Prompted by NCTM's call for "grand challenges," in my last post I looked back at Hans Freudenthal's 1981 "Major Problems" paper. We've made progress in the past 30+ years, and we should recognize that. But that doesn't mean other challenges don't await us, and in this post I'll look at some suggestions made by some fellow bloggers. If this looks like "armchair challenging" it's probably because it is, rambling commentary and all.
Before I continue, it's worth noting that all four bloggers I found writing on this topic are white males. (And I am, too.) If this doesn't bring to mind a grand challenge for the future of math education, I don't know what should.
Robert's first suggestion is to develop an open curriculum for high school and early college. Sure, we've had many curriculum projects, but I can't say I've seen many that try to seamlessly span high school and college. It makes me realize that textbook companies typically package things in ways that align with the jurisdictions of district decision-makers, but there's really no reason it has to be that way.
We currently have some open curriculum projects that might give us a start on this challenge, such as the Mathematics Vision Project out of Utah and the EngageNY materials from New York. I say "give us a start" for two reasons: neither set of materials are very mature (and thus quality can be suspect) and such a project should plan for the evolution and improvement of the materials over time.
Her: "I didn't recognize the materials they were using, but they're a mess. It's something they found online and I don't know who put it together, but it looks like different people wrote adjacent lessons and never talked to each other, because there were big jumps from one topic to another with no explanation."
Me: "Let me guess. Are the materials from New York?"
Me: "That was my second guess. And your guess about different people writing different lessons without much coordination is a very good guess of what probably happened."
Robert's second and third challenges involve the creation and use of concept inventories for mathematics, like the force concept inventory (FCI) for physics. I hear this get discussed occasionally and I'm aware of some efforts for inventories in calculus and statistics, but they aren't nearly as well recognized or used as the FCI. What's the advantage of having these inventories? They tend to make for great pre-post tests for a course or to judge if a particular teaching approach is better for students' conceptual understanding. Last week I attended a talk by Stephen Pollock who talked about his work in physics education research and the improved results we're getting in CU's physics program. The FCI played a key role in that progress, as it allowed professors to self-monitor their courses and compare their results to others who were attempting to improve their teaching. These kinds of standardized assessment tools could be equally useful and powerful in mathematics departments, especially when used in a self-monitoring sort of way instead of the all-too-common external-and-top-down-accountability-enforcing sort of way.
Robert's last recommendation is to have a preprint server for math education research. As he notes, this is a road we've tried to go down before and we didn't get very far. I don't think the problem has nearly as much to do with policy or categories of the arXiv as it does with the lack of a "preprint culture" in mathematics education. What I learned in those previous preprint discussions, and in my observations as a developing scholar, is that math educators regularly and happily share work in progress — with a select group of people. In math ed, there doesn't seem to be widespread faith in anything like Linus' Law, the open source software dictum that says, "With enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." I think the math wars led to a lot of distrust, and some of it is very rational. It's safer to only share preliminary work with a few scholars who share similar methods and theoretical frameworks, and then refine the work after peer review before publication in a journal whose readership is likely to understand the work. Maybe it shouldn't be this way, but to move forward we're going to have to confront some of these beliefs.
Patrick described in some detail a single grand challenge: "Build and maintain a free, comprehensive, modular, and adaptable repository of learning materials for all secondary mathematics content." It's worth reading his post and the comments. This challenge hits close to home for me because it touches on my own research, including the difficulty of coordinating distributed curriculum development and the infrastructure needed to support the customization of curriculum.
I've always been intrigued by the concept of "modular and adaptable" curriculum materials. Personally, I thought I did my best work as a teacher when I offloaded my curriclum to a high-quality textbook that I'd been trained to use. That's an anathema to many math teachers who take improvisation of curriculum to be a sign of quality teaching. (It's not, by the way. There can be good and bad improvisation, just as there can be good and bad offloading.) I tried writing my own curriculum for a while and found it exhausting and ineffective. In a couple hours per day, I just couldn't create from scratch anything that I thought was as good as the texts coming from university-based curriculum teams with decades of experience and millions of dollars of funding. Go figure. I got better results when I leveraged the rigor and coherence of a text that integrated topics, contexts, tools, and routines across its lessons and units.
With enough effort, however, Patrick's recommendation could lead to a set of materials that are both modular and coherent. I've always seen these in opposition, a sort of "textbook paradox." I speculate that teachers who value being able to adapt and improvise with their curriculum will resist or find ineffective those textbooks built around coherence. It's relatively straightforward to replace a lesson in a very traditional textbook that relies on an isolated set of examples and practice problems. But for reform-based materials, such as IMP, CPM, and Everyday Math, skipping around in the textbook can lead to trouble. Saxon texts, for that matter, with their use of "incremental development," should make a teacher think twice before skipping or improvising a lesson. Thus, the paradox: teachers who want to improve the quality of their curriculum materials probably have an easier time adapting materials that are lower quality to begin with, but if they start with higher-quality materials, adaptation can sacrifice coherence and make adaptation more difficult.
Adaptation can still be done with any curriculum, but it takes skill. Currently, that skill must come almost entirely from the teacher, as the texts aren't smart enough to know what you've been skipping. Take Patrick's challenge far enough, however, and maybe we could have a curriculum that is smart enough to know what you've used and not used. Imagine a statistics curriculum that automatically modifies tasks to use a preferred data set, or a system that reminds you that you should probably include a lesson and practice with mean absolute deviation prior to teaching standard deviation. Or, for algebra, imagine a system that let you decide whether to teach exponential functions before or after quadratics, with the curriculum being smart enough to recommend appropriate modeling tasks. When I helped a school pilot Accelerated Math in 1999 and used the exprience as my student teaching action research project, I really thought we were on the cusp of a wave of "smart curriclum" that would help build coherence into teacher-adapted curriculum. We're not there yet, but a challenge like the one Patrick describes could get us much closer.
David's grand challenges focuses more on people than materials: "Develop a comprehensive, national professional development model that supports the high quality mathematics instruction they have been promoting for many years." ("They" refers to NCTM.) David breaks this challenge into bullet points around the development and scaling of "core practices."
I'm a firm believer in this idea. I get resistance from those who love the creative and spontaneous aspects of teaching, but I think that learning to teach should involve the learning and practicing of key teaching practices. Thankfully, there are some very good people working in this area. Until recently, their efforts were somewhat scattered and referred to with such names as "high-leverage practices" or "ambitious teaching." Thankfully, at AERA this past spring, many of the heavy hitters doing this work came together to address the need for a common language around these practices and supporting their development and use. For a good idea of what a list of core practices might look like, check out the Teaching Works project from the University of Michigan. I have a hard time finding anything on that list that doesn't seem essential to quality teaching, and it reminds me that the list is really the easy part. The real work comes in developing those practices in preservice and inservice teachers, and I'm glad that David had his mind on that development when he articulated his grand challenge.
@NCTM ...space for them to study their own teaching practices in collaboration with their colleagues.
Bryan's challenge isn't math-specific but it could help a lot of math teachers. Our expectations for teacher collaboration exceed our opportunities, and changing this involves a lot of people and resources. In some countries there are limits to how many student contact hours a teacher can have because they are expected to be collaborating with or observing other teachers for several hours each day. What if we did that in the United States? We'd have to seriously rethink our resources. Suppose you currently teach six periods a day with about 24 students in each class. What if you only taught four periods with 36 students in each class, and you had the extra two periods to work with other teachers to ensure your instruction in those four periods was better? (For those of you who already have 36 students in your classes and are working out even larger classes in your heads, I'm sorry.) Or, instead of changing class sizes, what if salaries were lowered to accommodate the hiring of extra teachers?
While these questions suggest difficult choices, they do seem like questions that could be answered with adequate research, and maybe there exists some research already that could help us answer them. Still, research in education isn't always very effective at changing school cultures or how resources are allocated. I don't want to sound too pessimistic, but I'm thinking that Bryan's challenge is going to have to focus as much on understanding and developing cultures of collaboration amongst teachers as it would scheduling and resource allocations.
While it may have been personally beneficial for me to put a couple thousand words into a grand challenge I thought about on my own, I realize that our best hopes for meeting a grand challenge come when we share and push each other's ideas. As a student of curriculum and instruction, I find much to like in Robert and Patrick's thoughts about curriculum and David and Bryan's thoughts about instruction. There's some really meaty stuff there.
I've also tried to think about what wasn't mentioned as a challenge. Nobody said, "I really think we need to better understand how students think about ratio/functions/number/proof/etc." While people are hard at work on such questions, I don't think there's any widespread perception that a lack of research in specific areas of student mathematical understanding is what is holding us back. (If there's a challenge I should be writing about, it's about the dissemination and use of this information.) I'm also happy to see that people weren't writing challenges involving new sets of academic standards. It's rather unfortunate that so much energy is being put into debating Common Core when it seems quite likely that standards account for little of the variability in student outcomes. We have a list of stuff we want students to learn. Fine. I'm ready to focus more of our efforts on the learning, not the list.
Lastly, to touch briefly on the challenge I hinted at near the top of this post, I didn't see any equity-focused grand challenges. I think I speak for Robert, Patrick, David, and Bryan when I say we all believe in achieving equitable participation and outcomes in mathematics education. Then again, we can't just say that and expect equity to come about by accident. There are elements of each challenge mentioned that could be used to promote equity, but it's going to take a more explicit focus than we've given it. In fact, maybe the first step is to significantly change the representation implied when I say "we." It seems simple enough, but privilege has a way of producing thoughts of "for" and "to" instead of "with," and that's a challenge for the kinds of people and organizations who pose challenges.


