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If there's one thing we have already learned this holiday season, it's that we want our gratification instantly or not at all.
Ordering stuff off of the Internet is now a contest to see who can deliver it to us the quickest and cheapest. Ground shipping? Get out of town, pal. Two-day? So 2009.
Even overnight shipping isn't really quite cutting it anymore. That's, like, as many as 24 hours, and we can only sleep for eight of those. What are we supposed to do with the other 16?
However, we have good news. Amazon knows just how lazy and impatient we've all become. You may have heard the company announced on a recent edition of "60 Minutes" that it plans by around 2016 or so to introduce a fleet of unmanned "Prime Air" drone aircraft that will deliver packages remotely.
Poised to take a big bite out of the business of FedEx, UPS and the poor U.S. Postal Service, the small, multirotor copters would initially have a delivery range of about 10 miles and weight limit of around 5 pounds.
The craft looks like the love child of a Black Hawk and a mosquito. Fortunately, it will not be carrying malaria but Amazon's vast array of goods.
The kicker is that Prime Air drones — which are at least three years away from reality — are designed to get you your order in 30 minutes.
As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained, the idea behind drone delivery is to remove the final barrier separating his company from the kind of retail dominance that would render brick-and-mortar businesses obsolete.
Let's forget for a moment all of the logistical hurdles that will need to be cleared before droneline shopping and shipping actually transpires, before we see these Amazonian mini-beasts hovering over local streets to zip that tin of butter cookies and Tickle Me Oprah doll to your castle — untouched en route by human hands.
Here is the question I have: Is the price of mega-expediency our very soul?
Wait. That sounds a little overly dramatic. What I mean is, why do we think we need everything so immediately, anyway?
There is actually something we gain in the waiting, in not having every wish and whim fulfilled instantaneously. We find a certain gratification in the passage of time between order and fulfillment, knowing that something is coming.
This is to say nothing of the further seclusion that 30-minute delivery of all things imaginable pretty much guarantees. Think of the social isolation generated by ordering at home — likely by yourself — and not having even to say "thank you" while signing for the person doing the delivering. That person, after all, is now a conveyance.
The obvious fear is that the Amazons of our lives are pushing us further and further inside our four walls, inside our electronics, inside ourselves. They are also breeding a populace whose satisfaction is predicated on speed and convenience over every other factor — including the journey that defines the experience itself.
When exactly did it all become about now-now-now and hurry-hurry-hurry? There seems to be an app for everything except chilling out. The one thing that drones will never be able to deliver is the serenity of not particularly caring how long it takes.
It's nice to be able to get something quickly when you really need it, of course. But we simply don't have to possess every single thing as soon as the thought to obtain it enters our head. And trust me, 30 minutes will soon seem like an eternity. The new standard will be shipping via supersonic catapult that flings merchandise from fulfillment center to living room in 20 seconds or less.
Anyway, sorry to drone on about this. It's just that an ever-speedier world kind of feels to me like an emptier one. I'm also struggling to figure out how much I'll be expected to tip my drone at Christmas.
Journalist RAY RICHMOND has covered Hollywood and the entertainment business since 1984.

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Internationalization Awards
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Binghamton University's achievements in comprehensive internationalization have garnered multiple national awards. The citations below illustrate how internationalization and global perspectives reach students throughout the campus.
American Council on Education
Promising Practices Award for Excellence in Comprehensive Internationalization 2000
The American Council on Education (ACE) launched a major competition in spring 2000 to identify institutions with outstanding records of comprehensive internationalization in their undergraduate programs. The project, "Promising Practices: Institutional Models of Comprehensive Internationalization," was supported by the Carnegie Foundation of New York. In fall 2000, after a very competitive process, Binghamton University and Indiana University (Bloomington) were selected as models for research universities
The other designees were Missouri Southern State College (Joplin), Appalachian State University ( Boone, NC), Beaver College ( Glenside, PA), Dickinson College ( Carlisle, PA), Kapi'olani Community College ( Honolulu, HI), and Tidewater Community College, ( Virginia Beach, VA).
These eight institutions participated in an 18-month project called "Promising Practices: Institutional Models of Comprehensive Internationalization" to document strategies, innovations, and good practices for enhancing internationalization. Among the activities was the development of a self-audit instrument to help other institutions assess their current practices and advance their own agendas for internationalization. Learn more about Binghamton's roles in the ACE project, read an excerpt from Binghamton's "Promising Practices" Proposal or visit the ACE Promising Practices website.
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Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education 2004
In January 2004 the Institute of International Education (IIE) selected Binghamton University's Languages Across the Curriculum (LxC) program as a winner in the Internationalizing the Campus category, to receive an Honorable Mention for 2003-2004 in the annual competition for the Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education. LxC was identified as a "best practice" in campus internationalization. IIE created these annual awards in 2001 to promote and honor the most outstanding initiatives in international higher education by IIE Network member universities and colleges. Languages Across the Curriculum promotes use of languages other than English in non-language courses by employing international graduate students as Language Resource Specialists. LRSs lead weekly discussions of substitute assignments they prepare. The course instructor, who need not know the language, oversees content, while LxC staff oversee pedagogy. The cultural and academic knowledge of international students enables LxC to provide unique intercultural perspectives in disciplines ranging from biology to international business to theatre.
LxC participation predicts post-graduation use of languages. Since its founding in 1991 nearly 3300 undergraduates and 189 international graduate students have done LxC in 163 courses using 16 languages. See IIE's Heiskell Award Press Release.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization 2004
In January 2004 Binghamton University was recognized for outstanding achievements in internationalization by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. NAFSA designated Binghamton as one of five institutions nationally where an international perspective permeates the institutional culture. The NAFSA competition allowed Binghamton to draw attention to new developments on the campus and in particular to showcase the work that has been done both in the Division of Academic Affairs and in the Division of Students Affairs.
