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UAL Level 2 Diploma in Performing Arts
Entry Requirements
5 GCSEs grade A*-D (grade 9 -3) or a Level 1 Diploma in Performing Arts.
Who is the course for
This one year course is for anyone with and an interest in learning more about the Performing Arts. Whilst experience is useful, we welcome anyone with an enthusiasm and passion for the subject area.
Course Content
- Acting techniques
- Movement skills
- Musical theatre
- Devising projects
- Singing
- Dance
- Production arts skills
- Performance workshops all designed to help improve your skills, confidence and performance ability.
Study Methods
Throughout the year you will discover your strengths as a performer whilst finding out more about professionalism and the industry itself. You will study rehearsal, performance and production skills in a course designed to help you progress to the next step. Each term you will work towards a performance project designed to develop you as a performer and showcase your talents.
How is the course assessed
You will be assessed in regular performances taking place at The Edge (the colleges very own theatre!) or at other exciting venues such as local schools when learning about theatre for children and at external professional theatres such as The Beck. Alongside performing you will create scrapbooks and keep an online blog to document your journey as you prepare for each performance.
Where next - Further Studies
Level 3 Diploma in Performing Arts, specialising in Acting, Dance or Music.
Where next - Job Opportunities
Successful students can work in a range of roles, these may include working in creative industries such as performing, directing, choreographing, teaching, script writing, producing, designing or working in arts management and administration.
More Information
Last updated 9 November 2016.
How to Apply
To apply for a course choose one of these methods:
- Online - click the Apply Now button, fill out the form and submit
- Post - download an application form here , or use the form in the prospectus. Fill it out and return it to:
Student Records/Admissions, Uxbridge College, Park Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1NQ.
When we have received your application we will contact you to arrange an interview time.
- Hayes Campus: Course Starting Mon 04 September 2017
Starts: 04/09/2017
Duration: 1 Year(s)
Where: Hayes Campus
When: Monday-Friday 09:00 to 17:00


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In short order, a summer drought and a late-summer tropical storm dealt a punishing one-two punch to the Northeast. Now they are challenging the Federal Government's traditional ways of responding to disasters.
Senator Robert G. Torricelli of New Jersey has complained in Congress that Northeastern farmers are not getting their fair share of drought relief, compared with aid that other parts of the country have received for past catastrophes. Two New Jersey colleagues, Senator Frank R. Lautenberg and Representative Marge Roukema, have taken up the cause of small-business owners, wiped out by the floods after Tropical Storm Floyd, who clamor that the system has a blind spot for their problems.
But these calls for greater and more focused help come as Federal officials are trying to get a tighter rein on disaster spending, which has grown exponentially.
''Congress has generally been very supportive,'' said Jane Bullock, staff director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which coordinates disaster aid. ''But we have seen a growing concern about spending in recent years.''
The complaints from New Jersey lawmakers join a growing chorus of need that Federal disaster officials and members of Congress say they have heard in recent years after each new disaster, from the Midwestern floods in 1993 and the Northridge, Calif., earthquake in 1994, to the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and Hurricane Georges in Puerto Rico and on the Gulf Coast last year. These emergencies have swelled the need for the package of cash grants, business loans and emergency cleanup assistance that the agency offers local and state governments when the President declares a disaster, Ms. Bullock said.Continue reading the main story
The agency has received $19.1 billion in supplemental appropriations to respond to disasters since 1993. In the previous 19 years, according to the Congressional Research Service, supplemental disaster relief totaled just $9.5 billion.
But a study by the research service this year said that because such spending has contributed to Congress's exceeding the discretionary spending caps that it set for itself, it has also started a debate over just how to define an emergency in a way that would stabilize spending. Efforts in the last four sessions of Congress, however, have failed to put brakes on the willingness to appropriate more and more for disaster assistance.
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''FEMA should be able to make the same grants to help get small businesses back on their feet as they do for homeowners,'' Representative Roukema said.
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The proposed legislation would offer grants to replace up to half of the uninsured contents or inventory of a business, and would require recipients to maintain flood insurance. Recipients would not be eligible for any future disaster grant program, and businesses could not use grants to move outside the community.
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Injection drug use accounts for most of the incident infections with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States and other developed countries. HCV infection is a complex and challenging medical condition in injection drug users (IDUs). Elements of care for hepatitis C in illicit drug users include prevention counseling and education; screening for transmission risk behavior; testing for HCV and human immunodeficiency virus infection; vaccination against hepatitis A and B viruses; evaluation for comorbidities; coordination of substance-abuse treatment services, psychiatric care, and social support; evaluation of liver disease; and interferon-based treatment for HCV infection. Caring for patients who use illicit drugs presents challenges to the health-care team that require patience, experience, and an understanding of the dynamics of substance use and addiction. Nonetheless, programs are successfully integrating hepatitis C care for IDUs into health-care settings, including primary care, methadone treatment and other substance-abuse treatment programs, infectious disease clinics, and clinics in correctional facilities.
Injection drug users (IDUs) constitute the largest group of persons infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States, and most new infections occur in IDUs. The prevalence of HCV antibody in most studies of older IDUs is 80%–90% [1-3], and uninfected IDUs generally become infected at rates of 10%–20%/year [3-7]. Controlling the HCV epidemic, therefore, will require developing, testing, and implementing strategies for the prevention, care, and treatment of hepatitis C that will be effective for IDUs [8]. Substantial barriers to providing effective care and treatment for IDUs with hepatitis C stem from characteristics of the disease, patients, providers, and the health care system. As a result, although a large proportion of IDUs with hepatitis C express willingness to undergo treatment, a disproportionately low number of IDUs have actually received antiviral therapy for HCV infection [9]. Fortunately, clinicians undertaking hepatitis C care can draw upon a substantial body of research and clinical experience in the prevention and management of chronic viral diseases among IDUs [10, 11]. This article addresses the scope of hepatitis C care and the challenges and barriers faced by health-care providers and IDUs in the medical management of HCV infection.
Drug use is a complex behavior with multidimensional determinants, including social, psychological, cultural, economic, and biological factors [11-13]. The 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health [14] reported that 3.7 million Americans >12 years have experimented with heroin use. An estimated 1.0–1.5 million Americans actively use illicit drugs by injection [15]. Bloodborne viral infections, including HCV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and HIV, are transmitted when uninfected IDUs use injection equipment, especially syringes, that have previously been used by an infected person [15]. The transmission of HCV is estimated to be 10 times more efficient than that of HIV [16] and can probably result not only from the sharing of syringes but also from the sharing of other injection equipment, such as "cookers" (i.e., bottle caps, spoons, and other containers used to dissolve drugs) and "cottons" (i.e., filters used to remove particulate matter while drawing up the drug solution into a syringe) [3-5]. Transmission can probably also occur through minor instances of blood contact, such as when one person administers an injection to another [17].
