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X – The Driver Era Album Review
September 30, 2019 by Cameron Lyle
The Driver Era, consisting of former Disney Channel star Ross Lynch and his brother Rocky Lynch, formed in early 2018 after the hiatus of their previous band, R5. The former Disney Channel star, Ross Lynch, formed R5 with his four other siblings. R5 amounted to 4 songs being placed in the Billboard Hot 100 and also having a top 10 hit in "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" which is why it was a shock when R5 announced their hiatus. Ross Lynch and Ryder Lynch then decided to form a new band, The Driver Era, with a whole different sound that isn't the usual pop radio hits that R5 put out. X came out in June of 2019 and was relatively successful. It wasn't chart topping by any means, but received a good critic score. This album has been on nonstop repeat since I found it just last week and to fully get the feeling of the album, I recommend listening to it from start to finish, but also individual songs are good as well.
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Things to Do > Hershey Centre > Features
The Hershey Centre is the state-of-the-art answer.
The complex is located on 160 hectares of land and is part of a major sports park development referred to as the Sports Zone. Part of the development includes Iceland Mississauga which is located just south of Hershey Centre and operates as a year-round four rink ice complex. In April 2003 the new Twin Rink addition was added to the Hershey Centre facility which now offers 4 ice rinks. Future plans for the site call for indoor sports facility (baseball and soccer), home to the Mississauga Gymnastics Club and a hotel development across from the Hershey Centre plus much more.
The Hershey Centre is now home to the Mississauga St. Mike's Majors of the Ontario Hockey League. For more information, visit St. Mike's Majors on line.
A mid-sized lounge, overlooking the Community Rink #2 provides a great place to watch the game or talk about it afterwards. A second lounge, 4 major fixed concessions and a number of mobile food and beverage kiosks and vending areas serve up top notch snacks.
Whether you're on the ice playing, in your seats rooting for the home team or begging for an encore from your favourite entertainer, you will find the Hershey Centre to be the landmark sports and entertainment complex the people of this great city deserve.
Home to the Mississauga IceDogs the Hershey Centre is also host many events throughout the year including:
34 IceDogs Home Games
Dodge Rodeo Championships
West 49 World Cup Skateboarding
International Skating Events
Trade and Business Exhibitions
Capacity for 5,400 seated and 400 standing room for hockey, an additional 200 seated on ice for skating shows
Capacity as much as 6,000 spectators for concerts and events
Audience includes youth, families and/or active adults
Ideally suited for concerts, trade exhibits, boxing and wrestling, literally any event requiring a mid-size venue
Easily accessible from Highways #401 & #403
15 minutes from the Pearson International Airport
Four Rinks: Hershey Centre Main Bowl and 3 Community Rinks
On site Pro Shop
1120 club seats and club lounge
27 Private Suites
Onsite Ticket Office
Two lounge areas, 4 major fixed concessions and a number of mobile food and beverage kiosks and vending areas
Mind To Muscle Rehabilitation Centre
Backstage Services and Dressing Rooms
6 change rooms in each Community Rink and 5 in the Main Bowl.
Wheelchair Accessibility & Seating
Reserved/General Parking for 1,920 vehicles
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Hershey Centre Rink #2
Hershey Centre Community Rink #2 has an NHL Regulation 85' X 200' ice surface, seating for approximately 250 people and is accessible to a warm viewing lounge and concession stand.
Hershey Centre Rinks #3 & #4
Hershey Centre Community Rinks #3 & #4 both have NHL Regulation 85' X 200' ice surface, seating for approximately 250 people and are accessible to concession area and meeting rooms.
Hershey Centre Twin Rinks Concession Stand
Hershey Centre Twin Rinks Concession Stand is accessible to Rinks #2, #3 & #4. A variety of food and beverage is available for rental groups and spectators. For meeting room catering services, please call 905-615-3902.
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Bipolar Disorder > Mood Disorders
Climate and Prevalence of Mood Disorders: A Cross-National Correlation Study
Jean-Yves Rotgé, MD, PhD; Philippe Fossati, MD, PhD; and Cedric Lemogne, MD, PhD
To the Editor: Seasonal climate variations are notably known to affect mood in both individuals with and individuals without mental disorders.1,2 Intriguingly, the prevalence of mood disorders differs greatly from one country to another. For example, lifetime prevalence has been measured at 21% in France and the United States, compared with under 5% in Nigeria.3 Since seasonal variations could affect the mood, we conducted the following study to examine whether some climate characteristics could, at least in part, explain the worldwide distribution of lifetime prevalence of mood disorders.
Method. The lifetime prevalences of mood disorders from 17 countries belonging to each continent in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres in 2001-2005 were extracted from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey (see eAppendix 1 at Psychiatrist.com).3 For each country, the population size, the gross domestic product (GDP) per habitant, and climate characteristics for the period 1990-2009 were obtained from the World Bank Group (www.worldbank.org).
The differences between the highest and lowest monthly values of rainfall and temperature were calculated to serve as estimates of the amplitude of the seasonal variations. Four independent variables were thus obtained: the annual averages of rainfall and temperature and the amplitudes of monthly differences in rainfall and temperature. The lifetime prevalence of mood disorders was the dependent variable of the model. The selection of the best multiple regression model was based on the significance of F tests and the highest R2 values. The model was further tested with the inclusion of population size or GDP per habitant as a control variable to assess their possible influence on the relationship between climate and prevalence of mood disorders. Finally, leave-one-out sensitivity analyses were conducted by repeating analyses with the consecutive exclusion of each data point to ensure that the overall results were not influenced by outlier data.
Results. The best multiple regression model included the 4 independent variables (F = 4.78, R2 = 0.62, P = .015). The β values, indicative of the direction and the strength of the relationship between each independent variable and the lifetime prevalence of mood disorders, were −1.30 (P = .02) for the amplitude of monthly rainfall differences, 0.81 (P = .003) for the average annual rainfall, 0.23 (P = .64) for the amplitude of monthly temperature differences, and 0.53 (P = .40) for the average annual temperature. The inclusion of the population size (F = 16.84, R2 = 0.86, P < .0001) or the GDP per habitant (F = 4.33, R2 = 0.59, P = .021) as a control variable did not affect the present results. Finally, leave-one-out sensitivity analyses identified no outlier data.
Some limitations should be taken into account when interpreting the present results. First, the data did not take into account the regional variability within a given country of both climate characteristics and lifetime prevalences of mood disorders. Climate properties were measured in the capitals of the included countries, and lifetime prevalences corresponded to the national prevalences. Second, although the years of data collection for lifetime mood disorder prevalences and climate characteristics could not perfectly fit, their overlap (2001-2005 for lifetime prevalences and 1990-2009 for climate characteristics) seems reasonable and should not affect our results and conclusions, given the velocity of climate change. Finally, we were unable to consider the different subtypes of mood disorders, and we cannot specifically conclude whether climate characteristics may affect the lifetime prevalence of major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or both.
However, this study is the first to describe the relationship between the climate of a country and its lifetime prevalence of mood disorders (see eAppendix 1). Specifically, the highest prevalences of mood disorders are observed in countries characterized by small variations across monthly rainfall and high levels of rainfall, independently of the countries' wealth.
The present findings extend previous results by highlighting the critical importance of the weather in mood disorders through a cross-national dimension and offer new perspectives regarding the discrepancies across national lifetime prevalences of mood disorders. It remains to be determined, for example, whether the relationship between climate and prevalence of mood disorders could be mediated by light exposure or barometric pressures and whether climate changes to come may affect the occurrence of mood disorders.
1. Schlager D, Schwartz JE, Bromet EJ. Seasonal variations of current symptoms in a healthy population. Br J Psychiatry. 1993;163(3):322-326. PubMed doi:10.1192/bjp.163.3.322
2. Magnusson A, Partonen T. The diagnosis, symptomatology, and epidemiology of seasonal affective disorder. CNS Spectr. 2005;10(8):625-634, quiz 1-14. PubMed
3. Kessler RC, Angermeyer M, Anthony JC, et al. Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative. World Psychiatry. 2007;6(3):168-176. PubMed
Jean-Yves Rotgé, MD, PhD
jeanyves.rotge@mac.com
Philippe Fossati, MD, PhD
Cedric Lemogne, MD, PhD
Author affiliations: INSERM (French Institute of Health and Medical Research) UMR 894, Psychiatry & Neurosciences Center, Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne, Paris Cité, Faculty of Medicine (Drs Rotgé and Lemogne); Pierre and Marie Curie University; INSERM U 1127, CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) UMR 7225; Brain and Spine Institute; and AP-HP (Paris Hospitals Public Assistance), Department of Psychiatry, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital (Dr Fossati); and AP-HP, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, University Hospital Paris West (Dr Lemogne), Paris, France.
Author contributions: All authors were involved in the research and writing of this letter.
Potential conflicts of interest: None reported.
Funding/support: None reported.
Supplementary material: Available at PSYCHIATRIST.COM.
J Clin Psychiatry 2014;75(4):408 (doi:10.4088/JCP.13l08810).
© Copyright 2014 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
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Parking, Snow Deposit and Sump Discharge on County Roads and Bridges
The public is advised that County of Lennox and Addington By-Law No. 2697/98 regulates and requires the removal of items obstructing, encumbering, injuring or fouling County roads and bridges. The parking of vehicles, depositing of snow and discharging of sumps on County roads and bridges during winter months are examples of actions prohibited under this by-law. Section 181 of the Highway Traffic Act further prohibits the deposit of snow and ice on a roadway.
Notice of Construction - County Rd 21, Greater Napanee
R.W Tomlinson Inc has been contracted by the County of Lennox & Addington to rehabilitate County Rd 21 in Greater Napanee from County Road 8 south to Highway 33.
The rehabilitation generally consists of drainage improvements (ditching & culverts), in-place pulverizing of the existing asphalt, adding granular material and re-paving including paved shoulders.
To facilitate the work, temporary lane closures will be required and some traffic delays can be expected.
Notice of Construction - County Rd 6, Loyalist Township and Township of Stone Mills
R.W Tomlinson Inc has been contracted by the County of Lennox & Addington to rehabilitate two sections of County Rd 6, one in Loyalist Township and one in the Township of Stone Mills. The southern section (Loyalist) is from County Road 28 (Millhaven Rd) in Odessa to the CN Rail tracks. The northern section (Stone Mills) is from Wilson Rd to County Road 1 in Yarker.
Notice of Bridge Work - Salmon River Bridge
National Structures Inc. has been contracted by the County of Lennox & Addington to rehabilitate the Salmon River Bridge located on County Road 41 in Roblin. The work generally consists of replacement of concrete curbs and railings, bridge deck repairs and re-paving.
To facilitate the work the bridge will temporarily be restricted to a single lane for traffic controlled by portable traffic signals. Traffic delays should be expected. Cyclists and Pedestrians will be able to cross the bridge while this work is ongoing.
Notice of Bridge Work - Morven Bridge
National Structures Inc. has been contracted by the County of Lennox & Addington to rehabilitate the Morven Bridge located on County Road 2 in Morven. The work generally consists of replacement of concrete curbs and railings, bridge deck repairs and re-paving.
Reduced Load Restrictions (5 tonnes per axle) on County Roads
In accordance with the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.H.8, s.122 and County of Lennox and Addington By-law No. 3457/19, as amended, a reduced load restriction will be in effect on certain County Roads as posted during the period of:
Public Notice - Sale of Land
On October 28, 2020, the Council of the County of Lennox & Addington passed a By-law to declare a County-owned property surplus to the County's needs.
The property is described as Lot 29, RP 302, 215 First Avenue, Town of Greater Napanee, The property has been identified for disposal as part of the Local Housing Corporation's social housing revitalization plan.
Inquiries may be directed to:
Tracey McKenzie, County Clerk
tmckenzie@lennox-addington.on.ca
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Construction or Paving of Driveways on County Roads
The public is reminded that any construction, paving or other alteration to driveways that is proposed for that portion of the driveway that is within the limits of any County Road road allowance is subject to By-law No. 2572/95, as amended, "A By-law to Regulate the Location, Construction and Use of Entrances Onto County Roads".
Public Notice of Pesticide Use for Roadside Weed Control
The County of Lennox & Addington and its four Lower Tier Municipalities (The Town of Greater Napanee, Loyalist Township, The Township of Stone Mills and The Township of Addington Highlands) have engaged the services of Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. for the application of pesticide to control vegetation at all guiderail locations, and control noxious weeds along the following rural roadsides:
County of Lennox and Addington: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 27


