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The Whaling Women of Nantucket (HIST 374)
This course will introduce the lives and the worlds of women living on Nantucket since the beginning of whaling in the seventeenth century. In semesters when the course is offered on the island, students will have access to the physical environment, the architectural remnants of women's lives, and the rich resources of the local libraries and museums. Through both primary and secondary sources, we will examine the lives of the wives of whalers, indigenous Wampanoag women, and African American women, all of whom lived in close proximity on Nantucket. These women, living far from urban centers, were responsible for their homes and families alone while their husbands were away often for months or years at a time. We will look at their daily lives, the communities they built, and their ideas about womanhood in circumstances far different from their mainland sisters. We will read histories and biographies, and students will have the opportunity to conduct primary research in the Nantucket Historical Association archives, the Athenaeum, and the Whaling Museum. On Nantucket, students will have the opportunity to study the local architecture, cemeteries, and landmarks of early women's history.
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- By Katey Psencik American-Statesman Staff
What's Galentine's Day, you ask?
It takes place every Feb. 13, and it's all about celebrating your ladyfriends.
"Ladies celebrating ladies," according to Leslie Knope of "Parks and Recreation," the creator of the esteemed holiday. The "Galentine's Day" episode of the hit TV show aired in 2010, and with every passing year, the unofficial holiday has become more of an official one.
There are a slew of Galentine's Day-themed events in Austin for you to "leave [your] husbands and boyfriends at home and kick it breakfast style."
Galentine's Lingerie Party at Bloomers and Frocks. It's not just lingerie -- it's vintage lingerie. We're talking 1930s silks, 1970s soap opera nightgowns, gloves, fur and pinup-inspired looks.
Cake + Cocktails: A Galentine's Party at Revelry. Enjoy cocktails, wine tastings, baked goods, a braid and nail art bar, art installations, a love-themed photobooth and handcrafted Valentine's cards. A portion of the proceeds will benefit BossBabes ATX.
Galentine's Day Calligraphy and Card-Making Workshop at Lucky Lab. Get instructions on calligraphy and watercolor to make your own Valentine's Day cards, and enjoy "glitter lattes" and a Valentine's pastry bar.
Galentine's Day party at Adelante. Get a mini makeover, lash applications and manicures while crafting your own BFF necklaces with Nina Berenato, snacking on Tiny Pies and drinking Sway Rosé.
Celebrate Galentine's with BumbleBFF at Sabia. Start off the day with a yoga stretch with Outdoor Voices then treat yourself to a day of pampering with makeup and hair touch-ups, a DIY facial mask bar, snacks, champagne, coffee, giveaways and raffle prizes.
Galentine's Day Brunch at Stella San Jac. Celebrate with half-priced bottles of bubbles with mixed berries and cardboard cutouts of "hunky Hollywood men to serve as your arm candy and pose for photos with you." (Galentine's Day is supposed to be about ladies celebrating ladies, but y'know, sure.)
Galentine's Day Workout at Crux Climbing Center. Get active with your girls with a two-hour event at the bouldering gym followed by snacks and drinks, led by all the gym's female coaches.
A Wanderful Galentine's Day at CRAFT. Make your own Valentine's Day cards and BYOB.
Galentine's Day Brunch at Stella San Jac. If you missed it the first day, here's your shot.
Galentine's Day at Juliet Italian Kitchen. If half-priced wines all day doesn't sound like the perfect way to celebrate Galentine's Day, then we don't know what does.
Galentine's Day with AMA, The Sophies, Bitter Heart Society and more at Hotel Vegas. Do you and your gal pals love live music? Hotel Vegas has a local lineup for you (and what better time of year to see a band named Bitter Heart Society?).
Galentine's Day at Zilker Brewing Company. Enjoy a pop-up trunk show, a special cask tapping and a raffle benefiting SafePlace.
Galentine's Day at Icenhauer's. Everything Galentine's Day needs: cocktails named after Ann Perkins and Leslie Knope. And Kendra Scott is giving away free jewelry to the first 30 people who show up.


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Idina Menzel's amazing year has just hit another milestone - the Broadway cast recording of her latest show If/then has debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart, the first time such an album has entered the chart so high in almost two decades.
Ironically, the last cast album to debut at 19 was Rent in 1996 - and that also featured Menzel.
So far in 2014, Menzel has starred in Frozen, the most successful animated film ever made, performed at the Oscars and landed a Tony nomination for her role in If/Then. Her Frozen song Let It Go has also become a modern classic, helping Menzel to become the first Tony-winning actor to have a top 10 single.
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Looks like Bailee Madison is headed back to her Snow White days!
The 13-year-old actress dolled up in a Victorian dress for The Hub Network's 2013 Halloween Bash held at the Barker Hangar on Sunday afternoon (October 20) in Santa Monica, Calif.
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I really like doing these lists of upcoming anniversaries as my first blog post of each year. Doing the light research is a pretty fun trip back through gaming history, so here we go: Continue reading
Like usual I pretty much skipped this year's Game Awards and just caught the trailers as they appeared. I thought they looked pretty great. I'm hyped for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I'm not sure yet what to think of Mass Effect: Andromeda, I'd really like to get a better sense of that game's scale. I'm not going to say anything about Death Stranding until I see an actual game being played. The one game I actually have something to say on though is Prey.
Based on Game Informer's nine-minute demo, Prey looks like it could be a terrific game of a type we haven't seen in a long time, but it might be tough for some people to figure out why. Continue reading
If you haven't heard at least a little bit of commotion about it, GoodOldGames just got the first digital re-release of one of the most celebrated PC games of all time. System Shock 2 is more than just a popular thing for PC gamers though. It's probably one of the most important games in relation to today's console landscape as well.
If you ever enjoyed relatively recent games like BioShock, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Dishonored, Dead Space, or Fallout 3, you probably owe it to yourself to buy System Shock 2. The current console generation has seen the popularization of what some like to call the "first person simulation RPG" genre — games like the ones I just mentioned that combine elements of first person shooters with RPGs in extremely detailed worlds. SS2 definitely did not invent this style of game (that credit probably goes to Ultima Underworld), but it's usually considered to be the best example of it, and I would agree.
If you still don't really know what SS2 is, it is the direct predecessor to BioShock, having been made largely by the same team. The first Dead Space game also probably owes its existence to SS2 (rumors abound that it was originally going to be System Shock 3). Now some might take this to mean that SS2 is a less-advanced version of BioShock or interesting to play merely as a history lesson on where BioShock's ideas came from. SS2 however is largely considered to be the better game, and I would also agree on that.
PC elitists might tell you that BioShock is basically the same games as SS2 but dumbed-down for console gamers, that SS2 still has much deeper gameplay and is still scarier despite outdated graphics. That stuff might be true in a manner of speaking. BioShock is definitely a much more action-focused game. SS2 has almost the exact same gameplay mechanics, but is balanced much more heavily towards role-playing and survival horror.