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Haris Orkin
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James Flynn is an expert shot, a black belt in karate, fluent in four languages and irresistible to women. He's also a heavily medicated patient in a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital. Flynn believes his locked ward is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Secret Service and that he is a secret agent with a license to kill.
When the hospital is acquired by a new HMO, Flynn is convinced that the Secret Service has been infiltrated by the enemy. He escapes to save the day, and in the process, Flynn kidnaps a young Hispanic orderly named Sancho.
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Alex Lukeman
The president of the U.S. orders Director Elizabeth Harker of the Project to investigate the collision at sea of a U.S. Navy missile destroyer with a Chinese freighter. It may have been sabotage, and the president wants her to get to the bottom of it. But the assignment is not what it seems. Harker has an enemy in the White House who wants her to fail. The Project's continued existence is on the line.
In the cold reaches of the far north, a hidden supercomputer with malicious artificial intelligence is being used by a secret organization to drive the world to war. Disruptive attacks across the world begin to create deep suspicions between China, Russia, and America. Preparations for war escalate. As the war drums begin to beat, the Project team discovers a digital trail that could lead to whoever is trying to touch off a nuclear confrontation.
That makes the team a serious threat. They're getting too close to the truth, and the man behind the attacks decides to stop them. As the doomsday clock ticks toward zero, it's touch and go whether any of the team will get out alive, much less stop the certainty of nuclear war and mutual annihilation.
Will they survive long enough to stop the missiles from flying?
Hell is Naked
Jean James and Mary James
This award winning mystery/thriller took finalist honors in the Readers Favorite International Book Awards.
One of WARREN ROBERTS' SWAT cronies once told him a woman would run naked into the street to save her baby, but a man would stop to put on his pants first. It was an interesting thought, an enigma to ride the back of his mind and wait for a time of future analysis. But time plays tricks and sometimes there is no time for analysis, only for action.
Action soon takes on a whole new meaning as he embarks on the most embarrassing job he's ever attempted—working undercover as a movie extra. Just one day of bungling tells him he would weep for joy over some high-risk, tactical, search and rescue operation involving weapons of mass destruction, that is, provided it is anywhere but Hollywood.
For a man with his diverse skill sets, it takes only three days to locate background actress, RAINY WRAY. It takes him slightly longer to discover why he is really locating this blithe hippy. Only after he bungles them both into a quagmire of disaster does he take his acting seriously.
When Warren Roberts, romps through the Hollywood movie scene, he proves that off-beat investigative styles can achieve results and that action, adventure, humor, and romance can credibly inhabit the same story.
An Isaac Blaze Thriller
Axel Cruise
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He'd go on to say how it's not my fault.
How it's the voices who were responsible for what I've done.
How I should stop referring to myself as we.
...Yes, he'd go on to say all of that.
Except he didn't.
And the reason why is about as crazy as I, or rather we, are supposed to be.
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The Devil Take Tomorrow
Gretchen Jeannette
George Washington has been marked for death. British agents embedded in the Continental Army wait only for the order to strike. Racing against time, rebel spy Ethan Matlock sets out to protect the one man who can save the Revolution. Without General Washington, the whole American enterprise might easily collapse, for no one else has demonstrated the ability to keep together an army that constantly threatens to fall apart.
Boldly Ethan infiltrates the heart of the British military, occupiers of grand old Philadelphia, where elegant officers posture in drawing rooms and frolic in the bedrooms of the rich. Surrounded by twenty thousand redcoats, aware that the slightest misstep could lead to the gallows, Ethan resorts to vicious measures to unravel a conspiracy of power-hungry men. Against his better judgment, he becomes entangled with the provocative Miss Maddie Graves, whose fierce devotion to the American cause ironically threatens his mission.
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Author Academy Awards Finalist 2018. Historical Fiction.
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A Gossamer Lens
The Legend of Vanx Malic Book 10
Vanx and crew have a few gem-seeds left to smash, but in usual Vanx Malic fashion, nothing goes as planned. Strange powerful creatures lurk everywhere, especially beyond the Wildwood, where the mountain giants hold reign. But the giants are just one of many people who want to stop Vanx, and his friends. Will Vanx, Gallarael, Chelda, Master Ruuk, Moonsy, and Sir Poopsalot be able to keep the world from spinning apart? Will the Goss show them the way to save their world, or will the tiny spider lead them into a war against a terrible kingdom of ill fae who are clinging to a dead Heart Tree? Will the group be able to retrieve the final gem-seed and get it to the copse of Great Carpi Ultura, a cluster of identical trees near the kingdom of Highwander, or will the wretched fae who lost their tree, keep them from it. Don't miss what might be the end of this series. Get your copy of The Legend of Vanx Malic Book 10 - A Gossamer Lens, now! *A special thanks to the great Larry Elmore for the book cover art! Check out "The Complete Elmore" to see more of his incomparable works
A Mysterious Time Travel Conspiracy
Lyle Howard
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A mysterious time travel conspiracy is about to unfold
Angela Mercy, a highly trained elite bodyguard, tragically fails her chief assignment: protecting the life of the country's leading quantum physicist. Her life is about to change, as someone else is taking over her future.
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In Japan's infamous Devil's Triangle, a small fishing boat disappeared in a swarm of crimson firefliesA leading quantum physicist is assassinated before his keynote speech. While in pursuit after his killers, his highly trained bodyguard, Angela, is caught in a cloud of turquoise fireflies and vanishesA tyrannical ruler will go out on a merciless quest for immortality, and will use any measures necessary to guarantee his success. Even if it means altering the course of history.
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Becoming The Wolf
A White Wolf Justice Thriller
R.H. Neil
Who is JD Ward?
A farm boy with combat experience as an Army combat tracker.
A rookie city cop, burdened to solve a cold case that's plagued him since childhood.
And a reluctant vigilante known as The White Wolf. A fierce guardian of justice who uses Cincinnati's forgotten subway—abandoned since the 1920's—to wreak havoc on the wolves.
Now who's the prey?
JD Ward is a fish out of water in the inner city neighborhood of St. Jude, Ohio, but his tracking skills are an asset when it comes to hunting down fleeing suspects.
Goliath Wholf is the leader of the Dixie Wholfpack, a motorcycle gang that functions as the enforcement arm for a violent clan in Kentucky. He's moving in on Cincinnati's drug trade, but his true intentions for the Queen City are far more ruthless. Thousands will perish to quench his thirst for revenge.
The two worlds collide when JD's tracking skills force him to tangle with two Dixie Wholfpack bikers. He barely survives the brutal encounter and learns the gang is only the bottom rung of a crime family that controls gun and drug trafficking in Appalachia. And people who get in the Wholf clan's way have a history of disappearing, including cops and their families.
Tank Maynard, a disgruntled curmudgeon of a cop, knows from experience the kind of bloody street war the Wholfpack will bring to St. Jude. That is, unless they believe someone other than JD Ward is responsible for the disruption.
Tank invents a vigilante to take the blame, creating an uneasy partnership with JD that is fraught with drama. But when there are no more sightings of The White Wolf, the clan begins to question the story. And the police. Reluctantly, JD agrees to masquerade as the vigilante to throw the Dixie Wholfpack off their trail. But instead of just putting on a show, JD Ward is pulled back into a world every bit as deadly as the one he'd left behind in the military.
Now hunted by a psychotic clan, a street gang, and a federal task force, The White Wolf must step out of the shadows to save Cincinnati from Goliath's plan of devastation. But the conspiracy turns out to be more treacherous than JD could have imagined, and more savage than he may be able to survive.
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Traffick Stop, An American Assassin's Story
Paladine Political Thriller Series - Book 3
Kenneth Eade
He's fighting terrorism, one jihadist at a time.
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Wired Rogue
Paradise Crime #2
Toby Neal
Paradise has no protection from an insidious cult.
What would you do to defeat a deadly cult?
'Wired in' to her computers, tech agent Sophie Ang has been content in her clean, cool tech lab, where she chases criminals online, continuing a dance in the dark with the enigmatic vigilante known as the Ghost. Tumultuous changes from without and within eject her from her FBI agency cocoon to the front lines, where she finds herself in partnership with a brilliant, overbearing, larger-than-life ex-Special Forces operative, Jake Dunn. They climb walls, dodge bullets, kidnap children and dig up bodies for a case that might cost her life—and has already taken her badge.
***Award Finalist in Thriller/Adventure, 2017 Best Book Awards***
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Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, the co-director of the school's long-term project, Managing the Future of Work, and co-heads the university-wide Project on the Workforce. He is a Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Prior to joining Harvard's faculty, he was a founder and the long-time CEO of Monitor, now Monitor-Deloitte, the global consultancy. He studies issues related to employment and income polarization and the relationship between talent, corporate strategy and economic competitiveness. His research spans the many issues that will shape the future of work, including the emerging gig economy, the misalignment of the education sector and employers, and how corporate human resource and operating policies inadvertently undermine their companies' ability to achieve their goals. His research on the workings of the "care economy" in the United States focuses on the impact that episodic and predictable care giving obligations have on workers, their career paths and the implications for employers. His current research focuses on how employer practices unintentionally marginalizes various groups of workers, including caregivers, and how emerging employment models, like the gig economy, are creating new outlets for workers historically unable to meet the traditional criteria imposed on full-time workers by employers. He is also leads an extensive research project on the evolution of the C-Suite in global companies. Professor Fuller's work is available at https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/Pages/default.aspx


