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Jia Zhang-Ke – ADESTE Laureate 2011
By JO LEE Magazine
Photography by Xstream Pictures
As we see the world through the eyes of Unsung Heroes – experiencing possibilities undreamed of, we embrace more and more the multitude of Global Nominations submitted, during 2010, within the five ADESTE categories: Humanities, Social Justice, Arts, Technology and Medicine. We are reminded through the Nominees of The ADESTE Gold Medal how many wonderful people are doing amazing things from corner to corner in this chaotic world. We too, are reminded, that the most important aspect, the heart, of ADESTE is to discover “the 40 and under” Unsung Heroes who “outperform” in a globe of billions.
Critics and film directors have described Jia Zhang-Ke as perhaps the most important filmmaker working in the world today. Filmmaker, Director, Producer, Jia Zhang-Ke has battled “The Machinery of Oppression”. He embraces the extreme limit of virtue with so much courage!
Jo Lee magazine and its 21 World Voting Members of ADESTE Present With Pride The 7th Annual ADESTE Gold Medal Laureate 2011 By JO LEE Magazine to Jia Zhang-Ke Jia has had the extraordinary opportunity to make the greatest impact on a wide cross-section of his people – portraying an authentic face of the globe’s fastest-evolving and most mysterious superpower, China, as he battled back from extreme adversity and censorship, finally winning over even his own government.
Jia Zhang-Ke is different from other film directors. He is a rare breed, responsible for helping millions of people understand China’s social issues through years of agonizing persistence!!
Equally important, is that several scholars and intellectuals are interested in watching his films: because he tells the truth about the Chinese society and its social issues.
Jia’s focus is not on commercial movies, or using a lot of pop stars. Instead, he saves thousands of dollars by using regular people within China to play their own life roles in his films.
Jia has made many documentaries, non-fiction films, talking about some very sensitive social topics, including: a) migrant workers’ lives; b) low income families; c) how the Chinese government’s decision making affected normal people’s lives, and; d) the Three Gorges Dam Project, the world’s largest capacity hydroelectric power station. His early films, a loose trilogy based in his home province of Shanxi, were made outside of China’s state-run film bureaucracy, therefore are considered “underground” films. In 2004, Jia’s status in his own country was raised when he was allowed to direct his fourth feature film, The World, with state approval.
JO LEE Magazine applauds, congratulates and reveres Jia for his compassion for his countrymen and the world at large.
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Delivering a dream with new luxury cruise ship
GENTING Hong Kong, a leading global leisure, entertainment and hospitality company, commemorated the official handover of Genting Dream, the newly constructed ship for Dream Cruises, on Oct 12, during a special event in Bremerhaven, Germany.
Shipbuilder Meyer Werft delivered Genting Dream to Dream Cruises with the traditional Changing of the Flag ceremony where the Meyer Werft and German flags were lowered, and the flags for Dream Cruises and the Bahamas were raised to signify the official transfer of the ship to Dream Cruises.
The launch of Dream Cruises marks the latest chapter in Genting Hong Kong’s history – a culmination of 20-plus years’ of Asian cruise industry experience combined with the company’s internationally-acclaimed luxury cruise expertise and long heritage of award-winning service and hospitality.
Dream Cruises was designed as the first Asian luxury cruise line and caters specifically to the large and rapidly growing high-end market in China and Asia.
The new brand aims to be a pacesetter in the cruise industry in the region, meeting the needs of the “emerging generation” of confident, independently-minded and affluent Asian travellers and will offer its guests inspirational luxury, which is Asian at heart and international in spirit.
With the official handover, Genting Dream will begin her epic ocean voyage that will take her from Germany to Gibraltar, through the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal, across the Indian Ocean with visits to India, Singapore, Vietnam and Hong Kong before ending at her new homeport in Guangzhou, China on Nov 13.
Genting Dream will provide passengers with the highest levels of service and spacious comfort in the region and boasts an attentive crew of over 2,000 – the majority of whom speak Chinese.
Accommodation on board Genting Dream will reflect both size and choice for travellers with over 70% of staterooms featuring private balconies and over 100 connecting rooms catering to extended families and groups.
Two floors of lavish suites in the exclusive Dream Palace will feature European butler service and special guest privileges.
With the finest Asian and international dining, exceptional service, enthralling entertainment and inspirational experiences, Dream Cruises aims to redefine vacation travel for her guests through transformational journeys at sea.
For details, visit www.gentinghk.com
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Last night...
Subject: Anime, Avenger, Cowboy Bebop
...I didn't watch a whole lot. Got one more episode of the dub of "Avenger" out of the way so I only have disc 3 to go. I was supposed to have gotten my rental of the recently released first disc of "Gankutsuou" so I could finally see what the fuss about that one was, but it didn't show. I guess I'll watch it Monday.
In the "new-to-me" column was disc one of "NieA Under 7" -- another Yoshitoshi ABe work I'm trying in the hopes of "widening the net" for interesting series. Right off the bat, there was a lot of commonality to "Haibane Renmei" in terms of character and vibe. But then it also wound up throwing around a lot of silly, super-deformed hyperactive comedy into the mix. Which kind of annoyed me. It wasn't the usual immature stuff, but it wasn't exactly mature either. Still, there's that whole "discovering the rules of that world" thang going on, like what "Haibane Renmei" had, so there may be enough of a balance between the intriguing bits and the annoyances to get me through it. I'll give the second disc a go.
Finally, disc 2 of the "Cowboy Bebop" remix finally arrived, so I recapped a bit of disc 1, and got through part of disc 2 before I realized I was actually kind of worn out. So I'll have to revisit the episodes on disc 2 again later. It's a fun, enjoyable, immensely cool series; it's only fair that I watch it when I'm more alert.
by Fellini 8.5 at 11/13/2005
Forgotten quickies
Tastes great, not particularly filling
Turkey-day marathon
"From looney to batty"... or "Less than the sum of...
Misc. Saturday
"This isn't baseball..."
Fansub roundup
A texture that might rub the wrong way
The failure of "Dub Night"
DeepDiscountDVD -- It's that time of the year agai...
The other animation
A couple of fansubs...
"Meine Liebe... wieder"
Ongoing...
"Brazil" meets "The Matrix" meets...
"I feel the earth... move... under my feet"
A few quickies
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SAN BERNARDINO JIHADIST'S FAMILY INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION FRAUD
Michael Cutler wrote about how immigration visa fraud and other such felonies have enabled terrorists to enter the USA. This includes some of the family of the jihadist in San Bernardino:
Three people with close family ties to the couple responsible for the San Bernardino terror attack were arrested Thursday in an alleged marriage-fraud scheme involving a pair of Russian sisters.
The accused include Syed Raheel Farook. His brother and sister-in-law, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, died in a shootout with police after killing 14 people and wounding 22 others on Dec. 2.
Also arrested in the marriage-fraud case were Syed Raheel Farook’s wife, Tatiana, and her sister, Mariya Chernykh. Prosecutors say Mariya’s marriage to Enrique Marquez Jr., the only person charged in the shootings, was a sham designed to enable her to obtain legal status in the U.S. after overstaying a visitor visa in 2009.
Marquez confessed to the scheme when authorities questioned him about the shootings, and he acknowledged getting $200 a month to marry Chernykh, according to his criminal complaint.
How is the USA supposed to defend itself against infiltrators if this keeps going?
MODERN ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE MUSLIM WORLD CARRIES ON WHAT THE NAZIS DID DURING WW2
During this year's Holocaust Memorial gathering at Yad Vashem, the prime minister made a point about how Muslim anti-semitism today is basically a continuation of what Nazism was doing decades before (and long preceded it too):
“Slander comes before destruction. Today millions in the Muslim world read and hear threatening lies about the Jewish people. They say Jews are the descendants of monkeys and pigs, they say Jews drink the blood of their enemies,” Netanyahu said during the ceremony. Hitler and his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, he said, would not have been surprised by anti-Jewish comments on social media.
“This incitement comes from Islamic extremism and the Arab world. But in the last years it has been joined by incitement no less destructive from the Western world. British parliamentarians, Swedish officials and French thought leaders,” he said.
“If over the years, anti-Semites portrayed Jews as enemies of humanity, today they portray the Jewish state as the enemy of humanity. There is no end to these lies,” he added.
Now that's very spot on. And lest we forget, some of the aforementioned are also advocates of turning Europe into a modern caliphate. They cannot be overlooked, as their own ignorance led to much of the jihadism poisoning the continent today. They must all be called out.
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EFRAIM ZUROFF, MAN ON A MISSION
The Jerusalem Post has a whole article about former Nazi hunder Efraim Zuroff, who's now 67 years old, and most recently wrote about Lithuania's complicity in the Holocaust.
COLOGNE'S ARCHBISHOP IS CLEARLY BAD FOR WOMEN
The archbishop of Cologne in Germany has basically ignored the mass rapes that took place at their train station with his defense of Islam (Hat tip: Pamela Geller):
The Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne, Rainer Maria Woelki (pictured), has publicly criticized leaders of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party for their statements against Islam, insisting that “whoever says ‘yes’ to church towers must also say ‘yes’ to minarets.”
The Cardinal was reacting in particular to recent statements by AfD deputy leader Beatrix von Storch, who told the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper: “Islam is in itself a political ideology that is not compatible with the constitution.”
“We are in favor of a ban on minarets, on muezzins and a ban on full veils,” said von Storch, who is also a member of the European Parliament.
In his videotaped response, Cardinal Woelki suggested that all religions are equally well suited to German culture and law. “The religion of Islam is compatible with the German constitution just as Judaism or Christianity are,” he said.
“Anyone who denigrates Muslims as the AfD leadership does should realize that prayer rooms and mosques are equally protected by our constitution as our churches and chapels,” he said.
And any would-be Christian who belittles serious issues should not be surprised if it has the effect of turning people off from Christianity. The man has joined Angela Merkel in mishandling everything.
DISTRUST OF ISLAM IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
Public opinion is clear once again:
A new poll published on Friday shows that a growing number of people in France and Germany are uncomfortable with Islam and its visibility in their respective countries.
The study, which was conducted by the polling centre Ifop for French daily Le Figaro, found that 47 percent of French people and 43 percent of Germans felt that the Muslim community poses a “threat” to national identity.
Almost two-thirds of the poll’s respondents in France also said that Islam had become too “influential and visible”, whereas just under half of participants said the same in Germany.
Islam 'too visible'
The same study in 2010 found that 43 percent of French people viewed Islam as a threat, while 55 percent said that it was too visible.
It's worse than simply being visible. It's that it poses a violent threat. But surely more problematic is when the local governments vehemently refuse to exile all the dangerous vermin and enable it to spread around.
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Community Calendar January 25 - January 31
Imhotep Gary Byrd | 1/25/2018, 10:09 a.m.
Laurence Fishburne in "Last Flag Flying"
Greetings! The Women’s March 2018 featured hundreds of thousands of activists who marched in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Las Vegas and cities around the world, promoting women’s rights and equality as well as protesting against President Donald Trump’s policies on the anniversary of his presidency. Lupita Nyong’o, Viola Davis and Whoopi Goldberg were among the many lifting the #TimesUp movement and the demand for equal rights. Several speakers urged women to channel their energy into helping Democrats win in the upcoming midterm elections. The rallying cry is “Power to the Polls.”
The NAACP Image Awards presented a two-hour special on King Day hosted by Anthony Anderson on TV One from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The live special opened with a solidarity moment in support of #TimesUp, featuring Angela Robinson, Kerry Washington, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Laverne Cox, Lena Waithe and Tracee Ellis Ross. Ava DuVernay was honored as the NAACP Entertainer of the Year. For a full list of winners, visit naacpimagewards.net
“Josh” tells the story of “The Black Babe Ruth,” Josh Gibson, a Negro League baseball player who some say died of a broken heart. Gibson was determined to make it into major league baseball, despite the odds. Set in the 1940s and based on real events. Jan. 25-Jan. 28, Thursday 3:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 8 p.m., and Sunday 4 p.m. Black Spectrum Theatre Co., Roy Wilkens Park,177th Street and Baisley Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
“An Adam Experiment” provides a rare glimpse into the life of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who fought for social justice and equality during the Civil Rights Movement while also wrestling with his own demons. Billie Holiday Theatre,1368 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. For tickets, call 718-636-6995 or visit thebillieholiday.org.
“X or Betty Shabazz & the Nation,” written by Marcus Gardley, directed by Ian Belknap, five weeks only. The Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 W. 46th St., New York, N.Y. Call 866-811-4111 or visit www.stclementsnyc.org/.
“Sistas: The Musical,” St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 W. 46th St., New York, N.Y. Running through January 2018. For information, call 212-239-6200 or visit telecharge.com.
“The Lion King,” Minskoff Theatre, 200 W. 45th St., New York, N.Y. For information, visit http://minskofftheatre.box-officetickets.com.
Regina Belle, Friday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit ticketmaster.com.
A Night of Love, featuring Anthony Hamilton, Kesha Cole, Avant, Tamia, Eric Benet and Donell Jones, Friday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m., Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark, N.J. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
An Evening of Love, featuring Brian McKnight, K-C and JoJo, Christopher Williams and Al B. Sure, Friday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m., The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, 39 Norwich Westerly Rd., Mashantucket, Conn. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
Jeffrey Osborne, Friday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit ticketmaster.com.
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic: Funky Fat Tuesday Celebration, Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Community Calendar 1/26 - 2/1
Community Calendar: February 9 - February 15
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A Class (W168)
B Class (W245)
HomeA Class (W169)Last W169 Leaves Rastatt
Last W169 Leaves Rastatt
Since the production started back in 2004, more than one million vehicles of the current A-Class model generation (W 169/BR 169) have come out the assembly line at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt. The final car of this series, an A 180 CDI in polar silver, has recently left the factory. The vehicle will arrive at a customer in France. "We are very proud of the success story of the A-Class we will continue to write with the next series. Preparations for the start of the new A-Class are already in full swing.", said Peter Wesp, head of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt.
In March this year the new A-class celebrated the world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show. Up to 18 inches lower than the previous model, the new generation displays a sporty, confident character. As the world's first automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz has completely integrated digital and phone communication and functionality in the telematics concept of the W 176 generation. The new petrol and diesel engines are now more fuel efficient and meet any power requirements. They can be combined with the new six-speed manual gearbox or with the optional automatic transmission with double clutch transmission 7G-DCT.
The new A-Class is the first car in its segment to feature a standard radar-based collision warning system with ADAPTIVE BRAKE ASSIST, which decreases the chances of a collision. The first units will be delivered to clients beginning with September 2012.
About the Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt
The Rastatt plant was officially inaugurated in 1992, with the E-Class being the first model to be assembled there until 1996. From 1997 onwards, the facility was established as a production site for the new A-Class. Prior to 2004, when the second generation came into force, around 1.1 million compact Mercedes-Benz premium models were sold to clients all over the world. Moreover, the current A-Class series appealed to more than one million customers and, in addition, beginning with 2005, the B-Class was also introduced in the production portfolio of the Rastatt factory. This niche vehicle, marketed as a compact sports tourer, became instantly popular, with total sales exceeding 700,000 units. Therefore, the Rastatt plant is unanimously recognized as a competence center for the construction of compact cars from Mercedes-Benz. Starting September 2011, the new B-Class (W 246) was introduced in the range. Currently, preparations are being made at Rastatt to welcome the new A-Class, which is celebrating the world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2012.
The new generation of Mercedes-Benz premium compact cars further includes three more sporty, emotional models, including a coupe and an SUV. The five new models will be built in a comprehensive production network comprising the Rastatt plant and the new facility in Kecskemét, Hungary.
Three of the five models will be assembled at Rastatt.
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UK takes key step towards fair new fishing policy after Brexit - has the glove has been thrown down?
The Government has announced it will withdraw from the London Fisheries Convention.
The United Kingdom will take an historic step towards delivering a fairer deal for the UK fishing industry this week by triggering the withdrawal from an arrangement that allowed foreign countries access to UK waters, Environment Secretary Michael Gove confirmed today.
As part of moves to prepare the UK for the opportunities of leaving the European Union, the Government will officially begin withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention.
The London Fisheries Convention, signed in 1964 before the UK joined the European Union, allows vessels from five European countries to fish within six and 12 nautical miles of the UK’s coastline. It sits alongside the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), which allows all European vessels access between 12 and 200 nautical miles of the UK and sets quotas for how much fish each nation can catch.
On Monday the UK will notify the other Member States signed up to the London Fisheries Convention, triggering a two-year withdrawal period – in a similar way to the Article 50 letter which began a two-year withdrawal from the EU.
Securing a fairer deal for the UK fishing industry is a Manifesto pledge and one of the Government’s key objectives for Brexit.
When we leave the EU, we will no longer be bound by the Common Fisheries Policy but without action, restrictions under the historic London Fisheries Convention would still apply. By withdrawing from the London Fisheries Convention we will no longer be bound by the existing access agreements.
Instead we will regain control of fishing access to our waters and become fully responsible for the management of fisheries so we can ensure a fair, sustainable and profitable industry for all our fishermen.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove said:
Leaving the London Fisheries Convention is an important moment as we take back control of our fishing policy. It means for the first time in more than fifty years we will be able to decide who can access our waters.