The award, and an associated publication titled Internationalizing the Campus 2004: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities that was disseminated to NAFSA member institutions worldwide, were sponsored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. The other institutions receiving this first-ever Senator Paul Simon Award were Bellevue Community College (WA), Duke University (Durham, NC), St. Norbert College (De Pere, WI), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
NASPA National Association of Student Personnel Administration International Best Practices Award
Honorable Mention in the Category of International Programming 2007
Binghamton University 's Division of Student Affairs has received national recognition for its leadership in providing programming for the Turkish Dual-Diploma students to foster their academic success and integration into campus life. Each year up to 200 Dual-Diploma students are in residence at Binghamton. The innovative programming, recognized through this award, is based on a collaboration between the Divisions of Student Affairs and Academic Affairs to offer orientation programs, workshops, residential life programs and celebrations, all of which enable the Turkish students to connect with resources on campus and with other students for cross-cultural understanding and friendship.
Institute of International Education
Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education 2007
The State University of New York's dual-diploma programs with Turkey received the prestigious Andrew Heiskell Award for International Exchange Partnerships in January 2007 from the Institute of International Education.
The dual-diploma programs won the award for International Exchange Partnerships, which recognizes institutions for developing innovative and effective collaborative programs with counterparts abroad. Binghamton University has played a central role in the dual-diploma programs' development and success. Binghamton University has enrolled more Turkish students and offers more areas of study to them than any of the other dozen participating SUNY campuses.
Students typically spend freshman and junior years at their home campus and their sophomore and senior years abroad. The program exposes the students to two cultures and two educational systems. Students enrolled in the dual-diploma program must fulfill the academic requirements of their SUNY and Turkish institutions and as a result receive a diploma from each school.
Read the IIE's Heiskell Award announcement or the Inside article.
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Harold McGraw Jr., Prize in Education 2007
- Award presented to Lois B. DeFleur, University president (1991-2010)
Michael P. Malone Award for Excellence in International Education 2007
- Award presented to Lois B. DeFleur, University president (1991-2010)
Michael P. Malone Award for Excellence in International Education 2014
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Finnish lift and escalator company KONE has a BYOD (bring your own device) scheme in place that has seen more than 70 percent of employees use Nokia Lumia Windows Phones, according to reports in Australia. KONE provides employees with the choice on private phones or to choose a smartphone from a specified set of manufacturers, including Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Apple.
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INDIAN LAND – A direct-mail company is moving its headquarters to the Panhandle and bringing about 90 new jobs with it.
The S.C. Department of Commerce and the Lancaster Economic Development Corp. announced that PCI Group Inc. will locate its corporate headquarters in Lancaster County.
It will invest about $8.3 million to establish its operations in Indian Land and create at least 90 new jobs. The company will move into an existing building in Indian Land, but the company hasn't closed on it yet and officials haven't revealed its location.
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Four U.S. speed skaters made it to the medal podium in Vancouver, seven in Turin and eight in Salt Lake City. With half of the Sochi speed skating competition already over, not one American has made it past seventh place. What gives?
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, it could be the skaters' suits.
People familiar with the U.S. skating team told the Journal that the team's skating suits, designed by Under Armour, could be slowing them down on the track.
"Vents on back of the suit, designed to allow heat to escape, are also allowing air to enter and create drag that keeps skaters from staying in the low position they need to achieve maximum speed," the Journal reported. "One skater said team members felt they were fighting the suit to maintain correct form."
A representative from Team USA rejected such speculation, as did the senior vice president of innovation from Under Armour, who told the Journal that he knew the suits were fast and would "move heaven and Earth" to improve them.
Shani Davis, a four-time Olympic medalist, who has yet to add to his haul in Sochi, told the Journal that he doesn't want to blame the suit for his poor performances so far. (He placed 24th in the men's 500m and 8th in the 1000m -- an event he won gold medals for at the Turin and Vancouver Games). "I'd much rather blame myself. I just wasn't able to do it today, but other people were."
Davis' 8th place finish in the 1000m race was a surprise to even him. He called it "unfortunate" and said he would study the video of his loss to "see what these guys were doing that I wasn't doing."
He started slower than Dutch champion Stean Groothuis, lost more than half a second in the first lap and continued to lose speed throughout the remainder of the race.
Davis has another shot to improve his score and dispel (or increase) speculation about the suits when he competes in the 1500m race on Saturday. He has won two silver medals in the event and arrived in Sochi as one of the favorites for this race.
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Five local schools were recently awarded prize money for winning either the Palmetto Gold or Palmetto Silver award this year for academic excellence.
Buford High, Clinton Elementary and Indian Land High schools earned Gold awards, and Discovery School and Erwin Elementary earned Silver awards.
The S.C. Education Oversight Committee developed the award criteria based on the absolute and improvements ratings that are given to each school on the state's 2007 report cards.
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Long-term-care insurance is the financial equivalent of gum surgery: something that is often seemingly necessary, but just as often avoided at all costs.
Now, to add to its unpopularity, soaring prices are prompting consumers to rethink how much coverage they need and to experiment with other types of policies.
Long-term-care policies help pay for nursing-home, assisted-living and home care costs. In just the past year, premiums have risen by as much as 17%, according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, a trade organization for insurance agents.
In one recently publicized case, an Illinois couple, Bob and Cheryl Levy, saw their combined bill jump by 90%—to more than $7,000 annually. Given the spiraling costs, Mr. Levy decided to keep the policy, but cut back on some of the coverage to hold the premium to the same amount.
"I was not about to double my payment," he says of the increase he and wife faced.
The increases help explain why the number of policy buyers has fallen, say experts who track the industry. Limra, an industry-funded research group, puts the decline at 38% since 2004.
Another reason for the decline: Insurers are pulling back. Five firms, citing higher-than-expected claims costs and lower-yielding investments as interest rates stay at low levels, have left the business or dialed back since 2010, including MET, -0.25%, Guardian Life, John Hancock, UNM, -0.64% and PRU, -0.91%, according to Moody's Investors Service.
