Below are the sessions scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, August 3. Please be sure to also see the morning program.
Join as we explore how to cultivate a culture where student thinking drives the learning process. In this session we will promote a culture of mathematical understanding that gets learners thinking, collaborating and critiquing as mathematicians.
Preparing your students to be more successful on the math portion of the SAT should be integrated throughout your daily lessons. We will provide interactive activities that align to the types of problems that are on the newly revised SAT. Warning: students may learn and retain the math better in the process!
The Rubik's Cube combines art with mathematics when students build mosaics using the hexahedron puzzle. Discover how to enhance student engagement with the Rubik's Cube and ways to use the Cube to supplement math and science curriculum. Educators and administrators alike will learn how to integrate the Rubik's Cube into core classrooms, as part of after-school clubs and across multiple subjects to develop an affinity for math and science as well as strengthen the desire within students to pursue STE(A)M careers.
The ability to reason mathematically is strongly linked to mathematics language development. This session will explore Stanford University's framework for organizing instructional strategies and special considerations to support students in learning mathematics practices, content, and language.
A performance task is any learning activity that asks students to perform to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, and proficiency. These tasks can serve as more authentic evidence of learning and they provide opportunities for students to apply their learning in context. We will review examples of Performance Tasks from K-2 classrooms (including dual language classrooms) and explore how teachers can use them to guide instruction.
Incorporating the history of mathematics into current lessons provides students opportunities to appreciate new perspectives, to practice communicating ideas while exploring low floor-high ceiling tasks based on primary historical sources, and to form their own conclusions from comparisons between "then" and "now." Come learn how this can be done!
In this session participants will learn about John Sweller's Cognitive Load theory and how we've used some of the effects of the theory in a math classroom at Vista Ridge High School. The presentation will focus specifically on the Goal-Free Effect as a unique approach to problem solving with Novice math learners. Participants will experience solving goal-free problems and will work together to develop problems for use in their classrooms.
This is a Design Build Challenge presented as a hands-on Workshop that supports teachers in facilitation of STEAM based play (learning and assessment) with an emphasis on the mathematics of ramps.
Experience open tasks and teaching strategies that can make students' thinking more visible, facilitate rich discussion, provide avenues for differentiation and enrich mathematical journeys. This session will bring rich lessons to life with great teaching strategies. Algebra, Geometry and Statistics are made more understandable with the use of technology. Experience these lessons as a student, then learn how to implement them as the teacher. Come and Enjoy!
This workshop introduces a set of activities from NCTM's Activities with Rigor and Coherence (ARCs) that aim to create contexts for students to experience a variety of visual representations that reinforce the definition of absolute value. Attendees will use a double number line (dyno graph applet) to visualize and represent absolute value relationships, make sense of rewriting absolute value functions as piece-wise defined functions by using the rigid transformation of reflection, and explore a graphical approach to solving absolute value equations and inequalities.
Attendees will leave this session with conceptual understanding of absolute value and will no longer think of it only as a graph that has a "V" shape.
Colorado has recently reviewed and revised its standards. In this session, members of the review and revision committee will share which changes were made and why, and how you can optimize the updated CAS.
Building a solid foundation of number sense and fact fluency using number talks helps students take ownership of their mathematical understanding. Number talks are also beneficial when used alongside inquiry-based learning tools, like simulations. Discover how online simulations can support and enhance number talks and help students understand mathematical concepts.
Learn a simple technique to craft quizzes and tests that: engage ALL learners, provide more accurate evidence of student learning, and simplify grading. This differentiation strategy honors the important differences students bring to the classroom, inviting struggling and advanced learners alike to persist and deepen their strengths on assessments. We will have time to collaborate and hone this technique: choose a standard to assess and craft leveled "parallel tasks" for students to select to demonstrate their current level of content mastery. Our tasks empower students of all levels of mastery to accurately depict their math understanding, and the specific, timely, and personalized results inspire ALL students to grow.
This session will focus on strategies for facilitating and enhancing mathematical discussions in the classroom that will encourage students to own their learning, build a growth mindset, and develop deeper conceptual understanding. We analyze the teaching best practices espoused in Dr. Gladis Kersaint's whitepaper, Orchestrating Mathematical Discourse to Enhance Student Learning: Creating Successful Classroom Environments where Every Student Participates in Rigorous Discussions, and review a practical list of 100 mathematical discourse questions. Math discourse cards—a new tool developed to facilitate active math conversations—and examples of student work will be integrated into the discussion. In addition, we will discuss strategies to address the needs of English Learners. Simulated lesson components provide opportunities to practice questioning strategies, giving attendees tools and techniques they can immediately use to manage conversations, evaluate student responses, and elevate the rigor of discourse in the mathematics classroom for all students.
FEATURED: Investigate STEM Behind Football Interactively—Is the Kick Good?
Students model the flight of a kicked field goal and interact with the math to investigate graphically and solve algebraically questions such as: is it good, maximum height of the ball, how far does the ball travel? Obtain all materials – student worksheets and teacher notes and solutions. 60 individual problems and solutions. For grades 8 through 12: play, investigate, explore, discover – STEM!
In today's world, the need for a deep understanding of probability is essential. We have found that the use of the history of mathematics, reading the words of the mathematicians, and the problems they were trying to solve engages students and allows them to think of mathematics as a human endeavor. In this session, we go back to 17th century France as we meet the mathematicians; Pascal and Fermat and analyze the famous games of chance and problems that led to the beginnings of Probability Theory.
What can we learn from the RtI systems in literacy to support instruction in math? How can we elevate universal instruction as well as small-group intervention? In this session, participants will learn about the six critical principles of an RtI system for K-5 mathematics and investigate how Eagle County Schools is designing a system to improve academic outcomes for students and empower teachers.
Experience a Desmos activity through a student lens and learn how to utilize the teacher dashboard and classroom conversation toolkit to facilitate individual and collaborative student thinking. Participants will learn how the Desmos Activity Builder can help you implement dynamic lessons and use pre-built activities from Desmos itself and its user community. Bring a tablet or laptop to maximize your participation.
Explore what it means to teach WITH technology. Guiding questions for instruction alignment and a framework useful for modifying instructional activities will be presented. Technology activities and resources will be shared.
Proficiency in Algebra is necessary for success in all higher-level mathematics and for most career paths. Algebra Tiles are a versatile manipulative that can be used to represent algebraic concepts beginning with integer operations, continuing with activities involving linear expressions and equations, and ending with factoring and equation-solving for quadratics. We will address common misconceptions like: Why does the sign change? Why does the direction of the inequality change? The meaning behind combining "like" terms. We will discuss how students develop algebraic thinking and attach visual meanings to the concepts by modeling them with tiles. Using Algebra Tiles can lead ALL students to a deeper understanding of this process. These strategies to be used in conjunction with your current curriculum.
After a year of teaching our Freshman with two Math Teachers in the room, we will talk to you about lessons learned from co-teaching our Integrated 1 class. Attendees should expect to hear about lessons learned, successes and struggles, and have a little fun!
Discourse in the classroom will increase English learners' productive and receptive language functions and their comprehension of mathematics concepts. All students need to reason, construct viable arguments, and critique the reasoning of others. Increasing discourse will support students' language development as they engage in these practices.
How do your students feel about graphs, functions, and math in general? Are you looking for engaging, low-floor, high-ceiling activities that help students to make sense of graphs? We share our Techtivities—free, web-based activities linking dynamic animations and graphs, available in four languages. We discuss how to use Techtivities to increase opportunity for students to explore how "things" change in relation to one another. Leave knowing why two graphs really are better than one!
Common Formative Assessment plays an integral part in the PLC process. This session will discuss how including the Math Practices in Common Formative Assessments (CFA) can shine a light on content knowledge.
We will use the CAS capabilities of the TI-Nspire to Inscribe an ellipse in a triangle. An understanding of elementary calculus is required.
How can we take technology tools beyond improving efficiency to promoting collaboration, oracy, and critical thinking? This class encourages participants to begin with grade level standards and learning targets and then investigate how tech tools can improve instruction, student motivation, and content mastery. We will look at tech tools including Desmos, PearDeck, Google Apps, Woot Math, among others. You will have the opportunity to view lessons from the perspective of both learners and teachers, see exemplar student products, and leave with ideas to implement in your own classroom. CMP middle level lessons will be featured.
Are you overwhelmed by integrating technology into your secondary classroom? Want to hear more about how to get started with education technology websites in class? Attend and learn how to begin! In this interactive session we will learn how start using websites like IXL, Khan Academy, and Kahoot in your secondary math classroom.
What does it mean to "model with mathematics?" With so many meanings of the word "model," it can be challenging for teachers to know if they are engaging in the right work and activities. In this session, explore what is meant by Math Practice 4, "Model with mathematics," and how to ensure students are engaging with the practice in a grade-level appropriate way.
Giant maps, oversized vinyl maps of their states that students can move around on, offer a potentially useful pedagogical tool for teaching mathematics and map skills. In this session, we discuss our pilot study of the giant maps, which we distributed to elementary schools in Colorado and New Hampshire along with guided activities for teachers designed to integrate mathematics and geography skills. In order to test the efficacy of this teaching tool, we developed a basic assessment of student spatial thinking and math skills, administered before and following the giant map activity. In this session, we will discuss the Giant Traveling Map Initiative and our experience with managing this project, as well as the chief findings from our pilot study.
Integrating science and mathematics shouldn't just be a good idea—it should be the law! We'll use models to collect and analyze data about the relationship between surface area and volume. Come learn how easy, important, and fun it is to collect and analyze data as a part of good, solid, and responsible STEM education.
Looking for free instructional resources for increasing engagement and student agency in the classroom? Using research-based instructional strategies, interactive simulations can effectively be used to teach math content while fostering reasoning, modeling, and sense-making. Learn about how you can immediately incorporate interactive simulations into your classroom practice, with a focus on algebra topics such as distribution, factoring, and solving equations.
In this session I will share resource, tips, and strategies for implementing tiered instruction or activities in your class. Tiered lessons include students with a common goals but completing them at different levels. We must meet our students where they are and bring them up to where we would like them to be.
Students learn multiplication and division strategies to tackle a variety of computation situations. Explore these strategies along with powerful visual models to support the flexible thinking needed for stronger number and operation sense.
We participate in the practice of growing others' math reasoning. Let's share our practice in writing. Heather Johnson, editor of CCTM's online Colorado Math Teacher journal, will help participants turn their practice into written products. Bring ideas, and leave with an article outline.
Multiplication and division are at the heart of the 3-5 CCSS Operations and Algebraic Thinking domain, but many students struggle to understand these concepts. Developing strong multiplicative reasoning is key to student success with multiplication and division and sets the conceptual foundation for fraction, decimal, and ratio concepts. This workshop will engage teachers in tasks and activities that can be easily implemented in the classroom to help students develop multiplicative reasoning. Teachers will also develop a deeper understanding of how students develop multiplicative reasoning along a six-scheme developmental pathway.
Using a small piece of paper and micron pen, how can we fashion a work of art while learning about Mathematics? One aspect of Zentangle art mirrors the geometric and fractal nature of the patterns found in nature. This session will explore configurations used to generate unique designs that reinforce geometric concepts, Fibonacci proportions and mathematical patterns.
In this talk I will share what I have learnt from teaching abstract mathematics to art students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, contrasted with years of teaching math majors in more usual academic institutions. First, I will describe how the art students were put off math in previous parts of their education, including memorization, formulae, lack of creativity, and being told they are wrong. I will discuss character traits, comparing the art students' experiences with those of math majors who were not put off in high school. This difference is exemplified by comparing those who like being right with those who dislike being wrong, and I will propose new terminology to describe these character differences. This new terminology also helps to clarify a possible character difference between male and female students, without prescribing the difference or pigeonholing students. The words are "ingressive", to replace what might previously have been thought of as masculine, and "congressive", to replace what might previously have been thought of as feminine. I will then describe how all these insights have helped me design classroom activities that successfully appeal to congressive students, who were previously put off by the ingressive presentation of math. I will propose that if we are inclusive towards congressive students this could result in greater inclusion of female students as well.
Statistics is heavy on theory and vocabulary, which present challenges for immigrants. In this workshop, we explore how to help all children, including ELLs, discover statistics using physical objects, their bodies, pictures, and anecdotes. Attendees will engage in participant-led stations where they will brainstorm innovative ways to teach statistical literacy, perform activities to help ELLs connect to content, create new resources, and debrief their experiences of the station work.
Improve student outcomes by developing a love for mathematics. In this session, teachers will reflect on their instruction and explore strategies to develop a classroom environment that fosters a culture of mathematics achievement. When students enjoy math instruction, teachers enjoy math instruction.