This is an historic first step towards building a new domestic fishing policy as we leave the European Union – one which leads to a more competitive, profitable and sustainable industry for the whole of the UK.
The Fisheries Bill 2017
As announced in the Queen’s Speech, the Government will introduce a Fisheries Bill to control access to the UK’s waters and set fishing quotas once we have left the EU. This is supplemented by our decision to leave the London Fisheries Convention.
Working closely with our neighbours, the Government will design a new fishing policy which allows the fishing industry and coastal communities to thrive, in line with our international obligations, as we build a deep and special partnership with the European Union after Brexit.
Industry feedback:
Barrie Deas, Chief Executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, said:
This is welcome news and an important part of establishing the UK as an independent coastal state with sovereignty over its own exclusive economic zone.
The fisheries sector contributes £1.3 billion to the economy, employing 34,600 people. There were over 6,000 UK fishing vessels in 2015, which landed 708,000 tonnes of fish – worth £775 million.
An estimated 10,000 tonnes of fish, including mackerel and herring, was caught by fishing vessels from the London Fisheries Convention countries France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands in 2015 within 12 nautical miles of the British coast – worth an estimated £17 million.
In the coming months and years, the government will be working with the industry and marine scientists, as well as the devolved administrations, to preserve and increase fish stocks for their long-term sustainability, and secure prosperity for fishermen across the UK when we leave the European Union.
Starting this summer, there will be a period of engagement on the Fisheries Bill with the devolved administrations, fishermen, trade organisations, fish processors and the public to make sure we deliver a deal that works for the whole of the UK.
The industry body, the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, welcomed the decision.
Chief executive Barrie Deas said: "This is welcome news and an important part of establishing the UK as an independent coastal state with sovereignty over its own exclusive economic zone."
'Aggressive tactic'
But Will McCallum, Greenpeace UK head of oceans, said leaving the convention would not in itself deliver a better future for the UK fishing industry, and that for years governments had blamed the EU for their "failure" to support the small-scale, sustainable fishers. He said Mr Gove needed to keep the 2015 Conservative Party manifesto commitment to "re-balance fishing quotas in favour of small-scale, specific locally based fishing communities".
Environmental law firm ClientEarth consultant Dr Tom West said the move appeared to be an aggressive negotiating tactic. "As a country outside the EU we need to consider how we can best co-operate with our neighbours, rather than unilaterally withdrawing from all agreements in the hope that standing alone will make us better."
Posted by Larry Hartwell - Through the Gaps at Sunday, July 02, 2017
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« What Happens in Districts When Race to Top Funds Run Out? | Main | Obama Budget Pitches Race to Top for Equity, New Money for Ed Tech »
Obama to Propose Race to the Top for Educational Equity
By Alyson Klein on March 3, 2014 7:25 PM
The Obama administration wants to focus the next round of the Race to the Top program on bolstering educational equity for disadvantaged students, according to sources.
The administration's fiscal year 2015 budget proposal—which is slated to be released Tuesday—seeks a $300 million iteration of the administration's signature Race to the Top program aimed at enticing schools to close the achievement gap. It's unclear if the money would go to districts, states, or some combination.
The program would include a teacher-equity component, as well as seek to close gaps in other areas, such as student discipline. The administration has already put forth guidance to encourage districts to ensure that minority students aren't punished more—or more harshly—than others. That move prompted questions in a letter from U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House education committee, and other key Republicans on the panel.
Separately, the department is already at work on a "50-state strategy" on teacher equity, which is aimed at ensuring that states give students from low-income families the same access to effective teachers as their more advantaged peers.
Overall, it's unclear how the Race to the Top proposal will go over with Congress, which has become increasingly skeptical of the administration's strategy of using competitive grants to further its education priorities. The administration wasn't able to sell a new, $1 billion version of Race to the Top aimed at bolstering higher education to lawmakers last year, for example. Instead, the proposal was scaled back to $250 million and refocused on early education.
It's also notable that the original version of Race to the Top, financed under the broader federal economic-stimulus program, also sought to bolster educational equity, by rewarding states for taking aggressive action to turn around the lowest-performing schools and to tie teachers' evaluations and pay to student outcomes.
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Showing 1–5 of 5 books
List: Michael L. Printz Award
List: Teens' Top Ten
Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners (2)
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (2)
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (1)
Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Fiction (1)
Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2014, Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Fiction 2013, Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013, Michael L. Printz Award 2013, Teens' Top Ten 2013
By Rainbow Rowell
The year is 1986 when Eleanor arrives in town to live with her family and abusive step- father. It's been a year since the last time she lived with them, and she doesn't expect life to be any better. Park's life, on the other hand, is going steady. He's got a spot in the popular crowd and he's about to get his driver's license. But when the two meet on the bus, things change drastically. Even though they both know high school romances never last, they're going to try everything they've got to make it work. But in end, will everything they have be enough?
Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Michael L. Printz Award 2014, Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production 2014, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014, Teens' Top Ten 2014
The Scorpio Races
Every November, the beaches of Thisby come alive with the Scorpio Races. The water horses are vicious, the terrain is treacherous, and death is likely, but the reward can be beyond anything you could imagine. Puck Connolly is racing for her family, Sean Kendrick for his passion—but only one can win The Scorpio Races.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014, Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, Michael L. Printz Award 2012, Teens' Top Ten 2012
By Neal Shusterman
Humanity has overcome hunger, disease, war, and even death. Now only Scythes can take life. What will happen to Citra and Rowan when they are chosen to be Scythe apprentices? Follow them as they struggle with their task and morality.
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2018, Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017, Michael L. Printz Award 2017, Teens' Top Ten 2017
By Nicola Yoon
Natasha and Daniel are polar opposites - Tasha believes in reason, science, and things that can be proven. Daniel is a poet at heart and believes in Fate, the "meant to be," and true love. When circumstances beyond their control force them together, they have exactly one day - one day to stop Tasha's family from being deported, one day for Daniel to realize that doing what's expected of you doesn't mean you should do it. And above all else, one day to fall in love.
Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017, CSK Book Awards - John Steptoe Award for New Talent 2017, Michael L. Printz Award 2017, Teens' Top Ten 2017
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Book Signing – David S. Cariens “Virginia Tech: Make Sure It Doesn’t Get Out”
Saturday, April 4 from 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Virginia Tech: Make Sure It Doesn’t Get Out deals with massacre at Virginia Tech and those who exploited the shootings for their own ideological and personal reasons. Along with a detailed analysis of the timeline of events, this book examines the motivations and character of the shooter, the lives and hopes of the victims, and the missed opportunities by government and school officials to do something significant to improve campus security and help prevent future school shootings in the wake of the events on April 16, 2007. David Cariens discusses his reasons and motives for writing, the problems the victims’ families have faced and continue to face in their efforts to find the truth, as well as the misconceptions about what actually happened before, during and after the Tech massacre. The book contains a detailed analysis of the Governor’s Review Panel Report and looks at what parents can do to help ensure the safety of their children on our school grounds. Mr. Cariens draws on over 47 years of work in intelligence and crime analysis, over ten years of research and writing on school shootings in Virginia, numerous scholarly works on school safety, personal interviews with victims and their families, and a plethora of news accounts and reactions to the shootings at Virginia Tech. Finally, he brings to the book his personal experience in having lost a family member in a Virginia school shooting. This book is a clarion call for action to stop this nation’s all to frequent school violence.
About the Author: David served in the CIA for 31 years before retiring in 1997. During his career he was a political analyst for 22 years in the Directorate of Intelligence, specializing in Balkan affairs. In this capacity he produced finished intelligence for all levels of the U.S. government, from the President to working level counterparts throughout the Community. He has designed intelligence analysis/writing courses and taught them throughout the Intelligence Community. He has given writing workshops at the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) in Alexandria in 2005, in Mexico City in 2006, in Vancouver, Canada in April, 2007, and in Boston in 2008. David presented a similar writing workshop at the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit’s national meeting in Tempe, Arizona in June 2006. He has conducted intelligence analysis training for the Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada and for the Canadian police.
Paul B. Stimson will be joining David Cariens at this book signing!
The book is on Amazon and Kindle in the category Religion & Spirituality. It is a collection of short essays and reflections, rooted in the author’s experience of the Kingdom of Heaven as a reality here and now, not pie in the sky some day. The book should bring refreshment and new hope to those who had a bad experience of
church in earlier years. The author is retired from a career in engineering and oceanography. The son of an Episcopal priest, he became engrossed in theology in
later years.
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Cactus Stars
1812 Buddy Holly Ave
Lubbock, TX, 79401
1812 Buddy holly ave. | lubbock, tx | 806.762.3233
Country Crossovers: A Tribute to Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Two of the all-time biggest names in the entertainment industry - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - forged their early success in the COUNTRY music arena. However, through television and movie appearances, they became so popular that their appeal easily transcended the country genre and made them "pop" stars and international superstars. Separately and later, together as duet partners, these two entertainers sang their way into the hearts of millions of adoring fans worldwide....charting dozens of all-time, classic hits along the way.
Kenny Rogers struck country gold with "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town" early in his career...then, nearly a decade later, took the world by storm with hits like "Lucille" and "The Gambler" to name but two solid gold, million-sellers. His list of hits is a mile long...but no tribute to Kenny would be complete without classics like "Lady", "You Decorated My Life" and "Coward of the County". Dolly Parton scored career-defining hits with "Jolene" and her signature song "Coat of Many Colors" as she forged a solid solo career with hits such as "Heartbreaker" and "Here You Come Again". In the mid-'80s, these two superstars teamed up for the blockbuster smash hits "Islands In the Stream" and "Real Love".
Join us as we present an amazing vocal lineup that includes Amber Pennington, Jeff Bailey, Hannah Jackson, Jeff McCreight and Mark Paden. Plus - help us welcome back to the Cactus stage one of the all-time favorites, Lesley Sawyer - for this very special production. As a bonus, we've added a few new songs to this encore presentation!
Reserved floor seats $20; standard balcony seats $15. Tickets on sale now!
Dailey and Vincent - An Acoustic Bluegrass Evening - with Very Special guests: SPC Bluegrass & More!
Easter Cinema Classic: "Ben-Hur" (1959) Starring: Charlton Heston
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Campbells Connect!
GrandviewKids!
/Parent Information
Our school offers many opportunities for parents/families to be involved in the school community:
School Community Council (S.C.C.)
School Councils are advisory bodies. At Campbell Children’s School, our council also functions as the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) for the Campbell Children’s School Authority. The mandate of the School Council provides parents, students, staff, and community representatives with the opportunity and means to advise the principal and the board on ideas that lead to improving learning opportunities for students.
Composition shall include the following members:
parents/guardians of students and former students served by the School
a non-teaching staff member employed at the school
a Grandview Children’s Centre representative
Parents/guardians of students and former students will form a majority of the Council. As well, the School Council will include the school principal and may include a community representative. The CCS School Community Council provides parents with the opportunity and means to advise the principal and the school authority board on ideas that lead to improving learning opportunities for students. The School Council meets about four times a year. No prior experience is necessary. At Campbell’s, we think it’s important for all families to have a voice. This is your opportunity to participate and to help make decisions for our school.
Parent Information Network (P.I.N.)
Parent Information Network invites families to come into the school for information sessions that focus on school-based topics, i.e. being ready for school and adjusting to the new routine, transitions from Campbell’s School to your home school, educating the home school on your child (resources to share) and general question and answer sessions. Please talk to our Liaison Teacher for more information on session dates.
Curriculum Mornings
We invite families to come in for curriculum based activities, to bridge their child’s learning between school and home.
A Public Health Nurse is assigned to our school and is available to us upon request. The Public Health Nurse is our liaison with the Public Health Department and provides us with information concerning available services and teaching resources for immunization, health, nutrition and dental care.
The Public Health Department is legislated under the Immunization of School Pupils Act R.S.O., 1990 to collect and maintain immunization records for all students (up to 18 years of age). All children in Ontario are required to be immunized against serious childhood diseases in order to attend school. If your child has not received all of his /her immunizations, you will get a warning letter from Public Health; your child will not be permitted to attend school if you do not comply.
You have a role in ensuring your child’s safety while at school. Please keep the team informed about any concerns that you may have about your child’s health and safety. This may include such things as changes in medications, behaviour, family situations, and equipment malfunctions and repairs.
Throughout the year many cases of sickness arise at school or home. Children require time, especially after a fever, to regain proper health. Please keep your child home so that infections due to cold or flu do not pass on to anyone else. It is Grandview’s policy that children with any of these symptoms stay home:
Fever or chills
New onset cough
Sudden unexplained fatigue or pains
Excessive nasal discharge
Diarrhea or vomiting
Open skin wounds or new rash
Other symptoms of infectious illness that could be passed to others while at Grandview.
If your child is ill or has an appointment, please contact the school at 905-576-8403 and leave a message on the answering machine. The answering machine is on 24 hours a day for your convenience. Parents must also contact the bus company.
On days of inclement weather, notice of school closure and/or cancellation of transportation will be posted on the home page of our website. You can also check the Durham Radio News Stormdesk website at www.durhamradionews.com/stormdesk. If bussing is cancelled, the school may still be open, and parents are welcome to drop off and pick up their child. If the school has to close, parents who have dropped off their child will be expected to return to the school within 30 minutes of the phone call to collect them. In the event that Grandview Children’s Centre is closed, resulting in our closure, it will also be posted on our website. When it is necessary to cancel school earlier than usual, you will be informed that your child is to be returned earlier than usual.
Custody Information
Due to circumstances, a family grouping and home situation may change. In the event of a separation or divorce, court ordered arrangements are made. By law, the school must give both parents the same rights and privileges unless there is a court order to indicate otherwise. Therefore, unless the school has a copy of a court or restraining order on file, either parent has the right to come to the school, meet the teacher, etc. Consequently, it is the responsibility of the parent and/or guardian to ensure that the school has a copy of the legal document on file and to ensure that the situation has been discussed with the principal. If you have any questions concerning this process, please contact the office.
Mandy Doherty, Grandview’s Social Worker, can be reached at mandy.doherty@grandviewkids.ca
Please read the Parent Handbook 2018-2019
COMMUNICATION OF LEARNING
The Ontario government has introduced new provincial reports in Kindergarten which will help parents understand their child’s progress during the course of the school year. This guide has information to help you understand the new reports – Full Day Kindergarten – Understanding Your Child’s Reports
Durham Catholic District School Board
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board
French Catholic School Board
French Public School Board
Durham Region Health Department
WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
The Learning Partnership
Email: ccs@grandviewkids.ca
Monday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday:8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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You are here: CollectionsOnline / Second report of His Majesty's Commissioners appointed by virtue of an Act of Parliament, passed in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, c.45; intituled, "An Act for building and promoting the building of additional churches in populous parishes:" with an appendix. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 29 July 1822.
GREAT BRITAIN. Commissioners for Building New Churches
[2nd Report. 1822]
Second report of His Majesty's Commissioners appointed by virtue of an Act of Parliament, passed in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, c.45; intituled, "An Act for building and promoting the building of additional churches in populous parishes:" with an appendix. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 29 July 1822.
[London]: 1822.
28 p. ; 33.8 cm. (2º)
House of Commons 605. The Act for building and promoting the building of additional churches in populous parishes was published as Public General Acts. 1818. 58 Geo.III. c.45. Soane designed three London churches erected under the Act of 1818: St Peter, Walworth; Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone; and St John's, Bethnal Green. See G.L. Carr, The Commissioners' Churches of London, 1818--1837, Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Michigan, 1976, vol. II, pp. 330--461.
Copy Notes Copy 1: Bound (1) in a collection of parliamentary publications on churches and church revenues, 1822--1836, retaining printed blue paper wrappers reading 'Second Report Of His Majesty's Commissioners for Building New Churches. 1822. ...'. Inscribed in ink on upper wrapper John Soane.
Copy 2: 35.0 cm. Upper wrapper inscribed in pencil Duplicate in the hand of A.T. Bolton, seventh curator of the Museum.
Binding Copy 1: C20th blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine.
Copy 2: Original C19th printed blue paper wrappers, upper and lower wrappers reading 'Second Report Of His Majesty's Commissioners for Building New Churches. 1822. Ordered, ...'.
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Union Institute & University Elects New Trustee with Long History of Giving Back
By Ashley FinkesFebruary 15, 2019Alumni, Faculty & Staff, Latest News, Students
Richard C. (Rick) Stover of Dayton, Ohio has been elected to the UI&U Board of Trustees, effective January 24, 2019.
Mr. Stover, a retired businessman has more than 35 years of serving clients and providing solutions to the many complex business issues faced by companies doing business in the U.S. and internationally. He is actively engaged in his community and mirrors Union’s mission to engage, enlighten, and empower students to pursue a lifetime of learning, service, and social responsibility.
“Giving back was instilled in me by my parents at an early age,” said Stover. “My parents didn’t have a lot of money, but they leant a helping hand to neighbors and strangers alike. My parents were my role models on how to treat people.”
Mr. Stover was drawn to Union’s mission.
