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Freedom and Madison off to a 'super' school year – Conway Daily Sun
MADISON Its good to be back, was the overwhelming sentiment from students and staff after the first two days of the 2020-21 school year at Madison and Freedom elementary schools.
Principals at the schools part of SAU 13, which started the school year Monday, are upbeat despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Its a whole new world, but everyone seems to be adjusting the best we can, Freedom Elementary School Principal Pat Stone told the Sun by phone Tuesday. The kids are excited to be back with their friends and eager to have some sense of normalcy in their schedules.
Things are really going well, Heather Woodward, principal of Madison Elementary School, said by phone Tuesday. The kids seem happy, the staff are pleased to be back.
The 2019-20 school year switched from in-person to remote learning on Friday, March 13, due to the coronavirus pandemic. While it was initially thought the closure would last two weeks, it stretched through the final third of the school year.
For most students, it marked the return to the classroom for the first time in six months.
SAU 13 Superintendent Meredith Nadeau visited both schools on opening day and on Tuesday met with third- and fourth-grade students outside for a friendly meet-and-greet.
Lots of smiles the children seem really happy to be back, and its great to see them back, she said. Well continue to take things one day at a time. I think children seem to be adjusting well to the new routine.
Freedom has 51 students in the K-6 school, with roughly one-third opting to continue doing remote learning rather than face-to-face instruction.
Weve had a few technical glitches with broadband, Stone said of the start to remote learning. Were having trouble maintaining connections (over the internet), but hopefully, well get them straightened out. Nadeau said she has been in touch with the service provider for Freedom, and work is being done to fix the hot spots.
Madison has 127 students in grades K-6, with 25 (roughly 20 percent) choosing remote learning.
SAU 13, which serves Freedom, Madison and the K.A. Brett School in Tamworth (K-8), came up three options: face-to-face, remote learning or a hybrid of the two in its re-entry plan.
The three school boards chose face-to-face, but heard concerns from families who were not quite comfortable sending children back to school just yet. The boards and schools decided to offer both face-to-face and a remote learning option.
We felt like we needed to have this option available to people, Woodward said. We wanted parents to have a choice and to choose which route they were most comfortable with.
Remote learning began Tuesday for the Mustangs of Madison. It went super, Woodward said.
Nadeau is pleased to see school back in session. If you had asked me in early July, Im not sure I would have thought wed get here, she said, but Im so grateful we are. Fortunately, the cases in New Hampshire have remained low, and if that can continue, it bodes well.
Woodward and Stone along with other educators spent the bulk of the summer preparing for a return to school.
I didnt sign up for summers off, Woodward said. We knew we had a lot of important work to do. I cant say enough about the staff. Theyve worked tirelessly to make this happen.
Madisons theme this school year is We are M.E.S. and will focus on several different characteristics each month. We figured wed start with, We are flexible, Woodward said. That seemed like an appropriate starter.
The Eagles of Freedom are focusing on four core beliefs being safe, kind, responsible and respectful this year.
Both Stone and Woodward have seen an uptick in new students. We have had an influx of new students, said Woodward. Every year we see some new students, maybe were up a little bit more than in the past.
We have 12 new students this year, Stone said. Its nice having new faces. They all seem to be settling in well.
Nadeau urged families with children attending Kennett High and Kennett Middle School in Conway to go to the school websites to get updates on the school bus routes which are still being finalized.
Madison and Freedom have no school this Friday or on Monday (Labor Day) or Tuesday as both schools will be used for voting in the primary election.
The Brett School will also be a polling center for Tamworth on Tuesday, meaning Wednesday, Sept. 9, will be the first day for the Tigers to attend classes.
While the Brett School and Freedom have made masks mandatory all times, students in Madison can remove their masks in their classrooms provided they are at least 6 feet away from other individuals.
The Brett School will be providing both face-to-face and remote learning, but classes will be held just Monday through Thursday.
Fridays school staff will be available for office hours only, according to the schools opening plan.
Classroom teachers, students and parents need on-going supports during this time, the plan states. KAB will create collaborative learning teams to support KAB staff and the families of remote learners. Parents will be supported through KAB staff guidance using Google Classroom other curriculum tools. In addition, social and emotional well-being of students will be supported by the KAB school counselor to students, staff and families.
Although we know remote learning during the spring was a major challenge for teachers, we also recognize that in many cases the disruption for families has been even greater. Our goal this year is to help parents best support their child, learn how and when to intervene and provide structure and balance in the home while providing instruction.
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Minnesota is close to losing its indigenous languages—Dakota and Ojibwe. This is important work to save native cultures, since language and culture are inseparable. One of the ways that religious communities and organizations can support healing in Native communities is by supporting this important work of language revitalization. One of the big challenges has been finding fluent speakers to teach the children.
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Wicoie Nandagikendan: A Dakota and Ojibwe early childhood language immersion program which, "builds on the integral connections between culture, literacy, and educational attainment."
Enweyang Ojibwe Language Nest, Duluth: a preschool program of the UMD campus, providing a 100 percent Ojibwe envirnonment for young learners.
Bdote Learning Center: A K-4 public charter school offering Dakota and Ojibwe language immersion.
American Indian Magnet School, St. Paul: A districtwide PreK-8 school rooted in American Indian history, culture, art, tradition and values, including instruction in Dakota, Lakota or Ojibwe.
Anishinabe Academy, Minneapolis: a Pre-K-8 magnet school focusing on high academic achievement through Native American culture and language.
Minneapolis Public School: Indigenous Language Resources: A useful site with links to Dakota and Ojibwe dictionaries, grammer lessons, and flash cards.
U of M Dakota and Ojibwe Language Programs, Department of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota
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Bemidji State University Ojibwe Language Program: Home to the first colegiate Ojibwe language program in the country.
Dakota Wicohan: An organization committed: "to revitalize Dakota as a living language, and through it, transmit Dakota lifeways to future generations."
Grotto Foundation Native Language Revitalization Initiative: The Foundation has directed approximately 37 percent of its grant support to Native American endeavors, including indigenous language presevation.
First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language (KTCA, 2010): A language is lost every fourteen days. One of those endangered tongues is Minnesota's own Ojibwe language. Now a new generation of Ojibwe scholars and educators are racing against time to save the language. Working with the remaining fluent-speaking Ojibwe elders, they hope to pass the language on to the next generation.
Preserving Minnesota's Native Languages (MPR, Oct. 16, 2014): Interview with Anton Treuer, Executive director of the American Indian Resource Center at Bemidji State University, and Mary Hermes, Lead researcher for the Ojibwe Conversational Archives project.