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Q: What is the difference between AudioManager's stream types at low level? There are several stream types in AudioManager. How did they differ at low level? Could it be that usage of e.g. AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC blocks input microphone stream? Or something else?

A: As usual, whatever you Google won't document can (sometimes) be understood from the code
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/00ccd5d026fcd0e4b9d27dc5a9ffa13ca0408449/media/java/android/media/AudioService.java
As for blocking, it's not really that streams block one another, it's just that modes block things.
MODE_IN_COMMUNICATION blocks most of the streams.
Ducking:
A common and "polite" behaviour when playing a long running stream (e.g. MUSIC) is to listen to an audio focus callback and lower the volume of your stream manually upon "can duck" event. The volume should return to its previous level when the focus returns to your stream.
The stream type affects the volume that streams contributes to the sum of all sounds at a given time:
   /** @hide Maximum volume index values for audio streams */
private int[] MAX_STREAM_VOLUME = new int[] {
    5,  // STREAM_VOICE_CALL
    7,  // STREAM_SYSTEM
    7,  // STREAM_RING
    15, // STREAM_MUSIC
    7,  // STREAM_ALARM
    7,  // STREAM_NOTIFICATION
    15, // STREAM_BLUETOOTH_SCO
    7,  // STREAM_SYSTEM_ENFORCED
    15, // STREAM_DTMF
    15  // STREAM_TTS

