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What we watched: What we watched was the St. Louis Cardinals win a baseball game on the road 1-0. What we watched was the St. Louis Cardinals deserve to win a baseball game on the road 1-0.
What we watched was St. Louis Cardinal Chris Carpenter pitch to Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of a National League playoff series, just like Brian Wilson of the San Francisco Giants did last year.
What we watched was instead of Howard eyeballing the decisive pitch as it sailed past him for a season-ending strike call, he swung, hit the ball and crumpled to the ground injured halfway up the baseline.
What we watched was a grounder that a second baseman threw the ball to future Chicago Cub Albert Pujols for the out at first. What we watched was Carpenter, Pujols and their friends dance on the field.
What we watched was proof that baseball is fickle, which we already knew yet it always rattles us when we're on the ass-end of that capriciousness. What we watched verified the adage that the best team on any given night can win, even when all they can muster is one run in the top of the first inning.
What we watched were the high hopes of Philadelphia fans get snuffed out like used-up Pall Malls outside Passyunk Avenue taprooms. What we didn't watch were St. Louis fans's high hopes get crackered-up like nitrous victory balloons because that footage wasn't yet available.
What we watched was a sporting event that left someone in line to get Tased instead of videotaping someone else getting walloped by a 90mph fastball.
All that, that's what we watched and we're trying to be fine with all that. Except those of us getting Tased. Because those of us who will feel the sour sting of electrodes responded with a simple "." while those of us who will be delivering the sweet cracklin' of electrodes responded with an eloquent, "I don't want to do the tasering at all. Just like I tried to talk [him] out of the tattoo, I will try to talk him out of the tasing."
Most of all, what we watched was a great goddamn baseball game, even if that pockmarked jitbag Tony LaRussa gets to preen, posture and prance for at least a few more days.
And then we watched The Wiz episode of Seinfeld, but we couldn't even smile.
Maybe Front Row Amy's reverse cleavage move inspired the Brewers: "A pressure-packed Game 5. A great pitching duel between Yovani Gallardo and Ian Kennedy. A bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning and a piece of K-Rod magic. An Arizona comeback in the ninth inning against Milwaukee closer John Axford. But the Brewers had the last word as Nyjer Morgan singles home the winning run in the 10th inning to defeat the Diamondbacks, 3-2, at Miller Park. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] (H/T Lew)
Carpenter on the Brewers: "Well it's going to be a battle. Those guys can play, man. Those haves have some good starting pitching. They've got a really nice bullpen. Offensively they're really good. They've got two MVP candidates, never mind half the guys around Braun and Fielder. We've played a lot of games against them. It's going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be a good series." [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Ryan Howard should know more today about how badly he's hurt: "Rather than glancing back at the home-plate umpire in disbelief over a called third strike, Howard's season ended with him writhing in pain on the ground about 30 feet up the first-base line as he grounded out to second for the game's final out. Howard injured the Achilles tendon in his left foot. He is scheduled for an MRI. While the Cardinals celebrated in front of their dugout after Chris Carpenter outpitched Roy Halladay in a classic duel, Howard had to be helped to his feet and off the field. The immediate diagnosis was unclear. 'They took him back in the training room for the doctor to see him," Manuel said. "He twisted his ankle, or tore up his ankle. Don't know yet.'" [Philadelphia Inquirer]
At least Fresno State fans felt worse: "Boise State led 30-0 before Fresno State (2-4) even crossed midfield, and it took a 43-0 lead early in the third quarter on Doug Martin's 1-yard run to extend a run of 104 straight points against the Bulldogs." [AP]
Oh look, the guy the Flyers got rid of did something good: "The Kings' expectations soared when the team acquired center Mike Richards from Philadelphia in June. L.A. has reason for more optimism after his impressive debut Friday. Richards scored the tying goal and set up the winner as the Kings opened the season with a 3-2 overtime victory over the New York Rangers at the Ericsson Globe arena in Stockholm." [LA Times]
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It was Marcus Camby's cousin's weed!: "'For the record, my client did not possess any marijuana,' Randall Novak, Attorney for Camby said when contacted by the Journal. 'The Pearland Police did a great job. In Texas, possession of marijuana is not tolerated. But, in the end the legal process determined who possessed the marijuana and that person was convicted.'" [The Pearland Journal]
"Could he be intoxicated? Could he be sick?": "A former standout Greenon High School wrestler and state placer faces felony assault and drunken driving charges after he was captured on video fighting a Greene County Sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop." [WHIO TV]
Today's Soccer Viewing Recommendations: USMNT vs. Honduras at 6 p.m. eastern (Fox Soccer Channel)
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Lawyers for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who were found guilty of killing Knox's British roommate in Italy, have formally demanded that U.S. television channel Lifetime scrap a planned film about their trial.
