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Christie Administration Seeks Public Input on NCLB Waiver Centered on Increasing Flexibility and Strengthening Accountability
Waiver would provide flexibility to the increasing number of schools not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and focus on turning around State's lowest-performing schools
|For Immediate Release
|Contact: Justin Barra
Allison Kobus
|Date: November 3, 2011
Trenton, NJ – The Department of Education today released a draft outline of its waiver application to the US Department of Education for relief from certain provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The Department is soliciting comment from educators and the general public on the outline through its website through Wednesday, November 9. This comprehensive waiver would allow the Department to develop a new accountability system to replace the provisions of NCLB, centered on providing support and intervention to the State's lowest-performing schools and those with the largest in-school gaps between subgroups of students.
As part of the waiver application, the Department of Education will present a plan to act on four principles, as required in the US Department's application. Those principles include 1) College and career ready expectations for all students; 2) State-developed differentiated recognition, accountability, and support; 3) Supporting effective instruction and leadership; and 4) Reducing regulatory and data collection burden on districts.
"NCLB remains an important piece of legislation because it put a renewed focus on student achievement and accountability in K-12 education and highlighted the needs of typically underperforming student populations. However, the law suffers from some significant flaws, including its failure to give credit for progress and its one-size-fits-all approach to labeling schools as failing," said Acting Commissioner Chris Cerf. "Through our waiver application, we are developing a new accountability system that allows for differentiated supports and interventions of the schools with the most pervasive and persistent achievement problems. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to school improvement which is why we must focus our resources and most significant interventions on those schools with long standing history of low performance."
Under NCLB, a school is listed as "failing" if it does not make Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP) for two years in a row. To make AYP a school must meet state benchmarks in language arts and math for the total population and all subgroups. Missing the benchmark for any subgroup in any grade span causes a school to fail to make AYP. This year, 1,231 schools, or 55.5% of schools did not make AYP for one or more years. That number is an increase over the previous year, where 1,136 schools, or 51% of schools, did not make AYP. This jump is, in part, a result of an increase in the percentage of students that must be proficient in the 2010-11 school year, with a requirement under the law for 100% of students to be proficient by 2014.
Those schools failing to make AYP for two years in a row are identified under NCLB as a School in Need of Improvement (SINI). Title I SINI schools are subject to a tiered set of sanctions, including setting aside 20% of their Title I funds for Supplemental Educational Services (SES). For the 2010-11 school year, the number of schools designated as SINI increased to 862, or 38.8% of schools. This number is an increase over the previous year, where 656 schools, or 29.4% of schools, were designated as SINI.
In developing a new accountability system, the Department will create three tiers of schools, which will be identified using both growth and absolute proficiency:
- Priority Schools: The Department will identify the lowest-performing five percent of Title I schools across the state using proficiency, growth, and graduation rates. Any non-Title I school that would otherwise meet the same criteria will also be designated as a Priority School.
- Focus Schools: The Department will identify at least 10 percent of Title I schools as Focus Schools. These schools will be selected from Title I schools that are not categorized as Priority Schools and will be identified based upon achievement gaps between subgroups and low performance or graduation rates among particular subgroups. Any non-Title I school that would otherwise meet the same criteria will also be designated as a Focus School.
- Reward Schools: The Department will identify Reward Schools based on high proficiency levels or high levels of growth, including progress toward closing achievement gaps. This will allow for a range of schools from across the state to attain Reward status, regardless of their absolute starting point.
The Department will create customized interventions to turnaround Priority and Focus Schools, based on their individual needs. Among others, these interventions include a focus on improving instruction, using data to drive decision making, and expanding learning time. The Department will also develop financial bonuses for Reward Schools as well as opportunities to share best practices across the state.
In addition, the application also includes support for several pending bills centered on Governor Christie's previously announced reforms that, if passed, would expand the reach and efficacy of the Department's proposed interventions.
- Two pending proposals would modify the State's tenure law, allow for differentiated pay, prohibit the practice of firing the newest – and often best – teachers first during a layoff, and require that a teacher could not be placed in a school without his consent and that of the principal. These reforms are not only consistent with the federal turnaround principles endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education in the ESEA waiver application, but also necessary to strengthen the Department's proposed interventions.
- Proposed legislation around the current charter school law, Urban Hope Act, and Opportunity Scholarship Act will increase the number of high-quality options for students in Priority and Focus Schools.
For schools that do not fall into one of these three categories, the Department will create performance targets and publicly release new and detailed performance reports, but will provide districts flexibility on the supports and interventions to improve student performance.
"Accountability systems do not exist for their own sake, but as part of an overall strategy to advance student learning and ensure that children graduate from high school ready for college and career," said Acting Commissioner Cerf. "The plan we are developing in our waiver application will not only increase accountability for school performance, but also serve as a mechanism to improve student performance. It will do that by more accurately measuring school performance by including growth in addition to absolute performance, and by providing flexibility from overly bureaucratic regulations on how to support school improvement."
To develop this outline, the Department solicited feedback on its website from educators and community members for two weeks in October. The Department also held a series of meetings with educators and the leadership of teachers unions and associations and will hold additional meetings in the coming week to finalize its application.
A copy of the NCLB waiver outline can be found at the link below, along with a form to submit public comment. Comments will be accepted through that website through Wednesday, November 9. The first opportunity to submit an application to the US Department of Education is November 14.
A list of schools that did not make AYP can be found below.
An overview of the required interventions for SINI schools can be found at the link below.