This array from AudioService.java shows the default maximum volume for a given stream.  Other code:
    private void readPersistedSettings() {
    final ContentResolver cr = mContentResolver;
    mRingerMode = System.getInt(cr, System.MODE_RINGER, AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL);
    mVibrateSetting = System.getInt(cr, System.VIBRATE_ON, 0);
    mRingerModeAffectedStreams = Settings.System.getInt(cr,
            Settings.System.MODE_RINGER_STREAMS_AFFECTED,
            ((1 << AudioSystem.STREAM_RING)|(1 << AudioSystem.STREAM_NOTIFICATION)|
             (1 << AudioSystem.STREAM_SYSTEM)|(1 << AudioSystem.STREAM_SYSTEM_ENFORCED)));
    mMuteAffectedStreams = System.getInt(cr,
            System.MUTE_STREAMS_AFFECTED,
            ((1 << AudioSystem.STREAM_MUSIC)|(1 << AudioSystem.STREAM_RING)|(1 << AudioSystem.STREAM_SYSTEM)));
    mNotificationsUseRingVolume = System.getInt(cr,
            Settings.System.NOTIFICATIONS_USE_RING_VOLUME, 1);

seems to indicate what streams are muted or reduced in volume when the phone starts 'ringing' or when a call is in progress.

A: STREAM_ALARM        The audio stream for alarms
STREAM_DTMF         The audio stream for DTMF Tones
STREAM_MUSIC        The audio stream for music playback
STREAM_NOTIFICATION The audio stream for notifications
STREAM_RING         The audio stream for the phone ring
STREAM_SYSTEM       The audio stream for system sounds
STREAM_VOICE_CALL   The audio stream for phone calls

from  http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html

A: One most significant difference is a volume control.
As the document says, we can set a volume level or adjust a volume for each streams respectively.
And we can control "Audio Focus" that let other apps stop playback or lower the volumes so we can play a sound clearly on a specific stream, or the sound will not block the other high-prioritized sound like phone ring, navigation voice feedback or something like that.

With multiple apps potentially playing audio it's important to think about how they should interact. To avoid every music app playing at the same time, Android uses audio focus to moderate audio playback—only apps that hold the audio focus should play audio.

Other unmentioned thing is which audio device will produce a sound.
Using STREAM_MUSIC the sound will be produced through one audio device(phone speaker, earphone, bluetooth speaker or something else) connected to the phone.
Using STREAM_RING the sound will be produced through all audio device connected to the phone.
This behaviour might be differed for each devices.

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The Ortiz porphyry belt is a cluster of small mountain ranges in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The mountains are laccoliths formed by intrusion of magma into the upper layers of the Earth's crust. This took place during the late Eocene through early Oligocene, from 36.2 to 31.4 million years ago (Ma.

The belt has been historically important as a mining district.

Description

The main belt extends from the Cerrillos Hills in the north through the Ortiz Mountains to the San Pedro Mountains () and South Mountain (). Cerro Pelon () is also geologically a part of the belt. Each of the clusters of mountains is a laccolith where magma intruded between sedimentary rock beds and cooled to form a dome-shaped body of rock. Magma preferentially intruded along bedding planes in the country rock, particularly in beds of weaker rock such as shales of the Chinle Formation or Mancos Shale. In some places, the magma broke through to the surface as lava to form volcanoes. The overlying volcanic rock and sedimentary beds subsequently were eroded away to leave the more resistant laccoliths.

The laccoliths have been radiometrically dated as 33.2 to 36.2 Ma. This was during Laramide compression of the Earth's crust in New Mexico, when the crust was being squeezed from west to east by subduction of the Farallon Plate under the western coast of North America. Compression favored formation of sills and laccoliths instead of dikes. A second set of intrusions at 27.9 to 31.4 Ma took place after compression had reversed and the crust in the area was put into tension, and these took the form of dikes and stocks that are responsible for most of the deposits of metal ores in the mining district.

The rock of the intrusions is fairly uniform over the entire belt and has been described as porphyritic andesite or monzonite. It typically consists of a roughly equal mixture of plagioclase and alkali feldspar with smaller quantities of quartz and considerable hornblende. Clasts (rock fragments) of this composition make up most of the Espinaso Formation in the neighboring sedimentary basins. The Espinaso Formation is interpreted as fanglomerates from Ortiz volcanoes.

Cieneguilla basanite

The younger intrusions in the belt are increasingly alkaline in composition, and include the 25-26 Ma Cieneguilla basanite. This is a small-volume extrusive unit exposed around the village of La Cienega that may represent the earliest stages of opening of the Rio Grande rift. The basanite is characterized by larger olivine crystals (phenocrysts) in a very fine-grained matrix of clinopyroxene, magnetite, and nepheline, with a total silica content of 42.40-44.10 wt % and a high magnesium oxide content (11.50-13.50 wt %). This places the basanite among the most primitive magmas of the central Rio Grande rift, meaning that the magma was practically unaltered during its ascent to the surface from its origin in the upper mantle of the Earth. Isotope data suggests that the basanite came from mixed mantle source regions.

Economic geology
Turquoise and precious and base metals have been mined from the Ortiz porphyry belt from prehistoric times. Native Americans worked the Cerrillos Hills for turquoise and galena beginning before 700 CE. The mines were particularly active at the peak of the Chaco culture, around 1000 to 1200 CE, and during the expansion of pueblo culture in the Rio Grande valley, in 1350 to 1680 CE. Turquoise mining was centered at Mount Calchihuitl and Turquoise Hill, the former producing an open pit  across and  deep, and was all done with stone tools. Lead was mined for pottery glaze at Mina del Tiro, Bathsheba, and numerous other locations.

Spanish mining began in the 1580s with emphasis on silver and lead ores, centered on Mina del Tiro and Bathsheba. Mina del Tiro continued to be sporadically worked until 1943.

There was a brief mining boom between 1879 and 1881 that produced over a thousand mining claims, but most never developed beyond prospects and only a few dozen became working mines. Mining collapsed after the First World War.

The Ortiz Mountains have been mined for gold since the 1830s. The Ortiz Mine Grant has produced some 350,000 ounces of gold, and remaining reserves are estimated at 1 million ounces of gold and 18,000 metric tons of copper, mostly in Carache Canyon and  Lukas Canyon. Mining ceased in the 1980s, and Santa Fe Gold, the current mineral rights owner, has encountered opposition to resuming mining from local land owners.