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Rare ceramic crab by Robert Wallace Martin acquired by The Box, Plymouth
The Box, Plymouth has acquired a ceramic crab made by of salt-glazed stoneware by Robert Wallace Martin, June 1860.
The artwork is an experimental grotesque anthropomorphic crab and is one of a very small number of large-scale sculptural works made by the Martin Brothers and is the only one known in the UK.
As well as being of artistic importance the crab also reflects the social history of Victorian Britain as well as our sculptural and decorative art history.
The Box is a new £46million museum, gallery and archive that is set to open in 2020.
This acquisition will complement an already planned display of Martinware, which will be exhibited in a massed display case of 350 examples from their decorative arts collection. The applicant would look to showcase the crab alone in front of this display, creating a greater context for the work.
The NHMF panel approved the grant of £139,200 in September 2019 and this follows a £14,833,200 delivery round grant from National Lottery Heritage Fund for The Box in July 2016.
The ceramic crab is made from salt-glazed stoneware and measures 21 x 48.5 x 41.5cm and has along its claw a bold signature: R. W. MARTIN 6.80 (Robert Wallace Martin, June 1860). This larger-than-life crustacean has personable human features including grinning eyes, a curling moustache, cropped beard and a smile of uneven teeth.
The Martin Brothers are considered the first art potters of Britain and of the four brothers, Robert Wallace Martin was the most experimental and the driving force behind the studio's famously grotesque designs. It is considered one of the first transitional works that bridged the applied and the fine arts, representing an important moment in both the Martin Brothers' production and Britain's sculptural and decorative art history.
This ceramic piece was made using a complex firing method from the medieval era that the Martin Brothers helped to revive. Salt glazing was typically employed for hardy jugs and sewer pipes but the Brothers explored its artistic potential as demonstrated by this sculpture.
The Box are planning a special temporary exhibition focused on Martinware in 2021/2022. As part of this, the applicant would be devising a public programme around the sculpture, aiming to celebrate and contextualise the acquisition.
Rare ceramic crab by Robert Wallace Martin
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The Catalogue Raisonné of the Alan Daniélou manuscript collection will be presented at the presence of the FIND Intellectual and Artistic Directors, Adrián Navigante and Riccardo Biadene, on the 11th April at 4:30pm at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice.
This catalogue, curated by Nicola Biondi, covers a series of manuscripts collected by Alain Daniélou and donated by him to the Fondazione Cini on the 19th August 1971.
Part of the Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies series «Intersezioni Musicali», this volume is the first tangible fruit of the long and meticulous analysis of over 200 manuscripts for the greater part in Sanskrit.
The Catalogue will be presented by Lars-Christian Koch, Director of the Phonogramm-Archiv in Berlin and expert of Indian Classical music, and Antonio Rigopoulos, professor of Sanskrit of the Università Ca' Foscari, Venice.
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California Condemned "Corrective" Intersex Surgery On Children — But Doesn't Ban It Outright
By Mehreen Kasana
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Becoming the very first state in the country to do so, California condemned "corrective" intersex surgery for children through a resolution passed by the California State Legislature on Wednesday. The resolution was first introduced to by Sen. Scott Wiener with support from the nonprofit organization known as interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth.
The bill, SCR110, denounces "corrective" intersex surgery as a procedure — but it does not outright ban it. In its resolution, proponents said that "corrective" surgery on intersex children is medically unnecessary, according to USA Today. This procedure, supporters of the resolution argued, could potentially traumatize the children who undergo it.
"It means for the very first time a U.S. legislative body has affirmatively recognized that intersex children deserve dignity and the right to make decisions about their own bodies — just like everyone else," head director of interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth, Kimberly Zieselman, told USA Today.
"We don't condone female genital mutilation, nor should we condone the medically unnecessary, deeply harmful interventions like clitoral reductions and sterilizations that constitute intersex genital mutilation," director of interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth, Alesdair Ittelson told USA Today. "This is an issue that transcends party lines because it is easy to understand the basic humanity of these vulnerable children."
Proponents of the resolution said that such a move for intersex children —that is to say, children whose genitals do not fit into a singular biologically male or female category — could help with their mental health. In their bill, supporters argued that, "The World Health Organization explained, also in 2015, that intersex children have been 'subjected to medically unnecessary, often irreversible, interventions that may have lifelong consequences for their physical and mental health, including irreversible termination of all or some of their reproductive and sexual capacity.'"
Going further, they cited the WHO study which said that "human rights bodies and ethical and health professional organizations have recommended that free and informed consent should be ensured in medical interventions for people with intersex conditions, including full information, orally and in writing, on the suggested treatment, its justification and alternatives."
Based on the content of the bill, the central issue seemed to be the premature timing of such medical procedures. Citing the same WHO study, the resolution added, "Procedures that could be delayed until intersex children are old enough to decide whether they want them are instead performed on infants who then have to live with the consequences for a lifetime."
Ultimately, it is the "the bodily autonomy of intersex people" that needs to be respected and regarded, according to the proponents of the SCR110 bill. The bill also shared the comments of an unnamed Stanford-educated urologist who explained the aftermath following a "corrective" surgery. "The psychological damage caused by intervention," the anonymous urologist said, "is just as staggering, as evidenced by generations of intersex adults dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, problems with intimacy, and severe depression."
With SCR110's position — that of denouncing "corrective" medical procedures for intersex children — perhaps supporters will be able to raise more awareness about and consideration for life as an intersex child.


Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Mississauga Active Senior Program of the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care presents "Enchanting Melodies of Yee Hong". This variety show features a diverse range of performances, including Tai Chi, international and folk dance, Chinese orchestra, musical theatre, Chinese opera, and more. Join in the celebration of this special occasion and prepare to immerse yourself in the Enchanting Melodies of Yee Hong! Interested in more? Arrive between 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm to check out a free exhibition displaying various artworks produced by the Mississauga Active Senior Program!


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The Gambler (2014)
Posted on January 16, 2015 by carlosdev
Mark Wahlberg's agent is dead to him after getting him this movie.
(2014) Drama (Paramount) Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larsen, Michael Kenneth Williams, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Anthony Kelley, Alvin Ing, Andre Braugher, Domenick Lombardozzi, George Kennedy, Lauren Weedman, Leland Orser, Richard Schiff, Griffin Cleveland, Steve Park, Da'Vone McDonald, Amin Joseph, Josiah Blunt, Shakira Ja'Nai Paye, Melanie McComb. Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Gambling is part of the human psyche. Not all of us our gamblers but at least once in our lives we all take a chance on something. Some, though, can't live without the rush. The bigger the gamble, the bigger the thrill. Who doesn't relish the thrill of hitting 21 at the blackjack table when you've put your entire bankroll in, or of hearing that girl whose league you're so far out of that you're actually playing a different sport say yes when you ask her out?
Jim Bennett (Wahlberg) is a gambler, a compulsive one. He goes to underground casinos and bets whatever sums of money he can get his hands on – usually borrowed. He's a college professor by day (of English literature) and by night, he plays blackjack and roulette. He can go up by hundreds of thousands of dollars and then lose it all on one bad hand. He is a smart cookie for sure, but a self-destructive one as well.
He owes money to three very bad people; Lee (Ing) who owns the underground casinos that Jim gambles in (we can assume that most respectable casinos will have banned Bennett from their respective properties), Neville (Williams) who puts the urbane in urban as a gangster who, when the original movie that this is based on came out would have been portrayed in a Superfly hat with a 'fro from here to waaaaaaaay out there, baby and the third is the most badass of them all – Frank (Goodman) who is fatherly and vicious at the same time. He is the loan shark with a heart of gold, trying to talk Jim out of borrowing money from him which is a little bit odd considering that Frank makes his millions from chumps like Jim borrowing money from him.
Jim's mom (Lange) is the daughter of the founder of a bank and has wealth oozing from her every pore and dripping from her empty smile. She knows she has been enabling the beast all this time and when Jim comes to her for a loan of well over a quarter of a million dollars, her first instinct is to slap him across the face (which, I might add, he deserves). Like the enabler of any addict, she hopes that this time he will use the money wisely and take care of his debt and start a better life for himself but we know, he knows and she knows that just isn't going to happen. Not yet. And when Jim tells her essentially to go away and not talk about his problem, she does, weeping for a moment before her mask of iron control slams down on her face and she walks away with what dignity she can muster and Jim (and we) don't see her again.
Jim has been latched onto by one of his students, Amy (Larsen) whose talent Jim recognizes but in typical Jim fashion he attempts to tell what he conceives as the truth (and may well be – he's a pretty smart guy) but in such a way that it alienates virtually everyone else in the class. There's also Lamar (Kelley), a basketball star who is expected to cruise through the class so he can continue to be eligible to score lots and lots of points on his way through to the NBA. These two alone seem able to tolerate Jim who is filled with self-loathing and who time after time when confronted with the opportunity to do the right thing screws it up royally for himself and those around him.
With a deadline looming on Jim's debt payback and his new girlfriend and his basketball-playing student who may be the only two people left who care about Jim now firmly in the crosshairs, Jim knows it's going to be all or nothing this time and there will be no walking away if he loses. Not for him. Not for anyone around him.
This is based on a 1974 James Caan film of the same name which in turn is loosely based on a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel – also of the same name. This is a slick but soulless look at gambling, it's hold on the psyche and how a smart man can be moved by it to do dumb things.
Jim says on two occasions that he's not a gambler; the first time you think he's being ironic. The second, it's said with flat confidence which is meant to convey you see, I have it all under control and perhaps that's what the movie means you to feel. It is near to the end of the film and supposedly, he's getting his life back in order. I find this a disservice to the movie, particularly since throughout the movie we watch and recoil as Jim sinks deeper and deeper into the morass, and yet at the end one magical bet is supposed to be all it takes to lift him out of the pit. In real life, that's what a lot of gambling addicts say and to a man (or woman) they can't help but sink back into it and lose everything they've gained. That's the nature of the beast.
I refuse to call the actors out on the carpet for this one – they all do a bang-up job. Wahlberg is making a fine career out of playing heroes who are flawed, as in Pain and Gain. Here he has the unenviable job of taking a smart character who does dumb things and on top of it make him virtually unlikable. Jim's arrogant, blunt, sometimes cruel – the line between truth and cruelty can be blurry at the best of times and Jim crosses that line regularly, often on purpose. The things he does seem to be a "suicide by gangster" thing. I can't even begin to even figure out what's going on with him; suffice to say that few of us ever get as messed up as Jim does and those that do, God's mercy on ya.
Ing and Williams make credible victims, with Williams getting more of a meaty character to work with; Ing mainly plays it cool and looks (if you'll forgive the expression) inscrutable which considering he's Asian I'm not sure is a good idea. Ing's poker face makes his character more menacing but the filmmakers really don't follow through on that menace. Williams though gets to and quite frankly, his character is a bit of a throwback to 70s cinema and not in a good way always.
Goodman gets to chew the scenery and few do it as well as he does. He's a street-smart guy who understands and respects Jim's intellect and can't for the life of him understand why he does what he does. He's got that southern fried Foghorn Leghorn thing going but with a touch of ticking time bomb on the side. You get the sense that Frank is nobody to mess around with, despite the fatherly demeanor which he adopts with Jim from time to time. I love watching Goodman work and he's in top form here.
This is a movie that doesn't know when to stop. Wahlberg carries a briefcase with him everywhere but never uses it in a piece of business that's unnecessarily distracting. Sometimes in attempts to be artistic they have Wahlberg staring off into the sunset with an icy demeanor and sunglasses shading his eyes, switching the background in a series of jump cuts while Wahlberg stays still in exactly the same spot in the frame. It's a little bit like a Photoshop effect on film.
Worse yet is the ending, which not only jumps the shark, it lands back in the water and gets eaten by the shark. The movie began with the sound of a roulette wheel spinning, the ball bouncing in the middle of the wheel and landing in its slot. Near the end of the movie, Jim is spinning a roulette wheel on which he's bet everything; win and he pays everyone off and his girlfriend is left alone. Lose and Jim is a dead man. The movie begins with the sound of a roulette wheel, it should have ended with one. The movie should have faded to black right there without us knowing the result and leaving us to speculate. We never should have found out if the gamble was successful, but we do. And then there is a scene afterwards that is nothing if not gratuitous. By that time I was already gnashing my teeth and wishing that I was getting paid for this. Anyone who sees this movie should get paid for their forbearance.
REASONS TO GO: Goodman is a hoot.
REASONS TO STAY: Wahlberg's character is so self-destructive, whiny and rude that it's very hard to get any sort of human empathy for him or from him. Suffers from a major case of "going-on-too-long-itis."
FAMILY VALUES: Lots and lots of swearing, some brief nudity in a strip club and some sexual situations.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Wahlberg dropped 61 pounds for this role, an amount he said he would never lose again for any film. He also sat in on a number of English literature courses at Southern California colleges to get down the mannerisms and techniques of actual professors.
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Gora Tera Rang Goriye Mp3 Song Download Pagalworld – Gora Tera Rang Goriye is a new song that has the voice of B Jay Randhawa. While Kulshan Sandhu has penned the lyrics of this song. Intense has composed its music and Voot Music Company has done its music launch.


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import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class SecondActivity extends Activity{
    private final static String TAG = "SecondActivity";
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    Button notifyButton;
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        backButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.next_button);
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Wiener Frauen or 'Viennese Ladies' op. 423 is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1886.

