WITNESS LIST Transportation Committee June 28, 2000-9:00A Interim Charge #1 On: Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas) Currie, Bob (Texas Logging Council) Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association) Joiner, Gary (Texas Farm Bureau) Mathison, Bob (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts) Sims, Randy (Self and County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas) Interim Charge #2 On: Bisno, Alice (AAA Texas) Blackistone, Steve (National Transportation Safety Board) Blackman, Ralph (The Century Council) Elder, Frank (Texas Department of Public Safety) Georges, William (The Century Council) Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) Interim Charge #3 On: Luedecke, Alvin (Texas Department of Transportation) Rathgeber, Julia (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission) Interim Charge #4 On: Sherman, E.C. (Texas Department of Public Safety)


On the left Map dragging and worldCopyJump are enabled during initialisation. On the right Map worldCopyJump is enabled. Dragging is enabled by clicking the button.


CouchDocument Class Reference
| Inherits from | CouchResource : RESTResource : NSObject |
| Declared in | CouchDocument.h |
Overview
A CouchDB document, aka “record” aka “row”.
Note: Never alloc/init a CouchDocument directly. Instead get it from the database by calling -documentWithID: or -untitledDocument.
Tasks
Other Methods
-
documentID
The unique ID of this document; its key in the database.
property -
abbreviatedID
The document ID abbreviated to a maximum of 10 characters including “..” in the middle.
propertyUseful for logging or debugging.
-
isDeleted
YES if the document has been deleted from the database.
property -
modelObject
Optional reference to an application-defined model object representing this document.
propertyThis property is unused and uninterpreted by CouchCocoa; use it for whatever you want. Note that this is not a strong/retained reference.
-
currentRevisionID
The ID of the current revision (if known; else nil).
property -
– currentRevision
The current/latest revision. This object is cached.
This method may need to make a synchronous call to the server to fetch the revision, if its revision ID is not yet known.
-
– revisionWithID:
The revision with the specified ID.
This is merely a factory method that doesn't fetch anything from the server, or even verify that the ID is valid.
-
– getRevisionHistory
Returns an array of available revisions.
The ordering is essentially arbitrary, but usually chronological (unless there has been merging with changes from another server.) The number of historical revisions available may vary; it depends on how recently the database has been compacted. You should not rely on earlier revisions being available, except for those representing unresolved conflicts.
-
– getLeafRevisions
Returns all the leaf revisions in the document’s revision tree.
With TouchDB, this includes deleted revisions (i.e. previously-resolved conflicts.) With CouchDB, deleted revisions are NOT included, so this method acts identically to getConflictingRevisions.
-
properties
The contents of the current revision of the document.
propertyThis is shorthand for self.currentRevision.properties. Any keys in the dictionary that begin with "_", such as "_id" and "_rev", contain CouchDB metadata.
-
userProperties
The user-defined properties, without the ones reserved by CouchDB.
propertyThis is based on properties, with every key whose name starts with "_" removed.
-
– propertyForKey:
Shorthand for [self.properties objectForKey: key].
-
– objectForKeyedSubscript:
Same as propertyForKey:. Enables “[]” access in Xcode 4.4+
-
– putProperties:
Updates the document with new properties, creating a new revision (Asynchronous.)
The properties dictionary needs to contain a "_rev" key whose value is the current revision's ID; the dictionary returned by properties will already have this, so if you modify that dictionary you're OK. The exception is if this is a new document, as there is no current revision, so no "_rev" key is needed. If the PUT succeeds, the operation's resultObject will be set to the new CouchRevision. You should be prepared for the operation to fail with a 412 status, indicating that a newer revision has already been added by another client. In this case you need to call currentRevision again, to get that newer revision, incorporate any changes into your properties dictionary, and try again. (This is not the same as a conflict resulting from synchronization. Those conflicts result in multiple versions of a document appearing in the database; but in this case, you were prevented from creating a conflict.)
-
– getConflictingRevisions
Returns an array of revisions that are currently in conflict, in no particular order.
If there is no conflict, returns an array of length 1 containing only the current revision. Returns nil if an error occurs.
-
– resolveConflictingRevisions:withRevision:
Resolves a conflict by choosing one existing revision as the winner.
(This is the same as calling resolveConflictingRevisions:withProperties:, passing in winningRevision.properties.)
-
– resolveConflictingRevisions:withProperties:
Resolves a conflict by creating a new winning revision from the given properties.
Extension Methods
Properties
abbreviatedID
The document ID abbreviated to a maximum of 10 characters including “..” in the middle.
Useful for logging or debugging.
@property (readonly) NSString *abbreviatedID
Discussion
The document ID abbreviated to a maximum of 10 characters including “..” in the middle.
Useful for logging or debugging.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
currentRevisionID
The ID of the current revision (if known; else nil).
@property (readonly, copy) NSString *currentRevisionID
Discussion
The ID of the current revision (if known; else nil).
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
documentID
The unique ID of this document; its key in the database.
@property (readonly) NSString *documentID
Discussion
The unique ID of this document; its key in the database.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
isDeleted
YES if the document has been deleted from the database.
@property (readonly) BOOL isDeleted
Discussion
YES if the document has been deleted from the database.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
modelObject
Optional reference to an application-defined model object representing this document.
This property is unused and uninterpreted by CouchCocoa; use it for whatever you want.
Note that this is not a strong/retained reference.
@property (assign) id modelObject
Discussion
Optional reference to an application-defined model object representing this document.
This property is unused and uninterpreted by CouchCocoa; use it for whatever you want.
Note that this is not a strong/retained reference.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
properties
The contents of the current revision of the document.
This is shorthand for self.currentRevision.properties.
Any keys in the dictionary that begin with "_", such as "_id" and "_rev", contain CouchDB metadata.
@property (readonly, copy) NSDictionary *properties
Discussion
The contents of the current revision of the document.
This is shorthand for self.currentRevision.properties.
Any keys in the dictionary that begin with "_", such as "_id" and "_rev", contain CouchDB metadata.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
userProperties
The user-defined properties, without the ones reserved by CouchDB.
This is based on properties, with every key whose name starts with "_" removed.
@property (readonly, copy) NSDictionary *userProperties
Discussion
The user-defined properties, without the ones reserved by CouchDB.
This is based on properties, with every key whose name starts with "_" removed.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
Instance Methods
bulkSaveCompleted:forProperties:
- (void)bulkSaveCompleted:(NSDictionary *)result forProperties:(NSDictionary *)properties
currentRevision
The current/latest revision. This object is cached.
This method may need to make a synchronous call to the server to fetch the revision, if its revision ID is not yet known.
- (CouchRevision *)currentRevision
Discussion
The current/latest revision. This object is cached.
This method may need to make a synchronous call to the server to fetch the revision, if its revision ID is not yet known.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
getConflictingRevisions
Returns an array of revisions that are currently in conflict, in no particular order.
If there is no conflict, returns an array of length 1 containing only the current revision.
Returns nil if an error occurs.
- (NSArray *)getConflictingRevisions
Discussion
Returns an array of revisions that are currently in conflict, in no particular order.
If there is no conflict, returns an array of length 1 containing only the current revision.
Returns nil if an error occurs.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
getLeafRevisions
Returns all the leaf revisions in the document’s revision tree.
With TouchDB, this includes deleted revisions (i.e. previously-resolved conflicts.)
With CouchDB, deleted revisions are NOT included, so this method acts identically to getConflictingRevisions.
- (NSArray *)getLeafRevisions
Discussion
Returns all the leaf revisions in the document’s revision tree.
With TouchDB, this includes deleted revisions (i.e. previously-resolved conflicts.)
With CouchDB, deleted revisions are NOT included, so this method acts identically to getConflictingRevisions.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
getRevisionHistory
Returns an array of available revisions.
The ordering is essentially arbitrary, but usually chronological (unless there has been merging with changes from another server.)
The number of historical revisions available may vary; it depends on how recently the database has been compacted. You should not rely on earlier revisions being available, except for those representing unresolved conflicts.
- (NSArray *)getRevisionHistory
Discussion
Returns an array of available revisions.
The ordering is essentially arbitrary, but usually chronological (unless there has been merging with changes from another server.)
The number of historical revisions available may vary; it depends on how recently the database has been compacted. You should not rely on earlier revisions being available, except for those representing unresolved conflicts.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
initWithParent:relativePath:documentID:
- (id)initWithParent:(RESTResource *)parent relativePath:(NSString *)path documentID:(NSString *)documentID
objectForKeyedSubscript:
Same as propertyForKey:. Enables “[]” access in Xcode 4.4+
- (id)objectForKeyedSubscript:(NSString *)key
Discussion
Same as propertyForKey:. Enables “[]” access in Xcode 4.4+
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
propertyForKey:
Shorthand for [self.properties objectForKey: key].
- (id)propertyForKey:(NSString *)key
Discussion
Shorthand for [self.properties objectForKey: key].
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
putProperties:
Updates the document with new properties, creating a new revision (Asynchronous.)
The properties dictionary needs to contain a "_rev" key whose value is the current revision's ID; the dictionary returned by properties will already have this, so if you modify that dictionary you're OK. The exception is if this is a new document, as there is no current revision, so no "_rev" key is needed.
If the PUT succeeds, the operation's resultObject will be set to the new CouchRevision.
You should be prepared for the operation to fail with a 412 status, indicating that a newer revision has already been added by another client.
In this case you need to call currentRevision again, to get that newer revision, incorporate any changes into your properties dictionary, and try again. (This is not the same as a conflict resulting from synchronization. Those conflicts result in multiple versions of a document appearing in the database; but in this case, you were prevented from creating a conflict.)
- (RESTOperation *)putProperties:(NSDictionary *)properties
Discussion
Updates the document with new properties, creating a new revision (Asynchronous.)
The properties dictionary needs to contain a "_rev" key whose value is the current revision's ID; the dictionary returned by properties will already have this, so if you modify that dictionary you're OK. The exception is if this is a new document, as there is no current revision, so no "_rev" key is needed.
If the PUT succeeds, the operation's resultObject will be set to the new CouchRevision.
You should be prepared for the operation to fail with a 412 status, indicating that a newer revision has already been added by another client.
In this case you need to call currentRevision again, to get that newer revision, incorporate any changes into your properties dictionary, and try again. (This is not the same as a conflict resulting from synchronization. Those conflicts result in multiple versions of a document appearing in the database; but in this case, you were prevented from creating a conflict.)
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
resolveConflictingRevisions:withProperties:
Resolves a conflict by creating a new winning revision from the given properties.
- (RESTOperation *)resolveConflictingRevisions:(NSArray *)conflicts withProperties:(NSDictionary *)properties
Parameters
- conflicts
The array of conflicting revisions as returned by getConflictingRevisions.
- properties
The properties to store into the document to resolve the conflict.
Discussion
Resolves a conflict by creating a new winning revision from the given properties.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
resolveConflictingRevisions:withRevision:
Resolves a conflict by choosing one existing revision as the winner.
(This is the same as calling resolveConflictingRevisions:withProperties:, passing in
winningRevision.properties.)
- (RESTOperation *)resolveConflictingRevisions:(NSArray *)conflicts withRevision:(CouchRevision *)winningRevision
Parameters
- conflicts
The array of conflicting revisions as returned by getConflictingRevisions.
- winningRevision
The revision from ‘conflicts’ whose properties should be used.
Discussion
Resolves a conflict by choosing one existing revision as the winner.
(This is the same as calling resolveConflictingRevisions:withProperties:, passing in
winningRevision.properties.)
Declared In
CouchDocument.h
revisionWithID:
The revision with the specified ID.
This is merely a factory method that doesn't fetch anything from the server,
or even verify that the ID is valid.
- (CouchRevision *)revisionWithID:(NSString *)revisionID
Discussion
The revision with the specified ID.
This is merely a factory method that doesn't fetch anything from the server,
or even verify that the ID is valid.
Declared In
CouchDocument.h