Attornies Carlo Dalla Vedova and Luca Maori said Saturday they had sent letters to Lifetime warning they would go to U.S. court to try to sequester the film if it isn't canceled and a trailer removed from Lifetime's website.
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"Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy," which features "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere in the title role, is due to air Feb. 21.
There was no answer at Lifetime's New York offices Saturday.
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Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting and murdering Meredith Kercher in the apartment she shared with Knox in the central Italian city of Perugia. Kercher was stabbed to death the night of Nov. 1, 2007.
Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison; Sollecito 25 years. Both deny wrongdoing and their appeals trial is under way.
The film is based on the trial. A preview posted to Lifetime's website shows scenes from the run-up to the murder — including one split-second scene showing the actress playing Kercher, wearing a gray bra, being attacked by two men.
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In its 2009 ruling, the Perugia court said that on the night of the murder Knox and Sollecito were at the house with a fourth person, Rudy Hermann Guede, an Ivory Coast citizen who has also been convicted of murder in separate proceedings.
The court said Knox and Sollecito assisted Guede's sexual desire for Kercher, becoming her brutal assailants together with Guede and ultimately killing her when she resisted the advances.
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Already, the victim's father, Jon Kercher, has harshly criticized the re-enactment scenes as "absolutely horrific."
Knox's attorney Della Vedova said Saturday he had sent a warning Thursday to Lifetime to cancel the film and trailer, which on Saturday was not loading on the Lifetime website.
Sollecito's attorney Maori said the warning included a threat to go to court to sequester the film to ensure it wasn't aired. He said it presented scenes that were "beyond any logic" and hyped up to attract viewers.
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If I leave my home alone, untouched, it soon descends into disorder: dust collects, paint peals off, wood rots, and leaks form. To prevent this degradation I need to periodically dust, vacuum, paint, replace boards, and fix leaks.
Another way to phrase this is: I must put energy and materials into my home to create order.
Still another way of stating it is: when my home is a "closed system" disorder increases. By making my home an "open system" I can import energy and matter into it to add order.
These ideas of closed/open systems and order/disorder are very important.
Here's an excellent description of these ideas from the book The Origin of Wealth by Eric D. Beinhocker:
The universe itself is a system, and within that largest of all systems, one can define any number of smaller systems. For example, our planet is a system, as is your body, your house, or a bathtub full of water. A closed system is a system having no information flowing into or out of it. The universe itself is a closed system.
Energy might be converted into matter, and vice versa, and energy might be converted into different forms within the system, but the total amount is constant. In addition, the total disorder (entropy) in a closed system is always increasing to its maximum level, as order decays into disorder and the system eventually comes to rest.
The second type of system is an open system, with energy and matter flowing into and out of it. Such a system can use the energy and matter flowing through it to temporarily fight entropy and create order, structure, and patterns. Our planet, for example, is an open system; it sits in the middle of a river of energy streaming out from the sun. This flow of energy enables the creation of large, complex molecules, which in turn have enabled life, thus creating a biosphere that is teaming with order and complexity. Entropy has not gone away; things on the earth do break down and decay and all organisms eventually die. But the energy from the sun is constantly powering the creation of new order. In open systems, there is a never-ending battle between energy-powered order creation and entropy-driven order destruction.
Nature's accounting rules are very strict, and there is a price to be paid when order is created in an open system. For order to be created in one part of the universe, order must be destroyed somewhere else, because the net effect must always be increasing entropy (decreasing order). Thus, as the sun powers order creation on earth, all of that life and activity creates heat, which is radiated back into space. The heat has a randomizing effect wherever it ends up, thereby increasing entropy. The earth thus imports energy and exports entropy.
Closed systems always have a predictable end state. Although they might do unpredictable things along the way, they always, eventually, head toward maximum entropy equilibrium (at rest, unchanging). Open systems are much more complicated. Sometimes they can be in a stable, equilibrium-like state, or they can exhibit very complex and unpredictable behavior patterns that are far from equilibrium. [Example, sometimes my home is in a steady, unchanging condition. Sometimes I let it go and it becomes very messy. Sometimes I get motivated and get it in spotless shape.] In an open system there may be patterns such as exponential growth, radical collapse, or oscillations. As long as an open system has free energy, it may be impossible to predict its ultimate end state or whether it will ever reach an end state.


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The Grade III Arlington Matron and the $125,000 Arlington Classic, both longtime fixtures at Chicago's premier Thoroughbred oval, will share top billing on Saturday, May 26. Stone Farm, John Adger, Oak Crest Farm & Mike Stidham's Upperline headlines the Arlington Matron and Grade II Mark Bacon & Diane Wells' Silver Max prominent among the sophomores entered in the Arlington Classic.
