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Heather MacLean Sets UMass Record On Day One Of A-10's
May 3, 2014
AMHERST, Mass. - On Saturday in Amherst, Mass., UMass hosted day one of the 2014 Outdoor Atlantic 10 Championship and sits in sixth place going into day two. UMass scored eight competitors in the top eight and qualified one competitor in the preliminary round. In the process UMass recorded three marks that were worthy of rewriting the UMass record book.
UMass standout freshman, Heather MacLean ran the fastest time in UMass history with her first place effort in the preliminaries of the 800 meter run. The Peabody, Mass., native finished the event in just 2-minutes, 8.78-seconds. She now holds the UMass indoor and outdoor records in the event.
MacLean's effort eclipsed the previous record by .70-seconds. The time just missed the A-10 record by .44-seconds and the facility record that was set earlier this season by .70-seconds. Tomorrow she will compete in the finals of the 800 meter run as well as the 4x800 meter relay.
Sarah Barrett competed in the 3,000 meter steeplechase once again for the Minutewomen. The redshirt junior ran the fourth fastest time in UMass history clocking in at the 11-minute, 18.82-second mark. The time placed her 12 overall in the competition.
The Minutewomen scored three in the javelin with two throws good enough to land in the UMass record book. Kelsey Crawford led the way in fourth place with a 141-foot throw placing her second in UMass history. Crawford's former teammate and now volunteer coach, Rachelle Bourque holds the UMass record with her NCAA Regional qualifying throw of 150-feet, 5-inches that she set last year.
Next in the javelin and recording the fourth best throw in UMass history was Emma Robinson with a toss distancing 134-feet, 6-inches. The mark placed her sixth in the event overall. Emily Louis capped off the scoring eight with her throw of 120-feet, 10-inches.
Also scoring in throws was Sara Wagner in the hammer. Wagner launched a throw distancing 153-feet, 1-inch to place eighth in the event.
UMass once again scored a trio of Minutewomen in the long jump with Courtney Kromko leading the way in fourth place. She leaped 18-feet, 8.5-inches and was followed by Ashley Palmer in sixth with a leap equaling 18-feet, 2.25-inches. Camille Edwards was the eighth place finisher just missing the 18-foot mark with a jump distancing 17-feet, 11-inches.
One freshman scored for the Minutewomen on day one with a seventh place effort. Sprinter and vaulter, Katlin Gould set a height of 10-feet, 8-inches to tie for seventh place in the pole vault.
The Atlantic 10 Championship will continue tomorrow, May 4 at 8:45 AM.
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A TVNZ cameraman covering the Soccer World Cup in South Africa has had his hotel room burgled and more than $100,000 worth of equipment taken.
Tony George and One News reporter Donna-Marie Lever were having dinner at their FIFA-sanctioned hotel in Rustenburg, 170km northwest of Johannesburg, when the thieves broke in.
They jemmied open the door and cleaned out George's room, taking more than $100,000 worth of television recording, editing and transmission equipment, a laptop, his clothes and passport.
"We're just very grateful Tony and Donna-Marie are safe and well," said One News Editor Paul Patrick.
"It's a very timely and sobering reminder of how vigilant all Kiwis travelling to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup need to be."
Mr Patrick said the AP news agency in South Africa has "generously" helped the pair out with broadcast equipment, transmission capability, transport and money until replacements could be organised.
"They have been amazing and we're very grateful."
George and Lever were today speaking with police.
The hotel where they are staying is near the venue where the All Whites are due to play their first World Cup game.


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Head of Sudan conflict state 'committed to peace'
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) - The governor of Sudan's embattled state of South Kordofan said on Tuesday he was committed to peace, and that the aim of the ongoing military campaign was to get rebels to the negotiating table.
"We are doing our best to keep the length of this conflict as short as possible, because we believe that military operations are not a goal, but are a tool to push the other side to the negotiating table," Ahmed Harun told a news conference in Khartoum.
"We are committed to peace and to dialogue," said Harun, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Sudan's western Darfur region.