Krissy Cela
Price list of my training programs
| Packages for individuals | for 1 month | for 6 months |
|---|---|---|
| 5 personal trainings | 3650 KČ | 2950 KČ |
| 8 personal trainings | 5120 KČ | 4720 KČ |
| 10 personal trainings | 6200 KČ | 5900 KČ |
| 12 personal trainings | 7200 KČ | 6960 KČ |
Price list of other services
| Packages for individuals | |
|---|---|
| 1 personal training | 800 KČ |
| Individual meal plan | 1000 KČ |
| Inbody measuring | 500 KČ |
| Nutrition advice (60 min) | 550 KČ |


Provides classes for rendering graphs based on the Ptolemy II system, Copyright (c) 1995-2002 The Regents of the University of California.
The original software has been modified to make the plots TElements and the classes
selected are limited to ones that are used by the TEALsim project.
Related Documentation
For overviews, tutorials, examples, guides, and tool documentation, please see:


{"id":10,"ref_number":"MC-4f0f7ffe36416b71cfd1","description":"a package","weight":10.0,"height":12.0,"depth":10.0,"width":10.0,"value":100.0,"shipping_cost":1173.06,"status":1,"agency_id":1,"date_added":"2014-10-16T01:53:51.000Z","date_arrived":"2014-10-16T01:57:38.955Z","date_delivered":null,"sender_id":1,"receiver_id":2,"created_at":"2014-10-16T01:53:51.000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-16T01:57:38.962Z"}
| Param name | Description |
|---|---|
|
id required |
Package database ID Value: Must be a number. |
|
status required |
Package status Value: Must be one of: 0, 1, 2. |


Bayelsa: Thugs Kill Police Inspector, Injure Others
by George OgboluThugs have killed a riot police officer posted from Asaba, Delta State, during an aborted rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogbolomabiri, Nembe LGA Bayelsa.
The officer was shot on Wednesday when thugs of the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) clashed at King Koko Square the venue of the rally.
Naija News understands that the body of the deceased officer had since been deposited at the Nembe General Hospital.
His colleague identified as Ododomu was lucky as he survived the attack, although sustained a gunshot wound to the leg.
Also, two other policemen are critically injured and are battling to survive.
A security source told The Punch that medical personnel had been battling to save the lives of the victims at the Specialist Hospital and Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa.
“As of Friday, 39 of the wounded have been discharged.
“Also, 47 are still on admission with 32 at the FMC and 15 still battling for their lives at the Specialist Hospital,” the source said.


Write a few lines about the event speakers to
highlight their expertise in the field.
Product Manager at Moqups, Runner, parent and coffee lover.
@username
Sales Manager at Moqups. Runner, parent and coffee lover.
@username
Marketing Specialist at Moqups, Runner, parent and coffee lover.
@username
UX Engineer at Moqups, Runner, parent and coffee lover.
@username


Smalling scores and provides two assists as Roma thrump Brescia
AS Roma defender Chris Smalling scored and then provided two assists as his side thumped bottom-of-the-table Brescia 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday.
ROME: AS Roma defender Chris Smalling scored and then provided two assists as his side thumped bottom-of-the-table Brescia 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday.
Brescia left Mario Balotelli on the bench after coach Fabio Grosso said the maverick striker had not put in enough effort in training during the week.
Even so, they almost took a first-half lead when Emanuele Ndoj’s shot was pushed away by Roma goalkeeper Pau Lopez and Alfredo Donnarumma went close after being allowed a free header at a corner.
Roma, fourth with 25 points, took full control after halftime and Smalling, on loan from Manchester United, broke the deadlock when he headed in from a corner in the 49th minute.
Eight minutes later, the Englishman headed down Justin Kluivert's cross for his fellow centre defender Gianluca Mancini to volley home and he provided another headed assist for Edin Dzeko to add the third in the 66th minute.
In between, Nicolo Zaniolo, who scored his first Italy goals in their 9-1 thrashing of Armenia on Monday, had a goal disallowed after the ball went out of play in the buildup and Florian Aye had a consolation effort for Brescia ruled out for handball. Promoted Brescia have seven points.
(Writing by Brian Homewood; Editing by Toby Davis)


RedRoom is a party concept brought to you by IIAM & Happening founded in April 2016. The RedRoom team consists of new, committed, experienced organisers and promoters who's vision is to enhance the nightlife of The Hague through unique parties for the lovers of underground music.  Enter the RedRoom. Red is the magic.


In the meantime, our medical team was focused on helping me not to deliver a baby while my husband was away in another part of the hospital. My labor was progressing, and I was worried that Jim would miss the delivery, something we never imagined would happen. My blood pressure was going up for several reasons, and the staff was trying to calm me down and reassure me that Jim would be fine.
The anesthesiologist tried to distract me. “Let me tell you a funny story,” he said. “Once I was delivering a baby for a woman who spoke very little English. She was a pretty tough-looking lady, but she seemed a bit scared, so I had the father stay in the room during the epidural. He did the same thing your husband did! He passed out cold—head hit the floor. We were all trying to rouse him. I was standing behind this woman, and she had a huge tattoo with the name ‘Jose’ in large letters covering her back. So I began to yell at the man on the floor: ‘Jose! Jose! Wake up!’ He opened his eyes and gave me a very strange look, and the pregnant woman looked over her shoulder and very coldly said: ‘His name is Pedro.’ I guess that tattoo wasn’t for him after all!”
His story worked. I laughed out loud. Jim returned soon after with a clean bill of health, and our little Kate was born without much delay. We were so grateful for a positive outcome, an amazing hospital staff, and the safe arrival of our baby girl. If she had been a boy, we might have had to consider the name Pedro just to remember the strange happenings of that day!
Our biblical story this week is one with plenty of unexpected twists. Simon Peter was a man no one would have predicted would become a follower of the living God, much less a leader of the church. He was rough around the edges to say the least, but Jesus saw in him something that God could use. Peter’s story is so encouraging to those of us who need our rough edges sanded off by God’s grace. He reminds us that God is not only a builder of great creations; He also specializes in renovating and rebuilding. No one was more aware of or more grateful for that fact than Peter. And just to make you smile, don’t forget that if you say it in Spanish, his name is Pedro!