Footnotes

References

Paleogene geology of New Mexico

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Circadian rhythms are endogenously generated recurring patterns of around 24 hours with well-established roles in physiology and behaviour. These circadian clocks are important in both the aetiology and treatment of various psychiatric and metabolic diseases. To maintain physiological homeostasis and optimal functioning, living life synchronised to these clocks is desirable; modern society, however, promotes a '24/7' lifestyle where activity often occurs during the body's 'biological night', resulting in mistimed sleep and circadian misalignment. This circadian desynchrony can increase the risk of disease and can also influence treatment response. Clinicians should be aware of the influence that circadian desynchrony can have on health and disease, in order to potentially develop new therapeutic strategies and to incorporate chronotherapeutics into current treatment strategies to enhance their utility.
The entrainment of the circadian clock. The 24 hour solar cycle entrains the endogenous circadian rhythm to a period of exactly 24 hours. Interindividual differences in this phase of entrainment shaped by genotype, environment, gender and age lead to different chronotypes whereby an individual is more morning or evening orientated, falling somewhere on the scale from an extreme morning person 'lark' to an extreme evening person 'owl'.
For most of human history, environmental light was provided predominantly by natural sunlight, with dawn and dusk time varying little between successive days. In current times, however, modern technology promotes a 24/7 society where individuals can work, socialise, travel and sleep during the body's biological night, the phase of the circadian cycle during which the endogenous clock is promoting sleep. Humans experience daily social pressures and imperatives, and these may vary greatly from day to day (eg, between work and free days). Social obligations can affect the alignment of an individual's behavioural cycle to the endogenous biological rhythm, through altered sleep and wake times on work and free days, resulting in circadian misalignment.23 24 This disruption may be temporary, as occurs with travel between time zones 'jetlag' or with society-wide changes to wake times via daylight savings time, or more permanent as with ongoing shift work. Night shift work, in particular, may result in profound circadian misalignment and many studies on shift workers have demonstrated the negative influence this can have on health.25 A milder, yet chronic, form of circadian misalignment is social jetlag (SJL). SJL is the daily and ongoing discrepancy between social time (when an individual's sleep and wake time is dictated by social or work obligations) and internal biological time.26 A large proportion of the population have social schedules that interfere with preferred sleep/wake schedules, and individuals with an endogenous chronotype at greatest divergence from the societally determined sleep and wake times are at greater risk of developing SJL; in other words, late types ('owls') display sleep/wake preferences that do not conform to usual, earlier daily work schedules (see figure 2).
Consequences of chronotype and circadian misalignment. (A) The typical day favours a morning orientated individual. A morning 'lark' displays psychological wellbeing as daily behavioural rhythms are aligned to the social work schedule. (B) Evening orientated individuals are likely to experience more sleep debt and circadian misalignment due to social/work schedules. The resultant misalignment may have various negative health and behavioural outcomes. BMI, body mass index; MDD, major depressive disorder; T2DM, type 2 diabetes; MetS, metabolic syndrome.
Given that the daily rhythmic expression of many vital homeostatic functions (feeding, activity and rest, body temperature, hormone secretion, cardiac function, innate immunity, neurophysiology) are driven by the endogenous biological clock,27 it is perhaps not surprising that disruption of these rhythms is associated with negative health and behavioural outcomes.23 There is an emerging understanding of the role of circadian clocks in many disease processes, and below we highlight evidence for the role of clocks in the aetiology, symptomatology and treatment of psychiatric conditions and metabolic disorders.
From a further chronotherapeutic perspective, underlying circadian phase may also modulate the efficacy of antidepressant pharmacotherapy: recent research has demonstrated that evening types report lower SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) efficacy and more depressive symptoms during SSRI treatment,39 while a phase-delay after initiation of fluoxetine treatment predicted poorer treatment response in females.40 There are currently no evidence-based guidelines for the time of dosing for various SSRI antidepressants, although animal studies indicate that fluoxetine can alter timing in the master clock of the SCN.41 The antidepressant agomelatine is a mixed melatonin receptor agonist and 5HT-2C receptor antagonist with a putative primary mode of action through the circadian system and similar efficacy to SSRIs,42 a finding that further points to the potential clinical utility of targeting the circadian system for treatment of mood disorders.
Circadian factors are also associated with subclinical depressive symptoms. A recent meta-analysis identified that evening-orientation is associated with more severe mood symptoms.43 A similar finding was demonstrated between evening orientated individuals and depressive symptoms in more recent research and poor sleep quality may mediate this relationship.44 In an adolescent population, evening types demonstrated more depressive symptoms and a higher prevalence of depressogenic cognitions.45 The impact of chronotype on symptoms of depression may be mediated through SJL, as adolescents and younger adults with later chronotypes experience greater levels of SJL, which in turn is associated with depressive symptoms.46 However, analysis of a patient sample with MDD and healthy controls found no association between SJL and depressive symptoms in either sample when the analysis was stratified.47 As SJL is a function of both intrinsic chronobiology and social factors such as employment status, and such factors are culturally-determined and also heavily influenced by age, further study in diverse populations is required.
Circadian disruptions and alterations in circadian parameters have been reported in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). A recent systematic review reports phase delays in daily cortisol and melatonin rhythms, and depression (more so than during euthymia) was associated with circadian disruption.54 Interestingly, some studies showed more sleep/social rhythm dysregulation in BD than MDD.55 It has long been recognised that alterations in circadian timing, for example as a result of jetlag, can precipitate mood cycling in BD,56 and a recent study has demonstrated that in rapidly cycling BD, sleep/wake cycles appear to synchronise to the lunar cycle through an unknown mechanism.57 From a chronotherapy perspective, mood stabilisers such as lithium are known to impact directly on the core molecular clockworks;58 further, chronotherapy involving bright light therapy in combination with sleep deprivation has been shown to elicit a rapid and long-lasting amelioration of bipolar depression.59–61 From a mechanistic perspective, a number of cellular and molecular processes have been identified to interact with the clock and modulate mood, including hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function, immune and neuroimmune processes, neurogenesis and direct control of neurotransmitter and neuromodulator systems.62 Circadian changes have also been described in a number of other psychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia,63 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,64 obsessive compulsive disorder65 and borderline personality disorder.66 As such, circadian processes appear to be important transdiagnostic factors to consider in psychiatry and clinical psychology.
It is clear that the endogenous circadian clock plays a crucial role in various aspects of health, with increasing evidence demonstrating the important roles of the clock in both disease risk and management. Further work is needed to incorporate the circadian concept into the core of medicine in order to maximise its potential for disease prevention and treatment.
Circadian rhythms, and the rhythmic nature of the world, have emerged as key factors in health and well-being, with circadian misalignment and mistimed sleep being associated with various pathologies and risk of disorders.
Major depressive disorder has been associated with a later chronotype which may act as a risk factor for developing depressive symptoms or also occur as a result of depressive symptoms. The use of bright light therapy to advance this phase may decrease depression severity and also improve existing treatment. The circadian system needs to be used further to reduce the burden of mood disorders.
Research is accumulating for the independent role that social jetlag (SJL) and chronotype may play in metabolic health. SJL has been associated with higher body mass index, increased risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome even when confounding variables are controlled for, while later chronotype has been associated with diabetes risk and management. Novel behavioural interventions to reduce SJL that promote having more regular schedules across the week may be simple yet important in both preventing and treating these metabolic diseases.
What is the nature of the relationship between the circadian system and mood disorders? Is the relationship between depressive symptoms and chronotype due to evening orientation or does social jetlag (SJL) mediate this relationship? As such, what chronotherapeutic approach could be used or would a simple behavioural intervention be of use to reduce symptoms?
How beneficial will simple novel behavioural interventions to reduce SJL be for decreasing the risk of developing various metabolic disorders as well as treating them?
What is the causal relationship between chronotype and both mood disorders and metabolic dysfunction?
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Panda S. Circadian physiology of metabolism. Sci 2016;354:1008–15.
Koopman AD, Rauh SP, van 't Riet E, et al. The association between social jetlag, the metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the general population: the new Hoorn study. J Biol Rhythms 2017;32(4):359–68.
Lyall LM, Wyse CA, Graham N, et al. Association of disrupted circadian rhythmicity with mood disorders, subjective wellbeing, and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study of 91 105 participants from the UK Biobank. Lancet Psychiatry 2018;5(6):507–14.
Parsons MJ, Moffitt TE, Gregory AM, et al. Social jetlag, obesity and metabolic disorder: investigation in a cohort study Int J Obes 2015;39(5):842–48.
The light-dark cycle is the strongest signal that entrains the circadian system?
Morning orientation has been associated with more depressive symptoms?
More circadian rhythm disruption has been observed in major depression than bipolar disorder?
Severe circadian misalignment due to shift work has been associated with an increased risk of metabolic disease, however social jetlag has not?
Later chronotype has been associated with higher HbA1c levels in type 2 diabetes?
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. Seasonal affective disorder. A description of the syndrome and preliminary findings with light therapy. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1984;41:72–80.
Contributors RMK performed the literature search and selection with guidance and supervision from ANC. RMK and ANC wrote the paper and RK prepared the figures. UH, JHMcD and SS contributed to the content and revised the paper. All authors were involved in the manuscript drafting. All authors agree and approve of the final version of the manuscript.
Author note All contributors met the criteria for authorship.