Healing Minnesota Stories
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Aggregation, Persistence and Volatility in a Macro Model
Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 749-779, October 2002
47 Pages Posted: 15 Jan 2012
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Karim M. Abadir
Gabriel Talmain
University of York - Department of Economics and Related Studies
Date Written: 2002
We introduce firm heterogeneity into the standard monopolistically-competitive Real Business Cycle (RBC) model. The fundamental equilibrium path is derived and the time series properties of aggregate GDP are studied analytically. Although firms' productivities are subject to temporary shocks, the aggregate process displays a surprising novel form of nonlinearity and long memory which had not been built into the model at the outset. This aggregate GDP turns out to have very different properties from log-linear time series models such as Auto-Regressive (AR) models and their extensions. It displays very strong persistence, which ends abruptly with a sudden change of tendency, giving its Auto-Correlation Function (ACF) an S-shape. Although persistent, it is mean-reverting, unlike the everlasting memory of unit-root processes. Its volatility is of a greater order of magnitude than that of any of its components, so small micro shocks can generate large macro fluctuations. It is also characterized by long, asymmetric cycles of random lengths. Increased monopoly power tends to reduce the amplitude and increase the persistence of business cycles. Strikingly, we find that the empirical ACFs constructed from GDP data for the UK and the US display this characteristic S-shape.
Abadir, Karim M. and Talmain, Gabriel, Aggregation, Persistence and Volatility in a Macro Model (2002). Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 749-779, October 2002, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1985288
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Philosophy, Physics, Science
Why not Discard Special Relativity?
Superluminality. Finally!
Bye Bye Einstein
January 18, 2012 manoj 1 Comment
Nothing would satisfy my anarchical mind more than to see the Special Theory of Relativity (SR) come tumbling down. In fact, I believe that there are compelling reasons to consider SR inaccurate, if not actually wrong, although the physics community would have none of that. I will list my misgivings vis-a-vis SR and present my case against it as the last post in this series, but in this one, I would like to explore why it is so difficult to toss SR out the window.
The special theory of relativity is an extremely well-tested theory. Despite my personal reservations about it, the body of proof for the validity of SR is really enormous and the theory has stood the test of time — at least so far. But it is the integration of SR into the rest of modern physics that makes it all but impossible to write it off as a failed theory. In experimental high energy physics, for instance, we compute the rest mass of a particle as its identifying statistical signature. The way it works is this: in order to discover a heavy particle, you first detect its daughter particles (decay products, that is), measure their energies and momenta, add them up (as "4-vectors"), and compute the invariant mass of the system as the modulus of the aggregate energy-momentum vector. In accordance with SR, the invariant mass is the rest mass of the parent particle. You do this for many thousands of times and make a distribution (a "histogram") and detect any statistically significant excess at any mass. Such an excess is the signature of the parent particle at that mass.
Almost every one of the particles in the particle data book that we know and love is detected using some variant of this method. So the whole Standard Model of particle physics is built on SR. In fact, almost all of modern physics (physics of the 20th century) is built on it. On the theory side, in the thirties, Dirac derived a framework to describe electrons. It combined SR and quantum mechanics in an elegant framework and predicted the existence of positrons, which bore out later on. Although considered incomplete because of its lack of sound physical backdrop, this "second quantization" and its subsequent experimental verification can be rightly seen as evidence for the rightness of SR.
Feynman took it further and completed the quantum electrodynamics (QED), which has been the most rigorously tested theory ever. To digress a bit, Feynman was once being shown around at CERN, and the guide (probably a prominent physicist himself) was explaining the experiments, their objectives etc. Then the guide suddenly remembered who he was talking to; after all, most of the CERN experiments were based on Feynman's QED. Embarrassed, he said, "Of course, Dr. Feynman, you know all this. These are all to verify your predictions." Feynman quipped, "Why, you don't trust me?!" To get back to my point and reiterate it, the whole edifice of the standard model of particle physics is built on top of SR. Its success alone is enough to make it impossible for modern physics to discard SR.
So, if you take away SR, you don't have the Standard Model and QED, and you don't know how accelerator experiments and nuclear bombs work. The fact that they do is proof enough for the validity of SR, because the alternative (that we managed to build all these things without really knowing how they work) is just too weird. It's not just the exotic (nuclear weaponry and CERN experiments), but the mundane that should convince us. Fluorescent lighting, laser pointers, LED, computers, mobile phones, GPS navigators, iPads — in short, all of modern technology is, in some way, a confirmation of SR.
So the OPERA result on observed superluminalily has to be wrong. But I would like it to be right. And I will explain why in my next post. Why everything we accept as a verification of SR could be a case of mass delusion — almost literally. Stay tuned!
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ATUL TIWARI, whom you may have seen at Megu at The Leela Palace New Delhi, Chanakyapuri, topped the 7th Indian Sommelier Championship and won himself a ticket to Australia, where he'll be hosted at the spiritual home of Penfolds and the birthplace of the Grange, Magill Estate. Tiwari returned to the country's foremost competition for wine professionals three years after he first participated in it. "Three years is a long time to wait for an Australian visa," he said before the results were announced on Tuesday, November 11, but his hard work eventually paid off.
At an impeccably orchestrated evening at The Leela Ambience Hotel, Gurgaon, where the food and 18 wines were served with clockwork precision, and the duck ravioli was a conversation stopper, and the hotel's General Manager Michel Koopman was shuttling between his wife's birthday and the event to ensure everything went according to the plan, 13 of the country's brightest young sommeliers got their prized moment in the spotlight. And cheering them was an audience that consisted of hoteliers (notably Aishwarya Nair from The Leela family and the Kempinski Ambience Hotel's newly inducted chief, Puneet Singh), wine estate owners (Kapil Sekhri and Alessio Secci from Fratelli, who had launched their new range of wines the previous evening at another imaginatively curated event, and Ravi and Kailash Gurnani of York), leading industry executives (Andrew O'Brien of Penfolds, Louis XIII Brand Ambassador Noemie Levieux and Sumit Sehgal of Prestige) and editors (Reva Singh of Sommelier India and Bishan and Shalini Kumar of Spiritz).