He rejected allegations that the army was targeting specific ethnic groups and that humanitarian access had been denied to those affected by the conflict.
Fighting has raged in the ethnically divided border state of South Kordofan since early June, between the Sudanese army and Nuba militiamen who fought with the SPLA, the former rebel army of the south, during their decades-long civil war with Khartoum.
An internal UN report seen by AFP said the army's systematic attacks, targeting the state's indigenous Nuba peoples, could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The conflict erupted shortly after, and partly because of, Harun's re-election as governor in a bitterly disputed May poll that pitted him against Abdelaziz al-Hilu, his former deputy and a senior SPLA commander, who pulled out of the race alleging fraud.
The Sudanese army's insistence on expelling or forcefully disarming SPLA elements in the border state, one of the key former civil war battlegrounds, is what appears to have actually triggered the fighting.
Khartoum says the SPLA sparked it off and that it is battling an internal rebellion.
"It is the plan of Abdelaziz to colonise Kadugli, in coordination with the Darfur rebel groups, and then to march on Khartoum," Harun charged on Tuesday.
He said that troops from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Darfur's most heavily armed rebels, had entered South Kordofan from the south and fought alongside Hilu's men last week in Al-Tais, 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of the state capital.
"But we destroyed them completely, and captured their leader," he added.
The army initially denied that Darfuri rebels were involved.
Malik Agar, who heads the political wing of the ex-rebel forces (SPLM north), had earlier warned of a "coordinated" uprising between Blue Nile state in the east and Darfur in the west, unless Khartoum agreed to a ceasefire in South Kordofan.
Harun downplayed concerns about the conflict spreading, however, claiming that only three out of 19 localities in South Kordofan, namely Kadugli, Buram and Kauda, had been affected.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS), whose mandate expired with the secession of the south on July 9, has reported army air strikes in a number of other locations, including Talodi and Deleng, and estimated that more than 70,000 people have been displaced throughout the state.
UNMIS, together with the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) and the World Food Programme (WFP), have repeatedly complained about restricted humanitarian access to those in need.
But Harun insisted on Tuesday that there was no ethnic dimension to the war, and said he was fully cooperating with the different humanitarian agencies operating in South Kordofan.
"Our partners in this are WFP, UNICEF (the UN children's fund) and WHO (World Health Organisation). I have never heard a complaint from those agencies about restrictions on their freedom of movement," he said.
Two weeks ago, a US monitoring group separately claimed it has fresh satellite images that support eyewitness accounts of mass graves being dug near a secondary school in Kadugli, to bury 100 or more people killed by the Sudanese army last month.
Harun again denied the charges, saying he had instructed the Sudanese Red Crescent to burn any bodies they found of people killed in the fighting.


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"American Idol" went back to where it all began this week with the Top 8 finalists reprising their audition songs. And given the time they've had on the show, not to mention all that in-it-to-win-it mentoring from Randy Jackson, it can honestly be claimed that the contestants have improved since trying out before the judges and impressing them enough to get that gold ticket to Hollywood. But have they improved enough to keep going toward the finale -- or at least enough to impress the voting viewers?
Or was their improvement a byproduct of having a real band add some ambience to their vocals?
Whatever, Wednesday night's performance episode was probably the best show of the season, musically speaking. And as Lyndsey Parker at Yahoo Music recapped April 3, it was historic in that it saw two original songs performed by the finalists that wrote them (in a single episode). Nobody stumbled, nobody hit a flat note, nobody forgot the lyrics, or missed their intro, or had the band come in at the wrong time.
Still, apparently the producers thought it a good idea to let the audience get to know the Top 8 finalists as people, so they not only went "Back To The Start" for the theme. They also brought out the finalists to talk about how they got there, sometimes literally (as in cars that barely made it or were pulled over by police) or and sometimes figuratively (always wanted to be there -- the passion), then showed video clips of proud parents and grandparents talking about them, interspersed with photos and homemade videos of each finalist as a child.