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News > Politics > Trump dividing Instincts helped to win the White House. Where they will take in America right now?
Trump dividing Instincts helped to win the White House. Where they will take in America right now?
One evening, the protests against racial injustice erupted in violent clashes across the country and burned fires and showcases many were only two blocks from his bedroom at the White House, President Trump has not addressed the nation or trying to calm a mourning country smashed the Twins violations of police brutality and a pandemic that disproportionately affected minorities. Instead, he got political. Trump tweeted shortly after 22:00 Saturday that the National Guard had "liberated" in Minneapolis, "the work of the Democrats could make the mayor, do not." Shortly after noon the next day Trump played again the political map, writing "other democratic run cities and states in total closure of the anarchists of the radical left in Minneapolis should appear last night." 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In the 1950's and 60's, men in the United States began to grow their hair long as a form of self-expression and rebellion against the shorter hairstyles of the previous generation. Today, long hair is about much more than making a stand against the establishment, and can be found on everyone from college students to businessmen.
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Just because you have long hair, it doesn't mean you can skip regular haircuts. For so many men with long hair, all sense of style gets lost as hair gets too long and out of control. If you find that you always need a rubber band or bandanna to keep your hair out of your face, maybe it's time to consider a new style.
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The right cut can also add body and volume to hair that's weighing you down. Have the stylist cut away bulky or thick layers to tame curly or wavy styles. For those with thin or fine hair, a few added layers around the face can lighten up your look and eliminate flat-head syndrome. Men who experience thinning or balding can benefit the most from a simple cut. Eliminate some length and gain much-needed volume to conceal hair that's thinning on top.
Remember, don't be a slave to the ponytail. Maintain regular cuts and show your style without losing the long hair you love.
Shiny, healthy hair is the perfect complement to any style or hair length. Damaged hair tends to appear dried out, with numerous broken strands, while healthy hair stays shiny, smooth and full of natural body. While diet and even genetics play a role in hair health, taking steps to protect your locks from damage can also have a major impact on your looks.
Many of the things you put your hair through every day without a second thought can cause damage to longer locks. Blow drying or even rubbing your hair with a towel too vigorously can stress out your strands and leave them dry and damaged. Skip the blow dryer and allow your hair to dry naturally for that perfectly-tousled bed head look. If you must use a hair dryer, apply a thermal-protection spray to your hair first to minimize damage.
Choose a brush with natural bristles or a wide-tooth comb, and never, ever brush your hair when it's wet if you want to maintain optimal hair health.
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While hats and bandannas may be part of your everyday style, they can also pose a threat to your style. Over time, any accessory that holds hair in place can also contribute to broken or damaged locks. Wearing hats and hair ties too often can even lead to a condition called traction alopecia, which can contribute to hair thinning and premature baldness.
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Q: Are there Vivado and Quartus tool specific defines that RTL can use for preprocessing? I have a project that needs to build in both a Xilinx Vivado toolchain and a Quartus toolchain.  In the design I have some clock crossing domain IP that is specific to the vendors.  Is there a standard define that is present in Vivado or Quartus preprocessing step that I can use to control the ifdef of one IP versus another?

A: I can't comment yet on Oldfart's comment, but I'll add that if VHDL, you can use the IF/GENERATE to instantiate the correct IP.  But you say preprocessing - is there something special about that you want?  Perhaps you are thinking along the line of metacomment pragmas?  There appears to be both a A and X one on the linked page.


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New business volumes in the point of sale (POS) consumer new car finance market grew by 9% in August, compared with the same month in 2017, according to data from the Finance and Leasing Association.
The value of new business was up by 14% over the same period.
The rise comes ahead of a potential dip in September, as vehicle sales were brought forward to avoid the introduction of tough new WLTP emission regulations by the EU.
These were introduced in the wake of an ongoing scandal where millions of cars that passed official tests were found to be breaching emissions limits in real-world use.
Last month's car sales were down heavily as some manufacturers struggled to update their power units to meet the new standards in time, leading to a lack of availability.
During August, the percentage of private new car sales financed by FLA members through the POS fell slightly to 89.6% in the 12 months to August.
The POS consumer used car finance market reported new business in August up 9% by volume and 15% by value, compared to the same month last year.
Geraldine Kilkelly, head of research and chief economist at the FLA, said: "A boost to private new car sales in August ahead of changes to emission standards in September contributed to the increase in new business volumes reported by the POS consumer new car finance market. In the first eight months of 2018, new business volumes in this market were at a similar level to the same period in 2017.


