{"id":74,"date":"2019-04-23T15:04:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=74"},"modified":"2019-04-23T19:02:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:02:06","slug":"its-almost-departure-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/studyabroad\/2019\/04\/23\/its-almost-departure-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Almost DEPARTURE time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"content_countdown\" id=\"main_countedown_1\"><div class=\"countdown\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"element_conteiner\"><span  class=\"days time_left\">-2557<\/span><span class=\"time_description\">Days<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"element_conteiner\"><span  class=\"hourse time_left\">-20<\/span><span class=\"time_description\">Hours<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"element_conteiner\"><span  class=\"minutes time_left\">-12<\/span><span class=\"time_description\">Minutes<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"element_conteiner\"><span  class=\"secondes time_left\">-4<\/span><span class=\"time_description\">Seconds<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(event) {\r\n\t\t\tjQuery('#main_countedown_1 .countdown').html('Departure time has arrived! We are en route &amp;#8211; flying to NZ.')\r\n\t\t});<\/script><style>#main_countedown_1 .countdown{text-align:center;}#main_countedown_1 .countdown{margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px}#main_countedown_1 .time_left{\r\nborder-radius:8px;\r\nbackground-color:#3DA8CC;\r\nfont-size:23px;\r\nfont-family:monospace;\r\ncolor:#000000;\r\n}\r\n#main_countedown_1 .time_description{\r\nfont-size:23px;\r\nfont-family:monospace;\r\ncolor:#000000;\r\n}\r\n#main_countedown_1 .element_conteiner{min-width:90px}<\/style><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We hope you can follow along with us!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"75\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/studyabroad\/2019\/04\/23\/its-almost-departure-time\/20170506_070954590eefe7268033-11547616-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/04\/20170506_070954590eefe7268033.11547616-1.jpg?fit=10048%2C1728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"10048,1728\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SAMSUNG-SM-G900A&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1494054594&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00408163265306&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20170506_070954590eefe7268033.11547616 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/04\/20170506_070954590eefe7268033.11547616-1.jpg?fit=300%2C52&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/04\/20170506_070954590eefe7268033.11547616-1.jpg?fit=840%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/04\/20170506_070954590eefe7268033.11547616-1.jpg?resize=840%2C144\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"144\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It will be a great learning experience and adventure as <strong>INTD 200: Cultural, Ecological, and Human Health Issues of New Zealand<\/strong> students travel to both the North and South Islands of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO WE ARE<\/strong>: 16 LSSU students from various academic disciplines including Environmental Science, Biology, Conservation Biology, Fisheries and Wildlife Management, Accounting, and Nursing. 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