their children on their insurance policies until the age of 26.
The law does not allow insurers to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions starting Jan. 1, 2014, and eliminates the lifetime limits on health care coverage.
An Ounce of Prevention
The law requires private health insurers to cover recommended preventive services without any copays or deductibles for the patient. This includes screenings for such things as diabetes, obesity, cholesterol and various types of cancers.
The law requires private insurance companies to cover a range of preventive service, including Pap tests, cancer screenings, diabetes screening and prenatal care without copays. It also requires coverage of some brands and methods of birth control.
Changes for Employers
Jan. 1, 2014: Employers with more than 50 employees can be charged a $2,000 fee per full-time employee if they don't offer coverage and have at least one full-time employee who receives a premium tax credit. The first 30 employees are excluded from the fee.
Jan. 1, 2014: Employers can offer employees rewards of up to 30 percent, potentially increasing to 50 percent, of the cost of coverage for participating in a wellness program and meeting certain health-related standards; the law established 10 state pilot programs that permit participating states to apply similar rewards for participating in wellness programs in the individual market.
The federal government will oversee the health care law in Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming after those states told the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services they couldn't or wouldn't implement the new rules. Source: Politico
Individual Mandate
If you can afford to buy health insurance—that is, if it wouldn't cost more than 8 percent of your monthly income and if you earn above the federal poverty line—the Affordable Care Act requires you to do so. If you don't, you could owe a tax, administered by the IRS. The penalty wouldn't be enforced until 2016.
Key Dates in History
Dec. 24, 2009: The U.S. Senate passes a sweeping health care bill.
Feb. 22, 2010: President Obama lays out his legislative proposal for health care reform, similar to the Senate bill.
March 21, 2010: The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Senate health care bill.
March 23, 2010: President Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
March 23, 2010: Florida files a lawsuit in federal district court challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate. Florida is joined by 25 other states in the lawsuit.
June 28, 2012: Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of the act.
Source: New York Times
Key Dates for Implementation
Starting Jan. 1, 2013: The federal government increased by one percentage point federal matching payments for preventive services in Medicaid for states that offer Medicaid coverage with no patient cost sharing for services recommended (rated A or B) by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and recommended immunizations.
Jan. 13, 2013–Dec. 31, 2014: Medicaid payments for primary care services provided by primary care doctors will be increased to 100 percent of the Medicare payment rate for 2013 and 2014—with the federal government paying 100 percent of this increase. States are expected to receive more than $11 billion in new funds for their Medicaid primary care systems because of an increase in rates paid for primary care services, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Fiscal Year 2013: Authorization and funding for CHIP was extended through 2015. Previous authorization was through 2013.
Oct. 1, 2013: States' Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital allotments will be reduced. The secretary of the Health and Human Services cabinet will be charged with developing a methodology for distributing the reductions.
Jan. 1, 2014: States have the option to expand Medicaid to individuals not eligible for Medicare under age 65—children, pregnant women, parents and adults without dependent children—with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. The federal government will fully cover those who are newly eligible for Medicaid through 2016; after that, federal funding will cover 90 percent of the costs. States had the option to expand coverage to childless adults beginning April 1, 2010.
Jan. 1, 2014: All hospitals participating in Medicaid can make presumptive eligibility determinations for Medicaid-eligible populations.
Oct. 1, 2015: The federal match rate in CHIP will increase 23 percentage points, up to a cap of 100 percent.
Sources: Kaiser Family Foundation, KFF Statehealthfacts.org, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, New York Times, Washington Post, healthcare.gov, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


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Academic Procedures
Academic Procedures and Information
Please download the DMin Handbook provided below.
Registration for Courses
On-line registration is available on McCormick's Web site approximately two months before the first day of class. Students must register no later than 30 days before the course and pay $450 (half of the course tuition) to ensure a space in the class. Courses are subject to cancellation when fewer than six students register.
Syllabi and Textbooks
Textbooks can be purchase through Amazon.com. Students may, however, order books from whatever source is convenient. Syllabi will be posted within the seminary's learning management system, Moodle.