The HIV epidemic led to significant changes in injection practices. Beginning in the 1980s, as IDUs learned of the risks of disease transmission through sharing syringes, behavioral norms changed, and rates of syringe sharing dropped dramatically [18-20]. HIV prevention programs, including needle exchange, outreach, and peer education, have strengthened and supported reductions in needle sharing while increasing the availability of sterile syringes and injection equipment. When given access to sterile syringes, IDUs readily made use of them, reducing needle sharing [18-20] and rates of disease transmission [15, 21, 22]. The sharing of other injection equipment, however, remains relatively common [19, 23], as does the practice of giving and receiving injections [24]. Historically, HCV was usually acquired very soon after a person began injecting drugs [2, 25]. Recent studies have shown, however, that, since the introduction of needle exchange and other HIV prevention interventions for IDUs, the prevalence and incidence of HCV infection among young IDUs and recent initiates have declined substantially [5, 6, 7, 22]. Thus, although the incidence of HCV infection among IDUs remains unacceptably high [3-7], the evidence suggests that prevention efforts can be successful.
Infection with HCV may result in 1 of 3 outcomes: infection may spontaneously resolve during the acute phase and never progress to chronic infection, infection may become chronic without medical complications or end-organ disease, or infection may become chronic, with progressive medical complications, such as cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, or end-stage liver disease. The virus-host interactions that result in the resolution of HCV infection are not well understood [26], but it has been shown that treatment of acute HCV infection can result in high rates of successful clearance of the virus [27-29]. Thus, regular testing for HCV of uninfected persons at high risk for infection—particularly young IDUs and recent initiates to injection drug use—is an important strategy for secondary prevention of chronic HCV infection in persons who acquire the infection acutely. On the other hand, the long period of clinical latency before chronic HCV infection causes severe liver disease and the low but variable proportion of infected persons who will develop severe liver disease make it impossible to predict the clinical sequelae of untreated HCV infection in any particular individual. This complicates the assessment of the benefits of treatment when counseling infected patients.
Care for hepatitis C is a vital component of a comprehensive health program for persons who use illicit drugs. Such care includes screening for transmission risk behavior, prevention counseling and education, testing for HCV antibody and RNA, vaccination against hepatitis A virus (HAV) and HBV, and evaluation for comorbidities, including HIV infection. IDUs who are found to have chronic HCV infection should be assessed for the presence and degree of liver disease and evaluated for treatment for HCV. This evaluation should including determining the need for substance abuse services, psychiatric care, and social support and an effort to engage the patient in primary care.
Patient-provider relationships. Caring for drug users presents special challenges to the health-care team and requires patience, experience, and tolerance. Comorbid psychiatric conditions are common, including major depression, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorders. In addition, many drug users have had negative experiences with the health-care system and its providers [30, 31]. IFN therapy has a number of reversible neuropsychiatric adverse effects, including impairment in concentration, depression, insomnia, and irritability [32]. Successful treatment for hepatitis C requires a trusting relationship with a health care provider who can help patients anticipate, plan for, and endure the difficulties of therapy for HCV infection. Patients must work at adhering to the regimen, physicians must be responsive to patients' experiences of adverse effects, and both parties must be able to communicate openly about their expectations and frustrations. Physician-patient relationships that support this kind of collaboration are based on mutual trust and respect and take time to develop. Drug users often believe that the health care they receive is judgmental and condescending, unresponsive to their needs, and delivered without respect. For their part, persons actively using drugs may fail to follow through with medical advice, appointments, and prescribed medication [10, 11, 12, 33]. These problems can lead to a dynamic of mistrust and lack of cooperation between the patient and provider.
The extensive experience gained from treating IDUs for medical conditions, especially HIV infection, has led to the development of effective principles for engaging drug users in health-care relationships (table 1) [11, 34-36]. Successful programs invariably adopt a respectful approach to substance users, understand the medical and behavioral sequelae of addiction, and refrain from moralistic judgments [10, 11, 35-37]. They use client-centered approaches and, often, multidisciplinary teams. Providers can be effective by working with clients individually to identify changes they are motivated to make to enhance their health and well-being. This client-centered approach recognizes that, when global behavior change (such as ceasing all drug use) is not possible or likely in the short term, many other measures can nevertheless reduce the harmful medical consequences of high-risk behavior [36, 38].
Education about prevention of HCV infection. Education and counseling aimed at reducing the transmission of HCV and other bloodborne pathogens are integral components of all health-care services for IDUs. The primary goal of prevention education and counseling for patients who continue to inject drugs is to support safer injection practices [39, 40]. IDUs should be encouraged to use a new, sterile syringe for each injection and to avoid sharing injection equipment with other users, practices that can reduce the risk of acquisition of HCV by uninfected persons and help those who have received successful antiviral treatment to avoid reinfection. Health-care providers can also facilitate access to sterile syringes by prescribing syringes [41] and by referring patients to syringe exchange programs and pharmacies that sell syringes without a prescription [42, 43]. Physicians in at least 46 states are allowed by law to prescribe syringes to IDUs to reduce transmission of blood-borne infections [44]. A survey of knowledge and attitudes among health-care providers about prescription of syringes showed uncertainties about legal issues but substantial willingness to prescribe syringes to IDUs [45]. Prescribing syringes to patients who inject drugs can strengthen patient-provider relationships and facilitate retention in care.
Where possible, IDUs should also be referred to local syringe exchange programs and pharmacies that sell syringes without a prescription. Currently, there are >200 syringe exchange programs in >150 cities in 36 states in the United States. A majority of syringe exchange programs provide a range of ancillary services, including education, support groups, and case management. Pharmacies are more widely accessible than are syringe exchange programs, operating in more locations and for more hours. At present, pharmacies in 46 states may legally sell syringes without a prescription, because they either do not have laws requiring prescription for syringes [46, 47] or have recently amended them [42, 43, 48, 49].
Health-care professionals can provide education and support for safer injection practices at relatively little cost. Only a limited number of public health departments offer HCV education [50]. In addition, a recent report indicated that only 54% of treatment programs for substance abuse provide education about HCV to all of their patients [51]. Thus, there is a need to increase education about HCV for IDUs and other high-risk populations. Incorporating education initiatives regarding HCV into existing and widely available HIV prevention programs and substance-abuse treatment programs is an optimal and cost-effective strategy to address the growing need for education about HCV through the use of existing resources. Continuing education programs can help physicians and pharmacists, who have traditionally been trained to make every effort to keep syringes from being used for nonmedical purposes, recognize that providing access to sterile syringes and education about sterile injection methods can be lifesaving interventions [52].
Screening and testing for HCV infection. A comprehensive health care program for IDUs should include strong linkages with hepatitis C prevention services, including community-based programs of counseling and testing for HCV, so that IDUs infected with HCV can be identified and their entry into care facilitated. Testing for HCV antibodies should be accompanied by client-centered counseling based on individualized behavioral risk assessments. Such services should be available either on-site or by referral [53] in all public programs and institutions serving illicit drug users, including public health clinics and hospitals, syringe exchange and HIV prevention programs, substance-abuse treatment programs, correctional institutions, programs for high-risk youth, HIV counseling and testing sites, sexually transmitted disease clinics, mental health clinics, and psychiatric hospitals. Regardless of where HCV testing occurs, counseling and testing provide a critical opportunity to connect IDUs to comprehensive medical and social services addressing other core issues, such as primary care, untreated mental health conditions, housing, and hunger.