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Home>Movies> Steven Spielberg "Embarrassed" By Daughter's Porn Star Goals
Steven Spielberg "Embarrassed" By Daughter's Porn Star Goals
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Steven Spielberg is reportedly both embarrassed and concerned by his daughter Mikaela Spielberg's aspirations to embark on a career in amateur porn.
When news hit last week that Mikaela Spielberg, daughter of famed director Steven Spielberg, is launching a career in amateur porn, many people were very intrigued by what her Hollywood famous dad would think. Although Mikaela initially reported that he was supportive of her latest career choice, it now seems like that may have been the total opposite of his feelings of his baby girl becoming the next Montana Fishburne.
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Mikaela, seen posing in the picture above on the left with her adoptive mother, actress Kate Capshaw (center) and sister Destry Allyn Spielberg (right) back in 2013, has already began teasing her X-rated content via the IG handle @vandal_princess. According to Page Six, her dad, famous for bringing us films like Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and the upcoming film adaptation of West Side Story, isn't exactly "intrigued" as Mikaela exclusively revealed to The Sun in her initial revelation.
Here's what Page Six is reporting via a family friend of the Spielbergs:
"Outwardly, Steven and Kate — who are the most evolved parents in the world and love their kids beyond all measure — have always been supportive of Mikaela and try to understand her," said the family friend. "Obviously, though, they're embarrassed by her sudden public admission of entry into the sex worker world."
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Leadership at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens (ANSG) in West Palm Beach has announced that the historic venue has been honored as an internationally accredited arboretum.
The accreditation from ArbNet – an interactive, collaborative, international community of arboreta – is the only global initiative to officially recognize arboreta at various levels of development, capacity and professionalism.
"Ann always wanted her gardens to be a sanctuary – a place of renewal and 'deep refreshing,' where neighbors can reconnect to nature and one another," says Frances Fisher, board chairman for ANSG, according to a press release.
"Given recent times, we know it will be more important than ever to honor Ann's vision and advance our mission to enrich lives with nature, art and history. We made a commitment to share this garden and its majestic collection on an international level, and receipt of this important accreditation enables us to do that."
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The gardens' assemblage of more than 250 rare palm species, cycads and unique tropical plants has been revitalized, cataloged and nurtured following two recent hurricane seasons and is now recognized as one of the largest public collections in Florida. The nonprofit foundation was established in 1977 by resident sculptor Norton. An urban sanctuary of two acres, the campus comprises Norton's historic house with exhibition galleries, her studio, her monumental sculptures and tropical gardens.
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Nā Hale O Maui Takes Possession of 12 100% Affordable Housing Lots in Lahaina
April 14, 2017, 6:41 AM HST
Na Hale O Maui's Executive Director Cassandra Abdul (L), Mike Trotto, NHOM Board President and Carol Reiman, Director of the Maui County Office of Housing and Human Concerns hold NHOM's Deed for the organization's 12 lot Kahoma West Maui affordable housing project consisting of 3 and 4-bedroom homes. The homes are expected to be occupied by mid to late 2018 and early 2019. Application information will be announced at a later date.
Nā Hale o Maui has purchased 12 lots in the Kahoma Homes 100% workforce housing subdivision being developed by West Maui Land.
The community land trust builds new homes that are intended to be affordable in perpetuity through use of a sustainable lease agreement that can be passed on to one's heirs. The idea is to take the cost of land out of the pricing and still provide all the benefits of traditional home ownership, including the development of home equity.
Nā Hale o Maui hopes to have the first permanently affordable, sustainable leasehold homes sold and families moved in by mid-2018.
Half of the funds to purchase the lots were provided by Maui County's Affordable Housing Fund, administered by the Department of Housing and Human Concerns, and approved by the Maui County Council. The balance of the lot cost came from internally generated resources.
Families making between 80.1% to 100%% and 100.1% to 120% of the area median income will be income qualified to apply. Applicants must also attend a four-step orientation program before submitting an application.
Cassandra Abdul, Nā Hale o Maui's Executive Director today announced that NHOM has taken possession of the lots. "This means we now own the land and can move forward with house designs and then begin construction in the near future."
West Maui Land Company sold the lots to NHOM for a substantial discount from the prevailing market prices, making NHOM's truly affordable homes possible.
NHOM plans to design 3- and 4-bedroom homes under the residential workforce housing guidelines.
An announcement will be made when applications will be taken.
NHOM's mission is "To secure and preserve a permanent supply of affordable housing alternatives for low and moderate income households in Maui County."
Founded in 2006, NHOM is Hawaiʻi's first and only housing land trust.
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Q: IndexOutOfRange error when filling a List Python Assuming that  Seq1 = "ACACT" Seq2 = "AAT"
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    s1 = len(self.Seq1)
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    self.M  = [[0 for x in range(s1)] for y in range(s2)]
    self.Ix = [[0 for x in range(s1)] for y in range(s2)]
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A: Because the outer list comprehension determines the number of rows, which equals len(s2):
M  = [[0 for x in range(s1)] for y in range(s2)]

Yet, when you assign, you use range(s1) for row indexing:
for i in range(s1):
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So either reverse the order of your construction of M, or reverse the order of assignment to M[j][i].

A: It's just because your second word has more letters than the first word.
Maybe you should do something like this:
# before: self.M  = [[0 for x in range(s1)] for y in range(s2)]
self.M  = [[0 for x in range(s2)] for y in range(s1)]

Or you should check lengths of words before the loops.


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McCorristine, Shane Spectres of the Self: Thinking about Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing in England, 1750-1920
Spectres of the Self: Thinking about Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing in England, 1750-1920
McCorristine, Shane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010
Using sources ranging from fiction to reports by the Society for Psychical Research, this study explores cultures surrounding the experience of seeing ghosts in England from the Enlightenment to the early 20th century.
'New research is revealing the origins of England's reputation as a land of ghosts.' BBC History Magazine
'Ghosts have been seen, and in so many ways. They have been seen as evidence of an afterlife, of insanity, of telepathy. They have been seen as unusual and common illustrations of the unreliability of the normal mind, as the causes of belief and as the product of belief. And what this book shows is that they can be seen as a useful reminder of the need to address what is meant by real, before considering whether anything is real ... as in all good cultural histories, Spectres of the Self draws a rich web of connections, provides subtle insights, and reveals the degree of complexity which lies behind the simple questions.' English Historical Review
'The historical research presented in the book details the works, debates, and criticisms of the SPR and will not only interest the informed readership, but also a more general one. [This book] presents enthralling and laborious scholarship. But more importantly, it will inspire future researchers to work on this previously unmapped terrain of the supernatural.' Irmak Ertuna-Howison, Canadian Journal of History
'McCorristine deftly contextualises the specifics of the SPR's methods and internal disagreements with the broader cultural history of Victorian death rituals and perceptions of the afterlife, thus demonstrating a breadth of analytical scope that offers insightful information for both the general and the scholarly reader. Spectres of the Self is a valuable addition to the growing canon on the cultural history of ghost-seeing and is highly recommended to anyone interested in the history, literature, and cultural mindset of Europe in the 1750s to 1920s.' Kirsten Møllegaard, Folklore
'Spectres of the Self offers a fresh perspective on how we should read the relationship between ghost stories and modern subjectivities. McCorristine's book will undoubtedly prove to be a valuable resource for scholars and students with an interest in supernatural beliefs and more broadly in the sociocultural and intellectual history of contemporary Europe.' Sasha Handley, Journal of British Studies
'The book is a welcome and necessary contribution to the field - necessary because, while it covers some trodden ground, it does so with a thoroughness lacking in much other scholarship ... McCorristine's book, for its wealth of information and strength of research, should be required reading in any course on the Victorian supernatural, especially if the course has anything to do with ghosts.' Srdjan Smajic, Victorian Studies
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package com.test.eureka.main;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.server.EnableEurekaServer;

/**
 * Created by jonathanlara on 10/13/15.
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@SpringBootApplication
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Rappers hold a press conference as reporters and fans watch.
[PP] -- Cool Man, Smooth G, and other prominent rappers of the 80's held a press conference apologizing for their early hits.
"I am embarrassed that I took this stage name," said Cool Man. "We thought we were cool back in the day, but we were really only spitting in the microphone and shouting profanities."
"We weren't that smooth either," said Smooth G. "We rapped about poppin' the police and killin' each other. We were quite angry with the world."
It is true, urban music has improved over the years and is now quite popular, if not respected. Even an alleged Right-wing hate group is using their music. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church produce parodies of many popular songs, including rap and hip-hop. When news crews tried to get the church's side of the story, they were greeted with signs saying "God Hates News Reporters" and worse, "Raped Reporter is God's Judgment." Our reporters then fled due to concerns for their immediate safety.
As for Cool Man and Smooth G, their news conference was rather low key and there were no reports of crimes during the event. Officials were concerned that there might be bonfires without permits, but someone brought a trash shredder. That way, those wanting to get rid of the old music used it instead of burning their CDs and cassette tapes. The press conference marked farewell to an era.
So where will urban music take us? Nobody really knows, but it will certainly not go back to how it was.