The waltz was originally titled 'Les dames de St. Peterburgh' when Strauss was invited by the 'Russian Red Cross Society' to conduct in St. Petersburg in that year.

Strauss first performed the piece at the riding school of the Horse Guards Regiment in that city to great acclaim and was thoughtful enough to re-christen the waltz 'Wiener Frauen' in a homage to his Viennese admirers when he had it performed in Vienna later that year.

The piece was among Strauss's last great waltzes and it brims with youthful vigour yet with hints of pensiveness and poignant moments as was common among his last works. The waltz was also first performed with its lesser-known 'sister work' Adele-Walzer op. 424 in the same hall and was dedicated to the composer's third wife Adele Strauss.

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Waltzes by Johann Strauss II
Compositions set in Vienna

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Welcome to the free handouts page for the Award-Winning Inquiry Lab Activities for High School Biology.
The inquiry lab activities presented at the recent National Science Teachers' Association conference by Ron Thompson are listed below: The teachers' set-up information is included at the end of each activity. The files are PDF files that can be printed for use in your classroom.
Click on any of the five activities:You will need to return to this page to select each new lab activity. Each can be printed.
These activities are from Ron Thompson's copyrighted high school curriculum, Biology: As Scientific Inquiry, adopted in over 37 states. Those visiting this site are granted permission to use the activities for their students only.
Enabling students to master the inquiry process by hypothesizing, designing experiments and interpreting results.


Egyptian giants Al Ahly have lifted their 14th volleyball African Clubs Championship Cup after beating Smouha 3-0 in the final.
This was Smouha's first major continental final. As for the Red Devils were looking to win their third African Clubs Championship Cup in a row.
They didn't disappoint as they went through the game without losing any of the sets. They won the first set 25-17. Then in the second-half, even though the Blues made it tougher for the now 14 time champions, they still managed to come out on top with a 25-23 score.
Finally Al Ahly came out on top once again in the third and final set 25-19.
This means that the Reds have eight titles above their closest rivals Tunisian side Club Sfaxien (6). Zamalek fall third with five titles.
Following this win Al Ahly legend Ahmed Saleh earned his seventh African Clubs Championship Cup, becoming more successful than all clubs in the continent besides Al Ahly.
The 34-year-old has had an illustrious career not only in Egypt but also in Europe. In 2010 he spent a year in Russia with Dynamo Yanter. He then played for Turkish sides Halibank Ankara and Galatasaray.
He managed to lift both the CEV Cup and the Turkish Volley Cup, before returning to Egypt in 2014 with Tala'a El-Geish where he won the 2016 African Clubs Championship Cup.


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Together, cutie pie couple Kelley Hall-Barr and John Barr run the home fragrance company k. hall designs. William and I will celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary tomorrow. Happy Anniversary, Snugglebumbie. Subscribe to receive Besting Nesting email updates and you could win this k. hall designs Milk scented candle. Go to the Besting Nesting home page and subscribe for your chance to win. The contest ends midnight tomorrow, February 23. One winner will be selected from all new subscribers between 10PM, February 22 and midnight, February 23. Snugglebumbie is not eligible to win, because that wouldn't be fair.
I crave popcorn in the winter months. Popcorn popped on the stove top is delicious. It has much more flavor than air popped or microwave popcorn. It cost far less to make big batches of stove top popcorn than to buy microwave packs. When we were kids my Nana always made popcorn in this way with lots of melted butter and salt. As I was making a bowl this evening I smiled remembering the first time she let me make a pot on my own. It's easy.
You'll Need: A lidded, heavy-bottom sauce pan, about 3 qt size for a medium bowl of popcorn; a big bowl for the finished popcorn; popcorn kernels, salt, 2 tablespoons salt; vegetable oil.
Heat enough vegetable oil in the saucepan over medium-high heat, setting 5 or 6 on a gas stove, to coat the bottom of a heavy 3 quart saucepan.
When the oil has thinned a bit from the heat, about one minute or so, add enough popcorn to cover the oil in a thin layer.
Cover the saucepan and let the kernels heat for about 1 minute. Shake the pan to coat the kernels with oil and encourage popping.
Listen for popping. When popping begins stop shaking and pan and listen to the kernels pop. When popping has slowed considerably, remove the pan from heat and wait for popping to stop completely.
Pour popcorn into bowl and immediately put the butter in the hot pan to melt.
Once butter has melted, pour over popcorn and toss to coat. Add salt to taste.
Click the pic for a closer look. I did away with our family's old scratched up non-stick skillet and started over with a few cast iron pieces. Cast iron is the original non-stick surface. If properly cared for a cast iron skillet is the best fry pan ever. If the pan is clean your food will cook evenly with no sticking! Cast iron is great for searing and grilling. What's best, the pans really will last a lifetime. My mom still cooks with a skillet that belonged to my Grandma. There is a good deal of bad information floating around on how to maintain these pans so, here is a simple set of instructions on how to properly care for your cast iron.
Season It Properly: If you do this wrong the pan will be covered with sticky, icky goo that will burn. Your food will stick to the pan. Do it right and you won't have to do it twice, or three times which is frustrating.
Wash pan inside and out with the hottest water you can stand using a scotch-brite pad. Dry with a lint-free towel.
Use your hands to coat the pan lightly inside and out with coconut oil (the kind for cooking), bacon grease or butter. The coconut oil is for those of you who are vegetarian or vegan. For carnivores, bacon grease is by far the best option. Do not use veggie oil or canola or peanut oils. They leave the pan sticky. Please believe me. I tried it and had to scour the pans down and re-season them.
Place the pan in the oven and bake for 2 hours.
When cool enough to touch, use a lint-free towel to wipe any excess oil from pan. When the pan has cooled fully repeat the process in step 4 a few more times. The pan will turn from its original gun-metal color to brown at first. The more you repeat the oiling and baking process the blacker the pan gets. The blacker the better. Using the pan also seasons it. These pans get better and better with use.
Wash It Properly: Do not soak the pan in water, ever. Clean using the hottest water you can stand and a scotch-brite pad to remove all the cooking residue from the pan. Eventually there will be less and less of residue to clean as the pan becomes better seasoned with use. Dry it immediately and thoroughly with a lint-free towel. Do not air dry. While the pan is still warm from washing, coat the pan with bacon grease, coconut oil, or butter.
Store It Properly: Keep in dry place or store in the oven. Keep the pan away from moisture. It will rust.
Use It properly: Cast iron pans are not good for steaming or for cooking liquids. This is not the pan you should use for boiling liquids or making soup. Cast iron will react to acid so don't use it to make tomato-based dishes or anything with citrus fruits.


This is becoming quite the series! What can I say? I am blessed with a plethora of amazing women in my life. Today's amazing woman is Jana, Jana Bo Bana (it's an illness).
Jana and I have an unlikely friendship, to be sure; she is ten years younger than me, super-sweet, always positive, and nice to a fault. In fact, I'm pretty sure that she would rather her tongue burn out of her head than say a bad word about someone, and, trust me, I've been trying to break her of that for years.
How many years? Sixteen, or thereabouts. We first met through her ex-husband, who was a new friend of Hugh's. We had just moved to town and the kids were small. Jana was pregnant with Darren at the time and we hit it off. We started doing things together with the kids and soon found ourselves sharing confidences and a mutual love of wine (although, I drank the real stuff while Jana dabbled in Zinfandel. That changed for good once I introduced her to a glass of good merlot alongside a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie; she has not lifted a glass of the Zin since. And, I digress).
When Jana and her husband split, Jana got us in the divorce (she's so lucky!) and we included her and the kids in family outings and events for a while before she met and married Chris; we were the baggage she took into her new marriage but, Chris has never complained.
Jana and I can say that we have raised our kids together, we have taken them to pumpkin patches, Disney on Ice, plays at the community theater, dance recitals, sporting events, the local Corn Festival, swimming pools, lakes, forests, and everything in between, and, we always had a blast doing it.
Jana has an infectious laugh and just about the biggest heart in the world. She is also the best Rice Krispie Treat maker in the free world and The Teenager would be lost without her mad skilz (so would I; I can't make a Rice Krispie Treat to save my life. True story).
She is a phenomenal friend and I am damn lucky to have her.
Winter with Jana and Co. is always a blast and that's saying a lot, considering the fact that I hate winter. But, our annual New Years Day sledding trip would just not be the same without Jana.
I mean, who would help me drink all the peppermint schnapps? The kids aren't allowed to put it in their cocoa.
Jana is also a great sport when it comes to my crazy insistence on wearing funky glasses on New Years Eve. She and the crew have joined us in ringing in the new year more often than they have missed and we have almost always remembered the glasses. Almost.
Sometimes, I make her wear goofy headgear, instead. Depends on my mood.
Jna is also a lot of fun to have around in the summer. She has always been my go-to partner for nature walks, raspberry picking, roasting marshmallows over campfires, making s'mores, catching bugs in jars, stargazing, staying up all night to watch meteor showers, suntanning at the lake, and, of course, Porch Night. It isn't hard to see why my kids also love Jana; she put a lot of the fun in our summertimes over the years.
We are headed to Lake Powell in a couple of weeks and I am so excited about spending the Independence Day holiday with this woman. And, I'm not just saying that because I know that she will gladly don the Lady Liberty sunglasses and star spangled, rhinestone-covered cowboy hat that I got her to wear.


