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"The book starts with an account of the arrival of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts in November 1620, which is to say that it endorses a very old idea of the best place to catch the first glimmer of the American republic: 1620, not 1619. I'm well aware that the claims of 1620 have their own weaknesses. The country's "very origin," as the Times puts it, isn't something that can be settled once and for all. Many threads from many origins all eventually cohere into a nation. But there is something vital about 1620 that is worth pointing out and that is increasingly lost to national consciousness in our multicultural age. 1620 is a strong counterpoint to 1619, not just in proximity but in spirit. The rest of the book is best thought of as a voyage of discovery, so I will forego the usual practice of offering an advance tour of the chapters. What will come, will come"--

Why Conservatives Should Stop Opposing the Common Core (Common Core: Yea)by Sol SternIn the past few decades – as progressives gained influence in universities and schools of education – the idea of a coherent, content-rich curriculum has been erased from America's classrooms. Now, for all its faults, the Common Core State Standards represent the best opportunity we have to restore that structure in our schools.In this Broadside, Sol Stern shows how both sides of the education spectrum have misrepresented the Common Core. The left regards the standards as a threat to their ideological hegemony

chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. Healthcare cost : an overview of the issues -- chapter 3. Introduction to the section on workplace culture -- chapter 4. Making the transition from a culture of accountability to a culture of ownership / by Joe Tye -- chapter 5. Terminology on this book -- chatper 6. Introduction to section on hospital capacity optimization -- chapter 7. Dynamic capacity management : an approach to capacity optimization -- chapter 8. The blocking and tackling of hospital capacity management : an overview -- chapter 9. Blocking and tackling of capacity management in the emergency department -- chapter 10. Blocking and tackling of capacity management in surgical services -- chapter 11. Blocking and tackling of inpatient capacity management -- chapter 12. Physicians, and their role in optimization -- chapter 13. Preparing for coming change : forming a PHO / by Peter Wood -- chapter 14. Care circle networks : an introduction -- chapter 15. The care circle network concept -- chapter 16. Assessing the community and the patient population -- chapter 17. Building the communal resoure pool -- chapter 18. CCNs, palliative care, and end-of-life planning -- 19. Final thoughts.