But on with the Top 8 performances:
Jessica Meuse hit the stage first, pulling the unfortunate "dead spot," the forgettable position. But she made the most of it, singing her self-penned "Blue-eyed Lie," a powerful pop-blues tune that could very well be a radio hit. Although not as haunting as her audition version, her performance showcased the power of her voice. And she set the performance bar so high, she didn't have to worry about being in the "dead spot."
Next up, C. J. Harris put an angsty twist on the Allman Brothers Band's "Soulshine," a song he had promised his dad he would perform on "Idol" if he ever got there. (And now he's done it twice!) Judge Harry Connick Jr. congratulated him on working on his pitch problems a Jennifer Lopez talked about how he drew her in (and seemed to make her cry, although she didn't admit to it).
This week marked the firts time duets were performed. But did the producers listen to the live audience's request for a Caleb Johnson and Irene Jena combo (after they ended the Top 9 performance episode with a one-two-hard-rock-punch last week). Instead, Jena Irene was paired with Alex Preston for a nicely harmonized rendition of Pink's "Just Give Me A Reason." One might not think that Jena's power and Alex's stylings would be a good match, but one would be wrong. (Good news: The duets are not judged. Well, okay, bad news for those who do a great job, like Jena and Alex.)
Third: Sam Woolf perhaps delivered the worst performance of the night. Not that it was bad; it was not. But young Sam's "Lego House" (Ed Sheeran) simply didn't have the power of the other songs performed. And he just doesn't have the stage presence to pull off such a laid-back number. Yet. He does seem to be less shy and awkward than when he first auditioned, and if he listens to Judge Harry (who told him to pick a girl in the audience, make eye contact, and sing to her), he'll improve markedly (because dude's eyes just won't stay still).
Caleb Johnson and Jessic Meuse performed the second duet of the night. Jessica's sultry darkness burst its bounds and climbed to new heights as she matched Caleb's powerful vocals note for note. They covered Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks' "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," nailing it.
The fourth performer of the night was Malaya Watson. And Malaya just might have had her best performance of the season with Aretha Franklin's "Ain't No Way." The excitable high school tuba playing teen has been on a roll since crashing with Bruno Mars' "Runaway Baby" a few weeks back. She showed total control doing Aretha's song and could have had the best performance of the night if it hadn't been for one singer.
Dexter Roberts was up next, and, no, he wasn't the one that performed better than Malaya. However, Dexter did a nice reprise of Brett Eldridge's "One Mississippi." He won over the judges with his twangy audition but his full-noted version sounded lots better. Speaking of being on a roll, he's been redeeming himself since his couple of so-so performances a few weeks back.
Malaya Watson and Sam Woolf paired up for "Lucky" by Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz. Malaya was all flirtsy-cutesy, while Sam was all stiffsy-uh, he was just stiff. The singing was good, but Sam needs to lighten up. Putting the two teens together was a good move, but it would have worked far better if Sam had looked just a little less like the Tin Man in need of a little oil.
But back to the finalists on a roll. Malaya's excellent cover of Aretha was only topped by Jena Irene's killer rendition of Adele's "Rolling In The Deep." Not only did Jena make the song her own, giving it a different rhythm, she made it work. And that haunting note she hits is simply a winner. Jennifer Lopez told her she needed to come out and do her performances like she had to blow everybody away. Judge Jenny should pay a little more attention: Jena Irene is blowing away her competition. She hasn't had a misstep since she came back into the competition as a Wild Card and it is paying off. (According to professional oddsmakers, she's now the finalist to beat.)
C. J. Harris and Dexter Roberts paired up for the final duet of the night, singing Darius Rucker's "Alright." And that's exactly what it was: Alright. The two Alabama boys seemed to have a good time singing the song but it just adequate, good enough for a filler. A better song for the guys would have been Rucker's "Southern State of Mind" or maybe a song by the quintessential Alabama band -- Alabama.
Caleb Johson pulled the next-to-last spot again. He rocked a very, very hard-but-bluesy "Chain of Fools" (also by Aretha Franklin). The boy has chops and he belted it like a pro, but Judge Harry told him again that we all know he can belt one, but he wants to hear something softer. And Harry might have a point, given that a rocker has won "American Idol" only once (Season 7's David Cook). But Caleb has yet to place in the bottom, so coming out of his wheelhouse might not be his best move.