Existing testing programs outside of medical facilities generally provide only testing for HCV antibody and do not offer tests for HCV RNA. HCV RNA testing is necessary to distinguish between persons with chronic infection and those who have cleared their infection spontaneously. Without HCV RNA testing, persons who have positive antibody test results do not learn whether they are actually infected, and many who are not infected may assume that they are [54]. Persons whose HCV infection resolved spontaneously during the acute phase are susceptible to reinfection [55, 56]. Therefore, programs of counseling and testing for HCV require strong referrals to medical care for confirmatory testing for HCV RNA and appropriate evaluation and follow-up. If negative HCV RNA test results reveal cleared infection, IDUs can be so informed, counseled on strategies to reduce the risk of reinfection, and referred to prevention services.
Vaccination against HAV and HBV. HAV and HBV are important public health concerns for IDUs infected with HCV, because of the increased risk of severe liver disease due to superimposed chronic HBV infection [57] or acute HAV infection [58]. Vaccinations against HAV and HBV are recommended for persons at high risk, including IDUs and persons with HCV infection [59]. Thus, vaccination strategies for HAV and HBV are an important component of hepatitis C care [60]. To maximize their effectiveness, vaccination strategies should take into account issues such as seroprevalence [61, 62], knowledge of immunity status [63], adherence to follow-up visits [64], vaccine schedule [65], current medical services [66], and the need for social services [65]. Targeted vaccinations for IDUs have been shown to be effective when done at methadone clinics [67], as part of infectious disease prevention services at a syringe prescription program [68], or in other community-based settings [69]. Of note, even if a vaccine series is not completed or not completed on schedule, partial protective immunity may still be conferred [59].
Substance-abuse treatment and hepatitis C care. Hepatitis C care also requires providing access to treatment for substance use and abuse. Numerous treatment modalities for substance dependence have demonstrated effectiveness [70-72]. Therapy with opioid agonists, including methadone maintenance treatment, has been shown to diminish and often eliminate opioid use and reduce transmission of many infections, including HIV [73-75]. The recent approval of buprenorphine makes office-based pharmacotherapy for opioid addiction possible [72]. Physicians who complete a defined training [76] can apply for a waiver to the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 and prescribe buprenorphine to opioid-dependent patients. This new treatment modality not only expands the accessibility of pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence but also mitigates the stigma associated with receiving substance-abuse treatment by integrating it into routine general medical practice.
Care for hepatitis C must also address the risks of alcohol use. All patients with HCV infection should be counseled to refrain from the consumption of alcohol, because heavy alcohol intake [77] accelerates the progression of HCV-related liver disease and increases the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma [78, 79]. Blood levels of HCV RNA are commonly elevated in infected patients who regularly consume alcohol, presumably because of enhanced viral replication in hepatocytes, which has been observed in in vitro models [80-82]. Both the consumption of alcohol during treatment and higher baseline HCV RNA levels have been associated with a decreased rate of therapeutic response to IFN-based treatment regimens. Consumption of alcohol compromises the responses of endogenous IFN-α to HCV infection [82] and is associated with poor adherence to medications [79, 82, 83].
Brief interventions by medical providers focused on problem use of alcohol have been shown to produce positive results in a variety of settings [84-86]. This approach consists of delivering brief, client-centered counseling within the context of the medical relationship, by using reflective listening while assuming a nonjudgmental demeanor. Core elements of brief interventions include assessing current levels of consumption of alcohol, providing education regarding risks, assessing and facilitating motivation to alter alcohol consumption, problem solving and developing strategies for change, setting goals, and discussing progress during scheduled follow-up visits [87]. Although brief interventions in the medical context have usually been used to help patients reduce alcohol consumption, the approach can easily be adapted to address any number of potentially harmful behaviors, with the quality of the patient-provider relationship being a fundamental determinant of the approach's effectiveness.
Naltrexone and acamprosate are US Food and Drug Administration–approved pharmacotherapeutic modalities that have been shown to be safe and efficacious in treating alcohol addiction in an outpatient setting [88]. Acamprosate and naltrexone have different mechanisms of action and modify different behavioral aspects of addiction. Acamprosate is a long-acting agent that prolongs periods of abstinence by normalizing glutamateric neurotransmission, which is dysregulated during chronic consumption of alcohol and withdrawal. Naltrexone is a fast-acting opioid receptor antagonist that reduces heavy consumption of alcohol by decreasing the rewarding effects of ethanol. The safety and efficacy of combination treatment with both drugs for alcohol addiction has been demonstrated in double-blind studies, although no studies have addressed concurrent HCV infection or IFN-based antiviral treatment.
Antiviral treatment. Optimal antiviral regimens for HCV infection are discussed elsewhere [89, 90]. Not all IDUs will want or need antiviral therapy, given the toxicity and limited efficacy of current regimens and the variable natural history of untreated infection, but none should be denied therapy solely on the basis of their addiction. The 2002 National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement on the Management of Hepatitis C [89] and the 2004 Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hepatitis C endorsed by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Infectious Diseases Society of America [90] recommended that decisions about treatment of hepatitis C in IDUs be made on a case-by-case basis and advised that drug use itself was not an absolute contraindication to antiviral therapy for HCV infection. Several groups have now reported success in providing antiviral treatment for HCV infection to IDUs, even those who were not abstinent from illicit drugs [91-99]. Correctional facilities provide an opportunity to offer treatment to a large number of persons with hepatitis C through existing infrastructure, as discussed elsewhere in this supplement issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases [100].
Successful treatment of IDUs with hepatitis C by means of IFN-based treatment regimens must be considered in the context of overall health care of IDUs and requires collaboration between experts in hepatitis, substance use and addiction, and mental health to create treatment models specifically designed for IDUs. An optimal multidisciplinary team would represent the perspectives of primary care physicians, hepatologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, addiction specialists, social workers, and drug counselors. Backmund et al. [91] demonstrated the success of this approach, which has been replicated by others. Particular efforts are needed to address the challenges faced by IDUs with respect to adherence to medications, psychological adverse effects, and the potential for reinfection [101, 102].
Adherence to treatment. Active use of psychoactive substances, particularly alcohol or stimulants, is often associated with reduced adherence to medical interventions [103, 104]. Individualized programs designed to address the particular needs of IDUs, however, can achieve rates of adherence as high as those in other patient populations [8, 91, 92, 96, 105, 106]. Adherence to medications can be optimized by integrating medical care and treatment for substance abuse [98]. Patients who are engaged in methadone maintenance treatment programs or have a history of injection drug use or psychiatric disorders show rates of discontinuation of treatment for HCV that are similar to those of control groups [91, 107]. Methadone maintenance treatment, coupled with multiple support interventions, improves rates of adherence to medications and reduces the risk of HIV infection [108].
The most effective interventions for improving adherence among IDUs are multidimensional and target several aspects of adherence behavior [109, 110]. In one study of HIV-positive IDUs, treatment with buprenorphine had a significant effect on adherence to treatment for HIV; 78% of IDUs receiving treatment with buprenorphine were adherent to therapy for HIV, compared with 65% of former IDUs and 42% of active IDUs [111]. Similarly, the identification and treatment of depression associated with injection drug use, whether comorbid or antecedent, has been associated with improved adherence to treatment [112]. Providing essential support services, such as case management and transportation, has also been shown to improve retention in care, a critical component of treatment for HIV [113]. Helping a homeless patient find housing can improve adherence.