Mr. Rayani, has been associated with organisations like Janhit Manch and Forum for Fairness in Education. My googling on him showed that in the past he has fought on and filed numerous public interest litigations on issues like jam-packed trains, encroachments and hoardings and banners.
As compared to above, I'd assume his most important victory came in July-04 when the High Court restrained the BMC from allowing the use of TDR to construct buildings in prohibited corridors.
Mumbai: A war against the transfer of developmental rights (TDR) in the suburbs began in right earnest in the Bombay high court on Monday.
A bench of Justices F I Rebello and D Y Chandrachud began the final hearing of a PIL against the concept of such rights to builders that allows them unlimited freedom to build skywards in an area. TDR is usable only in the suburbs and not in the island city. It is a right to develop that is given in lieu of land surrendered to the state or civic body for public use such as roads, playgrounds or schools and even for slum rehabilitation projects.
and showed a "non-application of mind'' by the state. He said TDR should be linked to the "area's carrying capacity'' as at present there is no correlation between the amount of floor space index (FSI) released in the market and the carrying capacity of the suburb it is used in.
Taking the court through the details of the TDR history, Chinoy said in 1992, a ban was imposed on the use of the right in three corridors of the suburbs. The three stretches included those between the Western Express Highway and SV Road in the western suburbs and the LBS Marg and Eastern Express Highway in the central suburbs. In 1995, heritage TDR was allowed and then in 1997 slum TDR was allowed in these corridors.
The high court had earlier put a stay on the use of TDR in these corridors on a PIL filed by activist Bhagwanji Raiyani.
The stay continues. As a result of the TDR, the FSI use in the suburbs doubled to two. Chinoy said though TDR was not allowed in the island city because of the saturated population density, the density in the suburbs was much higher.
He noted that the TDR was placing a huge burden on the existing infrastructure in places like Bandra, Khar, Santa Cruz and Kurla and called for an evaluation of infrastructure. Chinoy also gave details of the shortage faced by residents when it came to open spaces, water and sewerage. He said only 65% of the city was connected with sewerage and 85% of the sewage went untreated.
The state in its reply has opposed the plea for a rethink on the TDR issue and denied there was a need to evaluate the carrying capacity of the suburbs. It said due to paucity of funds, TDR was an effective means of ensuring that land needed for public use was acquired. The hearing will continue on Tuesday.
Mumbai: Why hasn't the BMC used the funds generated from condoning deficiency in car parking and compulsory open spaces in suburban buildings to upgrade infrastructure? This simple yet hard-hitting question was asked by activist Bhagwanji Raiyani who has filed a PIL before the Bombay high court to challenge the state's policy on the transfer of developmental rights (TDR) in Mumbai.
On the second day of the final hearing of the PIL, Raiyani and senior counsel Aspi Chinoy—who is appearing as amicus curaie (friend of the court)—said there was a need to reframe the TDR policy with an emphasis on the infrastructural requirements.
Noting that "discretion has been traded in the name of premium'' by successive civic heads, Raiyani said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) must have collected crores of money by relaxing the laws on open spaces during building development, but has not accounted for its use. He added that the civic administration should have used the funds to upgrade infrastructure. As an example, he cited how the roads in Juhu were being blocked by indiscriminate parking. "If a truck arrives at night outside my house in Juhu, it will not be able to enter the road,'' he told the court. The road is effectively 17 feet wide as cars are parked on either side, he added.
Raiyani noted that the power to relax certain conditions before grant of permission to construct a building is discretionary in nature and so, the civic heads should have exercised it sparingly. He said the discretionary powers were frequently used and norms flouted. He also noted that though 25 feet should be kept for open spaces, most residential buildings have only eight feet.
Mumbai: The hearing on the PIL challenging the policy on transfer of developmental rights (TDR) continued before the Bombay high court on Wednesday with arguments on how the skewed scheme was overloading the suburbs.
Builder and activist Bhagwanji Raiyani, the petitioner, argued that with the suburban population having jumped from 61 lakh in 1991 to 86 lakh in 2001, permission to keep adding floor space through use of TDR would result in a biased island city to suburb population ratio.
"Under the general rules, for ground plus four storeyed buildings no lifts are required. When slum TDR is used, the same relaxation is extended to buildings that have ground plus five storeys,'' said Raiyani. He said it was "atrocious'' to do so as it leads to "50% rehabilitated slumdwellers selling their new premises to return to the slums''.
Needless to say, TDR is the one reason why Bandra is in its present miserable state. But then who would say no to shifting out of his house for a couple of years if he has to come back to a bigger house? And that too if he's getting fat sums of money for giving up his flat and the builder takes care of his rent for alternative accommodation? A nice win-win situation for everyone and perfect disaster for the city.
In any case there's never any dearth of any media coverage on Bandra – it's got film stars, pretty women, restaurants, pubs at almost every nook and corner. Not half as much media coverage has been spent on the sheer battle that daily life in Bandra has become. As Mr. Chinoy notes on Day 1, the average population in Bandra is 51,275 people per square kilometre – twice the average population in overall suburbs. And yes, I've stayed in Bandra all my life and have seen its steady fall and decline. After the mill-land case which is now in the Supreme Court, this is another case which will decide the fate of Bombay.
Bandra Worli Sealink - dream on ?
The picture below is courtesy Hindustan Times (www.hindustantimes.com) which ran a related article in their Bombay edition dated 31st Jan 2006.
So our PWD Minister aims to finish the Bandra-Worli Sealink (www.bandraworlisealink.com) by end-2007. When I look at the mess that Bombay's roads are in today, this seems too good to be true and hence makes me want to believe that it will never happen. Especially since this one project has been held up for so long. In fact I doubt the Worli-Nariman Point will ever take off (no rational reason, just that I don't believe anything will improve in this city).
That Mahim is a huge mess is an understatement. Anyone (someone like me !) who spends half-an-hour getting through a stretch that takes less than 10minutes, knows that Mahim is probably among the biggest bottlenecks for traffic.
Yet, yet...there is always hope. Hope that the current Bandra Reclamation road will ultimately lead on to Worli, rather than be used for speeding and movie shootings.