Upperline, winner of the Grade III Arlington Oaks over this course and surface in 2010, returns to Arlington off a victorious run in the Grade III Bewitch Stakes over the Keeneland turf course last month. The 5-year-old daughter of Maria's Mon, who finished fourth in this race last year, has had other successes on synthetic surfaces including a score last summer in the $100,000 Trillium at Woodbine. James Graham will ride the Mike Stidham-trained mare.
Maple Lane Farm LLC's Ariana D comes out of a third-place finish in the Grade I Madison at Keeneland in April in her 2012 debut. The Andrew McKeever-trained daughter of Rock Slide won just once last year but that was in the $100,000 Avowal over Woodbine's Polytrack. The 6-year-old mare is consistently around the money as she has finished in the top three in 20 of 27 trips to the post. Willie Martinez is named to ride.
Five D Thoroughbreds and Wind River Stables' Kathmanblu; Tracy Farmer's La Gran Bailadora; and Green Lantern Stables LLC's Sea Level Drive all exit the Grade III Doubledogdare having finished second, third and fourth respectively in that mile and a sixteenth race over Keeneland's Polytrack.
La Gran Bailadora ran second in this race last year while Kathmanblu captured the Grade III Rachel Alexandra Stakes at the Fair Grounds in 2011. Sea Level Drive is looking for her first win in stakes competition. Shaun Bridgmohan is slated for the tack for La Gran Bailadora, Corey Lanerie has the call to ride Kathmanblu and Rosemary Homeister Jr. gets the nod astride Sea Level Drive.
Completing the field for the Matron are: the Estate of Gail Gee, Mark Hoffman & Earl Trostrud's Hooh Why (Francisco Torres), a Grade I winner as a 3-year-old who has captured her last two races against easier company on turf at Tampa Bay Downs; and Olympia Star Inc.'s Hemera (Florent Geroux), fourth in an Arlington Park allowance race on May 4.
In the Arlington Classic¸ a mile and a sixteenth turf race which serves as the first leg of Arlington's Mid-America Triple that continues July 14 with the Grade III American Derby and concludes with the Grade I Secretariat Stakes on Aug. 18, attracted a field of 10 sophomores topped by Grade II American Turf winner Silver Max.
The Dale Romans trainee is four-for-four this year on turf. In addition to the American Turf victory at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Oaks Day May 4, the son of Badge of Silver captured the Grade III Transylvania at Keeneland in April. Shaun Bridgmohan will ride.
Charles and Scott Heider & Michael Dahir's Monastic gets another chance after a fourth-place finish as the 2-1 favorite in the Transylvania. In his only other start of 2012, the Tom Proctor-trained son of Rock Hard Ten ran third in an open allowance race at Tampa Bay Downs in March. A victor over the Churchill Downs turf course last fall, Monastic will be ridden Saturday by Shane Sellers.
Raut LLC's Hero of Order, a 109-1 upset winner in the Grade II Louisiana Derby, will try the turf for the first time since finishing fourth in the $75,000 Black Gold at the Fair Grounds. Since winning the Louisiana Derby, the son of Sharp Humor ran last of 13 in the Grade I Toyota Blue Grass Stakes over Keeneland's Polytrack and then ran fifth against older rivals in a second-level allowance race here two weeks ago. Trained by Gennadi Dorochenko, he will be ridden Saturday by Quincy Hamilton.
Trainer Tim Ice sends out a pair in No Spin and Slamit, both of which run for Black Gold Racing. The former is a stakes winner on turf having captured the $60,000 Royal Glint at Hawthorne last fall while the latter, a victor in the $50,000 Spring Stakes at Sam Houston, will be making his grass debut. Channing Hill gets the call aboard No Spin while Rosemary Homeister Jr. will ride Slamit.
Shadwell Stable's Najjaar makes his turf debut in Saturday's Classic after racing on the Triple Crown trail earlier this year, finishing sixth in the Grade II Rebel and seventh in the Grade I Arkansas Derby. James Graham gets the riding assignment.
Completing the field for the Classic are: Jim Tafel LLC's All Stormy (Florent Geroux); Manganaro LLC & Woodford Racing LLC's Street Serenade (Willie Martinez); and Kendel Standlee & Richard Schultz's North of Never (Francisco Torres).


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Government and opposition delegations discussed aid and prisoner releases during a morning session in Geneva which had aimed to build some kind of trust between the sides who are implacably at odds over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
However, they disputed even the basic facts, and the opposition delegate told Reuters that international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi met the two parties separately later in the day. These sessions would prepare for the more contentious political talks on Monday on the 2012 "Geneva 1" accord, the delegate, Ahmad Ramadan, told Reuters.