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University of Minnesota's Dr. Randall Singer to explore animal welfare ramifications of "No Antibiotics Ever" policies at 2018 Summit
Early registration rates for Animal Agriculture Alliance Summit end April 10
April 9, 2018 – Randall Singer, PhD, DVM, will share his research findings on the potential impact on animal welfare resulting from no antibiotics ever policies at the Animal Agriculture Alliance's 2018 Stakeholders Summit set for May 3-4 at the Renaissance Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Va. Discounted early registration fees are available through tomorrow. To register, visit http://animalagalliance.org/summit.
Singer is a professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine. He received his DVM and MPVM from UC Davis in 1995 and his PhD in epidemiology from UC Davis in 1999. Singer's research and educational program has focused on predicting the emergence, spread and persistence of infectious diseases. In 2000 he was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by President Clinton for his work on antibiotic resistance.
Since that time, he has devoted most of his research program to this topic. Between 2006 and 2010 he served on the U.S. Delegation to the CODEX Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance and is now serving again on the U.S. Delegation to this renewed Task Force that held its first meeting in November 2017. He has spoken twice to the U.S. House of Representatives on this topic and currently serves as a voting member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.
Singer, along with a team of other experts including Dan Thomson, DVM, PhD, of Kansas State University and Jennifer Wishnie, DVM, of California Polytechnic State University are surveying veterinarians and farmers to identify the impact of "Raised Without Antibiotics" or "No Antibiotics Ever" production on farm animal welfare. Once complete, the resulting report will provide food companies with additional information about the tradeoffs and ramifications (in particular on animal welfare) as they consider potential policies. The research will be presented for the first time at the 2018 Summit.
"With some food brands adopting policies restricting or eliminating the ability to use antibiotics to manage animal health, it is vital to understand any potential drawbacks to ensure both the animals and the sustainability of the food industry are not negatively impacted," said Kay Johnson Smith, Alliance president and CEO. "We are excited to have this research shared for the very first time at Summit with all of our attendees."
The room block at the Summit hotel is sold out. A room block is available directly across the street at the Marriott Courtyard Arlington Crystal City/Reagan National Airport, 2899 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, Va. Rooms are available for a discounted rate of $229/night. A limited quantity of rooms is available until April 20 or sold out so book soon! Book on the hotel website or call 800-676-3015 and ask for the Animal Agriculture Alliance room block.
Be sure to check the Summit website for the most up-to-date Summit information. You can also follow the hashtags #AAA18 and #ProtectYourRoots for periodic updates about the event. For general questions about the Summit please contact summit@animalagalliance.org or call (703) 562-5160.
Show your support for the Alliance's outreach efforts by becoming an official Summit sponsor today! For a complete listing of the 2017 Summit sponsors or to see the 2018 sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.animalagalliance.org/summit. For more information, contact Allyson Jones-Brimmer at ajonesbrimmer@animalagalliance.org.
Thank you to our 2018 Summit sponsors: Watt Global Media, Farm Journal Media, Meatingplace, National Pork Producers Council, American Feed Industry Association, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Pork Board, United Soybean Board, Elanco, Council for Biotechnology Information, DairyMAX/Western Dairy Association, Farm Credit Council, National Turkey Federation, Summit Livestock Facilities, United Egg Producers, Cobb-Vantress Inc., National Biodiesel Board, Protect the Harvest, The Mosaic Company, Agri Beef, American Veal Association, BPI Technology, Inc., Food Industry Environmental Network, Fur Commission USA, Kemin, National Chicken Council, Vivayic, American Farm Bureau Federation, Kglobal, North Carolina Farm Bureau, Eggland's Best and Brakke Consulting, Inc.
The Alliance also thanks the following members for their continued support of Summit and other Alliance programs: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, Merck Animal Health, Charleston|Orwig, Diamond V, Zoetis, Alltech, Inc., Aviagen Group, Bayer HealthCare Animal Health, Cargill, Cattle Empire, LLC, Genus PLC – PIC/ABS, Hendrix Genetics, Hy-Line North America LLC, National Turkey Federation, Nutrien, Provimi North America, Inc., Seaboard Foods LLC, Smithfield Hog Production and Iowa Soybean Board.
The Animal Agriculture Alliance is an industry-united, nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. We connect key food industry stakeholders to arm them with responses to emerging issues. We engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping them better understand modern animal agriculture. We protect by exposing those who threaten our nation's food security with damaging misinformation.
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IT'S TIME TO GET ROCKING WITH A LITERATURE-BASED MATH SITUATION!!! Woooooo!!!
Our unofficial-but-kind-of-official district math module recommends starting the year off with understanding multiplying by 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10. It aligns with an Engage NY module and a Georgia module, but I wanted to start our unit off with a problem-based activity to gauge their understanding and to give us an anchor for future learning.
Last week, I read Lenore Look's magnificent Brush of the Gods, and my kids adored it. Math specialist Siobhan and I plotted a pretty rad activity based on the main character's huge fresco murals. I'm excerpting some of our lesson in the text of this post, and the whole activity is available for download at the end of the post.
I am posting this activity on a Sunday and I plan on launching this in class tomorrow. So check back in later this week and see what modifications I needed to make on the fly!
NOT an image of Wu Daozi! This is his portrait of Confucius.
Wu Daozi was a legendary muralist and painter who worked in Xian during the Tang Dynasty. I shared these photos from my 2009 trip to Xian (the first two photos in that post are actually from the Forbidden City in Beijing) to provide a sense of scale for the city walls. Then I'll share this task with my students (it's explained using the GRASP model for classroom-based assessments / problem-based learning activities).
Your task is to create a mural in the fanciful calligraphic style of Wu Daozi. Your mural will be a fresco, using plaster, along with any colored pigments you choose.
You are an artist inspired by Wu Daozi visiting the Chinese city of Xian.
Your artwork will be seen by all who travel into, out of, or around the city of Xian. 32.9 million tourists visit Xian every year (http://www.chinatouronline.com/, 2008). The tourism board of Xian needs to know how much your mural will cost in Yuan, the national currency of China.
The challenge involves designing a mural on a grid. You have one week to submit your design to the tourism board.
You will create a mural design, and you will also present a cost analysis of your design. The tourism board of Xian needs to know how much money to budget for the mural, as well as the amount of supplies you will need.
The total cost of your plaster, pigment, and other supplies.
A breakdown of your costs.
A mathematical justification of your costs.
Your mural, designed on grid paper.
A reflection sharing budget suggestions with aspiring artists.
Photographs of your budget calculations.
We designed a price sheet that would encourage students to perform repeated addition on numbers they have experience skip counting with.
We also included some items students would need only one of (like the brush), to gauge how they choose to add that toward their total budget.
Siobhan helped me plan a 2nd and 3rd grade rubric with standards from both Common Core mathematical practices and content. Feel free to use these plans however you see fit, but comments are always appreciated so we know how successful things have been in your class!
I acknowledge that there are many other directions I could have taken this activity. I plan on revisiting it later in the year for an area/perimeter situation that BLESSEDLY DOES NOT INVOLVE GARDENS, but for now, my main goal is for students to explore repeated addition and patterns with 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10.
Goodies here! Click click click! Brush of the Gods lesson plans & rubrics.
The first few days of school in September are precious. You're setting the tone of your community, establishing expectations and routines, and keeping your fingers crossed that you'll be able to squeak some content in along the way.
I've noticed that a lot of beginning-of-the-year activities center around literacy. In a sense, that's fantastic, because high-quality children's literature has an incredible power to bring people together. But I can't shake the niggling feeling that yet again, math receives the short end of the stick.
After years of gentle coaxing from colleague Siobhan Chan (you'll hear plenty about her in the year to come, I assure you), last fall I committed to starting my year using The Art of Problem Solving from Teacher to Teacher. The Teacher to Teacher curriculum has its flaws, and it hasn't been aligned to our district and state standards in a bajillion years, but I have yet to find a better way to kick off math than with The Art of Problem Solving (I refer to it as AoPS in my lesson plans, but I don't know if that's an official acronym).
While explaining it, I used hand motions to indicate that understanding was the biggest, most vital piece of our work in math, then we assure accuracy, then we strive for fluency. It guided our practice throughout the year, and they emerged the most successful class of mathematicians I've had in six years.
Understanding: This is the whole ocean. Nothing further can happen until we get here. If we're not there yet, that's fine, because at least we know what we're striving for — our understanding is the most critical piece.
Accuracy: Kelp and other seaweed will die if it's out of the water. Our accuracy is meaningless unless it is grounded in our understanding.
Fluency: If we work on our accuracy in a dedicated way, fish and other critters will come to live among the seaweed. It often happens naturally, but we can use strategies that improve conditions for fluency to flourish.
Then, students created their own representation of the three levels of understanding in their math notebooks. They provided remarkable metaphors, and also gave me insight into their thinking. I'm not really permitted to post student work on a non-district site, but you can view the work of everyone whose parents signed a release at our Artsonia site. So I've cropped a lot of these and removed student names, etc.
Many kids drew something very close to my example, which was totally fine.
And some started with my basic example, but took it a step in a different direction. Behold, two representations that take place on the savannah and on a farm, respectively.
And then, some of my students blew my mind. I didn't have them write their explanations, as this was our first activity of the year and I wasn't ready for that piece. I did record some of their comments, though.
Although I'm all for partner collaboration and I don't mind if students' work is similar, I was concerned that my CLD student (CLD, or Culturally & Linguistically Diverse, is the new, politically correct way to refer to ELL or ESL students) couldn't explain his picture, while the person sitting next to him had an extremely similar representation and could explain his. This was a signal that I need to follow up with my CLD gentleman.
I'm excited to see what comes up next week in math! I always love comments and suggestions!