Additional effective strategies for improving adherence include basic elements of good clinical care, such as establishing a consistent, trusting physician-patient relationship, providing clear information about intended effects and adverse effects of medication, and paying careful attention to perceived adverse effects. Individual counseling that addresses barriers to and facilitators of adherence may be of benefit. Specialized tools, such as electronic reminder systems, directly observed therapy, and cash incentives for attending scheduled medical appointments, have also been shown to improve adherence [106, 114-117]. Directly observed therapy is highly effective in improving rates of adherence to preventive treatment for tuberculosis among IDUs [118] and may have a place in the treatment of hepatitis C for IDUs, especially in combination with pharmacotherapy for substance dependence.
Mental health assessment, monitoring, and treatment. When considering treatment for IDUs with hepatitis C, particular attention must be paid to mental health conditions, which are associated with both hepatitis C and substance use and may be induced or exacerbated by treatment for hepatitis C [95, 119-122]. As a group, IDUs exhibit higher rates of comorbid psychiatric disorders than do the general population [31, 123]. IFN-based regimens for hepatitis C are often complicated by neuropsychiatric adverse effects, including depression, insomnia, and irritability [120-122]. Patients should be screened for depression and other mental health problems before beginning treatment with IFN, treated if necessary, and monitored for these problems during treatment for HCV. Strong linkages with mental health services, whether on-site or within the community, are a vital component of comprehensive health programs for IDUs and are particularly important during treatment for hepatitis C. Past episodes of depression or other psychiatric disorders are not absolute contraindications to treatment for HCV infection. Persons with psychiatric histories may adhere to and complete treatment for HCV infection at rates as high as those of other patient groups [92, 93], if their mental health status is closely monitored and treated. Some authors have recommended prophylactic antidepressant therapy before beginning treatment for HCV in patients thought to have a high risk of depression [124].
Morbidity due to concurrent infectious diseases. HIV infection may complicate hepatitis C care. HIV infection modifies the natural history of HCV infection [125], reducing the ability of the host to clear or resolve HCV infection. Clearance of HCV viremia occurs less often in persons coinfected with HIV than in HIV-uninfected persons and occurs less frequently in those with low CD4 lymphocyte counts. Patients coinfected with HCV and HIV have higher levels of HCV RNA and more rapid progression of cirrhosis to end-stage liver disease and death than do HCV-monoinfected persons [126]. Liver disease due to HCV infection has become a major cause of morbidity and mortality among persons living with HIV infection. In addition, HCV coinfection increases the frequency of drug-induced hepatotoxicity in HIV-infected persons, thus complicating the medical management of HIV infection [127]. HIV-coinfected patients are less likely than are HCV-monoinfected persons to achieve a sustained virological response to treatment for HCV infection, although combination therapy with pegylated IFNs and ribavirin have improved treatment outcomes in this population [128, 129]. HIV-infected IDUs with chronic HCV infection should be considered to be candidates for anti-HCV therapy, especially given their higher risk of progression to end-stage liver disease and the higher risk of liver toxicity after beginning antiretroviral therapy. However, this decision should be considered in the wider context of the patient's presentation, including stable antiretroviral therapy, ongoing psychosocial needs (nutrition, housing, and support), underlying psychiatric diagnoses, immunologic status (CD4 lymphocyte count), and the education and motivation of the patient. This is clearly an area in need of further study.
Poverty, homelessness, addiction, mental health disorders, social marginalization, fear of arrest and prosecution, mistrust of the health-care system, and limited involvement in stable primary care relationships represent challenges to effective hepatitis C care. Other barriers may include the social instability and comorbidities associated with drug use, insufficient access to expertise about HCV, and the high cost of comprehensive care and treatment. Physicians rarely receive meaningful training in addiction medicine or effective strategies for managing the difficulties often encountered in providing care for drug users. Consequently, unrealistic expectations, coupled with judgmental attitudes, can lead to frustration and resentment for both physician and patient. Drug users, similar to non–drug using patients, may fail to follow their physicians' advice, be reluctant to fully and truthfully disclose their lifestyles and behaviors, and/or experience difficulty keeping their appointments. Physicians caring for IDUs often experience this behavior as frustrating and specifically related to drug use and may respond with aversion, malice, or neglect [130]. Indeed, most physicians do not feel comfortable caring for IDUs, preferring to relegate this task to an addiction specialist or a drug treatment facility [131]. A growing number of programs are successfully integrating hepatitis C care into a variety of health-care settings, including primary care, methadone maintenance treatment programs and other substance-abuse treatment programs, infectious disease clinics, and clinics in correctional facilities. Better education of physicians and health-care providers about substance use and addiction, and exposure to models of compassionate care, are needed to improve their understanding of problematic substance use as a treatable disorder. Expanding the capacity of hepatitis specialists to manage care for substance users, and of addiction specialists to manage treatment of hepatitis C, will be necessary to overcome these challenges.
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Terror Toad is a toad monster with an seemingly endless hunger (he was literally always hungry) created by Finster on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He could swallow people using his horn when it turns into an energy Pac Man like shape, large white energy tongue or his extremely long main tongue, and he could bounce off weapons fire with his belly by croaking. He was originally used on the planet Sorcery 7 where he most likely ate everyone on the planet. Terror Toad used the large white energy tongue on Trini and Zack and sucked them into the monster's mouth in the form of spheres. His belly bore pictures of the yellow and black ranger's faces. Terror Toad's power (and his hunger) grew as he ate the rangers. Kimberly and Billy chopped off Terror Toad's horn with their blade blaster blades. Terror Toad managed to swallow Jason and Billy with his tongue, as he chewed the rangers he revealed hidden eyes and a mouth on his neck. Kimberly shot three arrows from her power bow into Terror Toad's neck, making him fall over and release the four swallowed rangers from his mouth in the form of energy spheres. With the Rangers free from the Terror Toad's belly, the Terror Toad was destroyed by Kimberly's Power Bow's arrow.
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Top five cautionary videos as ridiculous as Reefer Madness
Originally released in 1936 as Tell Your Children, a straight-faced educational movie intended to warn parents and children about the evils and dangers of marijuana, the renamed Reefer Madness went on to become one of the most popular exploitation films of all time. Revered by midnight tokers and late-night moviegoers for its camp humor and absurd plot lines, the film has recently been refashioned into a well-received musical. In honor of Reefer Madness: the "Hit" Musical, which opens tonight at the Bug Theatre, we put together this list of the top five cautionary videos as ridiculous as Reefer Madness.She Shoulda Said 'No'!
Taking its lead fromReefer Madness
, and other marijuana morality tales includingAssassin of Youth
andRoad to Ruin
, 1949'sShe Shoulda Said 'No'!
combined themes of marijuana psychosis and sexual promiscuity. After some initial harmless fun, cannabis use invariably causes the protagonist to lose her job, become a drug dealer and turn into a total slut. Clearly, she shoulda said "no."Sex Madness
What could possibly be better thanReefer Madness
? You guessed it:Sex Madness
! Supposedly intended to warn teens and young adults of the dangers of syphilis and other venereal diseases, the 1938 film mostly just showed a lot of skin, including lesbianism and wild sex parties, using its educational pretense to skirt contemporary obscenity codes.