Yet the need for some kind of long-term-care planning remains greater than ever, experts say. Seventy percent of individuals over age 65 will require prolonged care at some point during their lives, according to the National Clearinghouse for Long Term Care Information website, which is maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Fortunately for those who hope to buy long-term coverage, a growing number of alternatives to traditional insurance are gaining in popularity. Sales of hybrid products—those that combine some type of life insurance with a long-term-care benefit—have been rising as traditional policies have faded. Limra says sales of such "life combination" products jumped 56% in 2011, the third consecutive year of double-digit gains.
Soaring Costs
With waves of baby boomers retiring, the number of long-term-care seekers is expected to rise to 15 million by 2020—50% more than in 2010, according to the federal Administration on Aging. Meanwhile, the cost of that care is also expected to soar—and it is already plenty pricey for many Americans, with a year in a nursing home easily topping $80,000, according to some reports.
"A long-term care event is one of the few things that can completely derail your retirement plan," says president of SureVest Capital Management, a financial-advisory firm in Phoenix.
Typical of the new breed of policies is New York Life's Asset Preserver, a universal-life offering that allows money paid into the policy—as a single upfront premium—to be tapped for long-term care. (If you don't use the benefit in your lifetime, it is payable to your beneficiaries.)
president of New York Life's insurance group, credits the lack of a use-it-or-lose-it element—a much-disliked facet of older policies—for the fact that sales have tripled since 2007. "People hate paying for something they think they will never use," he says.
Reduced Benefits
Financial advisers are also increasingly telling clients to forget another aspect of the old policies: that they will cover everything you might need in terms of care. Now more consumers are eyeing policies in which the daily care benefit is dramatically reduced from standard rates—often to as little as $100—which, say pros, should be enough to provide some hedge against inflation.
It isn't a perfect solution, says an insurance broker who heads the Long Term Care Specialist agency in Aurora, Colo. "Almost any long-term-care insurance is better than no long-term-care insurance," he says.
Still, the concept of self-insurance is getting attention these days. The idea is that instead of paying those increasingly higher premiums, would-be policyholders can simply increase their retirement nest eggs and use some of their savings for long-term care, if necessary.
The problem, say critics of the approach, is that it requires more money than most Americans can afford to sock away. But those same skeptics acknowledge that many people with a sizable retirement kitty—say, $2 million or more—have already hit the mark where insurance is no longer absolutely necessary.


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International observers are calling for restraint and dialogue between Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, after Venezuela cut off diplomatic ties with its neighbor Thursday.
The latest spat between the fierce foes comes after Colombia presented evidence alleging that Venezuela is giving shelter to leftist rebels, a charge Venezuela denies. It comes as Colombia inaugurates its new president, Juan Manuel Santos, Aug. 7, and highlights the incoming administration's challenge of smoothing over a decade of diplomatic difficulties with Venezuela.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for restraint. "The Secretary-General hopes that the differences between Colombia and Venezuela will be worked out through dialogue," according to a UN statement issued Thursday night. Latin American leaders reiterated calls for dialogue, some even offering to step in as mediators.
With none able thus far to prevent the two leaders from sparring, this latest fight might seem to create an insurmountable obstacle to improved relations. But Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, says pragmatics and voter sentiment will drive the relationship in the coming years, and that calmer seas are ahead – despite this most recent spat.
"This is vintage Chávez, and vintage Uribe, playing out their last act together as presidents at each other for eight years," says Mr. Shifter. "But I think when Santos takes over, things are going to calm down. I think there is a lot at stake for both countries."
On Thursday, the Colombian ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) presented evidence to back up charges that Chávez is protecting Marxist guerrillas, including aerial photos and videos. He demanded that Venezuela allow international teams to inspect sites where Colombia alleges some 1,500 rebels are hiding. "We have the right to demand that Venezuela doesn't hide those wanted by Colombia," Luis Alfonso Hoyos said.
His Venezuelan counterpart, Roy Chaderton, called the evidence suspect. Chávez has long denied Colombian accusations against him. On Friday, however, the US State Department said the allegations should be taken "very seriously."
Hopes for improved relations
Chávez and Uribe, a staunch US ally, have squabbled for years – over Colombia's claim that Venezuela supports the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and over Venezuela's claim that Colombia's close relationship with the US could destabilize the region. At times the prospect of a military conflict has flared, such as when a Colombia raided on a FARC base on Ecuadorian soil in 2008. Chavez also suspended trade last year to protest plans for a US military base in Colombia.
Yet the two share a long border and both stand to gain economically by improved bilateral relations.
According to a new report by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, Colombia is expected to grow by 3.7 percent, slower than many of its neighbors, while Venezuela's growth estimates are negative 3 percent, the worst in Latin America, excluding the Caribbean.
President-elect Santos has indicated a willingness to forge a warmer relationship with Chávez, but this latest rift will set back those aspirations, says Carlos Romero, a political analyst at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. "The real loser here is Santos," he says.
Mr. Romero agrees with Shifter that with Uribe out of office, there is hope of a stronger relationship. Even Chávez on Thursday indicated some willingness to put tensions behind. "Hopefully [Santos will] understand that leftist and right-wing governments can live together," Chávez was quoted saying.
"Colombia and Venezuela have different allies, but they are neighbors," Mr. Romero says. "Unfortunately, Santos faces more obstacles now."


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We tell ourselves stories. We weave together different plot
lines, wondering if the outcome of the story might be different
were we to have done or said something other than what we had done
or said, all the while knowing that the various alternative
outcomes are just more stories - fictions meant to distract us
from what's actually happening. And so we pause from weaving and
commence breathing, gently and non-judgmentally saying hello to
what is...
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Hey there everyone!
So I've had an idea for a while. It's been brewing and bubbling around in my head for a couple of weeks, and I wanted to see what you lot think about it.
