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Iran expands uranium production
TEHRAN, Iran: Student news reporters in Iran released an article revealing that
a second cascade centrifuge apparatus has been successfully installed in one of
Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities.
The second centrifuge reportedly will be able to start accepting uranium gas
for enrichment within the next few days.
"Iran's second cascade has been installed two weeks ago and the injection of
gas into it will be done this week," the student news agency ISNA quoted an
informant as saying. "Soon after injection of the gas, we will obtain the
product of the second centrifuge cascade."
The increase in processing capability will allow Iran to produce fuel- and
potentially weapons-grade Uranium at a much faster rate.
While Iran maintains that the nuclear enrichment is for civilian power
generation purposes, many western nations are convinced that Iran is secretly
trying to gather enough material to produce a bomb or other nuclear weapon.
Experts estimate that Iran is between five and ten years at minimum from being
able to industrially produce nuclear weapons.
Behrend to offer nursing degree
By Christopher LaFuria
news editor
Beginning in the fall of 2007, the population of
students may be increasing with the approval of a
new program to Behrend's list of degrees. Starting
next year. Behrend will be offering an associate
degree in nursing. Officials at Behrend approved
the degree this month, after the curriculum was
unanimously approved at a meeting in August.
The program will combine science courses, liber
al arts courses, and other courses directly associat
ed with nursing. According to the Nursing Program
Homepage, the new degree will help students
achieve success working in hospitals and long-term
care facilities, such as nursing homes and hospice
programs.
According to the Director of Continuing
Education, Peggy McCarthy, Pennsylvania has a
five percent nursing shortage, which explains the
lack of assistance in emergency rooms and other
deficiencies in hospitals. In order to prevent
Pennsylvania from falling to 29 percent, which is
McCarthy's prediction for 2020, degrees such as
Behrend’s nursing program will help in the short
ages. Furthermore, many of the current registered
nurses are eligible for retirement by 2015, which,
according to McCarthy, provides even more avail
abilities and demand for nurses.
Upon completion of the program, students are
also eligible to take the National Council Licensure
Examination exams, which prepare students for
work as a registered nurse. The degree is also com
patible with Penn State University Park’s BS pro
gram, which furthers the education for nurses.
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, University Park School of
Nursing’s director, claims that the addition of the
major is good for Behrend as well as the state of
Pennsylvania. “The program allows RNs to obtain
their bachelor’s in nursing on a part-time basis,”
Milone-Nuzzo says. “The School of Nursing
encourages associate degree graduates to continue
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their education, and Penn State's RN to BS program
allows working RNs to do just that."
'Behrend is not the only branch of Penn State that
offers the nursing major. Altoona, Fayette. Mont
Alto and Worthington Scranton also have the asso
ciate degree program in nursing available to stu
dents.
Chancellor Jack Burke says that Behrend will
maintain the success that has been evident in the
other Penn State campuses.
“The associate degree program in nursing
addresses the very strong current and projected
demand for hospital-based practitioners who can
support the staffing needs of the region," Burke
says. “This accredited program has been a proven
success at four other Penn State locations, and we
are confident that it will be successful in producing
qualified nurses for northwestern Pennsylvania and
the Commonwealth."
There is a 68-credit requirement for the associate
degree. Also, there is an online prescribed course
outline for full time students to follow, beginning
next year. Along with the nursing courses, Behrend
students must meet the cultural diversity course
requirement and complete the writing-intensive
courses.
According to Section six of the Professional
Nursing Law, which was amended in 2002,
Pennsylvania does not issue nursing licenses to
those who have been convicted of felonies relating
to controlled substances within 10 years of apply
ing or ones that have received significant rehabili
tation.
Students will also receive 10 to 15 hours of clin
ical work within the week, either at the campus
nurse lab or a local health care facility. Students
that wish to apply can visit the Penn State
Admissions Home Page. Those applying before
Nov. 30 are given priority status. All applications
submitted after this date are reviewed on a first
come-first-served basis.
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Wildfire determined to be arson
RIVERSIDE, California: An uncontrolled wildfire that has killed multiple
firefighters and obliterated over 10,000 acres of forest has been
determined to be a case of arson, according to reports from a California
Department of Forestry official.
A small group of firefighters were overcome by flames when 25 m.p.h. winds
forced a wall of fire over and around the structure the firemen had been
protecting. Unable to seek shelter or return to their vehicle, two were killed
instantly while two others in the group later died of their injuries. The
final member of the group is hospitalized in critical condition with bums over
95 percent of his body.
"They had left their truck to do structure protection when the fire overran
them," said Forest Service spokesman Pat Boss.
Now that the fire has been determined to have been purposefully set, a reward
of $lOO,OOO has been offered for information regarding the identities and
whereabouts of the person or people responsible.
"This is an arson fire. This is a deliberately set arson fire," Department of
Forestry official John Hawkins told reporters Thursday. Since firefighters
have now been killed, additional homicide charges could be added once the
perpetrator is caught.
The fire now surrounds Silent Park Valley, and residents say they see an orange
glow outlining the ridges around the area. The last fire road out of the area
has been closed as a precaution, hopefully keeping the fire from taking anyone
by surprise coming or going. As a result, people who chose not to evacuate are
now stuck in between the ridges that shield the valley.
"We're not trapped. We're very safe here," park ranger Charles Van Brunt told
reporters in an interview with CNN. "The roads are closed but that’s just
primarily so the firefighters can do their job. But on the ridges around us, we
can see the flames. It's safer for us to be here than trying to get everyone
out right now." Forestry officials also report that erratic winds are making the fire
propogate in an unpredictable fashion, causing the firefighting effort to go slowly.
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