For the man behind the championship, the man who made the word 'sommelier' known in India because he was the first to wear that tag, Magandeep Singh, and his Wi-Not Beverage Solutions aides Gurjit Singh Barry and Gagan Sharma, it was a moment to be cherished, for it gave the anonymous people who make our restaurant visits special the recognition they so badly need to progress professionally. The event was much photographed, but for me, the 'Kodak moment' was the post-announcement celebration by the 13 shortlisted sommeliers. They thumped each other's backs and pumped each other's hands, though not all of them won prizes. That's the spirit of sommellerie.
Karanbir Singh Gulati of WelcomHotel Dwarka, who'll forever remain for me the super-efficient manager of Bukhara, walked away with four for his mastery over food and wine pairing, sparkling wines, and oratory, and he was also the second runner-up (Grover Zampa sponsored the prize).
Atul Tiwari, the championship topper, also picked up the prizes in the spirits and the best technical skills departments.
Harish Acharekar of Four Seasons Mumbai was first runner-up (Torres was the prize sponsor).
Shubam Mehta of The Oberoi New Delhi won an award from Fratelli.
My only complaint: Not one of the three women in the fray got a prize. I am sure women sommeliers won't allow this disparity to continue for long! But women will have their exclusive moment when Cointreau hosts its competition next month only for women bartenders. That's one event I wouldn't miss.


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Aguila American Gold Appoints Michael Thomsen to Advisory Board
Vancouver, British Columbia – February 1, 2021: Aguila American Gold Limited ("Aguila" or the "Company") (TSX-V: AGL) (OTC: AGLAF) (WKN: A2DR6E) is pleased to announce the formation of an advisory board (the "Advisory Board") to provide support and guidance to the Company's Board of Directors. In parallel, the Company announces the appointment of Mr. Michael Thomsen of Denver, Colorado as the Advisory Board's foundation member.
Mr. Thomsen is a highly regarded mineral explorationist, with a successful career spanning many decades and continents in the employ of both senior and junior companies. Michael's career has included leadership roles with Freeport and Gold Fields, culminating with his role as Director of International Exploration at Newmont during the period when the Yanacocha gold district in Peru increased resources to over 50 million ounces of gold.
"I am very pleased and welcome someone of the discovery record of Mike Thomsen to Aguila's newly formed Advisory Board" said Mr. Mark Saxon, President and CEO. "As we advance the WUSA project in Oregon and make additional acquisitions in North America, Mike's experience and network will be invaluable. Aguila is a young company focused on the safe and sustainable discovery of high merit gold, copper and silver projects, and we welcome Mike to our growing team."
The Aguila Advisory Board will be structured to provide objective advice and guidance to the Board and executive team to help achieve the best outcomes for all stakeholders.
About Aguila American Gold Ltd (TSX.v: AGL) (OTC: AGLAF) (WKN: A2DR6E)
Aguila American Gold is an emerging gold company enhancing shareholder value through exploration and discovery.
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I was having some kind of dream and then in the dream, my ankle started hurting me. I woke up and sure enough, my ankle was hurting. I don't know why. It was raining so maybe that was the reason. Rain is supposed to happen most of the week. I took a breakthrough med and tried to go back to sleep but I didn't want to wake up three hours later to take my morning pills so I took them and then silenced the alarm. I slept for about four hours. My phone woke me up. My mother was calling me. She asked how I was and I said you woke me. I was in pain. I wanted to see her today but my sisters came up looking for her clothes she wanted and were leaving soon. I needed a shower and there was no way I was going to rush as my ankle would flare and I would be useless. I stayed home.
The ball game was delayed due to rain in Detroit. The Red Sox Twitter account said to follow the Tigers to find out when they would be playing. No one else was tweeting about the game so I followed them. Usually a few writers I follow keeps me informed but there was nothing. They hardly tweet during the game anymore so if I don't listen or watch, I have no idea what is going on.
My ankle pain was up and down most of the day, in the same spot. Going up and down stairs were tough. I tried to stay on one floor. I was disappointed the game was delayed because I had the big TV all to myself as my mother wasn't home. I made some fries for lunch. They are the worst fries in the world. I ate like half of them and couldn't eat anymore. I cooked them for 25 minutes and they weren't even crispy but they looked burnt. I don't know. My nephew bought them accidently. He was supposed to buy another brand so we were stuck with these. I didn't feel like making anything else. I watched the game until my ankle couldn't stand it any longer. Then I listened to it in my room.
I called my mother around 1700 to see how she was. She was okay. She is still in a lot of pain. She walked two rooms so she is getting there, slowly. She hasn't done stairs yet. I don't think she will until she can walk a hallway or something close. The Sox won 9-1. Then my ankle flared up again. I still had dishes in the sink from my breakfast. I guess I will do them tomorrow.
My brother in law made a huge gravy. It was oily. I had some pasta and a couple of meatballs. My GERD is going to kill me later. I don't know why my reflux has been so bad lately. Maybe the pill is wearing off. I've been on it a long time. I am afraid to tell a doctor about it only because I don't want a tube down my throat. I've avoided it for 20 some odd years and would like to keep it that way.
Been re-reading Norse Mythology. My friend just read it and reviewed it. Gave it 4 stars. He gives most books he reads 4 stars. I don't know why. It is a really good book. I read it the first time in a day and a half. I love this book. I don't remember if I reviewed it. My friend gives detailed reviews, which I don't do. I give a few sentences and then that is that. I don't give a complete book report on what it was about like some people. That drives me crazy. I am too sleepy to read tonight. Hope when I lie down, I am not in reflux city.


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Elena Yasevich: what to do if a dead person dreams
People often get scared of dreams in which they see the dead. Many people think that the dead dream of distress, therefore such dreams often cause discomfort. Psychic Elena Yasevich told on her website about what the dead are dreaming about and what to do if such dreams are frequent for you.
What dreams the dead alive
To dream of a dead man — not always a bad sign. According to Elena Yasevich, a member of the "Battle of the Psychics", dead people come in a dream for a reason. Such dreams can be called prophetic.
In order to unravel the meaning of sleep, it is necessary to pay attention to all the details and trivia seen.
Elena Yasevich recommends listening to what the dead person says in a dream. The soul of a deceased person can warn about something or give instruction. Follow the advice you received in your sleep.
This can solve many of your problems.
If the dead person gives you something — this is a good sign. Such a dream may foreshadow an ambulance of good fortune or the resolution of an important business.
If a dead person calls for a dream, you can not go after him. According to Elena Yasevich, such a dream is a harbinger of misfortune. Also, trouble may portend a kiss to the deceased.
In this case, you need to go to the grave of the deceased, or put a candle in the church for the rest of the soul. This will help to pay off the grief that the dead person predicted in a dream.