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Big Saturday plans....
RAY HACKETT
Mar 2, 2012 at 12:01 AM Mar 2, 2012 at 2:20 AM
Radio show and debate
Saturday is a big day with the launch of my new radio show...Inside Politcs with Ray Hackett...on News/Talk 980, WXLM, at 8 a.m., and then later in the evening, 7:30 p.m., I'll be hosting the first formal debate of the 2012 U.S. Senate campaign between the three leading Democratic candidates at Norwich Free Academy.
The debate -- featuring former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, and state Rep. William Tong, D-Stamford -- is sold out. All 440 tickets have been distributed by the campaigns and to the public. The debate, however, will be live-streamed at www.norwichbulletin.com beginning at 7:30 p.m. (The Bulletin will also be hosting the first debate with the Republican seantorial candidates on April 19).
Tomorrow's radio show, the first of the weekly Saturday morning shows, features Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman in the studio with me for an hour-long discussion about the inner workings of the Malloy administration. Wyman is one of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's most trusted advisors. We'll open up the phone lines for the second half hour if you want to ask the Lt. Gov. something yourself.


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FYI: This will only work with DNS on Win2k3. The WMI DNS Provider for Win2000 doesn't include the entire MicrosoftDNS_Statistics class at all for some reason.
There are still stats you can pull, but you can't get any of the per-record type counters. Bummer.
How can these be modified to work with w2k?
I don't believe it can...Microsoft is finally "coming around" and realizing that people use program statistics, and now they're starting to keep track of these statistics and use them themselves...but it seems only newer versions have these types of good statistics.
There might be some DNS statistics in Win2000 somewhere, but I doubt it'll be anything like what they expose in Win2003.
How can I interpret the graph? Is the m mili?
so this only works when running cacti on windows. What if i want to graph dns queries on a remote win2003 dns server from a cacti box runnig linux ?
is there any steps I am missing?
There's a bug in the perl script.
There sould be no delimiter (space) at the end of the output or cactid will fail.
something like below would do the trick.
02/11/2005 02:27:27 PM - CMDPHP: Poller Host RECACHE: Processing 3 items in the auto reindex cache for 'myserver'.
Also when manuall run poller.php I get an "ERROR: Not enough arguments"
I'm also having problems getting downloaded scripts to work in general. All of them exibit this same behavior.
Are you missing the input hostname stanza?
What is the hostname stanza? Am I supposed to create a hostname stanza?
There should be valid entries in the Field [Input]. I assume they are missing because there are missing input-fields in the page before the one you posted. i.e. Data template Methods.
Could this be my general problem? If so how do I fix this? How do I get he Field [Input] working?


New Delhi, In a bid to take on the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desham Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu is shifting the protest to the national capital. Mr Naidu, who is at feud with Mr Modi after the Centre rejected the demand of granting Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh, will do a Dharma Porata Deeksha (A day long protest for Justice) at Andhra Bhavan in Delhi on Monday 2000 AM to 2000 PM, against the NDA government. Before starting his one day 'deeksha', the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister will visit Rajghat in the morning and will pay tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar Statue at Andhra Pradesh Bhavan.


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Thomas Mountain, NY
Add Birding & Nature to your Hiking Trip
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Albany Pine Bush Preserve
Capital-Saratoga
Locally known as the Pine Bush, this 3,350-acre preserve is one of the largest of the 20 inland pine barrens in the world.
Beacon Mountain
Hudson Highlands' highest peak, Beacon Mountain offers two summits, hiking trails, a fire lookout tower and monument and the ruins of the Mount Beacon Incline Railway...
Andes Rail Trail
The Catskills
The Andes Rail Trail is an easily accessible hiking trail in an idyllic setting, suitable for individuals and families of all ages.
Beaver Island State Park
Niagara-Western NY
This 950-acre park has a half-mile sandy beach for swimming, an adjacent 80- slip marina, an 18-hole championship golf course and more...
Beaver Lake Nature Center
The more than nine miles of maintained walking trails provides a rich mix of habitats with the possibility of seeing more than 200 species of birds and more than 800 varieties of plants.
Buttercup Audubon Sanctuary
Open dawn until dusk, this 641-acre sanctuary offers six miles of trails and the opportunity to experience diverse habitats and witness a wide variety of wildlife.
Cat & Thomas Mountain Trails
The Adirondacks
Just a five-minute drive from quaint Bolton Landing, the Nature trails to the summits of Cat and Thomas provide a rewarding introduction to hiking the Adirondack trails and both reward hikers with wonderful views
Catskills State Park
The Catskill Park features more than 700,000 acres of enchanting wilderness located within the Catskill Mountains of New York State.
Chittenango Falls State Park
Chittenango Falls State Park features a spectacular 167-foot waterfall cascading over 400-million-year-old bedrock to flow under a scenic wooden bridge.
Finger Lakes National Forest
The Finger Lakes
The Finger Lakes National Forest is nestled between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, located just a few minutes-drive from downtown Watkins Glen. It is the only national forest in New York State.
Glimmerglass State Park
Glimmerglass State Park encompasses the historic Hyde Hall Mansion, Hyde Hall Covered Bridge - the oldest existing covered bridge in the United States.
Fern Park Recreation Area
This four-season recreation area in Inlet features 20 miles of free trails open year-round for outdoor fun.
Great Bear Recreational Area
With 444 acres along the east bank of the Oswego River, the Great Bear Springs Recreation Area features a mix of marked trails, forests, fields & wetlands.
Great Swamp Conservancy
The Great Swamp's Conservancy fosters environmental education, biological diversity and conservation of natural resources in the Oneida Lake and Lake Ontario Watersheds.
Rolling Hills Birding Trail
Green Lakes State Park was established in 1928, and has excellent birding trails, and boating sites. It has two glacially formed lakes, and rolling, wooded hills ..
Helmer Nature Center
The Helmer Nature Center is both an outdoor classroom and an environmental resource that encompasses approximately 45 acres of land with trails.
Minna Anthony Nature Center
Just 8.3 miles from Alexandria Bay, the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center is one of the largest nature centers in the state park system and in New York State.
Montezuma Wildlife Refuge
Situated in the middle of one of the most active flight lanes in the Atlantic Flyway, this 9,809-acre wildlife refuge today provides resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds.
Shavertown Trail
The Shavertown Trail offers both families and novice hikers a spectacular view after only one moderately strenuous mile.
Panama Rocks
Chautauqua-Allegany
Explore an enchanting world of towering rocks, deep crevices and small caves just 15 miles from Chautauqua Lake!
Sterling Nature Center
Sterling Nature Center is a 1,428-acre nature center with 10 miles of hiking trails and 2 miles of Lake Ontario shore to explore.
Walk among the treetops of the Adirondack forest where you can view animals and nature in their natural setting.
Esopus Bend Nature Preserve
This unique 161-acre preserve is located partially within both the village and town of Saugerties, punctuated by a dramatic bend in the Esopus Creek less than a mile from the Hudson River.
Tifft Nature Preserve
Just a short walk from the Outer Harbor and a bike ride away from Canalside, Tifft is a serene escape from the hustle and bustle of the city while being just minutes from downtown Buffalo.
Observe Snowy Owls, Herons, American Eagles, and migratory Birds in their Natural Habitat
Hiking in Upstate NY just got a whole lot better by experiencing the heartbeat of nature including a wide variety of birds & wildlife in their natural habitat.
Birding is a fun sport that anyone can enjoy, and new Trails are being added across the State all the time. Birding, or 'birdwatching,' is one of the fastest growing outdoor recreational activities that can be enjoyed by all ages and abilities, plus it's a great way to get outdoors. Click the New York State Birding Trail image to get maps and more information.
The Regions of Upstate NY offer a mixed terrain of mountains & valleys, forests & grasslands, lakes & rivers, marshes and more - where you can observe as many as 800 varieties of plants and over 200 species of birds - including Snowy Owls, Hawks, American Eagles, Egrets, Green Herons, and colorful migrators. So grab your hiking boots, a map, binoculars and camera (really, any camera, even a cell phone will do), and get ready to bond with Nature!
Attention Hikers and Bikers - See Birds & Abundant Wildlife
Along the New 750 Mile Empire State Trail from NY City to Canada !
Explore Birding & Hiking Trails by Region