Geneva 1 called for the establishment of a transitional governing body in Syria by mutual consent. The opposition says that means Assad must go, a demand the government has dismissed out of hand, adding to pessimism over whether the Geneva talks can make much progress on ending the civil war.
Following the first face-to-face talks on Saturday and Sunday morning, Ramadan said the government side had yet to respond to opposition demands to release thousands of prisoners taken during almost three years of conflict and to allow humanitarian aid into the city of Homs.
"It has been decided that there will be two preparatory separate sessions in the afternoon for Geneva 1 talks tomorrow," he said. "These sessions will be about political negotiations and about the agenda of implementing Geneva 1 with all its articles so that we can start talks tomorrow."
Another opposition delegate confirmed Ramadan's comments.
Russia, one of the talks' sponsors, had said any agreement on easing the humanitarian crisis would help to improve the atmosphere in Geneva, but acknowledged that positions were polarised, emotions were on edge and the situation remained extremely grave.
Underlining the immense difficulty of implementing even local agreements on the ground, a U.N. agency trying to deliver aid to a besieged district of Damascus said state checkpoint officials had hampered its work, despite government assurances it would allow the distributions.
In Geneva opposition figures said they presented a list of 47,000 detainees whose release they are seeking, as well as 2,500 women and children whose freedom they say is a priority.
They also wanted the government to allow aid into the rebel-held centre of Homs, besieged by Assad's forces for 18 months, where the opposition says 500 families urgently need food and medicine.
However, Damascus denied having even got the list. Syrian TV cited a government source as saying Damascus was ready to release any civilians "but the coalition of what is known as the opposition has refrained from presenting a list".
Homs was one of the early centres of protest against Assad's rule which erupted in 2011 before Syria slid into civil war. Since the start of the crisis more than 130,000 people have been killed, two million have become refugees and around half the country needs aid, the United Nations says.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier he hoped the talks could be conducted in a more business-like manner after the two sides exchanged bitter recriminations during a preliminary day of speeches last Wednesday.
In an interview with NTV television, he called for progress on aid, unblocking besieged areas and prisoner exchanges.
"All this would strengthen trust and affect the atmosphere at the talks in Geneva. Beyond this it is very difficult to make guesses; the situation is extremely grave, positions are polarised, emotions are on the edge," he said in comments posted on the Foreign Ministry's web site.
Humanitarian efforts in Syria have been hindered by fighting and by combatants on both sides, who often try to block deliveries to areas held by their opponents.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) complained about problems in delivering deliver food and other aid to Yarmouk, a district of Damascus that is home to impoverished Syrians and Palestinians despite government assurances.
"The agency is extremely disappointed that - at this point - the assurances given by authorities have not been backed by action on the ground to facilitate regular, rapid entry into Yarmouk," spokesman Chris Gunness said.
Faced with finding common ground between two intractably opposed parties, Brahimi had dedicated the first two days of talks to humanitarian issues, hoping to create a platform on which to build the far tougher political talks. He plans to start addressing on Monday what he has called the core issue of the talks - implementing the June 2012 accord.
Brahimi described Saturday's sessions as a good beginning but conceded that little progress was achieved, and government delegates took issue with his strategy of addressing specific issues instead of the overall conflict.
"The other side came here to discuss a small problem here or there. We came to discuss the future of Syria," presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban said outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, where the two sides have held indirect talks - gathered in the same room across two sides of a U-shaped table, but addressing their remarks through Brahimi.
"We did not come here to bring relief to a region here or a region there. We came here to restore safety and security to our country," she told reporters.
Shaaban said the government would not veto any topic and was ready to discuss the 2012 Geneva accord, but that "doesn't mean every word of Geneva is sacred".
The statement was issued 18 months ago under very different circumstances, Shaaban said, also accusing the opposition of focusing exclusively on demands for a transfer of power and ignoring its call for an end to violence.
"Geneva is not the Koran, it's not the Gospel," she told reporters. "Geneva was issued in June 2012. We are now January 26, 2014. The ground has changed. We change according to what this reality requires."
In the summer of 2012 rebel forces took control of much of Aleppo, Syria's biggest city, and were challenging Assad's forces on the edge of Damascus. Since then, backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Iranian military commanders, Assad's forces have halted the rebel advances and consolidated control over the centre of the country, although there is little sign of them retaking swaths of rebel-held territory in the east.
Syrian Information Minister Omran Zoabi said there was no chance of Assad surrendering power. "If anybody thinks or believes that there is a possibility for what is called the stepping down of President Bashar al-Assad, they live in a mythical world and let them stay in Alice in Wonderland."