You can't give something to a dead person, otherwise it can bring you into trouble and even serious illness.
If the dead person comes in a dream very often, and it disturbs you, you just need to break the energy bond with the dead person. To do this, you must get rid of all the things of the deceased in his house and be sure to change all the mirrors.
A dead person may come through your fault. Probably, your dead relative told you something important during his lifetime, he asked for something or gave you a parting word. Fulfill the request of the deceased, and then he will not disturb you more.
Do not be afraid of your dreams. The dead in a dream usually come when in our world they have left some unfinished business, or someone holds them with their thoughts. Release those who are no longer in this world and live in the present and future. Good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and
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Blake Shelton on Gwen Stefani: 'She Saved My Life Last Year'
It's no secret that Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are an item, but what fans may not know is that their relationship came at a perfect time. In fact, in Shelton's own words, Stefani saved his life.
"I tell people all the time, 'Gwen saved my life last year.' She did," Shelton tells CMT's Katie Cook (quote via Vanity Fair). "I think she'd probably tell you something similar about me."
He expands on that idea to the Tennessean: "Sometimes when you think things couldn't be worse and you can't make it through another day, you never know what's right around the corner that can save your life — that's literally what happened for me. The fact that we were able to be there for each other and relate to each other in that way like nobody else on Earth ... There's so much out there that is crazy, to have a shoulder and somebody that can be there for you and relate and understand, it literally saved my life."
Shelton and Stefani confirmed their relationship publicly in November of 2015, after Shelton and Miranda Lambert separated in July and Stefani and Gavin Rossdale announced their divorce in August.
"The first thing that comes in your mind is, 'Golly, I just got out of a relationship. Do I really want to jump right into this again? And, can I even trust you? Are we going to do this right?'" Shelton recalls. "Coming out of our situations, we both had trouble letting our walls down, and we both had trust issues."
While fans will likely never know the details of his and Lambert's divorce, Shelton is an open book on his new record, If I'm Honest -- both regarding the searing pain of a breakup and the sweetness of a new relationship. The record begins with "Came Here to Forget," and it's the kickoff song for a reason.
"I love that it kind of has a dark feel to it, but there's a little, tiny glimmer of hope in there, too," Shelton explains to the Tennessean. "That's a good one to throw out there first because it touches on both subjects, going through the breakup trying to forget about them and now I'm meeting the person that's helping me get there."
Of "Go Ahead and Break My Heart," which Shelton and Stefani wrote together, the country singer explains that he finished half the song, sang it into a voice memo and texted it to Stefani. Two days later, she sent him back the nearly finished track.
"There's nothing about this song that isn't 100-percent the truth," he says.
Also included on the disc, as the very last song, is "Savior's Shadow," arguably the most spiritual song that Shelton has ever released. He wrote it in the throes of his divorce, and it's based on a dream he had.
"I feel like I was given this song for a reason, and I need to do something with it," he says. "We tried our best to get it out to as many people as we can. And so far, the reaction has been really special."
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BUCKED
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This cowboy is looking for more than just an eight-second ride.
Mustang Jackson does two things well—ride bulls and love women. So the injury that takes him out of the arena leaves him only one way to make a living. Unfortunately, getting paid to be a stud in front of the camera isn't as fun as private conquests. When he catches sight of little Sage Beckett, minus the glasses, braces and pigtails he remembers, doing time in his hometown suddenly gets a lot more interesting.
Sage had a crush on Michael long before he started using that ridiculous nickname "Mustang". Though from what she's overheard about his string of buckle bunnies, the man more than lives up to it. In the past he always looked right through her. Now that he's home again, she's determined to capture and tame this wild stallion, no matter what it takes. She intends to satisfy her curiosity and move on, but with every touch she's less sure she'll ever purge him from her system.
Once corralled in her arms, Mustang finds himself thinking that domestication may not be so bad after all. Except, once she finds out about his side job, she may not stick for the next go-round.
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Rosemary used to sneak boys into her room after their grandmother had gone to sleep all the time. Sage tried to remember that as she felt guilty about plotting on how best to seduce Mustang under her grandmother's roof.
She remembered the purpose of his visit and turned on her own TV, grabbing the remote control off the top and carrying it back to the bed. She perched on the other side of the bed, but since it was a twin-size they were still pretty close. For the first time in recent years she was happy the mattress was so narrow. Finding the right channel, she turned the volume up just enough that they could hear it and set the remote on the bed table. "It looks like it just started."
He was in a strange mood. "You look tired."
"A little." Mustang shrugged. "Long day."
Sage jumped on the chance. "Yeah? What did you do?"
Hmm. A one-word answer. It must have been a really bad day. Sage groaned in commiseration. "You have a bad drive with your dad?"
"No. Different work." His short answers told her he didn't want to talk about it.
"Oh. Okay." Sage folded her hands in her lap and pretended to care about what was happening on screen.
She heard Mustang sigh and then his arm was around her shoulder. Luckily, he'd sat on the side that put the good arm, the one not in the sling, next to her.
Sage glanced sideways at Mustang and he answered her unspoken question. "I think I could use a hug."
Mustang Jackson, the mighty bull rider, asking for a hug. Even in the old days when his father had taken a switch to him for something he'd done, or possibly hadn't done, he'd never asked anyone for a hug. Not Rosemary or Grams or her. Something was definitely up. Her gaze met his. "Lucky for you, I'm good at giving hugs."
Still looking sad, he managed a crooked, half-smile. "I know."
As she leaned into his arm, he tipped his head down, brushing her forehead with his lips. Tilting her head up, she touched her lips to his chin, then kissed her way to the corner of his mouth. Mustang hesitated but it didn't take any more coaxing before his lips met hers full-on.
In mid-kiss, he pulled away. "Your grandmother."
"She's settled in front of her programs. We won't see her for the rest of the night."
He drew in a deep breath and then he was kissing her again. This time deeper and with more energy. He didn't seem tired anymore. Mustang only stopped kissing her long enough to slip the sling off his neck.
His hand came up to cup her breast. He ran a thumb over her nipple through the fabric of her dress. She felt it harden under his touch.
She groaned then broke away. "Is your arm okay?"
"Arm? What arm?" He lowered his head to trail kisses along her neck.
He pushed the top of her dress down with her bra and took her nipple between his lips, torturing her with his teeth and tongue.
Eyes closed, Sage leaned back against the pillows, memorizing every sensation that shot through her. His mouth sent electrical current straight through every part of her body. She wanted more. Sage guided her hand on a path up Mustang's thigh toward the long, hard bulge straining the zipper.