Due Dates for Work
Because D.Min. coursework involves application of learning in a student's place of ministry, due dates for final projects in individual courses are scheduled between the instructor and the students. Taking into consideration the nature of the course project, final course projects are normally due from two-to-three months following the completion of course itself. Any disagreement between faculty and student over due dates will be adjudicated by the dean for Doctor of Ministry programs. Students planning to graduate in May must submit all work by April 1.
Student Papers
Faculty are expected to return papers in a timely manner. It is the responsibility of the student to communicate with the faculty member and with the Doctor of Ministry Office of the Seminary if a paper she or he has handed in to a professor is not graded and returned.
Deadlines and Incompletes
If a student cannot complete the course assignment by the date on which it is due, he or she may request an extension. Instructors may or may not grant course extensions. Requests for a second extension, or any appeal on a faculty members decision on an extension request, must be addressed to the Dean, who may or may not grant the requested extension. No more than two extensions may be granted in any particular course All course work deadlines will be observed.
After the given extension expires, a Permanent Incomplete (PI) will be recorded on the transcript if work has not been submitted. A PI remains permanently on the student's transcript, but is not included in the student's GPA. Students are required to take another course for full credit at full tuition to replace a course that has become PI.
A student who has two Incompletes on the transcript will not be allowed to take further course work until these are resolved.
Admission to Candidacy for the Degree
Admission to candidacy for the Doctor of Ministry degree is granted by action of the Dean and takes place after grades are recorded for all courses taken for credit up to thesis residency. At least three of these courses must be core courses. A 2.00 grade point average (an overall grade of B) for these courses is required for a student to be considered for candidacy. Provision is made for a student who has not attained a 2.00 average by the time of thesis residency to be considered for candidacy again after two more courses if the grades are sufficient to bring the student's average to the required minimum. Candidacy must be achieved before Thesis Residency. If a student does not have a 2.00 average by the time of thesis residency, he or she will be denied candidacy and dismissed from the program.
The Thesis in the Practice of Ministry
Students must satisfactorily complete a Thesis in the Practice of Ministry. In the thesis, students demonstrate the ability to: (1) identify and analyze a particular challenge in their context of ministry; (2) work effectively with appropriate resources out of the tradition, the wider culture, and personal experience to address the challenge; (3) formulate theological principles to guide thought and action in relation to the challenge; (4) design and implement (in partnership with others) appropriate means of responding to the challenge; and (5) critically evaluate the outcome, learnings, and significance of the work undertaken. The thesis is to be a 40-page article of publishable quality.
To facilitate the development of the thesis, all students participate in course I-648 Thesis Residency, for which they receive one unit of credit. This is a two-week intensive course offered on the Seminary campus. It is designed to be team-taught, interdisciplinary, and integrative in its approach. Students bring with them a preliminary proposal and then work with faculty, peers, a writing consultant, and library staff to refine the proposal and to carry out appropriate research. Before enrolling in this course, a student will ordinarily have taken four or more courses, Including M-617 Methods, and must have achieved candidacy. Each McCormick D.Min. student has a thesis advisor who will work closely with them through the entire thesis process. The Oral Evaluation of the thesis is a conversation involving the student, a peer of his or her choice, a recent graduate of the program, and the thesis advisor. Ordinarily the Oral Evaluation follows completion of all course work and the final thesis.
Additional information is included in the Thesis Handbook <insert link>which students receive before their Thesis Residency is scheduled.
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Ministry
Doctor of Ministry students in good standing who have successfully completed eight courses at the 600 level (excluding thesis residency) but will not complete the requirements for the D.Min. degree may be granted a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Ministry.
Auditing Doctoral Level Courses (rev. April 15, 2010)
Doctoral level courses are available on an audit basis as follows:
• Admitted Students: Admitted D.Min. students may audit D.Min. courses. Tuition will be established annually by the office of doctor of ministry instruction. Audited courses will not count toward the 9 required courses for the degree, and may not be later changed to a for-credit course.
• Non-Admitted Students: Non-admitted students may audit a McCormick doctor-of-ministry course. Tuition will be established annually by the office of doctor of ministry instruction. To be eligible for audit status, students must complete a Student at Large application form and be accepted by the dean of the doctor-of-ministry program. Students must have the same qualifications required of applicants; that is, an M.Div. or its equivalent and three years of applicable ministry experience.