At the beginning of the game you choose a general development path for your character: guns, hacking, or psionics (basically plasmids). You can dabble in all three throughout the game. Experience points are either discovered as items or doled out for completing objectives (this even has a strong connection with the story), so you can't grind and you really have to watch where you spend them.
This goes into SS2's heavier emphasis on resource management. Unlike BioShock and more like Human Revolution, you have an actual limited inventory in SS2, and it seems like resources are almost always scarce, especially later in the game. There were several points where I was about sure I'd wasted too much to have a chance at beating the game and nearly decided to start over. I think it was that feeling of constantly being on my last reserves, more than anything else, that made every enemy encounter scary in this game. That's what a survival horror game is supposed to do.
It would not be a stretch to call SS2 a Resident Evil RPG on a space ship, and people who miss the original structure of that franchise might want to give this game a chance too.
However, there is one reason above all others why I prefer SS2 over BioShock — how much better the former is at immersing players in its world.
People lauded BioShock for how it presented its world to players in ways console gamers had never seen, but I still think it fell a step short of its predecessor, mainly due to the way it handled its heads up display and conveyed information to the player. BioShock did it basically the same way every game does these days, but that's exactly the problem with most games these days.
When a character calls me over the radio and tells me where to go, I don't need the game to then give me an objective marker on the map or a waypoint arrow. If I need to be reminded of what to do, I can just refer back to audio recordings. I don't need the proper object or switch to glow in front of me, not when the in-game environment is as well-realized as BioShock's.
In SS2 you get some orders over your radio describing a place and a goal, you look on your map for that place, and simply go there. Signs and other descriptors that would guide any normal person in that environment are enough for you to find your way. Irrational managed to create a world in SS2 that feels so natural and lived-in that you can navigate it as you would if you were really there.
Every time I talk about SS2 I like to talk about the one moment that totally sold me on the game: There's a section where you need to modify a computer by replacing a circuit board. After a voice recording tells me the registration number of the board I need, I go find the room where it's supposed to be, expecting a small room where the correct board is the only movable object. What I get is a massive library — several stacks filled with circuit boards, each one able to be picked up and placed in my inventory. When I had to look at the registration number of each individual board until I found the right one, I said to myself "this isn't a collection of levels anymore, this is a real place."
SS2's entire world is built like this. BioShock's is too, but the difference is that the newer game covers that well-realized world in a bunch of assistance icons instead of trusting the gamer to immerse himself in it. Oh BioShock lets you turn most of that stuff off, but not enough of it in my opinion.
Ultimately, what these kinds of games are all about is immersion — building not a series of levels, but something that feels like an actual simulated environment, with a story that takes place entirely within that environment. That's why people call them "simulation RPGs." When it comes to that task, I don't think any game has done it better than System Shock 2.
Actually Playing the Game
If you're timid about loading up what may look like such a complex PC game, or maybe have heard some stories about the complexities of running it, you really shouldn't worry.
For starters, no one should worry about getting this to run on their weak laptop or whatever. SS2 was built for 1999 computers — I'm confident that ANY Windows system built within the last decade will run it without issue. There were issues with getting it to run on modern versions of Windows, but the latest GOG release just cleared all that up. Basically anyone now should be able to buy the game and start playing without a hitch.
Don't try to play it with a controller though. The inventory system alone ensures that ain't gonna happen. The whole game is very reliant on having a mouse.
All those things you see now for things like "rebirth" or "SSTool," are just mods to improve the game beyond the original release. You don't REALLY need that stuff unless you want the graphics looking a little bit better.
Oh, and SS2 has four-player online co-op through the main storyline.
Lastly, if you actually do check out SS2 and like it, then you have little-to-no excuse to also check out the original Deus Ex (which also has a PS2 version available on PSN), Arx Fatalis (from the guys that made Dishonored), and the Thief games (which a lot of people say Dishonored ripped off).
And no, you don't need to track down the original System Shock before playing SS2. The story mostly stands on its own, and the original SS game doesn't hold up nearly as well from what I hear.
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Author Notes: Looking for a resourceful way to use up the stalks from your swiss or rainbow chard bounty? The use of chard stalks as a hummus is somewhat common in mediterranean cooking. I came across the idea in Root-to-Stalk Cooking by Tara Duggan. Paula Wolfert's The Cooking of Eastern Mediterranean and Clifford Wright's Mediterranean Vegetables also provide variations, among others. I adapted this dip using my favorite hummus recipe, heavy on the tahini and garlic. I was pleasantly awed by the texture - it perfectly captures the creaminess of hummus, and I'm still rapt in the memory of the garlicky lemon flavor. This dip is pink because I used rainbow chard stalks as that's what I had on hand, but for a beige-colored dip, use swiss chard stalks. —Chase the Flavors
Makes: 3 cups
cups chard stalks, chopped
cup tahini
lemon, juiced
cloves garlic, smashed with the skins removed
teaspoon salt
- Steam the chard stalks using a steamer pot. Add about an inch of water to the base pot, bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium. Place chard in the steaming pot above and cover with a lid. Steam until the stalks are tender and soft, between 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Combine cooked chard stalks, tahini, lemon juice, garlic and salt in a food processor. Process until a thick paste forms. Add 3 tablespoons of ice water, then continue processing until the dip is smooth and creamy. Transfer to a serving dish and refrigerate until ready to use. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil and pumpkin seeds, if desired. Serve with fresh pita and enjoy within a few days.
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Today marks 125 years of School Swimming and the ASA were joined by Sports Minister, Tracey Crouch to celebrate the occasion.
Also attending the School Swimming anniversary at Everyone Active's Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre were double Olympic gold medal winner Rebecca Adlington OBE, former World Champion Mark Foster and 2004 bronze Olympic medallist Steve Parry.
The Olympians dressed in Victorian costumes and gave 125 school pupils from the local area to a Victorian-style school swimming lesson. They then changed into 2015 costumes to teach a modern lesson to the children. They taught speed swimming, water polo and synchronised swimming.
The ASA also released the 2015 School Swimming Survey results. These showed that there are still a high number of children in England who leave primary school unable to swim.
As part of the day there was a panel discussion about how we can make school swimming better. The panel included Jon Glenn, ASA Head of Learn to Swim, Tracey Crouch, Rebecca Adlington, Mark Foster and Steve Parry.
Plans to help raise awareness of school swimming throughout the year were also announced. The ASA plans to run the 'Biggest School Swimming Lesson' in the spring. There will also be a School Swimming National Awareness Week in February, led by Everyone Active and Becky Adlington's SwimStars.
Adam Paker, ASA Chief Executive, said: "Swimming is such an important lifesaving skill and gateway sport that it must remain a priority for schools. We all need to work together to ensure that schools have access to high quality swimming provision so that all children learn to swim and are able to continue to enjoy the water throughout their lives."