She'd tasted him, felt what it was like to have the length of him in her mouth. She wanted it elsewhere. She stroked him through his jeans and he moaned, letting her breast pop out of his mouth.
"We're not going any further than this." The warning sounded stern and definite, until she stroked him again, harder. He closed his eyes and drew in a shaky breath. "You are going to be the death of me, woman."
"Mmm, but it will be a fun way to go." Smiling, Sage took advantage of his weakening defenses. She felt for the tab of his zipper until his hand clamped down over hers.
"You are a determined little thing, aren't you?" He chuckled.
It was nice to hear him laugh, even if he wasn't letting her have her way. Maybe the subtle approach didn't work on Mustang. Steeling her nerves, Sage gathered her courage. "I want you."
"I want you too, Sage, but we can't always have what we want."
She tried to move her hand to touch him again, but he held her firmly. "Why won't you make love to me?"
He laughed. "Besides the fact your grandmother is in the next room?"
Sage felt the pout form on her lips. "But even at the lake you wouldn't."
Mustang drew in a deep breath. "I told you. I'm no good for you."
"I don't care."
He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. "I know you don't and I'm a bad enough man to take advantage of that."
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It's hard to believe it's been five years since I received my first contract with Whiskey Creek Press, for "Cupid's Arrow". Hard to grasp that in the last five years I've had 8 books published. And 2010 is looking good, too. With a goal of one book a year, so far I have two coming out. A re-release of "All the Right Moves", this time in print. And my first short erotic romance, "Talk Dirty to Me". This one makes me blush!
"Cupid's Arrow" was just the beginning and launched my career, giving me the confidence I needed to pursue my dreams. I'll never forget how I felt, reading that email from Debi Womack for the first time, offering me a contract. I'd just returned home from a two-week cruise to Alaska and it was the first thing I saw in my inbox. I was on top of the world!
Since then I've written spicy, spicy suspense, torrid suspense, torrid and now erotic romance. But that sweet romance will always be one of my favorites. It made me a best seller, as it was on the publisher's best sellers list for two consecutive months!
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Mike has his hands full between working as a police detective and raising a teenage daughter by himself. The last thing he's looking for is a relationship to complicate his life, much less love. However, he finds himself immediately smitten with Emma Stuart after a mistake lands him at her door. Soon it seems he's bumping into her everywhere he goes. He convinces himself he's not interested, only problem is, why can't he ignore the heat between them every time they meet?
Emma's content with her quiet life the way it is. Two years after her divorce she's looking forward to settling into her new condo by the lake. However, her matchmaking sister has other plans. Before she knows it she's running into Stratton's sexy small town detective at every turn. Mike quickly lays down the law, his law that he's not going to get involved with her. Well, if that's the case, why can't keep his hands off her?
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Debbie Wallace
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Katie Edwards is the heroine of my new release, Hooked On You. She's sassy and clever and completely bored with her life.
Katie Edwards is 28, single, and living the life--or so she thinks.
After leaving a groping boss, who enjoyed putting the personal in personal assistant, Katie lands a job as an assistant for Liam Kennedy, a sports freak. She hates sports, and not only is Liam a sports fanatic, but he's good at everything. The last thing Katie expects is to fall in love. But he's simply sex on wheels. And the longer they're working together, the more she wants him.
Working for a sexy man sounded fabulous, but she should have been careful what she wished for, because gorgeous employers are a hazard to the heart. Now, Katie's in lust and he thinks she's a dizzy chick who only knows how to party.
How can she be professional when all she wants is to hop into his bed? Will he ever take her seriously enough to see how perfect they'd be for each other? Or is she doomed to be hooked on him forever?
You can read about Katie's antics on her road to true love in paperback or digital ebook. Hooked On You is available now from Amazon.com USA http://tinyurl.com/ye2nkz3 or Amazon UK http://tinyurl.com/ygx482z
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JUST RIGHT, the sexy tale of Goldie and the Three Werebears! New from Ellora's Cave!
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I'm so excited to announce that I have a new book out with Ellora's Cave called Just Right, the sexy tale of Goldie and the Three Werebears. Here's a smokin' hot sexy excerpt. Hope you enjoy it!
The sexy tale of Goldie and the three werebears
When Goldie Lockwood gets lost hiking and comes upon an isolated cabin, little does she know it belongs to three hot and hunky werebear brothers. The guys aren't thrilled to discover Goldie ate their food and slept in their beds. Not wanting to go to jail, she suggests the men punish her for her naughty misdeeds—with an arousing round of spanking.
Goldie loves getting spanked and decides that after having her bottom warmed, she needs a little sex to make the night complete. The only question is whether she's going to sleep with one of the brothers—or all of them.
Still kissing her, Gregory cupped her breasts in his hands and found her nipples with his fingers again. As he twirled and squeezed the sensitive buds, one of his brothers – she wasn't sure which – stepped up behind her and began to massage her ass cheeks with his hands. The feeling of being sandwiched between two rock-hard male bodies made her pussy throb and she was tempted to slide her hand down to touch herself. Before she could give in to the urge, however, a strong hand reached around to cup her sex.
Goldie moaned as fingers found her clit and began to make small circles around it. Whichever brother it was, he certainly knew his way around the female anatomy. The way his hard cock pressed against her ass wasn't half bad, either. Why the heck hadn't she ever made out with three guys before this? Because she'd never met three guys this damn hot before, she told herself.
As Gregory continued to tease and torment her nipples with his fingers, his mouth left hers to trail a path of kisses along the curve of her jaw and down her neck. She tilted her head to the side as much to give Gregory access as to see which brother was working his magic with her clit. Catching a glimpse of dark, wavy hair and a slightly crooked nose, she realized it was the middle brother, Barrett.
"Does that feel good?" he asked, his breath warm and moist against her ear.
She reached up to cup his cheek with one hand as the other found its way into Gregory's silky hair. "Mmm."
"Think I could make you come this way?"
She shivered as he pressed a kiss to the hollow behind her ear. "Why don't we try it and find out?"
Behind her, Barrett chuckled and moved his finger a little faster. Goldie dropped her hand to rest it on his muscular thigh and began to slowly rotate her hips in time with his finger. From the husky groan he let out, it was obvious he liked the way her ass was rubbing against his cock. She was just wondering if she might be able to make him come all over her freshly spanked cheeks when Gregory took on hand away from her breast to slowly slide it down her stomach and join his brother's between her legs.