“I think Union offers an important niche in adult learning. Union fills a critical gap for the working adult who needs to complete or expand his or her educational level,” said Stover. “I respect that Union is mission driven. I look forward to contributing to the mission by listening, being supportive and helpful, but letting management do their job.”
Mr. Stover’s election underscores Union’s commitment to its social justice values. Union serves diverse populations: minorities (44 percent), women (56 percent), and an older, adult population (average age of 39), and focuses on serving the underserved with curriculum that engages difference and applies theory to practice. Union serves a more than 25% undergraduate Hispanic adult learner population and is the only university in Ohio designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Hispanic-Serving Institutions Division .
Union President Dr. Karen Schuster Webb looks forward to Trustee Stover’s contributions and insight. “Rick is a servant leader. He brings business knowledge and prior university board experience to Union, coupled with the desire to improve communities. We feel fortunate to have Rick join the board.”
His recent community activities include:
Citywide Development Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, – Board Chair, 2017-2018, Board Vice Chair & Audit/Finance Committee Chair 2015 and 2016
City of Dayton Schools Accountability Committee – Co-Chair, 2018, 2017 and 2016; Committee member since 2008
Financial Executives Institute – President – 2018; Vice-President, 2017, Director and academic liaison 2016; member since 2015
United Rehabilitation Services (URS) Foundation – Board member since 2010 and Capital Campaign member, 2017, 2016 and 2015
Better Business Bureau, Dayton, Ohio, Integrity awards, Judge, 2017 and 2018
Created PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) scholarship fund at University of Dayton in 2014 with continued fundraising efforts
Mr. Stover has also been a past officer or board member of many diverse organizations such as the Greater Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Dayton Opera, Culture Works, URS, Special Olympics and many others.
Mr. Stover is a current lecturer at the University of Dayton. Trustees re-elected to new terms include Dr. Richard N. Aft and Dr. Shekhar Mitra, both of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Union Institute & University’s leaders are committed to the university’s purpose and mission. To learn more about our board members, click below.
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PRACTICE DIRECTIONS - Homepage
Supreme Court Court of Appeal Court of Criminal Appeal High Court
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Court: Supreme
Topic: Appeals
Category: Civil
SC19 - Conduct of proceedings in Supreme Court
(issued under section 7(7) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, inserted by paragraph (a)(iv) of section 44 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014)
(a) In this practice direction:
“applications for leave judge” means the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice under section 7(6) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, as inserted by section 44 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014, when exercising functions under that sub-section in respect of applications for leave to appeal;
“case management judge” means the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice under section 7(6) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, as inserted by section 44 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014, when exercising functions under that sub-section in respect of proceedings in which leave to appeal has been granted;
“the rules” means the Rules of the Superior Courts;
“the Court” means the Supreme Court;
“the Office” means the Office of Registrar of the Supreme Court;
“statutory practice direction” means a practice direction issued under section 7(7) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961;
"the Supreme Court e-filing system" means the computer system provided by the Courts Service for the Supreme Court for the purpose, inter alia, of filing in the Office and issuing or transmitting from the Office of documents electronically where required or permitted by the rules or a statutory practice direction, and subject to compliance with the requirements for access to that system (including requirements for the purpose of identifying the system user) as may be published from time to time on the Courts Service’s website;
a reference to filing of a document includes a reference to lodgment of that document;
a reference to a form is to the form as numbered in the Schedule to this statutory practice direction;
“Order 58” means Order 58 of the rules;
references in this practice direction to the filing in the Office or with the court of a document shall include filing or transmission electronically where this is required or permitted by the rules or a statutory practice direction;
references in this practice direction to the filing or transmission of a document electronically mean:
sending that document in electronic form using the computer system known as the Supreme Court e-filing system where that system is being used;
where the Supreme Court e-filing system is not being used, sending that document by e-mail attachment in the form and /or manner required or permitted by the rules or a statutory practice direction, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
references in the practice direction to the issuing or transmission of a document electronically mean:
issuing or transmitting that document in electronic form using the computer system known as the Supreme Court e-filing system where so required;
where this practice direction or another statutory practice direction does not require use of the Supreme Court e-filing system, issuing or transmitting that document by e-mail attachment in the form and/or manner required or permitted by the rules or a statutory practice direction,
and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(b) This practice direction is issued in respect of appeals and applications for leave to appeal initiated pursuant to the jurisdiction conferred on the court by the amendments of the Constitution comprised in the Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution, which took effect on the 28th October, 2014.
(c) While specific provisions of the rules are referred to where this is considered to be of assistance, this practice direction should be read in conjunction with the rules generally, and in particular to Order 58 and to other provisions of the rules available at the Courts Service website at: www.courts.ie.
Practitioners acting in, and litigants in person who are parties to applications for leave to appeal and appeals before the court, are encouraged to familiarise themselves fully with the provisions of Order 58.
...... see full text of this practice direction
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Doctrine (from Latin: doctrina) is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. The Greek analogue is the etymology of catechism.
Often doctrine specifically connotes a corpus of religious dogma as it is promulgated by a church, but not necessarily: doctrine is also used to refer to a principle of law, in the common law traditions, established through a history of past decisions, such as the doctrine of self-defense, or the principle of fair use, or the more narrowly applicable first-sale doctrine. In some organizations, doctrine is simply defined as "that which is taught", in other words the basis for institutional teaching of its personnel internal ways of doing business.
Religious usage
Examples of religious doctrines include:
Christian Trinity and Virgin birth
Christian Original Sin and its cure, the Redemption of Jesus Christ
Roman Catholic Transubstantiation and Immaculate Conception
Calvinist predestination
Methodist Prevenient Grace
Hinduism The Doctrine of epoch or Yuga
Jainism The Doctrine of Postulation or Syādvāda
Buddhist Doctrine
One department of the Roman Curia is called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Also shows other doctrines involved in the shape of government and politics.
Military usage
The term also applies to the concept of an established procedure to a complex operation in warfare. The typical example is tactical doctrine in which a standard set of maneuvers, kinds of troops and weapons are employed as a default approach to a kind of attack.
Examples of military doctrines include:
Blitzkrieg of World War II
Guerre de course
Hit-and-run tactics
Mahanian of late 19th up to mid-20th century
Manhunting doctrine, or assured individual destruction
Reagan Doctrine of the Cold War
Shock and Awe
Soviet deep battle of World War II
Trench warfare of World War I
Almost every military organization has its own doctrine, sometimes written, sometimes unwritten. Some military doctrines are transmitted through training programs. More recently, in modern peacekeeping operations, which involve both civilian and military operations, more comprehensive (not just military) doctrines are now emerging such as the 2008 United Nations peacekeeping operations' "Capstone Doctrine" which speaks to integrated civilian and military operations.
A policy, position or principle advocated, taught or put into effect concerning the acquisition and exercise of the power to govern or administrate in society.
Legal usage
A legal doctrine is a body of inter-related rules (usually of common law and built over a long period of time) associated with a legal concept or principle. For example the doctrine of frustration of purpose now has many tests and rules applicable with regards to each other and can be contained within a "bubble" of frustration. In a court session a defendant may refer to the doctrine of justification.
It can be seen that a branch of law contains various doctrines, which in turn contain various rules or tests. The test of non-occurrence of crucial event is part of the doctrine of frustration which is part of contract law. Doctrines can grow into a branch of law; restitution is now considered a branch of law separate to contract and tort.
The term indoctrination came to have awkward connotations during the 20th century, but it is necessary to retain it, in order to distinguish it from education. In education one is asked to stand as much as possible outside the body of accumulated knowledge and analyze it oneself. In indoctrination on the other hand, one stands within the body of knowledge and absorbs its teachings without critical thought.
Retrieved from "http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Doctrine&oldid=122109"
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I have been a teacher since 1987. I have taught in universities, secondary schools, and post-secondary vocational schools. I have taught in two languages and in four countries. I have acquired four teaching credentials/awards. Over the years that I have been teaching, I have developed a method of pedagogy that I call empathy in the zoped. It starts from the position that learning occurs as an encounter between the teacher and the learner in the zone of proximal development (Vygotski). The type of encounter that occurs in the zoped, whether alienating or empowering, is one factor in the social construction of subjects and their society. In order to avoid alienation, I take an empathic stance towards the student(s) when I enter the zoped. By this I mean that I use active listening (Carl Rogers) to become aware of how my students are learning; I experience their learning process as they experience it themselves. In this way, I can gauge my teaching methods to best fit every student and seminar. The variety of my teaching experience, from street gang members in the Special Day Classes of the public school system in Los Angeles, to university students at a British Russell Group university, has allowed me to test and develop the efficacy of my pedagogy in a variety of educational settings. This form of teaching is obviously well-suited for individual pastoral and tutorial work with students, but it is also best practice for seminars. Not only do individual students each have their own zoped, but seminars as a whole also have a zone of proximal development of which the tutor needs to be aware and allow to guide his/her teaching. Here is a video of me teaching student-centred digital pedagogy through the Teaching Grid (use this password to access – librarytg1): http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/staff/teaching/teachinggrid/wit/201506051349
I held a secondary school teaching credential as an educational specialist (mild to moderate disabilities) from 2001 until 2008. I have a qualification in teaching university-level psychology from CSULA, 1992. I have Postgraduate Award in Technology-enhanced Learning from the University of Warwick, 2012-2013, and a Postgraduate Award in Introduction to Academic and Professional Practice from the University of Warwick, 2011.
University Teaching
I worked as a teaching fellow in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick for three years. Before that, I worked as PG tutor in the same department for four years.
I taught two Shakespeare modules. One was a Masters-level Shakespeare module – ‘Shakespeare in History’ – in which I situate Shakespeare in the history of ideas. We look at how Shakespeare worked with the ideas and paradigms of those who influenced him and how he influenced writers after him. In this way we track ideas from the Greeks and Romans to the early modern playwrights to German theorists – from Athens and Rome to London to Berlin, Vienna and Frankfurt. The second half of the module traces the history of theory through its intertextual relationship with Shakespeare’s plays. We begin with the 18th Century’s problematic reception of the plays and then look at the British and German Romantic literary movements’ critique of the Enlightenment through their reading of Shakespeare. Then we spend two weeks looking at the influence that Shakespeare had on Marxism and on psychoanalysis respectively. We end with an exploration of Shakespeare’s place in the history of the dialectic. The second Shakespeare module that I taught was ‘Shakespeare, Freud and the Power of Scenes’. In this undergraduate honours module, we explored a selection of Shakespeare’s plays using psychoanalytic literary criticism, especially organised through Jean Laplanche’s critical reading of Freud.
I taught two psychoanalysis modules under the convenorship of Prof John Fletcher. The first one was ‘Literature and Psychoanalysis’, an undergraduate honours module that presented psychoanalytic literary theory by using it to critique literary texts including Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, E.T.A. Hofmann’s Mademoiselle de Scudery and The Sandman, and Jensen’s Gradiva, along with other works of art such as Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings and Handel’s opera Semele. The other psychoanalysis module was ‘Shakespeare, Freud and the Power of Scenes’ described above. I also developed and maintained the modules’ moodles (see digital pedagogy below).
I taught a world literature module. This was Modern World Literatures, a large first year module convened by Nicholas Lawrence. Guided by both World Systems Theory and Critical Theory, we read some of the defining texts of modernity from 1789 to the contemporary period. In that module, I lectured on Bertolt Brecht’s Mutter Courage und Ihre Kinder. I was a seminar tutor on the module, and served in capacity as the senior tutor. I also developed and maintained the module’s moodle, the Modernity Clinic (see digital pedagogy below).
I taught a literary criticism module. This was Modes of Reading, a large first year module that studied some historical developments in literary theory through using them to do a close and interpretive reading of four literary texts.
I taught academic writing through the Academic Writing Program in the department of English and Comparative Literary Studies. As well as teaching academic writing in the department, this program also delivered academic writing services to other departments including Warwick Business School, Warwick Manufacturing Group, Dept of Chemistry, Dept of Physics, Dept of Biology, and Dept of Computer Science. I taught essay writing, academic poster making, and academic public speaking. As part of this program, I developed a digitally-enhanced seminar pedagogy working in collaboration with The Library Teaching Grid and the Dept of Computer Science. See digital pedagogy below.
I did research in and taught Digital Pedagogy at the University of Warwick. As a part of the Technology-enhanced Learning Forum and the Moodle User’s Group at Warwick, I experimented with different ways that digital technology and services could be used to teach seminars and run modules. The hardware I used included Smartboards, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and video cameras in the classroom. The software and services that I used included Evernote, Google Drive, iMovie, Moodle, Screenflow and Jing. Once developed, I used this digitally-enhanced methodology to teach seminars in academic writing and all of my modules in the English Department. With this pedagogy, I created not only more efficient ways of learning, studying and researching, but I also developed parallel cloud-based learning spaces. Students could work both in-person in seminar and on the cloud connecting simultaneously to others in the module. An example of this is the Modernity Clinic, a moodle that served as a space for students in the large world literature module to work on understanding the meaning of the term modernity, a difficult and contested term. The Modernity Clinic was a space for student-centred learning (see the link to my video on this above) I served as the Moodle Coordinator for the Department from 2013-2016.
In the early 1990s, while studying for my Masters in Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, I took a class on how to teach university-level psychology. The class included an internship in which I taught undergraduate classes at the university.
Secondary School Teaching
I have many years experience teaching at the secondary school level. I began teaching middle school in East Los Angeles at Hollenbeck Middle School in 2002-2005. I taught students with learning disabilities and emotional disturbances. I taught Social Sciences, Health and English literacy to Spanish speakers. Then I moved to Hollywood High School to teach English, History, Biology and Life Skills from 2005-2008.
In 2013, between finishing my doctorate and obtaining my teaching fellowship, I taught at a British grammar school in Alcester. I taught in the English department and worked with A-levels, GCSE, Year 9 and Year 8 students.
Post-secondary Vocational School Teaching
My first teaching job was at the Massage School of Santa Monica where I taught physiology, anatomy, Swedish Massage, Structural Bodywork, Craniosacral Therapy, and Bodymind Integration. I taught there for 14 years from 1987 to 2001. I also taught bodywork at the Bodymind Institute, Los Angeles, in Nicaragua (workshops) and in the United Kingdom (workshops). I am currently teaching bodywork and therapy workshops in Berlin (see Forest of Arden Healing Arts in the Links page.)
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Home > Commentaries > Barnes' Notes > Luke > Chapter 13
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Verse 1. There were present. That is, some persons who were present, and who had heard his discourse recorded in the previous chapter. There was probably a pause in his discourse, when they mentioned what had been done by Pilate to the Galileans.
At that season. At that time--that is the time mentioned in the last chapter. At what period of our Lord's ministry this was, it is not easy to determine.
Some that told him. This was doubtless an event of recent occurrence. Jesus, it is probable, had not before heard of it. Why they told him of it can only be a matter of conjecture. It might be from the desire to get him to express an opinion respecting the conduct of Pilate, and thus to involve him in difficulty with the reigning powers of Judea. It might be as a mere matter of news. But, from the answer of Jesus, it would appear that they supposed that the Galileans deserved it, and that they meant to pass a judgment on the character of those men, a thing of which they were exceedingly fond. The answer of Jesus is a reproof of their habit of hastily judging the character of others.
Galileans. People who lived in Galilee. See Barnes "Matthew 2:22". They were not under the jurisdiction of Pilate, but of Herod. The Galileans, in the time of Christ, were very wicked.
Whose blood Pilate had mingled, &c. That is, while they were sacrificing at Jerusalem, Pilate came suddenly upon them and slew them, and their blood was mingled with the blood of the animals that they were slaying for sacrifice. It does not mean that Pilate offered their blood in sacrifice, but only that as they were sacrificing he slew them. The fact is not mentioned by Josephus, and nothing more is known of it than what is here recorded. We learn, however, from Josephus that the Galileans were very wicked, and that they were much disposed to broils and seditions. It appears, also, that Pilate and Herod had a quarrel with each other (Luke 23:12), and it is not improbable that Pilate might feel a particular enmity to the subjects of Herod. It is likely that the Galileans excited a tumult in the temple, and that Pilate took occasion to come suddenly upon them, and show his opposition to them and Herod by slaying them.
Pilate. The Roman governor of Judea. See Barnes "Matthew 27:2".
{a} "Galileans" Acts 5:37
{b} "mingled" Lamentations 2:20
Verses 2,3. Suppose ye, &c. From this answer it would appear that they supposed that the fact that these men had been slain in this manner proved that they were very great sinners.
I tell you, Nay. Jesus assured them that it was not right to draw such a conclusion respecting these men. The fact that men come to a sudden and violent death is not proof that they are peculiarly wicked.
Except ye repent. Except you forsake your sins and turn to God. Jesus took occasion, contrary to their expectation, to make a practical use of that fact, and to warn them of their own danger. He never suffered a suitable occasion to pass without warning the wicked, and entreating them to forsake their evil ways. The subject of religion was always present to his mind. He introduced it easily, freely, fully. In this he showed his love for the souls of men, and in this he set us an example that we should walk in his steps.