The Elf on the Shelf Could Get Your Child to Write a Letter to Santa!
Write to Santa, but KEEP the note since the elf brings it to the North Pole…and then back to your home!
'Tis the season, and Elf On The Shelf is back for more fun! Some parents adore the concept and cannot wait to move that little elf around the house every night, and others mock him and his expanding merchandising. Now that he is getting kids to write and draw, and parents will be able to save the heartfelt message as an ornament, I'm in with the Elf! Not familiar with the Elf story? Read Elf on the Shelf Controversy: Let's Try Positive Gossiping to Santa. Used as an encouragement and not a punishment or a threat, I am OK with this holiday tradition.
You use the paper and materials in the kit to write and bake-off a letter into an ornament that the elf "shows" to Santa on his nightly trip, and then he "returns" it to your tree. The kit includes a storybook, materials to write, bake and hang your ornament.
The set includes 8 special sheets of paper that will get baked off in the oven to create an ornament, but I would encourage everyone to have their child refine their message and practice writing/drawing the note on regular paper before putting it on the special sheets. Use these sheets as a template so that your child is aware that they can't write more than a few lines at most. There is no way to erase on the special sheets, and although some errors are charming, a child can be heartbroken if they think that they are sending a messy message.
I would encourage parents to consider copying the message so that kids have a sample to copy, rather than free writing. Copying is an easier task in the developmental progression of handwriting, and reduces the stress for success on kids. Nobody needs stress when making a special request to Old Saint Nick.
Younger kids, or kids with strong fears of failure or anxiety in general can draw or decorate a parent's writing. As long as they are involved, I don't think it has to be all or nothing. Many of my most avoidant clients get excited when I tell them that they just have to draw a sun (circle with rays) or some grass (short vertical lines that start at the top and descend to a baseline) to a picutre that I am drawing, and I will take care of all the hard stuff. Sometimes they even decide that they want to draw much more than they were planning to contribute.
Encourage your child to make the letters and designs a bit large, since they will shrink with the baking process. Most young children cannot comprehend this step and will assume that the finished product will come out of the oven the same size that it was when it went in. Tiny details may not be visible, tiny letters may be illegible. Make a sample if possible for children that need proof of everything before they believe you.
If you know that your child may be impulsive or has such significant struggles with design, handwriting, or decision-making that you will need more than 8 sheets to create one final project, buy two kits. The holidays are challenging enough without a fun activity ending without even one finished ornament. If things go well and you don't need the extra box, you have something that can be a wonderful gift for another family this season!
If you use this kit with your child this Christmas season, please write a comment and let my readers know how it worked out for you!
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A Guide To The World Cup 2010: Group E
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At a glance, you might think that Group E were just a weak group in general. However, teams like the Netherlands have a lot to offer, especially seeing how their line-up features powerhouses like Arjen Robbern. Are they good enough to play amongst the elite? Maybe.
One thing's for certain though – there is little hope for any other team BUT the Netherlands against the likes of Spain or Brazil.
Current World Ranking: 3
The Netherlands are off to a good start – ripping through the first 8 games, winning them all, and only conceding 2 goals in total.
Their team is as powerful as ever, with an attacking front consisting of Arsenal's Robin van Persie and Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben.
The midfield play isn't too bad either as Robben's club teammate van Bommel and Real Madrid's Rafael van der Vaart will be filling these positions.
But away from all the goal scoring opportunities, there are major worries about the Netherland's defensive line-up, as they have no real star defenders, nor have they yet found a decent replacement for goalkeeping legend Edwin van der Sar.
But the real worry comes from the team's apparent lack of teamwork in their play. It's been seen on more than one occasion ruining their chances of victory. However, they are sure favorites to get past the group stages, and they are definitely a real threat to all other teams.
Current World Ranking: 26
When it was announced that Denmark was to be in the most difficult qualifying group of all, nearly everyone lost hope in Denmark qualifying this year.
However, in a shock twist, Denmark beat a second-place Portugal to rise and qualify in first-place. Beating Sweden on the way, this is Denmark's first major tournament since the 2004 Euro cup.
The team don't really hold host to any big names, rather just a select handful of skilled players. These being Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner, Juventus midfielder Christian Poulsen and former Newcastle forward Jon Dahl Tomasson.
Definitely the underdog to watch.
Japan are team thought of as being 'lucky'. After all, they were placed in a fairly easy qualifying group, and just managed to secure second-place.
However, there has definitely been some steady improvements happening within the team. In 2002, they managed to each the second round before being eliminated by Turkey.
Can they perform such a feat again? Maybe.
There is pressure on star player Shunsuke Nakamura, an ex-Celtic player, to provide team union.
It was a close call this year for Cameroon. Two games in, they were bottom of their group.
Then ex-Rangers manager, Peter Le Guen seized control of the team from Otto Pfister, and he pushed them higher up in the table.
Aside from the difficulties early on in the tournament, Cameroon possess a variety of talent .
With Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o being their key player, and star striker, and Sebastien Bassong of Tottenham playing in defence, Cameroon is looking formidable.