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Seducing Stephen by Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon is available at Loose Id today. Check out this sexy historical which takes the trope of the jaded rake and the virginal miss in an entirely new direction.
Stephen is visiting the home of a friend during holiday from university when his bed is invaded by a late arriving, drunken houseguest stumbling into the wrong bedroom. From this dubious beginning, a romance slowly develops.
At first Lord Peter Northrup is only interested in the young man as a lusty diversion. He tutors him in the ways of most homosexual liaisons of the time—brief, light, and always temporary. But after he leaves, breaking young Stephen's heart, he can't forget him.
Both men grow during their time apart and when they meet again, their affair flames hotter than ever. Is there any possibility for a real relationship between a peer of the realm and a middle-class young man with heavy responsibilities on his shoulders? Will Peter accept the possibility of true love in his shallow life, and will Stephen risk everything and trust a man who's already hurt him once?
"Gads, there's a boy in my bed. It's Christmas come early."
The laconic drawl jerked Stephen from a deep sleep, snapped him awake and set him bolting upright, blinking in the candlelight at the dark devil who stood over him. He gasped for breath and sputtered for an answer, but words failed him, as they so often did. "Who?" "Why?" and "What?" all stuck to his tongue, and only an anguished, stammering "w-w-w-w" came from his throat.
The man shed his midnight jacket and began to unbutton his gleaming white shirt. His shoulders broad, his back ramrod straight, his dark hair falling in loose curls around harsh, shadowed features -- he was Stephen's every nighttime fantasy made flesh, the fascinating, frightening creature of erotically charged dreams, the man who would touch him in ways he'd only furtively touched himself up to now.
"Shove over then, and make room for an old man on the warm side of the bed." The devil's quiet chuckle was like fingernails scraping Stephen's spine. "Well, perhaps not old. I prefer to think of myself as seasoned, like a good piece of meat."
"W-who…?" Stephen finally managed to blurt. He was deeply aware of the man's gaze lingering on his bare chest, so he pulled his gaping nightshirt closed.
"Lord Northrup, Earl of Stafford, but you may call me Peter since it appears we're going to be such intimate companions as to share sleeping quarters." He pulled the shirt off his shoulders, and the candlelight made his skin glow golden. Shadows delineated the muscles of his biceps and chest. A darker shadow of hair furred his pectorals and his flat belly.
"I'm not one to raise a fuss in the middle of the night, when it's my fault for arriving so late to the party. So, my lad, I'm willing to share if you are."
Stephen could no longer manage so much as a vowel. He was struck speechless by the outspoken earl who made suggestive comments without a thought for how they might be construed by a stranger. The man was stripping off his boots and breeches now. What kind of an earl traveled without a valet to help him with his attire?
When the stranger tossed back the covers and started to climb into the tall bed, Stephen scooted over as fast as a fox chased by hounds. The man wore no nightshirt. He was barely clothed in drawers, the drawstring of which was tied loosely so they hung halfway down his hips. Before Northrup pulled the covers over himself, Stephen beheld the shallow indentations below each hipbone and the shape of his erect cock beneath the undergarment.
"Sir, I could go elsewhere," Stephen finally said with a gasp. "It's no b-bother at all for me to move to another room."
One dark brow rose high as Northrup settled back against the pillow, an arm behind his head. The position lifted his chest, and Stephen's gaze was drawn to the hard nubs of his brown nipples. "Come now. No need to keep pretending. I know Euphemia Pratt and her pranks. This is the room she always gives me. If she placed you in my bed, it's for a good reason. One I think we'll both enjoy."
Beneath the covers, Stephen pinched his forearm, checking to see if he was perhaps still asleep. This was the stuff of dreams, waking up to the impossible fact of a handsome man making sexual suggestions -- and reaching for him under the covers.
The young man flinched when a warm, heavy hand settled on his thigh, burning through the light cotton of his nightshirt, but his cock swelled, thrilled at the touch. Swallowing hard, he took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart. He smelled the fresh scent of night air and a whiff of whiskey on his late night visitor.
"Will you deny Mrs. Pratt told you to expect me?"
Here it was -- the moment for him to explain this was a huge misunderstanding, a double booking of one of the bedrooms. He was a friend of Brian Pratt, come to visit over the holidays. All he had to do was protest and climb out from under the bedcovers. But Stephen felt paralyzed by the hand on his thigh, sliding nearer his groin. He held utterly still, kept his denial to himself, and held his breath, waiting to see what would happen next.
The demon gazed at him with heavy-lidded eyes. "You're a very pretty one, with your tawny, tousled hair and that pouting lower lip. However, I'd like to see more of you. Why don't you take off that rather unattractive nightshirt and show me."
Another hard swallow, and Stephen moved to obey. It was as if Northrup was a hypnotizing cobra and he a quivering rodent eager to be eaten up. With shaking fingers, he gathered the soft cotton of his nightshirt, pulled it over his head, and tossed it onto the floor. He tried to convince himself he had no choice, that he had to obey the earl's commanding tone, but deep inside he knew the truth. This was something he'd craved for a very long time -- for someone to take control and "force" him to give in to his natural inclinations.
"My God," the earl muttered, his gaze raking Stephen's body and setting his flesh afire. He reached out a hand and rested the palm against the younger man's chest, then slid it down from chest to groin.
Stephen's stomach muscles trembled and his cock hardened further. Northrup focused his gleaming eyes on the erect shaft. "No drawers beneath your sleeping attire? Now tell me you weren't expecting me, my lad."
A grin transformed the man's severe features into the face of a fallen angel -- once holy, now dark and dangerous. "Don't look so frightened. I'm not going to hurt you." His hand curved around Stephen's cock and gripped it, squeezing lightly. "Much. What's your name?"
"S-stephen."
"Pleased to meet you, Stephen. Now we've introduced ourselves, why don't you come here and get to know me better?" The earl's hand snaked around the back of his neck and pulled him down for a kiss.
Heart nearly choking him, Stephen leaned over the other man's reclining body, naked chest to chest. His lips touched another man's for the first time in his life. Warm, moist, moving, Northrup's mouth was a living thing, and the touch of it thrilled him. Their breath mingled. Stephen tasted the sharp, oaken flavor of whiskey. Was the earl drunk? Would he be angry when he realized what he'd done while in his cups?
But from his words and actions, it seemed Lord Northrup was accustomed to having men in his bed. He wouldn't have later regrets such as Stephen might have. No regrets now, however. Stephen pushed guilt and doubt from his mind, closed his eyes, and pressed his lips more firmly against the soft mouth.