There is a blog I quite enjoy called fbomb.org. It's run by a teenage feminist called Julie, has been around for a couple of years now and has become well known in feminist circuits. The basic premise of fbomb is that it is a place for teenage feminists to come together and collaborate. Julie submits a lot to the site and writes blog posts most days, but there are also a lot of other regular contributors who may contribute once a week or just whenever they have the time. Any young feminist who wants to voice his or her opinion can send Julie a submission and she will read over it and usually post it on the site. It's a really great, regularly updated site that those of us who read and contribute appreciate so much. It's well loved by a lot of people and every post gets at least a couple of comments and often really interesting discussions are sparked.
So, I was thinking, why not do the same sort of thing for teenage/young atheists? I know a couple of people who have considered starting their own blog on numerous occasions but have never got around to it, or feel they don't have the time or potential audience base to set something up. Lots of people here have great ideas to contribute but it can feel that the voice of young people gets lost sometimes and it's hard to find somewhere to congregate where it's just us. Starting up a blog by your self can feel a bit daunting and it can be difficult to get the internet traffic coming your way, but blogs like fbomb combat this by banding together and supporting each others' work. I feel this sort of model could be a useful addition to the young atheist community.
What do you guys think? Is this something you would be interesting in contributing to? Add a comment or send me a message with your thoughts – let me know if you would be interested in reading this hypothetical blog, contributing occasionally or regularly, or if you would like to take a more active role in getting this project off the ground. Or just ask if you have any questions! :)
PS- Also tell me if you think this is a horrible idea. I'll try not to cry.
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Hmm, interesting!
I've always thought about starting up a blog of any kind really -- I know I like to write but honestly the biggest trouble has always been what to write. Combined with the topic of Atheism would be just great since I do think I have a lot of ideas on the topic but they are often overshadowed by more extreme positions, blowing things out of proportion!
I don't know if I would necessarily help contribute, but I do have the time and I would at the very least read it!
Good idea, thanks for sharing :).
Great to have your support, Alecks.
Maybe if you didn't want to commit to contributing regularly, you might consider just writing out a few paragraphs on something atheist-related that interests you and submitting it on a one time basis. I want this to be really low pressure so people can express themselves however they want and however regularly they feel they want to. I know what you mean about not knowing what to write about - it can be hard to feel you have the potential to be creative but be stuck on how you should channel it.
But thanks for your kind words of support none the less!
That sounds like a pretty cool idea, I'd be happy to contribute in some way. Is the focus going to be youth+secularism? or is it just anything atheist?
I like the idea of low pressure too, hopefully this will enable more people to contribute, i'm sure there's lots of young atheists out there with something to say.
Whats the blog gonna be called?
Yeah, Generation something could be good. I feel we should come up with a couple then we can choose from that. I'll get my brain in-gear and thinking of a couple of suggestions...
I agree about not trying to be too young and cool - that nearly always backfires! I don't know about using the word "atheism". That is the sort of audience we want to appeal to, but I don't want agnostics and people who are just starting to question their beliefs to be put off. But then again, I want people to be unashamed of referring to themselves as atheists and feel like there's a safe haven for them.
Well, in the most specific use of the word, Atheism can be used in conjunction with words like Agnostic. I do consider myself and Agnostic Atheist.
That said, perhaps simply using the term "Nontheist" would appear more friendly even though it means (more or less) the same thing, like at the top of this website :P.
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That undeniable urge to clean, organize and make everything perfect for baby's arrival isn't all in your head. A September 2013 study in the journal Evolution & Human Behavior indicates that a mother's third-trimester nesting instinct may have evolved from a desire to protect and nurture a newborn. "Providing a safe environment helps to promote bonding and attachment between both mother and child," says Marla Anderson, lead author of the study and a psychology graduate student at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. When the need to nest kicks in, embrace it by starting with this list of 10 things to do before baby arrives.


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End of the world fears? This time blame the Mayans
When the summer solstice arrives Wednesday, it will mark six months until the winter solstice on Dec. 21, when, according to some people's reading of the Mayan Long Count calendar, the world will be destroyed.
Scientists and archeologists have debunked the doomsday theory, but it remains alive and well in popular culture.
"People who are not specialists in the Maya calendar have taken a few quotes and a few misunderstandings by scholars, and they've picked it up and run with it," says Simon Martin, co-curator of a "Maya 2012: Lords of Time" museum exhibit in Philadelphia. "So it becomes somewhat unrecognizable."
In 2009, the movie "2012"destroyed the world in the best special-effects fashion. The cable channel Spike TV has announced a new reality show called "Last Family on Earth," in which one of the prizes is a spot in an underground bunker provided by Vivos, a company that sells space in such shelters. Vivos, for its part, maintains a countdown clock on its Website.
Striking a more positive note, the online stock trading firm Ameritrade suggests, "Say the sun rises on December 22, and you still need to retire. Ameritrade consultants can help you build a plan that suits your life."
The end of days has been scheduled often during human history. The Bible's Book of Revelation predicts it. Many Europeans expected the end of the world would come in the year 1000. More recently, American evangelist Harold Camping predicted doomsday would arrive May 21, 2011, then he switched the date to Oct. 21. Now he's reconsidering.
The source of the current fear apparently is the end of the cycle of the Mayan Long Count calendar, one of the Mayans' many calendars. The Mayan culture in Middle America thrived for six centuries before collapsing around 900 A.D., according to recent scholarship, because of a series of droughts and possibly warfare. The Mayans were sophisticated calendar makers and time keepers; in Guatemala recently, a Mayan mural with calendar calculations etched on the walls was discovered.
Kate Quinn, director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, or the Penn Museum, where the "Lords of Time" exhibit was displayed, says that the previous end date on the Mayan Long Count calendar occurred 5,125 years ago and was regarded as a significant event.
"They really thought of it as the turning over of dates, as the rebirth, the reawakening – the time to really reflect and start anew and just refresh," Quinn said. "They really believed in that in the same way that we do with our New Year's resolutions, but this was a bigger one for them. A much larger time frame. A very big party."
Martin, co-curator of the exhibit, says that because of different correlations of dates, there is some dispute over when the Mayan Long Count calendar actually will end this time. He said you might want to wait until Dec. 25 to be in the clear.