Audited courses may not be changed to for-credit courses later, with one exception. Prospective students whose application form and learning goals have been submitted but who have not yet been admitted may audit the first course in the McCormick doctor-of-ministry sequence and later receive full course credit, upon payment of full tuition and satisfactory completion of all course requirements.
• McCormick D.Min. graduates: Graduates of the McCormick D.Min. program may audit courses without additionally applying for Student at Large status. All other audit requirements, including audit tuition, will apply.
No more than five auditors will be allowed to participate in any D.Min. course. Participation of auditors, and the total number of auditors (up to but not exceeding five) in any D.Min. course, is by permission of the dean and the instructor of the course. All audit-students will be expected to do advance course readings and other pre-class work and participate in class discussions; no final course projects will be expected or evaluated by the instructor. Other course expectations for auditors will be set by the instructor. If there is a cap on the total number of students in the course, preference will be given to credit-seeking students.
Masters-level field-study supervisors and members of their lay-ministry support teams are eligible to audit a single course, with no audit tuition or fees charged, during the year that they are engaged in field-study supervision. Credit can be given for the course taken if the person taking the course is already enrolled in the doctor-of-ministry program and requests credit.
D.Min. students from Other Institutions
Students currently enrolled in Doctor of Ministry programs at other institutions and who wish to take courses at McCormick for academic credit may apply for Student at Large status through the Director of D.Min. Admissions. Once admitted they may enroll in D.Min. courses after consultation with the Dean; an academic transcript will be maintained and credit for courses may be transferred to the degree granting institution. Such students will be charged by McCormick for the full amount for the course(s) in question.
Changes in Student Status
In Case of a Move
It is the responsibility of each individual student to notify the Doctor of Ministry Office of any changes in email, telephone numbers, work or home addresses. Without such changes being submitted, lost correspondence may negatively impact the student's progress through the program.
In cases where a change of parish or other ministerial context occurs, it is essential that a student communicate this to the Doctor of Ministry office. Normally at such a juncture, one should follow these procedures:
• A new application cover sheet should be completed;
• If the move occurs prior to Residency, a new Advisory Group on Corporate Ministry should be formed and their names submitted;
• A new Governing Body Assessment should be submitted (if student has changed judicatories);
• A new Governing Board Assessment for pastors (or Personnel Committee Assessment) should be submitted;
• A revised statement of learning goals should be submitted.
In addition to the above, if a thesis proposal has been submitted but interventions not yet undertaken, the proposal must be revised, or if necessary, a new thesis proposal addressing issues in the new ministry setting must be submitted. Such rethinking and rewriting should be done in consultation with the new advisory group and with the thesis advisor.
Course Status
When a student wishes to change course status from credit to audit (or vice versa) or to withdraw from a course, he or she should make the request in writing to the faculty member concerned and to the Doctor of Ministry office. Requests must be made before the due date for course work.
Extensions Beyond the Five-Year Limit for the Program
Students who do not complete the Doctor of Ministry program within a five-year time limit may petition the dean of Doctor of Ministry Programs in writing for a one-year extension.
A student requesting an extension must present an intentional plan to move toward completion of the Doctor of Ministry program within an established period. The plan must show evidence of active work on the Thesis in the Practice of Ministry and registration for any courses necessary to complete the nine other units of credit needed for the degree.
An annual continuation fee of $400 is charged to all students who require more than five years to complete the degree. All course work must be completed within 10 year of matriculation into the program.


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College Hockey: UNH suffers a letdownBy ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 25. 2012 11:22PM
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of New Hampshire hockey got its two points for a win and clinched a spot in the Hockey East playoffs with Friday night's win at Massachusetts.
Good thing.
Because Saturday the University of Massachusetts took its turn and scored a couple of quick goals in the second period to climb in front of the Wildcats and held on for a 4-2 win in a rematch at the Mullins Center.
The Minutemen kept pace with Northeastern in their own race for a spot in the tournament. UMass is 12-15-5 overall and 8-13-4 in Hockey East and tied with Northeastern for eighth place.
The Wildcats fell to 14-16-3 overall and 11-13-2 in the league and while they no longer have a mathematical chance to get home ice for the tournament, their playoff picture did improve a bit.
They remain in sixth-place in the standings, but can now finish no lower than seventh as a result of Northeastern's 7-1 loss to Maine.