Alex Preston ended the night with a bluesy rendition of his own song "Fairytales." A totally engaging number, the song showcased his vocal stylings as well as the nice rhythm. Alex knows what he's doing and his performance showed it. Definitely one of the better performances of the night.
As mentioned earlier, there were no stumbles or flat notes during the show, no pitchiness or forgetfulness, no misstimings by either the band or the finalist. All in all, it was a sound show (pun intended). So if the "Idol" judges are going to use their one and only seasonal Save, and they have to by the time the Top 6 becomes the Top 5, this would be the opportune time to do it.
But if they don't, this is how it should shake out:
The bottom three should be: Malaya Watson, simply because she isn't connecting with voters. C. J. Harris, because of all the performances his, along with Sam Woolf's may have been the weakest. And the aforementioned, Sam Woolf, whose vocal range seems to be in one octave and whose stage presence is exemplified by stiffness and shifty eyes.
Who will go home? If the Save isn't used, Sam Woolf will head back where he started.
"American Idol" returns Thursday night at 9 p.m. on Fox Television for the results reveal. Also on the results show: Daughtry will perform his hit song "Waiting For Superman."
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Official weigh in day
Friday, April 12, 2013
When I lost SparkPeople.com access I had gotten down to 203.0 which was fantastic. I was at my heaviest during this downtime on Wednesday at 211.6. Really pissed me off. Today I weighed (my official weigh in day) and I was at 210.2. So I am going back down again.
I was trying to figure out my calories while I was offline and never could get the hang of it without SP. So I was so thrilled to get back on Wednesday. Now I can see where I'm at. Thursday sucked - I blew it big time. Yesterday I was within my range so I was thrilled. I'm going to work at keeping it in range today. I'm heading out later this morning with my 85 year old Aunt. She needs to go to Wal-Mart and a couple other places so I know she'll want lunch out. That usually means someplace I wouldn't normally go that doesn't have good choices. I will get a lot of walking in today - both in the stores and with my dog after I get home.
Yesterday was a zero fitness day. I had to take the day off completely and give my body a rest. My foot is better but with this weather change all my joints were screaming out in pain. So I turned into a vegetable yesterday and just lounged around. Feeling so much better today.
I hate it being 85 one day and in the mid 40s the next. Yuck. Today's only supposed to be 58. Darn it anyway - I was so enjoying not having to wear a coat or jacket around. I even had a pair of shorts on the day it was 85 because the day before I was soaked with sweat when I got home.
Sometimes a set-back can give us that extra nudge to get back in the swing of things. I have less than two months until vacation and I'm so wanting to be in onederland by then. It's doable if I'll just get myself in gear and resist the food. I'm trying to get back out of the mindset that food is my friend when I'm depressed, bored, tired or upset in some way. It's been a constant battle for the last few years.
I've been doing good on my walking. I'm working towards being able to hike a little bit further than I did last year. My main concern is my asthma and blood sugar dropping. I have my glucose tablets and my inhaler so I'm hoping I can keep my act together better than last years almost disaster. I'm looking forward to going back to Carvers Gap and hitting the Appalachian Trail again. I've finally realized my knees and hips aren't going to get any better and I'm just having to deal with that. I'm hoping to go further but that's still iffy at best. I've been looking at places to hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - there's tons of trails plus the AT there. Last year was the challenge. I know what I can do now and I'm ready to hit the trails. Unfortunately there's nothing much around here to go on. So I'll just wait until I go visit my brother in NE TN and see him and my best friends have planned for me! I know they're (my best friends) are looking for things that I can do as far as hikes are concerned. I know it's going to be great.
Things I need to do: try on summer clothes; get new shoes for walking/jogging (it's well over due for new ones).
I know if I can do this, so can you! We're all in this together - this journey to a healthier body and mindset. The benefits and payoff is great. What have you got to lose? I know I want to be healthier and more fit. I also know that there are some things I won't be able to change due to physical limitations and I'm finally getting that into my head to accept - it's hard because I want to do more than I can.