In September 2011, Archeology Magazine published an article exploring various doomsday theories, from black holes to magnetic fields. Even NASA is getting into the act, with its "Ask an Astrobiologist" feature including a question-and-answer column on "Nibiru and Doomsday 2012." (Nibiru is a planet that the ancient Sumerians forecast would hit and destroy Earth.) E.C. Krupp of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles wrote an article for Sky and Telescope magazine going through various theories, "The Great 2012 Doomsday Scare."
"In various spiritual and religious beliefs we find evidence of the end. It comes back as a kind of classic theme in the culture that we're imagining it's about to end," says author Ben Winters, whose new mystery, "The Last Policeman," is based on the premise of Earth's destruction from an asteroid.
The doomsday theories provide "a reason to not be engaged in the world as it is," he said. "To be thinking about some imagined future, some brutal future. It's a kind of a fantasy, it's a kind of escapism."
Quinn said, however, that when the museum polled visitors to the Maya 2012 exhibit, most people were unaware of the details behind the Mayan Long calendar and the end of days.
"You ask, how do you think the world's going to end, and they say, 'Well, it's something with the sun, aren't we going to crash into something?'or, 'It's going to be a flood,' and they didn't really know," Quinn said. "So there seemed to be a lot of theories out there, and a lot of opportunities out there for us to help the public to be directed to what we know to be true."
Martin said that doomsday scenarios seem to be a North American phenomenon dating to the 1970s.
"It is something that recurs in societies that are looking for answers beyond what science seems to offer," Martin said. "I think that people aren't always happy with what science tells them."
One positive benefit of the possible end of days, however, could be a boom for tourism in Honduras and other areas where Mayan civilization thrived.
"The hotels are selling out; the restaurants are going to be booked," Quinn said. "It's a great opportunity for them to bring in tourists altogether because the people who are interested in this idea of apocalyptic thinking, whether they believe the world going to end or not, they understand that the event is going to be here. They want to be there at that time."
Locals in those areas seem bemused by it all, Quinn said. While preparing for the exhibit, she said, the descendants of the Mayans asked her, "Why do you Americans think the world's going to end? And what is it with you people? How can you possibly trace it back to us?"


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Court Harson / msnbc.com: Let Me Start: Lunacy on the right
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Has Obama overdone Nightmare on Sequester Street?
Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
White House Open to Two-Month Sequester Deal
White House Open to Two-Month Sequester Deal
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Obama meets with African American leaders
Obama meets with African American leaders
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Weasel Zippers
Kevin Bohn / CNN:
Obama supporters launch ad campaign to push gun proposals
Obama supporters launch ad campaign to push gun proposals
Discussion: Politico
Alexander Trowbridge / Politico: The Scrum podcast: POLITICO analysis on sequestration 2013
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
As Sequester Deadline Looms, Little Support for Cutting Most Programs — OVERVIEW — As the March 1 deadline for a possible budget sequester approaches, a new national survey finds limited public support for reducing spending for a range of specific programs, including defense, entitlements, education and health care.
Discussion: Firedoglake, The Plum Line, Hot Air, Politico, Outside the Beltway, Campaign for America's Future, Bloomberg, The National Memo, CNN, The Fix and The Hill
Jonathan Bernstein / The Plum Line: Nope: People really, really don't like spending cuts
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Depressing poll of the day: Public opposes cuts to virtually all types of spending
Kevin Robillard / Politico: Poll: Most only want foreign aid cuts
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: The American People Don't Want To Cut Federal Spending
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg: Americans Back Spending-Cut Delay Amid Budget-Deal Push
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Poll: Cut government spending, just not this program
Jonathan Easley / The Hill: Poll: Public opposes sequester cuts to individual programs
New York Times:
Why Taxes Have to Go Up — Democrats and Republicans remain at odds on how to avoid a round of budget cuts so deep and arbitrary that to allow them now could push the economy back into recession. The cuts, known as a sequester, will kick in March 1 unless Republicans agree to President Obama's demand …
Discussion: Off the Charts Blog, AEIdeas, NewsBusters blogs and JustOneMinute
Chye-Ching Huang / Off the Charts Blog: Both Sides Have Offered Higher Revenues Than Those in Fiscal Cliff Deal
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas: The New York Times just wrote one abysmal editorial on raising taxes
Clay Waters / NewsBusters blogs: A Quintessential New York Times Headline: 'Why Taxes Have to Go Up'
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Sequester of Fools
Sequester of Fools
Discussion: Politico, Prairie Weather and Campaign for America's Future
Michael Scherer / TIME:
Sequester Showdown — We are facing a moment in Washington.
Sequester Showdown — We are facing a moment in Washington.
Discussion: Politico, Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, Guardian, The Atlantic Wire, The Dish and The Week
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico: White House changes course on sequester
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Return of the Squirrel Sex Study Meme
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Smoking Machines, Video Games, and Other Republican Budget Fantasies
Heidi Moore / Guardian: The US sequester: your essential guide to the looming spending cuts | Heidi Moore
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish: The Sequester Showdown — Michael Scherer wonders which party will win it:
Jane Mayer / News Desk:
Is Senator Ted Cruz Our New McCarthy? — Last week, Texas Senator Ted Cruz's prosecutorial style of questioning Chuck Hagel, President Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary, came so close to innuendo that it raised eyebrows in Congress, even among his Republican colleagues.
Michelle Jaconi / CNN: CNN's GUT CHECK for February 22, 2013
Bruce Tomaso / Trail Blazers Blog: Ted Cruz said Commies on Harvard Law faculty wanted U.S. government overthrown
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Latest Faux Ted Cruz Outrage: He Once Said The Faculty At Harvard Law Was Infested With Communists!...
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Is Sen. Ted Cruz 'The New McCarthy'? Report Says He Accused Harvard Law Faculty Of Harboring 'Communists'
John R. Lott Jr / National Review: Ted Cruz Sets the Record Straight on Guns
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Senate Republican stalling tactics on Hagel may be over
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics: Catch of the Day — The Catch goes to Jane Mayer …
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: Taking McCarthyism literally
Morgan Whitaker / msnbc.com: Is Ted Cruz the new McCarthy?