Ye shall all likewise perish. You shall all be destroyed in a similar manner. Here he had reference, no doubt, to the calamities that were coming upon them, when thousands of the people perished. Perhaps there was never any reproof more delicate and yet more severe than this. They came to him believing that these men who had perished were peculiarly wicked. He did not tell them that they were as bad as the Galileans, but left them to infer it, for if they did not repent, they must soon likewise be destroyed. This was remarkably fulfilled. Many of the Jews were slain in the temple; many while offering sacrifice; thousands perished in a way very similar to the Galileans. Comp. See Barnes "Matthew 24:1" and following. From this account of the Galileans we may learn--
(1.) That men are very prone to infer, when any great calamity happens to others, that they are peculiarly guilty. See the Book of Job, and the reasonings of his three "friends."
(2.) That that conclusion; in the way in which it is usually drawn, is erroneous. If we see a man bloated, and haggard, and poor, who is in the habit of intoxication, we may infer openly that he is guilty, and that God hates his sin and punishes it. So we may infer of the effects of licentiousness. But we should not thus infer when a man's house is burned down, or when his children die, or when he is visited with a loss of health; nor should we infer it of the nations that are afflicted with famine, or the plague, or with the ravages of war; nor should we infer it when a man is killed by lightning, or when he perishes by the blowing up of a steamboat. Those who thus perish may be far more virtuous than many that live.
(3.) This is not a world of retribution. Good and evil are mingled; the good and the bad suffer, and all are exposed here to calamity.
(4.) There is another world--a future state--a world where the good will be happy and the wicked punished. There all that is irregular on earth will be regulated; all that appears unequal will be made equal; all that is chaotic will be reduced to order.
(5.) When men are disposed to speak about the great guilt of others, and the calamities that come upon them, they should inquire about themselves. What is their character? what is their condition?. It may be that they are in quite as much danger of perishing as those are whom they regard as so wicked.
(6.) WE MUST REPENT. We must ALL repent or we shall perish. No matter what befalls others, we are sinners; we are to die; we shall be lost unless we repent. Let us, then, think of ourselves rather than of others; and when we hear of any signal calamity happening to others, let us remember that there is calamity in another world as well as here; and that while our fellow-sinners are exposed to trials here, we may be exposed to more awful woes there. Woe there is eternal; here, a calamity like that produced by a failing tower is soon over.
Verse 3. No Barnes text on this verse.
Verse 4. Or those eighteen. Jesus himself adds another similar case, to warn them --a case which had probably occurred not long before, and which it is likely they judged in the same manner.
Upon whom the tower in Siloam fell. The name Siloah or Siloam is found only three times in the Bible as applied to water--once in Isaiah 8:6, who speaks of it as running water; once as a pool near to the king's garden, in Nehemiah 3:15; and once as a pool, in the account of the Saviour's healing the man born blind, in John 9:7-11. Josephus mentions the fountain of Siloam frequently as situated at the mouth of the Valley of Tyropoeon, or the Valley of Cheese-mongers, where the fountain long indicated as that fountain is still found. It is on the south side of Mount Moriah, and between that and the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The water at present flows out of a small artificial basin under the cliff, and is received into a large reservoir 53 feet in length by 18 in breadth. The small upper basin or fountain excavated in the rock is merely the entrance, or rather the termination of a long and narrow subterranean passage beyond, by which the water comes from the Fountain of the Virgin. For what purpose the tower here referred to was erected is not known; nor is it known at what time the event here referred to occurred. It is probable that it was not far from the time when the Saviour made use of the illustration, for the manner in which he refers to it implies that it was fresh in the recollection of those to whom he spoke.
{1} "sinners above", or "debtors"
Verse 5. I tell you, Nay. It is improper to suppose that those on whom heavy judgments fall in this world are the worst of men. This is not a world of retribution. Often the most wicked are suffered to prosper here, and their punishment is reserved for another world; while the righteous are called to suffer much, and appear to be under the sore displeasure of God, Psalms 73:1, and following. This only we know, that the wicked will not always escape; that God is just; and that none who do suffer here or hereafter, suffer more than they deserve. In the future world, all that seems to be un equal here will be made equal and plain.
Verse 6. This parable. See Barnes "Matthew 13:3".
Vineyard. A place where vines were planted. It was not common to plant fig-trees in them, but our Lord represents it as having been sometimes done.
{d} "A certain man" Isaiah 5:1; Matthew 21:19
{e} "sought fruit thereon" John 15:16; Galatians 5:22; Philemon 4:17
Verse 7. The dresser of his vineyard. The man whose duty it was to trim the vines and take care of his vineyard.
These three years. These words are not to be referred to the time which Christ had been preaching the gospel, as if he meant to specify the exact period. They mean, as applicable to the vineyard, that the owner had been a long time expecting fruit on the tree. For three successive years he had been disappointed. In his view it was long enough to show that the tree was barren and would yield no fruit, and that therefore it should be cut down.
Why cumbereth it the ground? The word cumber here means to render barren or sterile. By taking up the juices of the earth, this useless tree rendered the ground sterile, and prevented the growth of the neighbouring vines. It was not merely useless, but was doing mischief, which may be said of all sinners and all hypocritical professors of religion. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. i. p. 539) says of the barren fig-tree:
"There are many such trees now; and if the ground is not properly cultivated, especially when the trees are young--as the one of the parable was, for only three years are mentioned-they do not bear at all; and even when full grown they quickly fail, and wither away if neglected. Those who expect to gather good crops of well-favoured figs are particularly attentive to their culture--not only plough and dig about them frequently, and manure them plentifully, but they carefully gather out the stones from the orchards, contrary to their general slovenly habits."
This parable is to be taken in connection with what goes before, and with our Saviour's calling the Jewish nation to repentance. It was spoken to illustrate the dealings of God with them, and their own wickedness under all his kindness, and we may understand the different parts of the parable as designed to represent--
1st. God, by the man who owned the vineyard.
2nd. The vineyard as the Jewish people.
3rd. The coming of the owner for fruit, the desire of God that they should produce good works.
4th. The barrenness of the tree, the wickedness of the people.
5th. The dresser was perhaps intended to denote the Saviour and the other messengers of God, pleading that God would spare the Jews, and save them from their enemies that stood ready to destroy them, as soon as God should permit.
6th. His waiting denotes the delay of vengeance, to give them an opportunity of repentance. And,
7th. The remark of the dresser that he might then cut it down, denotes the acquiescence of all in the belief that such a judgment would be just.
We may also remark that God treats sinners in this manner now; that he spares them long; that he gives them opportunities of repentance; that many live but to cumber the ground; that they are not only useless to the church, but pernicious to the world; that in due time, when they are fairly tried, they shall be cut down; and that the universe will bow to the awful decree of God, and say that their damnation is just.
{f} "cut it down" Exodus 32:10
{g} "let it alone" Psalms 106:23; 2 Peter 3:9
{h} "and if not, then" John 15:2; Hebrews 6:8
Verse 10. No Barnes text on this verse.
Verse 11. There was a woman which lead a spirit of infirmity. Was infirm, or was weak and afflicted. This was produced by Satan, Luke 13:16.
Eighteen years. This affliction had continued a long time. This shows that the miracle was real; that the disease was not feigned. Though thus afflicted, yet it seems she was regular in attending the worship of God in the synagogue. There in the sanctuary, is the place where the afflicted find consolation; and there it was that the Saviour met her and restored her to health. It is in the sanctuary and on the Sabbath, also, that he commonly meets his people, and gives them the joys of his salvation.
{i} "spirit of infirmity" Psalms 6:2
Verse 12. Thou art loosed from thine infirmity. This was a remarkable declaration. It does not appear that the woman applied to him for a cure; yet Jesus addressed her, and the disease departed. How clear would be the proofs from such a case that he was the Messiah! And how mighty the power of him that by a word could restore her to health!
{k} "thou art loosed from" Joel 3:10
Verse 13. Glorified God. Praised God. Gave thanks to him for healing her. They who are restored to health from sickness owe it to God; and they should devote their lives to his service, as expressive of their sense of gratitude to him who has spared them.
{l} "he laid his hands" Mark 16:18; Acts 9:17
Verse 14. Answered with indignation, because, &c, He considered this a violation of the Sabbath, doing work contrary to the fourth commandment. If he had reasoned aright, he would have seen that he who could perform such a miracle could not be a violator of the law of God. From this conduct of the ruler we learn--
1st. That men are often opposed to good being done, because it is not done in their own way and according to their own views.
2nd. That they are more apt to look at what they consider a violation of the law in others, than at the good which others may do.
3rd. That this opposition is manifested not only against those who do good, but also against those who are benefited. The ruler of the synagogue seemed particularly indignant that the people would come to Christ to be healed.
4th. That this conduct is often the result of envy. In this case it was rather hatred that the people should follow Christ instead of the Jewish rulers, and therefore envy at the popularity of Jesus, than any real regard for religion.
5th. That opposition to the work of Jesus may put on the appearance of great professed regard for religion. Many men oppose revivals, missions, Bible societies, and Sunday-schools--strange as it may seem --from professed regard to the purity of religion. They, like the ruler here, have formed their notions of religion as consisting in something very different from doing good, and they oppose those who are attempting to spread the gospel throughout the world.
{m} "healed on the sabath-day" Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:2; Luke 6:7; 14:3; John 5:16
{n} "There are six days" Exodus 20:9
Verse 15. Thou hypocrite. You condemn me for an action, and yet you perform one exactly similar. You condemn me for doing to a woman what you do to a beast. To her I have done good on the Sabbath; you provide for your cattle, and yet blame me for working a miracle to relieve a sufferer on that day.
Stall. A place where cattle are kept to be fed, and sheltered from the weather.
{o} "Thou hypocrite!" Proverbs 11:9; Matthew 7:5; 23:13,28; Luke 12:1
{p} "on the sabbath" Luke 14:5
Verse 16. A daughter of Abraham. A descendant of Abraham. See Barnes "Matthew 1:1". She was therefore a Jewess; and the ruler of the synagogue, professing a peculiar regard for the Jewish people, considering them as peculiarly favoured of God, should have rejoiced that she was loosed from this infirmity.
Whom Satan hath bound. Satan is the name given to the prince or leader of evil spirits, called also the devil, Beelzebub, and the old serpent., Matthew 12:24; Revelation 12:9; 20:2. By his binding her is meant that he had inflicted this disease upon her. It was not properly a possession of the devil, for that commonly produced derangement; but God had suffered him to afflict her in this manner, similar to the way in which he was permitted to try Job. See Barnes "Job 1:12 2:6,7". It is no more improbable that God would suffer Satan to inflict pain, than that he would suffer a wicked man to do it; yet nothing is more common than for one man to be the occasion of bringing on a disease in another which may terminate only with the life. He that seduces a virtuous man and leads him to intemperance, or he that wounds him or strikes him, may disable him as much as Satan did this woman. If God permits it in one case, he may, for the same reason, in another.
{q} "daughter of Abraham" Luke 19:9
Verse 17. Adversaries. The ruler of the synagogue, and those who felt as he did.
All the people. The persons who attended the synagogue, and who had witnessed the miracle. It is to be remarked--
1st. That those who opposed Christ were chiefly the rulers. They had an interest in doing it. Their popularity was at stake. They were afraid that he would draw off the people from them.
2nd. The common people heard him gladly. Many of them believed in him. The condition of the poor, and of those in humble life, is by far the most favourable for religion, and most of the disciples of Jesus have been found there.
{r} "all his adversaries" Isaiah 45:24; 1 Peter 3:16
{s} "glorious things" Exodus 15:11; Psalms 111:3; Isaiah 4:2
Verses 18-21. See these parables explained See Barnes "Matthew 13:31" See Barnes "Matthew 13:32".
{t} "Unto what is the kingdom" Matthew 13:31; Mark 4:30
{2} "three measures of meal" See Barnes "Matthew 13:33"
Verse 22. Cities and villages. Chiefly of Galilee, and those which were between Galilee and Jerusalem.
Teaching and journeying. This evinces the diligence of our Lord. Though on a journey, yet he remembered his work. He did not excuse himself on the plea that he was in haste. Christians and Christian ministers should remember that when their Master travelled he did not conceal his character, or think that he was then freed from obligation to do good.
Verse 23. Then said one. Who this was does not appear. It is probable that he was not one of the disciples, but one of the Jews, who came either to perplex him, or to involve him in a controversy with the Pharisees.
Are there few that be saved? It was the prevalent opinion among the Jews that few would enter heaven. As but two of all the hosts that came out of Egypt entered into the land of Canaan, so some of them maintained that a proportionally small number would enter into heaven (Lightfoot). On this subject the man wished the Opinion of Jesus. It was a question of idle curiosity. The answer to it would have done little good. It was far more important for the man to secure his own salvation, than to indulge in such idle inquiries and vain speculations. Our Lord therefore advised him, as he does all, to strive to enter into heaven.
Verse 24. Strive. Literally, agonize. The word is taken from the Grecian Games. In their races, and wrestlings, and various athletic exercises, they strove or agonized, or put forth all their powers to gain the victory. Thousands witnessed them. They were long trained for the conflict, and the honour of victory was one of the highest honours among the people. So Jesus says that we should strive to enter in; and he means by it that we should be diligent, be active, be earnest; that we should make it our first and chief business to overcome our sinful propensities, and to endeavour to enter into heaven. This same figure or allusion to the Grecian games is often used in the New Testament, 1 Corinthians 9:24-26;; Philemon 2:16;; Hebrews 12:1.
Strait gate. See Barnes "Matthew 7:13,14". Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book, vol. i. p. 32) says:
"I have seen these strait gates and narrow ways, 'with here and there a traveller.' They are in retired corners, and must be sought for, and are opened only to those who knock; and when the sun goes down and the night comes on, they are shut and locked. It is then too late."
Will seek to enter in. Many in various ways manifest some desire to be saved. They seek it, but do not agonize for it, and hence they are shut out. But a more probable meaning of this passage is that which refers this seeking to a time that shall be too late; to the time when the master has risen up, &c. In this life they neglect religion, and are engaged about other things. At death, or at the judgment, they will seek to enter in; but it will be too late--the door will be shut; and because they did not make religion the chief business of their life, they cannot then enter in.
Shall not be able. This is not designed to affirm anything respecting the inability of the sinner, provided he seeks salvation in a proper time and manner. It means that at the time when many will seek--when the door is shut--they will not be able then to enter in, agreeable to Matthew 7:22. In the proper time, when the day of grace was lengthened out, they might have entered in; but there will be a time when it will be too late. The day of mercy will be ended, and death will come, and the doors of heaven barred against them. How important, then, to strive to enter in while we have opportunity, and before it shall be too late!
{u} "Strive" Matthew 7:13
{v} "for many, I say unto you" John 7:34; 8:21; Romans 9:31
Verse 25. When once the master, &c. The figure here used is taken from the conduct of a housekeeper, who is willing to see his friends, and who at the proper time keeps his doors open. But there is a proper time for closing them, when he will not see his guests. At night it would be improper and vain to seek an entrance--the house would be shut. So there is a proper time to seek an entrance into heaven; but there will be a time when it will be too late. At death the time will have passed by, and God will be no longer gracious to the sinner's soul.
{w} "When once the master" Psalms 32:6; Isaiah 55:6
{x} "hath shut the door" Matthew 25:10
{y} "Lord, Lord open to us" Luke 6:46
Verse 26. We have eaten, &c. Comp. Matthew 7:22,23. To have eaten with one is evidence of acquaintanceship or friendship. So the sinner may allege that he was a professed follower of Jesus, and had some evidence that Jesus was his friend. There is no allusion here, how- ever, to the sacrament. The figure is taken from the customs of men, and means simply that they had professed attachment, and perhaps supposed that Jesus was their friend.
In thy presence. With thee--as one friend does with another.
Thou hast taught. Thou didst favour us, as though thou didst love us. Thou didst not turn away from us, and we did not drive thee away. All this is alleged as proof of friendship. It shows us--
1st. On how slight evidence men will suppose themselves ready to die. How slender is the preparation which even many professed friends of Jesus have for death! How easily they are satisfied about their own piety! A profession of religion, attendance on the preaching of the word or at the sacraments, or a decent external life, is all they have and all they seek. With this they go quietly on to eternity--go to disappointment, wretchedness, and woe!
2nd. None of these things will avail in the day of judgment. It will be only true love to God, a real change of heart, and a life of piety, that can save the soul from death. And oh! how important it is that all should search themselves and see what is the real foundation of their hope that they shall enter into heaven.
Verse 27. See Barnes "Matthew 7:23".
{z} "But he shall say" Matthew 7:22,23; 25:12,41
{a} "ye workers" Psalms 6:8; 101:8
Verses 28-30. See Barnes "Matthew 8:11", See Barnes "Matthew 8:12".