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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform together at the "Change Begins Within" benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation.
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On April 4, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited onstage in New York City for an exhilarating, star-studded benefit concert, "Change Begins Within," that launched the David Lynch Foundation into an entirely new level of public awareness. As the headline performers at a sold-out Radio City Music Hall, they helped raise funds for the Foundation's international initiative to teach one million at-risk children to meditate—and to begin to change their world from within.
Many other world-famous musicians—Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Moby, Ben Harper, Paul Horn, Angelo Badalamenti, Betty LaVette, and Jim James—joined the two remaining Beatles to thrill the crowd as well, as did Jerry Seinfeld in a brilliant guest performance. Between acts, David Lynch showed powerful film clips of meditating students in Foundation schools, Institute director Dr. John Hagelin summarized the compelling TM research, and celebrity personalities Howard Stern, Russell Simmons, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, and Laura Dern spoke passionately about the benefits of TM practice.
In addition to superb individual performances, the musicians at the concert sang together on many songs and created a powerful, joyful onstage camaraderie and unity, with everyone committed to bringing meditation to students everywhere and helping the youth reach their full potential.
All 6,000 tickets for the concert had sold out immediately upon availability, with many leaders of society, celebrities, and wealthy philanthropists in attendance, including Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, John McEnroe, Martin Scorsese, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Aniston, Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, David Arquette, Michael J. Fox, and Bill O'Reilly.
Dr. Hagelin, the Institute staff, and the Institute's highly effective and experienced media team, led by visionary media director Bob Roth, worked nonstop for months to organize the "Change Begins Within" concert and to generate unprecedented media coverage for it. To maximize the media impact of the concert, Paul, Ringo, and other performers joined David Lynch for a rare live pre-concert press conference on April 3, connecting via webcast with local press conferences in all major U.S. cities across the nation (for a replay, see www.DavidLynchFoundation.org). The global media had already been buzzing with excitement in the month before the concert, and more than 120 media representatives attended the press conference. The explosion of global news coverage that followed included more than 3,000 press articles just in the next few days, as well hundreds of television and radio reports around the world (see, for example, the Associated Press coverage at www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXf8hbphDAw&NR=1).
This global coverage continued to expand in the weeks after the concert. The press conference, which also featured Dr. Hagelin and prominent physicians, educators, and business people, also increased public awareness of the benefits of TM and of in-school TM programs around the country and has provided millions of dollars' worth of free publicity in promoting the value of TM practice for children.
In an interview with David Lynch, Paul said of TM practice, "It's a lifelong gift. It's something you can call on at any time…. Allowing children to experience something they wouldn't have been able to experience otherwise is a great thing." And Ringo was delighted that he and Paul were able to come together to support the David Lynch Foundation initiative, saying, "I feel the aims of this charity are wonderful!" (For these and other interviews with the performers, as well as exciting concert footage, visit www.DLF.tv.)