Larry O'Connor / BREITBART.COM: LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LANNY DAVIS: CRUZ 'ABSOLUTELY CORRECT' TO CALL FOR HAGEL DISCLOSURE
First Read / NBCNews.com:
First Thoughts: Hagel appears to have the votes for confirmation
First Thoughts: Hagel appears to have the votes for confirmation
Discussion: Plain Dealer, Firedoglake, The Hill, First Read and The Hill
Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tells Cuyahoga County GOP it's time for new generation of leaders
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Cruz: Obama's 'lasting legacy' will be creating Republican leaders
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Ann Coulter Battles Stossel, Calls Libertarians 'Pussies,' And Gets Booed By Room Full Of Students — What do you get when you invite outspoken conservative firebrand Ann Coulter to debate outspoken libertarian John Stossel in front of an audience of 1,000+ libertarian students? — Fireworks, that's what.
Discussion: Salon, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, Crooks and Liars, The Hinterland Gazette, The Raw Story and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jillian Rayfield / Salon: Ann Coulter gets booed by a roomful of libertarians
Erika Johnsen / Hot Air: Epic: Ann Coulter and John Stossel duke it out
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Ann Coulter Calls Libertarians P*ssies, Gets Booed by Room Full of Students on "Stossel."
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Coulter booed by libertarian 'pussies' for saying 'gays' should marry opposite sex
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Coulter on Stossel shows foolishness of Fordham's cancellation
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oscar Predictions, Election-Style — Twice before, in 2009 and 2011, I sought to predict the Academy Award winners in six major categories based on a mix of statistical factors. My track record? Nine correct picks in 12 tries, for a 75 percent success rate.
Discussion: Wired, Pressing Issues, Towleroad News #gay and Poynter
Graeme McMillan / Wired: Nate Silver Fact: He Also Predicts Oscar Winners
Greg Mitchell / Pressing Issues: Nate Silver Picks the Gold for Oscar Night
Andy Towle / Towleroad News #gay: Nate Silver Predicts the Oscars
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Who is the Nate Silver of the Oscars? Maybe not Nate Silver
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Why Oscar Will Snub 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Why Oscar Will Snub 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Discussion: Pressing Issues
Greg Mitchell / Pressing Issues: Torture Expert Calls 'Zero Dark Thirty' Bunk
Jen Wieczner / MarketWatch:
Why your boss is dumping your wife — Companies are dropping health coverage for spouses to cut costs … Companies have a new solution to rising health-insurance costs: Break up their employees' marriages. — By denying coverage to spouses, employers not only save the annual premiums …
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Krauthammer on Florida: Accepting ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion is an honorable option
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run: Universal Studios to Cease Offering Health Benefits to Part Time Employees
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Republican Party needs a reality check — In the summer of 1999, George W. Bush chose the first major policy speech of his presidential campaign to pick a fight with Grover Norquist. Bush flatly rejected the "destructive" view "that if government would only get out of our way …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Slate, Booman Tribune, Pundits Blog and PostPartisan
Matthew Yglesias / Slate: BipartisanThink Takes a Counterfactual Turn
A.B. Stoddard / Pundits Blog: Time for change — It has been a big week in Republican soul searching …
Carter Eskew / PostPartisan: The Insiders: Irrational panic in the Republican Party
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Indiana Bill Would Force Women To Undergo Two Transvaginal Probes To Take A Pill (UPDATED) — An abortion pill, officially known as RU-486, is the earliest available abortion option for a woman. A patient could be as little as one week pregnant and take the pill to terminate.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and WBAA
Indianapolis Star:
Indiana legislature: Abortion pill measure apparently requiring transvaginal ultrasound gets panel approval
Indiana legislature: Abortion pill measure apparently requiring transvaginal ultrasound gets panel approval
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and The Huffington Post
Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos: Indiana would like to be the next state to transvaginally rape you. Twice. For your own good.
Not Larry Sabato:
Fairfax County's Nightmare Is Over!!! — Great news breaking in Fairfax County this morning. Electoral Boards are split 2-1 in Virginia, one Republican, one Democrat and one member of the Governor's party. When Bob McDonnell was elected, the Fairfax GOP placed noted voter-fraud conspiracy …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Doug Kendall / The Huffington Post: The No Good, Very Bad Week of Hans von Spakovsky
John Myers / KXTV:
Democrats lose supermajority as Fresno senator resigns — Sen. Michael Rubio, D-Shafter, cited the need to spend time with his family in a statement announcing his resignation. — "My wife and I have been blessed with two beautiful daughters, from whom we have learned a great deal," said Rubio in a written statement.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: Government by Freakout — Obama's scare tactics aren't much of a long-term strategy. — The president's sequester strategy is like Howard Beale in "Network": "Woe is us. . . . And woe is us! We're in a lot of trouble!" — It is always cliffs, ceilings and looming catastrophes with Barack Obama.
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Ed Driscoll and No More Mister Nice Blog
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: How Uncertainty Killed the Fun at Walmart
Erika Johnsen / Hot Air: LaHood: These sequester cuts are going to be super painful for the flying public
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Today is 'Gun Owners Support Starbucks Day,' for Virginians who openly carry guns in public — The challenge coin minted by Ed Levine alters the Starbucks logo to declare the holder's support for, well, guns and coffee. A national day of support for Starbucks, and its willingness …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
The Sequester Is Terrible For Traffic — Editors despair, but we can't stop writing about it. Desperation breeds Kate Upton, cute animals, and the "spendocalypse." — Traffic for a recent BuzzFeed story on the sequester. — Not since Mitt Romney ran for president has a national political story …
Discussion: Gawker, Washington Wire and The Fix
Chris Cillizza / The Fix: 5 political truths about the sequester
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
See Cartoon Instructions For How To Stone Adulterers — 122 Facebook likes, 500 Facebook shares. A very sanitized treatment of a bloody practice. (Updated) — WASHINGTON — An Islamist Facebook page uploaded a cartoon explaining how to stone adulterers on Wednesday that is getting …
Greg Hinz / Chicago Business:
Emanuel's poll rating turns negative — Burdened by a wave of murders, dissension over proposed school closings and perhaps his own hard-ball image, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's job-approval rating has taken a big hit in recent months, according to a new Crain's/Ipsos Illinois Poll.