{b} "shall be weeping" Matthew 8:12; 13:42; 24:51
{c} "they shall come from the east" Revelation 7:9,10
{d} "there are last which shall be first" Matthew 19:30
Verse 31. Came certain of the Pharisees. Their coming to him in this manner would have the appearance of friendship, as if they had conjectured or secretly learned that it was Herod's intention to kill him. Their suggestion had much appearance of probability. Herod had killed John. He knew that Jesus made many disciples, and was drawing away many of the people. He was a wicked man, and he might be supposed to fear the presence of one who had so strong a resemblance to John, whom he had slain. It might seem probable; therefore, that he intended to take the life of Jesus, and this might appear as a friendly hint to escape him. Yet it is more than possible that Herod might have sent these Pharisees to Jesus. Jesus was eminently popular, and Herod might not dare openly to put him to death; yet he desired his removal, and for this purpose he sent these men, as if in a friendly way, to advise him to retire. This was probably the reason why Jesus called him a fox.
Herod. Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great. He ruled over Galilee and Perea, and wished Jesus to retire beyond these regions. See Barnes "Luke 3:1".
Verse 32. Tell that fox. A fox is an emblem of slyness, of cunning, and of artful mischief. The word is also used to denote a dissembler. Herod was a wicked man, but the particular thing to which Jesus here alludes is not his vices, but his cunning, his artifice, in endeavouring to remove him out of his territory. He had endeavoured to do it by stratagem--by sending these men who pretended great friendship for his life.
Behold, I cast out devils, &c. Announce to him the fact that I am working miracles in his territory, and that I shall continue to do it. I am not afraid of his art or his enmity. I am engaged in my appropriate work, and shall continue to be as long as is proper, in spite of his arts and his threats.
Today and tomorrow. A little time. The words seem here to be used not strictly, but proverbially--to denote a short space of time. Let not Herod be uneasy. I am doing no evil; I am not violating the laws. I only cure the sick, &c. In a little time this part of my work will be done, and I shall retire from his dominions.
The third day. After a little time. Perhaps, however, he meant literally that he would depart on that day for Jerusalem; that for two or three days more he would remain in the villages of Galilee, and then go on his way to Jerusalem.
I shall be perfected. Rather, I shall have ended my course here; I shall have perfected what I purpose to do in Galilee. It does not refer to his personal perfection, for he was always perfect, but it means that he would have finished or completed what he purposed to do in the regions of Herod. He would have completed his work, and would be ready then to go.
{e} "that fox" Zephaniah 3:3
Verse 33. I must walk, &c. I must remain here this short time. These three days I must do cures here, and then I shall depart, though not for fear of Herod. It will be because my time will have come, and I shall go up to Jerusalem to die.
For it cannot be that a prophet should perish out of Jerusalem. I have no fear that Herod will put me to death in Galilee. I shall not depart on that account. Jerusalem is the place where the prophets die, and where I am to die. I am not at all alarmed, therefore, at any threats of Herod, for my life is safe until I arrive at Jerusalem. Go and tell him, therefore, that I fear him not. I shall work here as long as it is proper, and shall then go up to Jerusalem to die. The reason why he said that a prophet could not perish elsewhere than in Jerusalem might be--
1st. That he knew that he would be tried on a charge of blasphemy, and no other court could have cognizance of that crime but the great council or Sanhedrim, and so he was not afraid of any threats of Herod.
2nd. It had been the fact that the prophets had been chiefly slain there. The meaning is,
"It cannot easily be done elsewhere; it is not usually done. Prophets have generally perished there, and there I am to die. I am safe, therefore, from the fear of Herod, and shall not take the advice given and leave his territory."
Verses 34,35. See Barnes "Matthew 23:37", also see Matthew 23:38-39.
Verse 34. From the message which Jesus sent to Herod we may learn--
1st. That our lives are safe in the hands of God, and that wicked men can do no more to injure us than he shall permit, Compare John 19:11.
2nd. That we should go on fearlessly in doing our duty, and especially if we are doing good. We should not regard the threats of men. God is to be obeyed; and even if obedience should involve us in difficulty and trials, still we should not hesitate to commit our cause to God and go forward.
3rd. We should be on our guard against crafty and unprincipled men. They often profess to seek our good when they are only plotting our ruin. Even those professedly coming from our enemies to caution us are often also our enemies, and are secretly plotting our ruin or endeavouring to prevent our doing good.
4th. We see here the nature of religion. It shrinks at nothing which is duty. It goes forward trusting in God. It comes out boldly and faces the world. And,
5th. How beautiful and consistent is the example of Christ! How wise was he to detect the arts of his foes! how fearless in going forward, in spite of all their machinations, to do what God had appointed for him to do!
{g} "O Jerusalem" Matthew 23:37
{h} "your house is left" Leviticus 26:31,32; Psalms 69:25; Isaiah 1:7; 5:5,6; Daniel 9:27
Micah 3:12
{i} "Blessed is he that" Luke 19:38; John 12:13
These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website.
Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Luke 13". "Barnes' Notes on the New Testament". <http://classic.studylight.org/com/bnn/view.cgi?book=lu&chapter=013>.
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Approx. 50 abandoned vehicles & content towed at the direction of the Va. Beach Police Dept. are to be sold @ public auction, Saturday, June 29th @ 9:30AM to the highest bidder & must be paid upon completion of auction. Featuring: 04 BMW X3. Registration to begin @ 8:30AM.... More
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Notice of Informational Briefing - Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA
PURPOSE OF NOTICE: To announce a public informational briefing by Norfolk Naval Shipyard to provide information on a proposed combined heat and power (CHP) plant that will be permitted under the Prevention... More
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In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $153,392.00, with an annual interest rate of 4.750000% dated November 28, 2014, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for... More
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I, Karen R. Carnegie, Escheator for the City of Chesapeake, Virginia have been ordered by the Honorable Ralph S. Northam,... More
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921 Redstart Avenue
In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $142,385.00, dated June 9, 2015, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for City of Chesapeake on June 12, 2015, as... More
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5538 Brickell Road
In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $205,214.00, dated May 23, 2013, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for City of Norfolk on May 28, 2013, as Instrument... More
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2639 KING CT,
In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $150,000.00, with an annual interest rate of 3.580000% dated July 6, 2007, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the City... More
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In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $264,568.00, with an annual interest rate of 4.000000% dated June 1, 2012, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the... More
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In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $246,000.00, dated September 8, 2015 recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, in... More
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1808 Head of River Road, Chesapeake,
In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $453,000.00, dated August 5, 2008 recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, in Document... More
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In execution of a certain Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2016, in the original principal amount of $250,381.00 recorded in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court for Virginia... More
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Energy Management Campaign Progress and New Commitments Announced at Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial
The Energy Management Campaign shared the latest progress and newest partners with an international assembly of high-level clean energy leaders attending the 9th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) events on May 24, 2018 in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. The annual meeting convenes energy policy makers to inspire and facilitate the deployment of clean energy technologies and solutions. The Campaign’s partners include governments, global business leaders, and other key partners that commit concrete actions they will take to promote implementation of the ISO 50001 energy management standard. The Campaign’s aim is to achieve 50,001 global certifications to ISO 50001, the global energy management system standard.
At CEM9, leaders from Canada and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) shared progress updates on behalf of its partners, which include 18 CEM member governments, one municipality, eight companies, and four organizations. Canada and UNIDO are entering their second year of partnership to lead the Energy Management Working Group and accelerate the clean energy transformation through international cooperation on ISO 50001. Full details on partner progress statements are available on Energy Management Campaign web page.
“We believe that the ISO 50001 certification is a cost-effective tool that helps organizations manage and improve their energy performance. As the operating agent of the Energy Management Working Group, we facilitate international cooperation and help in drawing best practices from more than 50 countries,” affirmed Li Yong, Director General of UNIDO.
Collective action among governments and partners remains an important component in expanding ISO 50001 implementation. “We need to continue the momentum from CEM9 to accelerate the pace of adoption of energy management systems worldwide,” stated Joyce Henry, Canada’s Director General, Office of Energy Efficiency. “According to the most recent ISO Survey, we have just surpassed the halfway point in terms of certifications. This means we are on our way to meeting our goal.”
The private sector is seeing the benefits of adopting ISO 50001. For example, Cummins—since its 2016 Campaign commitment to expand ISO 50001 to 40 sites by 2020—has tripled the number of its certified sites from nine to 26. The company plans to certify 14 additional sites in 2018, achieving its 2020 goal ahead of schedule.
In addition, governments are increasingly deploying ISO 50001 as a strategy to improve competitiveness. Argentina is joining the Campaign because “ISO 50001 helps enhance the energy performance of an organization, thus reducing energy consumption, reaching greater levels of efficiency, reducing environmental impacts and improving productivity,” said Andrea Heins, Undersecretary of Energy Efficiency and Savings of Argentina’s Ministry of Energy and Mining. “The organization not only becomes more competitive but the country does. In a global context of more competitiveness, ISO 50001 represents a winning call to all parties.”
The Campaign focuses on ISO 50001 due to its proven value in the private sector. Case studies show that these companies are realizing energy improvements of 10% or more, often through low-cost or no-cost changes to operations. In addition, the standard holds further potential to yield significant energy savings. If half of global industrial and commercial energy were managed under ISO 50001 by 2030, it would generate cumulative primary energy savings of approximately 105 exajoules, cost savings of nearly USD $700 billion, and 6,500 megatonnes of GHG emissions reductions. The emissions avoided in 2030 alone would be equivalent to removing 210 million passenger vehicles from the road.
The Campaign, which was launched in June 2016 at CEM7, is run by the CEM’s Energy Management Working Group (EMWG), the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation, and the G20, which has been driving the global dialogue on ISO 50001 since 2010.
Notable Progress from Energy Management Campaign Partners
Arabian Cement saved 7% at end of 2017 toward its Campaign commitment of achieving 10% energy savings. The company commits to achieve the remaining savings by the end of 2018.
Cummins—since its 2016 commitment to expand ISO 50001 to 40 sites by 2020—has tripled the number of its certified sites from nine to 26, and has plans to certify 14 additional sites in 2018, achieving its 2020 goal ahead of schedule.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization is entering its second year as the Operating Agent of the Energy Management Working Group, providing strategic contributions and mobilizing resources to maintain the EMWG as a key global forum for advancing energy management systems.
The City of Daugavpils, Latvia joined the Campaign after CEM8 to support the City Council’s existing efforts to promote ISO 50001 in the public sector—buildings, street lighting systems, and transport. Through the Campaign, the City commits to expand boundaries of ISO 50001 certification to include municipal capital companies.
Argentina has joined the Campaign and commits to promoting ISO 50001 certification under three complementary projects in the industrial and services sectors. The first project consists of a tariff incentive to more than 600 companies in some industrial electricity-intense sectors for adopting the first steps of an energy management system. Secondly, six Learning Networks are committed to foster and exchange key lessons during the ISO 50001 implementation process. Argentina is also launching its National Award based on the CEM Energy Management Leadership Awards to recognize the successes of early ISO 50001 adopters.
Canada, under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, is expanding its ISO 50001 implementation program into multiple sectors to maximize the national uptake of energy management systems. The expanded ISO 50001 promotional program will now cover commercial and institutional buildings to improve their energy use, competitiveness, and profitability. These additional efforts complement Canada’s well established industrial ISO 50001 program.
In Chile, 55 facilities across 27 companies achieved ISO 50001 certifications, and 63% of these companies achieved certification by collaborating with the Chilean Energy Efficiency Agency’s ISO 50001 programs. Ongoing work will include subsidies for implementation, training courses, and a national recognition based on the CEM Energy Management Leadership Awards.
China, during its 13th five-year-plan, will continue the efforts to implement energy management systems in the largest 17,000 energy-consuming organizations. Recent accomplishments include launching a new program to promote energy monitoring in key energy-consuming organizations. China also administered national energy management awards to eight companies based on the CEM Energy Management Leadership Awards.
Denmark continues to engage in bilateral energy cooperation on renewable energy and energy efficiency with selected emerging economies (such as China, Mexico, South Africa and Indonesia). Specifically, the Mexican-Danish energy cooperation is improving energy efficiency in selected industries in Mexico through ISO 50001 pilot projects.
The European Commission continues to fund research and innovation projects to support the practice of adopting ISO 50001 and addressing barriers to implementation. Four of its ten current ISO 50001 projects launched in 2018 to increase the availability of qualified ISO 50001 auditors, deliver training to end-user companies, develop capacity of industrial energy efficiency experts, and develop online training programs.
In Germany, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy plans to create an incentive program that supports ISO 50001 implementation within the framework of a broad-based industrial support program and to evaluate the effects of energy management systems on energy savings.
Indonesia has made progress toward its commitment to build capacity for ISO 50001 professionals and supporting certification for energy managers and auditors. To date, Indonesia has trained 466 energy managers and 473 energy auditors—as well as conducting seminars and workshops on ISO 50001.
Japan has continued capacity-building and best-practice-sharing efforts in Indonesia and Brazil to support energy management systems based on ISO 50001. Efforts in Indonesia resulted in 4% to 15% energy savings from ISO 50001 in eight factories. Japan is also supporting ISO 50001 best-practice-sharing with the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry to start an Alliance Program that establishes an ISO 50001 energy management system in energy-intensive industries.
Mexico advanced in the promotion of ISO 50001 between large-energy users that participate in PRONASGEn and its Voluntary Agreement Scheme. The Comisión Nacional para el Uso Eficiente de la Energía (CONUEE) signed the first Voluntary Agreement on Energy Efficiency with Nestlé México. The company plans to invest more than 70 million pesos toward efforts to reduce energy consumption by 13% at its Nescafé´s factory in Toluca.
Korea in 2018 is increasing support for energy saving and greenhouse gas reduction projects and programs to accelerate ISO 50001 implementation. This includes providing $2.6 million to support an energy management system implementation program for small and medium enterprises.
The United States has demonstrated that an enterprise-wide approach to ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance® certification can yield ongoing annual energy cost savings of about $600,000 per site. Case studies and a research paper describe the benefits realized by 30 sites from four multinational companies. In addition, the 50001 Ready recognition program launched in 2017 to provide companies with a self-guided approach to establish an energy management system in the structure of ISO 50001. The 50001 Ready Navigator online tool provides step-by-step guidance to implementation. The Commission for Environmental Cooperation has translated the 50001 Ready Navigator into Spanish and French to expand ISO 50001 implementation in North American countries.
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Learning for the future
I have been a long-time supporter of devolution, which is why I’ve supported the development of the Sheffield City Region (SCR), because the current economy and the future economic challenges for South Yorkshire are quite different from those facing North Yorkshire or the East Yorkshire coast, let alone Yorkshire or England as a whole.
In 2015, the Government began to devolve powers to mayoral combined authorities. While there were and still are differing views about the requirements to have a mayor there was general agreement that devolution should be based on city regions as coherent areas of local economic activity. The powers to be devolved were related to improving the economic performance of those areas such as skills, transport and new business development, which is quite distinct from devolution to Scotland and Wales and to the Regional Assembly proposals of a decade ago.
A recent research report clearly demonstrated that adjacent smaller towns acting in cooperation with bigger successful cities are economically and socially much healthier than towns which sought to go it alone. That is why a devolved city region model is so important to Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham. It is also crucially important to the travel-to-work areas In North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire. I am sure that is why, when the SCR is up and running, there will be a renewed interest in engagement from those areas.
The challenges for SCR are not just about economic regeneration but also about diversifying the economy, securing additional jobs which match the potential highly qualified workforce who come from our universities and want to stay in the area. But, with too few jobs to match the talents of our cities, we need to focus on nurturing and supporting 21st century businesses. And we need more training opportunities to improve the skills and pay levels of the population in general.
We have some excellent examples of what can be achieved when councils, education institutions at the forefront of technological change, skills providers, and businesses and entrepreneurs do get their act together. The development of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, with its 600-place apprentice training facility, the opening of plants by Rolls Royce, Boeing and McLaren and the proposal for an innovation corridor stretching from the Olympic Legacy Park to the Doncaster-Sheffield Airport are some of the many positives already happening.
All of that has been achieved despite the government’s failing further education and skills’ development policies.
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee recently concluded that “The government’s target of 3 million apprenticeships has prioritised quantity over quality and should be scrapped.”
The Chief inspector of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman, says that the sustainability and quality of further education and skills provision have been hit by the cuts to their funding.
Further and adult education have suffered severe budget cuts of more than £3 billion in real terms since 2010, that’s over one quarter of funding. The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies states that further education has been ‘the biggest loser’ in education spending over the last 25 years.
The cuts have had a huge impact on the number of adult learners. In the last ten years, the number of enrolments has declined from 5.1 million to 1.9 million, a drop of 62%.
And, now, in the last year, after the apprenticeship levy was introduced, we have seen apprenticeship starts fall by 157,000, a decline of 34%.
The sooner the Sheffield City Region is up and running properly and taking over responsibility for local further education and skills’ development the better it will be for all of South Yorkshire.
In other research published this week, over-65s are much more likely to think that apprenticeships offer the best opportunity for progression, compared to the young people that many of these roles are aimed at. Younger people, in comparison, thought higher education offered a better opportunity.
That means that we all – employers, teachers, parents and grand-parents – have a huge task in persuading our teenagers that a modern, high-quality apprenticeship is worth chasing and securing. Their futures and our economic future depend on it.
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Evaluation of Environmental Noise Directive
Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (the Environmental Noise Directive) has been in place for more than 10 years. Recently, the Commission identified it as one of the Directives "to be evaluated with a focus on regulatory fitness" in the context of the Regulatory Fitness and Performance initiative (REFIT) and the Better Regulation programme of the European Commission.
This evaluation took place in 2015 and 2016 and addressed questions relating to effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, relevance and EU added value. The results are summarised in a Staff Working Document with and Executive Summary in English, French and German.
Summary of the evaluation
The Directive remains highly relevant for EU policy-making as noise pollution still constitutes a major environmental health problem in Europe. A common approach to the noise management and harmonised data provide a high-quality evidence base for understanding the issue and further developing EU noise-at-source legislation.
The Directive is coherent in itself and with other relevant EU legislation (environmental and noise-at-source legislation).
Regarding effectiveness, some progress has been made towards a common approach throughout the EU, but effects materialised only partially due to the delays in adopting common assessment methodologies. Noise population exposure data was so far not used for legislation on noise at source. The Directive is however increasingly drawing attention to the significance of the harmful effects of noise on health.
The administrative costs are low (€0.15 for noise maps and €0.03 for action plans per citizen, every 5 years). Cost-benefit analysis showed that where action plans - including measures for noise management - have been implemented, the Directive was efficient with a favourable cost-benefit ratio of 1:29.
The Directive can generate EU added value by providing a level playing field across the EU in which transport infrastructure operators can compete, and by better informing EU policy-making. As a result of delays in implementation, the Directive has not yet delivered all its potential EU added value.
The evaluation is based:
on a study prepared by a consortium led by the Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES). This study with all Annexes as well as Country Reports providing more details regarding the implementation of the Directive can be downloaded from the EU Bookshop. The study, its Executive Summary in English and French, its Annexes as well as the Country Fiches can also be accessed directly.
on a public consultation (available in 23 official EU languages), which was opened from 21.12.2015 to 28.03.2016.
The conclusions of this evaluation also provided important evidence which has been considered for the Commission's 2nd implementation report on this Directive. The report, which is required at least every five years as provided for in Article 11 of the Environmental Noise Directive, has been submitted to the European Parliament and Council in March 2017. The first implementation report was published in 2011, summarising progress in implementing the Directive and outlining possible improvements to enhance its effectiveness.
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Home The Hitmen
In 2007 I would find myself reconnecting creatively and musically with my longtime friend and former Fair Exchange and Crimson Fable drummer, Gary Zdenek.
What started out as an informal night of jamming with a group of guys on a Friday, would eventually lead to the forming of The HitMen. This would be my first serious venture into the world of top 40 cover bands.
The first incarnation of this cover band would be named, Room For Five. The band’s original line-up: Charlie Askley lead vocals, Mark DeVilbiss bass/vocals, Gary Zdenek drums/vocals, Craig Ott guitar/vocals, and myself on keyboards.
Covering mostly 50’s through the ’70s with groups like The Beatles, Elvis, and The Who, among others. Having played a few small events, the line-up would change with the departure of lead vocalist Charlie Askley. The band’s next incarnation looked to not only change its lead vocalist but also its name. So we became, The HitMen.
We made our debut in late 2008. Our line up would consist of, Mark DeVilbiss bass/vocals, Gary Zdenek drums/vocals, Craig Ott, guitar/vocals, and again myself on keyboards.
We would expand our music catalog by now including a number of 80’s songs. We also began playing several venues, including Splits Lounge, Pelican Isle, and a number of exclusive events.
The Band would make just a few more changes. One would be to add a new bass/vocalist, vocalist/guitarist and a new name. The HitMen would say goodbye to their time in the spotlight and would expand their horizons as the newly formed SlipJacket.
Album design by Gary Zdenek
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K+ currents in human coronary artery vascular smooth muscle cells
Gollasch, M. and Ried, C. and Bychkov, R. and Luft, F.C. and Haller, H.
K+ channels and their currents are important in vascular tone regulation and are potential therapeutic targets; however, K+ channels in human coronary artery vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) have received little attention. We examined K+ currents in freshly isolated VSMCs from human coronary arteries (n=368 from 32 human hearts) with conventional patch-clamp or perforated-patch techniques with nystatin. We detected four different K+ currents: (1) the delayed rectifier K+ current, IK(dr); (2) the Ca2+-activated K+ current, IK(Ca); (3) the nonrectifying noninactivating outward ATP-dependent K+ current, IK(ATP); and (4) the spontaneous transient outward K+ current, IK(STOC). K+ channels underlying spontaneous transient outward currents probably represent a single clustered population of Ca2+-activated K+ channels functionally associated with Ca2+ release channels in the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Inwardly rectifying K+ currents were not observed. K+ currents were unevenly distributed in that they were not uniformly exhibited by all cells. The most prominent K+ currents were IK(Ca) (100%) and IK(dr) (46%). IK(STOC)s, which have not been previously described in humans, were present in 67% of VSMCs. IK(ATP) was small under physiological conditions; however, IK(ATP) increased markedly after cell stimulation with exogenous or endogenous coronary vasodilators. Thus, IK(ATP) may be particularly relevant in ischemia and could be of special importance as a therapeutic target. We conclude that human coronary VSMCs have unique K+ currents that differ sufficiently from those of other species, thus making the investigation of human material clinically relevant. The findings suggest potential avenues for further therapeutic research.
K+ Channels, Delayed Rectifier Current, Transient Outward Current, K+ Channel Openers, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide
Circulation Research
American Heart Association (U.S.A.)
Official Publication:
http://circres.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/78/4/676
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Achievement gap points to ineffectiveness of decades of reforms
Louis Freedberg
Liv Ames for EdSource Today
Thuyen Hoang, 10, left, Nang Moon, 10, and Julianna Lopez, 8, "squish" the bag of liquid polymers to form a solid bouncing ball. Garfield Elementary in Oakland, after-school program
The vast achievement gaps in the Smarter Balanced test scores released this month point to the ineffectiveness of reforms over the past 15 years or more that were intended to close those gaps, raising the question of whether a new set of reforms being introduced in California are more likely to succeed.
Those reforms include the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards; the Local Control Funding Formula, which allocates additional funds for high-needs children and grants local districts more decision-making powers; and a more comprehensive accountability system that emphasizes deeper learning skills, and promotes support for schools and teachers in place of punishment or sanctions.
Only 28 percent of African-Americans and 32 percent of Latinos who took the test in California met or exceeded standards on the English language arts section of the Smarter Balanced tests, which students took for the first time this spring. By comparison, 61 percent of whites and 72 percent of Asian-Americans met or exceeded standards in English language arts. The differences in math are even wider. Only 16 percent of African-Americans and 21 percent of Latinos met or exceeded the standard in math, compared with 59 percent of whites and 69 percent of Asian-Americans.
Addressing racial and ethnic inequality
These differences come against the backdrop of arguably the most sustained national conversation on the causes – and effects – of racial and ethnic inequality that has occurred at any time since the Civil Rights Movement.
The fact that the disparity in academic achievement is so wide in a state like California is even more troubling than in states where educational and political leaders may have been less committed to serving students from diverse backgrounds. In addition, during the past two decades, California has beaten back the anti-immigrant sentiments surging through other states, especially against Spanish-speaking immigrants. Latinos now wield considerable political clout in the state, and have helped drive education reforms here.
The last time there was a substantial narrowing of the gap in the U.S. was from the early 1970s to the late 1980s, as measured on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, often referred to as “the nation’s report card.” A 2010 report by the Educational Testing Service, titled “The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped,” observed that since the late 1980s “there has been no clear trend in the gap, or sustained period of change in the gap, one way or another.”
“The gaps were there and are still there,” said Michael Fullan, a Canadian educator who is working with several California school districts and the California Department of Education to promote what he calls “the right drivers for change.” These include promoting teamwork and collaboration, improved instruction and “systemic” rather than “piecemeal” change. The ongoing achievement gaps, he said, are an indicator that “the in-your-face accountability (of the No Child Left Behind law and related reforms) is not working.”
The NCLB law was supposed to hold school districts “accountable” for results. Teachers, principals and superintendents were prodded to reach a goal and rebuked when they failed to do so. By 2014 every child, regardless of background, was supposed to be proficient in math and English language arts. California, like every other state, did not come close to meeting that goal.
California’s ‘accountability’
It would be easy to dismiss NCLB as a top-down misguided federal strategy. But California promoted a similar ethos of “accountability” through the Public Schools Accountability Act approved in 1999 by the state Legislature.
Unlike NCLB, California’s accountability plan emphasized improvements from year to year, rather than setting fixed levels of proficiency that schools had to meet. During the reform’s early years, the state provided cash rewards to teachers, principals and schools that succeeded in improving performance. But the rewards part of the reform equation soon fell victim to the series of budget crises that California has experienced in recent decades.
Sean Reardon, a professor of poverty and inequality in education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, gives those accountability reforms a failing grade. “I don’t think there is any evidence that accountability systems have been effective in reducing achievement gaps,” he said.
That sentiment was echoed by UC Berkeley School of Law professor Christopher Edley, Jr., who chaired the Equity and Excellence Commission established by Congress to advise the U.S. Department of Education on disparities that contribute to the achievement gap. Edley said the continuing achievement gap shows that the “approach to school reform starting with the 1983 A Nation at Risk report has run its course and left us with this yawning gap that is endangering America’s future.”
Explore Smarter Balanced Test Results
EdSource complied test results from school districts, county offices of education and charter schools.
Testing low-level skills
Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, who is president of the Learning Policy Institute in Palo Alto whose goal is to “shape policies that improve learning for each and every child,” said one reason the approach used in recent years did not work is that “test-based accountability” reforms like NCLB emphasized “tests of low-level skills.” Those tests shaped what students were taught, especially in schools threatened with sanctions if they did not produce higher test scores each year.
“As a result,” she said, “the curriculum divide grew wider between those schools that were teaching for higher-order skills and those drilling kids on lower-order skills.” Compounding the problem was that NCLB reforms featured “testing without investing,” Darling-Hammond said, so the gap “in access to dollars, qualified teachers, technology resources and other materials for learning grew wider and wider between rich and poor schools.”
“We have a lot of work to do,” she added, “and these data (on the achievement gap) show just how much.”
Given short shrift in the accountability reform era was the preponderance of research showing that the greatest predictor, by far, of how well or badly a student performed in school was his or her socio-economic background. Reformers often dismissed any reference to a child’s background as an “excuse” to let schools off the hook.
But it was precisely during the era of reforms demanding more “accountability” from schools that income inequality in California increased more than in all but a handful of states. According to one report, California ranks third among states with the highest economic inequality. The extent to which these inequalities affected the most recent test results is unknown, but if the research is any guide, they must clearly contribute to them.
Will new reforms work?
The big question is whether the new set of reforms in place in California will make more of a difference than the ones they are replacing.
Experts interviewed by EdSource agreed that, in general, California is moving in the right direction.
Stanford’s Reardon pointed to new research from UC Berkeley’s Rucker Johnson showing that states that have done more to equalize funding among poor and rich districts have seen improvements in educational outcomes of children in lower-income districts.
But Reardon is withholding judgment as to whether the Common Core will translate into major improvements.
“Will the Common Core make things better or worse or make no difference in terms of equity?” he said. “I hear competing arguments. Both have merits.”
One argument, he said, is that more-affluent districts will have more resources to meet the raised expectations embodied in the Common Core standards, and will widen inequalities in education outcomes.
The other argument is that the Common Core will put pressure on schools to move away from what he terms the “drill and kill” approaches to the curriculum of the NCLB era, and that by “pushing toward higher standards of instruction and learning, the kids in disadvantaged schools will start getting what kids in advantaged schools are getting.”
“Both are very plausible arguments, he said. “We don’t yet know how it will play out. I wouldn’t venture to predict at this point.”
Stanford’s Darling-Hammond, who is also chair of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, said the state has invested $2 billion into technology upgrades and professional development for the new standards that she believes “will begin to level the playing field” over the next few years. “I would expect to see a reduction in the achievement gap because of all these factors,” she added.
Cutting poverty’s impact
It is also clear that while California will funnel more funds to schools serving low-income students, it will not tackle directly the income disparities that students experience in their home environments – and which are so highly correlated with test scores and academic outcomes generally.
UC Berkeley’s Edley says that schools can do much to mitigate the effects of poverty, starting with expanding access to early education and preschool. Another strategy would be to expand the community schools model, in which schools become a hub for the entire community and bring together many partners and organizations that offer a range of services to children, youth and families.
But for community schools to be truly effective, the approach itself needs to be improved, said Edley. The key is to ensure that the range of health and social services community schools are supposed to offer “are baked into the structure of these programs rather than being “ad hoc and voluntary.”
Fullan believes that the impact of poverty on academic achievement can be reduced “by half” with better teaching. This involves focusing on the needs of English learners, promoting better leadership and “zeroing in on improved instruction and getting teachers to work together,” he said.
“The new strategies in education are competing with poverty and can make more of a difference than we think we can make,” Fullan said. “If you really end up saying there is nothing we can do because of poverty, then you are really dead in the water.”
But if Fullan’s assertion is correct – that the impact of poverty on the achievement gap can be reduced by half – is that good enough? Shouldn’t California be striving to reduce the achievement gap altogether?
That will take significant investments that California has been so far unwilling or unable to make. “I doubt that schools alone will ever entirely reduce the achievement gap without some equally concerted efforts to reduce racial and ethnic inequality in incomes and neighborhood conditions outside school,” Reardon said.
EdSource will be looking closely at the achievement gaps reflected in the Smarter Balanced test scores in California that were released on Sept. 10. This article will be accompanied by a series of interviews with leading educators and scholars that we will publish over the next several weeks. They include interviews with Christopher Edley, Sean Reardon, Michael Fullan, Linda Darling_Hammond and Marshall “Mike” Smith.
Louis Freedberg writes about education reforms in California and nationally, and is the executive director of EdSource
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mobileHman 1 year ago1 year ago
As a graduate of an inner city school district, here is my opinion. I suspect that if you are a fly on the wall at a "poor folk" school and then are the same at a "rich folk" school, you will see that teachers have umpteen times more student discipline problems at the "poor folk" school. Teachers at schools with unwieldy students have at least two strikes against them: the number … Read More
As a graduate of an inner city school district, here is my opinion. I suspect that if you are a fly on the wall at a “poor folk” school and then are the same at a “rich folk” school, you will see that teachers have umpteen times more student discipline problems at the “poor folk” school. Teachers at schools with unwieldy students have at least two strikes against them: the number of students with disrespectful attitudes, and the inability to effectively discipline these students. The comments above that mention parent and family roles in educational success are on point. That is where children learn to respect others and listen to figures of authority, as well as how to handle conflict. Indeed, the attitudes of children in the classroom reflect the attitudes of the parent or parents who raise them. Teachers can only do their job educating their students if the classroom environment allows students to pay attention to the teacher!
I love kids and I wouldn’t do anything but teach them. The idea that we’re going to overcome the disintegration of the family in minority populations – which is what this gap is really about – is not a problem solved by money, government, or the educational system. This is an issue related to the values and habits of each family- namely, that parents take the primary role in supporting education at home.
Louis Freedberg 4 years ago4 years ago
Don’t think there is compelling research showing that the achievement gap is caused by the “disintegration of the family in minority populations,” or because parents don’t support education. What the research shows is that the gap is most highly correlated with income, rather than divorce or other features of family breakdown, or lack of support for education.
I'll accept the correlation with income. So why is it? Clearly, kids don't eat money to become successful. It is also unlikely that parents bribe teachers to give Johnny a passing grade. Some argue that the teachers are better in affluent schools. Perhaps. But how much better? We know that their years of experience in affluent schools are somewhat longer, but (a) the difference is not that huge, and (b) we know that teachers, on … Read More
I’ll accept the correlation with income. So why is it? Clearly, kids don’t eat money to become successful. It is also unlikely that parents bribe teachers to give Johnny a passing grade.
Some argue that the teachers are better in affluent schools. Perhaps. But how much better? We know that their years of experience in affluent schools are somewhat longer, but (a) the difference is not that huge, and (b) we know that teachers, on the average, stop improving after about 5 years.
To me, the answer is rather simple. The school curriculum is largely ineffective, and in affluent schools overwhelmingly kids get extra-curricular support to compensate for school’s academic vacuity. And then the school system takes the credit for its supposed excellence. I see it in my own town.
When the school curriculum is strong, and it is run in a no-nonsense way, children achieve … of all socioeconomic backgrounds. Like Nancy Ichinaga did in Inglewood 20 years back. But it takes an enormous effort and a ton of guts to tell the district office to go and fly a kite, and dump the fashionable nonsense that goes for a curriculum these days through the window.
Schools don’t need more money. Schools needs strong academic curricula. Private money in affluent districts simply compensates for shitty school programs.
There are outliers, but no one has ever found a consistent way to propel impoverished children to success. Anything that happened in Inglewood (L.A. County) was pretty clearly an outlier, or illusory, since the once-hailed school district has basically collapsed in ruins.
“We know what works” is the usual mantra, but reality has resoundingly shown that that isn’t true in a consistent, scalable, replicable way.