"Today's event has given the school children a very memorable swimming lesson as they got a sense of how Victorian children learned to swim, before learning a variety of new skills from some of Britain's best athletes." said Rebecca Adlington, who runs Becky Adlington's Swim Stars, an exciting Learn to Swim programme.
"Swimming is such a wonderful life skill and I think every child should have the chance to learn to swim, which is why I created my own Swim Stars programme in 2013, and it is fantastic we are now working with Everyone Active to raise awareness of the importance of school swimming."
Jacqui Tillman, Group Swim Manager for Everyone Active, which runs an award-winning Learn to Swim programme across its 117 leisure centres in the UK, said: "As important as it is to celebrate how far school swimming has come over the past 125 years, we still have a lot of work to do to get more children and adults engaged in swimming.
"Not only does swimming bring health and sporting opportunities for people of all ages and abilities, it is also an essential life skill and we must continue to keep lessons at the forefront of our minds."


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Don't hold it against them, but The Pin — the talented young double act who stole the show at London's first sketch comedy festival this weekend — are fresh out of Footlights. Having formed as a trio at Cambridge University's finishing school for stars from Monty Python to Fry and Laurie, Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden are now striking out on their own following a sold-out Edinburgh run last summer.
And if mention of their comedy background evokes well-spoken public-school boys making cloyingly clever jokes about politicians, be reassured that this routine is so sharply written — and lacking in Latin puns — that none of the stereotypes matter.
That's not to say they are entirely absent. If anything, the set could have done with more politics. Ed Miliband awkwardly bungling a meeting with Barack Obama to the despair of his special adviser — a terrific pastiche of The Thick of It — was a highlight. So too was a nervous headmaster trying desperately to prove his PC credentials to a Gove-style school inspector ("Exam question 1: Mike has three slices of pizza, and he is gay, which is absolutely fine").
But in any case, Owen and Ashenden are fully aware of the baggage that comes with comedy pedigree, and happy to send it up. "I'm actually a professionally trained actor, too. Anyone heard of a little place called Rada?" boasted Owen to an aghast Shoreditch basement audience. "I studied very near there."
Featuring a Baldrick-esque app developer proudly presenting his latest, terrible ideas ("Face Changer 2 — Ever wondered what your face would look like if you were Eddie Murphy?") and a disgruntled medieval riddler straight out of Python, there was plenty in this charismatic set to suggest this duo can go far.
Elsewhere at London Sketchfest — a format adopted from established sister "franchises" in North America, where 12 relatively unknown sketch acts are pitted against one another over three nights — were plenty of reminders of the form's diversity.
East London alternative comedy pair Robin and Partridge delivered a surreal, rambunctious act, leaping anarchically from faux-satirical tales to an "experimental Irish theatre" act entitled "Good things come to those who... ". And Sunday night's Thünderbards were the surprise package, impressing with a fast-paced and thoroughly affable mix of spiky one-liners and witty parody.
Weird, wide-ranging and whimsical, Sketchfest intends to reinvigorate a sketch scene increasingly overshadowed by all-conquering stand-up megastars. It can only be a good thing if — as its founders intend — Sketchfest returns bigger and better next year.


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And don't use your Hymn of Valour for killing Minions in Earlygame. It just aint worth it.
As soon as you got 800 gold wait for a good moment and port back. The sooner you have your Soulstealer the better it is.
For your summoner spells you have got many choices. I like Clairvoyance and Flash best. Clairvoyance helps you to prevent ambushes and Flash can be a livesaver. And if you are trying to max your Soulstealer you realy don't want to die.
Speaking of never wanting to die: You realy shouldnt be alone to much. Stick with your teammates, support them and leech some Killingblows :D
The creeps in the jungle are not killworthy. Since you'll have enough mana in midgame and don't need the lizard buff ther ist nothing left there to risk your life for.
Oh, and one last point: Don't forget about the global cooldowns. It's realy annoying to activate your Hymn of speed and go towerdiving, when you realize you cant use your Hymn of Valour to kill the target.
Sorry for my bad english :)


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Advanced Technology Services released its Enterprise Managed Mobility Service, the latest addition to its EnterpriseWatch suite. Built on the SAP Mobile Platform, the solution enables the rapid and secure deployment of applications and devices for large to mid-sized enterprises, with a focus on inventory and expense management, logistics and mobile device management.
HP unveiled three new releases to it HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio. Built for high-performance clusters or financial service applications, the HP BladeSystem c7000 Platinum enclosure provides 40 GB downlinks to each blade and features the SX1018 HP Ethernet switch, which is four times faster than previous HP switches. The HP ProLiant WS460c Generation 8 Server Blade supports virtualized client solutions with high-density 3D graphics and eight GPUs per blade server. The HP StoreSystem, a channel-only midrange storage solution, combines HP 3PAR StorServe Storage and HP StoreOnce Backup systems, combining primary block-and-file storage and information protection in one system.
KnowledgeTree unveiled its suite of cloud-based sales and marketing tools for leveraging collateral. The solution enables collateral discovery, by automatically categorizing materials by business concept; identifies trends and manages feedback; and streamlines the process for editing and approving content.
Informatica launched Informatica Cloud Spring 2013, its suite of new and enhanced cloud-based integration and data management applications. The new Informatica Cloud Data Masking service protects data privacy in application development and test environment, allowing users to define custom data masking rules both on-premise and in the cloud. The new Informatica Cloud Extend, featuring Active Endpoints technology, creates and maintains workflows for salesforce.com users. Informatica Cloud MDM Salesforce Multi-Org Support standardizes, cleanses and consolidates data from multiple instances of salesforce.com, enabling improved records standardization and deduplication. Informatica Cloud Contact Validation Service 2.0, now certified by USPS, increases address accuracy and automatically qualifies customers for significant mailing discounts. Enhancements to security and administration features include hybrid security options for storing connection credentials and the ability to schedule organization-wide blackouts during upgrades.
Lionbridge unveiled a suite of four enterprise crowdsourcing solutions, offering access to more than 100,000 professionals across 110 countries. Lionbridge ECS' Crowd Translation solution aggregates and translates content for a global audience, taking into account local idioms and cultural differences. Lionbridge ECS' Testing solution allows product managers to streamline the testing process, including those for mobile apps, devices, user experience, functionality and geolocation accuracy. Lionbridge ECS' Data Management solution integrates data capture, data enrichment (including the addition of metadata tags, attributes and annotations), and data cleansing and normalization. Lionbridge ECS' Custom Crowd solution scales and customizes the pool of professionals utilized for all Lionbridge Enterprise Crowdsourcing solutions.
Melissa Data unveiled the Global Data Quality Suite, its latest solution for contact data quality and address management. Users can verify international addresses, geocode street addresses by adding latitude and longitude coordinates, and checks international phone numbers against Melissa Data's proprietary database, sourced from multiple telecommunication companies.