Discussion: nbcchicago.com, nation.foxnews.com, Washington Examiner and Taegan Goddard's …
Edward McClelland / nbcchicago.com: Mayor Emanuel's Approval Rating In The Tank
Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner: Rahm Emanuel's Chicago ranked fourth most miserable city in America
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
In First Big Speech, Kerry Sounds Like A Climate Hawk With The Courage To Reject Keystone XL Pipeline — A month ago I wrote that the "confirmation of climate hawk Kerry as Secretary Of State may doom dirty Keystone XL Pipeline." — Now John Kerry has delivered his first big foreign policy speech …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Bill Hoffmann / NewsMax.com:
Teddy Turner: Jane Fonda Turned My Dad Into a Liberal — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — Ted Turner was transformed from a staunch conservative into a bleeding-heart liberal …
Discussion: Examiner, The Daily Caller and nation.foxnews.com
Joe Newby / Examiner: Teddy Turner: Jane Fonda made father a liberal
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Can Democrats Mess With Texas in 2016? — AUSTIN, Texas — From its modest headquarters on the first floor of a local union building about five miles from the State Capitol, the Democratic Party of Texas is trying to turn demographics into destiny. — With white, non-Hispanic voters …
Discussion: Hot Air, Booman Tribune, Mediaite and The Rightnewz
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Can Hillary turn Texas blue?
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Texas GOP Chair: State Could Become Battleground As Early As 2016 — Especially If Hillary Clinton Runs
Austin Wright / Politico:
F-35 grounding latest setback for troubled program — Defense officials have grounded Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II over an engine problem, POLITICO learned Friday, in the latest setback for the world's most expensive weapons program one week before automatic, across-the-board budget restrictions are set to take their bite.
Discussion: New York Times
Christopher Drew / New York Times: New F-35 Fighters Are Grounded by the Pentagon
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Colbert hopes jokes don't 'sully' sister's congressional bid — Comedian Stephen Colbert said Thursday that he hopes his late-night television persona parodying conservative talk-show hosts doesn't "sully" his sister's congressional bid in South Carolina's first district.
Breanna Edwards / Politico: Stephen Colbert to host fundraiser for sister
Gregory Wallace / CNN: Two South Carolina Republicans endorse in congressional race


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INDIANAPOLIS — When Notre Dame tips off against defending national champion Connecticut Sunday night in the second game of the NCAA Women's Final Four, the Fighting Irish will keep in mind something that the Texas A&M Aggies accomplished in the Dallas Regional finals.
Second-seeded A&M ousted Brittney Griner and the top-seeded Baylor Lady Bears, 58-46. The victory came after Baylor had strapped three losses on A&M during the season.
It resonated in the Notre Dame locker room because the Irish have lost three times this season to the top-ranked Huskies, a rival in the Big East Conference.
"Oh, yeah, we watched that (A&M) game," Notre Dame freshman forward Natalie Ochonwa said. "I think we're using that game as motivation (against Connecticut). A&M lost to Baylor three times and they came back to win that game. That's the mentality that we're going to take as well. We're not playing to get by. We're playing to win."
Ochonwa said she wasn't really surprised that A&M beat Baylor.
"Not really," she said. "Personally, I thought (the Aggies) were going to win. I think you can only beat a good team for so long. I think it was the mindset that Texas A&M came with. They weren't going to lose. And you could tell that in the first few minutes of the game. They came out hard.
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe vowed to push ahead with more aggressive monetary easing as he Thursday nominated Haruhiko Kuroda to head the country's central bank.
The current Bank of Japan governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, will step down on March 19, three weeks before his term is due to end. The nomination of 68-year-old Kuroda, an Oxford-educated former vice minister of finance, was widely expected. He is currently president of the Asian Development Bank. A parliamentary vote on Kuroda's appointment is due next month.
Abe is counting on Kuroda's support to help Japan escape from a long, debilitating bout of deflation that he says is hindering consumer spending and corporate investment.
Bolder monetary easing is one of Abe's "three arrows" or main strategies, for helping salvage the ailing economy. The central bank under Shirakawa was reluctant to embrace Abe's monetary push and it emphasized that Japan's economy has deep seated problems that the central bank alone can't solve.
After months of lobbying by Abe that started even before his Liberal Democrat party took power following a landslide win in a Dec. 16 election, the Bank of Japan joined with the government in setting a 2 percent inflation target. So far, massive asset purchases by the central bank and years of near-zero interest rates have done little to boost investment or hiring by corporations put off by slack domestic demand.
In a speech to the parliament Thursday, Finance Minister Taro Aso pledged more drastic measures to help revive growth.
"Deflation is a deep-rooted problem that has undermined the Japanese economy" as it has "hampered investment toward the future," said Aso, noting that Japan is not the only country grappling with weak demand and an aging population.
"As a pioneer, Japan should achieve the end of deflationary recession and present a solution to the world," Aso said.
Kuroda has criticized central bank policies in the past. His perceived alignment with Abe's views on the economy has added to worries that the Bank of Japan's independence could be undermined. Central bank autonomy, which aims to ensure monetary policy decisions aren't captive to the short-term considerations of political leaders, is enshrined in law in many countries. However, the deep economic malaise that followed the 2008 financial crisis has resulted in many central banks, the U.S. Federal Reserve in particular, accommodating calls for unprecedented monetary easing.
Along with Kuroda, the government proposed that Kikuo Iwata, a professor at Tokyo's Gakushuin University, and Hiroshi Nakaso, an executive director at the BOJ, become the bank's top two deputy governors. The ADB said Kuroda had resigned effective March 18.