Actually, much of Inglewood "collapsed in ruins" once Nancy Ichinaga left, because she was not around to protect the no-nonsense curriculum. So the usual products of teacher colleges regained power and reintroduced the garbage that goes for a curriculum these days. It worked for her, it worked for Jaime Escalante, it worked for every teacher that was strong enough to push the central office idiots away and apply a rather simple common sense. And then … Read More
Actually, much of Inglewood “collapsed in ruins” once Nancy Ichinaga left, because she was not around to protect the no-nonsense curriculum. So the usual products of teacher colleges regained power and reintroduced the garbage that goes for a curriculum these days. It worked for her, it worked for Jaime Escalante, it worked for every teacher that was strong enough to push the central office idiots away and apply a rather simple common sense. And then it collapsed when that teacher retired or was fired. Time after time.
As to not knowing wot works … consistently works … go and re-read Don Hirsch’s “The schools we need and why we don’t have them.” He shows how such gaps were eliminated in France when the focus was on no-nonsense curriculum. And how our pursuit of fashionable nonsense destroys children.
Superwoman Ichinaga was able to propel an entire school district (true, a smallish one) to miracle status singlehanded -- so singlehanded that it collapsed without her! Wow. I hope LAUSD is talking to her to replace Deasy/Cortines. Regarding Escalante, one thing that has been largely politely overlooked is that he wasn't able to replicate the success in a different school. I believe his explanation was that he was only able to work that success with … Read More
Superwoman Ichinaga was able to propel an entire school district (true, a smallish one) to miracle status singlehanded — so singlehanded that it collapsed without her! Wow. I hope LAUSD is talking to her to replace Deasy/Cortines.
Regarding Escalante, one thing that has been largely politely overlooked is that he wasn’t able to replicate the success in a different school. I believe his explanation was that he was only able to work that success with his own ethnicity and not in a diverse, high-poverty classroom.
OK, I may have to go read the Hirsch book. I am highly skeptical that France, which of course does have a visible impoverished-immigrant-minority population, has no achievement gaps. But I’ll certainly eat my words if I find out.
Melanie 4 years ago4 years ago
Just thinking about theories of social psychology and conjecturing...I realize that there are many confounding factors in outcomes. Is it at all possible that emphasizing diversity related to performance outcomes (e.g., Smarter Balanced Test Scores and last 15 years of CA education reforms), compared to states that traditionally place less emphasis, so to speak, is basically a deficiency model at work? Could such efforts vicariously contribute to gaps, thus contributing to a social expectation or … Read More
Just thinking about theories of social psychology and conjecturing…I realize that there are many confounding factors in outcomes. Is it at all possible that emphasizing diversity related to performance outcomes (e.g., Smarter Balanced Test Scores and last 15 years of CA education reforms), compared to states that traditionally place less emphasis, so to speak, is basically a deficiency model at work? Could such efforts vicariously contribute to gaps, thus contributing to a social expectation or expectations of self that are negatively impacted?
Tony La France 4 years ago4 years ago
I would not characterize 15 years of reform not working I would point to 15 years of in adequate funding from the state for our schools. Until recently we were funded 49th.
I work for a education reform nonprofit that partners with hundreds of education organizations across the country (although these are my personal opinions here), and I greatly appreciate your article. The best way to enact ed reform is to face up to its failings and take a different, more inclusive and nuanced approach. There's been so much focus on disruption and innovation in the education system (especially here in California) that we've all but forgotten … Read More
I work for a education reform nonprofit that partners with hundreds of education organizations across the country (although these are my personal opinions here), and I greatly appreciate your article. The best way to enact ed reform is to face up to its failings and take a different, more inclusive and nuanced approach. There’s been so much focus on disruption and innovation in the education system (especially here in California) that we’ve all but forgotten the issue we set out to resolve in the early 2000’s.
For those of you wondering why the achievement gap is an issue in the education agenda, ask yourself if you would allow your child’s school to be randomly chosen out of the thousands of public schools across the country, and ask African American and Latino families if they are satisfied with the educational services they have been provided in comparison with their white peers. There is much work to be done to ensure that the public education system give every child a quality education, and we have to accept that many current obstacles are symptoms of the “solutions” we implemented a decade ago. But even if the education system was not itself contributing to the achievement gap, it must take a proactive role in supporting and developing the most marginalized students. As others have said, it’s not just a school problem, it’s a community problem. But if the education system can’t act and be seen as part of the community, the community can never be strong.
Jim Mordecai 4 years ago4 years ago
Do we have as a nation an education gap problem? Or is public education gap an efficient sorting mechanism for determining which socio-economic classes will graduates from K-12 public education having an opportunity for a job paying a living wage and/or with financing to pay for ever increasing cost for college that provides gate way to those living wage jobs? The rising cost of college, and the rising increase in children in poverty, indicates … Read More
Do we have as a nation an education gap problem? Or is public education gap an efficient sorting mechanism for determining which socio-economic classes will graduates from K-12 public education having an opportunity for a job paying a living wage and/or with financing to pay for ever increasing cost for college that provides gate way to those living wage jobs?
The rising cost of college, and the rising increase in children in poverty, indicates to me that America has an efficient sorting mechanism.
The current popular notion, is that redistributing educational dollars giving priority to students from families of poverty, will be a reform that works or works better than past reforms. I don’t think so. There are not enough dollars being redistributed to compensate for the challenges of student poverty.
And, although the rhetoric of redistribution effectiveness is bountiful, funding is not.
Additionally, political problem of redistribution of education dollars is the poor don’t vote. So if the poor are felt to be a threat to those socio-economic classes that vote, funding for redistribution programs will dry up as soon as those classes feeling their entitlement to living wage jobs for their children is threatened. The Johnson administration War on Poverty, with its funding waning after the 80s, was in part political backlash by the voting classes.
The shirking of the middle class that votes, make the likelihood sustained redistribution of education dollars is to be no more likely to materialize than the post-civil war promise of 20 acres and a mule.
This article is based either on false assumption -- that the gap hasn't changed much over the last 15 years or so -- or on incorrect data. If one looks at the high school CST math data disaggregated by minorities, one sees a clear and strong closing of the gaps between 2003 and 2013, the last year of the old standards.See the charts here: http://wurman.us/pa3/cst_gaps_over_time.pdf Both sets of chart represent the same data -- one the growth … Read More
This article is based either on false assumption — that the gap hasn’t changed much over the last 15 years or so — or on incorrect data.
If one looks at the high school CST math data disaggregated by minorities, one sees a clear and strong closing of the gaps between 2003 and 2013, the last year of the old standards.See the charts here: http://wurman.us/pa3/cst_gaps_over_time.pdf
Both sets of chart represent the same data — one the growth of successful takers as a percent of the demographic cohort, one as increase since 2003. The reduction of the gap is clearly visible, as minorities improved at much faster rate than white students.
I do believe that SBAC and Common Core undid much of that. Even in these charts one can see the beginning of trend reversal in 2013. EAP success rates also sharply dropped in 2014 as compared to 2013 (from 14% to 10% fully ready, and 46% to 41% conditionally ready). In fact the drop was sharpest, almost 50%, among the weaker kids who took only Algebra 2 by grade 11 (6% to 3% “ready” and 22% to 13% “conditional”) while the drop for those who took EAP after a course beyond Algebra 2 was less severe (22% to 17% ready, 66% to 65% conditional). Algebra 2 was always marginal for college readiness and hence the EAP success rate more sensitive to the quality of teaching. I believe this is an early warning of what is ahead of us with Common Core.
So yes, the trend seems to be reversing and the gaps growing, but not because the 1997 strong content-based reform failed, but rather because we have replaced it with the less focused(!) Common Core and NGSS.
Wouldn’t you need to see the trends and trajectories for the years well before 2003 to determine the effect of specific policies?
zane de arakal 4 years ago4 years ago
New reforms will not work because socioeconomic status of students is a constant and there will always be second language problems. In 1962 there was an op ed in the LA Times citing socioeconomic status as a constant. Lastly, effecting statistically significant change with a mass population is basically impossible.
It is too early to say if CCSS/LCFF/LCAP/SBAC will follow in the same path of failure as the standards and accountability movement. To the extent is is top-down it is like to be so. To the extent it relies on the good judgement of classroom professionals who are provided resources to collaborate and are given smaller classes, and again resources, to work with it will have a good chance of success. That is within … Read More
It is too early to say if CCSS/LCFF/LCAP/SBAC will follow in the same path of failure as the standards and accountability movement. To the extent is is top-down it is like to be so. To the extent it relies on the good judgement of classroom professionals who are provided resources to collaborate and are given smaller classes, and again resources, to work with it will have a good chance of success. That is within that 33% of measured achievement that is determined by in-school factors. Then we get to the other 66%.
The key factor in the “achievement gap” debate is that part of the “gap” that is present the day kids arrive at the Kindergarten door. That part linked to one of the industrialized world’s highest child poverty rates and owned by the US. Yet another example of US “exceptionalism?”
It is somewhat disheartening to read statement after statement about the uselessness of having the US tackle the childhood poverty issue. There are plenty of thriving nations that have cut childhood poverty down to a 1/4 or less than the US rate and there is not one good reason, aside from societal moral lapse and political ideology, that the US can’t also do something about it.
Taryn Ishida 4 years ago4 years ago
Appreciate you covering racial and ethnic achievement gaps and the various reforms that are hopefully moving CA in the right direction. I’d love to see the SBAC data for Asian-Americans disaggregated by ethnic group. As Campaign for College Opportunity recently showed with their report on API’s in higher education (http://collegecampaign.org/portfolio/september-2015-the-state-of-higher-education-in-california-asian-american-native-hawaiian-pacific-islander-report/), splitting apart the “Asian” category reveals important disparities that we don’t want to mask.
All this discussion of efforts - efforts of teachers, efforts of districts, schools, the state, academia, but no discussion of the efforts of the individuals and their families who are failing. There isn't a government solution to the achievement gap. As long as we are barking up the wrong tree and placing blame on factors that are not the primary drivers of student achievement, there's no chance of targeting the real cause on underachievement. If … Read More
All this discussion of efforts – efforts of teachers, efforts of districts, schools, the state, academia, but no discussion of the efforts of the individuals and their families who are failing. There isn’t a government solution to the achievement gap. As long as we are barking up the wrong tree and placing blame on factors that are not the primary drivers of student achievement, there’s no chance of targeting the real cause on underachievement. If you want a remedy, look to who succeeds and why.
This post assumes the Smarter Balanced scores are valid reliable and fair for all subgroup students, and thus the new scores are credible measures of achievement gaps between subgroups. That assumption just is not supported by the facts. The evidence is the 2015 Smarter Balanced scores are not equally valid reliable or fair for all subgroups, that underserved subgroups like low wealth students, English Learners, and Students with Disabilities were particularly affected by differential failure … Read More
This post assumes the Smarter Balanced scores are valid reliable and fair for all subgroup students, and thus the new scores are credible measures of achievement gaps between subgroups. That assumption just is not supported by the facts. The evidence is the 2015 Smarter Balanced scores are not equally valid reliable or fair for all subgroups, that underserved subgroups like low wealth students, English Learners, and Students with Disabilities were particularly affected by differential failure to implement Common Core instruction and a lack of exposure to technology needed to perform on computer-administered tests. This evidence strongly suggests the achievement gaps measured by the 2015 Smarter Balanced scores are overstated, and once Common Core instruction is adequately implemented and those groups get the required exposure to computer-based instruction and testing methods, the gaps will be reduced. So, this post (as well as the speculation from experts) is based on data that is not a true measure of subgroup achievement, rather data that is contaminated by non-achievement factors.
Looking forward, if one accepts the view that ELs and SWDs and SEDs have understated 2015 achievement scores due to differential contamination by non-achievement factors, as these factors are addressed the achievement “gap” will likely close to roughly the gaps measured by the prior STAR tests. What happens after that will be the answer to the question whether gaps are increasing, stable, or decreasing under Common Core instruction and valid reliable fair testing practices. The bottom line is the 2015 gaps represent little more than a shell game, essentially tanking the scores for underserved groups at the beginning of a new testing protocol to permit higher gains in the immediate years to follow (say at least for three years) with associated pats-on-the-back for “addressing the achievement gap.” Meanwhile, the underlying achievement gaps really haven’t changed. The true baseline data for Common Core instruction and Common Core tests will have to wait for (say) 2018 at best before we have credible data upon which to draw any conclusions regarding achievement gaps.
Scott Petri 4 years ago4 years ago
Good point, Doug. How many ed pols have read or considered the strengths in Marachi’s arguments? http://eduresearcher.com/2015/09/08/openletter/
Doug, isn’t it also possible that the artificially low scores will remain low given the teacher turnover in impoverished schools and districts and the resultant need for annual reinvention of the Common Core instructional wheel, along with long- term problems in effectively teaching underperforming students the necessary technology skills, particularly at the lower grades?
Don — Anything’s possible, but if conditions remain roughly the same for low performing subgroups then the artificially low initial scores will tend to increase over time to return to their more accurate prior level vis a vis other subgroups, as the influences for the initial artificial low scores fade away.
Megan 4 years ago4 years ago
Everybody reading this should listen to the recent This American Life series “The Problem We All Face.” Very eye opening.
Fred Jones 4 years ago4 years ago
Is it really the responsibility of schools to compensate for socioeconomic gaps, which are so highly correlated with education achievement gaps? Are schools capable of compensating for such extra-curricular variables, even if they were given substantially more resources? Our society cannot tolerate the idea of kids performing at different levels (especially when there's racial disparities), so it seems we are stuck placing demands on teachers, administrators and policymakers that may be unrealistic. Hence, the … Read More
Is it really the responsibility of schools to compensate for socioeconomic gaps, which are so highly correlated with education achievement gaps? Are schools capable of compensating for such extra-curricular variables, even if they were given substantially more resources?
Our society cannot tolerate the idea of kids performing at different levels (especially when there’s racial disparities), so it seems we are stuck placing demands on teachers, administrators and policymakers that may be unrealistic.
Hence, the siren song of education reform will continue to be sung loudly, punctuated by wild swings in tempo and tone. I’m not sure how students of varying backgrounds and abilities will be able to keep up with these sudden transitions, nor how this will bring into harmony the symphony of varying instruments within our state’s diversified economic orchestra.
But no matter … we’ll just demand students perform louder! They may be out of sync and off-tune, but at least we’ll all be making some noise!
Agree with Fred. Policymakers need to re-read Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron. Many ed policies overreach in their efforts to make us all equal instead of providing equal opportunity.
Laura Kohn 4 years ago4 years ago
In short, YES. Until we can say with confidence and integrity that we are providing equal education opportunities for all students, schools, districts, educators and taxpayers do have responsibility for the achievement gap. Schools serving low income students of color are staffed with less experienced teachers, suffer from greater teacher turnover, provide fewer college prep classes and fewer out-of-school time opportunities. Low income students of color have lower access to quality preschool. The LCFF … Read More
In short, YES.
Until we can say with confidence and integrity that we are providing equal education opportunities for all students, schools, districts, educators and taxpayers do have responsibility for the achievement gap. Schools serving low income students of color are staffed with less experienced teachers, suffer from greater teacher turnover, provide fewer college prep classes and fewer out-of-school time opportunities. Low income students of color have lower access to quality preschool. The LCFF is helping to alleviate these differences, depending on how districts use their expanded budgets. But we still have a long way to go until we can rest on our laurels and attribute any remaining differences to poverty/families.
So, Laura, is anything short of equal outcomes/performance by all students a failure of schools and policymakers?
Ridgeley 4 years ago4 years ago
It’s not about school reform, it’s about family and community reform. When entrenched, impoverished families begin to mimic the parenting of families who’ve overcome poverty, then we’ll see stronger academic skills in school.
Rigidly: Great point. Since we are talking about the measured achievement of disadvantaged students here it will be up to those children to "mimic" the behaviors of their wealthier peers. Since the schools now are segregated as much or more so since the ruling on Brown v. Board, and since the alternative is enrollment at an apartheid system of charter schools, the disadvantaged school children will have little to no contact with middle-class peers to "mimic." Perhaps … Read More
Rigidly:
Great point. Since we are talking about the measured achievement of disadvantaged students here it will be up to those children to “mimic” the behaviors of their wealthier peers. Since the schools now are segregated as much or more so since the ruling on Brown v. Board, and since the alternative is enrollment at an apartheid system of charter schools, the disadvantaged school children will have little to no contact with middle-class peers to “mimic.”
Perhaps the schools can manage regular screenings of “Leave to Beaver” or some other mythical model of American middle-class behaviors. That should be a workable “school reform strategy.”An alternative would be for the US to look at nations that have reduced childhood poverty to 3% to 5% and the seamless social service supports those nations provide for children and their parents. We can all just ignore the fact that the US has near the highest rate of childhood poverty in the industrialized world, that is, around 22% to 25%. It’s all quite embarrassing you know.
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Could moonlighting employees be breaching more than just their employment contracts?