Mom and Dad One of the most famous sex hygiene films, sadly almost impossible to find in video form on these vast internets, 1945's Mom and Dad also used its supposed educational value to avoid censorship. The Swedish film raises good questions about sex education -- and also features graphic images of female anatomy and footage of live births.The Big Cube
Warner Bros. put the full weight of a major studio behind this anti-counterculture movie, which debuted in 1969. Staring Lana Turner in one of her final roles,the Big Cube
aggressively depicted 1960s counterculture and its use of LSD as insidious evils. One can only guess how many hippies went to see it on acid.Child Bride
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Discussion in 'Installation, Upgrade, and Import Support' started by RoldanLT, Jul 3, 2013.
How to fix this errors?
Do you have jQuery defined and loaded in on the page?
Yes, it's loaded.
You may check it here: http://www.phcorner.info/
Before I upgraded that demo site, using 1.1.5 of xenforo.
Everything is OK, that error just happen after I upgrade to xf 1.2 beta 4
Run the file health check.
All 1,085 checked files are present and correct.
But File Health Check is just a quick, only a second then it display that result.
Any ?
Try re-uploading /js/xenforo.js. The migrate plugin is the first line (first few characters should be "jQuery.migrateMute"). If that doesn't work, what changes have you recently made?
I have no recent changes on the xenforo core.
Try re-uploading the .js file I mentioned in the last one. I'm looking and comparing yours to the one that ships with XenForo and they aren't the same.
What is the correct ssh command to replace files/overwrite?
What i did is:
scp upload.zip email@example.com:/home/public_html
unzip upload.zip
I also tried unzip -b upload.zip
Still problem not fix.
Unfortunately, I FTP files. Just gave a quick glance and the file you have recently reuploaded is still missing the first line (the migrate plugin). Not sure how or why.
I will re-test the upgrade in different server with ftp.
Try reuploading and overwriting all files
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The latest versions of our Masonry theme support Sections so the layout of the theme settings might appear quite different if you are upgrading. Please see this Shopify article for an introduction to working with sections.
How do I make my slideshow images smaller?
Our images will always scale horizontally to fill the width of your site, but you can alter the amount of screen your slideshow occupies by adjusting the relative height of your images. A portrait or square image results in a really tall slideshow. A thin letterbox image creates a compact slideshow. Don't forget to make your images consistent across all slides!
Can I shorten blog articles on my homepage?
Yes, create a summary by clicking on the Add Excerpt link below your blog article content.
What size should my images be?
This article explains more about image sizing in our themes.
Can I add other fonts?
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How many tiers are there in the theme's navigation?
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Can I add a contact form ?Yes. This will send an email containing the contact information to the store's owner. To use it, create a normal page, like you would for an About Us page, for your contact form. After creating and saving this page, you will see a new drop down appear to allow you to select the contact template for this page.
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Theme Styles
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Product grid
Use the Show quick view option to show the product options in a pop-up window without taking the user from your homepage or collection pages.
You can change the 'Sale' / 'Sold' sticker position by changing the Overlay label location setting.
The Masonry theme also includes the option to show a low inventory label (for items with a single variant) or your own label text. To specify your own text, give your product a tag in the format: meta-label-YOUR LABEL TEXT! (Please note commas are not supported). There is only space for one label to show at a time. The Sold Out label has the highest priority, followed by the Sale label then low stock and finally the custom tag label option.
Use the Specific product thumbnail ratio settings to keep all of your product images on your homepage and collection pages in an even grid - choose the best Thumbnail image ratio option for your inventory.
Supersize some product images in your homepage and collection page layout by adding the tag "meta-image-large" to the product. Warning: We don't suggest using this together with the fixed product thumbnail size setting as it will result in large gaps in your product thumbnail layout.
Change whether pages and blog articles are included in searches on your site, or if your searches should only return product results.
Static Sections
Masonry doesn't use dropdown menus, but instead has two options for the Child navigation style on desktop - choose from 'Inside' to show tiers within the same menu pane, or 'Flyout' to show the second tier in an overlay panel on top of the main content.
Show a text message in the fixed header across your whole site and link it to any page, product, blog article or collection on your store.
Footer section
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Product page
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In his recent Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne vowed to investigate umbrella companies that class their employees as self-employed, when they are not. If you're a contractor employed by an umbrella company, Osborne's crackdown on 'disguised employment' might affect you.
To the HMRC, misrepresentation of umbrella employees is an abusive practice that needs to be addressed. In some cases, less-scrupulous umbrella companies have treated their clients as self-employed sole traders, refusing to deduct PAYE and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) altogether.
This is especially true when it comes to companies that categorise low-paid temps as self-employed workers in an attempt to pocket their NIC savings.
Sam Hurley of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) is, however, more critical of Osborne's proposal.
"The proposal is to remove the obligation for 'personal service', which is currently required for a contract to be considered an agency contract." However, Hurley continued, "Our members have been concerned for some time about the lack of clarity regarding whether personal services companies will be caught in this proposed legislation. Clearly, there is a time issue and members are going to need time to put in place the necessary processes to protect their businesses."
The problem, Hurley believes, is that the HMRC is mistakenly assuming that people are being treated as self-employed when in fact they are gainfully employed, albeit by an umbrella company.
Given the government's desire to introduce the legislative changes by April 2014, it's no wonder that some umbrella companies are concerned that the consultation period is too brief.
Meanwhile, Pieter Carstens, Manager at 1st Contact Umbrella, believes that the removal of NICs for under 21s can only assist SMEs, which make up 60% of private sector jobs in the UK, to bulk up their workforces.
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Notable roles from Rick D. Wasserman:
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!: Thor, Absorbing Man, Surtur
- Batman: Arkham Series:
- Batman: Arkham Asylum: Young Jim Gordon
- Batman: Arkham City: Clayface
- Many of the Mooks throughout the series.
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Grim Reaper, Shocker
- Planet Hulk: The Hulk
- Starcraft II: Amon, Hybrid
- Marvel VS Capcom 3: Thor
- Lollipop Chainsaw: Lewis Legend
- Dragon Age II: Arishok
- Marvel Heroes: Thor, Cloak, Bullseye
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City: Nicholai Ginovaef
- Saints Row: The Third: Killbane
- Diablo III: Imperius
- Anarchy Reigns: Big Bull
- Gears of War 3: Michael Barrick (as part of DLC campaign "RAAM's Shadow").
- League of Legends: Thresh


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Nissan Copper Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that the upcoming facility in Khanvel, Silvassa to manufacture copper tubes for air-conditioning, refrigeration and plumbing applications with the latest 'Cast and Roll Technology' will start trial partial production of its first phase within the next 15 days. The project is a first of its kind in India, and will help in import substitution.
Once the project is fully implemented it would increase the production capacity of the company's copper pipe by 400% (from current the 3,000MTPA to 15,000MTPA); it will increase the turnover of the company up to Rs500 crore (approximately) and it will improve its EBIDTA margins to 15% approximately.
Nissan Copper shares closed at its lower circuit limit of Rs41 on the BSE; while the benchmark Sensex shut at 18,311.