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Study finds paramedics skilled in identifying strokes
Results were presented at the 64th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in New Orleans
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NEW ORLEANS — Stroke risk suspected by paramedics is probably right as a paramedic is able to diagnose stroke patients with a 99.3 percent specificity, suggested a study that will be presented at the 64th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in New Orleans.
A paramedic is a healthcare expert that works in emergency medical situations and provides advanced levels of care for medical emergencies and trauma. Paramedics provide out-of-hospital treatment and some diagnostic services.
Full story: Study finds paramedics skilled in identifying strokes
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Friday, March 30, 2012 11:56:21 PM 99.3%? Sorry. Throwin' the BS Flag here. NOTHING in EMS is 99.3% certain. Our best educated-and-experienced-silly-wild-ass-guess using Cincinnati or LAPSS as well as a host of assessments will never yield these kinds of results for any working diagnosis. I don't know who wrote this article, but it seems to be a series of very vague, intentionally non-specific and contradictory statements.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:02:34 AM WTH, thinking that primary diag shows up on scene?
Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:22:51 AM Occasionally, but always an educated guess. I'm thinking this article has a typo for one, and is a "cut and paste" of a longer article that might clarify the point. But, as written, it is not only wrong, but steers the reader way off the point.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:53:43 AM Richard, they are saying that in this study, 99.3% of the time the Dx of the paramedic( stroke or no stroke) was correct.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:16:17 PM Hey, a 99.3% specificity means that when they said someone was having a stroke they were right 99.3% of the time. This value does not take into account for how many strokes they missed. An excerpt from the entire article is below: While the EMS specificity rate in identifying strokes was 99.3 percent, the sensitivity rate was only 51 percent. In other words, when paramedics suspected patients were having strokes, they were probably correct -- but they also missed many cases. Of the 96 actual strokes, paramedics correctly identified 49 cases, but missed 47. Paramedics were most likely to miss strokes in patients younger than 45.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:41:38 PM As quoted: "Of the 96 actual strokes, paramedics correctly identified 49 cases, but missed 47." The study sounds more reasonable when you look at the total numbers and significance. As far the 99.3%, what would be interesting to know is how many of the calls came by dispatch as a "possible stroke" where the 911 caller had already identified the possible stroke due to all of the public education in the recent years. I would bet the identification of these strokes by the bystander or loved one was probably close to 90%.
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XIII. Works by Others [series]:
Scope: This series consists of manuscripts sent to or gathered by
William Gaddis. They primarily relate to the work of William
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Dissertations / Theses
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Scope: Various student dissertations and theses on Gaddis' work. s:
XIII.Works By Others
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Thesis - Baldwin
(1 folder)
Scope: Baldwin, Margaret Ann. "Form and Value in William Gaddis' The
box-folder 167/673
Thesis - Brownson
(1 folder)
Scope: Brownson, Robert Charles. "Techniques of Reference, Allusion,
and Quotation in Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus & William
Gaddis' The Recognitions," ca. 1976.
box-folder 167/674
Thesis - Comnes
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Scope: Comnes, Gregory. "Agape, Agape: The Ethics of Indeterminacy
in the Novels of William Gaddis," ca. 1994.
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Thesis - Hegarty
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Scope: Hegarty, George. "Gaddis's Recognitions: The Major Theme,"
ca. 1978.
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Thesis - Koenig
(1 folder)
Scope: Koenig, Peter W. "Splinters from the Yew Tree: A Critical
Study of William Gaddis' The Recognitions," ca. 1971.
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Thesis - Kronung
(1 folder)
Scope: Kronung, A. "Ideal. Reality. Chaos. Ansichten
Gesellschaftlicher Desintegration bei William Gaddis."
box-folder 169/678
Thesis - Leverence
(1 folder)
Scope: Leverence, John. "Gaddis Anagnorisis," ca. 1974.
box-folder 169/679
Thesis - Minkoff
(1 folder)
Scope: Minkoff, Robert. "Down Then Out A Reading of William Gaddis'
The Recognitions," ca. 1976.
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Moore Chapters
(1 folder)
Scope: Chapters by Steven Moore, presumably for his volume of
Gaddis' letters.: "Introduction," ca. 1984, "JR Annotations,"
"Sketch of William Gaddis," "Vision of Order."
box-folder 170/681
Thesis - Reeve
(1 folder)
Scope: Reeve, Benjamin. "The World of Imagination and the
Imagination of the World."
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Thesis - Scaramelli
(1 folder)
Scope: Scaramelli, Richard. "The Shock of Recognition: A Connecticut
Yankee in the Carpentered Fiction of William Gaddis."
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"Robinson" - Think Article, Commencement
(1 folder)
Scope: The material in this folder is misplaced by follows the Lopez
sequencing. Included are various Gaddis notes and drafts for an
article in "Think" magazine and a commencement speech in 1980,
among others.
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Thesis - Suter
(1 folder)
Scope: Suter, Clive. "God Damned Holy Shit: Wasteful Reproduction in
William Gaddis' JR."
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Thesis - Walker
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Scope: Walker, Christopher. "William Gaddis' Soulful Satires."
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Scope: Miscellaneous publications by other authors, including Zoltan
Abadi-Nagy's interview of Gaddis, two works by Julian Schnabel,
and Stanley Elkin's obituary and eulogy by William Gass.
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Interview by Zoltan Abadi-Nagy
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"Before Night Falls" (Schnabel)
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Scope: Copy of play by Julian Schnabel et al.
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Corr - Schnabel Reconocimientos
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Scope: Bound glossy book by Julian Schnabel.
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Stanley Elkin (obit. / Eulogy by Wm Gass)
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maintain the original order. Many reviews are by foreign
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Reviews - Frolic
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Loose Notes
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Loose Materials
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Scope: Assorted pamphlets, John Hawkes obituary.