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We start by visiting the maths section of the web site answers. yahoo. com. Here, anybody can ask a question from anywhere in the world at every possible level. Answers are given by anyone who wants to contribute and then askers/readers rate the responses. A brief look here and it is starkly clear that our young people are struggling and their ability to think logicallycthat is understand a problem, organize data into knowns and unknowns, explore possibilities and assess solutions is definitely on the decline. In our opinion, this is more insidious than the actual decline in their overall mathematics skills.
There is no question that there is a decline both in the skill and interest level in mathematics and science among our young people. Many argue that these skills are not needed in everyday life and others argue that without these skills, we cannot compete in a global economy. Regardless of our thinking on this, the following is certainly true. Given any problem in life, one needs to be able to think about it logically. This means, understand what the problem is, organize data into knowns and unknowns, explore possibilities and assess solutions. These are crucial life skills.
By its very nature—the process of learning and doing mathematics should significantly increase these capabilities. However, it seems that our students are not learning these skills and the integration of technology has not increased the development of these skills, as we had hoped. Why do we say this? What is the reason for this? What can we do to reverse this process and (hopefully) at the same time increase both their interest and actual skills in mathematics? *For additional information see http://math247. pbwiki. com/GeoGebra y Email: [email protected] k ? The Author 2009 Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. . All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals. [email protected] org 70 L. FAHLBERG-STOJANOVSKA AND V. STOJANOVSKI 2. Facing the Facts: answers. yahoo. com Where do our young people go for help with their mathematics? Check out the mathematics questions at answers. yahoo. com. The questions come in every minute and range from the absolute most simple to complex questions from calculus and beyond.
Find equation of a circle with center on the line y = 3x and tangent to y-axis on (0,2) (answers. yahoo. com, Find equation of a circle? http://tinyurl. com/58cueo). Within minutes, there were two answers—both obviously incorrect. While getting ready to respond, a third answer appeared. This third answer was long and detailed and eventually chosen as 'best answer'. Like all answers at answers. yahoo. com, it is written in text math so it is a bit difficult to follow. The answer is: 3×2 + 3y2A2xA6y = 0. Our first response was to check this answer.
So, select the math text, Ctrl + C to copy, open the free math program GeoGebra, click in the input field, Ctrl + V to paste and hit Enter—a total of 10 s. From Fig. 1, it is obvious that the circle is not tangent to the y-axis. So this 'best answer' cannot be correct. 3. 1 Two questions Two questions immediately came to mind. The first question is the obvious—why did not either the answerer or asker do this? That is, spend 10 s and test the answer and see that it could not be correct? The second question is—how could one guide the asker to think about this problem that would (a) be immediately useful and (b) help in other problems?
FIG. 1. Input and check answer. (This figure appears in colour in the online version of Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. ) GEOGEBRA 71 3. 2 Answer A good starting point is GeoGebra and it is important that GeoGebra is freeware, very versatile and it is easy to use. Below, we will give more details about GeoGebra—but first let us just see it in action. 3. 3 Exploring Downloaded from http://teamat. oxfordjournals. org/ at University of Melbourne Library on October 23, 2011 How to teach exploring? What was exploring in the 'olden days' before technology? Let us look at the sample problem again.
What are the key phrases? —circle, center on line, line y = 3x, circle tangent to y-axis and on the point (0, 2).  We read: point (0, 2) and line y = 3x. We would have drawn the point and the line on paper.  We read: 'circle with center on line and on (0,2)' We would have taken our compass and drawn a couple of circles with the needle stuck in the line and going through the point (0, 2), looking for one that was tangent to the y-axis. This was the way we explored and learned. Let us do this in GeoGebra.  In GeoGebra, draw the point (0, 2) and the line y = 3x (Fig. 2). In GeoGebra, draw a point on the line (Fig. 2). Important: GeoGebra 'knows' that this point is on the line—it is a dependent object. Select the Move tool. Click and drag the point. The point will move but only along this line—just like moving our compass needle. This is the key to the exploring bit so we need to make sure that we (and they) understand that this point is not fixed, but a movable 'exploring point'.  In GeoGebra, draw a circle with this point as center and through (0, 2) (Fig. 3). It is not tangent to the y-axis. But, we can slide this circle along line a.
FIG. 2. Point A, line a and Point B on a. (This figure appears in colour in the online version of Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. ) 72 L. FAHLBERG-STOJANOVSKA AND V. STOJANOVSKI Downloaded from http://teamat. oxfordjournals. org/ at University of Melbourne Library on October 23, 2011 FIG. 3. Circle with center B through A. (This figure appears in colour in the online version of Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. ) FIG. 4. Use move tool to click and drag B. (This figure appears in colour in the online version of Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. ) Select the Move tool. Click and drag the center point B. Now the circle also moves, but its center stays on the line and it always passes through the point (0, 2) (Fig. 4).  Move it along the line until the circle is tangent to the y-axis (Fig. 5). 3. 4 Thinking and algebra Now the mathematics thinking and algebra begins. Some good questions might be: What characterizes this circle that is tangent? Where is the center point? Can we find the coordinates? What is the radius of the circle? Finally, one requires that they do the math and find the equation of the circle itself.
Of course, we expect the student to check that his solution matches the one he gets in GeoGebra. GEOGEBRA 73 Downloaded from http://teamat. oxfordjournals. org/ at University of Melbourne Library on October 23, 2011 FIG. 5. Stop when circle is tangent to y-axis. (This figure appears in colour in the online version of Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. ) 3. 5 The whole process The idea is to get them started with things they know and leave them free to explore and think and then come back and get the mathematics out of them.
At noon, ship A is 90 km west of ship B. Ship A is sailing south at 40 km/h and ship B is sailing north at 20 km/h. How fast is the distance between the ships changing at 2:00 PM? This is a related rates problem from calculus (Answers. yahoo. com, Calculus related rates problems? http://tinyurl. com/5jrxhp http://mathcasts. org/gg/student/calculus/RelatedRates/rates. html). Again within minutes, there were two answers—both algebraic/symbolic solutions with no visual aids. They will both turn out to be incorrect. We do not know the answer to this problem, but we are intrigued.
We decide to build a simulator with GeoGebra. It takes us 10 min. We post it online and link our answer to it. The simulator is interactive. It is adaptable and reusable, and we can legally post it on line, anybody can use it, download it, change it, translate it, etc. More importantly, is so easy to build and to understand that the student himself can do it. 4. 1 Making the simulator Draw point A = (0,0) and then draw B a point on the x-axis. Zoom out and move B to (90, 0). In this way, B will be a movable point east of A. Input t = 2, va = 40 and vb = 20.