I'm looking forward to hitting 59 in September being healthier and more fit. I want to have even more energy. I want my health to improve. I need to get my numbers down even more on my blood sugar. I know my blood pressure is looking better even if it was higher than I wanted my last visit due to the severe pain I was in. I want my cholesterol levels to be at a point where my doctor says "wow, you've done well". I want to see my weight go down. I'm about half way to my goal weight of 145. That's not set in stone - it's in the healthy range which is where I would like to be.
Look in that mirror at yourself. Love yourself now - don't put it off until tomorrow or some day down the road. You will be so much happier if you say "ok, I know I have work to do but I am a beautiful person now and always. I want this for me. I want to be healthier and more fit. I am a special person. I am not a failure because God doesn't make failures or mistakes. I love me." I thank God every morning for allowing me another day and I want to be the best I can be. I'm here still for some reason - I think maybe it's to help other people in need. Maybe?
No matter who you are or where you are in this journey, please don't ever be so discouraged as to think you're a failure. You're not. You are loved. Whether I know you or not, I think you're fantastic! You're each special in your own way. Each of you have special abilities or talents - sometimes we forget this - use them! Don't think of all you have to do to get to where you want to be but think of all you have accomplished. Those accomplishments mean something so don't discount them ever.
Sorry this is so long and I've rambled on. Have a fantastic Friday and weekend. Enjoy your life to the best of your abilities. I know I am. I finally decided to live last year. I've done things I never dreamed of doing when I was in my 20s and 30s. So live a little. Love a lot. Enjoy life!
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We will identify representative landscapes (analogous to Land Resource Units) within each of the 5 Land Resource Regions (LRRs C, D, E, G, H) dominated by rangeland as a land cover. Within each of the LRRs, 3 MLRAs will be selected and quantitative information for dominant soils, vegetation, topography, and climate and their relationships for each LRU will be collected and organized. Using this information, the APEX model will be parameterized for hydrology, soil carbon and wildlife habitat relationships. The likely effects of common conservation practices on soil/vegetation relationships at the site level (state change) and the impacts of cumulative site level state change on landscape and regional scale ecosystem processes will be assessed.


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Motel 168 Tianyi Plaza - Ningbo
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- Address: No.351 Zhongshan East Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
- Tel: 0574-27711168 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 莫泰168(宁波天一广场店)
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COLUMBUS — Medina County's cities, villages, townships and public schools could see a windfall of more than $1 million from the state insurance fund for injured workers under a proposal by Gov. John Kasich.
Kasich's office on Monday released a county-by-county breakdown of nearly $113 million in rebates that would be distributed to local governments and public schools across the state.
The money is in addition to nearly $1 billion that would go to about 210,000 businesses should the board of directors at the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation approve the plan.
Money for the one-time rebate stems from higher-than-expected earnings from investments by the agency, which provides workers' compensation insurance for Ohio employers and covers about two-thirds of the state's workforce. The agency's net assets have grown to $8.3 billion.
Checks would range from $5 to more than $3 million.
The board is scheduled to meet May 30 to consider Kasich's proposal, which was made earlier this month.
Not all local governments or schools would get a rebate, because some employers are self-insured and don't pay into the bureau's system. But nearly 3,800 local governments and schools would see checks, the Kasich administration says.
Schools would receive about $42.5 million in total — the largest slice of the $112.8 million being returned to public employers. Cities would get $37 million, while counties would see $16.5 million. Townships could expect $7.6 million.
Kasich's plan also calls for increasing the amount of money for safety grants to $15 million from $5 million. The bureau's grant program provides matching funds to employers who purchase equipment to reduce injuries or illnesses on the job.
In addition, the bureau is asking the Legislature to approve an overhaul of how it bills its employers. And the agency says the changes would result in rate cuts of 2 percent for private employers and 4 percent for public employers.
Employers currently pay their workers' compensation premium for the previous six months of coverage. The agency wants to move to "prospective" billing, so it can collect employer premiums for an upcoming policy period.