Kuroda is viewed as part of the global "currency mafia" in Japan. With his long experience and fluent English, he is accustomed to dealing with the world's major central banks and other financial leaders. During his years as Japan's top financial diplomat, he often decried the Japanese yen's rise against the U.S. dollar, saying it did not reflect the fundamentals of the economy.
Despite frequent central bank interventions in the currency markets, the yen has strengthened significantly over the past decade thanks to its status as a safe-haven, and low interest rates that encouraged an international "carry trade" of borrowing in yen and using the money to invest in the bonds of countries with higher interest rates. In 2002, a dollar bought 130 yen compared with 80 yen in November last year before Abe's election.
The prime minister's advocacy of a weaker yen to help support Japanese export manufacturers has lifted share prices and spurred a decline in the value of the Japanese currency, which has weakened by about 20 percent against the U.S. dollar since last fall.
The Nikkei 225 stock index Thursday jumped 2.7 percent to 11,559.36. The dollar was slightly higher at 92.37 yen.
Though Kuroda is seen as more likely to ease monetary policy more aggressively, his leeway to take bolder action on the monetary front is limited, said Julian Jessop, an economist with Capital Economics in London.
The most likely options of increasing government bond purchases, and giving them a longer maturity, would fall short of what the U.S. is doing, while more drastic moves, such as buying foreign bonds or setting a timetable for meeting the 2 percent inflation target, would be unlikely to win support, he said.
This is "setting up the markets for some major disappointment," Jessop said in a commentary.
Once it became clear that the government intended to move ahead with its plan to nominate Kuroda, attention in Japan turned to who will replace him as head of the Manila, Philippines-based ADB, which is a regional development lender. Local reports suggested that the current vice finance minister in charge of international affairs, Takehiko Nakao, be named to take his place. However Japan would need to win support from other ADB member countries for that choice.
Japan's economy is struggling with the aftermath of the 2011 natural and nuclear disasters, rapid aging of its population and the biggest public debt burden among leading industrial economies.
Data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry released Thursday showed a glimmer of progress, with industrial production up 1 percent in January from the month before. But that was down 5.1 percent from a year earlier and below economists' forecasts for a 1.5 percent month-on-month increase. Retail spending dropped 1.1 percent in January from a year earlier, despite higher spending on food and beverages, the ministry reported earlier.
The ministry cited rising shipments of vehicles, iron and steel and electronics equipment, and of semiconductors and auto parts as the main factors behind the increase from the previous month.
So far, the economy has shown only scant signs of recovery, and that thanks largely to stronger demand overseas as the global economy has gradually improved and the Japanese yen has weakened, helping make exports from Japan more price competitive in overseas markets.


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Saint Catherine's College provides a curriculum which realises the aims of the school, reflects the ethos of the Society of the Sacred Heart and is enjoyed by all of our pupils. Our pupils experience a balanced academic curriculum and a rich extra-curricular programme which together promote a Respect for Intellectual Values. Our staff believes that Learning is served best when teaching is of the highest quality. It has, at its heart, the forming of the minds and hearts of our pupils through the provision and pursuit of educational excellence. It highlights the need for a pupil-centred approach and for the recognition that there are many different types of intellect and ways of learning.
Our curriculum engages pupils, equips them for life, takes account of what they already know, supports learning, assesses for learning, promotes pupil independence, respects the pupil voice, values out of school learning, is delivered in effective learning environments and is taught by teachers who continuously develop their own knowledge and skills. We create a stimulating learning environment where academic study and intellectual pursuits are cherished and valued. We recognise and develop the potential of each individual pupil. It enables them to become questioning, reflective young people who can appropriately use their knowledge to understand, interpret and interact with today's world
We create an atmosphere of respect for learning in the school environment through the provision of:
* Physical thinking space
* Visuals that challenge the intellect
* Access to new technologies
* New ways of teaching/learning
We provide opportunities for staff development/In-service Training on:
* How pupils learn (understanding of the brain functions)
* Thinking skills
We ensure through a culture of caring and well-structured pastoral system, that:
* Individual needs are catered for
* Achievements are recognised and rewarded
* Learning is enjoyable
We develop school policies and practices which reflect the needs of each individual learner and in particular address the needs of:
* Pupils with special educational needs
* Gifted and talented pupils
* Pupils with English as a second language
A Year 8 pupil entering Saint Catherine's College takes a total of sixteen subjects, satisfying the statutory Northern Ireland revised curricular requirements at Key Stage 3. The subjects studied are:
- Religious Education
- Mathematics
- Technology
- Home Economics
- Irish
- History
- English
- Science
- Music
- Learning for Life and Work
- Geography
- Spanish
- French
- Art
Pupils in Year 8 study three languages, French, Spanish and Irish.
Subject strands are delivering their curriculum objectives through a number of themed units. The Year 8 Curriculum consists of nine of these; most departments will study three or four. All of our themes and webbed learning programmes have been designed in-house and are totally unique to our school. The school is committed to Assessment for Learning work and this is now firmly embedded in the school curriculum. At the end of Year 10 pupils make their subject choices for Key Stage 4 and GCSEs.
The Key Stage 4 curriculum is a balanced and broadly based curriculum which:
|SIXTH FORMThe growth of the Sixth Form in Saint Catherine's College has been significant. Year 12 pupils are given a great deal of information regarding the programmes of study available in Sixth Form. A 'Pathways to Success' conference is held for Year 12 pupils and their parents during which addresses are given by past pupils, Head of Sixth Form and the School Principal. The pupils are also given the opportunity to discuss Sixth Form subject specifications with Heads of Department and 'A' level teachers.Saint Catherine's College has invested an enormous amount of curricular and staff time on the development of its applied courses. The school offers a mix of traditional and applied 'A' levels - an increasing number of Sixth Form students now take a mix of traditional and applied 'A' levels and we expect to see this trend continuing. Subjects on offer in Sixth Form are: