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Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
in a MOUT Environment
by Michael P. Ley
Throughout history, military planners have viewed cities as centers of gravity. Cities are population centers, transportation hubs, seats of government, industrial sites, communication networks, and important transportation nodes (e.g., highways, rail lines, river traffic). Recent forecasts based on population statistics and worldwide migration trends show the continued movement of people away from agrarian to industrialized societies. As the population migrates to urban areas, the military significance of cities is likely to grow proportionately.
Current tactical doctrine states that we conduct urban combat operations only when absolutely required. Doctrine recommends that we isolate and bypass built-up areas rather than risking a costly, time-consuming operation. Adherence to these precepts, however, is becoming increasingly difficult as the world develops more urban areas. To minimize collateral damage and comply with the rules of engagement, we cannot reduce an urban area to rubble and then bypass it. Military operations in urbanized terrain (MOUT) are even more difficult as part of a stability operation or support operation due to the importance of the local population to that operation.
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
Intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) is a systematic, continuous process of analyzing the threat and environment. Foremost, its design will support the military decision-making process. The proper use of the IPB process helps commanders to selectively apply and maximize their combat power at critical points in time and space by determining the threats possible courses of action (COAs) (in order of likelihood), describing the environment their units are operating within, and explaining the effects of the environment will have on them.
IPB has other considerations such as
As an important special environment for military operations, the next revision of FM 34-130, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield, will have a chapter on IPB in MOUT. We need your input to help develop doctrine and detailed procedures for this important topic. The intention of this article is to provoke dialogue and provide a framework in which to analyze the environment in a MOUT environmentfrom a major European city to a third world shanty town. However, this article will not provide a detailed description of IPB or change existing IPB methodology.
MOUT IPB: A Difficult Environment
With the exception of large-scale amphibious assaults, MOUT may be the most complex of all military operations. While many believe MOUT is exclusive to larger cities, they may also be conducted in or adjacent to urban areas of all sizes. The intelligence analyst needs a method to quickly determine the crucial components of the MOUT environment, which will allow more time for detailed analysis later. Use of this shortcut places the types and details of the MOUT environ- ment at the forefront of the IPB effort and provides the supported commander with a quick environmental analysis.
The critical element necessary to perform adequate IPB in unique environments is the ability to understand, break down, and then draw conclusions about an unconventional environment and the threat. Therefore, it is critical to quickly analyze and present an accurate, detailed picture of the environment. The analyst must deal with complex characteristics of the urban environment and present concerns such as
Because of the diversity of MOUT environments, many analysts have difficulty identifying a starting point in their analysis of the environment. The following framework offers a user-friendly process for analyzing the MOUT environment.
A Unique Analytical Framework
The MOUT environment framework (see Figure 1) is a tool designed to facilitate the analysts efforts in analyzing the components that comprise the MOUT environment; it is not a stand-alone tool. This framework was based on an initial analysis of MOUT doctrine found in FM 90-10, Military Operations in Urban Terrain, and FM 34-130, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield. The use of the framework allows the analyst to
Step 1, General Urban Description. Define your area of interest (AI) in accordance with FM 34-130. Start your analysis by categorizing the urban area as a large city (population >100,00), a town or small city (3,000 to 100,00), a village (population <3,000), or a strip area (a built-up area connecting villages, towns, or cities). Then record any general data such as the exact population figures and whether the population is homogenous cohesive or fractional splintered.
Step 2, Building and
Street Patterns. Subdivide the AI into the appropriate building and street patterns:
Type A: dense, random construction.
Type B: closed-orderly block.
Type C: dispersed residential area.
Type D: high-rise area.
Type E: industrial and transportation area.
Step 3, Lines of Communications. Identify all LOCs in the AI.
Step 4, Urban Patterns. The combination of built-up areas, LOCs, and natural terrain results in the formation of urban patterns that impact on operations. Subdivide the AI into the appropriate urban patterns.
The hub is the central built-up area and the foundation of any urban area. The satellite pattern is a common pattern with a hub and relatively dependent, dispersed, smaller built-up areas. LOCs tend to flow from the hub to the smaller urban areas normally in the form of farms, forests, or secondary roads. The network pattern is similar in appearance to the satellite pattern, but the network is vastly more complex and diverse. Unlike the satellite pattern, the network pattern is more self-sufficient and less supportive of each node, although a dominant hub may exist. A networks major LOCs are more extensive than those in a satellite pattern and take a rectangular rather than convergent form. The linear pattern is the most frequent pattern resulting from stringing minor hubs along a confined natural terrain corridor such as an elongated valley. It can also result from one spoke of a satellite pattern or a connection between the hubs of a network pattern. The segment or pie slice pattern may occur as a subset of either the satellite or network patterns, or within a major hub. Splitting of an urban area by dominant natural features such as a river or by man-made features such as roads, railways, or canal characterizes the segment or slice pattern.
Step 5, Pattern Effects. Describe the pattern effects on both friendly and enemy forces. The building and street pattern and urban pattern may have one of three effects on a large military force (based on the type of friendly or enemy force): blocking, funnel-fan, or funnel effects.
In the blocking effect, the hub often has the effect of almost completely blocking an operation. The funnel-fan effect occurs when a hub is between terrain features unsuitable for the operation. Forces tend to funnel (and lose momentum) as they enter into the urban hub and fan back out when they reach the other side of the hub. In the third type of effect, the funnel effect will normally occur when forces encounter a linear pattern and forces cannot immediately fan out.
Step 6, Military Aspects of the Terrain. Analyze the military aspects of the terrain in accordance with FM 34-130. It discusses observation and fields of fire, concealment and cover, obstacles, key terrain, and avenues of approach (OCOKA).
Step 7, Mobility Corridors. Perform a detailed analysis of general mobility corridors and avenues of approach. Specify each corridor as either subterranean level, ground- level, building level, above ground level (e.g., overpasses, elevated walk-ways), or air level.
Step 8, Other Significant Characteristics. Analyze the other significant characteristics of the environment as stated in FM 34-130. These characteristics can include current issues, the local historical perspective, weather, population demographics (e.g., ethnic and cultural groups, religious groups, language, literacy, age distribution), government and political or socioeconomic factors (e.g., roles of clans, tribes, organized crime, gangs), infrastructure (e.g., telecommunications, and electrical lines), and economic data.
When using the framework, the analyst must realize that these considerations are part of Step 2 of the IPB process: describe the battlefield environment. Analysis using this framework can usually finish well before the military decision-making process starts for the operation. The analysts must still complete steps 1 through 4 of the IPB process as described in FM 34-130. The framework provided should be seen as solely an up front analytical tool applied to the very specific demands of the MOUT environment.
The MOUT Environment Worksheet
As a tool to help analysts use the framework the MOUT environment worksheet (see Figure 2) allows the analysts to quickly capture (in text format) some of their analysis. Analysts also need to produce many graphic products to integrate their analyses of the environment with the other steps of IPB.
Analysis of the MOUT environment is a complex task even when working in less than a major urban area. Use of this framework and worksheet checklist will greatly facilitate the IPB process by focusing analysts and helping them develop a quick but comprehensive picture of the environment. As we in the Doctrine Division grapple with this issue, we need your input. If you want to provide input on this topic feel free to contact Mr. Ley at commercial (520) 538-0979, DSN 879-0979, or via E-mail at [email protected] Additionally, watch for the initial draft of FM 34-130 on our web page (http://22.214.171.124/Doctrine/ dlb.htm) this spring.