Profound mutual mistrust and the absence from Geneva of powerful Islamist opposition groups make any substantial progress very difficult, and previous aid deals and ceasefires in Syria have proved short-lived.
There are now hundreds of rebel groups across the country, including hardline Islamists and al Qaeda-linked militants. Few pay heed to the opposition in exile and the powerful Islamic Front has said negotiators who return from Geneva without having assured Assad's downfall will be treated as traitors.
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>>All of my Moldavite comes from Heaven and Earth Jewelry and is guaranteed to be 100% genuine. Moldavite is easily faked as it is Natural Glass formed from the fire of a meteorite hitting the Earth. This piece is retailed for $110.
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>>Moldavite is the product of a meteorite collision with Earth nearly 15 million years ago.
>>Moldavite is a tektite, and a stone of intense frequency and high vibration.
>>In ancient times it was thought to be a mystical stone that could bring good luck and fulfillment of wishes.
>>These natural green crystals are powerful stones for transformation, as it is thought to be the stone known as "The Holy Grail Stone."
>>It is an amazing crystal to create change in your life, and is one of the best stones to use for psychic protection, as negative entities find it difficult to connect to your aura when you are wearing it.
>>Where Is It From?
This crystal is found in only one area of the world, and the meaning of the name Moldavite relates to the Moldau River in Czechoslovakia.
A meteorite of enormous size and incredible impact is known to have crashed in the Czechoslovakian mountain region around 15 million years ago. This event is believed to have created melted material that fell to earth and created these beautiful green crystals.
>>Use For Meditation... Highly Protective
Using this stone in meditation is very powerful if you are working on developing psychic abilities.
>>One of its best assets is that it is a protective stone.
>>Wearing this stone is an advantage when you are working with spirit, so you can be sure that what you are making contact with is of 'the light'.
>>Change and spiritual healing are the common elements that this powerful natural crystal stimulates amongst most people.
>>This may take different forms, as this beautiful green stone can affect any or all of the chakras but it major effect is on the heart chakra, which resonates the vibration of love.
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If you have a technique that works; you should not change it. How I teach customers on the internet and in my store is to use their internal law of attraction guidance. Just like we are attracted to people and animals; you will be attracted to crystals. I do realize that we also draw lessons with law of attraction when dealing with humans lol.
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I have a question regarding posting pictures in the CC fora: is it OK to post pics that one has posted elsewhere? I posted pictures of a modification to the Dragon Mountain set as well as some MOC'ed Lord of the Rings minifigures over at Eurobricks. Is it OK with you if I also post them in the CC fora?
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Mathematical Concepts Lesson Plan: Lure of the Labyrinth Employee Lounge
In this Lure of the Labyrinth Employee Lounge lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6 through 8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore mathematical concepts. They will describe, represent, and apply numbers using mental strategies, paper/pencil and technology through an online game. Students will also evaluate algebraic expressions.
Students will:
- Describe, represent, and apply numbers using mental strategies, paper/pencil or technolog
- Evaluate algebraic expressions.
- LCD projector and interactive whiteboard (if available)
- Individual computers for students to use
- Internet access for BrainPOP
- Pencils, paper, and rulers
- Class set of photocopies for the Graphic Organizer and Activities and Clue Cards
Preparation:Familiarize yourself with the game, which can be used to teach and reinforce an understanding of algebraic expressions. In this game, your monster boss desires a snack and you need to figure out how much items cost in the vending machine. Players must use varied combinations of coins to obtain items from a vending machine. The puzzle has two distinct parts, or phases, that follow each other in sequence. In the first phase, the player moves three coins, one at a time, from the stacks of coins and places them into the three coin slots on the machine. If the sum of the three coins equals the price of an item in the machine, the machine dispenses the snack. Players can also intuit the value of their coins by looking at the equations each combination equals. You can check out the Introducing Labyrinth to Your Students page for tips on setting the stage and expectations for game play with your students. The Lure of the Labyrinth page produced by Maryland Public Television also provides game overviews, additional lesson plans (from which portions of this lesson plan were adapted), standards alignment, Graphic Organizers, and more
Lesson Procedure:
- Project the Equations with Variables movie topic page and challenge students to complete the Experiment as a warm-up activity.
- After students have had time to work on the Experiment, review it together.
- Then play the Equations with Variablesmovie. Turn on closed captioning to aid students in comprehension, and pause as needed to discuss.
- Introduce students to the game by projecting the Graphic Novel Page. Provide students with the Graphic Organizer to use during game play.
- Allow students to explore the game with a partner, using the graphic organizer for note-taking as they play. We suggest that students play in pairs to encourage thinking aloud and collaborating in order to problem solve.