NetIQ announced two new virtual appliances. SocialAccess 1.0, which enables users to sign on to an organization's site using common social media identities (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, etc.), features remote identity access, authentication via OAuth and OpenID Connect and support for cluster configurations. CloudAccess 1.1 offers a federated single sign-on for multiple SaaS applications; the solution automates SaaS onboarding, produces access compliance reports and features an advanced provisioning engine.
SAP launched SAP Sybase IQ 16, the latest version of its disk-based column store analytics server for enterprise data warehousing and analytics. A component of the SAP Real-Time Data Platform, this release integrates with SAP HANA, accommodates petabyte-scale data loads and features row-level versioning technology.
ServiceMesh unveiled Agility Platform 9.0, its solution for cloud management, governance and security. Designed for enterprise-level use, upgrades include application-level configuration management, graphical application blueprints, an expanded service store, policy-driven storage tiering, a new SDK, and expanded support for Microsoft Azure IaaS, VMware vSphere 5.1 and VMware vCloud Director 5.1.
Teradata unveiled Teradata Aster Discovery Platform 5.10. Features include visual SQL-MapReduce functions, support for PMML execution via Zementis and integration of Attensity's text and sentiment analytic capabilities.
Vitria unveiled Vitria Operational Intelligence 4, which combines real-time analytics, streaming events and business processes on one platform. Available on-premise on in the cloud, updated features include a single dashboard for data from disparate sources, a multi-tiered, clustering architecture, and real-time monitoring and measurement of process outcomes.
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No More Sexting With Sotomayor on the Court
While the question of whether kids today are sexting up a storm or reaching new heights of prudery may never be satisfactorily answered , the window for such wireless waggery might be closing. On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear the case of a police sergeant who sued his department for reading the lewd text messages he sent on a company pager. As Emily Bazelon reported in Slate on Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the sexting cop and held that users have "a reasonable expectation of privacy in their text messages" regardless of whether an employer supplies the equipment or pays for the service.
Unfortunately, the lower court's attempts to forge progressive digital policy may turn out to be the ambitious opening sallies in a battle that cannot be won. If there is one common thread among the current justices of the Supreme Court, it is a strong bias in favor of government plaintiffs. Given the Court's equally powerful penchant for minimalism , electronic privacy advocates are hoping for a narrow ruling that applies exclusively to public employers. Even so, with the arrival of America's favorite wise Latina to the bench, right-leaning privacy foes will likely enjoy a wider margin of victory than the usual Roberts Court 5-4 split . While Sotomayor's views on most issues fall squarely within the traditional bounds of liberal jurisprudence, one of her past decisions reveals a bias toward snooping bosses in workplace search-and-seizure disputes.
In a 2001 opinion , then-Second Circuit Judge Sotomayor rejected a Fourth Amendment challenge brought against an employer for ransacking a worker's computer. She concluded that the search was reasonable due to the employer's "need to investigate allegations of misconduct as balanced against the modest intrusion caused by the searches." By framing the issue as a balancing of interests and privileging the employer's ability to discipline its workers above the employee's constitutional protection against warrantless searches, Sotomayor dealt a crushing blow to digital privacy rights. The parallels with the cop case are obvious, and the news this week does not bode well for the longevity of the Ninth Circuit's ruling.
So, kids, to those 94 percent or 80 percent of you not bombarding your petite paramours with salty puns and hook-up requests, I exhort you to start exercising your civil liberties and sext like there's no tomorrow-because there might not be one. If your algebra teacher catches you tapping away during class, tell him it's a civics project.


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Public Relations Campaign Examples
Many types of public relations campaigns can be used by small businesses. Whether you decide to hire a consultant or a firm or you have your own in-house public relations team, understanding how the different campaigns work will help you create an effective public relations strategy for your company.
Print Campaigns
Print public relations campaigns typically are comprised of a process in which a public relations representative sends out press releases to various media outlets. These releases promote a company change, a new product or a new service. Members of the media may then use the release to write a story, or they may contact the company for a more in-depth interview. High quality PR agents will have a list of media contacts that can be relied upon to publicize the story. New agents may not have built up their personal contacts in the media yet and may not have as much luck placing stories.
Radio and Television Campaigns
Radio and television campaigns are similar in essence to print campaigns. Releases and notifications are sent out to programs that are related to what is being promoted. Radio hosts are typically in need of guests and will be open to scheduling a speaker for an interview, particularly if they are an established expert or have an excellent track record in business. National television interviews are more difficult to land, but local media may be interested in doing an interview.
Online Campaigns
Online public relations campaigns are becoming increasingly popular and work in a variety of different ways. The first is very passive. A release is written and optimized with keywords that are related to the product or business. This release is then posted on a variety of different websites that are, in turn, crawled by search engines. The company's release is then pulled up when users look for those keywords. Social media and podcast campaigns are also becoming more common in this arena. PR agents seek out podcasters in a related field and try to schedule phone interviews for their clients.
Reputation Management Campaigns
Reputation management campaigns are common, but are never publicized well — a direct dichotomy in public relations. These campaigns are used to shape or reshape public opinion and operate behind the scenes. They may rely on posting positive comments on sites where a company has been maligned, or they may be more aggressive and actually attack another company that has publicly maligned them.


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Thursday, June 12, 2003
INSPIRATION: Catholic/Regular Children's Aid Societies Withholding Foster Kids Files
ALBUM - Behind Closed Doors
AUTHOR - John Dunn
MUSIC GENRE - Hard Industrial
Contact me if you are an industrial / electronic musician (hard)
Children's Aid abducted-us, from-our friends and fam-i-ly
Usin' chainsaws of au-thori-ty, to destroy our family tree
This cruel'n-unusual punishment, dished-to low in-come mothers
"I adopted a beauty, for under thirty-thousand dollars"
(In snotty adopters voice)
Bouuuuuuuund by confi-denti-ality
Whaaaaaaaaat a fuckin' phrase
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiding sanctioned child abuse
For over fourty-eight thousand fuckin' days
They waste a million dollars, on fuckin' legal fees
When they could use that money, to help out families
Once youre placed in foster care, you wind up livin' God knows where
Shipped around like fuckin mail, till sixteen years when you can bail
Bouuuuuuuund by confi-denti-ality
Whaaaaaaaaat a fuckin' phrase
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiding sanctioned child abuse
For over fourty-eight thousand fuckin days
To our natural families, we're not allowed to speak
Group Home Staff are too afraid, us dirty-little-rats will squeak
They make our file summar-y, in attempts to satis-fy
They cut out all the shit they did, and leave us with a lie
Bouuuuuuuund by confi-denti-ality
Whaaaaaaaaat a fuckin' phrase
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiding sanctioned child abuse
For over fourty-eight thousand fuckin days
They say our files are se-cret, in-order to protect-us
But in re-al-ity, it's so those fuckers can repress us
The longer they procrastinate, in giving us our lives
The bigger and more fortified, become the Crown Ward HIVES!!!!