Quick Links
History of the Central Police Station
One of the first things built by the British when they took control of Hong Kong in 1841 was the Central Police Station and Victoria Prison. This compound was used for many purposes throughout the end of the 19th century and most of the 20th century. Throughout the 1900s there were many renovations of the prison, expanding it. After World War II it turned into an Immigration Department office and was processing many illegal immigrants and refugees from Vietnam around the 1980s.
But by 2006 the prison and the police station were turned into a historic site and were no longer being used for their original purposes. Today the compound that consists of the Central Police Station, Victoria Prison and the Former Central Magistracy is now restored and parts have been turned into an arts complex. The restoration took a total of eight years and includes all the cells in Victoria Prison, signs and brick work on the outside of the building and many rooms within the buildings, all meant to show what the buildings originally looked like. The new “art complex” includes a mix of contemporary and modern styles made from concrete and glass that stand out from the old brickwork of the original prison and police station.
Modern Preservation Efforts
The Central Police Station (CPS) Compound has been renovated and put into reuse, as a newly developed complex referred to as Tai Kwun. Although the CPS compound was officially announced as an historic monument in 1995, the great economic potential brought by its superior location in the Central District caused conflicts between the local residents and developers in 2003. In order to boost Hong Kong’s economy in 2001, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa, changed the CPS compound from the public-community-used zone into the specific uses zone. It was marked as a “historical building preserved for cultural, community, and commercial uses”. The Hong Kong government announced the plan for private tender of the CPS compound in April 2003. As public concern for heritage preservation rose, the government’s plan was criticized by many local people. The plan was shelved in 2004 when a group of wealthy people, the Hotung Group, proposed a different plan, which focused more on preserving culture rather than making profit. They received increasing attention and support from locals and the press when they proposed a HK$500 million donation for this proposal. From 2003 to 2007 a heritage preservation group was formed, and surveys of public opinion were conducted under the goal of preserving historic sites.
In April 2007 the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) proposed a revitalization plan and a donation to the government. This proposal was accepted by the government and announced in the 2007 Policy Address. The government became the partner of HKJC after three months, and they worked together to promote the preservation plan. Public opinion and designs for the buildings were collected over the next six months. In October 2010 the revised design of the CPS compound project was announced, and construction started in 2011 and continued for five years.Today the Tai Kwun is reopened with sixteen restored buildings after eleven years of work done by HKJC and visited by both locals and tourists.
Location
Tai Kwun is located in the Central district of Hong Kong Island, on Hollywood road. There are five public entrances:
- Bauhinia House Gate
- Blue Gate
- Footbridge Gate
- Old Bailey Gate
- Pottinger Gate
Tai Kwun is connected to the Central–Mid-Levels escalator through a footbridge at the intersection of Hollywood Road and Old Bailey Street. The compound is typically open from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Information about the hours of specific exhibitions can be found at the Tai Kwun website.


As a new mentor with Code the Dream, I'm excited for the opportunity to teach what I know and learn what I don't!


xaviablaza’s GCash PHP Anchor for the Stellar Network
This anchor is a proof of concept for PHPG credit to be issued and exchanged on the Stellar network. Hopefully, we can make our e-money systems in the Philippines more interoperable.
1. Trust
First you must set trustline for asset PHPG
to account: GA6GSZXUNBEK6QUMXRTJ64T76MI2RL7M3CQUDSJB5FAHBKLQIDHN2RCO
Get In Touch
You can reach out to me through email if you have any questions or concerns.


Labour plans second fastest funding growth in NHS’ history
by Lawrence Dunhill- Labour pledges 3.9 per cent annual increases for NHS
- This compares to the current 3.4 per cent settlement, announced by Theresa May last year
- Party plans 4.3 per cent real terms growth for DHSC overall, including £15bn additional capital over five years
Labour has pledged to increase NHS England’s budget by an average 3.9 per cent per year in real terms over the next four years if it forms the next government.
This compares to the current 3.4 per cent average in the five year spending settlement running to 2023-24..
The party says it would also inject £15bn into the capital budget - spread over a five-year parliament - and increase the non-NHS part of the wider Department of Health and Social Care budget.
New revenue for the NHS would be used on a raft of measures, including:
- restoring constitutional waiting time standards;
- a series of improvements to mental health services, particularly in the community;
- restoring the training bursary for nurses;
- an expansion of GP training places;
- better public health services through £1bn extra investment
NHS England’s revenue budget, which pays for the day-to-day running of NHS services, is currently around £120bn, and Labour’s pledge for an average annual increase of 3.9 per cent in real terms compares directly to Theresa May’s five-year settlement, announced last year, of 3.4 per cent.
The party has also set out proposals for the overall Department of Health and Social Care budget, which includes money held outside the NHS “ringfence”, as well as NHS England.
Labour’s plans would increase this total budget by an average of 4.3 per cent each year in real terms.
The Health Foundation think tank said this would mean health spending rising “at a faster rate than any previous government over the NHS’s history, apart from the Blair/Brown years when health spending grew by 6 per cent a year”.
Additional capital spending would be used to create a strategic “mental health infrastructure fund” to abolish dormitory wards and “end out of area [bed] placements”, as well as an overhaul of the primary care estate and buying new scanning equipment, Labour said.
The current annual capital budget is about £6bn, and £15bn of additional money over five years would appear to surpass the recommendations made by Sir Robert Naylor in his review of NHS estates for an additional £10bn which Theresa May promised to match during the 2017 election campaign.
The plans are due to be announced by the party on Wednesday morning.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the plans would be funded from Labour’s proposals to reverse corporation tax cuts and by “taxing the richest in society”.
Jonathan Ashworth, shadow health secretary, is expected to say: “With experts warning this winter is set to be one of the worst the truth is our NHS is crying out for a financial rescue plan to deliver real change for patients.
“We are announcing today the levels of investment our NHS needs to not only again provide the quality care our sick and elderly deserve but secures the NHS for the future as well. We’ll invest more to prevent people becoming ill in the first place and we’ll give mental health and wellbeing a greater priority than ever before.”
The King’s Fund, another think tank, said it was important the funding pledges covered the wider DHSC budget and not just NHS England.
But it said social care would also be a key factor for NHS sustainability, adding: “The current social care system is not fit for purpose and is failing the people who rely on it. A key test for party manifestos will be whether they include plans for fundamental reform of social care funding.”


PLANET SICK-BOY: http://www.sick-boy.com "We Put the SIN in Cinema"
Remember the Shaft remake from earlier this year? The 1971 original was updated and 58-year-old Richard Roundtree, the star of the first film, was given a smaller role in the second to make way for a newer, hipper lead.
But Shaft isn't the only remake from '71 to rear its head in 2000. Get Carter was originally a British flick based on Ted Lewis' novel `Jack's Return Home' that starred recent Oscar winner Michael Caine (it also became a 1972 blaxploitation movie called Hit Man with Bernie Casey and Pam Grier). Caine (The Cider House Rules) has a smaller role in the new version, but he isn't making way for a newer, hipper lead. In fact, Carter's new lead, Sylvester Stallone, is only four years younger than Roundtree.
The new adaptation updates the cheesy ‘70s music, clothes and hair, while the story remains somewhat the same. Vegas heavy Jack Carter (Stallone, Cop Land) learns that his estranged brother has been killed in Seattle and heads off to his old stomping ground to find out if the accident was really caused by drunk driving or by more devious means. For some reason, he suspects foul play and, like Terence Stamp in The Limey, he's right.
When Carter gets to Seattle, he heads straight for his brother's funeral, where he meets his sister-in-law Gloria (Miranda Richardson, Sleepy Hollow) and niece Doreen (Rachael Leigh Cook, She's All That). He begins to pester them with questions about the accident, but they see his queries as an annoyance. Doreen even tells Carter, `You're just a picture on the piano,' despite the fact we see no pictures on the piano in a later scene. Probably just a figure of speech.
Once Carter hits the streets to investigate his brother's lifestyle and death, we're introduced to a jumble of characters from which we must figure out the pecking order of Seattle's crime food chain as he pummels his way to the top. You're supposed to be surprised by the kingpin, but it's really quite predictable. In that respect, Carter is kind of like Mel Gibson's Payback.
The original version of Carter was much, much better and is widely regarded as one of the finest British crime pics ever made. It was directed by Mike Hodges, who went on to make Flash Gordon and, more impressively, the recent sleeper hit Croupier. There are two fantastic scenes in the first film that I was surprised to see omitted from the remake.  It must have been pretty risqué 20 years ago, but by today's standards, it would be quite tame.
The other scene involved two thugs walking in on Carter while he was shagging some bird. He was able to turn the tables on the situation, leading the men down the stairs and out of the house with a shotgun while completely naked. And, of course, the ending of the new film is completely different. Interestingly, there is a mysterious female character named Geraldine (Rhona Mitra, Hollow Man) in the remake, somewhat of a nod to the original role played by Geraldine Moffatt.
Even without the lackluster comparisons to the original film, Carter has plenty of problems. The film appears to be set just before Christmas, but there isn't the slightest hint of chilly weather. It is perpetually gloomy and rainy in Carter's Seattle, which doesn't stop Jack from sporting sunglasses most of the time. Stallone's performance is unremarkable in every way, unless you count the disgusting veins protruding from his shoulders and arms, or the goatee that's supposed to make him look younger.
Editor Jerry Greenberg (Duets), whose technique resembles the comedic styling of Robin Williams after fourteen espressos, makes Carter's action scenes more annoying and spastic than Armageddon. The film was directed by Stephen T. Kay (The Last Time I Committed Suicide and one of the screenwriters of The Mod Squad) and adapted by David McKenna (Body Shots). Kay's direction is `highlighted' by a scene where the camera is turned upside down in an attempt to show how Carter's life has gone topsy-turvy. Give me a break.
1:40 – R for violence, adult language, sexual content and drug content
The review above was posted to the
rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup (de.rec.film.kritiken for German reviews).
The Internet Movie Database accepts no responsibility for the contents of the
review and has no editorial control. Unless stated otherwise, the copyright
belongs to the author.
Please direct comments/criticisms of the review to relevant newsgroups.
Broken URLs inthe reviews are the responsibility of the author.
The formatting of the review is likely to differ from the original due
to ASCII to HTML conversion.
Related links: index of all rec.arts.movies.reviews reviews