- Bring the group back to a whole class discussion. Have students share strategies for figuring out the value of each coin.
- Challenge students to complete activity one and/or activity two from the Lure of the Labyrinth Lesson Plan. They can work with a partner to problem solve.
- Encourage students to create their own problems using the clue cards from the Lure of the Labyrinth Lesson Plan. Provide blank clue cards if desired for students to make their own clues.
- For homework, have students complete the Worksheet from BrainPOP's Equations With Variables topic.
- For additional assessment tools and extension activities, see the accompanying Lure of the Labyrinth Lesson Plan Plan.


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Appearing towards the end of the Renaissance period, primitive cufflinks were used for holding shirt cuffs together. The simple, bare design started to take a stylistic twist towards the mid-1600s. However it was the rip-roaring twenties that sent the cufflink on a popularity boom.
It was once believed that one should never buy their own set of cufflinks. That cufflinks were a gift meant to mark an extraordinary occasion. It was also used as a marker of class and wealth with metal, glass, and even diamond designs. Now a days cufflinks still make a remarkable gift but are more common placed. They still make high fashion, but instead of royalty they are the standard for the modern gentleman.
From Disney characters sporting animated cufflinks to James Bond creating a legend in cufflinks, this little piece of fashion makes its mark. Cufflinks became a symbol of style, wealth, power, and poise. Women have now taken part in popularizing cufflinks with creative designs and delicate details.
The history of cufflinks ebbs and flows and popularity keeps on rising as celebrities, and others showcase eye-popping and spectacular designs of cufflinks. This art form of cufflinks is one hard to master. When purchasing your own set make sure to consider the design, color, and your other accessories.
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NEA President stops in Columbus during back-to-school tour
Van Roekel and others announce $550,000 service-learning grant
COLUMBUS - August 25, 2010 -
National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel stopped in Columbus, Ohio today as part of a five-day, seven-city, back-to-school tour. In addition to getting school staff energized about the upcoming school year, Van Roekel highlighted public school innovation, partnerships, and the importance of community and parental involvement. He was joined locally by Ohio Education Association (OEA) President Patricia Frost-Brooks and Columbus Education Association (CEA) President Rhonda Johnson and Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dr. Gene T. Harris.
"We know that great things are happening in public schools," said Van Roekel. "This is our chance to listen and figure out where and how these great ideas can be replicated. We will be using NEA's publications and websites to share successful strategies with our members, and we will also be tapping into our personal and Association connections and networks."
Van Roekel was joined by local and state education leaders on the first day of school at West High School, South Mifflin STEM Academy K-6 and Champion Middle School – a priority school that has received a $2.97 million School Improvement Grant.
"Back to school is a critical time of year for students and educators—and parents too," said OEA's Frost-Brooks. "When parents are engaged in their children's education, students are more motivated, they get better grades, and they are less likely to drop out."
"Everyone gets excited during back-to-school time, but we have to come up with creative yet practical ways to sustain that energy all year long," said NEA's Van Roekel. "We want parents involved throughout the school year and at every grade level."
At South Mifflin STEM Academy K-6, Van Roekel and local and state education leaders were joined by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Deborah Delisle in announcing a $550,000 service-learning grant from Learn and Serve America, a part of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the U.S. government agency that also houses AmeriCorps and Vista.
"This grant is a huge opportunity for Columbus that will result in teaching and learning opportunities for everyone," Van Roekel said. "Teachers will receive professional development to help them to create more effective hands-on learning opportunities for students. It's a win-win scenario."
NEA's partners in "Bringing Learning to Life" include the Columbus Education Association, the Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, Columbus City Schools, and the Ohio Education Association. They will work with community groups to restore schools to their traditional role as community hubs.
"To better prepare Ohio students for future careers and success, we are partnering with our communities, parents and teachers to provide innovative learning opportunities," Ohio Gov. Strickland said. "I'm very pleased to welcome the National Education Association to Ohio because they share our commitment to providing students with the right resources to encourage the critical thinking skills necessary for success beyond the classroom."
According to Van Roekel, the service projects that will come out of this grant also have the potential to engage more community members in students' learning. In addition, the NEA Foundation will have the opportunity to reapply for a third year of the grant and an additional $275,000.
"We look forward to seeing the work that comes out of this project," he said. "Our hope is that we will be able to replicate it in other places."
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STAGE TUBE: THE BATTERY'S DOWN Series Finale Part One
Musical web series "The Battery's Down" premiered its three-part Series Finale on December 1st at 11:00PM. Episode 16, "The Party's Over," which features original songs by Ryan Scott Oliver and Kirsten Guenther (Mrs. Sharp) and the Tony Award-winning Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal).