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About the Nordics
High Spirits in High Schools
In the Nordic countries, children are not expected to just follow orders in school. They used to be, but things started to change in the 19th century with the Danish thinker and teacher, N.F.S. Grundtvig and his folk high school movement.
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It was founded as a reaction against old, conservative ideals of education and culture: against an educational system, in which the primary focus was on book learning and nothing else. Tokai University, founded in 1942, was directly inspired by N.F.S. Grundtvig.
The founder of Tokai University, Dr Shigeyoshi Matsumae had visited Denmark to study the spiritual and public education in Danish folk high schools. On his return, he established the university, which still exists, and continues to be based on the same ideals of promoting spiritual strength in the students.
He himself pondered the larger question: "How should I lead my life?" To help find the answers he read Japanese books such as The Story of Denmark and The Greatest Heritage to the Future, which greatly influenced Japanese youth at the time. He learned the history of Denmark's post-WWI reconstruction through education – which was based on Grundtvig's ideas.
The Danish, national high schools, often called "universities for the people", were dynamic learning communities where students and teachers lived together and engaged freely in discussions about society, philosophy and other subjects. In 1934, Dr Matsumae visited Denmark to observe them personally. He came to believe that schools should: "Help students understand historical perspectives, views of life, and develop a sense of mission so that each student can become a more complete person."
He recognised that such an educational system resulted in the creation of the driving force that had built up the dairy farming nation of Denmark. His experiences in Denmark led him to believe that: "the fundamentals of building a solid nation lie in education. We must build Japan as a peaceful nation with education as a foundation."
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Thoughts on Nordic school systems in general. Read more
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Petroleum Bill [H.L.] - continued House of Commons
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AUTHORISATIONS UNDER SECTION 14
WORKS AUTHORISATIONS
1. - (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to-
(a) the manner in which an application for a works authorisation is to be made; and
(b) the information to be included in or provided in connection with an application.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1), regulations under this paragraph may require the payment of fees in connection with an application.
(3) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this paragraph shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
2. The Secretary of State shall, on receiving an application for a works authorisation-
(a) decide whether the application is to be considered further or rejected; and
(b) serve notice of his decision on the applicant and-
(i) in the case of a decision that the application is to be considered further, shall give the applicant such directions with respect to the application as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purposes of paragraph 3; and
(ii) in the case of a decision to reject the application, shall include in the notice a statement of the reasons for the decision except any reason which in the opinion of the Secretary of State it would be against the national interest to state.
3. Where the Secretary of State serves on an applicant notice under paragraph 2 that the application is to be considered further, the applicant shall-
(a) publish, in such manner as the Secretary of State directs, a notice which-
(i) contains such particulars of the application as the Secretary of State directs; and
(ii) states that representations with respect to the application may be made in writing to the Secretary of State within the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the notice is first published in accordance with this paragraph or within such longer period beginning with that date as is specified in the notice in accordance with a direction of the Secretary of State; and
(iii) states where the map mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) may be inspected during the period specified in the notice under paragraph (ii);
(b) secure that a map of such scale and containing such particulars as the Secretary of State directs is available for inspection by the public free of charge from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on each weekday during the period so specified; and
(c) serve a copy of the notice on such persons as the Secretary of State directs;
and the Secretary of State shall defer his further consideration of the application until he is satisfied that the applicant has complied with this paragraph.
4. - (1) This paragraph applies where the Secretary of State decides that an application for a works authorisation is to be considered further and is of the opinion, either on his own initiative (except in relation to the purpose mentioned in paragraph 6(b)) or in consequence of representations made to him by the applicant or any other person,-
(a) that the route proposed for the pipeline or part of it in the application ought to be altered in a particular manner for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph 6; or
(b) that the capacity proposed for the pipeline or part of it in the application ought to be increased for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph 6(b) or (d).
(2) Where this paragraph applies, the Secretary of State shall, before deciding whether to issue an authorisation in consequence of the application, serve notice of his opinion-
(a) on the applicant; and
(b) where the opinion relates to an alteration of the route proposed for the pipeline or part of it on-
(i) any persons whom the Secretary of State considers are likely to be affected by the alteration; or
(ii) any person appearing to the Secretary of State to represent such persons.
(3) In any notice of his opinion served under this paragraph the Secretary of State shall state the reasons for his opinion except any reason which he considers that it would be against the national interest to state.
5. - (1) Where under paragraph 4 the Secretary of State serves on the applicant notice of his opinion he shall give him an opportunity of being heard with respect to the opinion; and where the applicant is heard the Secretary of State may give such other persons, if any, as he thinks fit an opportunity to be heard at the hearing.
(2) Where under paragraph 4 the Secretary of State serves on any person other than the applicant notice of his opinion, he shall state in the notice that representations in writing with respect to the opinion may be made to the Secretary of State within a period specified in the notice.
6. The purposes referred to in paragraph 4(1) are-
(a) the purpose of avoiding or reducing danger to navigation, to persons engaged in and vessels and equipment used for fishing, to some structure or apparatus (which may be the pipeline) or to marine flora or fauna;
(b) the purpose of facilitating the use of the pipeline by persons other than the applicant where it appears to the Secretary of State that such persons desire to use the pipeline;
(c) the purpose of avoiding or reducing interference with fishing or the exploitation of mineral resources;
(d) any other purpose which the Secretary of State considers proper.
7. Where the Secretary of State-
(a) is satisfied that an applicant for a works authorisation has complied with paragraph 3; and
(b) has considered any representations relating to the application which were made to the Secretary of State-
(i) within the period specified in the notice published in respect of the application under paragraph 3(a);
(ii) at a hearing held under paragraph 5(1); and
(iii) in accordance with a notice served by the Secretary of State in respect of the application under paragraph 5(2),
he shall decide whether to issue an authorisation in consequence of the application.
8. - (1) Where the Secretary of State decides not to issue a works authorisation in consequence of an application he shall serve on-
(a) the applicant; and
(b) each person on whom a copy of notice of the application was required to be served under paragraph 3(c),
a notice stating the decision and, in the case of the notice served on the applicant, stating also the reasons for the decision except any reason which the Secretary of State considers that it would be against the national interest to state.
(2) Where the Secretary of State decides to issue a works authorisation in consequence of an application he shall-
(a) serve notice of the decision on-
(i) the applicant;
(ii) each person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b); and
(iii) any other person who made representations as mentioned in paragraph 7(b)(ii) or (iii); and
(b) publish a copy of the notice in the London and Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, or in such of them as he considers appropriate, and in any other publication which he considers appropriate.
9. - (1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where the Secretary of State issues a works authorisation.
(2) The Secretary of State shall serve on the persons on whom notice in respect of the authorisation was required to be served by paragraph 8(2)(a)(ii) and (iii) a notice stating that the authorisation has been issued and containing-
(a) the name and address of the person to whom it was issued;
(b) such particulars as the Secretary of State considers appropriate of-
(i) the route of the pipeline;
(ii) its authorised capacity;
(iii) the things authorised to be conveyed by it; and
(iv) the persons authorised to use it; and
(c) such other information (if any) about the pipeline as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3) The Secretary of State shall publish a copy of the notice in the London and Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, or in such of them as he considers appropriate, and in any other publication which he considers appropriate.
Prepared 20 March 1998


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Вулиця Бєлякова — вулиця в місті Мелітополь, одна з центральних вулиць селища Піщане. Починається від вулиці Михайла Оратовського і закінчується, зливаючись з  вулицею Болгарською. На ділянці від вулиці Павла Сивицького до проспекту Богдана Хмельницького вулицею проходить автошлях  «Одеса — Мелітополь — Новоазовськ».

Історія
Перша відома згадка про вулицю датується 20 грудня 1946 роком.

Вулиця названа на честь Героя Радянського Союзу, льотчика Олександра Бєлякова (1897—1982), штурмана екіпажу, який вчинив у складі екіпажу Валерія Чкалова безпосадочні перельоти з Москви на Далекий Схід (1936) і через Північний полюс у США (1937).