Guitaar / Drums hard core!
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
I understand their fear of some kind of negative reprisals as a result of this, but it is of the utmost importance that these therapy sessions get shared with people who are learning to be social workers, and who will work on the front lines with kids in foster care so they understand the impact, and outcomes of foster care on the children it is supposed to protect.
I am willing to edit out all of her comments, and questions, and will make sure that there is no indication of where I am receiving therapy from, but either way, but I need to do this.
I also need support from others to back me up in this process.
If you can support me on this, please send an email to me at email@example.com
Thursday, June 05, 2003
June 18 2003
On June 18th, I will be heading into Toronto to complete the second last stage of my complaints procedure on the Catholic Children's Aid Society not giving me copies of my foster care files, and those of my deceased mother.
Discuss it at this message board.
I found a most incredible poem which was written by a goth to a Christian Goth site, which talks to Christians all around. I just thought it was beautifully written, and very thought provoking.
Taken from Psalms of Life
This tale is told from the perspective of a (non-Christian) Goth, being "witnessed" to by (non-Goth) Christians.
We are the people of darkness and fog,
you won't see us in Dockers, or out for a jog.
We don't live in your suburbs, or hang out in your bars,
We don't listen to Kenny G, or drive flashy cars.
We aren't drinking a six-pack while watching pro sports,
or riding a lawn tractor in bright-colored shorts.
When we were young, your friends were all cool;
We were the other kids, in the shadows at school.
Some of you taunted us, (some of you feared),
you said we were uncool, ugly, and wierd.
Did you befriend us? Ha! Not even a chance;
We're not the ones who got asked to the dance.
Now that we're older, and you've settled down,
we still see you sometimes, when you come downtown.
So you've found religion, now isn't that swell?
Now you're all jazzed up on Heaven and Hell.
You're on a new mission, the GothFolk to save,
to snatch us from darkness, on the way to the grave.
What would you say to us, child of the light?
Will you come to where we are, late in the night?
When you find our hangout, will you just stand and stare?
Can you see past black leather and spiked purple hair?
Your Pastor has told you certain phrases work well,
like "If you die tomorrow, are you going to Hell?"
If you say that we're evil, and all full of sin,
will that bring us to your Church steps, eager to get in?
If we do show up Sunday, what happens then?
Will we be warmly welcomed by tie-wearing men?
Will we hear in a sermon, "Thou shalt not smoke or drink!"?
(Will it sound like he really means "Thou shalt not think"?)
Will we hear of the evils of dancing and swearing,
and all that is wrong with the clothes we are wearing?
Will we hear how God's wrath burns against every sinner?
(Will us heathens be welcome at the big potluck dinner?)
If we don't measure up, we can count on a snub,
no, we don't think we're joining your Church/social club.
We wouldn't hear anything likely to please us,
(But we are sort of curious to hear more words of Jesus).
It seems we will stick with our lifestyle of sin,
where at least we're accepted, at least we fit in.
It's a shame that your Church was a drag and a bore,
since we really are hurting, with problems galore.
My best friend is lonely, and can't find a wife,
and last Sunday my girlfriend took her own life.
Others, I know, are not happy, just gay;
Can anyone point out The Truth and The Way?
We have faiths and philosophies by every name,
After a while, they all sound the same.
"Do whatever feels good, and don't worry about it!"
Since I don't feel too good, I'm begining to doubt it.
So we gather together on Saturday nights,
to play our kind of music, away from bright lights.
We hook up and break up, and hook up again,
some men with women, and some men with men.
We drink, and we dance, and we light up our cloves,
while God-fearing Church folk avoid us in droves.
If Jesus were living in this very year,
would He buck the system and visit us here?
Would He come down and join us, knowing what rules to bend,
would He come and sit with us, could we call Him our friend?
When He listened to us, would he look in our eyes?
Would He tell us His stories, so deep and so wise?
Well, He isn't here now, so who knows what He'd do?
Is there anyone like Him? Could it ever be you?
"The Teacher"


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A second Kalia shop has opened up in Sigra at the PN Complex next to the Sigra crossing. It contains quite a lot of fitness equipment as well (see below).


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June 23, 2012
2:00 pm
Dollar Rubber Club, Dollar Shave Club, Trunk Club, CakeStyle, Wittlebee, MeUndies. What do all of the aforementioned have in common? Subscription-based retail.
The latest entrant into this space is KLUTCHclub, a health and wellness focused delivery service. Starting at $16 per box, the Chicago-based startup offers Saavy-Boheme African Black Hand Soap, Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream, Yoga Download classes – as just 3 examples.
Tech Cocktail caught up with KLUTCHclub founder and CEO Julie Bashkin to learn more about the inner workings of her startup.
Tech Cocktail: What was the inspiration behind KLUTCHclub?
Julie Bashkin: The inspiration behind KLUTCHclub was personal health struggles plus market forces that I noticed were causing a disconnect between consumers who wanted healthy products and the companies producing the products.
I had a personal passion for health and wellness as a result of weight and health struggles in my mid-twenties, and a constant quest for healthy products to aid in maintaining my fitness level while on the road every week as a strategy and innovation consultant to Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods and retail clients.
I noticed that many companies had great products but struggled with effective multi-channel marketing. I also noticed a very early subscription model trend popping up that I thought was very applicable to the consumer struggle with health products but with a slight twist- I was not as concerned with "fun and surprise product discoveries" and was more concerned with helping people find concrete solutions for their health needs, centered around specific "themes" and "trends" every month, such as "healthy summer entertaining" or "maintaining health while on the go."
Tech Cocktail: What are a few of your favorite KLUTCHclub items / participating companies?
Bashkin: We love bringing people new products from small "up and coming" companies that they never would have discovered on their own but that can drastically change their lives and improve their health in a seamless, effortless way.
An example was our Barlean's Organic Oil's Omega Swirl – a fish oil supplement that tastes like a smoothie. Most people know they should take fish oil but do not want to swallow large capsules that taste terrible. This product is smoothie flavored oil that can be taken on its own or mixed into yogurt, oatmeal, salad dressings, pancake batter, even soups – this is innovative because it drastically changes people's supplement consumption and even their mindset about it.
Tech Cocktail: In your opinion, why do you think there has been such a recent influx of subscription based delivery services?
Bashkin: In general, subscription-based businesses hit on two very important consumer pain points not solved by traditional e-commerce models:
- Convenience of getting product curated by someone else delivered to your home, and
- Feeling like purchases are not mundane tasks or chores but are instead a gift you made to yourself.
Our business in particular solves those pain points but also solves a more concrete problem: the health and wellness market is very fragmented and most of the companies are niche players with little brand recognition. Consumers are confused, do not want to have to do the research, and do not want to invest time and money trying something that could be a diet fad instead of a really healthy product. We eliminate the risk because even if they try a product they don't like, they've only paid $16-$18 for the whole box to discover new and innovative products, some of which they will like.