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Especially at the beginning of the school year, a new student, or somebody who has just not gotten around to it before, might ask about what's the deal with the books at school. They might want to know if you can borrow them, and how that would work, or where we have books about a certain topic. Or perhaps there will be a new batch of books, and somebody will jokingly say, oh, look another bunch of books nobody may read. And we'll laugh, and look at them, and eventually some or all of them will be on the shelves, and we all know that we don't really know if somebody is or is not going to read this that or the other book anytime soon, because, you know, books are free at SVS, just like our students.
Let me explain: first of all, most books at school these days come to us as donations from families, friends, and staff members, so they are free for the school. Then, students are free to take books off the shelves and look at them as they please, and yes, take them home if they want to. It's good to get them back, but we don't have a regulated system for borrowing, and I don't think anybody wishes we had that kind of system either. If we have more than one copy of something we know is popular, we might keep the extra, just in case. All we ask of readers is to put back books by placing them on a shelf horizontally, so we know they have been moved and can put them in their place.
So yes, books at SVS are pretty free-floating entities, easily accessible for all. One thing I personally like a lot about our school is that books are everywhere, and that they are not delegated to a special area designated as a library. That way too, our books are free, and they can come off the shelf and go outside just like that.
But our books are free in yet other ways. Apart from the very broad class of books that I would describe as "books people affiliated with SVS have read or looked at and thought to give to us," a less random criteria of selection it turns out than it might sound, our books are not part of any classroom reading list, course schedule, or curriculum, even though you might find a good number of them on such lists. Apart from the extremely small number of books we have that are text books originally designed for use in classrooms, our books are books that have been written, first and foremost, for readers to read.
When I was a student, I sometimes used to think of something like this in the middle of a seminar: Studying literature, like I did, can make you feel like books exist primarily to be discussed in a classroom, with a professor, students, and perhaps some other learned people surrounding them; but that is not so – except for books and articles about books, authors write for readers, and anybody can be that reader. I still think it's thrilling that everybody who picks up a book has the same right to it, and is at the same distance or proximity to whoever wrote it, no matter if they were sitting in a seminar discussing it with other people, or at home alone in their own room with it. It did confuse me sometimes that something I had read waiting for the bus would be the same thing we were talking about with a professor, but in the end that's something I really like about books, how these worlds within worlds move about on subways, trains, and in airplanes, from bedside tables and kitchen counters to waiting rooms or the beach. And between times! Something might have been written 1 year ago or 100 years ago, and the time in the book might be a present, past, or future, but once you are reading, the time of the book is always now, it's disorienting and exciting.
Here, I feel some objection rising, a voice saying that you know, you can pick up a book and find that it doesn't quite seem to be written for you, that there are books with specialized audiences, or archaic vocabulary, or books that, starting with their cover design, try to draw some people in and keep others out, or that you need to be educated to have access to certain kind of books. But I think if you put books on shelves without too much ado about them, people can figure these things out for themselves and try to crack the code of a book or leave it, it's really up to them. And if googling doesn't help or appeal, there are certainly a good number of enthusiastic and experienced readers around that are more than happy to talk about books and help decipher reading material of all kinds.
As a school, we don't try to preselect our students' reading or access to books. People can read magazines, philosophy, literature on gardening, self-help books, novels, history, sports, architecture and art, science, in short, almost everything. Even if students never open any of these books, or use them for anything else than propping up a laptop, the relationship is friendly, a signal that yes, books are part of a world that is open to thinking, imagining, and discussion, and perhaps a reminder of the fact that we live in a culture that is unthinkable without the written and printed word. This might all seem so basic, but whenever I go to the Strand bookstore in Manhattan and see the table of books that are banned in some place or another in the United States (Harry Potter among them), I see how special it is to have this abundance of books and people in every room, no strings attached.


"Calories in, calories out" are old words for weight loss and it is oversimplification of a much more serious problem. American people eat too much, that is true.
According to the USDA, Americans in average can eat more than 500 calories per a day than needed. People in the USA eat 100 % more food than they need, that is conclusion of some experts. This is an extra steak sandwich per day, and since 1970s is 20% increased.
Sudhair James from the College of Chemical Sciences in Sri Lanka it has presented a new way of cooking rice, which should cut the caloric absorption about 50-60%. It is interesting the fact that James found a way how to make the rice become a resistant starch which can resist the absorption of starch or sugar from entering the bloodstream.
The secret ingredient is Coconut oil.
In boiling water you need to add a teaspoon of coconut oil. After that you should stir it in half a cup of rice once the oil dissolves .The next things you should do is to simmer the mixture for 40 minutes until the rice is cooked. Our recommendation is to boil it for 20-25 minutes instead. In the end, put the mixture in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
This is the way that will increase the resistant starch content by up to 10 times!
In which way does it work?
Namely, the coconut oil, according to James, enters the starch granules during cooking and makes the sugar resistant to digestive enzymes. That is the reason why it won't break down and be digested. The cooling process of the rice for 12 hours binds the starch to molecules on the outside of rice and turns the sugar to resistant starch, so reheating won't affect its levels. Don't forget that overeating on rice can disrupt your blood sugar levels, so you should eat it moderately. Also in your diet you should include more fiber and nutrient rich foods, as quinoa, barley, sweet potatoes, leafy green vegetables, mushrooms and cauliflower.
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