Об'єкти
 Дитячий садок «Горобина»
 Продовольчий ринок

Примітки

Вулиці Мелітополя
Вулиці Мелітополя, названі на честь людей
Піщане (Мелітополь)

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How many radio stations are there in India?
Which is the famous radio station in India?
Which FM radio station is best in India?
Which radio is best in India?
What is FM full form?
Does India have AM radio?
Which company Radio is best?
How to find radio stations near you?
How much does iHeartRadio cost?
What is the best live radio app?
As of December 2018, there are more than 369 operational private radio stations in more than 101 cities and towns across India. The Government of India-owned All India Radio has about 450 FM stations covering 39% of the area and 52% of the population of India.
Currently, Radio Mirchi has a presence in more than 33 cities, including the 6 metros of India and Radio Mirchi is the costliest station in India as they charge more than double of the competition. The FM channel launched by Bhaskar Group, is operated under the brand name 94.3 My FM through the Subsidiary SMEL.
Radio Mirchi (Frequency- 98.3) Owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd (which itself is a subsidiary of The Times Group) is the number one FM broadcaster in Delhi, Mumbai and top 8 metros taken together.
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Frequency modulationFrequency modulation / Full name
Currently, terrestrial radio broadcast is available in the Frequency Modulation (FM) and Amplitude Modulation (AM) mode with All India Radio (AIR) running 420 stations (AM and FM) that cover almost 92% of the country by area and 99.20% of the country by population.
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How to Find Radio Stations Near You: You can use Radio-Locator to find all of the radio stations that are within listening distance of any city in the United States. The transmitter power, frequency, antenna height, and antenna pattern of each station is compared with the topology and geography of the surrounding landscape to determine how strong each station's signal is at your location.
iHeartRadio All Access costs $9.99 (web and Google Play Store sign up) or $12.99 (iOS App Store sign up) a month. You can give the service a spin, by signing up for a free trial! Payment for the service can be processed through iHeart.com, the Google Play Store for Android or the App Store for iOS.
1. TuneIn Radio. TuneIn Radio is one of the most popular radio apps. In fact, it is more than just that. You can listen to news broadcasts, podcasts, sports news, and audio-books. The news channels include CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News and the sports ones include MLB, NFL, and ESPN Radio among many others.
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-Occurs in people who have severe liver diseases.
-It requires immediate medical consultation.
- Needs Capsule Endoscopy, CT Scans, Ultrasound, and Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscope.
-More common in men than in women.
Secondary Esophageal varices are the abnormally enlarged veins that lie within the esophagus (the tube that connects the throat to the stomach). It occurs when the normal flow of the blood to the liver is obstructed by a clot or a scar tissue within the liver. The blood flows into the veins which are not meant for carrying large volumes of blood. Therefore, the vessels can rupture causing severe bleeding.
Ages affected- The people between the age of 41 to 60 are more prone to Secondary Esophageal varices. The condition is also common in people above 60 years of age.
Esophageal varices only show symptoms if they bleed.
Self-care: Stop drinking alcohol, exercise regularly if you are overweight, avoid using chemicals and protect yourself from hepatitis.
Medications: Your doctor may recommend you antibiotics, beta blocker or synthetic hormones. You may even require blood transfusions.
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Adults and big kids conditioned to shake hands more out of habit and politeness than anything else might wonder what the big deal was Tuesday at Donehoo Elementary School. You must put yourself in a child's shoes to understand.
Donehoo's students initially gathered in the lunchroom for the school's second day in session. They then walked to class through hallways lined on each side with a cheering section of police officers and firefighters, politicians, school officials (including Superintendent Tony Reddick, most of the central office staff and faculty members not just from Donehoo but throughout the system) and community members who just wanted to show their support.
Each student got a high-five and well wishes for the school year.
The idea came from Donehoo Principal Chance Goodwin's father. The motivation was to give students a positive start to the 2018-19 school year.
Imagine how thrilling it must have been for those children — especially the ones in kindergarten or the lower elementary grades — to see all those role models cheering for them and saying, basically, "We care about you and we want you to succeed." It's a wonder they didn't levitate and glide on air to their classrooms.
Some folks look cynically at efforts to boost children's self-esteem, and rail about today's supposed "everybody gets a trophy" and "everyone is special" mind-sets. It's all a bunch of hyperbole from people stuck in a mythical past that really wasn't as dog-eat-dog in the classrooms and on the playgrounds as they profess.
We don't see anything along those lines — really, nothing negative at all — in this event.
Call it a pep rally to let kids know they're valued and to inspire them to do their best. We'll add our best wishes to the chorus, and tack on an additional high-five.
• Things probably have settled down a bit a few days into the new school year, but we'll still pull out our annual lecture on traffic safety.
Morning drive time and the initial stages of the afternoon rush hour are more clotted with vehicles, including parents still trying to figure out drop-off and pick-up patterns and procedures, and neophyte drivers who haven't developed the ESP of what others on the road are going to do (and how to avoid it) that comes with age and seat time.
Leave early, drive carefully, don't have a lead foot on the accelerator or (barring emergencies) an overly quick foot on the brake pedal, and obey the speed limits and other traffic laws. That's the best way to ensure everyone arrives at his or her destination in one piece and without a crumpled vehicle. And for goodness' sake, wear your seatbelt.


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Grand River Hospital Foundation – Integrated Year End Campaign
Integrated Year End Appeal
Grand River Hospital Foundation has a loyal donor base, and wanted to work to find a way to expand the reach of their message that they knew spoke to that loyal base. One aim of this was to find a way to draw in those donors who would occasionally engage with the appeals to be drawn in more fully to their work.
In order to extend the reach of this appeal, the decision was made that we would adapt the language that was used in the letter to develop similar email and Facebook appeals that could be dispersed broadly among their support community, including donors, volunteers, and community members who had not yet taken an active interest in supporting the community beyond an active interest on social media.
This appeal has raised close to double the expected revenue
"Good Works challenged our perceptions of how we could communicate with a range of audiences, and found interesting ways to integrate our messaging across various channels. They pushed for great stories, and the result was creative that brought in strong results from an engaged audience that we know we can continue to develop!"
‐ Melissa Shuker
Senior Development Officer, Annual Giving, Grand River Hospital Foundation
Because we were telling an incredible story about a young mom who had delivered 3 premature babies that had a lot of detail that worked perfectly for a letter, we had to find the most salient details to pull out for the email and even more so for the Facebook posts.
In the Facebook posts, we used striking imagery, and focused on the faces of the happy children and the successful health outcomes that were possible because of donor funding to get a broad message across succinctly.
For the email, we reminded supporters of what they read in the letter, and showed them an image of the Outer Envelope to jog their memory, and pushed supporters to imagine the experience of having those kinds of challenges, and how important it would be to have confidence in your healthcare.
This strategy was agreed based on successful integrated campaigns that we have run at Good Works with other clients who have faced similar challenges. We adapted the approach to work with the Grand River Hospital brand.
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La Digue is the epitome of relaxed island life with beautiful beaches and just a touch of local life.The best way to see the island is by bicycle: La Digue's forests contain a wealth of flora and fauna in the form of delicate orchids, tumbling vines of vanilla, trees such as Indian almond and Takamaka, as well as two rare species of terrapin. At L'Union Estate, the refining of coconut products ('coprah '- where the flesh of the coconut is dried and its perfumed oil extracted) is still practised. La Digue is also home to one of the world's most photographed beaches, Anse Source d'Argent, where the combination of turquoise shallows fringed by exquisite granite rocks is simply stunning.
Considered by many to be the best hotel on La Digue, Le Domaine de l'Orangeraie is located close to the small village of La Passe near the jetty.