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Miscellaneous Personal
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Scope: Empty folder.
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Gaddis Personal
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Scope: Empty folder.
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Scope: Various publicity publications
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Early Reviews "JR," "Carpenter's Gothic"
(1 folder)
Scope: Reviews in English, French, and German.
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Frolic Reviews and others
(1 folder)
Scope: Reviews, mainly on Frolic.
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Frolic Reviews and foreign loose
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Carpenter's Gothic and foreign reviews, among
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Reviews, assorted
(1 folder)
box-folder 175/701
Reviews - Frolic and Assorted Articles
(1 folder)
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Reviews '87 Australia France Germany
(1 folder)
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Reviews Australia France Germany
(1 folder)
box-folder 175/704
Reviews Italian, English
(1 folder)
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Reviews - JR (a)
(1 folder)
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Reviews - JR (b)
(1 folder)
Scope: Reviews, as well as student papers on "JR."
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Loose Magazines '80s
(1 folder)
Scope: Various loose magazines, including Current Biography (Nov
1987), New Yorker (1987), Harper's (1981), and the Harvard
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Reviews - JR (c)
(1 folder)
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Assorted Notes and Reviews 70s (a)
(1 folder)
Scope: Various reviews, mainly on "JR."
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Assorted Notes and Reviews 70s (b)
(1 folder)
Scope: Various reviews, mainly on "JR."
box-folder 178/711
John Gardner's Review of "JR"
(1 folder)
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Article from IWC Conf 1994
(1 folder)
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Reviews of "The Recognitions"
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box-folder 179/714
Reviews - Carpenter's Gothic
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COLUMBIA CITY — Giving back to the community where she's grown up is what propelled Cari Wells, of Columbia City, to be the 2013-14 campaign chair for the United Way of Whitley County.
"I care about this community and want to see it continue to be great," Wells said. "The United Way does so much to improve the lives of those in our county. It seemed like a logical way for me to serve the community."
With the United Way's Day of Caring having officially launched the fundraising campaign in September, Wells is hard at work developing relationships with corporations and business throughout the county.
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IT is a life-changing moment you wish no one would have to go through, being diagnosed with breast cancer.
But now thousands of women with a history of breast cancer in their family across the UK are set to be offered drugs on the NHS to help prevent the condition for the first time.
New guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) means 500,000 women will now have a choice other than a mastectomy.
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Trimsaran mother Amanda Lloyd, 43, was diagnosed with the disease in May and has undergone an operation to remove an inch and a half of tissue from her breast.
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"Prince Philip have been absolutely brilliant.
"It has been like having an extended family.
"You are given your own personal nurse and you can contact them if you have any concerns or worries.
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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie made headlines around the world last month when she revealed she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy.
The move will make England and Wales the first countries in Europe to offer breast cancer drugs to healthy women.
Breast nurse specialist Susan Heard, a member of the NICE guidelines development group, told the BBC: "Tamoxifen is not an expensive drug - to give a woman five years of tamoxifen would only cost about £130 — it can cost £12,000 to treat a woman for breast cancer in a year.
"Tamoxifen has been used for 40 years in the treatment of breast cancer very successfully to stop it coming back and I think the healthcare professionals are very familiar with the drug and that experience can be passed on to our patients."
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The political fates are indeed fickle. The sinking of Princess Caroline's senate nomination has resulted in the appointment of a relative unknown: Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, an upstate New York Democrat.
Gillibrand is an attractive young politician who, in order to appeal to centrists in her largely Republican district, has earned the support of the National Rifle Association with her pro-Second Amendment stand. That means, unless she changes her tune on that issue, she will still face opposition from downstate liberals such as Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, whose entire political career has been based on her opposition to guns. McCarthy, whose husband was killed in a mad rampage by a gunman on the Long Island Railroad, has already said she will challenge Gillibrand in a primary next year.
If that is indeed the primary match up in 2010, then it will be interesting to see whether New York liberal feminists give Gillibrand (who was blasted by Moveon.org for voting for funding the Iraq war) the Sarah Palin treatment simply because of that NRA endorsement. (Will some of them say she's "masquerading" as a woman?) Yet I think Gov. David Patterson's political instincts in this case are pretty good. Gillibrand will not only balance the ticket for New York Dems next year, she may be a formidable candidate in her own right.
But more than that, I'm reflecting on how the course of history and politics can be altered by a single incident.
In late October 2006, Kirsten Gillibrand was just a likable well-funded Democrat running for Congress in a Republican district. Given the Democratic tide that was running high that fall, she wasn't considered a sacrificial lamb. But neither was she given that much of a chance to beat incumbent John E. Sweeney who was sitting on a fat double-digit lead with time running out.
I met the Congressman that October while he was fund-raising in Philadelphia. At the time, the idea that he might be in danger was the furthest thing from his mind. Instead, he speculated about changes in the Republican House leadership and he clearly anticipated having more influence in the next term.
But then something unexpected happened. The Albany Times-Union published a report about police being summoned to Sweeney's home in December 2005. The report claimed he had grabbed his wife's neck and pushed her around the house. He was reported to have scratches on his face. The couple denied the charges and said the report was a fake that was leaked to the press by Gillibrand's campaign. But they never produced a credible alternative version of the incident.
The Times-Union report turned the election around on a dime. On Nov. 7, 2006 Gillibrand defeated Sweeney, who was branded a wife abuser and a drunk, 53-47 percent. He became just another statistic in the Democratic sweep.