Leadership
What is your experience with compassionate Leadership
Once I interviewed for a job that would mean moving cities which I wasn't really that
keen on. My friend already worked for the company so I combined visiting him with a day in the office for me to meet with his boss
and see a day in the life.
I didn't end up pursuing it because of the required move. As I was leaving myt friends Boss said something like "Well good to meet you, you have a lot to give
and I hope you find your place to put it out". Even though I wasn't going to work there this person expressed a genuine warm interest in my search
for meaningful work in the world, it had a huge impact.
Probably the least compassionate experience I have had was the cafe owner I wrote about in the last blog. As far as I could tell they had very little interest in the experience of their staff. I think they were just under a lot of stress and their idea of a working relationship was about expectation and command only, which I guess is no problem in itself if you know what you're in for.
Multiplying Goodness and Tong-Len
I found the discussion about the challenge of Tonglen really applicable to my own reaction from the previous chapter.
I find it tough to get in touch with suffering and it makes sense that 'confidence in the transformative power of self' or I guess
the power of people to alleviate their own and others suffering is crucial to the task. Perhaps I can build up to this.
I did the first multiplying goodness a couple of times. The first time I struggled to engage. The second my imagination came more into play
and I could picture myself and others more clearly giving and receiving kindness. I really enjoyed it. Though I really think to increase confidence in transformative power
it would take action as well, visualising then enacting some kindness, seeing it's effect and repeating.
When I tried Tonglen I found that when I was visualising myself inhaling darkness, even though I know the point of the exercise is to feel transformative
power, I have a sense that it will deplete me and make me sick, or that there is too much to deal with. I'd be curious to see how this could change. I've had this experience
with Tonglen before but I'd never come across the idea of having a bridging exercise towards it.
SCARF
This was great to read. I could relate to a lot. It makes sense that a seemingly benign interaction can trigger a threat response in someone because it represents
a possible change in their sense of social place. I definitely experience a high level of stress when one or several of these are thrown into question,
often I find it hard to place or make sense of the source of stress.
This section also feels like it ties in heavily with the undercurrent conversations in a difficult conversation. Like the hidden conversations of identity going on, there will also be hidden social questions in play,
'where do I now stand with this person?', 'Am I welcome here?' that might need attention.
Socially phase-0 has felt uncomfortable to me at times because it is still an approaching unknown, I guess that is
a lack of certainty, but also it's been nice connecting with other students through zoom or in person. After each point of contact with
the other students or one of the EDA staff or others working at the office there's a sense of that discomfort dissapating.
Progressing to the main course
Going from phase-0 to bootcamp will be an interesting transition. We'll be pulling away from our habitual social nets
and going into a silo for a couple of months. Maybe there'll be questions at the start for everyone about how to act with one another, I guess those are questions of status.
I expect there will be a lot of opportunity to relate and connect seeing as it'll be quite an intense period. It could be a challenge to autonomy to be in the student role at times?
I'm guessing questions around social certainty will fall to the background during the bootcamp with all structure and contact provided and make a come back when the process
finishes as each of us searches for new roles and applications of their skills.
Difficult Conversation
I haven't done this but I'm going to reminisce.
It's super hard to stick to my guns!  If I have a specific point of conflict or something that I take issue with, once the conversation starts I will sometimes back down from saying what I feel I need to say in order to avoid 'disturbing the peace'. What I could be doing is saying it all while also addressing the hidden layers that it might bring up for the other person, leaving less room for it to feel threatening either way. My nature is to fall into people pleasing a lot of the time, which can be hard to reign in
Conversely, when I'm on the receiving end I sometimes take something that's said too personally, or read falsely into it, this is like the flip case, just takes a reminder that those under layers are active and to separate them from what's actually being said or requested.
I think it's important to remember that though on the outset these positions seem very difficult or unlikely to resolve, there's almost always a way for everyone to get what they want, and there's definitely always a way for people to leave feeling fully respected and understood, even if a collective compromise is reached where individuals don't get their ideal.


DOM Capture lets you take screenshots of parts of a webpage. The unique and awesome thing is that you don't have to see the area of the web page you want to capture. It is possible to take a screenshot of the whole website even if only a small part is visible to you.
Be aware that DOM Capture is more of an expert tool. If your unfamiliar with HTML, CSS or the Developer Console you should check some videos first before using this tool.
Lets you store your favorite settings.
The selector defines which part of the webpage should be captured. It uses the CSS selector syntax. It's the same syntax jQuery uses for selecting elements.
The easiest selector would be the body selector which copies the whole webpage.
If you want to copy multiple elements at once just separate them by comma. For example #content, #footer, ....
Defines the background color of the resulting canvas. The default value is the background color of the body.
Defines how multiple elements are merged together. There are three options:
Defines the order in which multiple elements are traversed. There are two options:
Example: Open a wikipedia page for example this one. As selector use #mw-panel, #content and set the Multi Element Layout to horizontal. Now you can switch between Document and User DOM Traversal to see the difference.
On each wikipedia page the #mw-panel div is placed before the #content div, which is kind of unusual. To get the right snapshot you have to use the User DOM Traversal
Developed by Matthias Eichner. DOM Capture is Open Source and can be found on github. If you have any questions, find any bugs or have any feature request please use github for that.
Developed for and dedicated to the wonderful Mai Anh!
Copyright 2021 Matthias Eichner
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.


talks
oral presentations at conferences and training lectures
Oral Presentations
2022
-
RSNAEleven-minute Comprehensive MSK Imaging Using Deep Learning Reconstruction (DLR) and Multi-echo Ultrashort Echo-Time (UTE)The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Session, Chicago, Nov 2022
2019
-
SCMRdnoiseNET: Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Image DenoisingThe ISMRM & SCMR Co-Provided Workshop on the Emerging Role of Machine Learning in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Seattle, Feb 2019
2018
-
ISMRMDeep Convolutional Neural Network for Segmentation of Myocardial ASL Short-Axis Data: Accuracy, Uncertainty, and AdaptabilityThe ISMRM Workshop on Machine Learning, Part II, Washington D.C., Oct 2018
2017
-
SCMRVasodilator Response in Heart Transplant Recipients using T1-based Myocardial Blood Volume MappingThe SCMR & ISMRM Co-provided Workshop on CMR for Probing Mechanisms of Heart Disease: Micro to Macro to Model, Washington DC, Feb 2017
2016
-
ISMRMNon-contrast Vasodilator Response Assessment in a porcine model of Acute Myocardial Infarction using Arterial Spin Labeled CMRInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 24th Scientific Meeting, Singapore, May 2016
-
SCMRNon-contrast Myocardial Perfusion Assessment in Porcine Acute Myocardial Infarction using Arterial Spin Labeled CMRThe Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 19th Annual Scientific Sessions, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 2016
2007
-
VNCTPOn the New Type of Optical Bio-sensor from DNA-wrapped Carbon NanotubesVietnam National Conference on Theoretical Physics 32nd Scientific Meeting, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Aug 2007
Training Lectures
2022
-
Canon USACanon Medical Systems’ Advancing Advancement with Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) Deep Learning Reconstruction (DLR), Iterative Motion Correction (IMC), pseudo-Continuous Arterial Spin Labeling (pCASL), and multi-echo Ultrashort Echo Time (multi-echo UTE)Canon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, Jun 2022
2021
-
Canon USACanon Medical Systems’ Advanced MRI Solutions Offering at RSNA 2021Canon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, Nov 2021
-
Canon USAProspective Clinical Evaluation of Advancing Advancement with Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) Deep Learning Reconstruction (DLR) in collaborations with the Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research InstituteCanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, May 2021
-
Canon USA3D Compressed SPEEDER (Compressed Sensing): A Technical ReviewCanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, Jan 2021
2020
-
Canon USAAdvanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) Deep Learning Reconstruction (DLR) Interpretable Model with Robust and Generalized Performance: Beyond Brain and KneeCanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, Nov 2020
-
Canon USATechnical Review and Comparison of the FDA 510k-cleared Deep Learning Reconstruction Solutions for MRICanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, Jun 2020
-
Canon USAInstabilities of Deep Learning based Image Reconstruction: Technical Paper Review, Comparison, and ImplicationCanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, May 2020
-
Canon USARecent Technical Developments of pseudo-continuous Arterial Spin Labeled (pCASL) MRICanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, May 2020
-
Canon GlobalFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on AiCE Deep Learning Reconstruction and Compressed SPEEDER (Compressed Sensing)International Applications and Sales Training, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Japan, Apr 2020
2019
-
Canon USAAdvanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) Deep Learning Reconstruction (DLR): Translating the Power of Deep Learning to MR Image ReconstructionCanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, Nov 2019
-
Canon GlobalAn Introduction to Parallel Imaging (SENSE, GRAPPA, and ESPIRiT) and Compressed Sensing (generic Compressed Sensing and Canon’s Implementation called Compressed SPEEDER)International Applications and Sales Training, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Japan, Nov 2019
-
Canon GlobalAn Introduction to Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) Deep Learning Reconstruction (DLR): Model Interpretability, Robustness, and Exceptional Clinical PerformanceInternational Applications and Sales Training, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Japan, Nov 2019
-
Canon GlobalAdvanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) Deep Learning Reconstruction: Translating the Power of Deep Learning to MR Image ReconstructionGlobal Applications Training, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Japan, Oct 2019
2018
-
Canon USAk-t SPEEDER: A Reference-free Parallel Imaging Method for Fast Dynamic MRICanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, Nov 2018
-
Canon ResearchAn Introduction to Deep Learning and its applications in HealthcareGlobal Clinical Scientists and Application Specialists Annual Meeting, Canon Medical Research USA, Inc., Cleveland, OH, Dec 2018
2017
-
Canon USAAn Introduction to Fast MRI Techniques: Efficient Sampling Trajectories, Parallel Imaging, Compressed Sensing, and Simultaneous Multi-slice ImagingCanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, CA, Nov 2017