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Gold miners say output has peaked as losses reshape the industry
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By James Wilson
Financial Times, London
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d3c226aa-bb9b-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb.html
Gold output has peaked in this commodities cycle, according to mining industry leaders and analysts who say few big projects will reach the point of production amid falling prices.
The lack of new assets and declining output at existing mines is expected to curb gold supply, a glimmer of hope for surviving producers of the precious metal in an industry coming to terms with a rush of investment when prices were far higher.
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Kelvin Dushnisky, president of Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold miner by annual output, said: "Falling grades and production levels, a lack of new discoveries, and extended project development timelines are bullish for the medium and long-term gold price outlook."
Gold has been one of the commodities hit by the worst environment for mining in more than a decade. The price has declined more than 40 per cent from its 2011 peak, to a level where many gold miners struggle to recoup the costs of extraction.
This year some had expected gold to be under pressure from higher interest rates in the US, after the Federal Reserve began to tighten monetary policy last month.
However, the gold price has risen 2.7 per cent so far in 2016, while stock markets around the world have tumbled. A controversial investment with a variety of competing theories for what determines the price, gold has provided comfort for investors who see the inert metal as a haven amid economic and political turmoil.
Miners hope limits to fresh gold supply will increase the chances of longer-term recovery.
"It is fruitless to try to predict demand dynamics for gold. I always put my faith in a recovery driven by reduction in supply and I believe we will see the first signs of impending recovery in the second half of this year," said Vitaly Nesis, chief executive of Polymetal, a UK-listed gold miner.
According to Thomson Reuters' GFMS metals research team, global production of gold is expected to fall 3 per cent this year, ending a seven-year period of rising output. GFMS expects gold mine production in 2015 to have risen 1 per cent to a record 3,155 tonnes.
The end of the gold bull market has prompted some miners to abandon growth projects, while ore grades across the industry have been falling as mines become depleted. The strike rate in finding significant deposits has also declined and most mining companies are struggling to attract investment to develop projects.
Mr Nesis said: "The fourth quarter last year was in my opinion the peak quarter for fresh global mine supply. ... I think supply will drop by 15 to 20 per cent over the next three to four years."
Nick Holland, chief executive of Gold Fields, a South Africa-based gold miner, said the industry had abandoned a previous fixation on rising output.
"We were all talking about how production was going to increase every year. I think those days are probably gone. ... You are not going to see massive production increases in the industry," Mr Holland said.
Ross Strachan, precious metals demand manager at GFMS, said the expected output fall this year would occur "as the contribution from projects that had been commissioned in previous years fades and the pipeline for new projects is limited given the current stressed financial climate."
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Clare Cooper Marcus
Clare Cooper Marcus is an internationally recognized author and researcher on the psychological and sociological components of architecture, landscape design, and urban open space. From her studies she has promoted the design of environments for children, in particular by adding gardens and natural elements to outdoor spaces around schools, hospitals, day care centers, and public housing developments.
Clare began her studies at the University of London with an undergraduate degree in Cultural and Historical Geography. She continued her education with a master's degree in Urban Geography from the University of Nebraska. She then returned to London to work as a city planner. Focusing on designed environments, Clare earned a second master's degree in City and Regional Planning from University of California Berkeley. Remaining at Berkeley, she began teaching in the Department of Landscape Architecture in 1969. She is a Professor Emerita at University of California Berkeley in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. She is also the principal of Healing Landscapes, a consulting firm that specializes in user-needs studies to inform the design of outdoor spaces in healthcare.
Clare believes that the design process begins with understanding people's behaviors, social activities, and emotional needs in order then to create appropriate physical surroundings. She especially supports the motivations and desires of children for outdoor play and feels children's input is often overlooked by designers. She has consistently promoted shared outdoor space in medium density housing where children can play safely within sight and calling distance of home. This is especially reflected in her book Housing as if People Mattered, and in a chapter co-authored with Robin Moore in the book Biophilic Design.
Clare's six books reflect her philosophies, beginning in 1975 with Easter Hill Village: Some Social Implications of Design, which compared the designers' goals for a public housing project with feedback from the residents. For Easter Hill Village, Clare received the National Endowment for the Arts Award for Exemplary Design Research in 1983 and the Career Award of the Environmental Design Research Association in 1984.1 A deeper discussion of what homes mean to a variety of people was explored in Clare's bestselling book, House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home (1994).
Both of the books Housing as if People Mattered: Site Design Guidelines for Medium Density Family Housing (with Wendy Sarkissian, 1984) and People Places: Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space (with Carolyn Francis, 1998) won awards and are often used as textbooks in schools of architecture and landscape architecture.2 The discussion of urban open spaces includes parks, plazas, campuses, and mini-parks. A 1989 Guggenheim Award enabled Clare to research cohousing in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Clare contributed a segment on children's needs for outdoor play to the DVD Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life. She has lectured and been a consultant on the social aspects of design and therapeutic landscapes in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Scandinavia, Italy, Iceland, Australia, and China.3
A comprehensive guide to the restorative power of nature and the design of outdoor spaces in a variety of healthcare settings, co-edited by Clare and Marni Barnes, Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations (1999) won awards from the American Horticultural Therapy Association and the American Society of Landscape Architects.4
Clare's personal belief in the healing power of nature is further illustrated in Iona Dreaming: The Healing Power of Place (2010), a memoir of Clare's journey through childhood, her career, and her personal healing from a life-threatening illness.5
1. "Clare Cooper Marcus." Project for Public Spaces." < http://www.pps.org/articles/ccmarcus/ > 1 Sep. 2011.
2. "Previous Books." Iona Dreaming. < http://www.ionadreaming.com/previous-books > 1 Sep. 2011.
3. "Clare Cooper Marcus." College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley. < http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/ced/people/query.php?id=162 > 1 Sep. 2011.
4. Op.cit., "Previous Books."
5. "A New Book by Clare Cooper Marcus." < http://www.ionadreaming.com/ > 1 Sep. 2011.


I just connected with the brilliant people over at Dork Magazine (a daily publication about art, habitat, & people) who also run the most fabulously curated online travel supply site. Why even bother going to Flight 001 when you can order the dazzling goods on wejetset. I'm totally obsessed with the jacket and sunglasses pictured. I'm also enamoured of the travel bag and wallet.
Serving trays that are too delightful to cover with teapots and finger sandwiches.
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Oh thanks for checking in Erin…just working like mad. I have so many more patterns to make and so little time and I'm finding all the business/organization stuff about Surtex totally daunting. I wish I could just do the art part!!! I'm emailing you right now!