Mr. Mike Ley is currently a doctrine writer at the U.S. Army Intelligence Center. Mr. Ley retired from the Army in 1990. While on active duty, he served two tours as an military advisor in the Republic of Vietnam. He also served as a Polish linguist at Field Station Berlin. He was the Operations Officer for the 265th Army Security Agency (ASA) Company and was the S2 for 2/503d Infantry Battalion at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He also served as the Operational Test Officer, Intelligence and Security Board, and Independent Evaluator, Combat Developments Directorate, at Fort Huachuca. He was also the Collection Management Liaison Officer for the Third Republic of Korea (ROK) Army and later worked as a software test engineer on the All-Source Analysis System (ASAS) and on TRWs Hunter UAV project. He is a graduate of Ohio University, Athens , with a degree in cartography. Mr. Ley is currently updating FM 34-3, Intelligence Analysis and Synthesis, and FM 34-130, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield.


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It was in the Mail a couple of days ago that Smudge might be signing for MK Dons, but I thought it was just another rumour.
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"The best learning begins with a good worksheet."
September 6th, 2010 by Dan Meyer
I wrote that. In all sincerity. On June 8, 2004. In an essay for my credentialing school entitled — of all things — "How Students Learn Math."
This gobsmacked, gross-feeling moment is what I get for digitally cataloging every essay, handout, and lesson I have written since high school.
I am grateful, I suppose, that it only took me six years to go from "the best learning begins with a good worksheet" to the kind of instructional design that — for whatever good it does my students — has me excited to wake up in the morning, has me constantly double-checking my front pocket for a camera, has me excited to walk around and encounter math in my daily life. I'm grateful because I'm positive there exists another timeline, equally plausible to this one, where I'm still that enthusiastic about worksheets after six years, or ten years. Or an entire career. I hear that happens.
I'll speculate twice here:
- I don't think any of the other ten members of my UC Davis cohort ever wrote anything as stupid as "the best learning begins with a good worksheet."
- I don't think any of the other ten members of my UC Davis cohort has failed as fast, as often, or as productively as I have in the six years since we graduated.
My first post at dy/dan was four years ago today.
I am extremely grateful to a lot of different folks who have patronized my work over those four years, folks like Chris Lehmann, who threw some shine on my assessment writing in my first week of blogging; folks like Kathy Sierra, Tim O'Reilly, Nat Torkington, and my other patrons at O'Reilly Media, but especially Nat, whose promotion on the Radar got my grocery line post moving, whose invitation onto the terrifying Ignite stage at OSCON 2009 got me introduced to Brian Fitzpatrick who helped me score a job at Google where I met Maggie Johnson who helped me get into Stanford. And a lot of other folks. Especially those who stuck around during those first two years when I was basically angry all the time. All six of you.
I have blogged behind password encryption for an audience of zero and, more recently, for an audience of 6,000 subscribers. Both kinds of blogging have worked certain wonders on my teaching practice.
I'll say this about the second kind — perhaps just as a reflection but perhaps also as a recommendation to those in the math edublogosphere who are working hard and picking up a lot of deserved press: use more readers as an excuse to fail faster, more often, and more productively.
The closer I track this blog to the theme "what I will do differently next time," the more I draw readers who introduce me to new ideas, who offer me their time and energy to field-test my latest harebrained schemes, readers who have helped me pinball quickly from failure to success.
For the last four years.
There are worse forms of professional development than blogging.
35 Responses to ""The best learning begins with a good worksheet.""
on 06 Sep 2010 at 5:50 am1 DavidC
There must have been forces at work outside of you that contributed to that mistake, right? It seems like a pretty common mistake. Are those forces still at work? What can we do about them?
on 06 Sep 2010 at 6:17 am2 Andy
*hides worksheets under desk*
on 06 Sep 2010 at 9:18 am3 Steve Da Catalyst
"What will I do differently next time is a good starting point," as I am wondering what to do now. Start a blog.
Our 100-student public high school (call it alternative) has come under the watchful eye of Debra Gist and the state regulators for having low test scores. We now have to have math classes in order to lift scores. Previously all math was through projects. And while we are cramming our 11th graders in an effort to improve NECAP scores we are very much interested in, long term, elevating Mathematics as an art form so students are, as you say, are engulfed in the mysterious, captivating, perplexity of it all. Math doesn't need to be relevant as long as it is inspiringly perplexing.
I operate under the premise that all humans are attracted to some for of problem. We want to puzzle, but we do not all gravitate toward the same puzzles. My work is also inspired by Paul Lockhart, author of A Mathematician's Lament. The scathing indictment of education (especially Math) I've read.
Lockhart ran a 3-day symposium of sorts in Prospect Park in Brooklyn in mid-August. I brought four students from Rhode Island and our principal time and we had a blast doing math in the park. There were people of all ages drawing lines, rectangles, taking apart locking puzzles, working with shapes, basically immersing themselves in some dimension of inspiring perplexity.
This is the culture we are hoping to build in our small school in Newport, RI. Here are some of our questions:
What is Math? What is Mathematics? What should students study, Mathematically speaking, and be expected to know upon graduation from high school? Should students be required to pass a test in order to graduate?
You get the drift. I have posted some thoughts in an effort to solicit wonderful ideas on what to do next.
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on 06 Sep 2010 at 10:26 am4 Tyler Stubenhofer
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I'd never heard of Paul Lockhart nor his Lament paper… reading it now with jaw dropped and head nodding YES over and over.
Thank you.
Four years is a HUGE milestone. I just realized that I've been going at it for three years, since I've started teaching. And that's largely thanks to you. I read your blog when I was on the search for a teaching job, and it was from reading you that I started blogging. Because I wanted to join in the conversation too! The conversations you were starting.
So CONGRATULATIONS.
You rock.
(And some good larnin' can start with a worksheet!)
@Andy, @Sam, nothing stupid at all about worksheets. What's stupid is believing "the best learning begins with — I can't even finish."
on 07 Sep 2010 at 2:16 am7 Robert Cosgrave
If you take a worksheet as a placeholder concept for lesson design/instructional design, you were correct. It seems much of your ethos is around generating compelling and engaging problems, and working through them in an engaging way. It's a way down the road from a good worksheet, but it is the same road.
on 07 Sep 2010 at 3:33 am8 Will Richardson
Sincere thanks for sharing your work here the last four years. (Said as I steel myself for another year of worksheet filled Friday folders coming home…)
Congratulations on going strong for four years, and for all the accolades that you've deservedly received. I know that all of your readers appreciate your thoughts, and look forward to even more.
I agree with Sam's parenthetical that worksheets can actually have a valuable role, insofar as they can provide structure to both students and teacher. I've often sensed from this blog a certain bias against scaffolding, or at least the explicit variety. Of course, even the most seemingly constructivist lesson is very structured; if it weren't, things would quickly spiral into chaos, and "let's see what we come up with" isn't a viable practical strategy in a standards-based classroom. Still, when you taught linear equations, say, certainly you knew exactly where you were going, and how you planned to get there, which is why you were likely very successful as a teacher. Which is to say: there was a worksheet. You just didn't print it.
It's worth remembering, Dan, that not everyone is where you are. Yet. In the next few years, we'll see more new and younger teachers than at any other time in recent history. Many of these teachers needs the structure of worksheets, of handouts, of the more "traditional" components of classroom instruction that are easy to bemoan retroactively.
Like many of your readers, I'm grateful for the role you're playing in helping experienced teachers stretch their limits, and see you as a clear leader in instructional design: the "how" of teaching. At the same time, please don't discount the efforts that others are making on the content side. People need different things, and I'm sure many of your readers–particularly the less experienced ones–need reminders from folks like you that, yes, it's a process. That, no, it doesn't happen all at once. And that there's no singular, identifiable and *right* way to do this. If worksheets help, let's just make sure that they're actually good.
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Hey, we all have to start somewhere. I'm just glad you started your blog so all of us experiencing this paradigm shift (I think I'm using the correct terminology, I am just a math teacher here) can experience it together and share our ideas and experiences. I don't know if this is what everyone else is experiencing but there are a lot of math teachers that are happy with what they've been doing in the classroom and don't want to change their ways. By blogging together I've been able to find this wonderful open and willing to share group of people that makes me feel like we aren't alone in our efforts to change how we assess and instruct students. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with us all!
Three points I wasn't trying to make that I inadvertently made:
1. Four years is a long time.
2. 6,000 is a lot of subscribers.
3. Worksheets suck.
Longevity and readership numbers are relative. Someone has always been blogging longer and for more readers than you. (Unless you're Will.) I've also gone to bat for worksheets (or at least against against worksheets) in the past.
Worksheets aren't stupid. The claim that "the best learning begins with a good worksheet" was stupid. (Again, "best.")
As long as we're here, though, I'll admit that worksheets impose stronger order on learning than I prefer now. They necessarily foreclose on certain lines of inquiry I'd rather not lose. They give students the idea that "the outcome of this problem is foretold and my task is to fill in blanks pre-determined by a grown up."
WCYDWT has it's own ordering principles and, true, we aren't leaving the floor open for just any line of inquiry. But the students are participating in the development of that order. (ie. "What question perplexes you here? What information do you need?") We also leave room for the stray observations that worksheets foreclose on. Students feel like they are bringing something of themselves to the problem.
To Karim's point that new teachers need a lot of different resources, I agree. Worksheets effectively narcotize a teacher, though. Enter quantity. Press print. Pass out. I speak from experience that it's pretty easy to remain in that stupor, and that worries me. I'm grateful for blogging, and for how much good four years of blogging transparently about my practice in front of an audience cultivated of critics and boosters did for me. Which was the only point I was trying to make.
Well put. It's definitely a balance. Personally, I think you can write worksheets that respect students' need to explore & come up with their own meaning, though invariably–and admittedly–there are always compromises. Likewise, I don't think the absence of worksheets is a bad thing. (Indeed, in the spirit of WCYDWT, we recently added a third type of lesson on Mathalicious: Skills, Applications and Shorts, the last of which does not include a handout and is much less pre-determined).
Of course, even with structured lessons, you can always start with the Big Question, e.g. "how big is a 42″ TV, really?," solicit questions, see how far you get…and then transition to the handout if & when things slow down. A friend used to say: "take as much time as you need in the next five minutes." It's your call how to set the timer.
That all said, Dan's point about stupor is spot-on, and applies equally to the teacher who hews to the textbook letter-by-letter, as it does to the teacher who comes up with an idea on the ride to school and wings it through first period. Ultimately, I imagine the goal of anyone authentically interested in improving things (which is to say, NOT Houghton-Mifflin) would find resonance in the quote below. The NYTimes' Sunday Magazine profiled Plumpy'Nut, a peanut paste hailed around the world as a sort-of silver bullet against starvation:
"We're trying to put ourselves out of business," said Salem, still brimming with optimism, after the trip. "That would be the best-case scenario."
(PS – Dan, I just copied your most recent post and converted it into a Mad Libs. Totally different the second time around!)
on 07 Sep 2010 at 8:10 am13 Christian Long
One of the finer posts (and follow-up comments by Dan himself) re: the life of a teacher + blogger I've read in a long time. Inspired by a 4-year anniversary, but inspiring much more. Thanks, Dan. For the mistake (I suppose), the ability to reflect, and the willingness (no, demand) to *fail* publicly. And to remind us to do the same.
on 07 Sep 2010 at 8:20 am14 Chris Lehmann
So happy to have been along for the ride. dy/dan is the first resource math teachers point out to new colleagues here at SLA. Your learning inspires ours. Thanks.
on 07 Sep 2010 at 7:07 pm15 monika hardy
i have to say… i've learned so much more from you here Dan – than the math. and i love the math.
but the class and tact and honesty and reflection and wisdom and push back and transparency you display with every post – is golden. that's pd for everyone… and for life.
thank you for that.
and also for the very cool mathematical thinking..
on 08 Sep 2010 at 4:52 pm16 Consumer Reviews
Happy fourth Blogaversary! I think we all look back at various pieces of work, and wonder what we were thinking. It is all part of the learning / growing process.
Kind regards.
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on 09 Sep 2010 at 11:37 am18 Colleen
I was a student of Paul's at UCSC- he passed along A Mathematician's Lament to me several years ago. It's incredible. Thank you for this blog- it's where I go when I need a kick in the butt. Unfortunately, after all the inspiration, I'm left trying to balance my own personal life on one side with this intense desire to come up with amazing problems like Dan. For now, I'll plagiarize. :)
on 09 Sep 2010 at 8:40 pm19 Kathy Clark Couey
"has failed as fast, as often, or as productively as I have" was my favorite part!!
Cheers Dan, and may we all be inspired to do the same!
on 09 Sep 2010 at 9:32 pm20 Darren Draper
Four years, Dan, great work.
Sorry for pissing you off so unexpectedly throughout the years. Sometimes when I speak (write) my mind, it doesn't go over well in some crowds. I believe in your post here you call that "failing faster, more often, and more productively."
I've been trying to call it "what I will do differently next time."
As a result, I'm learning that I've also become much more reserved online, measured in my words, attempting a constant gut-check on all that I write. Being imperfect, like we all are, I fumble a lot. However, I hope you understand how impressed I've been with your writing style, your willingness to share, and your ability to keep technology in check while endlessly weaving it throughout your instruction.
I highly doubt your students really know how good they've got it.
on 10 Sep 2010 at 12:31 pm21 David B. Cohen
I think I've been lurking and popping in and out for at least two, maybe three of those years. Left a comment here and there, but benefitted from every read. Congratulations!
on 10 Sep 2010 at 12:49 pm22 Scott McLeod
I remember that angry period. I had only been blogging about a month longer than you had. Was actually worried about you (not sure why!)…
So glad you've continued to write and share and provoke our thinking. Never thought I'd subscribe for so long to a guy who writes about teaching math but here I am years later…
Looking forward to much more from you in the years to come!
Ah. I get it now.
I knew you would.
on 12 Sep 2010 at 12:15 pm25 Will Emeny
Hi Dan
Many congratulations on the 4th blogging anniversary. It's plain to see what such a positive and large impact blogging has had on your own practice. To have your mistakes to learn from, in addition to our own is very valuable.
All the best for the next 4 years.
Hi Dan:
You're an enormous influence. Thank you. Used the 'How I met Your Mother' bit in my summer school section. It uplifted an otherwise dry five hours. Curiously, they didn't need clarification that the data was made-up. Of course it is, one girl said, no way you had ten girlfriends.
I am interested in your vitriol towards textbooks. Textbooks are created by experts in the field- a panel comprised of dozens and dozens of committed, educated professionals- many at the forefront of math education. While their design and layout is troubling (see dog, handkerchief) there are often excellent activities that provide structure around important concepts.
In other words, it's not all 3x + 12 = 9.
Sean: I am interested in your vitriol towards textbooks. Textbooks are created by experts in the field- a panel comprised of dozens and dozens of committed, educated professionals- many at the forefront of math education. While their design and layout is troubling (see dog, handkerchief) there are often excellent activities that provide structure around important concepts.
Sometimes textbooks present interesting problems in helpful ways. Too often, though, textbooks ask students to pseudo-solve pseudo-contexts. Which is to say, they present real-world problems where math only applies if you suspend your understanding of the real world and and students are supposed to solve them in this weird structured way that in no way resembles how real people (or real mathematicians) solve real problems.
If we were talking about one small-cap company, I'd probably lay off a little. But this a multi-billion dollar industry that defines pedagogy in the U.S. I don't think there's such a thing as too much scrutiny here.
Point taken.
Many textbooks present artificial (often comically bizarre) situations for systems . From your writings, I know this drives you mad. It does me, as well. Something like:
'You sell 400 tickets to the school production of 'My So Called Life.' You made $1700. Student tickets cost $2 and adult tickets cost $5. How many adult tickets did you sell? How many student tickets did you sell?'
First, why is this data meaningful? The short answer: it is not. But to assume that the student is not engaged in or cannot learn something algebraically meaningful is not true.
Second, there are dozens more creative ways of figuring this out than setting up a system of linear equations.
Let the students explore them! Provide them with a highly structured problem like this. Have them solve it in three ways. In six ways. Have them solve it in a way that their little sister would understand. Have them solve it in a way that would impress a math teacher. Have them solve it as if they were trying to explain it to their past selves.
And if you much teach systems, and you must use this problem, dig deeper into it. Do not make your students robots so that they recognize a problem-type, rather than a context. Persistently- annoyingly even- make them think about what each component of the problem represents. Engage the process and not the answer.
I do not like this problem. There is not a sillier, more contrived context. But, in fairness to you, how different is that from seconds gained or lost taking the stairs?
Good comments here, Sean.
Sean: First, why is this data meaningful? The short answer: it is not. But to assume that the student is not engaged in or cannot learn something algebraically meaningful is not true.
Sure. But whatever algebra the student learns must be balanced against the cost of using unreality to try to prove to students that math is used in reality. The cognitive dissonance is so dangerous I'd so much rather tell my students, "I have two numbers sealed in this envelope. They add up to 400. And when you double one number and add it to seven times the second, you get 1700."
If we really can't find a natural context for systems of equations, it does us no good to force an unnatural context.
I do not like this problem. There is not a sillier, more contrived context. But, in fairness to you, how different is that from seconds gained or lost taking the stairs?
I'm trying to figure out if you're talking about my escalator problem. I'm happy to explain the difference but only if I'm not misreading you here.
on 14 Sep 2010 at 6:14 pm30 Kevin
Your original statement was correct, but let me translate it:
"The best learning occurs through solving the right problems."
Problems are the fundamental unit of measurement from which all organization flows for math instruction. If you research top scoring countries, its not their method of instruction that has commonalities, its their problem design.
'I teach high school math. I sell a product to a market that doesn't want it but is forced by law to buy it.'
Your crowd is with you. You slay them with patient problem solving and minimalist digital design.
I know it was for comedy. But I'd like to deeper look at that statement, knowing full well that devil's advocate is just…ungrateful. I have literally pillaged your site for material and deeply admire your thoughtfulness.
But what you said about the students- It's not really true, is it? And neither is this propagated misconception that weepy films like 'Waiting for Superman' try to sell. It's either a) students are disengaged and hate math or b) students are heros tragically let down by unwise, avaricious adults.
Taught math for five years in NYC and Chicago. Never once would I describe my occasionally challenging populations as a market 'not wanting' the product I was selling but 'forced to buy it.'
I would even go so far as to label them 'desperate for a really good product but doubtful any teacher can provide it.'
It's these ideas that make people tilt their head and look at you teary-eyed when you tell them you teach math in the city. 'That's just so nice of you' or 'How do you do it? Isn't it dangerous?'
WCYDWT is creative and engaging. It is unlike anything I've taught. It is- and I love this- fascinating.
Your Feltron project write-up, though, troubled me. How much time was wasted while doing that if just over half even completed the assignment? How much time is wasted in WCYDWT in general? And don't come back with something like,' Ah, but the gains were ineffable. My precious students learned how to think…'
I don't want student gains best expressed through poetry. I want my students to know the difference between quadratic, exponential, and linear functions.
How do we do this? Simple strategies. Show them two different approaches to the same problem simultaneously. Spiral homework every night. Do not rely on discredited research like 'learning styles.'
I would like you to meet us in the middle, man.
But what you said about the students- It's not really true, is it?
It's true. Not of every student in the entire world, of course, but certainly true of the majority of my (as I noted in that presentation) remedial Algebra students.
I would even go so far as to label them 'desperate for a really good product but doubtful any teacher can provide it.'
Why are they "desperate?" Do your two different approaches and spiraled homework make them desperate to know more about mathematics?
I don't want student gains best expressed through poetry. I want my students to know the difference between quadratic, exponential, and linear functions.
My students out-performed and out-paced my department. Not the departmental average. The entire department.
I would like you to meet us in the middle, man.
It's this revolutionary: if a problem claims to be an application of math to the real world, let's make sure both the real world and the problem solving process of real people are accurately portrayed.
No one's winning any comparisons to John Dewey with that kind of pedagogy.
If I don't blog about assigning twenty problems of classwork or teaching trinomials with the box method, it's because that stuff is easy. Making them desperate for math, though, that's the real trick, innit?
Yes, that is the real trick, Dan, and I'm glad you're out there trying to make it a different world. Keep writing.
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The Four Chambers Serving the State's Four Largest Population Areas Support Bills Presented in Special Session
Today the Bredesen Administration is introducing two bills in a Special Session that would make much needed changes in education. The major chambers of commerce in Tennessee – the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, Knoxville Chamber, Greater Memphis Chamber, and Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce – all applaud the Governor's efforts in educational reform and fully support his proposals.
The first bill related to K-12 education is the "Tennessee First to the Top Act," which contemplates statutory changes needed to strengthen the Volunteer State's chances in the federal government's Race to the Top competition for education excellence. The Race to the Top funds could potentially bring up to $600 million to the State for innovation; the application is due January 19.
The second bill, the "Complete College Tennessee Act," makes common sense changes in the higher education system to improve degree completion rates and ensure a more skilled workforce. An example of these common sense changes is revising the higher education funding formula to take into account success and outcomes, including degree completion.
The Big Four Chambers are urging their members to contact state senators and state representatives as soon as possible to express support for the Governor's Race to the Top plan as introduced. Members are also being asked to urge legislators to resist the teachers unions' efforts to water down legislation with amendments that could hurt Tennessee's Race to the Top application. Finally, members are asked to express support for Governor Bredesen's Complete College Tennessee plan as introduced.
To read the Governor's office's briefing about the Tennessee Education Innovation Plan, click here.
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Facts speak for themselves. Companies can say and spin it any way that will make a buck. Press releases were issued with staunch statements to the public to gain the trust and attain pristine Brands. The public, at large, has little time to sift through these statements. They believe what's fed in snippets based on so-called authoritative sources. Enter the PR marketing machine.
In May of 2000, both Ziff-Davis* and Geek.com* reported by American Express (Ticker: AXP) PR spokesperson, Joanne Fisher, that adult web purchases could not be made on their card products. "There was an unacceptably high level of customer disputes. We worked with the industry, but the challenges remained, and we just decided it was no longer profitable or practical to work with this industry."
In April of 2007, The New York Times* did an expose on Peter Acworth, owner of Kink.com, again weaving the tale that American Express had a staunch anti-pornography policy. This former Jesuit priest, turned bondage webmaster, had a large subscriber base at $30 a pop & crack of the whip ... I mean, month.
The adult industry is incredibly profitable. It obviously generates such an incredible amount of revenue, that AmEx will issue their elite Black Card or Centurion card to porn site operators*.
In Toronto during July of 2008*, American Express major investor Warren Buffett is quoted `Or you can sell it to some porn shop operator, and he'll take the painting and he'll make the boobs a little bigger and he'll stick it up in the window, and some other guy will come along in a raincoat, and he'll buy it.' Methinks Buffett understands porn sells.
There has been a decade-and-a-half behavioral analysis of website traffic via a honeypot website, a domain poised as an adult website. The traffic study simply revealed corporate workers were surfing for BDSM and foot fetishes. Most of these corporations were contacted and questioned why the site was made available and not blocked. Only a single .edu responded directly and took appropriate action.
Every Internet-connected country had traffic to the site.
There was not a single penny, pound, euro or otherwise transacted. It was merely optimized and built to have the appearance of a porn site with fetish language understood in virtually every language. These terms were strategically placed and altered over the course of time to maintain top rankings. As a result, the site ranked consistently across multiple engines rendering first page results with zero advertising expense.
So why lie about it? What individual is going to phone or e-mail a customer representative to dispute charges about a call girl, an escort, a video or a night out on the town with a transgendered person and risk being labeled as a deviant or get caught? Very few.
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Clinton's U Turn Won't Mean China Gets A Free Ride
A controversial Washington rite of spring seems headed for extinction with President Clinton's expected decision to renew China's most-favored-nation (MFN) trade status. Ever since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, human-rights advocates and their backers in Congress have tried to force the White House to use its annual review of China's access to the U.S. market as a club to make the Beijing government treat its people better. But in a political about-face, aides say Clinton will no longer link trade to human rights, a change that puts U.S.-Chinese relations on a more stable footing.
Realizing that relations with China are too valuable to jeopardize over a single issue, Clinton is removing the source of greatest friction and mistrust in relations between Washington and Beijing. But that doesn't mean tensions will fade away. Instead of converging on one major focal point such as MFN, conflicts will be played out over a host of economic, security, and political issues.
For starters, U.S. officials are bracing for dollar-for-dollar retaliation from Beijing if Clinton imposes even token sanctions. Says a senior Administration official: "The Chinese don't play the game soft." That means U.S. business will lose some contracts, although the value will be small.
trade abuses. But decoupling MFN from human rights will let Clinton play hardball, too. Without having to worry that everything he says could prompt Congress to revoke China's trade status, the President can be more blunt about Beijing's dismal treatment of political prisoners, says Gerrit W. Gong, director of Asian studies at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington. Indeed, Clinton is expected to step up pressure on China to permit prison visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
At the same time, U.S. trade hawks will have more freedom to crack down on trade abuses. China's mounting trade surplus almost certainly will become a target of greater U.S. criticism. And officials already are planning to cite China as a "priority" violator of American intellectual property rights. "It's going to happen," vows a senior Administration official, who says there's no way China can make enough progress by a July 1 deadline to avoid censure. The move will immediately launch a formal investigation into Chinese piracy of software and recordings that could lead to curbs on China's exports to the U.S.
Washington also can be counted on to make it as tough as possible for China to gain entry to the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT). U.S. trade officials insist that Beijing must first reform its banking system, liberalize its financial markets, and publish its still-murky trade regulations. "The Chinese have a long way to go" before their economy acquires enough free-market characteristics to warrant GATT membership, says a senior U.S. official.
On the security front, the U.S. and China could tangle over the North Korean nuclear threat if Washington presses for sanctions on Pyongyang. Beijing opposes stiffer curbs. U.S. arms controllers hope also to revive talks with China aimed at extracting a firm pledge not to peddle advanced missile technology. That will be tough since China's leaders are still sore about sanctions Clinton imposed last summer for missile tech transfers to Pakistan.
Capitol Hill, which has been backpedaling furiously to delink MFN and human rights, may yet trigger tiffs with China over Taiwan and Hong Kong. Beijing is already doing a slow burn over legislation passed this spring that urges lifting restraints on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. The Administration opposes both that shift and the mounting congressional calls to upgrade relations with Taiwan. But the Chinese may not appreciate the distinction between the executive and legislative branches, and could complain about U.S. meddling in sensitive matters. Another potential dispute: Elections in Hong Kong next year could rekindle congressional pressure for democratic reforms in the British colony--which China would resent bitterly as it assumes control by 1997.
But barring another Tiananmen-like crackdown, U.S.-China relations seem headed for a level of maturity. No longer will the two sides roll the dice every year and put the very heart of their economic relationship in doubt. But a dramatically expanding U.S. economic, security, and diplomatic engagement with China will keep U.S. attention focused on the Middle Kingdom. That might just mean the Americans will pursue their own distinctive mix of self-interest and idealism with renewed vigor.


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Political Wisdom: A Sedate GOP Debate?
Contrary to expectations, few sparks flew at Thursday night's GOP debate in Iowa, unless you count Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's zinging former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for lobbying for Freddie Mac and for saying she got her facts wrong. After criticizing each other in their media interviews this week, Mr. Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were cordial.
In the end, all of the candidates – especially those in the second tier – left Sioux City Convention Center with something to feel good about themselves.
Aaron Blake at the Washington Post's The Fix offers three theories about the "Kumbaya debate."
1. Romney was happy to take a draw and fight their battle elsewhere. If the debates have shown us anything so far, it's that it's hard to out-debate Gingrich. He's got a smart/effective response for basically everything that's thrown at him; just look at this reference to Thomas Jefferson when Fox moderator Megyn Kelly pushed him Thursday on his plan to abolish the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
2. Romney knows that other people will do his dirty work for him.
3. Romney thinks Gingrich is already fading.
At the Atlantic, Molly Ball says Mrs. Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum have gotten a second look from Iowa voters.
These three are all fighting for the same sliver of the Iowa vote, and based on Thursday, those voters may be torn between them. Bachmann had one of her strongest performances, giving no quarter to Gingrich and getting into a heated scrap with Paul over whether military action against Iran ought to be considered a possibility. Perry, who is working hard to earn a second look after his disastrous late introduction, was firing on all cylinders, flogging his crowd-pleasing plan for a part-time Congress and, most memorably, comparing himself to Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow: "There are people that stood up and said…you know, he is not playing the game right. … I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses." It was an obviously canned line, but a memorable one. Santorum, who is a good technical debater but has a hard time hiding the edge of resentment in his voice, did well with an inspiring paean to "how we built America"; he also went after Romney for being, he alleged, too tolerant of judicially imposed gay marriage in Massachusetts, an attack that will be red meat for some hard-core Iowa social conservatives.
Joan Walsh at Salon.com writes that Texas Rep. Ron Paul was "the star of the show."
He had and maybe still has hateful views on race (Jon Chait lays it out here) as well as on choice. He cited "the Austrian economists" for predicting the housing bubble again during the debate. But it's absolutely bracing to hear his foreign policy views, especially on the day Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which also authorizes indefinite detention of civilians without trial, which President Obama has promised to sign.
As his rivals fought to be the most likely to declare war on Iran, Paul derided the conflict as "another Iraq coming, it's war propaganda going on," adding "We ought to use a little bit of diplomacy once in awhile." He also insisted "to declare war on 1.2 billion Muslims and say all Muslims are the same, this is dangerous talk…Why do we have to bomb so many countries?" These are the views that make Republicans insist he can't go anywhere in the primaries; it would be fun to see him prove them wrong.
And at RedState.com, Erick Ericson offered applause all around.
But Michele Bachmann got to Newt. She got the better of him on the issue of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and he treated her so dismissively on the issue of abortion I expect it to really hurt him more with women.
Rick Perry has shown tremendous improvement. He got few questions, but each question he got he took the opportunity to hit a home run. His campaign has to be pleased…
Oddly enough, I think one of the best answers of the night came from Jon Huntsman. He was asked about not signing the taxpayer pledge and his answer was basically, "I'm not playing your game." It is refreshing to see a candidate who really just doesn't seem to give a darn about the way others expect him to play the game. Truth be told, we really do put candidates through a dog and pony show and Huntsman seems to not suffer the fools who want him to go through the dog and pony show. I can respect that. Of course that might also be why he is polling so low.


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Development Camp Fans Weigh In
Monday, 07.19.2010 / 10:07 PM CT / Minnesota Wild | Features
By Nathan Eide - Special to Wild.com
Feature: Jason Zucker and his families
Feature: Bound By The Net
Scrimmage 2: Team White 3, Team Green 1
Wild TV: Sunday's Highlights
Wild TV: Palmer's Shootout Move
Jarod Palmer leaves everybody wondering, "Was that on purpose?"
Wild.com: Saturday's Recap
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A look at the highlights from prospects scrimmage including Jason Zuckers beautiful game winning goal
Wild TV: Saturday's Shootout
Wild.com: Prospects Roster
Wild.com: Scrimmage Boxscore
Feature: Literal Hockey Hotbeds
Feature: Hope for college FA's
Feature: Haula Hype
Feature: A Young Veteran
Kids pulling new jerseys over their heads, emblazoned with the new Tenth Anniversary patch. Others were scooping up jerseys with names like Wellman, Cullen and Clutterbuck on the back. Many were querying their parents about the young men who were likely just as anxious in the locker rooms, ready for the culmination of the weeklong camp.
It's not often you see this kind of excitement around a group of prospects taking part in a scrimmage on summer weekend afternoon, but this is the State of Hockey, and its captain just signed a long-term deal, meaning these kids would grow up following Mikko Koivu and his teammates for at least the next seven years.
This seemed like the perfect time to talk with many of these fans about the development camp, the Wild's offseason and the season to come. People were anxious to talk about Mikko's contract, who will replace Derek Boogaard as the big, tough hombre and what to expect from newcomers like Casey Wellman and Matt Cullen. Most importantly, they wanted to speculate about the potential of May hockey in St. Paul again.
James from St. Paul was looking forward to "getting to know the team, who we should pay attention to in the future and getting excited for the season with another year under the belt with the new system."
He wasn't the only one excited about the new season. Grant from Wayzata is "cautiously optimistic."
"It's nice to get a quality #2 center, he said of the Cullen signing. "But, I'd like to see what's going to happen with [Pierre-Marc] Bouchard and see if Guillaume Latendresse and Martin Havlat can work with Matt Cullen to provide a real scoring threat."
Mike, a season ticket holder from Columbia Heights, at his second day in a row of development camp scrimmages was interested in "comparing apples to apples."
"It's one thing to see these guys play against their junior or college opponents, but when you put them with other NHL prospects, you can really see who stands out amongst their peers," he said.
This idea of playing with guys in the same situation was heard elsewhere in the stands. An unidentified fan said, "I love seeing the college guys play these kids from juniors. It really shows that the NCAA game can develop some great talent."
He was right, since two of the four goals in Sunday's scrimmage came from Bemidji State's Matt Read and former Colorado College Tiger, Chad Rau. Of course, the most impressive goal of the day came on a remarkable shootout goal from Miami-Ohio grad, Jarod Palmer.
Many fans were talking about the college free agents, including quite a few University of Minnesota-Duluth fans, like Donna Carpenter of St. Paul, who says that the Wild "should sign Justin Fontaine, but NOT until after April," she demanded, insinuating that she predicts a Bulldog appearance at Xcel Energy Center in April. "Make sure they understand that. After April!"
Other fans were excited about the prospect of seeing a bit more of the team's free agent signees like Nate Prosser and Casey Wellman. In fact, Kevin Shafer of Blaine went so far as to call the University of Massachusetts to purchase a game-worn Wellman jersey, which he proudly wore on Sunday.
"I'm just looking forward to seeing Wellman on the ice, seeing if he can show some poise," he said. "I think he adds a lot of depth and will hopefully help get the Wild into the playoffs."
Goaltender Dennis Endras, who was spectacular on Sunday in not allowing a goal in 30 minutes, was another hot topic.
Erik from Brooklyn Park was at the season ticket holder scrimmage on Saturday because he wanted "to see if [Dennis] Endras was as good as the team made him sound. Yesterday he looked so NHL-ready. You can tell he was playing in a professional league in Germany. Nothing seems to faze him."
Speaking of playoffs, many fans were discussing the possibility.
Beth from Stillwater had plenty to say in her positive outlook.
"I think with another season in the books, 12 more months of learning the new system, [Chuck] Fletcher and [Todd] Richards getting more of their guys in place, this team will definitely push hard at a home ice playoff spot, but the rest of the West got better too. It should be a great season, and I can't wait for October."
Erik was a little more philosophical.
"I think the Wild will definitely have a stronger start to the season, but with the moves made by Vancouver and others, who knows what that means in the long-run?" he wondered. That said, it's nice to see some of the moves to replace fighters with guys who take a regular shift like [Eric] Nystrom and [Brad] Staubitz."
Of course the biggest move this offseason happened just days earlier with the seven year extension signed by Koivu. One might think that was going to be the major topic of discussion. In reality, people were mentioning everything from "drafting mini-Mikko [Mikael Granlund]" to "bringing in top European talent like [Johan] Larsson and Endras" to "addition by subtraction" and "being able to roll four lines," or "reaching out to the college ranks." No matter what specific prospect or draftee or free agent caught the attention of a fan, one thing was certain; everyone was just happy to have hockey back in St. Paul.
Young Wild fan, Tyler from Eden Prairie (age 9), said it best when he said (between mouthfuls of popcorn) "The Wild are gonna win!"
Whether or not he was talking Sunday's scrimmage (which was in fact won by "the Wild"), or if he thought the Wild would win the Stanley Cup, but he sure was pumped up. Maybe it was the Coke and popcorn talking, but either way, October is closer than you think, and opening day brings out the excited nine year old in all of us.
For more from Eide and the Wild fan's perspective, check out www.hockeywilderness.com


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The Des Moines City Council will discuss the possibility of the Des Moines Social Club or West End Salvage purchasing the downtown fire station on Monday's agenda, according to staff at the City Clerk Office. The June 25 meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m., with potential developers present to discuss the building's potential. Zachary Mannheimer, founder and executive director of the Social Club, is encouraging supporters to attend the meeting, which will be held at City Hall, 400 Robert D. Ray Drive.