Since then, he has been arrested for drunk driving and he and his wife have divorced. Sweeney, a rising conservative Republican star with working-class roots (his father was the head of a shirt-cutters' union local in Troy, N.Y.) was toast and Gillibrand's career was launched.
Yet but for that leaked report, Gillibrand would not be about to sit in the United States Senate, a perch from which she may not be evicted for many years. Such are the ways of politics in which careers may be made or unmade in an instant. The fates are indeed fickle.


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I am thrilled to have Timor Tom to grace my wall. My son told me about the project when visiting him in Ft. Wayne. I visited the site and now Timor Tom is on his way to my house!ReplyDelete
And I am honestly thrilled to have Timor Tom going to such a good home! As strange as it may sound, every single drawing is very important to me, and sometimes it is still difficult to part with them. Especially the ones I spent so much time with. I can often remember every line and every brushstroke. I have been really fortunate to share this project on this blog with so many people who are incredibly passionate about the novel Moby-Dick, and it has given me great comfort to know that when I send the art to them, it will end up in a frame and on a wall and not moldering away in some dusty drawer.ReplyDelete
I will have your art shipped out tonight or tomorrow from Ohio. I believe it should arrive by Saturday but if not it will be very early next week at the latest. I work 90 miles away from where I live so post office trips generally have to wait until the last part of the week.
I appreciate your dedication and your response. Like many, I wish I had discovered the project sooner, but feel very fortunate to be involved now.
All things associated with the arts, especially books, are very meaningful to our family. My wife and son both teach English, I taught English/Publishing before going into administration, our daughter is a newspaper designer for the Detroit News, and our youngest will be heading to MSU persuing a journalism degree of some sort. Sorry about rambling, but I am still excited about Timor Tom and the project.
Any idea on your plan for whale number three?
I can't thank you enough for that bit of personal history. It helps even more to know a bit about the homes I am sending these pieces of art to, and it sounds as if Timor Tom will have a place of honor on your wall.ReplyDelete
This suite of illustrations is based on this passage from chapter 45 of 'Moby-Dick'...
"But not only did each of these famous whales enjoy great individual celebrity - nay, you may call it an ocean-wide renown; not only was he famous in life and now is immortal in forecastle stories after death, but he was admitted into all the rights, privileges, and distinctions of a name; had as much a name indeed as Cambyses or Caesar. Was it not so, O Timor Tom! thou famed leviathan, scarred like an iceberg, who so long did'st lurk in the Oriental straits of that name, whose spout was oft seen from the palmy beach of Ombay? Was it not so, O New Zealand Jack! thou terror of all cruisers that crossed their wakes in the vicinity of the Tattoo Land? Was it not so, O Morquan! King of Japan, whose lofty jet they say at times assumed the semblance of a snow-white cross against the sky? Was it not so, O Don Miguel! thou Chilian whale, marked like an old tortoise with mystic hieroglyphics upon the back! In plain prose, here are four whales as well known to the students of Cetacean History as Marius or Sylla to the classic scholar."
I worked a bit out of order, starting with Don Miguel and then jumping to Timor Tom. I believe I'll be doing New Zealand Jack next since I have a few ideas for that "terror of all cruisers." Morquan has been harder for me to visualize, so that one will be last but I am certain I will know what I want to do when I get there.


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UT Presents Thoroughly Modern Millie Nov. 21–23
Published: Nov 12, 2013
Take a laugh-filled journey back to the roaring '20s at The University of Tampa's production of
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This Tony award-winning musical is based on the 1967 film starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing and Beatrice Lilly.
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The improvements in South Carolina charter school laws aren't happening fast enough to keep up with the rest of the country.
The Palmetto State slipped three spots to No. 15 out of 43 states for the quality of its laws, mostly because other states took more aggressive steps forward, according to a report released this week by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Eight states don't have charter school laws.
"While South Carolina's score did increase in a few areas, our legislators did not keep pace with the transformative changes going on across the country .," said Mary Carmichael, executive director of the Public Charter School Alliance of South Carolina.
The report ranks each state's charter school laws on 20 components, including quality and accountability, equitable access to funding and facilities, and no caps on charter schools' growth. The rankings were released during National School Choice Week, which started Sunday and includes more than 3,600 events across all 50 states.
South Carolina has 59 charter schools this year serving 22,384 students. Charleston County is home to 11 charter schools. The state's total public school enrollment is roughly 710,000 students.
"This annual ranking is an important barometer for measuring changes in charter school policy," said Nina Rees, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance. "States are increasingly aware of the impact their charter school law has on providing students access to high-quality public school options and we are encouraged to see so many improving their laws."
The report recommends that South Carolina focus on ensuring equitable operational funding, as well as equitable access to capital funding and facilities. Other recommendations include accountability for those authorizing charter schools, as well as more guidelines for the expansion of charter school through multi-school charter contracts.
"The gap between us and being in the top 10 really comes down to funding," Carmichael said.
Charter school advocates are working on that issue. They want to give more charter schools access to vacant or under-utilized public school buildings, as well as secure money for the state Charter School Facilities Fund that was created in 2012 but hasn't been funded.
Carmichael said she appreciated Gov. Nikki Haley dedicating $4 million in her budget for that, which would help schools build facilities.
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Lawmakers made more changes in 2013, and those boosted the state's overall score this year six points to 147 out of 228. Still, those weren't enough to enable it to maintain its ranking.
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TODAY'S TOP PARAGRAPH: Comcast meets face-to-face with the FCC's merger review team. Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable have decided to pull their sponsorship of a foundation dinner honoring FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. And an inspector general report finds that the FBI sometimes spies on the wrong person because of typos.