Motivation
All the time and for each project we need to rewrite our docker configuration files (dockerfile/compose/entrypoint), a lot of things are boring to write, so we decide to write this program.
This program can be use only to build a container for a node app based on pm2
How to install ?
npm install yocto-docker --save-dev
Generality
Classic usage
To use all features you need configure your Gruntfile.js like this
'use strict';
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// Project configuration.
grunt.initConfig({
// Default package
pkg : grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
// Configuration to be run (and then tested).
yoctodocker : {}
});
// Actually load this plugin's task(s).
grunt.loadNpmTasks('yocto-docker');
grunt.registerTask('default', [ 'yoctodocker' ]);
};
No property defined on Gruntfile ?
You don't need defined any property on Gruntfile, by default the yocto-docker
tasks append need configuration.
Ok but if we dont need all feature ?
So is this case it's possible to disable file generation for no needed process, for example, maybe you dont need compose or script generation part. Do do this just set to true
or false
on your Gruntfile
for each property like below :
'use strict';
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// Project configuration.
grunt.initConfig({
// Default package
pkg : grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
// Configuration to be run (and then tested).
yoctodocker : {
compose : true, // or false
scripts : true, // or false,
dockerfile : true // or false
}
});
// Actually load this plugin's task(s).
grunt.loadNpmTasks('yocto-docker');
grunt.registerTask('default', [ 'yoctodocker' ]);
};
How this program works ?
Use use a template config file .yocto-docker.json
and transform each for each build process.
This program build a Dockerfile
, all needed docker-compose
file based on all needed environment, and all needed scripts
based on needed environment too.
The tree property dependencies is : dockerfile
> compose
> scripts
What we need to write ?
The main entrypoint to edit your configuration file is to edit the dockerfile
property part.
If you need compose
part, keep cool, data are automatically used and builded by defined environment.
And for the script part, it's the same.
So ok, how to configure your docker rules ?
When you run your task for the first time, a copy of default template file .yocto-docker.json
on your project is created. This template contains the whole needed structure of your config file.
The first things to understand is how to to defined and write all listed property. To see defined schema for all defined property click here
Now let's go list and understand all property.
Dockerfile properties
FROM
It's used to define on which package your application is based you can complete this property.
LABELS
It's used to defined labels on your docker process.
By default we automatically add property from your package.json (name, version, description, main, and other useful labels) on labels on your final Dockerfile, so don't rewrite it
ENVIRONMENTS
It's used to environments values on your docker process
By default your application name and version is append on final Dockerfile
ARGUMENT
It's used to defined args on your docker process
COPY
It's used to defined COPY
instructions on your docker process
USER
It's used to defined user on on your container
By default we add an user infra
with a random UUID
between 1000 & 9999
CUSTOMS
It's used to defined custom command on your docker build process.
Only five command are allowed on your commands definition, please check schema definition.
And for more details on each command, follow the online docker documentation :
MAINTAINERS
It's used to defined maintainers user for you application on your container
By default the application append the current git user on maintainers list.
HEALTHCHECK
It's used to defined healthcheck rules on your container
And for more details on healthcheck rules, visit online docker documentaiton our schema is based on the same schema.
PORTS
It's used to define exposed ports on your container
VOLUMES
It's used to define exposed volumes on your container
ENTRYPOINTS
It's used to define entrypoints options on your container
By default the main entrypoint of the application is [ /bin/bash', 'scripts/start-application.sh']
, all extra value given if push at the end of this command.
COMMANDS
It's used to define customs command options on your container
PRIVILEGED
It's used to define privileged rights on your container
RESSOURCES
It's used to define ressources limitation on your container
LOGGING
It's used to define logging options on your container
RESTART
It's used to define restart policy options on your container
SECURITY
It's used to define security option policy on your container
APPARMOR
It's used to define apparmor
configuration policy on your container
Docker Compose properties
All needed compose data are picked from dockerfile
definition part and build properly for each environment.
Scripts properties
It's possible to add custom property for you bash
script for each defined environment.
Do do that, for example :
"scripts": {
"qa": {
"FOO" : "BAR"
},
"production": {
"FOO2" : "BAR2"
},
"staging": {}
}
Extra parameters
By default this docker generation process is for a node application base on process manager pm2
.
To defined pm2 limitation the the runtime
properties define on the root scope of your .yocto-docker.json
RUNTIME
Here we define config value for pm2 process use in default entrypoint. It's possible to defined cpu core limit and memory limit.
PROXY
If you build a docker microservice app, maybe you need to use a reverse proxy. For this we have implemented a basic configuration for Traefik a modern reverve proxy.
This property is defined on the root scope of your .yocto-docker.json
See below matching between traefik properties and our properties.
| Namespace | Proxy property | Traefik property | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| dockerfile | proxy.enable | traefik.enable | |
| - | name | traefik.backend | |
| dockerfile | ports | traefik.port | We only take the first define port |
| dockerfile | proxy.backendProtocol | traefik.protocol | |
| dockerfile | proxy.loadbalancer | traefik.weight | |
| dockerfile | proxy.hosts | traefik.frontend.rule | we take all defined hosts and join it with "," and prefix it with "Host:" |
| dockerfile | proxy.sendHeader | traefik.passHostHeader | |
| dockerfile | proxy.priority | traefik.frontend.priority | |
| dockerfile | proxy.entrypointProcotol | traefik.frontend.entryPoints | we take all defined value and join it with "," |
| dockerfile | proxy.allowedIp | traefik.frontend.whitelistSourceRang | we take all defined value and join it with "," |
| dockerfile | proxy.network | traefik.docker.network |
For more defails on each traefik property, online documentation is available here
But we talk about rules defined by specific environment, how to use it ?
On each property described on definition schema, is defined a env
property. So it's very simple juste write your env name in this property and the app will compile all defined environment.
Can we really defined all needed environment value ?
Yes, by default the app expose these values :
- development
- staging
- production
- qa
- common (default env)
- ci
To override these value juste set the node argument DOCKER_ENV
separate by comma, when your start your grunt tasks. For example :
DOCKER_ENV="my_new_env, my_other_env, my_last_env" grunt docker


We take a multi-level approach to security, from physical security to digital and information systems, internal processes, and testing.
Physical access to our servers is limited to a few dedicated team members who QuantConnect has vetted. Only those credentialed team members can access the physical servers, and we schedule all work in advance. Work on the servers is always done in pairs to prevent single rouge actors from accessing the servers. We host our servers in a world-class security facility (Equinix) with security staff 24/7.
We use all good common sense information security processes: passwordless servers, encryption in the database and backups, encrypted traffic, and network monitoring. We keep most of our servers off the internet and only available on private networks for the smallest possible surface area. We have regular network and code penetration testing. All code is containerized and isolated in services so that root network access would provide little-to-no benefit.
Beyond these basics, we've built active monitoring technology which proactively detects and blocks threats. We have human detection services to reduce the chances of brute-force attacks. We have documented processes for client notifications in the event of strange network activity.
Deployment environments are automated and enforce code peer-review to be deployed, reducing the chances of a rouge internal agent.
We limit staff access to the physical servers, restricting core database access to only a handful of senior staff. Database credentials are carefully restricted in scope, access locations and frequently rotated.


[§103D-316] Right to inspect plant. The State, at reasonable times, may inspect the part of the plant or place of business of a contractor or any subcontractor that is related to the performance of a contract awarded or to be awarded by the State. [L Sp 1993, c 8, pt of §2]


Easily connect to your hardware wallet through watch-only and PSBTs support.
Create multiple storages or fake ones in case of a forced disclosure.
Support for different wallet types. Like Bip84/49/44, electrum, legacy, etc.
Full node connection through ElectrumX, Electrs or Electrum Personal Server.
Easily Bump, Cancel or do Batch transactions. With RBF and CPFP.
With push notifications for pending and confirmed transactions.


Represents the static functionality for tensors implemented by a DiffSharp backend.
| Constructor | Description |
|
|
| Instance member | Description |
|
Create a tensor of appropriate dtype from a scalar or array of appropriate values. A backend type is delivered consistent with in-memory data - a type for dtype Int32 gets int32 data etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Full Usage:
this.GetDevices
Parameters:
DeviceType
Returns: Device list
Modifiers: abstract |
|
Full Usage:
this.IsDeviceTypeAvailable
Parameters:
DeviceType
Returns: bool
Modifiers: abstract |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Full Usage:
this.Seed
Parameters:
int
Modifiers: abstract |
|
|
|
|
|
| Static member | Description |
Full Usage:
BackendTensorStatics.Get(?backend)
Parameters:
Backend
Returns: BackendTensorStatics
|
|
Full Usage:
BackendTensorStatics.Seed(?seed)
Parameters:
int
|
Seed all backends with the given random seed, or a new seed based on the current time if no seed is specified.
|
© Copyright 2021, DiffSharp Contributors.