To thank supporters, the DMSC has organized a free Sunday concert to "rally the troops." The show will be held at Wooly's, 502 E. Locust St., from 4:30-8 p.m. and will feature live music from Christopher the Conquered, Mumfords, Patrick Tape Fleming and Ladysoal, plus Rachel Glaza belly dancing and live art from Body by Svec and Van Holmgren.
Read more about the Des Moines Social Club's interest in the building here.


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I'm glad to hear that the cross-cultural crochet terms aren't throwing you off! That's great. But this chart is atrocious! Charts aren't difficult to read, but this one has to be one of the most confusing ones I've ever seen!
The main pattern looks like an 8-dc cluster (that has 4 dc, ch 2, 4 dc) in the center of the cluster below it. Then there's a double crochet between each 8-dc cluster, but what really confuses me are the dotted lines on the right side and what to do when you turn!! Based on the atrocious chart, it looks like after you make the last 8-dc cluster in a row, you single crochet in the last stitch. But that would seem to make the rows uneven on either end. So instead of doing a single crochet as last stitch on the row, dc in last stitch, turn your work, chain three (for first dc), and start with the 8-dc cluster in next cluster again?
Perhaps try this and see if it works.
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Haven't been on ham radio in few years I find it was time to get back into my old hobby. I recently picked up a Yaesu VX-5R triple band handheld on Ebay. I noticed that information was spread out across the internet on this older radio, so I thought I would consolidate it all in one spot not only to help myself for reference but to possibly help other hams out there who happen to have this radio or pick up one at a hamfest or on ebay.
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Last month, columnist Ross Douthat set off quite a controversy when he pointed out that civilizations rise and fall based on their birth rates. America, he said, owes our prosperity in part to our longstanding fertility—something which has declined in recent years, during the Great Recession.
But it isn't just economic: if data from the Pew Center holds true, Americans have simply decided that having children isn't as important as reaching their personal goals and achieving the quality of life they want. Even marriage, Douthat says, has been decoupled from procreation in the mind of average Americans.
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|Training discussion on anyone care to lend a hand, within the Bodybuilding Forum; thanks everyone for the help! i used to study kenpo constantly.. i actually quit at brown belt around the start ...
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thanks everyone for the help!
i used to study kenpo constantly.. i actually quit at brown belt around the start of the summer because my instructor just wanted money, i wasnt even learning anything anymore... after that i got really into sport martial arts, aka tricking, which is pretty much an aesthetic blend of kicks, flips and twists.. if youre curious about that and what it is i recommend checking out www.bilang.com
anyway, i was getting pretty good at that, and still kept working out at the gym, and i'd do a set of squats or something, and then do backflips. it was fun. longgg story short, i screwed up on a flip in my yard once, and ended up breaking my tibia, i just got out of the cast a month ago.. i still worked out upper body like.. hardcore, but broken leg = no leg workouts.. another problem i have with gaining weight is that i cant do legs for probably another two months, which makes it kind of difficult, so i'm trying to do the best i can while my leg finishes healing.
another thing i encountered today.. i went with 0311's advice and increased my eating regimen to pretty much what he posted..and i thought i was eating a lot before.. is it normal to feel like you just cant.. eat anymore? or is that unhealthy. today i went all out, maybe i did too much too soon or something?
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dam dude that trickz site was pretty cool. Obviously not much in the self defense department, but it looks really sweet.
I gotta say that you are dedicated as all hell, lifting upper with a broken lower. Thats some shit man, hold out for the next two months and your set homie.
I hate that too full feeling, I really cant help with that since even when i bulk, I still have to watch what I eat.
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If you can, you personally would not benefit from the "clean bulking" sticky. You have a fast metabolism, so you'd need a lot more calories than someone like me or Hardgain would. By the looks of things, you probably wouldn't gain hardly any fat. Brown rice, egg whites, ect. is by no means a bulking diet!!
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i'll agree that the 'clean' part of clean bulking he wont have to worry about so much 0311. But it is a good outline of how to eat, when to eat, and what macro's to have at each meal.
jappo, how do you train for trickz. I couldnt even imagine trying to perpare myself to do things like that. I am very interested in what you do and how you do it
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I don't like to blow smoke...so I'm not gonna pretend it's all that healthy but it is the price you have to pay if you want maximum results. Eating every two hours if you possibly can, which is common advice, is actually one of the keys to increasing your appetite.
Judging by what you look like right now, you are gonna be able to get away with a lot. So pay attention to all this information you are getting on how to eat. I, too, can't stress enough that most of you calories should be from real food.
However, for slim guys (I have weighed as low as 105, and have a resting weight of around 125) I advocate weight gain shakes as a way of getting those calories you need. Those times when you feel you just can't eat anymore but you still feel you haven't done enough your gonna be able to take in more liquid in the form of a shake.
Something with whey and maybe some slow proteins and probably maltodextrin as a carb. Now malto is high GI, I'm not saying go hog wild. The protein and maybe some olive oil or something thrown in should help also.
This will help increase your appetite over time, but I am talking only about those times when you just can't meat you caloric needs, NEVER as a meal replacer. Again, this should help increase your appetite, and you can eat even more real food as time goes on.
And of course, don't forget what 0311 said about some high GI carbs in your shake after your workouts.
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after the first couple days of hardcore food intake its getting a bit easier... and i have added the GI carbs in with the post workout shakes..
and the whole tricking thing.. you just gotta go out and try it. i had to grow some serious balls though, like i first tried it and was too afraid to try any cool things.. then like a year later i was like "well, im going to grow balls now" and landed backflips and some other things that day.. and you just work off of the basics.. i recommend reading some tutorials at www.trickstutorials.com if you wanna give it a shot, they help.
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After years and years of eating consistently like you are trying to do now, let me tell you that it will get easier to do as time passes. At first, I felt full all of the time. Now, if I don't eat at the 2 - 2.5 hr mark, I feel like I'm starving. You will get used to it but you have to keep the cals high, esp. given your metabolism.
You've got a great base to work with (I took a peek at your posted pics) so keep up the good work.
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Abstract— The current paper presents a novel texture-based method for detecting texts in images. A support vector machine (SVM) is used to analyze the textural properties of texts. No external texture feature extraction module is used; rather, the intensities of the raw pixels that make up the textural pattern are fed directly to the SVM, which works well even in high-dimensional spaces. Next, text regions are identified by applying a continuously adaptive mean shift algorithm (CAMSHIFT) to the results of the texture analysis. The combination of CAMSHIFT and SVMs produces both robust and efficient text detection, as time-consuming texture analyses for less relevant pixels are restricted, leaving only a small part of the input image to be texture-analyzed.

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Honda's defending World Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda RC213V) claimed an eighth win in eight races at the Dutch TT today, with team-mate Dani Pedrosa joining him on the podium to make a double celebration for the factory team, in a race made complicated by typically unsettled Assen weather.
Victory in the all-Honda Moto2 class was backed by first and second in an exciting Moto3 race ensuring every Dutch TT winner today was powered by Honda.
The 21-year-old Marquez had to conquer treacherously changeable conditions at the classic 4.542-km Assen circuit, where rain showers alternated with clear spells on a surface that dries quickly. It made tire tactics crucial, and dictated a mid-race change of bikes in the first flag-to-flag event this year.