COMCAST MAKES CASE TO FCC MERGER REVIEW TEAM: Comcast executive David Cohen met Wednesday with the group of FCC lawyers who will help determine the fate of the cable giant's merger with Time Warner Cable. According to a new regulatory filing, Cohen—who was also the wiz behind the merger with NBC-Universal—told the FCC review team that they should make their decision based on the merits of the specific transaction, not on the trends of the media marketplace.
Based on the FCC's recent Internet Access Services report, Cohen asserted that a combined company would only have about 35.5 percent market share. He also rejected claims that Comcast would have unfair leverage in negotiations with TV channels, using the substantial increase in programming costs last year as evidence that programmers have plenty of bargaining power.
Finally, Cohen emphasized that the company is a "demonstrated leader" in diversity and philanthropy, but "we do not believe these initiatives are properly linked to the Transactions."
COMCAST AND TWC DUCK OUT OF CLYBURN DINNER: Comcast and Time Warner Cable are both pulling their sponsorship of the annual Kaitz Dinner celebrating diversity in the media after their sponsorship of the event came under media scrutiny. Both companies will make an unrestricted donation of the same amount instead.
The two companies have sponsored the event for many years, but decided to pull out of the event after the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics and Washington accused the cable companies of trying to curry favor with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, who is being honored at this year's dinner.
In a letter Thursday to the Kaitz Foundation, Comcast VP of Community Investment Charisse Lillie said that it was withdrawing their support of the dinner because "we do not want either the Commissioner or Kaitz to fall under a shadow as a result of our support for diversity in the cable industry." She also pointed out that their donation was made before Clyburn was selected as the honoree.
PRIVACY GROUP ASKS FTC TO DEFEND E.U. RIGHTS: The Center for Digital Democracy has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that 30 companies are violating the privacy rights of E.U. citizens. The complaint alleges that the companies aren't complying with Safe Harbor rules—an agreement with the E.U. that the FTC enforces in the U.S. The companies are mostly involved in data profiling and online targeting.
Jeff Chester, the group's executive director, claimed that there is "little oversight and enforcement by the FTC." The companies are failing to provide accurate information in their Safe Harbor declarations and are not giving Europeans meaningful opt-out options, he said.
WATCHDOG: THE FBI SPIED ON THE WRONG PEOPLE: Because of typos, some people were wrongfully targeted under national security letters, according to a Justice Department inspector general report.
DID A PUNCTUATION ERROR OPEN THE FLOODGATES TO ONLINE GAMBLING? Rep. Jason Chaffetz and other anti-gaming advocates make their case for a rewrite of the Wire Act in Newsweek's new cover story. (Leah McGrath Goodman, Newsweek)
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Chilly Sunday, Snow in 8-Day Forecast?March 23rd, 2014 at 7:07 am by Ken Brewer under Weather
TODAY: Colder air from the north will continue to move in today. Temperatures will be colder, but we will see more sunshine. Highs will reach the mid to upper 30s.
THIS EVENING: Temps will drop into the 20s this evening, so bundle up if you are heading out.
OVERNIGHT: Lows will drop into the upper teens and lower 20s Monday morning, so for back-to-work or the school bus stop, keep the winter coat handy! (If you are not on Spring Break!).
MONDAY…QUIET DAY, SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT: The chilly air will linger Monday. The daytime hours will be dry. Clouds will increase during the day, and an upper-level storm system will arrive Monday night. With cold air in place, we will see light snow showers late Monday night through Tuesday morning. Accumulation should be around 1″, so not a big system, but enough to be a pain.
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For most of us, it doesn't make much financial sense to have our clothes hand-made by a tailor. It's one of the regrettable facts of modern life.
Enter Gay Talese, one of the most skilled journalists of our time. (A lot of people think that his story about Frank Sinatra for Esquire was the best profile ever written.) Talese's dad was a tailor, so he's used to having custom-made clothes since…forever. Now, he gets his clothes made in Paris by the son of the guy that taught his father. (Gahhh—if only. Who does Talese think he is?)
Of course, Talese is hardly Midwestern, but Katie Roiphe's interview with him in the Paris Review touches briefly on his style philosophy. The article is about lot of things—most of which are far more important than style—but here's something to get you thinking:
"He is so beautifully dressed that strangers will talk to him in the street, that waiters and hostesses in restaurants will want to do things for him, like find a special place to put his hat. Talese's father was a tailor, his mother ran a successful dress shop, and he says his first idea of how to be special was through clothing."
Then there's his post on Gilt MANual about how to throw some elbow patches and cuff-work on an old jacket to spice things up.
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"I think every well-dressed man should have something to wear when he does not particularly feel like being well-dressed, but still refuses to blend in with the ranks of men who clearly care little about what they look like.That said, this is really a knockaround jacket. It's afternoon material; I don't wear it at night. (I sometimes dress two or three times in a day.) If I'm going to the dentist, I might wear this, because I'll keep the jacket on while I'm down in the chair. Now, if I'm going to have lunch with someone, I wouldn't wear this. I'd wear a suit."
I mean, c'mon!! Not only is guy decking out in bespoke clothes, he has a sport coat that he doesn't think is nice enough to wear to lunch. AND he's updating them every 30, 40 years to make sure nobody else is wearing what he is. What a guy.
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Hellaflush Kansai @ Central Circuit – May 19!
Please Join Us and SAVE THE DATE on May 19th as we host the 2nd Hellaflush Event of the year in Japan! This time we'll be at Central Circuit in the Kansai Region. We're going to have alot planned for this event so please save this date as it's an event not to forget. There's going to be a Drifting & Time Attack Demo by the best drivers in the world as we've rented the entire track! Official Flyer to be released this week!