Architected 40+ n-tier J2EE applications consisting of AIX, and Linux Servers, WebSphere Application Server, DB2, and web servers (IHS). These were J2EE thin web and single page clients, that used a myriad of open sourced toolkits and packages, with a DB2 zOS backend database that follows the single channel, self-service business pattern as defined in IBM Patterns for e-Business and exploits the J2EE Model 2 architecture. The model 2 architecture follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. A number of these applications also included Web 2.0 features such as Rich Internet Application and AJAX and frameworks that enable the application to read and write to an object whose structure is not known until run time.
As part of developing these applications, I developed a number of reusable toolkits - sets of related and reusable classes designed to provide useful, general-purpose functionality. These toolkits didn't impose a particular design on an application, they simply provide functionality that any application may use, thus avoiding recoding common functionality.
These toolkits relied heavily on established design patters. Design patterns names, abstracts, and identifies the key aspects of a common design structure that makes the pattern useful for creating a reusable Object Oriented Design. They identifies participating classes, their role and collaborations, and the distribution of responsibilities.
Finally, whenever possible, applications and packages were bundled as frameworks, emphasizing design reuse. A framework is a set of cooperating classes that make up a reusable design for a specific class of software. The framework dictates the architecture, defining its overall structure, its partitioning into classes, the key responsibilities of these classes, how they collaborate, and the thread of control. In most cases applicatons could board or use these framework simply by configuring an XML document and not be required to write any code. The BMS Revalidation Framework is an example of such a framework. At it's peak, the framework had 34 BTE applications boarded, processed 3M+ authorizations, sent notifications to 500K+ managers, and has an annual cost avoidance of $300K. Other frameworks include a Data Marshalling, Decision Tree, Expression Evaluator, and Data as a Service Frameworks.
These applications include, BMS Revalidation Framework and Dashboard, ICLA Account Delegation, ILC Mnemonic Registration, FMS “Black Box” cost redistribution, On-Line Services Signings, BMSIW Explain Tool, and SSO Knowledge Management Application.
Along with J2EE web application I Built and deployed a number of Java and XML/XSLT based tools that automated laborious and tedious processes such as the of compiling and publishing an information and mass updating database objects. These tools rely on XML's ability to separate content from presentation. By applying different stylesheets to the same document, an XML document can be rendered in different formats. Along with delivering higher quality deliverables by eliminating human error, these tools have saved 1000s of hours, and are still actively used today.
These tools include Information Catalog Compiler & Viewer, Wiki publishing standards and tools, zOS Batch Choreographer, jSqlParser, SSO MVS Community Site.


it's easy, just visit
seedot.com/d/**
and replace the ** with anything you want
(try seedot.com{{.}})copied to clipboard


Total Distance: {{$ctrl.distance}} miles
Total Duration: {{$ctrl.hikeLengthMin}} minutes
Avg Temp: {{$ctrl.averageTemp}} degrees
TIME SPENT
DISTANCE TRAVELED
AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS
TIME (S)


[§10-14.6] Legislative review. The legislature shall consider the board's proposed program and financial plan; evaluate alternatives to the board's recommendations; and appropriate any general fund portion of the budget and any matching special fund appropriations. [L 1990, c 221, pt of §2]


Last night, this morning, most beautiful cleansing roller-coaster of horrible existential confusion and then complete hilarious ecstasy........5.5 grams of mushrooms dosed at 11pm.......within half an hour I cant even see......within an eternity the patterns and tangles of the universe of skull (mine, All) writhe and dance, torturing me, exploding and spinning in floral insane connundrum. Visionary voices and faces twist me from side to side as the struggle to crawl up the kundalinic frame is burned up and blown away in the wind of the dance party of Mind.
Petrified naive visionary creeping up to finally allow himself to hear the scream of the suppose banshee with ears minus filters of hollow culture and locking mechanisms. LISTEN is ALL, there is no message but the speaking, the telling of a tale older and younger than any poem........listen to the howling of the wolf, the expansion of the trees, listen, to the humming bliss that soaks itself, pure energy melting into itself, white night.
but this clinging, this fire once more, this race towards stillness, screaming for silence, this non-existant sufferer, battered pissing horseboy filled of fear and desperation... says
'The universe is a synchronicity is constant proof of itself...'
(...insert hours of seeking despairing agony...)
3:12 am. Whats this? No more bianary toxic shock? No more need to continue pushing and pulling myself? No more rocking back and forth, on and off into angry infinity? No more fear, simply GIVING UP.  This is the vibe. This is virtue, wu-wei, abscence of motive, smiling and drumming on my chest and howling with tears of joy and fruition. I know ill rot once again, and cringe with the horrendous overwhelming joy of the viney beast of existance, what a wonderful charade, this game, I love it. The meandering woes and heartfelt self-contradictions, all this backstabing furious fire-world......the cool breeze of the 5 am moon and the rising sun and I am standing in shimmering awe, nothing held back, nothing kept hidden.......the sky and the tree and my dwarven knobby hand. This is the realm of fantasy come true, This is the New Day.
So many insights, so much timeless wisdom. First in pain over these serpents which make for turbulent tangles, but then knowing its ok. I blast at the world, its art really, and fade away, not caring for a single moment. This is the passion of non-passion. Its LEAPING GLEAMING LOVE.
OM-CHICKOW
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