Unlike other subscription companies, we are not a "surprise and delight" model – we do not try to cater to "fun trial" – we want people to discover concrete solutions to every day health problems but at the same time we designed our packaging and website to feel like a high-end luxurious and educational experience of investing in yourself.
Tech Cocktail: What has proven to be your most effective customer acquisition strategy?
Bashkin: We approached marketing from the perspective of how can we lower our customer acquisition costs from the standard subscription benchmark of the cost being equivalent to one month of subscription revenue. And we were successful because we thought of scrappy grass roots marketing tactics that would simultaneously benefit us, our customers, our brand partners, and the marketers.
One such tactic was a huge grass-roots blogger marketing campaign. We gave away boxes to hundreds of bloggers for reviews and giveaways – this was low cost to us but it also added value to our brand partners because it gave them product reviews.
Our consumers got to see what was in the box ahead of time and make an informed decision on whether or not the subscription price was worth it. Our bloggers got to increase their audience numbers (their reviews went viral on social media) and we acquired many customers. If your product is good, people are willing to write about it (if it were bad, they would not want to mislead their readers, even if they received it for free).
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Index of Amendments
given up to and including
Thursday 22nd March 2001
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
(1) during proceedings of the Standing Committee on the Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill [Lords], the Committee do meet
(2) if not previously concluded, the proceedings of the Committee shall be brought to a conclusion at Five o'clock on Thursday 5th April.
Jacqui Smith has given notice of her intention to move a motion in the terms of the resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee. Debate on such a motion may continue for half an hour (Sessional Order C(6) relating to Programming (7th November 2000)).
Mr Tim Boswell
1*Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert
'(1A) For each such child the Secretary of State has a duty to make arrangements to secure that the educational needs of that child are paramount.'.
Mr Tim Boswell
2*Clause 1, page 1, line 14, leave out from 'parent' to end of line 15.
Mr Tim Boswell
3*Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert 'or
Mr Tim Boswell
4*Clause 1, page 2, line 8, at end insert ', or, if the cost is met by a local education authority or otherwise from public funds that either there is a statement in respect of the child under section 324 or the local education authority are satisfied
Mr Tim Boswell
5*Clause 1, page 3, line 8, at end insert 'and, for schools which serve one or more authorities severally located in England and Wales, the guidance issed under both (a) and (b)'.
Mr Tim Boswell
6*Clause 1, page 3, line 11, at end insert
'(9A) In drawing up guidance the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales, as the case may be, shall
Mr Tim Boswell
7*Clause 2, page 3, line 33, after 'authority', insert 'having regard to the importance of securing a fair and informed choice of school,'.
Mr Tim Boswell
8*Clause 3, page 4, line 20, after 'authority', insert ', acting in good faith,'.
Mr Tim Boswell
9*Clause 3, page 4, line 27, at end insert 'and the authority must make that right clear to parents in advance of any procedure under this section.'.
Mr Tim Boswell
10*Clause 43, page 35, line 19, at end insert 'but shall not come into force until Parliament has approved codes of practice on the identification and assessment of, and provision for, pupils with special educational needs.'.
Duty of education providers
Mr Tim Boswell
NC1*To move the following Clause:
'.It shall be the duty of all providers of education under the provisions of this Act and of all professions and ancillary agencies providing services in connection with special educational needs to have regard to
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Building permits and regulations are enforced by the City of Vancouver to ensure safety and livability for you, your neighbours, and future property owners and residents.
To keep Vancouver safe and liveable, we:
Our Services Centre has moved from City Hall East Wing to 515 West 10th Ave (at the northwest corner of Cambie St and West 10th Ave). The East Wing is now closed.
Free 2-hour parking is offered at the surface parking lot on West 10th Ave between Cambie St and Yukon St.
Select 'Show more' for a full list of the services available at the Services Centre.
Check in with staff on the ground floor about:
For complex developments including multiple dwellings, heritage buildings, and laneway houses, learn about the process and timeline.
Trying to avoid getting a permit to save money can end up costing you time, and money. If you are unsure whether or not you need a permit, call the Development and Building Services Centre at 604-873-7611.
The pages in this section will prepare you, so you can speak with your contractor with confidence, and have the information you need to get started.
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday
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Find out what permits you need, how to apply for them, how much they cost, and more.
Renovation or construction work done without a permit can be costly, if you should have had a permit for that work. Learn more here.
View and download the application forms or checklists for projects which will require a development permit, building permit, or development-building (combined permit).
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Newlyweds Cheryl and Daniel Kaplan searched a year before finally closing on their first house, a spacious four-bedroom short sale, in February.
But the day they got the key, the clock started ticking.
"The homeowners association is giving us until April 1 to fix everything up," said Cheryl, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher at Miles Elementary School in North Tampa, who contacted me on Twitter a couple of weeks before closing.
"The house has been vacant for a while, so the landscaping is really neglected."
The couple's new home in Wesley Chapel's Bridgewater subdivision came with a yard tangled with vines, weeds and overgrown oaks and palms desperately in need of a firm hand. Cheryl and Daniel, a 29-year-old mortgage loan broker, had exterior repairs to make, too, and a full paint job — all on a tight budget and all by April Fool's Day.
I would crack a joke here about that deadline, but I can't. There's something touching about a young couple eager to put in hours of hard labor after long days at work in order to leave apartment life and launch their own family.
And Cheryl had an added burden. Just a few months earlier, during the couple's house hunt, she lost her dad, Donald, in a car accident. She so loved that great green-thumb guy, and they'd had big plans for working together on her first garden.
Now, missing him hurt even more.
But Cheryl didn't realize that the nice thing about gaining a family through marriage is — gaining a family. She found an unexpected new ally in her mother-in-law, Denise Cherubino, a longtime Florida gardener who lives in Apollo Beach.
Denise shared her knowledge and her muscle, digging in to help Cheryl and Daniel with the labor.
"We became closer from it," Cheryl says.
"It's an unfortunate bond," adds Denise, who understands Cheryl's pain. Denise lost her first husband, father to Daniel and his twin brother, 19 years ago.
"This gave the two of us something to do together," she says.
The new house had mangy turf, two untamed laurel oaks and a shaggy queen palm. Twisted masses of pretty but unruly flowering jasmine served as a foundation hedge. A boxwood border hovered between life and death.
"I'm going to plant red salvias by the mailbox for my dad," Cheryl told me in February. "And red pentas. He loved those."
She wanted azaleas. And two hibiscus flanking the garage door, which had a lone healthy but hirsute podocarpus on one side.
Would a manicure help the jasmine? Should she try to resurrect the boxwoods? Cheryl wasn't sure.
Two days after she and Daniel closed on the house, as the two slept on a mattress on the floor, eight smoke alarms screamed them awake at 5 a.m.
"No maintenance to call," she posted on Twitter. Sigh.