Employment & Benefits Hong Kong
Implications for moonlighting employees
In Hong Kong, there is an increasing emphasis on the importance of reciprocal duties of trust and confidence between employers and employees. 'Moonlighting' employees (even ones who take up ancillary employment with a non-direct competitor) often sit in a legally precarious position, since questions are bound to arise in relation to their fiduciary duties, restrictive covenants and the implied term of trust and confidence. Moonlighting employees are also at risk of committing an offence under Section 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap 201), which is concerned with transactions between third parties and agents in relation to the affairs or business of their principals.
This update discusses the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal judgment in Secretary for Justice v Chan Chi Wan Stephen(1) and examines the circumstances which would render an employee guilty of bribery in the private sector.
This case considered whether Chan – who was general manager of television station TVB while also voluntarily hosting a television segment for TVB's pay channel – committed the offence of bribery pursuant to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance by contracting with a third party to host an external television segment. In accordance with the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, Chan was an agent of TVB by virtue of being an employee of TVB.
The incident arose when TVB contracted with Olympian City, a Hong Kong shopping centre, to produce a New Year's Eve event. Olympian City subsequently entered into a separate agreement with Chan's agent, Tseng, for Chan to host a live rendition of his television segment at the New Year's Eve event broadcast. Chan received HK$112,000 from Tseng as remuneration for this engagement but did not seek or obtain prior permission from TVB. Nevertheless, the evidence showed that Chan's engagement to host the external television segment was generally known to TVB.
As a result, Chan was charged in the alternative for:
"accept[ing] an advantage… as an inducement or reward for or otherwise on account of [him] doing or having done an act in relation to his principal's affairs or business" contrary to Section 9(1) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance; or
conspiring with Tseng to commit the Section 9(1) offence.
Tseng was also charged with the offence of bribery pursuant to Section 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. While both Chan and Tseng were acquitted at first instance, the lower court's decisions were overturned by the Court of Appeal. On further appeal, the Court of Final Appeal unanimously quashed the convictions.
The primary issues before the Court of Final Appeal were as follows:
What is the mental element required to render an agent guilty under Section 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance?
Should "in relation to the principal's affairs or business" be interpreted as requiring an element of prejudice to the principal?
How should the Hong Kong courts approach the defence of "reasonable excuse" under Section 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance?
Mental element
To secure a conviction under Section 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, the prosecution must prove that the agent "knew or believed" that the advantage was provided as an inducement or reward or otherwise. In other words, if the agent receiving an advantage was unaware that the advantage was offered for a corrupt purpose, they will not be liable. Since the prosecution failed to establish that Chan knew or believed that the remuneration that he received for hosting the external television segment was for a corrupt purpose, Chan could not be held culpable for the Section 9 offence.
"In relation to the principal's affairs or business"
The Court of Final Appeal determined that Section 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance required an individual's mischief which is "aimed at the principal's business" to be conduct which "subvert[ed] the integrity of the agency relationship to the detriment of the principal's interests". Conduct which is beneficial to and aligned with the interests of the principal would fall outside the scope of Section 9. In accepting remuneration to host the external television segment, Chan had not intended to influence or affect TVB's affairs or business in a manner that undermined the integrity of his agency relationship with TVB. Consequently, Chan could not be held culpable for the Section 9 offence.
'Reasonable excuse' may be a defence to an act that would otherwise contravene Section 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. Since the Court of Final Appeal did not consider that Chan had breached Section 9 (for the reasons stated above), the majority of the judges saw no basis for assessing the defence in this case. However, Judge Tang maintained a different view and thus elaborated on the 'reasonable excuse' defence. Specifically, Tang held that Chan had a reasonable excuse for hosting the external television segment as he "honestly believed that his principal would not object" to his participation.
Although this judgment may bring a sigh of relief to moonlighting employees, it certainly does not provide carte blanche for multiple employment (especially where the employers are in the same industry). The decision on whether Section 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance has been breached is fact-sensitive and dependent on factors such as the agent's intentions and the nexus between the principal's business and the third party's terms of engagement. Moonlighting employees should seek their employer's informed written consent before taking on additional employment in order to ensure compliance with their employment obligations and steer clear of any potential criminal prosecution.
For further information on this topic please contact Patricia Yeung at Howse Williams Bowers by telephone (+852 2803 3688) or email (patricia.yeung@hwbhk.com). The Howse Williams Bowers website can be accessed at www.hwbhk.com.
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Insolvency & Restructuring, Taylor Wessing updates
Contributed by Taylor Wessing
Major restructuring and insolvency reforms announced
The government recently announced that it will legislate to update the restructuring and insolvency systems, with the aim of the United Kingdom retaining the gold-standard regime. The reforms are a response to international developments (with countries such as Spain and the Netherlands recently introducing updated insolvency systems) and some domestic corporate collapses which have put the UK system under stress.
United Kingdom set to strengthen corporate governance of insolvent companies
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Former director found to have entered into transaction at undervalue
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London Gas & LNG Forum Past Distinguished Speakers Include
Steven P. Finizio
Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Steven Finizio is a member of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP’s international arbitration and dispute resolution group, based in London.
Mr. Finizio has advised clients regarding disputes under the rules of most of the leading international arbitration institutions and in ad hoc proceedings, involving the laws of jurisdictions in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the US, as well as disputes under bilateral and regional treaties, and he has particular experience with oil and gas disputes. He also serves as an arbitrator.
Mr. Finizio writes frequently on international arbitration and energy issues. In addition to “A Practical Guide to International Commercial Arbitration: Assessment, Planning and Strategy” (Sweet & Maxwell 2012), his recent publications on energy issues include “Destination Restrictions and Diversion Provisions in LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements” in The Guide to Energy Arbitrations (GAR 2nd ed. 2017) and “Gas Supply Transaction and Disputes,” (Oxford forthcoming). Mr. Finizio teaches international arbitration as an adjunct professor, and is on the faculty of a number of arbitration academies, including the Cologne Academy of Arbitration and the International Dispute Resolution Academy in Hong Kong.
Mr. Finizio is recognized as a leading international arbitration lawyer in Chambers Europe, Chambers UK, Legal 500, Global Arbitration Review’s Who’s Who in International Arbitration, the Euromoney Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer? and Legal Media Group’s The Best of the Best. He also is recommended for public international law in Legal 500.
Mr. Finizio is a graduate of Georgetown University (A.B., 1988 magna cum laude), and the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1992, with honors, Order of the Coif). He also is a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales.
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Home ENTERTAINMENT Hear this! Hina Khan doesn’t remember anything about Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata...
Hear this! Hina Khan doesn’t remember anything about Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Hina Khan is one of the leading ladies of small screen. The actress became a household name for her stint of Akshara in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. She shot for the show for eight years and is still popularly called as Akshara by many. After she left the show, she was seen in quite a few reality shows, where people got to see a different side of the actress. Currently, she is riding high on the success of her recently launched debut music video, Bhasoodi. But it seems she has come a long way and has forgotten her past stints.
While speaking about it to Hindustan Times, the actress said, “I don’t even remember. I swear. Everybody knows that I have this problem of forgetting everything. I don’t remember anything. I actually don’t remember anything about my show which I did for eight years. Isn’t it strange? This is how I am in real life. I move on very easily.”
Post Bigg Boss, people have seen a completely different Hina. Speaking about it to HT, she said, “People saw me in a different light. I got a lot of appreciation about how I look. I knew this is a change for me. Bigg Boss is a game-show and everyone plays their game. Everyone calls everyone everything. Couple of people were sitting in Bigg Boss and we said that the day we step out of it, we forget everything, and we stick to that. We have no malice for anybody, we wish everyone well, but then it’s our individual choice who do we want to gel with. I am connected with my friends in the show. The other day I met Priyanka Sharma and Luv Tyagi. Vikas Gupta is in touch.” She further added, “There is a lot of difference. People look differently at me, they have a lot of expectations from me. I got style icon awards, I was given the HT Most Stylish award. That happened like on the second day I was out of the Bigg Boss house.”
Currently, the actress is rumoured to be playing the role of Komolika in Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2. It will surely be a treat to watch Hina in a completely different avatar. However, we don’t really know whether to appreciate or dislike this ‘forgetting’ tendency of Hina.
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Address by President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
(Unofficial translation)
Madam President, Mr. Secretary-General and distinguished delegates,
I would like to express my deepest condolences on the passing of Kofi Annan, the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations. The world will forever remember his name that has been etched in the road to peace.
I would like to congratulate Ms. Maria Espinosa, on assuming the Presidency of the General Assembly. I hope the United Nations will be able to reach out to every corner of the globe through the 73rd Session of the General Assembly.
I also hope that the United Nations will make further progress in contributing to the international community under Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s excellent leadership.
As I had done last year, I stand here once again with a sense of urgency and excitement.
Over the past year, something miraculous has taken place on the Korean Peninsula. For the first time in history, the leader of North Korea crossed the Military Demarcation Line to visit Panmunjeom. A historic summit between the United States and North Korea was also held on the Sentosa Island in Singapore.
Chairman Kim Jong Un and I removed the shadow of war and resolved to usher in an era of peace and prosperity. At the U.S-North Korea summit, the two sides agreed to work towards achieving complete denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, ending hostile relations and establishing a permanent peace regime. President Trump and Chairman Kim moved and gave hope to those who desire peace all around the world.
North Korea dismantled its nuclear test site in Punggye-ri under the observation of the international community. The United States and the Republic of Korea suspended large-scale joint military exercises and built trust.
I would like to thank and salute President Trump and Chairman Kim’s courage and resolve as they usher in a new era on the Korean Peninsula as well as in U.S-North Korea relations.
Last week in Pyongyang, I met Chairman Kim for the third time and reached an agreement once again to turn the Korean Peninsula into a land of peace free from nuclear weapons and threats. Chairman Kim expressed his hope of completing denuclearization as soon as possible to focus on economic development.
Moreover, Chairman Kim expressed his commitment to permanently dismantle the missile engine test site and launch platform in Dongchang-ri under observation of the international community as a first step, in order to expedite progress in denuclearization.
Furthermore, he expressed his firm willingness to continue to take additional denuclearization measures including the permanent dismantlement of nuclear facilities in Yongbyon as the United States takes corresponding measures in the spirit of the Sentosa Agreement.
The Korean Peninsula has remained under the armistice over the past 65 years. Ending the Korean War is an urgent task. It is a process that we must go through in order to move towards a peace regime. I look forward to seeing bold measures for denuclearization implemented among the related countries, leading to the declaration to end the War.
Regardless of the challenges that lie ahead, the leaders of the South, the North and the United States will move step by step towards peace based on mutual trust.
Such a dramatic change has been possible thanks to the support and encouragement of the people around the world who desire peace. In particular, the United Nations gave North Korea the courage to embark on the road to peace. I would like to express my gratitude to the United Nations for its role.
This is, however, just the beginning. I would like to ask for continued support and cooperation from the member states on our journey towards complete denuclearization and permanent peace. The Republic of Korea will spare no effort to encourage North Korea’s participation in the international community while adhering to the resolutions adopted by the United Nations.
Madam President,
Last winter, a prelude to peace on the Korean Peninsula unfolded in PyeongChang in Gangwon Province. It was the moment when the Olympic Truce resolution adopted at the UN General Assembly in November 2017 came to precious fruition.
Secretary-General Guterres and many heads of state extended their congratulations on the participation of North Korean athletes and officials in the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games. They expressed their wishes for unity and peace on the Korean Peninsula. The world was awakened to the sense of new history of peace being written. I would like to thank Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, for paving the way for North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics.
Just over a month after the close of the PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games, Chairman Kim and I met for the first time in Panmunjeom. The United Nations welcomed and actively supported the adoption of the Panmunjeom Declaration. By doing so, it provided tremendous strength to the meetings that have followed, including the second inter-Korean summit, the U.S.-North Korea Summit and the recent inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang.
At the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, I expressed the hope that North Korea will choose peace on its own accord in order to establish sound and sustainable peace. This hope was shared by the United Nations and all of the international community.
North Korea responded positively to our hopes and calls. Chairman Kim changed the direction of the political situation on the Korean Peninsula through his New Year’s address on the first day of this year. The participation of North Korea’s athletes and delegation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics provided a decisive momentum to break the impasse in building peace.
On April 20, North Korea officially ended its policy of nuclear development and has since devoted all of its efforts towards economic development. On September 9, in the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of its foundation, North Korea expressed its commitment to peace and prosperity instead of boasting its nuclear capabilities. North Korea moved out of longstanding isolation on its own initiative and stands before the international community once again.
Now, it is the international community’s turn to respond positively to North Korea’s new choice and efforts. We must assure Chairman Kim that he has made the right decision in committing to denuclearization. We must encourage North Korea to stay on the path that leads to permanent and solid peace.
The role of the United Nations is crucial. The UN Secretariat has continued its efforts for dialogue and engagement, including the invitation of North Korean officials to international conferences.
The United Nations has stated its commitment to “leave no one behind.” My sincere hope is that the UN’s vision of sustainable development will be realized on the Korean Peninsula.
I have no doubt that if the international community paves the way, North Korea will not stall on making strides towards peace and prosperity. The Republic of Korea will spare no effort to guide North Korea towards that path.
I would like to call on the United Nations to share its experience and wisdom.
The process of working towards denuclearization and establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula is a process that also leads to building peace and cooperation in Northeast Asia.
Northeast Asia is home to one-fifth of the world’s population, and it accounts for a quarter of the global economy. However, regional conflicts stand in the way of pursuing broader cooperation. We will begin the work of resolving conflicts in Northeast Asia starting from the Korean Peninsula.
On August 15, I proposed the creation of an East Asian Railroad Community, which would involve six Northeast Asian countries and the United States. The European Coal and Steel Community, which gave birth to the creation of the European Union, is a living example of what this kind of initiative could achieve.
I believe that the East Asian Railroad Community will be able to serve as a starting point for the creation of an energy and economic community in East Asia, and going a step further, lead to a multilateral peace and security architecture in Northeast Asia.
The two Koreas are working to reconnect railroads and roads that had been disconnected. Going forward, the Republic of Korea will be engaging in close consultations with countries in the region on concrete steps towards the East Asian Railroad Community.
As we work to realize the UN spirit of multilateralism and pave the way for a future of shared prosperity, I would like to ask for the support and cooperation of the international community.
The Republic of Korea, together with the United Nations, has weathered the storms of modern history. The United Nations and the Republic of Korea share common values and philosophies.
This month, the Government of the Republic of Korea announced its vision of an “inclusive nation” based on a people-centered governing philosophy.
We are moving towards a fair and just nation as well as a society in which no one is discriminated against and everyone lives in harmony.
“Inclusiveness” is also a philosophy embedded in international development cooperation. The Government of the Republic of Korea will steadily expand its contribution to development cooperation to create a global community that leaves no one behind.
The Republic of Korea is also increasing its assistance to people who are suffering from human rights violations and discrimination, particularly the most vulnerable groups, including children, youths, women and those with disabilities.
We increased our financial aid for refugees five times in the past five years. Starting from this year, Korea is providing 50,000 tons of rice every year to developing countries that are suffering from severe food crises.
I believe that there needs to be a holistic approach encompassing peace, development and human rights to fundamentally resolve humanitarian crises. The Government of the Republic of Korea will engage in discussions and provide support to “make the United Nations relevant to all people.”
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Anyone who has confronted the abuse of power to advance human rights carries in his or her heart the first clause of the Declaration, “All human beings are born free and equal.”
In particular, I am working to realize gender equality in a tangible way as an important part of our administrative agendas. All forms of discrimination and violence against women are being dealt with even more sternly.
Korea has a first hand experience of "comfort women", who were victims of suffering inflicted by the Japanese military. We will actively participate in discussions among the international community over women, peace and security. We will also work together with the international community on the efforts to eradicate sexual violence in conflict.
Responding to climate change and transitioning to a low-carbon economy are challenges and tasks facing our generation.
The Government of the Republic of Korea will raise its share of renewable energy in the nation’s total power generation to 20 percent by 2030.
We will faithfully implement the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in compliance with the Paris Agreement and assist developing countries’ pursuit of sustainable development by supporting them with climate change responses.
For the two Koreas, the significance of the United Nations goes beyond any international organization. At the 46th UN General Assembly on September 17, 1991, all of its 159 member states unanimously adopted the resolution for joint accession by South and North Korea to the United Nations. That date was coincidentally ‘World Peace Day’.
The representatives of South and North Korea pledged in their respective speeches that although South and North Korea started as separate members, they would eventually become one someday through reconciliation, cooperation and peace.
Now, after 27 years have passed, South and North Korea are realizing the pledge made on that day. We have crossed the barriers of division and are tearing down the walls in our heart. We are proving to the international community that when we come together, we have sufficient means to establish peace.
We all desire peace. Peace represents the relatives and neighbors we love, and the hometowns we long for. Peace means sharing what we have together. A peace we have all achieved together is a peace for all.
I’m confident that all of you will always be with us on the path to permanent peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula as well as on the journey to a peaceful world.
Address by President Moon Jae-in on the 70th Armed Forces Day
Address by President Moon Jae-in at a Joint Conference Co-hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Korea Society and Asia Society
1 Cheongwadae-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03048 Republic of Korea
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