Most riders started the 26-lapper on wet tires, and Marquez led a tentative field away for the first five laps, pursued by Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) on a track that was drying quickly.
At the end of lap six Marquez was the first into the pits to change to a bike with slick tires to suit the changed conditions, followed directly by Dovizioso. But the Italian took over the lead as Marquez narrowly survived a slide on his out lap that took him off the track onto the run-off, losing four seconds on his rival.
Marquez was able to whittle away at the gap, finally catching and directly passing Dovizioso on lap 16. From there he was unchallenged to the end, and had enough time to spare to mime the actions of a swimmer over the line, lying on the tank of his class-leading RC213V Honda with his legs kicking out behind.
Former 125 and Moto2 World Champion Marquez is already the youngest ever World Champion, winning at his first attempt on the Repsol Honda last season. His eighth win in eight races is another significant boost to his ever-growing lead on points this year, now 72 points, with the season not yet halfway over.
Third place for a second successive race also boosted former 125cc and double 250cc champion Pedrosa's position. The experienced Repsol Honda RC213V rider is now equal on points for second overall with Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), who finished fifth today.
Pedrosa pitted for a bike change one lap after Marquez, having closed up on fast-starting pole qualifier Aleix Espargaro (Yamaha). They came out of the pits almost together, and were furiously engaged for much of the rest of the race, changing places a number of times, before Pedrosa managed to claim a decisive advantage with eight laps remaining.
The many pit stops and frequently changing fortunes made it a complicated race to follow for the huge crowd of 90,000; all the more so when rain started to fall again briefly after 12 laps, though it never amounted to a real shower.
The other Honda riders endured mixed fortunes as a result.
Former 125 champion Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini RC213V) recovered from a poor start to take seventh, among a to-and-fro group of five riders. German former Moto2 champion Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda RC213V) bounced back after slipping off on the sighting lap to finish tenth.
GO&FUN Honda Gresini RCV1000R rider Scott Redding was best of the four production-racer Hondas, built to new Open category rules, with 12th place. Czech racer Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing Honda RCV1000R) was 14th; but Drive M7 Aspar Honda RCV1000R team-mates Hiroshi Aoyama and Nicky Hayden were out of the points, crossing the line 16th and 17th respectively. Aoyama is a former 250cc World Champion, and Hayden the 2006 MotoGP champion, both on Hondas.
In Moto2 all riders are supplied with identical race-tuned Honda CBR600 engines to ensure reliable and closely matched racing. Conditions similar to or even worse than those in the premier class saw several different riders lead the race, only to slip off on a wet but drying surface.
This left victory to the oldest and most experienced rider in the class. Thirty-two-year-old Australian Anthony West (QMMF Racing Team Speed Up) had led the pursuit, and watched from a safe distance as early leaders Sam Lowes (Speed Up Speed Up) and Simone Corsi (NGM Forward Racing Kalex) paid the price of challenging the treacherous surface.
West's only other GP victory also came at Assen in wet conditions – in the 250cc class, eleven years ago.
He had to fight to the end to hold two challengers at bay, with Maverick Vinales (Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex) and Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex) both crossing the line within eight tenths of the leader.
Second Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex rider Luis Salom had been in this battle, but slipped off and remounted to claim a single point in 15th, two places behind the remounted Corsi.
French rider Johann Zarco (AirAsia Caterham Caterham-Suter) was fourth, Alex de Angelis (Tasca Racing Moto2 Suter) fifth, and Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter) sixth, separated by over seven seconds, with Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team Kalex) close behind in seventh.
Points leader Esteve Rabat (Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex) had started from pole, but had a difficult race after falling on the sighting lap and only able to make the start because it was delayed by the weather. He finished eighth after triumphing over Lorenzo Baldassarri (Gresini Moto2 Suter). Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex) completed the top ten.
Rabat's championship lead over Kallio shrank to 26 points, with Vinales another 22 behind.
Moto3, the first race of the day, was the only one to be dry throughout, and brought a first one-two finish for the new Honda NSF250RW, which is up against rival manufacturers in the keenly competitive category.
It was also a second win in succession for the younger of the Marquez brothers, Alex, who scored a decisive runaway at Barcelona two weeks before.
Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda) took over the lead on lap two, after pole starter Jack Miller (KTM) crashed out on the first corner. His only challenge came from team-mate Alex Rins, who caught and passed him at half distance, after Marquez had run wide and lost time.
Rins led briefly, but suffering from foot fractures sustained in Barcelona he wasn't able to sustain the pace – instead falling back into the hands of Miguel Oliveira (Mahindra). Rins ceded second to his rival for a game of cat-and-mouse, stalking to the end then pouncing under braking for the final corner to regain the position.
All six Moto3 Hondas finished in the points, with Alexis Masbou (Ongetta-Rivacold Honda) emerging triumphant from a fierce battle for fourth, at the head of a pack of six over the line within less than half a second.
Title contender Efren Vazquez (SaxoPrint-RTG Honda) was a close sixth, and team-mate John McPhee tenth, narrowly at the back of the group. Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Ongetta-AirAsia Honda) was 14th.
With Miller and championship second-place man Romano Fenati (KTM) both crashing out, Marquez's second win puts him equal on points with Fenati, and just seven behind Miller.
The next race is the German GP at Sachsenring in two weeks.
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|Andrea DOVIZIOSO (Ducati Team)
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|Scott REDDING (GO & FUN Honda Gresini)
|Jorge LORENZO (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)
|Karel ABRAHAM (Cardion AB Motoracing)
|Danilo PETRUCCI (IodaRacing Project)
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|Maverick VIÑALES (Paginas Amarillas HP 40)
|Mika KALLIO (Marc VDS Racing Team)
|Johann ZARCO (AirAsia Caterham)
|Alex DE ANGELIS (Tasca Racing Moto2)
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|Julian SIMON (Italtrans Racing Team)
|Esteve RABAT (Marc VDS Racing Team)
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|Gino REA (AGT REA Racing)
|Marcel SCHROTTER (Tech 3)
|Simone CORSI (NGM Forward Racing)
|Takaaki NAKAGAMI (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia)
|Luis SALOM (Paginas Amarillas HP 40)
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|Alex MARQUEZ (Estrella Galicia 0,0)
|Alex RINS (Estrella Galicia 0,0)
|Miguel OLIVEIRA (Mahindra Racing)
|Alexis MASBOU (Ongetta-Rivacold)
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Legendary Providence College track and cross country coach Ray Treacy and several accomplished high school coaches are among the 10 individuals who will be inducted into the R.I. Track Coaches Hall of Fame at the organization�s annual banquet, April 4 at 7 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick.
In addition to Treacy, who along with his women�s cross country team was recently honored by Words Unlimited following their victory at the NCAA Championship, this year�s inductees will include: Dave Wright, La Salle girls� track coach; John Marchand, Smithfield girls� cross country and track coach; Sue Carlson, Lincoln High girls� cross country and track coach; Joyce Bonner, Cumberland High girls� cross country and track coach; Bob Palazzo, Classical High boys� track coach and administrator; Charley Breagy, North Kingstown track coach and road race organizer; Annmarie Marino, Barrington High girls� cross country and track coach; Norm Bouthillier, Toll Gate High girls� track coach; and Anne Sullivan Hird, a Bay View Academy All-Stater in the 1970s, who went on to become a collegiate All-American and two-time American record holder (10 miles and 30K).
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