But the couple had faith and fortitude. For three days, they painted. Daniel figured out how to make the repairs. An arborist trimmed the trees. They had the sod replaced.
By early March, after numerous consultations with Denise, the three ripped out most of what remained.
"The jasmine was beautiful, but it was out of control," Denise says. "Cheryl wanted some color, but she had a small area to work with. And she had about 14 plants she wanted!"
Winnow your list to three or four plants, Denise advised. Groups of identical plants look more dramatic than a dozen different individual plants.
Take a ride through your neighborhood, see what you like and make note of what grows well here.
In the end, Cheryl replaced the jasmine with hot pink Encore azaleas, which bloom repeatedly through the year. She said goodbye to the boxwoods and hello to alternating purple and white Mexican heather. She discovered Giant Apostles' Iris and found those red pentas and salvias for her dad.
Yellow Gerbera daisies add a pop of color — Denise's suggestion to contrast with all the red and pink.
Cheryl kept the podocarpus and added a twin on the other side of the garage.
The transformation has made the homeowners association and the Kaplans happy.
Cheryl loves the living tributes to her dad and the blossoming relationship with her mother-in-law.
Daniel learned that he has a knack for gardening. "It's almost therapeutic," he says.
And Denise? She grew something she cherishes.
"Cheryl's not my daughter-in-law anymore," she says. "She's my daughter.'"
Contact Penny Carnathan at [email protected] Join her and other gardeners chatting on Facebook at DigginFloridaDirt or follow her on Twitter @DigginPenny.


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Sometimes it's hard to decipher the smushed together words or a second-grader's penmanship.
Other times the words may be misspelled, such as "are" instead of "our." Or "whont" rather than "won't."
But the writers' sentiment, their gratitude, for getting Harvesters' BackSnacks every Friday during the school year always comes through.
"It helps me get more food," one 8-year-old girl wrote. "And if we did not get food then we won't have nothing to eat."
Before The Kansas City Star partnered with Harvesters a fourth time on the KC Challenge — a virtual food drive to raise funds for the BackSnack program — kids who get the weekly packs described what they mean to them. Dozens of elementary school children offered their thoughts in notes.
"It makes me Happy because I love the food that is in BackSnack backpack and I love the peachs," said Benito, 9. "There so sweet."
Harvesters has the largest BackSnack program in the Feeding America network, which consists of more than 200 food banks. Harvesters' effort has grown from 65 BackSnacks in 2004 to roughly 19,000 this year.
In the past three drives, readers have donated nearly $700,000 to the KC Challenge. All the money goes to Harvesters' BackSnack program, which provides low-income children with two breakfasts, two other meals and other snacks each Friday during the school year to tide them over until they go back to school Monday.
This school year, about 19,000 students in the 26-county area get the backpacks of food every Friday.
This year's drive runs through December. If you would like to give, go towww.feedingkckids.harvesters.org
. You can donate in a loved one's name, with reader dedications published in The Star's Christmas edition.
Children such as 9-year-old Kiley have a little something to say to those who help with the food packs.
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The Sutton Trust gave evidence on access to
higher education to the Education Select Committee on 20 June
2000. At the end of the session the Trust was asked to submit
any further evidence which it considered relevant to the enquiry.
The following submission contains information on five areas which
the committee may wish to consider.
Our analysis of leading universities (see table
one) has demonstrated that nine of the top 13 universities have
a deviation from benchmark (what numbers should be based on entry
qualifications and subjects taught at the institution) of over
10 percentage points and intake ranges from 38 per cent independent
and up. As a group these nine universities account for 18,000
students per year, 44 per cent of which are from independent schools
and they are an average of 15 percentage points over benchmark.
We have looked at the 165 higher education institutions
in Great Britain surveyed by the Higher Education Funding Council.
As can be seen from table 2, outside the top 13 there are only
five institutions with an annual intake of more than 500 young
entrants that have over 30 per cent independent students and a
deviation from benchmark of over 10 percentage points. These are
Oxford Brookes, King's College London, Royal Holloway London,
Exeter and Newcastle. As a group they account for 9,000 students,
34 per cent of which are from independent schools and are on average
12 percentage points over benchmark.
This shows that the access problem is largely
confined to the top universities and this is where we feel resources
should be focussed.
* Benchmark is what numbers should be based on entry qualifications
and subjects taught at the institution.
Data from "Performance Indicators in Higher Education,
If we look at life chances, as can be seen from table 3 below,
based on A-level performance a student from an independent school
should be 14 times more likely to go to a leading university than
someone from a poorer area or a lower social class. This in itself
is a matter of concern. However what is more shocking is that
given the imbalance of entry to our leading universities a student
from an independent school is actually 25 times more likely to
go to a leading university than someone from a lower social class
or a poorer area.
The figures for entry from independent schools are not the
final indicators of the degree of success or lack of success according
to family background. We acknowledge that some students at independent
schools who gain access to the leading universities are from poorer
areas or less affluent social backgrounds. On the other hand,
there are a number of affluent students who have been educated
to GCSE level in the independent sector who switch to the state
sector for A-Levels, particularly into high performing state sixth
form colleges. The bottom two rows of table 3 below pinpoint the
disparity between the chances of a student from an independent
school getting to a top university and one from the bottom three
social classes and poorer neighbourhoods. Taking the mid point
between the last two rows they show that the probability of getting
in to the top 13 universities from a private school is about 25
times greater than for a student from a lower social class or
poorer area. If this figure were based on A-Level performance
it should be about 14 times.
* Benchmark is what numbers should be based on entry
qualifications and subjects taught at the institution.
In 1998 a study was published by the Institute of Education
analysing A-level performance of pupils on the Assisted Places
Scheme in independent secondary schools and comparing them with
pupils from comprehensive schools who were considered to have
equivalent ability and family background. They found on average,
the independent school pupils gained 1.2 points per A-level more
than their comprehensive counterparts.
This does not take into account the advantages of independent
primary schools which may be even greater than the advantages
found in secondary schools. Once this is taken into account we
believe that independent education from age five results in at
least two points per A-level or one grade per A-level performance
We believe that the major reason for the difference in performance
between independent and state schools is the much higher level
of funding per pupil in independent schools. Analysis by the NFER
has shown that in secondary schools spending per pupil is 2.3
times greater in independent day schools than in state schools.
The majority of costs in schools are staff costs and the higher
spending in independent schools results in far fewer pupils for
each member of staff.
Simon Szreter, a lecturer in modern social and economic history
at Cambridge, has documented that there are twice as many staff
for every pupil in independent schools as there are in state schools.
This results in smaller classes, more individual attention for
pupils and more non-contact time for teachers enabling them to
prepare and mark work.
Primary and Secondary Schools combined
Source: DfEE
As can be seen from table 4, the ratio of pupils to staff
in the state sector has worsened since 1988 whilst there has been
continual improvement in the independent sector ie the gap between
independent and state schools is widening. Szreter goes on to
argue, "Britain's state education system now has staffing
levels that are typical of non EU east European states and those
of Central Asia rather than those of our peers in Western Europe
and North America".