The bureau says it would ask its board for a $900 million credit for employers to help with the transition to the new billing system.
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Lindsey Theater
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Lubbock did an outstanding job of leveling the Lindsey and replacing it with a parking lot. It was an elegant theater featuring a corner entrance, a semi-circular marquee with the Lindsey lettering on opposite sides of the marquee and a huge decorative column over the marquee.
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Many Lubbock theaters shown. El Capitan; Plaza; Clifton; Lindsey; Cactus; Westerner Drive-In; Corral; Broadway; Midway; Plains Drive-In; Arnett-Benson; Arcadia.
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From the drop-down box choose: Buildings-Commercial-Movie Theaters
Search theatre and drive-in and there are other arial shots of other drive-ins, etc.
another good pic, interior full of people, is in this collection:
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Two 1990 photos of the Lindsey (now demolished) in Lubbock.
New story in the Lubbock paper on old Lubbock theaters:
Thanks for the posting the above link Robert!
Was trained to be a projectionist at the Lindsey as were all projectionist. My first gig was at the State. All new projectionist usually started at the State. The first movie I showed was Kelly's Heros. Moved on to work the Village and Arnett Benson. Those were some good times and a great job for a high school kid.
Don, Lubbock was home from 1966 until 1973. Been in Fort Worth since then. Went to Coranado High, Class of '72. I really wished I had saved some stuff. I may still have my Video Independent Theater ID card somewhere. While in HS I wasn't thinking those things would have meant anything to anyone but wished I would have taken pics. I can still see the layout of the theaters and projectionist booths in my head. :–)
Someone referred to the Lubbock newspaper article about the old theaters in Lubbock. Unfortunately, there seem to be several errors in the story. I don't think the research was as careful as it should have been. It's sad that mistakes got printed in that story.
The Lindsey family originally owned the Palace, the Lindsey, and others (including the State). When they remodeled the Palace and renamed it the Clifton, they were naming it after their son Clifton Lindsey! Interestingly, (to me anyway), their tombstones in the City of Lubbock Cemetery have their names written in cursive, their signatures! (Clifton and his parents)
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Most preschoolers and kindergarteners, or children between four and six, can do basic algebra naturally using their Approximate Number System, say scientists in a new study. Why struggle through 'brutal' algebra courses that you may attribute to not being good at math, when you can learn algebra in kindergarten?
Can learning algebra as a preschooler help kids from developing math anxiety later on in middle school? Can it open doors to more occupations that require advanced math, such as college-level science, medical, or technical courses later on when some students choose their major based on whether or not they can pass math classes required to take other courses?
You can check out the abstract of the new study, "Young children 'solve for x' using the Approximate Number System," published March 3, 2014 in the journal Developmental Science. Or see, "Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue)."
Millions of high school and college algebra students are united in a shared agony over solving for x and y, and for those to whom the answers don't come easily, it gets worse: Most preschoolers and kindergarteners can do some algebra before even entering a math class. You can check out the YouTube video, "Are You Smarter Than a 5-Year Old? Preschoolers Can Do Algebra, Psychologists Find."
In a recently published study in the journal Developmental Science, lead author and post-doctoral fellow Melissa Kibbe and Lisa Feigenson, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, find that most preschoolers and kindergarteners, or children between 4 and 6, can do basic algebra naturally.
"These very young children, some of whom are just learning to count, and few of whom have even gone to school yet, are doing basic algebra and with little effort," Kibbe says, according to a March 6, 2014 news release, Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra. "They do it by using what we call their 'Approximate Number System:' their gut-level, inborn sense of quantity and number."
Number sense lets preschoolers quickly size up the quantity of objects
The "Approximate Number System," or ANS, is also called "number sense," and describes humans' and animals' ability to quickly size up the quantity of objects in their everyday environments. Humans and a host of other animals are born with this ability and it's probably an evolutionary adaptation to help human and animal ancestors survive in the wild, scientists say.