Beta This is a test version of the layout of this page. Take the survey to help us improve it
Guidance
Information for further education and sixth-form colleges when directly enrolling 14- to 16-year-olds.
Since September 2013, general further education colleges and sixth-form colleges (colleges) have been able to enrol, and receive direct funding from the Education Funding Agency (EFA) for 14- to 16-year-olds who wish to study high-quality vocational qualifications alongside general qualifications including English and mathematics within the Key Stage 4 curriculum.
This guide explains the funding, eligibility criteria, and requirements that colleges must follow. It also explains how the performance of this cohort will be reported in the Key Stage 4 performance tables and signposts interested colleges to the Ofsted guidance about the inspection of EFA directly funded 14 to 16 provision.
This advice is for:
This requirements and advice document will be reviewed in March 2017, additional updates to this guide may be made in-year.
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Publication of requirements and advice for 14 to 16 in colleges for the 2016 to 2017 academic year | By March 2016 |
| Colleges to confirm intent to directly recruit 14- to 16-years-olds | By 30 June 2016 |
| Funding Agreements issued (to include 14 to 16 clauses) | By 31 July 2016 |
| 14- to 16-year-olds enrol in colleges for start in September 2016 | From 1 August 2016 |
| Pupil premium and service premium data return | December 2016 |
| Individualised Learner Record data return (R04) submitted identifying the number of 14- to 16-year-olds directly recruited | December 2016 |
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Allocation statements and contract variations issued | February 2017 |
| Payment of 7/12 of pupil premium | By 31 March 2017 |
| Payment of programme funding and remainder of pupil premium | between April 2017 and July 2017 |
| Policy review and update of full-time 14- to 16 recruitment in colleges | By 31 March 2017 |
| Ofsted Inspection of 14- to 16 centres within colleges | Ongoing and for new participating colleges, within six months of commencement |
Proposals for enrolling young people aged 14 or 15 on 31 August in the year they start their programme of study for direct funding by the EFA should be signed off by the principal and the chair of governors and made available for inspection if required by Ofsted or the EFA.
Colleges should have informed the EFA of their intent to directly enrol full-time 14- to 16-year-olds in the 2016 to 2017 academic year by the 30 June 2016. The EFA will consider late notifications after this date on a case-by-case basis, and funding for the 14 to 16 cohort cannot be guaranteed where the 30 June deadline has been missed. Colleges are expected to have discussed their intention to directly enrol 14- to 16-year-olds with relevant local authorities, before enrolment starts.
Colleges are required, (as part of their overall assessment of steps to be taken) to provide a suitable learning environment, and to complete the readiness to open checklist (Annex A).
Where a college has expressed an interest in delivering the programme, and has been accepted by the EFA; the EFA will retain the college on the list of institutions delivering the programme unless otherwise notified by the college, or the college triggers government intervention for any reason.
While the education may take place all around the college, there should be a designated and identifiable area or 14 to 16 centre for the sole use, when appropriate, of the provision of education and support for 14- to 16-year-olds. This area may be used for other students outside the time-tabled/usual hours that the 14- to 16-year-olds use the area.
There will be an identifiable and qualified leader accountable for leading the education and pastoral support of EFA funded 14 to 16 provision and students. Information and guidance is available on aspects of support for children and young people .
The following inspection-based entry criteria have been established for colleges that wish to enrol 14- to 16-year-olds full-time from September 2016:
Colleges with a current Notice to Improve (notice) from either the Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency or the EFA for any reason will not be eligible to receive EFA funding for 14- to 16-year-olds enrolled at the college.
The EFA will only review college eligibility where they trigger government intervention, or receive a notice for any reason. Should a college receive a notice after funding commences, funding for the existing cohort of students will continue, but the EFA may take such other steps as it deems necessary, including but not limited to:
The college will be expected to work with Ofsted’s improvement HMI to make the required improvement, which might include its 14 to 16 activity.
If the college’s overall standards drop to a point where government intervention is triggered, all provision (including 14 to 16 delivery) at the college will be subject to review by the FE Commissioner or the Sixth Form College Commissioner.
If a participating college discontinues 14 to 16 delivery, and there is a break of one academic year or more; should the college wish to re-commence 14 to 16 delivery it will be required to meet the eligibility criteria at the point at which it re-commences that delivery.
Students can only be enrolled with the consent of their parents/carers and the college should retain a record of parental/carer consent. Parents/carers should be advised that they are legally required to notify the previous school that their child will be enrolled in college receiving education other than at school.
Parents can get impartial advice, information and support from their local parent partnership about their child’s needs. Details of their local service can be found on the national parent partnership network website.
The EFA will only fund 14 to 16 students enrolled by the college up to and including those recorded on the individualised learner record (known as the ILR) return R04. Any 14- to 16-year-old students enrolled and recorded after this date will not be funded by the EFA. This is because of the nature of the underlying funding mechanism, which involves a recharge to the dedicated schools grant.
Where the college is approached to enrol 14 to 16 students after this point, it should negotiate an appropriate transfer of funding from either the school that the student attended from the start of the academic year, or in the case of 14 to 16 students arriving from overseas, from the relevant local authority.
A new code of practice came in to force in September 2014 which explains the duties of schools and colleges to provide reasonable adjustments for disabled children and young people, and auxilory aids and services to disabled children and young people.
This 0-25 SEND Code of Practice applies to colleges. To help colleges, a specific further education guide is available.
Colleges should anticipate the special educational needs (SEN) of students as much as possible, working with the feeder school and advance planning with the student and their family. This is the case for students on SEN support as well as those with statements of SEN or education health and care (EHC) plans. Colleges may also undertake assessments themselves to identify the support the student may need, and whether they may need to agree high needs funding with the student’s home local authority.
Colleges may enrol high needs students provided they satisfy the requirements in this guide and the following arrangements are in place.
Where a student has an existing statement of SEN, and where it is agreed that the student will seek to enrol at the college at age 14 or 15, the local authority will contact the college and discuss the placement. It is for the college and the local authority to agree the placement and the high needs funding. The statement of SEN may continue for 14 and 15-year-olds in college, although parents have the right to request an EHC assessment under the Children and Families Act 2014 .
From the 2015 to 2016 academic year, local authorities must assess all students with SEN statements who are making the transition to a post-16 institution with a view to transferring them to EHC plans. So for entry from 2016, all new students in college will have an EHC plan.
Where a student has an EHC plan at school, the parent has the right to express a preference for a participating college to be named in the student’s plan. The local authority must consult the college about this, and if the college is named in the plan then the college must admit that student.
Colleges should find out from a student’s school about any already identified special educational needs and whether they have been identified as high needs. Where students have been identified already as having high needs, the student’s home local authority should be aware of them, and colleges should ask the local authority for any further information about their needs (they may, for example, have been assessed already for a statement of SEN or an EHC plan, even if they do not have one). The college should seek agreement from the home local authority for a high needs placement.
Some high needs can be identified after enrolment. Colleges have a duty under the Children and Families Act 2014 to use their best endeavours to meet the special educational needs of their students, including 14 and 15 year-olds. Where, despite the college having taken relevant and purposeful action to identify, assess and meet the needs of the student within its existing budget, the student is still not making expected progress, the college should draw the student to the local authority’s attention, and consider requesting the local authority to conduct an EHC needs assessment.
Colleges should use The School Admissions Code as a model for the expected practice for 14 to 16 provision with colleges. College admission arrangements should be published in a manner accessible to students and parents.
There will be no charge in respect of admission to the college of 14- to 16-year-olds and the college will only charge such students where the law allows maintained schools to charge.
Whilst the schools admission appeals code does not apply to colleges; the college should, unless it is unreasonable to do so, adopt these as a model for expected practice. This should include providing a right to appeal to an independent and impartial appeals panel clerked by someone with a sound understanding of the schools admission appeals code.
The college shall work collaboratively with appropriate local authorities both in promoting the college offer to full time 14- to 16-year-olds, and in ensuring appropriate local authorities are made aware, in a timely manner, should an application to enrol be refused or an appeal against a refusal to enrol be unsuccessful.
The college shall work collaboratively with appropriate local authorities in order to share information about the attendance and/or absences (both authorised and unauthorised) as local authorities may deem necessary. Local authorities can then consider if it is necessary to take any action in light of their duties under sections 436A and 437 of the Education Act 1996 , which relate to children of compulsory school age who may not be receiving suitable education.
Colleges should consider when to authorise an absence. There are some circumstances where a college would have no other option but to authorise an absence. These are when the student is unable to attend:
The college will decide when it is appropriate to remove a student from the college roll due to non-attendance. It is recommended that colleges have a policy on attendance that specifies when a student would be removed from roll because of unauthorised absences.
This policy should be communicated to parents and the college should send warning letters of its intention to remove the child if no improvements are made within a specified period.
Before removing a student from the roll because of absence, the college must be satisfied that the absence is not as a result of sickness or any unavoidable cause. The college should inform the relevant local authority immediately if a student is removed from their roll, as well as the grounds for the removal and the student’s contact address. Local authorities must then make alternative provision for the student’s education.
Legislation and statutory guidance on exclusion apply to: maintained schools; pupil referral units; and Academies/Free Schools (other than 16-19 Academies) and all pupils at these schools, including those who are above or below compulsory school age, for example where a school also has a nursery or a 6th form. The exclusion legislation and guidance do not, however, apply to independent schools (other than Academies), stand-alone sixth form colleges, stand-alone nurseries and other post-16 provision, such as FE colleges, which have their own exclusion arrangements.
The exclusions policy of the college for full time 14- to 16-year-olds may wish to use the legislation and statutory guidance as they apply to maintained schools as best practice. The college exclusion policy shall be published in a manner accessible to students and parents.
The college shall work collaboratively with the appropriate local authority, in a timely manner, in relation to all forms of exclusion that may be used in respect of students aged 14 to 16, notifying them of all exclusions and keeping a record of such exclusions. Where a 14- to 16-year-old student is to be excluded for more than 5 days or permanently then the local authority and the local authority where the pupil resides will be notified without delay, on the same day that the decision to exclude is taken. This is to ensure that the relevant local authority is aware of its duty to provide education to pupils of compulsory school age who would not otherwise receive it.
Funding for 14- to 16-year-olds will be calculated using the 16-19 funding methodology and national funding rate as described below, but will have some adjustment to accommodate elements of funding that are not specific to this age group.
(Student numbers x National funding rate per student x Retention factor x Programme cost weighting x Disadvantage funding) x Area cost uplift = total programme funding
(Student numbers x National funding rate per student (£4,000) x Retention factor (x1) x Programme cost weighting (uplift of 4%) + Disadvantage funding (Block 1 - as per 16 to 19 factor, Block 2 - EID to be used as proxy f) x Area cost uplift (as per 16 to 19 uplift) = Total programme funding
A retention factor of 1 will be used in the funding formula for 14- to 16-year-olds, as this is not applicable to pre-16 students.
A cost weighting is applied to recognise that some subjects are more expensive to teach than others. The most applicable cost weighting for this type of subject is 20% therefore a cost weighting of 4% (one fifth of 20%) is to be applied to 14- to 16-year-olds.
Disadvantage funding is made up of two blocks: one to account for students’ economic deprivation and another to account for low prior attainment in English and mathematics.
Block 1 funding recognises that there are additional costs incurred in engaging, recruiting, and retaining young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Whether a learner is eligible for block 1 funding is determined by their home postcode and the level of deprivation recorded in the English Indices of Deprivation 2015 . Reference should be made to EFA Funding Rates and Formula for a full explanation on IMD. The same Block 1 factor applied to 16 to 19 funding will be used for 14 to 16 funding.
For 16 to 19 funding block 1 also gives an additional amount of funding for students who are in or have recently left care. This is not applicable for 14- to 16-year-olds as those students who are in or have recently left care will receive pupil premium funding.
Block 2 funding accounts for the additional costs incurred for teaching students who have low prior attainment. However, as most 14 and 15 year-olds will not have started or achieved English and/or mathematics GCSE, the proportion of students eligible for IMD in calculation of block 1 will be used to generate funding for block 2.
For those students who are eligible for free meals, in care/have recently left and/or a service child, this will generate an annual rate of funding in addition to total programme funding. Further information on pupil premium eligibility is available in this document.
The EFA uses the post-16 funding methodology and subsequent funding arrangements for the implementation of the 14 to 16 in FE programme. This includes the implementation of the post-16 methodology to support the recruitment of students with high needs.