The bottom line is, UNH headed for home Saturday night with a playoff spot wrapped up.
'You've got to be happy with that,' said defenseman Damon Kipp, one of the team's captains. 'We're obviously disappointed to get the loss tonight, but when we go home and look back on it, we secured our playoff spot, so we're happy about that.'
The thing is, the Wildcats felt they played better in Saturday night's loss than in Friday's 4-3 win.
'All around, defensively and offensively, we had a better game as a whole,' said sophomore forward Kevin Goumas, who assisted on both goals on Saturday night. 'Last night, they might have outplayed us a little bit, especially in the second period. Tonight we held them off better defensively and they got a bounce here and there and it came out a loss.'
UMass outshot UNH 51-29 on Friday night and 32-28 on Saturday.
'It's a tough one to take because we played better tonight than we did last night,' said UNH coach Dick Umile. 'But we don't have a 'W' to show for it.'
The Wildcats close out the regular season with a game at Maine on Saturday at 4.
UNH and UMass traded first period goals on Saturday.
Stevie Moses struck first for UNH, 4:50 into the game. Goumas stripped Darren Rowe of the puck at the point and broke in alone on Steve Mastalerz. The goalie stopped the Goumas shot, but Moses followed and put in the rebound for his 21st goal of the season.
Kevin Czepiel scored off a scrum in front of UNH's Casey DeSmith to even things at 10:15.
UMass got goals from a couple of defensemen to jump in front, 3-1, early in the second period.
The Minutemen caught UNH in a line change and Michael Marcou put another rebound back past DeSmith for 2-1 just 1:15 into the second.
Joel Hanley swung into the middle and beat DeSmith with a wrist shot just under the crossbar and UMass had a two-goal lead at 3:53, six seconds after a Minuteman power play ended.
'We had a lapse there for a minute or two and it kind of cost us,' Kipp said.
'They got a couple of quick goals and we went down 3-1,' Umile said. 'But the guys stayed with it.'
UNH got one back with 3:23 left in the period when a Goumas pass from behind the net set up Nick Sorkin in front for his second goal in as many nights.
The Wildcats chased a tying goal the rest of that period and through most of the third until Conor Sheary beat DeSmith to finish off a two-on-one with 2:12 left to ice the game.
Umile pulled DeSmith for an extra attacker for the last 90 seconds, but the Wildcats could not get another goal.
DeSmith, the freshman from Rochester, finished with 28 saves. Mastalerz had 26.
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Moses moved to within three points of the century mark for his career with his goal. He has 46 goals and 51 assists for 97 points. . . . Goumas had a big weekend. He had a goal and two assists on Friday to go with his two assists on Saturday. . . . Junior wing John Henrion was a healthy scratch for the second time in four games.


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It is the policy of Saint Louis University to perform employment background checks to provide a safe and productive work and learning environment for patients, employees, students and visitors.
The purpose of performing background checks is to determine and or confirm the qualifications and suitability of a job candidate for the particular position for which the candidate is being considered, and to help ensure the safety of our university community. The University reserves the right to perform background checks in any situation when it is deemed appropriate to protect the interests of the University.
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Halogen lamp causes Somersworth house fireBy John Quinn
Union Leader Correspondent
December 19. 2013 7:27PM
SOMERSWORTH — If not for "the wherewithal to shut the bedroom door," a first-alarm fire could have devastated a Pinewood Drive home earlier Thursday morning, according to Fire Chief Keith Hoyle.
Police, firefighters and emergency personnel responded at 8:52 a.m. after receiving a call from 34 Pinewood Drive.
Hoyle said the fire, which was deemed an accident, was caused by a halogen lamp in an upper bedroom of the split-level home.
"Halogen bulbs are notorious for putting out enormous amounts of heat," Hoyle said, adding investigators are still determining what combustible object —bedspread, curtains, clothes — were ignited by the lamp.
"They were actually pretty lucky," Hoyle said, adding because one of the sons — who was home from college — confined the fire to the bedroom.
"Without that, the first floor would probably be up in flames by the time we arrived," Hoyle said, adding firefighters were at the home in minutes and were able to contain the fire to the one room.