Time to rethink my integration of science with math. My attempts to connect proportions of the human body with measurement went down in flames in my entry last year, so I'm focusing on Systems, Order, and Organization related to sound this time.
Ugh. Not helpful. It's worth noting that there are a whopping two math extension activities in this entire unit.
The wise and enthusiastic Katie Weichert gave me some great ideas to chew on and think about. I wish I saw her more often. But in her absence, I had to get a move on.
So I started trolling the Internet.
This Aztec music lesson seems compelling.
I'm also interested in harmonics, but I don't know how to build this into a full lesson. My students already use harmonic series as a procedure to line up from music class, so I wouldn't need to go over the basic musical idea of third and fifth intervals.
I imagine I could show snippets from Donald in Mathmagic Land and have students generate questions from that? Yesssssss, I could totally do that… That way the learning would be authentic and related to the curriculum we already have in place!
(emphasis is my own) Now in looking at moving from merely interest to investigation…… I suppose that recording student questions will take care of that fear, right? Then having their questions shape the following lessons?
Hmmmmm. Of course, there are a wealth of videos available on sound and math, but much of the information is so complex that I can't figure out how to simplify it.
Anyway. Let's see how this goes.
When you take time for yourself, good things follow. In this case, it was some REALLY AWESOME MATH.
Friday morning, I missed the bus (oops) and was able to drive to work at a legal speed.
I had an opportunity to drink some nummy nummy coconut mocha coffee and read my Wall Street Journal. And lookie what I found!
The art of the slow-motion soccer goal.
I've been thinking a lot about Dan Meyer commenting on how we spoon feed each step to a problem solving situation, and so today, I went out on a skinny limb and used this graphic to help us work on our measurement skills. I wasn't sure where our work would take us, but we're early on in the unit, so many of my students are still working to measure accurately using a ruler.
I showed them the graphic, and Samuel helped me pronounce all the players' names. He was our resident expert. Then I opened the floor to mathematical questions.
Here's what we brainstormed as our big questions.
The questions with green dots to the left are the ones we decided to pursue.
Then, people started asking more "nitty-gritty" questions, which we identified as being the "questions along the way" you had to answer to get to your big ideas. We kept this poster up as we worked. I stayed near my computer so I could capture students' comments.
"You need to know how big the field is," Savanah spoke up. I handed her my iPad so she could find the field size. She paused. "Do I need to know like, how BIG it is or how long the sides are?" "I think you're asking me whether you need the area or the perimeter?" "Yeah… ohhhh, I need the length of the sides." Here's the information she found.
They did the same for the other side. Then a group of students wanted to determine the linear distance the ball traveled for each player. I asked how many inches long their picture was, and Marcos stopped us all.
Marcos: Okay. So the field is 11 inches long.
Then a few of us worked to create this poster.
We knew the field was 11 inches in our image, but we wanted to know how far just ONE inch would be because then we could find out how far Jone Samuelson's 6-inch kick actually went. We also knew how long an actual field was, so we tried to find the relationship between the two.
Using a fact family (the triangle drawn above) helped us figure out the ratio. Or. What I initially THOUGHT was the ratio. DO YOU SEE MY GLARING ERROR??? I didn't notice until lunch. I neglected to convert the 240 feet into inches so the units matched. Drat. I frantically called AP Calculus teacher James Brown to make sure I didn't make any further errors.
So after lunch we converted 240 feet into inches, THEN used the ratio and found out that one inch in our picture equalled approximately 33 feet.
Some students switched to using calculators for these larger computations, which gave us a chance to talk about how calculators represent 1/2, equivalent fractions (5/10), etc. Above, Alejandra calculated how many feet David Villa kicked the ball (5 inches, according to her measurements, making the kick 165 feet). I asked her about the "33 in. in a inch" she wrote, and she said, "Oh no no no, it's not 33 INCHES or that would be like a mini soccer field." So she was also looking at reasonableness of answers.
Another group wanted to know how far the balls would have gone if they were kicked on the moon. Again, I told them to ignore the parabolic motion and just look at linear distance. I know the physics of this aren't entirely correct, but I didn't think it hurt the integrity of the original problem situation.
Oh, actually! Selam originally asked how far the ball would go in SPACE, but Maya pointed out that if the they were in space, the player and ball would both push off each other and the ball would never land (AMAZING INSIGHT, RIGHT???). So we clarified that the ball would be kicked on the moon, where there was still a force acting on the ball, but a lesser force than what we'd find on Earth.
Adam went to the classroom library to find out what the gravity was on the moon. Here's the passage he found, from the DK Eyewitness Book UNIVERSE.
Eayn: It says the gravity is one-sixths of Earth!
Me: So the gravity is 1/6 of the gravity on the Earth. So if we are converting from the moon, what would we have to do to the distance we calculated for the ball kicked on Earth?
Adam: Multiply it by three?
Me: Where did you get three from?
Milena: Multiply it times five.
Me: Five? Where did you get that from?
Milena: If the moon's gravity is 1/6, then the rest of the fraction that's left is 5/6.
Me: Ohhh, I think I see what you're picturing in your head. But think of the gravity on the Earth as being one whole, and the gravity on the moon being 1/6 of that whole. You're not looking at the other 5/6ths.
Vy: You'd multiply it times six.
Me: Where did you get six from?
Vy: If it's dividing by six to get the pull on the moon, then you'd multiply by six to show how much further the ball would go when it has a sixth of the gravity slowing it dowwn.
Me: So you're saying that fractions can be a way of dividing.
Vy: Yep. And then the opposite, er, inverse, is multiplying, so you times by 6.
As we approached second recess, we posted what we'd come up with so far.
We also reflected on what we'd learned over the course of the day, and on the math we used.
As you can see, we didn't finish everything, so some students asked if they could finish the calculations during Math Daily Five. UM, YES OF COURSE.
What suggestions or modifications do you have to offer me and my students? Where can we take things from here? Other thoughts?
I arrived in Dallas yesterday evening.
This is an enormous city. I flew into the airport featured in Gila Monsters Meet You At The Airport. It is an enormous airport. I was met, not by a gila monster, but by the lovely educator-history-buff-museum-gal Elaina (Hauk) Carlisle, who I've known through MSU-genius-friend-and-roommate Franny Howes for close to ten years, but have never met in person. She has a fantastic house with epically tall ceilings and a friendly, happy mutt who looks like a Muppet. And a husband, who is accustomed to lengthy teacher-talk conversations.
We drove through Dallas. I saw the place where John F. Kennedy was shot, which is frankly still giving me extreme feelings related to creepiness and the power and gravity of history and all sorts of other random emotions. Yes, I saw the grassy knoll (it's small). Yes, I saw the book depository (it's ordinary). I am still processing how such a short glimpse — we literally just drove through the intersection, not stopping — of an historical site can have such a big impact.
WE ATE DELICIOUS FOOD. Lockhart Smokehouse is close to my hotel, so it was a perfect choice. A DELICIOUS CHOICE.
Then I came home, reserved my Wednesday shuttle to the convention center, and fell into bed to read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
I'm trying to be reflective and thoughtful about tomorrow's presentation without freaking myself out. I've been only marginally successful.
I fretted. But I reread the speakers' notes and focused on this bit, "Your presentation method should be consistent with and model strategies that NCTM advocates for classroom teaching (Example: Principles and Standards for School Mathematics)." Hm.
We're always complaining about math standards going a mile wide and an inch deep, right? So I got myself in check. What better way to demonstrate the importance of deeper understanding by anchoring this brief (hour-long) session around one common text? After all, I told myself, THE TITLE OF MY FREAKING PRESENTATION IS DEEPENING LITERATURE CONNECTIONS. I mean, this way, even if they hate my presentation and the strategies presented, they'll be able to bring news of a fantastic new picture book back to their schools.
So I'm sticking with sharing Extra Yarn and using it to illustrate how the language of teaching comprehension strategies used in literacy can be math. I'm sharing student-derived examples of how math can be taken from the book. People will be able to try out their own problems and I'll post them on this site.
New this year! Attendees will have the opportunity to rate presentations using the survey on the Dallas Conference App.
• Presenter's knowledge and understanding of the topic.
I know I won't be able to please everybody with my presentation, but JUST LIKE WITH OUR KIDS, it's so helpful to know what I need to do with the end goal in mind, so seeing what I'm going to be rated on helps me narrow my mind from the bloom of concerns that are crowding each other out in my brain.
One last worry that remains is that I'm breaking copyright laws by projecting Extra Yarn. But… a picture book read-aloud isn't a freaking copyright violation, is it? Lawd help us if it is.
Oh, also, I've been working to make sure I won't be doing emphatic karate-chop gestures all presentation long.
Anyway. Enough. Time for lunch and reading.
Author shannonPosted on October 10, 2012 October 10, 2012 Categories Literacy, Math, Read AloudsTags deepening literature connections, literacy, Math, nctm1 Comment on In Dallas!
Book of the Week: Mathematickles!
I feel like I've already written a post about this book, but I can't seem to find a draft anywhere, so I'll start again.
Poet Betsy Franco has recently received attention for her duo of domesticated animal books. A Curious Collection of Cats received some Caldecott buzz after it was published, and of course you know I'm cat biased, but I didn't think A Dazzling Display of Dogs was quite as good as a followup.
Anyway, back to Mathematickles. As usual, there are plenty of great math lessons available that tie into this book. For example, you should definitely do this lesson. It has the added benefit of relating math to the seasons, and I plan to use this book to reinforce inverse operations for multiplication/division and solving for a missing addend.
Recognize literary elements (figurative language). The book's equations sometimes work due to literal language (like 1/2w = v = flying geese) and sometimes due to figurative language (such as raindrops x leaves = pearls on green plates). Due to the limited text in the book, it'd be pretty easy to copy several (dare I say all?) the poems an have students sort for the two elements.
Use dictionaries, thesauruses and glossaries as tools. If some of the math terms or symbols are unfamiliar, students can use the glossaries in the back of their math textbooks. There are plenty of terms also available at the online dictionary MathWords.
Read the whole time. As mentioned, this book doesn't have very much text. So how can students make sure they're reading the entire time, especially if they have lower-level books with limited words on each page? Brainstorm student ideas and post them in the room.
Author shannonPosted on October 24, 2011 October 16, 2011 Categories Book of the Week, Literacy, MathTags behaviors that support reading, c14, cafe lesson, comprehension, daily 5, e7, expand vocabulary, learning, lesson plans, literacy, Math, read aloud, read the whole time, reading, teaching, the daily fiveLeave a comment on Book of the Week: Mathematickles!