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) said today that it would use its purchase of South Korea's Ssangyong Motor to become a global player in the sports utility vehicle market. Pawan Goenka, president of M&M's automotive and farm sector, said the merger would help both companies expand in the global market.
"We believe that Ssangyong and Mahindra make powerful companies to create a global SUV brand," he told reporters after the Indian company signed a preliminary agreement to buy a controlling stake in Ssangyong. The company is South Korea's smallest carmaker, mainly a manufacturer of low-priced but robust SUVs such as 'Rexton', 'Kyron' and 'Actyon' that sell globally. It also makes sedans. M&M shares closed lower at Rs617 on the BSE; while the benchmark Sensex shut at 18,311.
Standard Chartered launches preferred banking offering, ICICI Lombard launches student medical insurance, SBI Mutual Fund goes Live with Intellect GUB
Standard Chartered launches preferred banking offering
Standard Chartered said on Tuesday that it launched its Preferred Banking proposition for the fast growing emerging affluent segment. Preferred Banking is a powerful and complete solution that combines savings, borrowing, protection and investments delivered by well-trained relationship managers and enhanced with an attractive rewards programme.
Standard Chartered is the first Bank in India to introduce a differentiated offering for the emerging affluent segment, the lender said in a release.
In India, the emerging affluent is a sizeable and rapidly growing customer segment at 18% per annum with needs that have been largely underserved and undifferentiated. A Preferred Banking customer would have a net monthly income of Rs60,000 to Rs2 lakh or funds under management of up to Rs5 lakh or a mortgage of Rs50 lakhs to Rs1 Crore.The target segment is defined as young, upwardly mobile, techno literate professionals between 25 to 40 years of age, who are looking for recognition, convenience and rewards, and solutions, StanChart said in the release.
ICICI Lombard launches student medical insurance
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co Ltd, the country's largest private sector general insurance company has launched student medical insurance plus plan as an add-on cover to fulfil the various criteria of universities abroad. It supplements the Overseas Student Travel Insurance plans introduced by ICICI Lombard to extend the coverage of unexpected medical and non-medical expenses.
The plan offered by ICICI Lombard makes life simpler for a student who is oblivious to the fact that medical expenses in a foreign land can be really expensive, particularly in a country like the US, the insurer said in a release.
The Plus Plan additionally covers treatment for mental and nervous disorders, including alcoholism and drug dependency, in-patient medical expenses related to pregnancy, medical expenses for inter-collegiate sports injuries, cancer screening and mammography examinations, childcare benefits and even hospitalization in case of Swine Flu / H1N1 influenza.
SBI Mutual Fund goes Live with Intellect GUB
SBI Mutual Fund, India's largest bank sponsored mutual fund, has successfully implemented Intellect GUB. Implemented by Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd, a subsidiary of Polaris Software Lab Ltd, this deployment will run on a fully integrated front-mid-back office fund management solution available on the latest and superior technology platform.
SBI Funds Management (SBIFM) has migrated its portfolio of around $8.2 billion to Intellect GUB and will gain the double benefits of higher throughputs by reduced manual interventions and significantly better control in a dynamic regulatory environment, the fund house said in a release.


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- by S.T.
This article focuses on convincing others to leave Islam. By examining important issues and questions, it can serve as a starting point for further research and discussion. While focusing on Islam, much of this article applies to other faiths.
Need a clear understanding of why a person believes in false ideas
Many religious Muslims do not devote resources to undermine their faith. This may be due to laziness, a need to believe, believing that their theological views are infallible or fear of divine punishment. Before criticizing a person for their beliefs, one needs to listen and understand their worldview, to read materials from the person's sect and to read material critical of the sect. Further, as soon as one starts criticizing a person, that person may be less likely to express their views.
Defense mechanisms can defend even the most irrational ideas
A) Avoidance/Insulation — not reading heretical materials, avoid interacting with non-believers
B) Assuming critical ideas must be wrong since they must be from Satan or non-believers.
C) Assuming that Islamic scholars can adequately address any irrational Islamic ideas.
D) Given that Islam is an unclear religion, assume that any criticism of Islam is from misinterpreting Islam.
E) Rarely read the traditional texts but assume that extremists or critics are misinterpreting Islam.
Romantic Visions that one has about the faith
A) There are numerical sequences coded in the Qur'an,
B) The Qur'an contains advanced scientific ideas,
C) The universe must have a Creator … so Allah must be the Creator.
D) Halo effect—if science/ethics/reason/history/bible agrees with Islam, then one accepts that as a proof, but if science/ethics/reason/history/bible disagrees with Islam, then one just accepts Islam. If Muhammad and a Kaffir committed identical actions, the Muslim would praise Muhammad's action while denouncing the Kaffir.
E) Islam is the fastest growing religion, how can so many people be wrong?
F) Allah has miraculously preserved the Qur'an.
G) No one has ever written a book like the Qur'an.
By discrediting their romantic visions, a Muslim may be much more open to other Islamic criticisms.
Emotional Reasons to Believe
- Being loved by their Muslim family and friends.
- Islam helped the person get through a very difficult phase in their life.
- Islam demonizes non-Muslims, so a Muslim can fear becoming a non-Muslim.
- Self-esteem — a person is considered a very good person based on their dress, prayers and observance.
The message
- Amassing the facts — Need access to quality critical material (e.g. Islam: A Critical Analysis) . Some web sites have many articles critical of Islam.
- Need infrastructure/support team to address the Muslim's theological arguments. Islam is a diverse subject, (e.g., slavery, history, women's rights, Arabic, violence, Quran, Hadith, different sects) that you may need a diverse team to have the proper skills for a debate. There is also the psychological aspect in keeping the Muslim engaged in the conversation.
- Determine which theological issues (e.g., Islamic violence, hell, women's issues, philosophical issues,logical fallacies, Muhammad, Islamic science, corruption of the Quranic text) are most likely to persuade this Muslim.
- Message may need to address a person's particular defense mechanisms, romantic visions and emotional reasons.
- Each Muslim and Islamic sect is unique, so tailor the message to this Muslim's beliefs.
The Messenger
Reasons not to be a messenger:
- You may not be qualified to enlighten Muslims;
- The punishment for apostasy is death,
- Islam does not appreciate questioning and criticism,
- Some people find it offensive to criticize a person's faith
Potential messengers: books, articles, emails and internet forums.
Types of Forums:
A) Traditional Muslim Forums that censor criticism
B) Traditional Muslim Forums that are tolerant of criticism
C) Neutral Forum (e.g., university web site)
D) Anti-Islam Forums that respect Muslims
E) Anti-Islam Forums that disrespect Muslims
All else being equal B, C and D would seem to be the best candidates. A Muslim would feel comfortable attending B, but may get too much support for her views. With D, a Muslim may feel overwhelmed and uncomfortable, but it is easy to enlist a team of critics to help with arguments.
The ideal situation is when the Muslim is seriously motivated to research Islamic Criticism. Unfortunately, very often the Muslim wants to avoid Islamic criticism.
Some potential approaches to inspire a Muslim:
- Intellectual Jihad — Inspire the Muslim to debate non-Muslims on web sites that are critical of Islam. Prevent non-Muslims from burning in hell, defend the honor of Muhammad, and the Muslim's arguments can prevent Muslims from losing their faith.