While the bedroom was destroyed, Hoyle said the rest of the home remains habitable once the damage from heat and smoke is repaired. He added the family should have been able to return Thursday night.
He said the fire caused about $30,000 in damage to the home, which is insured.
Hoyle said local crews were assisted at the scene by firefighters from Rochester, Dover and Berwick, Maine. He added firefighters from Rollinsford and South Berwick, Maine provided station coverage.
Within an hour, firefighters had the fire under control to the point they began releasing assisting departments from the scene.


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"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings."
-- Nelson Mandela, speaking at the launch of Britain's Make Poverty History campaign
Seven years ago, I sat in an academic advisor's office so excited and a little nervous. We mapped out the courses I should take. He helped me apply for the Engineering Program at Wayne State University. He handed me an application for the Society of Women and Engineering, an opportunity for a full scholarship. I was on the Dean's list. He gave me a letter that read you are invited to join Phi Theta Kappa, a national honor society for students attending two year colleges. I couldn't believe it. After all these years, I was on the verge of being successful. I was so close I could almost taste it. I had it all figured out. I felt so proud of myself, determined to beat the odds. I finally had hope in the future. I was going to be an Engineer.
One week later I sat in a very different office, this time sweating, anxious and fearful. Her eyes were empathetic as she read the lab report, you have tested positive for HIV. I gasped for breath. The room started spinning. I could see my life, my dreams, and my destiny slipping away from me once again. Then she asked me "Nicole, do you have a will? Advanced Directive? Do you have custody of your children? Its best that you make arrangements for them." She handed me a magazine and a huge manila envelope filled with condoms. She gave me an orange piece of paper with the name of a doctor. I felt like I was just handed a death sentence. It's over. Later that week my uncle passed away. As I stared at his coffin I didn't see him at all. I saw myself. I sat in the back of the room, watching people grieve. This was my future, this was my destiny, a coffin. I was going to die.
They say HIV is not a death sentence anymore. What they don't tell you is that HIV is a death sentence for prosperity especially for HIV-positive women. HIV is often a lifelong sentence of poverty for women. Research found that 50% of people who worked before being diagnosed with HIV had stopped working within two years, and 100% had stopped working within 10 years after onset of the first symptoms (American Journal of Public Health 81, no. 1 ). However, the employment research that has explored the effects and implications of HIV/AIDS infection has focused almost exclusively on white, middle-class, gay men -- a population likely to have greater levels of work experience and education than poor women of color living with HIV. 64% of women living with HIV receiving regular medical care had annual incomes under $10,000 compared to 41% of men (HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study).
HIV-positive women carry the heaviest economic burden. We are often responsible for our children, partners, parents and even grandparents and grandchildren. 76% of women living with HIV had a child under the age of 18 living in their home (HCSUS). Women living with HIV often put themselves last, resulting in poorer health.
It took seven years for me to recover from my diagnosis. I found myself without secure housing, limited support, alone and living with HIV. I never finished college. The starting salary is $60,000 for an engineer right out of college. However, I would be responsible for my own healthcare. I would not be eligible for government assistance, and may have difficulty getting on an employer's plan. The estimated lifetime cost for a person living with HIV is $620,000 dollars. What would be the point of working so hard to accomplish my goal? HIV-positive women have to keep their incomes low to access medication, health care, housing and other services in order to stay alive.
Franklin D. Roosevelt once asserted "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." We do not have to accept this inequality. Injustice is not our legacy.
Economic justice equals economic equality. Equal rights and opportunities for all. Health is by nature one of the most basic human rights. I have a right to equal access to quality health care and social support services. I have the right to stable, clean, and safe housing.
I refuse to give in to social inequality. I am not a product of my past or my environment. I am always moving forward. Always changing into something greater than I was before. I deserve the opportunity to evolve. I deserve to be treated with respect and I demand to be handled with dignity. I have the right to define myself and my life. I have the right to hope and a prosperous future. I have the right to love and to bear children. I have value and worth. I am worth saving.
I'm not asking for a handout. I am asking for life, liberty and JUSTICE! I refuse to give up my hope that one day we will all be treated with respect. We will join forces and amass a movement of many voices and many fists. We will fight and we will be victorious. We are women living with HIV, listen closely ... can you hear us?
Nicole Seguin writes from Detroit, Mich.
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