For funding purposes, a high needs student is defined as a student who requires support for special educational needs (SEN) that costs more than £6,000 and the package of support must have been agreed by the local authority in which the student lives.
In all instances, a high needs student’s placement must be commissioned by the local authority and include the top-up funding (element 3) to be paid to an institution. An agreement must be in place between the two parties to that effect. If the local authority does not agree a placement (even where an institution may have assessed a student as requiring additional support or a student has been offered a place by that institution) and top-up funding for a student is not agreed to, these students cannot be counted as high needs for funding purposes.
The principles which apply to post-16 high needs students apply equally to 14- to 16-year-olds directly enrolled in colleges. This means that the EFA will directly fund the student’s programme (Element 1) in-line with the post-16 funding methodology.
The EFA will fund students reported by institution in the ILR R04 data return. These student numbers will be used to calculate a deduction to the commissioning local authorities DSG in March. Where students are directly recruited after the R04 submission has been made; we are unable to fund these students directly and request colleges to agree arrangements with the student’s school and obtain funding from them directly.
If the college has not used its allocation of element 2 places for post-16 students, this funding can be used to support 14- to 16-year-olds with high needs because element 2 place funding is not reserved for a specific student or local authority. The local authority would then provide top up funding (element 3) as appropriate from its high needs budget.
If an institution has filled the element 2 places it has been funded for, agreement needs to be reached with the local authority on the total level of support required. A local authority should not automatically be charged an extra £6,000 per head if it is agreed that the support package for additional students can be met at marginal, rather than full cost for the institution.
Funding for students whose additional support costs are £6,000 or less and who are therefore not high needs students, should be met from the 14 to 16 in FE funding formula (described from paragraph 41 onwards) which provides a pot of disadvantage funding. The calculation of disadvantage funding takes account of student prior attainment and, where relevant, provides extra funding for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
For further information on high needs funding, contracting and special educational needs (SEN) reforms please read the additional information: 16 to 25 high needs funding arrangements .
Data on 14 to 16 student examination performance will be routinely collected in the same way as 16 to 18 student performance. Performance relating to 14 to 16 students directly enrolled in colleges was reported in the 2015 Key Stage 4 performance tables for the first time in January 2016.
Further information on performance measures and approach for publication 2016 to 2017 is available below.
Two learning delivery monitoring codes were introduced for use on the ILR for the 2013 to 2014 academic year:
Only students recorded as 320 count towards 14 to 16 funding. Code 320 should only be used to identify those students who are directly recruited. It should not be used to identify any other of 14- to 16-year-old for example:
Participating colleges will be required to submit data to the EFA to enable pupil premium and service child premium payments to be calculated. This information will be collected through a bespoke data return in December 2016.
Pupil premium and service child premium allocations for delivery in the 2016 to 2017 academic year (the final 7 months of the financial year 2015 to 2016 and the first five months of the 2016 to 2017 financial year) will be based on the information submitted by colleges by 12 December 2016. Per pupil levels of pupil premium funding for the 2016 to 2017 financial year have not yet been confirmed. Further information on pupil premium eligibility is available in this document.
The school to school (S2S) system allows schools, further education and sixth-form colleges (directly recruiting 14- to 16- year-olds), and local authorities to securely share student information. Information on how schools and local authorities should send student records and other information is published on GOV.UK.
Colleges who have expressed their interest, and are directly recruiting 14- to 16-year-olds, will be provided with access to the school to school service (S2S). S2S can be used by schools and colleges to transfer student information in a secure electronic environment. The School to School guidance is published on GOV.UK.
New colleges confirmed by the EFA as directly recruiting 14- to 16-year-olds will be contacted to arrange their access to S2S. Further information, advice, and guidance can be accessed via the secure access help page, using either the main S2S page link (which includes the news) or the detailed guidance .
At present colleges have various powers to provide secondary education to compulsory school age pupils. The powers are set out in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (FHEA 1992): s.18 (1) (aa)-(ac) for general further education colleges and s.33E (1) (b)-(d) for sixth-form colleges.
They allow colleges to:
Colleges are required to consult such local authorities as they consider appropriate before exercising any of these powers – section 18 (1a), section 33e (3) of the further and higher education act (FHEA) 1992.
Colleges are also subject to the duty, pursuant to section 52A FHEA 1992, and relevant regulations, to ensure that students aged 14- to 16-years-old are not educated in the same room, at the same time, as a learner aged 19 or over.
Existing arrangements for admitting 14- to 16-year-olds by arrangement with schools, local authorities or parents will continue and are not affected by this guidance. The funding arrangements for electively home educated children are summarised at Annex C to this document.
PDF , 136KB , 1 page
If you use assistive technology (eg a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
Colleges do not have to deliver the national curriculum but the curriculum provided by the college to 14- to 16-year-olds should be broad and balanced. In addition:
The college shall, if requested to do so by or on behalf of any 14- to 16-year-old student, make provision for meals for those students unless it would be unreasonable for it to do so.
In relation to a student who is themselves, or whose parents are in receipt of benefits, mentioned in section 512ZB Education Act 1996 (or equivalent provision governing the entitlement to free meals at maintained schools); the college shall ensure that the provision for meals is provided for such students free of charge.
Where students are eligible for free meals, these should be provided by the college. The disadvantage element of 14 to 16 programme funding in part reflects the need for colleges to meet the cost of this provision. However, a student is not eligible to receive a free meal until an application has been made by them or on their behalf.
To identify which students are eligible for free meals, colleges should contact the parents and carers of their 14- to 16-year-old pupils and ask if they think their child meets the criteria detailed on GOV.UK . The student, or their parent/guardian, must submit an application to the college. Colleges should develop their own process for dealing with free meals applications. Some may wish to use a paper application form, whilst others may wish to provide an on-line application option.
To identify which students are eligible for pupil premium and/or the service child premium, colleges should also ask parents and carers of their 14- to 16-year-olds if they think their child meets the criteria (i.e. whether their child is currently entitled to free meals, was previously entitled to free meals in the past six years, if their child is in care or has recently left care and if their child is classed as a ‘service child’ as defined in the Pupil Premium Conditions of Grant . An example letter which colleges may wish to use to write out to parents and carers is available in Annex B.
MS Word Document , 41.9KB
The college shall submit a return detailing their pupils eligible for pupil premium and/or service premium to the EFA in December in the prescribed format. The college should retain copies of the evidence seen of entitlement to free school meals for a period of 6 years from the end of the year in which the provision for food was made.
The payment of the pupil premium grant is subject to the conditions detailed in these Requirements of Funding and the Pupil Premium Conditions of Funding Grant. For the 2016 to 2017 financial year, colleges will receive a proportion of annual pupil premium grant on or before 31 March 2017.
From September 2014, participating colleges are required to publish annually information in relation to:
Children are provided with free transport between home and their nearest suitable school if:
Entitlement to free home to school transport is lost if the student enrols at a college, as colleges are not qualifying schools for transport purposes. Home to school transport is made up of unprotected funding and local taxes and if a pupil is no longer enrolled in a qualifying school then the local authority is no longer obliged to fund their transport. However the local authority may do so if they wish and parents whose children will lose school transport should contact their local authority for advice.
The college is required to secure independent careers guidance for all students up to and including the age of 18 (and 19- to 25-year-olds with a current Learning Difficulty Assessment in place under section 139a of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 , or with an Education Health and Care Plan in place under section 37 of the Children and Families Act 2014 . Independent careers guidance secured under the requirement should:
Colleges should review existing support and take steps to ensure this meets the needs of their 14- to 16-year-old students. They should also check that the young person has received sufficiently robust information, advice and guidance prior to commencing at college to ensure they are following the most appropriate learning pathway.
The DfE has published guidance for FE and sixth-form colleges (revised August 2014) , relating to their careers requirement.
The DfE has also published statutory guidance and departmental advice for schools on careers guidance and inspiration which can be used by colleges to review support for of 14- to 16-year-old students.
The college shall abide by the requirements of, and have regard to, any guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education on:
The college shall take such steps as are necessary to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of students whilst employed or on work placement/work experience or other work-related activity either on or off the college premises. The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain, and other relevant guidance is published by both the Health and Safety Executive and DfE for colleges to access.
Once students are enrolled at a college, that provision will be subject to Ofsted inspection. The provision for 14- to 16-year-olds will be inspected under the Common Inspection Framework. Ofsted guidance sets out the detail of how its inspection arrangements will cover enrolled provision for 14- to 16-year-olds .
The EFA’s Funding Agreement with colleges reflects the DfE’s policy on accountability and intervention. A college in receipt of funds from EFA is expected to be aware of most recent DFE policy requirements as they relate to all the young people it provides for.
In the event that a college is identified as underperforming in relation to its provision for full time enrolled 14- to 16-year-olds, the EFA may take action in accordance with the provisions in the Funding Agreement. Underperformance may be identified through inspection or, when data becomes available, through the application of any national minimum or floor standards that relate to this cohort. Subject to the extent of that underperformance further recruitment of 14- to 16-year-olds may be suspended or ceased.
The first performance data relating to the 14 to 16 cohort was published in the Key Stage 4 2015 performance tables in January 2016 and shows the performance of the first 14 to 16 cohort who sat their Key Stage 4 examinations in the 2014 to 2015 academic year. The Key Stage 4 floor standard will be applied to those student outcomes. For reference, the current Key Stage 4 floor standard states that schools are below the floor, if fewer than 40% of students achieve five or more GCSEs at A* - C or equivalent including GCSEs (or iGCSEs) in both English and mathematics, and students make below average expected progress in English and mathematics.
For the 2015 to 2016 academic year, the floor standard will be based on Progress 8. If a college’s performance falls below this floor standard, then the college may come under scrutiny through inspection. The Progress 8 guidance published on GOV.UK provides specific details on how Progress 8 is calculated – this includes worked examples and diagrams. For those colleges that trigger intervention for any of the reasons set out in this document, or in the Funding Agreement, the EFA (in the case of sixth-form colleges) and the Chief Executive of Skills Funding and/or the FE Commissioner (for general further education colleges) will act in accordance with the provisions set out in the relevant Funding Agreement and any applicable policy. The 14 to 16 delivery will be an important, but proportionate, consideration as part of that intervention process.
Where applicable, participating colleges will ensure that the following information for the 2014/15 academic year is published on the college’s website as and when it becomes available:
In 2013, the department announced major reforms to the secondary school accountability system, which will start to come into effect in the 2016 performance tables. From 2016 onwards, performance tables will include two new measures: Progress 8 and Attainment 8. More information on Progress 8 and the headline measures for 2016 can be found in the Progress 8 guidance .
The full range of performance measures that will be published in the 2016 performance tables will be included in the 2016 performance tables Statement of Intent. This will be published on GOV.UK before the end of the summer term.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the EFA Conditions of Funding, the Secretary of State for Education, acting reasonably, may from time to time call for information, relating to the 14- to 16-year-olds enrolled at the college, on:
The Children’s Food Trust (formerly known as the School Food Trust) has produced a number of pieces of guidance for schools, including the free school meals matter toolkit and A quick guide to free school meals, which colleges will also be able to use to help them set up a process for dealing with free meal applications.
These are available on the Children’s Food Trust’s website .
National curriculum requirements are published by the DfE on GOV.UK.
| Southern England |
|---|
| Bromley College of Further and Higher Education |
| Newbury College |
| South Devon College |
| Tower Hamlets |
| West Thames College |
| John Ruskin College |
| Cambridge Regional College |
| East Kent |
| Central England |
|---|
| Stephenson College |
Published: 31 March 2016
Updated: 7 September 2016
From: Education Funding Agency


Welcome
With innovative approaches and advanced methodologies, Vecta Corporation provides scalable business solutions to help companies achieve success through revenue increase, cost management, and user satisfaction. Our approach stems from the three most important business growth aspects: helping companies reach prospects, assist in converting prospects to customers, and assist in retaining those customers. This is accomplished through our interactive solutions and expertise in providing a memorable and positive user experience.
Our Solutions
vProspect 2.0
Define and research your target audience, define your strategy to reach that audience and present a strong and memorable brand to that audience.
vConvert 2.0
Create a highly user-friendly and easy-to-navigate information architecture that will help your prospects interact with the company on a highly interactive level.
vRetain 1.0
Build on existing customer relationships to improve productivity and maximize customer loyalty, while growing revenues.