Writer and creator Jake Wilson stars in the series as a young performer who, along with his friends, navigates the world of showbiz in New York City and Los Angeles. Series regulars include Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Mary Poppins, Spelling Bee), Dani Spieler (Legally Blonde), Nina Sturtz (Vote! The Musical) andCortney Wolfson (Legally Blonde, Les Miserables). The series is directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher (Fat Camp), with musical supervision by Adam Wachter.
The finale featured new and past guest stars including Shoshana Bean (Wicked),Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("Modern Family," Spelling Bee), Sas Goldberg (Stunning), John Hill (The Boy From Oz), Laura Jordan (Cry-Baby), Kyle Dean Massey (Next to Normal),Julia Murney (Wicked), Ana Nogueira (Knives and Other Sharp Objects), Benj Pasekand Justin Paul (Edges), Vanessa Ray ("As The World Turns," Hair), Bobby Steggert(Ragtime), Toni Trucks ("Barbershop"), Ryan Watkinson (Hair), and Anneliese van DerPol ("That's So Raven," Vanities) as well as Joel T. Bauer, Landon Beard, Todd Buonopane, Tituss Burgess, Jennifer Cody, Adrien Finkel, Stephanie Gibson-Chase, Will Gibson-Chase, Deidre Goodwin, Jonathan Groff, Julie Halston, Kyle Harris, Ellen Harvey, Cheyenne Jackson, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Morgan Karr, Tyler Maynard,Marla Mindelle, Meghan Murphy, Kelli O'Hara, Dana Steingold, Mary Testa and Jessica Waxman.
"The Battery's Down" has premiered two complete seasons with original songs from Jeanine Tesori (Caroline, or Change, Violet) and Dick Scanlan (Everyday Rapture, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Glen Kelly (Young Frankenstein) and Lisa Lambert (The Drowsy Chaperone), Laurence O'Keefe (Legally Blonde, Bat Boy!), Benj Pasek andJustin Paul (Edges), David Kirshenbaum (Vanities), Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen(Burnt Part Boys), Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk (The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown), Michael Patrick Walker (Altar Boyz), Nick Blaemire (Glory Days) and more.
"The Battery's Down" made its online premiere February 1, 2008. To view the series, visit www.thebatterysdown.com
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Literacy-Rich Preschool Classrooms Key to Early Reading
Back when my kids were in preschool, I used to get a slight headache whenever I visited their classrooms because of the kaleidoscope of stuff that decorated the walls. From the letters of the alphabet to the poster of numbers and other colorful artwork, there was always something to look at and think about.
Those are some of the components that can make an early-learning classroom a literacy-rich environment, says John Funk, an early childhood expert who writes about the importance of creating such an environment on the Earlychildhood NEWS website.
Funk says that it's important to fill a preschool classroom with references to print. So, along with those alphabet charts, print labels should accompany visual and picture reminders about class rules and schedules in the classroom. And teachers should label "every part of the classroom from the doors to the sink." Even labels with children's names can be effective in teaching kids about print, he writes.
One interesting note: Funk says that those charts, labels, and other print items should be situated at eye level or lower for kids. Items posted above the child's line of sight are no longer learning tools—they're decorations, he says.
Some of his other ideas include:
Classroom libraries can be an important part of a literacy rich environment. Funk recommends that four books per child be available and that books be located in a number of places around the classroom. Listening centers with books on CD and their print copies also offer a fun way to expose kids to print and reading.
Writing centers can provide a way for preschoolers to develop fine motor skills and learn about print. These centers should provide lots of writing tools and different types of paper like newsprint and construction paper to help make writing fun, he says.
"Supporting literacy in the classroom is critical in the early years in helping children become literate individuals," Funk writes. "Good teachers continually ask themselves what more they can do to create a literacy-rich environment for their students."


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Another worthy report by Paul, I lean something from a different perspective every time I read his read report, enjoy:
Schedule for Week of December 6, 2020
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Essential Oil Monoterpenes
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• ]]>Colds and Flus]]>
Eucalyptus oil is a standard ingredient in cough drops and cough syrups, as well as oils added to humidifiers. A standardized combination of eucalyptus oil plus two other ]]>essential oils]]> has been studied for effectiveness in a variety of respiratory conditions. This combination therapy contains cineole from eucalyptus, d-limonene from citrus fruit, and alpha-pinene from pine. Because these oils are all in a chemical family called monoterpenes, the treatment is called "essential oil monoterpenes."
DIM also has complex interactions with the hormone estrogen, which could lead to either positive or negative effects on cancer risk.