Previous research has revealed some interesting facts about number sense, including that adolescents with better math abilities also had superior number sense when they were preschoolers, and that number sense peaks at age 35. Kibbe, working in Feigenson's lab, wondered whether preschool-age children could harness that intuitive mathematical ability to solve for a hidden variable, or in other words, to do something akin to basic algebra before they ever received formal classroom mathematics instruction.
The answer was "yes," at least when the algebra problem was acted out by two furry stuffed animals — Gator and Cheetah — using "magic cups" filled with objects like buttons, plastic doll shoes and pennies
In the study, children sat down individually with an examiner who introduced them to the two characters, each of whom had a cup filled with an unknown quantity of items. Children were told that each character's cup would "magically" add more items to a pile of objects already sitting on a table. But children were not allowed to see the number of objects in either cup: they only saw the pile before it was added to, and after, so they had to infer approximately how many objects Gator's cup and Cheetah's cup contained.
At the end, the examiner pretended that she had mixed up the cups, and asked the children — after showing them what was in one of the cups – to help her figure out whose cup it was. The majority of the children knew whose cup it was, a finding that revealed for the researchers that the pint-sized participants had been solving for a missing quantity, which is the essence of doing basic algebra.
"What was in the cup was the x and y variable, and children nailed it," says Feigenson, according to the news release. Feigenson is the director of Johns Hopkins Laboratory for Child Development. "Gator's cup was the x variable and Cheetah's cup was the y variable. We found out that young children are very, very good at this. It appears that they are harnessing their gut level number sense to solve this task."
If this kind of basic algebraic reasoning is so simple and natural for 4, 5 and 6-year-olds, the question remains why it is so difficult for teens and others
"One possibility is that formal algebra relies on memorized rules and symbols that seem to trip many people up," Feigenson says in the news release. "So one of the exciting future directions for this research is to ask whether telling teachers that children have this gut level ability – long before they master the symbols – might help in encouraging students to harness these skills. Teachers may be able to help children master these kind of computations earlier, and more easily, giving them a wedge into the system." While the ANS helps children in solving basic algebra, more sophisticated concepts and reasoning are needed to master the complex algebra problems that are taught later in the school age years.
Another finding from the research was that an ANS aptitude does not follow gender lines. Boys and girls answered questions correctly in equal proportions during the experiments, the researchers says, according to the news release. Although other research shows that even young children can be influenced by gender stereotypes about girls' versus boys' math prowess, "we see no evidence for gender differences in our work on basic number sense," Feigenson explains in the news release.
Parents with numerically challenged kids shouldn't worry that not showing a strong aptitude with numbers is a sign that Bobby or Becky will be bad at math
The psychologists say it's more important to nurture and support young children's use of the ANS in solving problems that will later be introduced more formally in school. "We find links at all ages between the precision of people's Approximate Number System and their formal math ability," Feigenson says in the news release. "But this does not necessarily mean that children with poorer precision grow up to be bad at math. For example, children with poorer number sense may need to rely on other strategies, besides their gut sense of number, to solve math problems. But this is an area where much future research is needed." This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF Living Lab 1113648) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH R01 HD057258).


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Cover date: February 2013
"Superman at the End of Days"
Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Brad Walker and Rags Morales
Inker: Andrew Hennessy and Mark Propst
"And For My Next Trick"
Writer: Sholly Fisch
Penciller: Chris Sprouse
Inker: Karl Story
Reviewed by: Michael Bailey
Superman talks with his landlady, in reality a former princess from the fifth dimension, about his high school prom and then memories of an event that hasn't happened yet. She explains that Vyndktvx disturbs time like a shark does water when he moves in for the kill. Suddenly Superman is in the future and a group of villains are hunting him. Just as suddenly he is back with his landlady and they share a drink. She tells him of how Mister Mxyzptlk came to the land of Zrfff and cheered up the sad king. The king's daughter fell in love with him but another citizen of Zrfff, Vyndktvx, became jealous. Through his machinations the king died. Vyndktvx framed Mxy for the crime and forced him and the king's daughter, Clark's landlady, to hide on Earth. As she tells the story time folds around them until finally she is killed and in three different times Vyndktvx makes his final move.