- Conversion — Inspire a Muslim to convert non-Muslim(s) that question Islam. Similarly, inspire the Muslim to prevent Muslim(s) from abandoning Islam.
- Enlightening other sects — For example, prove to Qur'an-only Muslims that the Hadith are Divine, prove to Muslim extremists that moderate Islam is correct, or prove to misogynist Muslims that Islam is egalitarian.
Techniques to get a Muslim less uncomfortable with criticism
- Appeal to universal values/open-mindedness—Given that most (or all) religions are false, that most sects within a religion are false, and that most religious authorities follow an incorrect faith, reason is required to determine which religious teachings are false. Many Muslims use reason to criticize other faiths and sects. A person's understanding of God's worldview is not God's worldview—and to speak falsely in God's name is not admirable. Therefore, theological views should be subject to criticism. Ideas should be encouraged to compete in the public domain.
- Appeal to universal values/respect for all people—Assuming God exists, presumably God created all people. We should therefore respect the views of others. (Islam tends to apriori discredit non-Islamic ideas, which makes it difficult to discuss Islam) .
- In various disciplines like Math and Science, it is not sufficient to mention the conclusion; one must list the assumptions and steps leading to that conclusion and subject these steps to peer-review. Encourage Muslims to pursue such an ideal so that their conclusions can convince non-Muslims or even Muslims from different sects.
- Work on your own mission of intellectual jihad. This provides an excuse to discuss theological issues and to have heretical material available.
Different Critical Techniques
- Questions — It is less offensive to ask: "How can we prove that the Qur'an is perfectly preserved if the original copy does not exist?" than to claim "We cannot prove the Qur'an is perfectly preserved since the original does not exist"
- Questions to understand her theology — "How can we test a verse or book to determine whether it is Divine?" "What criteria are needed to determine whether a particular tradition is from Allah?" "How can one determine which interpretation of a text is correct?" "How can one determine whether a particular cleric is qualified and represents the views of Allah?" "How can one determine whether the views of a person are from Allah or Satan?" "Can Satan influence one's understanding of the Qur'an?"
- Indirect criticism — Many theological problems, logical fallacies, unethical practices are not unique to Islam. The Muslim is less likely to be defensive and more likely to agree with secular ideas as long as they are not attacking Islam. Give the Muslim the resources to be able to discover the flaws in her/his belief system. For example, have her/him read books on logical fallacies.
- Quote traditional sources when criticizing Islam - It is easier for a Muslim to dismiss Ibn Warraq than to dismiss the Qur'an or Hadith.
- Direct Criticism — one can politely and clearly criticize Islam.
One may want to start with questioning and indirect approaches, and if the Muslim is open to criticism, you can proceed to more direct methods.
Can Intervention Backfire?
Many Muslims are living with cognitive dissonance. They claim to believe in Islam, and that the Qur'an is the greatest book ever, but they tend to ignore its teachings. By trying to undermine their faith, they may seek Allah to rescue them. They may ask their clerics for guidance, and the cleric may encourage insulation.
Therefore, one needs to prepare a quality intervention. On the one hand, one wants to be patient, and keep the Muslim relaxed, but too much patience and you may lose the opportunity to communicate with the Muslim.
One should respect the Muslim, but be critical of Islam. One should not exaggerate the problems of Islam. The setting should be relaxed.
There can be an email exchange, a discussion on an internet forum; the exchange can involve few or many people.
It can be a discussion (non-competitive) or a public debate.


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The couple who began dating 18 months ago had reportedly seen their relationship reach breaking point after what is believed to be a full-blown argument involving the ex-Neighbours actress during which her partner, 32-year-old Andres Velencoso Segura, stormed out.
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- St. Mary's School welcomes you and your child in the way Jesus welcomed the children at the end of His day.
- St. Mary's is a Catholic school, steeped in all of the tradition and faith of the Catholic Church, yet it is open and accepting to people of all faiths.
- A Catholic education provides something unique; an environment that nurtures and supports the development of each child within an atmosphere that allows a personal relationship with Christ to grow and deepen.
- St. Mary's mission is to educate the whole child - spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and physically so the students are prepared for success both now and in the future.
- We invite you to visit our School and see for yourself the many reasons St. Mary's reputation for excellence in education has continued for over 135 years!.
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
Other religious school association(s)
Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS)
|Religious Affiliation
|Roman Catholic
|Grades Offered
|Grades Nursery/Preschool-8
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|337 students
|Student Body Type
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|30 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|Average Class Size
|16 students
|Classroom Dress Code
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|None / Rolling
|Yearly Tuition Cost
|Acceptance Rate
National avg.: 85%
|Admissions Director
|Kim Lemons
|Total Sports Offered
|9 sports
|Baseball, Basketball, Cheering, Cross Country, Football, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, VolleyballBaseball, Basketball,
Cheering, Cross Country,
Football, Soccer,
Softball, Tennis,
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|5 extracurriculars
|Afterschool Choir, Boy Scouts, Chess Club, Drama, Writing Club Boy Scouts, Chess Club, Drama, Writing Club, Afterschool Choir,
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School Reviews
|5 5/17/2016
When we decided to move my eleven year old to a private school, we visited every private school in Jackson. At St. Mary's, there was such a peaceful feeling when we visited the school. Everyone was so friendly and genuinely helpful in every interaction, from the first phone call of inquiry to today. I love that parent involvement is such a big part of the school. I love that they communicate so regularly by email so I can keep up with things that are going on. I love the accessibility to my son's homework, grades, etc. online and up to the minute. My son has been welcomed with open arms even though we are not Catholic. He is happier and more relaxed at school than he has ever been. If you are considering private school in Jackson, at please at least give St. Mary's a look. I think you will be impressed.
- Posted by Parent - amyj9
|5 5/17/2016
My wife and I are so blessed that St. Mary's continues the strong educational heritage of the Catholic church. As parents of two current students, we have found St. Mary's to be an open, friendly, engaging and wholly professional school with excellent teachers, staff, facilities and curriculum. We look forward to many great years at St. Mary's and plan on enrolling our youngest there soon. Thank you St. Mary's for all you do to educate our children, body, mind and spirit!
- Posted by Parent - jhtnp
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God the Trinity Makes Us His Mighty Warriors
Part 1a, 26min.:"https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/16-12-18-god-the-trinity-makes-us-his-mighty-warriors-part-1a-judges-6-7-tah.mp3"%5D%5B/audio%5D
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Full Message: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/16-12-18-god-the-trinity-makes-us-his-mighty-warriors-judges-6-7-tah.mp3"
Theological Theme: The strength to obey God-Father, Son and Spirit, and join Him on mission, does not come from within us but from God's empowering Spirit.
Christ Connection: God called Gideon to be part of His plan to defeat the enemy, and He went to great lengths to assure Gideon of His presence and power. Through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ, God now assures us of His presence and power as we take part in His plan of worldwide redemption.
Missional Application: God calls us to service, trusting that the He Who sends is also the God who strengthens us for the task through His Spirit.