Therapeutic Uses of Essential Oil Monoterpenes
Most, though not all, studies indicate that oral use of essential oil monoterpenes can help acute bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, and sinus infections. 2-7]]>
For example, a ]]>double-blind]]> , placebo-controlled trial of 676 people with ]]>acute bronchitis]]> found that 2 weeks treatment with essential oil monoterpenes was more effective than placebo and equally effective as antibiotic treatment for reducing symptoms and aiding recovery. ]]>5]]> Also, a 3-month, ]]>double-blind]]> , placebo-controlled trial of 246 people with chronic bronchitis found that regular use of essential oil monoterpenes helped prevent the typical worsening of ]]>chronic bronchitis]]> that occurs during the winter. ]]>4]]>
Additionally, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of about 300 people, use of essential oil monoterpenes improved symptoms of ]]>acute sinusitis]]> . ]]>2]]>
One study weakly indicates that essential oil monoterpenes may be helpful for colds in children. ]]>1]]>
Essential oil monoterpenes are thought to work by thinning mucus.
In studies, this essential oil combination was taken at a dose of 300 mg three to four times daily.
Safety Issues
Other than minor gastrointestinal complaints, no side effects have been reported with this essential oil combination. However, be advised that essential oils can be toxic if taken in excess. Maximum safe doses in young children, women who are pregnant or nursing, and individuals with severe liver or kidney disease have not been established.
1. Sengespeik HC, Zimmermann T, Peiske C, et al. Myrtol standardized in the treatment of acute and chronic respiratory infections in children. A multicenter post-marketing surveillance study. Arzneimittelforschung . 1998;48:990–994.
2. Federspil P, Wulkow R, Zimmermann T. Effects of standardized Myrtol in therapy of acute sinusitis—results of a double-blind, randomized multicenter study compared with placebo. Laryngorhinootologie . 1997;76:23–27.
3. Behrbohm H, Kaschke O, Sydow K. Effect of the phytogenic secretolytic drug Gelomyrtol forte on mucociliary clearance of the maxillary sinus. Laryngorhinootologie . 1995;74:733–737.
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Location and History of MalaysiaKirsty Turner
Malaysia has a tropical climate, with a hot summer and intense rainy season. With forest and mountain ranges running through the country from north to south, there are mangrove swamps and mudflats on the west coast, which separate into bays and inlets. There are a number of beautiful beaches on the west coast as well as dense forests to explore.
Malaysia's modern history dates back to the 2nd century AD, when there were a collection of up to 30 separate Malay kingdoms. The Malay kingdoms gained power and riches as costal city ports, which were established in the 10th century. Originally Hindu or Buddhist states, Islamic found a place in Malaysia in the 14th century.
The Sultanate of Malacca was established at the start of the 15th century by prince Parameswara, from Palembang, who fled to the area from what is now known as Singapore. Prince Parameswara turned Malacca into an important trading port, putting Malaysia firmly on the map. However, Malacca was conquered by Portugal in 1511 and a Portuguese colony was established there.
In 1786 Britain established a colony in the Malay Peninsula, with the British East India Company leasing the island of Penang from the Sultan of Kedah. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty was signed in 1824, which divided the Malaya archipelago between Britain and the Netherlands.
Although there were Malaysian figureheads, the British mostly ruled Malaysia until the Japanese occupation during WWII. The Federation of Malaya was established in 1948, which reinstated the independence of the rulers of the Malay states under British protection.
From 1948 to 1960 the Communist Party of Malaya embarked on a guerrilla campaign known as the Malayan Emergency from 1948 to 1960 to force the British out of Malaya. Independence for the Federation within the Commonwealth was finally granted on 31 August 1957, and the Federation was renamed Malaysia in 1963.
At first there was much fighting with Indonesia over boundary lines, culmination in the racial riots of 1969. The New Economic Policy was established to restore peace to the country and since then Malaysia's various ethnic groups have lived more or less in harmony.
These days Malaysia's economic and social structures are good and the country's affluence can be seen in modern structures such as Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Twin Towers and the Sepang F1 Circuit.


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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), causes physical and mood-related symptoms that seriously disrupt a woman's life and relationships. PMDD symptoms develop during the latter half of each menstrual cycle, after ovulation, and go away during the first few days of each menstrual period.
PMDD symptoms are related to hormone changes during the menstrual cycle. Emotional symptoms include feelings of sadness, hopelessness, anxiety, irritability and sensitivity, anger, being overwhelmed, and the need to withdraw from others. Physical and behavioral symptoms include lack of energy, problems with concentrating, sleep problems, food cravings or binge eating, breast tenderness, bloating and weight gain, headaches, and joint or muscle pain.
Women diagnosed with PMDD are typically encouraged to use healthy lifestyle choices and prescription medicine to manage their symptoms.
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