Story - 3: This is going to be one of the harder reviews I have had to write for this series. My first reaction was to tell you, in vivid detail, why I hated it so much but the thing is I didn't hate it. I mean I didn't like it very much but once again that comes down to personal taste and not a judgment call on whether or not something was good or not.
Part of me feels like I should have liked it. All of the elements needed to finish off a big story are there. We see Superman facing off against not only the big bad guy but also a team of other villains. We get the backstory on the villain and on Clark's landlady. There is a shocking death and a really good flashback. The proper ingredients are there but the way Grant chose to stir them together left me...well, confused would be the wrong way to describe how I felt. I mean I got what was going on. Frustrated would be a better term but again that is all on me. I like a more straight forward story and to expect a writer to conform to my standards is both wrong-headed and insulting. It is very much like the parable of the scorpion and the frog. For me to want Grant Morrison to write the type of story I want to read is like the frog agreeing to carry the scorpion across the water. When I get "stung" by this sort of story I have only myself to blame because such is Grant Morrison's nature to write messed up stories that play with the very nature of storytelling.
There were parts of the story that I did like. The Smallville scenes were great. I liked the villains teaming up against Superman because it uses this story to tie all of the elements Morrison has been layering into Superman's world for nearly a year and a half. Even the explanation of why Vyndktvx is the villain of the piece was solid. Again, it is how Morrison mixed these story elements into a creative stew that leaves me feeling a bit disappointed that this is what we are getting as the resolution to his run.
And that's pretty much all I am going to write about this issue. I could go into detail on why I hated the playing with time and all of that but it would come off more as whining than anything else. It isn't Grant Morrison's fault that I didn't like this story. He did what he always does and there is an audience for that sort of thing. I am just not convinced that Superman was the right character for him.
Your mileage may vary.
Art - 4: Overall I liked the artwork, especially the scenes in Smallville and of the villains hunting Superman. The change in the art with the Mxy related flashbacks made for an interesting visual experience and I liked how it looked so different from the main story which drove home the point that this was a whole other dimension. There were some gripping moments as well, such as the death of Clark's landlady. It was graphic but not overly so and rode that balance between shocking and gratuitous quite nicely. I should also mention that the art really helped me get through the writing. The storytelling was clear enough that I didn't need outside help to figure out what was going on.
"And For My Next Trick"
This is the story of how Mxyzptlk came to the land of Zrfff and charmed both the king and his daughter. She fell in love with the imp and even though an evil being made of spite tried to destroy them they managed to survive and escape to the three dimensional world. There they had a good life and gave birth to a child of music. Eventually Mxy's body died but somehow the baby holds the key to the imp's greatest escape act.
Story - 4: Given how I felt about the main story I wasn't looking forward to this back up at all. Turns out I had nothing to worry about. Fisch does it again. It also proves that it is my "fault" (for lack of a better term) that I didn't care for the main story. All of the same elements are here just presented in a more straight forward, linear way. Between that and Fisch's ability to make me care about the characters in the story this was a fantastic read.
It made me like this new version of Mister Mxyzptlk. It really did.
Art - 4: I liked the art in this story quite a bit as well. It had a quirkiness that sold the unreality of the characters but still managed to feel very human. That's not an easy feat, especially given the characters and setting but Sprouse and Story pulled it off nicely. I really felt for Mxy and his bride and the ending had a twinge of sadness that felt very real. All in all I liked what I saw quite a bit.
Cover Art - 4: This was a very solid cover. There are a lot of elements being thrown at us at once and all are very clear. I like the shot of Clark and Lana dancing in the middle of the image.
Variant Cover Art - 3: I am not a fan of this cover at all. It just isn't to my liking or sensibilities. It is a good variant cover, however.
Variant Cover Art - 4 (Black and White): The black and white version of the main cover shows off how detailed and layered the image is. I like this iteration of the cover quite a bit.
January 2013
Check out the Comic Index Lists for the complete list of Superman-related comics published in 2013.