If you're studying for the EPPP, chances are one of your resolutions for this coming year has to do with EPPP test prep. New Year's resolutions, however, are notorious for being forgotten or failed. And since 2016 is the year you will sit the exam, being diligent in EPPP test prep is one resolution that cannot be broken.
In reflecting on the reasons behind New Year's resolution failure, I have come up with ways to help you keep your resolution of EPPP test prep success.
In our holiday post, The Five Most Common Pitfalls of Holiday Studying, we gave you tips on surviving and thriving EPPP study during the holidays. We noted the importance of rest in order to give your brain a chance to organize the material you put into it. Those rest periods, if long, may have you noticing post-holiday memory loss when you get back into your typical routine which can be frustrating. Forgetfulness, though, is more of a good thing than it is made out to be. Called the "spacing effect" our brains retain information better when we learn content throughout a period of time. When you re-learn something at the end of a rest interval just as your brain is about to forget, you are actually learning it more permanently.
Now that the holidays are on their way out, it's time to get back into the normal routine. If you have a routine that was adjusted for the holidays, a good way to get back into it is to return to your typical study space. Because the brain associates content with places and actions, you will find that you are the most productive if you return to your typical place of study. You may notice the power of association if you are someone who studies in bed. You may have found that you easily become tired while doing practice problems in bed or that you have a hard time falling asleep at night. Pretty soon you develop a destructive habit of associating your EPPP with tiredness (hardly an effective path to successful study) or associating bed with the anxieties of EPPP test prep (hardly an effective path to successful sleep!). So find a place of study that your brain will recognize as an zone of productivity.
If you are just beginning EPPP test prep and do not yet have a study schedule or a typical study space, my first tip is to give yourself deadlines. Perhaps one reason New Year's resolutions are notoriously forgotten and failed is because the deadline is one year away. A distant goal makes procrastinating easy. Once you have a set deadline within the foreseeable future, create a study schedule based on the amount of time you have. At TSM we have created readiness goals, which you can customize your TSM study schedule around, to help you prepare for the exam.
Perhaps another reason New Year's resolutions are often left incomplete is a lack of accountability. When you are the only one affected by your promise, it is easy not to keep your resolution. When someone else is involved, though, more repercussions are created when it comes to not following through. Repercussions could include guilt of a failed promise to another or an actual agreed upon consequence.
An important thing to remember when choosing someone to hold you accountable is to choose someone who is actively involved in your life. This could be a person who is also preparing for the EPPP, a spouse, a family member, or a roommate. To allow someone to properly hold you accountable, let them in on the details of your study schedule. Tell them which settings you find yourself to be the most productive and at what times you are setting aside for study. (See mistake number 5 in The Five Most Common Pitfalls of Holiday Studying). Letting them in on your set aside study times will help them keep you accountable to taking breaks, too.
The most alluring part of creating a list of New Year's resolutions is a fresh start. We can forget the fails of the previous year and try again. Maybe your last attempt at studying lacked structure or maybe you set the bar too high and fell short. This new year is a chance to re-examine your schedule and create something new.
Look into what has worked for you and what has not. Perhaps it is the time of day you have set aside to study. Are you in the habit of studying at the end of the day? The reason this might not be working for you could be that new plans come up by day's end. Waking up earlier and studying in the morning gives you the rest of the day to participate in what comes up.
When it comes to examining areas of improvement in your EPPP study schedule, look also at your surroundings. Keep in mind which settings you thrive in. Perhaps you are currently studying at the library alone and often feel drained after a block of study, leaving you with a lack of motivation to go back and study there the next day. If you are energized by people, the isolation of the library might not be a good fit. There are two solutions to this problem. The first is to invite someone to study with you. This person could also be good for holding you accountable to your study habits. Another solution is to switch locations to a quiet coffee shop. The quiet bustle of people around you is often enough to make a more extroverted person feel less isolated.