Hellaflush Kansai Date: May 19, 2012
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Damn, I'm moving to Nagoya for training the week before that. I wonder if I'll be able to get away that weekend to show up.


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2012 Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told a visiting Jordanian delegation he is firmly committed to the U.S. military partnership with that nation's armed forces, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today.
This morning's meetings featured productive discussions among Panetta, Lt. Gen. Mashal al-Zaben, Jordan's Joint Chiefs chairman, and Lt. Gen. Prince Feisal bin al Hussein, Little told reporters, adding that topics included events in the Middle East, including the unrest in Syria and the situation in Iran.
The secretary also "expressed his deep appreciation for Jordan's contributions in support of coalition operations, including Afghanistan," Little said. Jordan has been a troop-contributing nation for NATO's International Security Assistance Force since 2007.
Mashal and Feisal are in Washington for the 34th U.S.-Jordan Joint Military Commission, the department's annual bilateral consultation with the Jordanian armed forces.
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SMIT GROW Solar and Wind Facades
Green start-up companies are doing some crazy things, and this company, SMIT, is certainly one to watch. SMIT, an acronym for Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology, spent the last two years in R&D with this interesting approach to solar and wind power. SMIT's GROW product has two iterations, GROW.1 and GROW.2, pictured above and below.


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Adam Sandler's action comedy "Pixels" is being pushed back by two months, Sony Pictures said Tuesday.
The film will premiere on July 24, 2015, where it faces competition from supernatural thriller "Poltergeist" as well as "Trainwreck," another comedy from Sandler pal, Judd Apatow. "Pixels" had been slated for release on May 15, 2015, when it would have faced off against "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Pitch Perfect 2."
The film kicks off after aliens misinterpret video-feeds of arcade games as a declaration of war against them, prompting an assault on Earth.
Their attack prompts the president (Kevin James) to enlist his childhood best friend (Sandler) to use the skills he honed as a Reagan-era video game champ to defend the world. Peter Dinklage and Brian Cox co-star.
Chris Columbus ("Mrs. Doubtfire") directs from a story by Tim Herlihy and a screenplay by Herlihy and Timothy Dowling. It will be produced by Sandler's Happy Madison label and Columbus' 1492 Films production house.
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3. Finishing the workshop with Hypnotherapy to visualize your dreams.
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The Department of Defense announced today a major initiative to develop foreign language and cultural expertise among its military and civilian members.
The initiative, reflects a long-standing priority of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to achieve three major goals: to create foundational language and cultural expertise in the officer, civilian and enlisted ranks for both active and reserve forces; to create the capacity to surge language and cultural resources beyond in-house capabilities; and to establish a cadre of language specialists with advanced levels of proficiency.
It also intends to improve the language skills of the officer corps in general as well as consider language ability in the promotion of general officers.
We simply must develop a greater capacity for languages that reflect the demands of this century, Rumsfeld said. No technology delivers this capability; it is a truly human skill that our forces must have to win, and that we must have to keep the peace.
The departments Defense Language Transformation Roadmap is a commitment to our men and women that they will have that skill and ability.
The initiative is based upon lessons learned since Sept. 11. It also addresses the findings of the Defense Science Board study on transition to and from hostilities.
Examples of actions directed by the Transformation Roadmap include:
Revision of policy, doctrine and planning guidance to optimize the accession, development and employment of those with language skills and reflect the need for deliberately planned operational and contingency language support.
Building a capabilities-based language requirements determination process and tracking language readiness.
Surveying the current military and civilian force for language proficiency and providing incentives for the sustainment of that expertise.
Requiring junior officers to complete language training and expanding study abroad programs and experiences in foreign countries.
Establishing foreign language ability criterion for general and flag officer advancement.
Determining the need for enhancing civilian language and regional expertise in the workforce.
Actions directed by the roadmap will be implemented over time.
To track progress and ensure implementation, Rumsfeld has established a Defense Language Office reporting to David S.C. Chu, the under secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
A full copy of the Language Transformation Roadmap is available at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2005/d20050330roadmap.pdf.


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Step 1: Exercise one: Fading Sun
Sit or lie down comfortably.
Close your eyes.
Picture the deep blackness of space, filled with a giant red sun. It is huge, but dull. You can feel its warmth all over your body, but it doesn't burn.
Watch the Sun as you slowly breath.
Breath in through your nose and watch the Sun expand slightly.
Breath out through your mouth and watch it shrink.
The longer you breath out, the smaller and fainter the Sun gets.
Keep breathing slowly as the Sun fades away.
The smaller the Sun gets, the slower you breath.
Smaller ... fainter ... slower ...
Smaller ... fainter ... slower ...
Step 2: Exercise two: Draining
Sit or lie comfortably. Perfect position is sitting upright in an office or dining chair where you can put your feet flat on the floor. Put your hands on your knees, relax your back, slump a little.
Close your eyes and think about your body. Picture the stressful feelings as an inky black liquid permeating your body.
Breath in slowly through your nose, lifting your chest and shoulders as you do.
Blow out slowly through your mouth (put a little effort into it), and, in your mind's eye, watch the level of the black liquid go down a little. Feel it drain away through your feet into the floor.
With each breath out, the level goes down more.
The liquid in your arms will drain out of your hands, down your legs and out your feet.
You should be able to feel muscles un-knot and even feel warmer as the level drops past them.