The low staffing levels in Britain reflect the low proportion
of funds devoted to education as a percentage of GDP. Out of the
28 OECD countries with figures available for 1997, Britain ranks
16th, alongside countries like Hungary, Ireland and the Czech
Republic. Britain spends approximately 4.6 per cent of its GDP
on education compared to an OECD average of 5.1 per cent.
Secondary state schools have limited resources which can
only be stretched so far. Increased expenditure is required specifically
to bring down the pupil-staff ratio in state schools to bring
them in line with other comparable countries and the independent
As far as access is concerned the question is, how much this
should be taken into account?
There is growing evidence that students can be taken from
state schools with lower A-Level grades than their independent
school counterparts and will achieve at the same level or higher
in their finals. The Bristol study referred to in the Trust's
previous evidence is one example of this. Arguments have also
been made to take into account rank in class when making offers.
Subsequent evidence sessions have covered these issues. In summary
we are in favour of using a variety of complementary selection
procedures backed up with extensive recruitment.
As many places at top universities are taken up by entrants
from leading independent day schools we would like to make the
benefits of attending them available for all who qualify. A study
carried out by the Trust in 1998 reviewed by NFER which is currently
being updated showed that entry to the top universities comes
from very few schools: of the top 133 schools in the Times league
table, 100 are independent day schools, 21 are predominantly boarding
schools and 12 are state schools. These 100 independent day schools
represent almost a quarter of entry to Oxbridge from UK schools
and a high proportion of entry to other Russell Group universities.
The principle of Open Access is that independent schools
should be allowed to take any pupil based on merit, irrespective
of their ability to pay. The Open Access concept has been inspired
by the "needs blind" admissions system used by the Ivy
League universities in the United States where students are admitted
irrespective of their ability to pay. If accepted, it is the right
of that child to go to the school. There is no limit on funded
places, which avoids the charity aspect of the Assisted Places
Scheme (APS).
The concept relies on the active recruitment by an Outreach
Officer of pupils from all primary schools in the catchment area,
many of which may not be traditional "feeder" schools.
The Outreach Officer also offers support to schools and families
during the application process. Each student is means-tested on
the basis of parental income, net assets and "significant
other" income, if appropriate (unlike the Assisted Place
Scheme, which took account of income only).
Providing Open Access or "needs blind" admission
to these schools would make them available to the most able children
rather than just well-off children in the area. Total annual fees
for these schools are around £375 million. Annual gross costs
to provide Open Access would be around £220 million and,
assuming savings to the state sector, net costs would be around
£100 million compared to an education budget of £40
The Belvedere School, Liverpool
The first Open Access school was launched in May 1999 at
the Belvedere School, an independent girls' day school in Liverpool,
in partnership with the Girls' Day School Trust who own the school.
The school has 650 girls aged 3-18. The Open Access scheme is
running in the Senior School, which has 460 girls and fees of
£4,353 per year.
The first Open Access cohort will enter the school in September
2000 and have been selected entirely on merit, regardless of their
parents' ability to pay. The entrance procedure consists of a
verbal and non-verbal reasoning test developed by NFER-Nelson
and also includes a Maths and English test set by the school.
The new entrance procedures are designed to evaluate academic
potential and not just achievement to date.
Around two thirds of the girls in the first cohort will be
fully or partially funded and the cost, estimated at £200,000
in the first year and rising to £1.7 million annually after
seven years, is to be matched equally by the two charities.
Most areas were discussed in the evidence given to the Committee
but we would like to add the following points.
The current university admissions system is premised on projected
performance at A-Level. University success is defined as final
degree classification. We would question these assumptions: that
projected performance at A-Level is the appropriate method of
selection and that the objective of selection is to pick students
who will get the best final degree class.
A-Level Grades
UCAS research referred to by Tony Higgins in his evidence
to the Committee showed that A-Level predictions are wrong in
65 per cent of cases. Of those, 52 per cent of predictions were
two grades too high, 26 per cent were one grade too high and 22
per cent had lower predictions than were achieved.
More fundamentally, the reliability of A-Levels as the primary
indicator of academic quality has been questioned by research
at King's College London. This showed that of candidates who have
a "true" score of three As (the score a candidate would
get if they took the exam repeatedly) over half of the cohort
will fail to achieve these results "on the day". This
is because of candidates having a bad day, inconsistent marking
and the unpredictability of questions coming up on A-Level papers.
Universities are beginning to look at the usefulness of aptitude
tests to complement A-Levels as a selection device. We have funded
the NFER to pilot an SAT test in 70 schools this year, as well
as funding research at Oxford University to develop aptitude tests
for entry to Oxford.
Final Degree Classification
John Randall, head of the Quality Assurance Agency, has argued
that degree classification should be abolished since it is not
consistent over time or between institutions. Yet this is what
British universities are trying to select for.
Such a narrow measure of success takes no account of the
broader impact a university education provides. In assessing suitable
candidates for entry to elite American universities the suitability
of an entrant is not measured simply in terms of projected final
degree result, but in how successful the entrant will be after
graduation and what contribution they will make to society. In
America selection is based on a broad definition of merit which
includes academic performance, aptitude tests, rank in class,
extra curricular activities and other outstanding achievements
all in the context of where the student has come from.
By contrast in this country whilst a range of factors, including
extra curricular activities, are considered, the definition of
merit is based primarily on performance at A-Level with the objective
of picking students who will get the best final degree class.
The relationship between performance at A-Level and final
degree class and between degree class and future success is not
at all clear. While we do not pretend to have the answers we think
that the assumptions that we should only pick students who will
be the most academically successful at graduation and using A-Level
performance to select them, needs to be reviewed and examined.
July 2000


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Changing seasons means that I break open the blue bin of forgotten shoes and rediscover all the shoes that I didn't take out last year, the shoes I forgot I owned, don't like and don't know why I own, and everything in between.
|Some of the forgotten shoes
Zebra kitten heel sandals by Kenneth Cole, silk dragon print heels from Aldo, Prada mules, another pair of Kenneth Cole sandals, red sandals, black Nine West sandals, my beloved Bakers wedges that go with everything, a bunch of kitten heels (I don't even remember buying them), and some heeled loafers I think I wore once...maybe.
I almost went out this weekend and bought half these shoes over again, considering them essentials. I really need to pay more attention to shoes I have and don't have.
Instead I made piles of shoes to sell, shoes to keep, shoes to keep and try to wear, and stuff that was totally new to me again, that I had to figure out how to wear all the time.
Really, how cool are dragon print heels and how do I forget I own such a thing? I think I'll just wear them around the house for a few days to make up for lost time. As for the rest of them? Now that I have the essential sandals and wedges, I can sell a few and make some room in the closet for some new stuff.


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