We right-click on each of these and choose 'Show object'. This makes them slider variables. Later we can adjust the intervals and increments. 74 L. FAHLBERG-STOJANOVSKA AND V. STOJANOVSKI Downloaded from http://teamat. oxfordjournals. org/ at University of Melbourne Library on October 23, 2011 FIG. 6. The simulator with values as in problem. (This figure appears in colour in the online version of Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. ) On this diagram, the position of boat A is a point At = A + (0,Ava*t) and the positon of boat B is a point Bt = B + (0,vb*t).
We draw 'travel lines', that is, a line segment a from A to At and line segment b from B to Bt. From here it is easy to see that the distance between the boats is the line segment c from At to Bt. Finally, we draw the line segment d joining A and B. We get the picture shown in Fig. 6. Now with this picture, it is easy to see that this distance c can be calculated using Pythagoras' theorem. We use our dynamic variables ??????????????????????????????????? define the 'distance function' s(x). Input p d, va and vb to s = sqrt(d2 + (va + vb)2*x2) to get s? x? ? d2 ? ?va ? vb? 2 x2 . Here x is the variable for time.
We have already defined t as a number and t always has a 'current' value that is given in the Algebra window at left. So, t cannot be used as a variable. Indeed, the value of s(x) at x = t should give the 'current' distance, that is, the length of the segment c. This is a good way to check our function. Input dis = s(t) and check that dis = c. In the Algebra window, GeoGebra will show s(x) with the current values of d, va and vb. Changing these values (via the sliders or moving point B) will change this formula. 4. 2 Finding the answer We want the change in the distance s(x) with respect to time x.
That is, we want s0 (x), so we input sDer = Derivative[s]. GeoGebra will calculate s0 (x) and write the resulting function sDer(x) with the current values of d, va and vb. The answer to the problem is the value of the derivative when t = 2. So we input: ans = sDer(t) and then slide t to 2. This answer—that is, the value of ans—can be read in the Algebraic window at the left. For the given problem, ans = 48 km/h (Fig. 6). GEOGEBRA 75 Downloaded from http://teamat. oxfordjournals. org/ at University of Melbourne Library on October 23, 2011 FIG. 7. Simulator with changed values (answer not shown). . 3 Thinking and calculus This little simulator is fully functional; one can slide the values for time and speeds as well as move point B to change the east–west distance (Fig. 7). We can have them check the validity of their simulator by posing some good questions. Finally, we require that they do the mathematics. That is, they write down the function, find the derivative, calculate its value for the given t and check it against the simulator. 4. 4 Sample good questions Make the simulator simulate both boats starting at the same position. Set the speeds and animate the slider t from 0 to 5.
Again, one of the great things about these simulators (Fahlberg-Stojanovska et al. , 2008), the students can build them themselves is the stimulator of Fahlberg-Stojanovska (2007). This teaches them to focus on what is really happening in the problem—crucial in visualizing and understanding the mathematics. Second, a dynamic simulator allows them to check that 'known' cases are being solved correctly. If it does not, their solution must be incorrect. This is a vital—but often severely neglected—step in any logical thinking process. And it is the beauty of freely available technology. 76 L.
FAHLBERG-STOJANOVSKA AND V. STOJANOVSKI 5. Summary In Section 1, we asked why are young people losing their ability to analyse, organize, explore possibilities, deduce and test conclusions—the crucial life skills for problem solving. And what can we—as maths teachers—do to reverse this trend and at the same time increase both their interest and actual skills in mathematics? We must change our ways of thinking about freeware, exploring and learning. If we live in a richer country, we have tended to get the 'big math programs' for our schools or require graphing calculators from our pupils/students.
Our students look only shallowly at 'entering' the problem—the technology does the rest. If we live in a poorer country, we have tended to disdain this 'non-mathematical' approach and require our students solve the problems in the old way algebraically/symbolically without access to true understanding that comes from visualizing the problem. Both of these methods are 'solution-only' approaches. A good freeware program solves this problem. It allows the student to explore the maths whether at school or at home. It allows conversation between students, students and teachers, online and offline conversations, devoid of any legal problems.
This freedom generates a 'exploring and thinking approach' to mathematics as opposed to a 'solution-only' approach. Properly encouraged, the student will explore visually/geometrically until the idea of how to solve the problem algebraically/symbolically comes to him. A bonus is that after solving, the exploratory approach also allows him to check his answer. This is the beauty of mathematics and its true value in the everyday lives of our students. GeoGebra is free and easy to use. It is very versatile, continually being expanded and upgraded.
There is an extremely well organized forum for asking and answering questions about using GeoGebra and an international wiki for publishing GeoGebra resources (GeoGebra: www. geogebra. org GeoGebraWiki: www. geogebra. org/wiki GeoGebraForum: http://www. geogebra. org/forum). In this article, we give two specific examples from actual questions asked and answered at answers. yahoo. com. Incorrect answers given to both of these questions could have been—but were not—easily verifiable with GeoGebra. Further, by using GeoGebra, true exploration and visualization was possible, leading to an understandable mathematics solution to both.
The creation of dynamic GeoGebra files by pupils and students to explore, discover and then understand mathematics is both viable and useful on a wide scale. GeoGebra has been translated into many languages and so can be used across the world in a single, copyright free environment. This makes GeoGebra good for individual, collaborative discussions and for classroom and asynchronous interactivities—the freedom to explore and learn. Downloaded from http://teamat. oxfordjournals. org/ at University of Melbourne Library on October 23, 2011 REFERENCES FAHLBERG-STOJANOVSKA, L. , STOJANOVSKI, V. BOCEVSKA, A. (2008) ICT in math education – small interactivities & specific goals. Proceedings of the 6th Intl CIIT 2008. Bitola, MK. FAHLBERG-STOJANOVSKA, L. (2003–2007) The Boat Landing Problem Presentation for Simlab 2007. Bitola, MK: DAAD (see http://www. mathcasts. org/mtwiki/GgbActivity/BoatLanding1 [accessed 9 March 2009]. Linda Fahlberg-Stojanovska is a professor of Mathematics and Computer Sciences at the University of St. Clement of Ohrid, Bitola, FYR Macedonia. Vitomir Stojanovski is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of St. Clement of Ohrid, Bitola, FYR Macedonia.


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