Deborah, God's Woman of Wisdom
Part 1, 26min.: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/16-12-11-deborah-gods-woman-of-wisdom-part-1a-judges-4-5-tah-guest-vinson.mp3"
Part 2, 26min: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/16-12-11-deborah-gods-woman-of-wisdom-part-1b-judges-4-5-tah-guest-vinson.mp3"
Full Message: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/16-12-11-deborah-gods-woman-of-wisdom-judges-4-5-tah-guest-vinson.mp3"
Theological Theme: Faithfulness is expressed in using our gifts for God our Father's purposes, trusting in Him for victory, and giving Him glory for whatever we accomplish.
Christ Connection: Deborah was the chosen leader of God who not only rescued her people but also ruled with wisdom. Her life points forward to Jesus Christ, the Wonderful Counselor whose kingdom is marked by justice and righteousness.
Missional Application: God the Holy Spirit (as God's Gift of Himself to us), empowers us to participate with him through the use of various gifts in the service of edification (of those who belong to His family) and in evangelism (of those who do not know Him).
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God, In Jesus, Comes and Reigns In Judging Grace
Part 1, 26 mins: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/16-11-27-god-in-jesus-comes-and-reigns-in-judging-grace-part-1-judges-2-tah.mp3"
Part 2, 26 mins: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/16-11-27-god-in-jesus-comes-and-reigns-in-judging-grace-part-2-judges-2-tah.mp3"
Full Message: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/16-11-27-god-in-jesus-comes-and-reigns-in-judging-grace-judges-2-tah.mp3"
THEOLOGICAL THEME: God – Father, Son and Spirit cares for His people too much to let them languish in their sin and idolatry forever. He will judge and He will save.
CHRIST CONNECTION: The judges saved people from the consequences of their sin but could not change the cause of their sin. Jesus is the Savior and Judge of the world who takes upon Himself the consequences for our sin and then offers us new hearts that seek His righteousness.
MISSIONAL APPLICATION: God the Holy Spirit places us into union with Jesus, helping us identify and resist the prevailing idolatries in our society so that our distinctiveness will back up our proclamation of the gospel.
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In Light Of God's Salvation
Theological Theme: Our best efforts at obedience are bound to fail unless we have first experienced God – Father, Son and Spirit's salvation through Jesus.
Christ Connection: Joshua was God's chosen servant to bring the Israelites into the promised land. His story points forward to Jesus Christ, God's chosen servant who will bring God's people to their eternal inheritance.
Missional Application: God our Father, through Jesus, and in the Spirit, calls us to put away our idols, participating with Him and displaying for the world a new way of living, made possible only through Jesus, our Salvation.
Tainted By Sin, Saved By Grace
Full Sermon, 37 mins.: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/16-11-13-tainted-by-sin-saved-by-grace-joshua-7-8-tah-guest-oneal.mp3"
Theological Theme: All of us are tainted by sin because we have inherited a nature and an environment inclined toward sin.
Christ Connection: The Valley of Achor is a chilling reminder of sin and its consequences, but God – Father, Son and Spirit later promises to make the Valley of Achor "a gateway of hope" (Hos. 2:14-15). The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom. 6:23).
Missional Application: God the Father sends us the Spirit of Christ, calling and empowering us to exalt His name in our battle against lingering sin and its consequences.
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Perspective On Your Present Sufferings and Future Resurrection!
Because of God – Father, Son and Spirit's involvement in our real human lives as revealed in Jesus, and the fact that Jesus himself did not get out of sharing in our humanity without suffering, we will suffer with Him as we participate in and from Jesus.
As I like to say by analogy, sin was us missing the mark in relationship with God and rejecting him was like forcing our heads through a knothole. In undoing the mess we made, Jesus took on our humanity and pulled it back through the dark knothole, literally!, undoing the mess we made. As you can imagine, or maybe even know by experience, being pulled back out of a situation in which you've been stuck HURTS TOO!
This is what we see, hear and feel in Jesus as he is facing the supreme point and pain of getting us out of our stuckness, when he says in Luke 22:42, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." You might remember that the context of these words shows that an angel was sent to strengthen Jesus and he was in "great anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground."
This expectation of having to suffer with Jesus and share in his pain is important and is actually one way of relieving the suffering that is to be experienced by us in our participation with him. How is it relieving? Well, when you are told about something in advance, it is not as shocking to you when it occurs and, in some way, though not fully, you are more prepared for it, at least mentally. As a former human resources director, I remember that nothing was more fearful for people in the workplace than "fear of the unknown!"
One consideration for your suffering as a Christian is definitely the same reason Lazarus, Jesus' friend, suffered:
John 11: "Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick." 4 When he heard this, Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it."
Ultimately, your participation is with Christ and in his sufferings as one who trusts him and is being saved! Consider this awesome union with Jesus Christ we have, from the Father and by the Spirit, and receive encouragement from these words penned by George MacDonald in this light:
"But oh, my friends, what shall I say about this wonderful message? Think of being sick for the glory of God! of being shipwrecked for the glory of God! of being drowned for the glory of God! How can the sickness, the fear, the brokenheartedness of his creatures be for the glory of God? What kind of God can that be? Why just a God so perfectly, absolutely good that the things that look least like it are only the means of clearing our eyes to let us see how good he is. For he is so good that he is not satisfied with being good. He loves his children so, that except he can make them good like himself, make them blessed by seeing how good he is, and desiring the same goodness in themselves, he is not satisfied. He is not like a fine, proud benefactor, who is content with doing that which will satisfy his sense of his own glory, but like a mother who puts her arm round her child, and whose heart is sore till she can make her child see the love which is her glory. The glorification of the Son of God is the glorification of the human race, for the glory of God is the glory of man, and that glory is love! Welcome sickness, welcome sorrow, welcome death, revealing that glory!"
2 Timothy 2: 8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God's word is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 11 Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with him,
we will also live with him;
12 if we endure,
we will also reign with him.
Have a glorious Easter weekend (especially if you're suffering!), Participating in Your Share of the Sufferings of Jesus Christ, and in Hope of Your Future Resurrection and Glorification in Him!
– tjbrassell
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God – Father, Son and Spirit of Unusual Victories!
Full Message, 27mins.: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/16-11-06-god-father-son-and-spirit-of-unusual-victories-joshua-6-tah.mp3"
Theological Theme: God – Father, Son and Spirit achieves victory through the faithful obedience of His people, no matter how unusual His commands may seem.
Christ Connection: God's ultimate victory over His enemies, and ours, takes place through the faithful obedience of His Son – Jesus Christ.
Missional Application: God calls us to battle against evil in this world using the weapons of prayer, His Word, and our testimony in the Holy Spirit.
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The God Who Goes Before
Full Message: "https://trinityandhumanity.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/16-10-30-the-god-who-goes-before-joshua-3-4-tah-guest-stonesifer.mp3"
Theological Theme: God – Father, Son and Spirit's presence and power does not negate our responsibility to obey in faith; rather, it makes possible our faith response.
Christ Connection: God told Joshua and the Israelites to set up memorial stones to remember what God had done to bring them into the promised land. On the night He was betrayed, Jesus told His disciples to remember the sacrifice He was going to make to save us from our sins. When Christians eat the Lord's Supper, we remember God's plan to ultimately destroy sin through Jesus' death and resurrection.
Missional Application: God calls us to recount His mighty works in Jesus Christ, by the Spirit, and in our lives so that others will know He is powerful.
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