(You can also do this exercise whilst sitting in traffic. Imagine the liquid draining right out through the floor of the car, pooling in the road. As you drive off, you leave the stress of the day behind you - just don't close your eyes!)
(If you're lying on your back to do this, imagine the liquid draining out of the small of your back).
I might put myself to sleep. :-)
I also feel colder after but maybe its got something to do with this being my first try at it?
Thank you for the 'able!
If you're comfortable feeling cooler, then that's fine. If you're not comfortable feeling cooler, then try another exercise.
I'll try this exercises during the workday.
But I should say, there's nothing better than nature that can make you relax and feel refreshed and rejuvenated.
relax with nature is a good source with a great collection of nature relaxation videos. really helpful.


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WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women's tennis team swept every point en route to a 9-0 victory over Assumption on Wednesday afternoon at the Assumption Tennis Courts. With the win, Holy Cross improves to 3-2 on the season, while the Greyhounds begin the 2013-2014 campaign at 0-1.
Holy Cross No. 1 singles player, freshman Virginia Peck-Philips (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), won her match versus Hannah Riley, 7-6, 6-1, and teamed with sophomore Jaclyn Carroll (Tewksbury, Mass.) to win No. 1 doubles, 8-4. Carroll also won her No. 2 singles match over Kristen Carbone, 6-0, 6-0. Crusader senior captain Maya Welch (Rye, N.Y.) claimed the No. 3 singles match over Paige Gilet, 7-6, 6-0.
Crusader freshman Marielle Newell (St. Louis, Mo.) won her No. 4 singles match over Cassy Waung, 6-2, 6-1, while sophomore Cassy Deng (Eden Prairie, Minn.) earned the No. 5 singles triumph versus Meg Hall in straight sets 6-2, 6-1. Holy Cross sophomore Abby Henry (Wellesley, Mass.) claimed the No. 6 singles win against Paige Palmero, 6-0 ,6-2. Newell and Welch won their No. 2 doubles match, 8-1, while Deng and Henry earned the win at No. 3 doubles, 8-1.
Holy Cross will return to action on Sunday, Sept. 29 when it hosts Providence at the Sinnott Family Tennis Facility for a 1:00 p.m. match.
1. Virginia Peck-Philips (HC) def. Hannah Riley (AC), 7-6, 6-1
2. Jaclyn Carroll (HC) def. Kristen Carbone (AC), 6-0, 6-0
3. Maya Welch (HC) def. Paige Gilet (AC), 7-6, 6-0
4. Marielle Newell (HC) def. Cassy Waung (AC), 6-2, 6-1
5. Cassy Deng (HC) def. Meg Hall (AC), 6-2, 6-1
6. Abby Henry (HC) def. Paige Palmero (AC), 6-0, 6-2
1. Virginia Peck-Philips / Jaclyn Carroll (HC) def. Hannah Riley / Kristen Carbone (AC), 8-4
2. Marielle Newell / Maya Welch (HC) def. Cassy Waung / Meg Hall (AC), 8-1
3. Cassy Deng / Abby Henry (HC) def. Paige Gilet / Mel McCauley (AC), 8-1


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- Jessica Alba says, "Most days I wake up and look in the mirror and go, 'ugh.' I don't really think I look all that great." Amazing how modesty can enhance a girl's hotness, huh? [Dlisted]
- Lindsay Lohan has no plans to cancel her 21st birthday party. You didn't really expect her to take rehab straight with no chaser, did you? [Best Week Ever]
- An up-the-skirt shot of Beyoncé reveals something that looks a hell of a lot like a penis in her panties. "Frustrated drag queen," it is, then! [Rhymes With Snitch]
- Speaking of penises, T-Pain comments on Ray J's: "He got a foot on him…no homo." No homo, my ass. And his. [Crunk + Disorderly]
- Christina Aguilera's new perfume is deemed "tacky" and "cheap" by market research groups. When reached for comment, Christina replied, "Duh. That's the point." [A Socialite's Life]
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Meghan Smith of Livingston was recently awarded the Carlene Hall Memorial Scholarship from Tennessee Tech University.
Smith is a sophomore pre-veterinarian student who hopes to open her own veterinary clinic in her hometown after completing her studies. She is an active member of the Block and Bridle Club at TTU and has been on the Dean's List every semester.
Smith is one of three students selected to receive the scholarship, which is named in honor of the personal friend of an anonymous donor. An endowment of $500,000 was given to TTU's Office of Disability Services to pay for scholarships for students with at least a 3.0 GPA and who meet several other criteria as set by the Office of Disability Services.


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It's time to buy Amazon.com shares.
At least, that's what Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan says. In a report issued late Sunday, he raised his rating on the stock to Buy from Hold, setting a price target of $280. The stock closed last week at $216.23.
"Our upgrade of AMZN shares is based on the belief that market share gains in a tough economic environment are likely, due to its low cost position," he writes. "Ancillary businesses such as Cloud Computing and Kindle may also add to growth. While valuation remains high on current fundamentals, the sustainability of Amazon's growth justifies this premium. Finally, we believe that the focus on European sovereign debt crisis has drawn attention away from the companies with very strong fundamentals, such as Amazon. When attention refocuses on enduring high-growth retailers, particularly those with seasonal catalysts, AMZN shares should outperform."
He offers four reasons for his more bullish stance on the stock:
- Rohan asserts that the company should be able to grow 30% or more organically for the next two years, even in a low or zero growth environment. "The company is stronger now and, barring consumer retrenchment of this magnitude, growth of 30% or more appears achievable," he writes.