Up for sale is my AJL 503 XO.
The guitar sounds and plays amazingly. No major issues with the guitar. No breaks or cracks. There are scratches as you can see in the pictures, but I do not know which are from playwear and which are from the relicing process. A clear pickguard was installed by Djangobooks.
Comes with a Superior Hardshell Case and CITES paperwork (for the brazilian rosewood back, sides and bridge).
Price is $SOLD shipped and PayPal'd to the continental US only.
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Cercopithecus mitis (Мавпа голуба або діадемна) — вид приматів з роду Мавпа (Cercopithecus) родини мавпові (Cercopithecidae).

Опис
C. mitis невеликі (важать від 4 до 6 кг) і деревні. Довжина тіла від 40 до 70 см, довжина хвоста від 70 до 100 см. Верхні частини тіла сірі, кінцівки темніші. Лице майже голе, як правило, темного кольору (рідко синє), і має добре розвинену мускулатуру. C. mitis також відома як діадемна мавпа, тому що має смугу блідого хутра трохи вище лінії брів. Білі вуса добре розвинені у самців. Самці більші за самиць. Ікла самців також трохи більші. Зубна формула: 2/2 1/1 3/3 2/2 = 32.

Поширення
Країни проживання: Ангола, Бурунді, Демократична Республіка Конго, Ефіопія, Кенія, Малаві, Мозамбік, Руанда, Сомалі, ПАР, Судан, Есватіні, Танзанія, Уганда, Замбія, Зімбабве. Зустрічається від рівня моря до 3800 м над рівнем моря. Цей вид присутній в багатьох типах лісів, включаючи низовинні і гірські тропічні вологі ліси, річкові та галерейні ліси, ліси дельт річок і бамбукові ліси.

Стиль життя
Розмір групи становить від 2 до більш ніж 40 осіб. Мавпи харчуються в основному фруктами, також насінням, листям та іншими частинами рослин. Вони також доповнювати свій раціон безхребетними тваринами, такими як хробаки. Відомі хижаки: Panthera pardus.

Спарювання може відбуватися протягом усього року. Період вагітності складає близько 176 днів, після чого зазвичай народжуються один малюк. Годування молоком триває близько шести місяців, статева зрілість настає в три роки. Самці повинні залишити їх рідну групу в цей час, самиці ж зазвичай залишаються. тривалість життя, ймовірно, близько 20 років.

Загрози та охорона
Немає серйозних загроз для цього виду в цілому. Хоча він, як правило, під загрозою до деякої міри в результаті збезлісення і фрагментації середовища проживання. Цьому виду також загрожує полювання в місцях (на продукти харчування, частини тварини також використовуються локально для традиційної медицини.

Цей вид занесений до Додатка II СІТЕС. Цей вид присутній в багатьох охоронних територій по всьому ареалу.

Посилання
 Kingdon, J., Gippoliti, S., Butynski, T.M., Lawes, M.J., Eeley, H., Lehn, C. & De Jong, Y. 2008. Cercopithecus mitis. In: IUCN 2013
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More Facts Are Needed To Explain Why Driver Who Struck and Killed Cyclist in Sauk Village Was Not Cited By Police
A 59 year old male bicyclist was struck and killed by a driver in Sauk Village earlier this month, according to nwitimes.com. The incident occurred near the intersection of East Sauk Traill and Route 394 at around 7:49 p.m. on April 29th. The man, Robert Kirn, died several hours later at Stroger Cook County Hospital.
It is not clear how the fatal crash occurred as few facts have been reported by news outlets. According to nwitimes.com, the driver did not receive a traffic citation following the incident. At the time of the crash the motorist was driving his Dodge Intrepid northbound on 394 when he struck Mr. Kirn in the intersection. Mr. Kirn was attempting "to cross both north and southbound traffic" when he was struck, according to CBS Chicago. This description insinuates that Mr. Kirn was doing something wrong when he was hit. But without more it would be unfair to draw that conclusion.
East Sauk Trail is not a trail, but a four lane roadway. Its intersection with Route 394 is controlled by a traffic light. It would have been entirely legal for Mr. Kirn to have pedaled his bike across Route 394 on East Sauk Trail assuming the traffic light was in his favor. It would be wise not to jump to conclusions about how this tragedy occurred without more information.
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The Diagnosis of Dr. Morse by Rod Moss 2008. Please click on the image to go to his gallery.
I met a woman with two young children and a sore arm this week. Her husband broke it in a violent outburst and she took the plaster off because it was too itchy. It was healing well. Her husband was in jail. Later, at Ingkintja, the men's clinic, I saw a man in his mid 30s who had taken on work and rented a flat since coming out of prison for violence and alcohol. He was bright and sophisticated. He didn't want to go back but he had quit his job because his boss was unreasonable (long story with good insight). Centrelink could help him after 8 weeks. He was distressed, anxious and hyperventilating. What to do?
I see myself as a feminist, largely due to living with Merridy and letting her advice and thoughts through my defences from time to time. I am serious about it. Despite this, as a young man I slapped her once. On the face, hard. It was nauseating. I did it to my mother once too, as an adolescent. I never saw anyone else be violent to women; it was in me. I am ashamed to admit it, but when I do, occasionally others speak up. Once a dear and gentle friend told me how he lifted his young bride by the neck up against the wall. Just once. They both laughed as they told me the story. Merridy slapped me too, once. She's quite strong. She immediately apologised; probably quicker than I did when I hit her.
Family violence has been gradually gaining attention over the past 40 years. My father could beat my mother with impunity; he didn't, but he could have. Even watching in the emergency department as a young medical student in the 1970s doctors would not get involved with family stuff. Nor would the police. We would feel pity and patch it up. The first laws regarding family violence in Australia were national in 1975. At that time abused children were said by paediatricians to have Silverman's Syndrome which was "discovered" in 1962 based on multiple healing fractures on Xray! We now call it child abuse. Reporting of child abuse became mandatory in the 1980s. In the NT family violence has been a mandatory report by any suspecting adult since 2009.
Now I am living in Alice Springs and there is apparently more violence about although I have not witnessed any. Rod Moss, the painter, has written a wonderful account of his relationships with local Aboriginal people called "The Hard Light of Day". It is largely uncensored and observational, without much judgement. It is hard to read at times and tells stories of the shortened life of men who often spend time in jail, and their suffering women. This has a lot to do with family violence and a lot to do with alcohol.
Peter Sutton in his controversial work "The Politics of Suffering" has a more scientific angle and has investigated historical violence in the Wik people at Aurukun. He makes estimates of murder rates of women before contact, during the mission days and following that. Interestingly quite high rates dropped to virtually zero during the mission influence and have been higher still since. There is general concern about the level of death from violence in the NT. It appears to be warranted from anecdotal evidence and also from national statistics. Some years, such as 2010, all murders were of and by Indigenous people. One surprise, it affected both genders equally; the victims and perpetrators half male and half female. This is surprising to me. I looked on "GooGoo" and discovered there is a national effort to increase knowledge about male victims of family violence. Is this correct?
Australia as a nation has a very low homicide rate at 1.3 per 100,000, inherited from the UK which has been at this level since the 16th Century. The NT murder rate, as high as it is, is still far less than Brazil or many other countries and even when applied to the Indigenous population alone (15/100,000) is far below many cities in the USA such as St Louis, Baltimore or New Orleans which run at over 40/100,000. Alcohol is universally involved here. What are we doing about it? There appears to be one approach from the outside; we are incarcerating Indigenous men. Anecdotally, their assaulted partners visit them in jail and defy Restraining Orders to be with them once out.
There is more to this. My close Aboriginal friend, Ada, surprised me when we were working together in medical education in the 1990s. She had been the victim of domestic violence interstate and had separated from her partner. She attended a seminar on "Domestic Violence" with GP Registrars and came away quite perplexed. "I don't call that violence", she said to me. She had obviously been affected by the issues raised. We discussed the fact that it has only recently been seen as violence in the broader Australian society, and that I probably didn't either until I was educated about it.
What happens when we apply our own legislation, based on an understanding arising from recently changed culture which aims to reduce already low levels of violence, to a population that has limited education in these matters and a relatively high pre-existing rate of violence? The answer would appear to be incarceration. Of men. To an unholy extent. To the shame of our country.
Is there an alternative approach? I was very impressed with Judge Roger Dive running the drug court in the recent "Ice Wars" program on the ABC. He has been working since 2004 keeping drug users out of prison and has developed an almost parental relationship with those in trouble. Could senior Aboriginal people work with someone like that to get an alternative approach to the use of alcohol and violence? The reason to do this is to try and get some community authority into the mix and communication and education as well. Just like those using drugs in Sydney, locals are using alcohol and drugs with similar consequences; and if it goes on long enough then it escalates. Does incarceration help? It does not appear to.
Apparently, I learned very recently on Friday night at Monty's, this has been tried before in 2011. The SMART Court (Substance Misuse, Assessment and Referral for Treatment) was established in 2011 but then removed by the CLP in 2013, labelled "do-gooder". Megan, a nurse working now for Congress but who was one of the SMART Court clinicians, was mortified when it closed; couldn't believe it. I told her that people must forget very quickly as no one had mentioned it to me!
Enabling community feedback to people with a history of alcohol or drug induced violence on a path to recovery in a safe way.
I have discussed this with some leading men at Congress. Steve, a visiting GP with a lot of experience in the NT, advised me to steer clear. He might be right, but I can only see opportunity. A lawyer from a women's legal service came to see me and I raised this. Not sure what she thought. JL, the lead of the Ingkintja Clinic at Congress is talking to me about it, very aware that it can look like I don't care about the women and children. That is what makes it so hard.
It was frustrating to read letter in Advocate two weeks ago from Robyn Lambley bagging SMART Court calling it a "shamozel". I can only assume she was briefed by those who supported its closure. When CLP were newly elected Robyn Lambley called private meeting re alcohol and drug reform in Alice but SMART Court clinicians were excluded. ……Id say decision to close had already been made.