- Expanded fulfillment centers: "Our analysis concludes Amazon is adding an estimated 8 million square feet in North American fulfillment in 2011," he writes. "This is more footage than in the previous 3 years combined. The increased number and geographic locations of the new FCs are pushing Amazon further into delivery zones and closer to the end-buyer, thus improving delivery time. Amazon can service the continental U.S. with 2-day ground delivery, not having to rely on more expensive air shipping."
- Ancillary businesses: "Cloud computing and eBooks should add slightly-higher margin growth over next few years. The Kindle Fire, while dilutive on a per unit basis, could help Amazon catch up to existing distributors of digital media, and may reinforce the advantage Amazon enjoys with Amazon Prime."
- Seasonality: "Turbulent markets have delayed investor focus on holiday shopping, but those shopping trends will likely soon be relevant for shares. Our checks indicate Amazon's momentum continues."


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A (Phone) Call to Help Hungry Children
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
It's tough to reason with my kids when they're hungry. They can't focus, and they melt down fast. This is what I was thinking last week when I attended a press briefing by Share Our Strength, the hunger organization that founded the No Kid Hungry campaign. No Kid Hungry, along with Deloitte, just released a study with some alarming facts about our country's school breakfast program. Did you know that 21 million low-income children around the country eat a free (or reduced-price) lunch–but only about 11 million of those same kids eat school breakfast? And yet they come to their classroom each morning famished, and because of that, they may also be exhausted, irritable, anxious, and easily distracted. Makes you really feel for the students themselves, not to mention the teachers whose jobs are that much harder in those circumstances. Which leads me to another disturbing stat: More than 60 percent of K-8 public school teachers said they had children in their classrooms who regularly came to school hungry because there wasn't enough to eat at home.
No Kid Hungry has among its supporters the actor Jeff Bridges, who has been fighting to end hunger for 30 years, in large part through his own organization, End Hunger Network. At last week's event he posed this question: "We have to look into our own souls. What are we willing to do that's not just a gesture that'll scratch the guilt itch?"
Here's one answer. The No Kid Hungry campaign has determined that lots more eligible kids can get school breakfast if the meal is offered in even slightly creative ways, like in the classroom itself instead of a cafeteria. (This reduces the shame some children feel when they have to leave the room to go get their food.) So, with funding from Deloitte, No Kid Hungry has created a crowdsourced online map that outlines how schools around the country serve breakfast. The more complete the map, the more ideas are shared, and the more likely it is that schools will find ways to give kids the meals they so desperately need.
And this is where you can come in. This week–in honor of National School Breakfast Week–you can call a school (or two or three), ask up to three simple questions about school breakfast, and report the findings directly into the map. I called the elementary school my older daughter will be attending next year, which I learned does not serve school breakfast. (Only about 13 percent of schools don't, according to No Kid Hungry.) Now that's reflected on the map. You'll be walked through the process at NoKidHungry.org/Breakfast. It won't take long–but it will make a big difference. The goal is to have info about 10,000 schools by March 31. Will you make a call today?
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Level 2 BTEC Diploma in Health and Social Care
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You will develop your Health and Social Care skills and get a basis for progressing to employment or more advanced work-related qualifications. There are six modules:
›› communication and rights
›› individual needs in health and social care
›› vocational experience
›› health and social care services
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›› health and human lifespan development
The course runs three days a week for one year. You will also study Functional Skills in maths and English or ESOL and do a work experience placement for which you will need a DBS check.
What do I need to get on the course?
Level 1 Health and Social Care (pass) plus a College assessment and an appropriate level of English.
Where does it lead?
Level 3 qualifications such as the BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care or employment as a care worker or support worker with a variety of client groups.
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You will take part in a variety of lively discussions, projects and classroom based activities such as designing a healthcare plan or presenting a case study. You will also do a 3 week work placement to reinforce your learning which will involve applying your skills and keeping a diary of what you have learnt. You will also have language classes and a maths lesson to reinforce the skills you will need in the workplace, for further study and for daily life.
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For the vocational qualifications you will produce a portfolio of evidence which may include completed assignments, presentations and activities delivered in class and a work placement diary. You will receive regular feedback on your work throughout the course to ensure you stay on track. The work is internally assessed and graded. In addition you will take exam-based assessments in English or ESOL and Maths, leading to Functional Skills qualifications.
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We start enrolments in the spring before the course starts. Make your application to the college via our central admissions department for details on 020 7613 9123 or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com. We will then invite you for an assessment and give you advice about the most suitable course for your level of knowledge and skills. For 16-18 year old students hoping to join a Level 3 course, you should apply early to get a conditional place, and contact us in August when your GCSE results are released (August).
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Last year, 87% of students passed successfully compared with the national average of 82%. Additionally, most students progressed onto higher levels courses.
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Shoreditch Campus, Falkirk Street, London N1 6HQ. Visit the "How to find us" page on our website for directions.
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Before you start your lessons, you'll take part in induction sessions, where you'll meet other students and find out all about the support that's available to you. This includes learning about the Virtual Learning Environment, tutorials and the campus facilities. All students can receive free, confidential and impartial advice on things like: your next step in education or your career, finance, housing, health, immigration, benefit claims, legal problems, sexual health, drugs, staying safe, personal / emotional concerns and other issues.
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Based in the heart of Hoxton, our Shoreditch Campus is a great place to study. It's spacious, with well-thought our study facilities – plus outdoor and indoor social areas to catch up with friends. Students from many different backgrounds come to HCC and achieve – so you're bound to fit in. Last year, 91% of our students said they'd recommend us to a friend. 83% said the college was a friendly place to study, 79% planned to progress onto another course with us and 97% felt that HCC was a safe place to be.
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