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Issues! Parenting Helps You Kick the Kid OutMadeline Holler
My husband and I shared the bed with all three of our babies. We were fine with it and it worked out just fine, especially during the newborn stage.
But we've already kicked our son out — he's six months old — because after two already, I knew that getting them out when they're older is hard, just hard.
The June issue of Parenting: The Early Years magazine devised a whole system to help parents reclaim their bed. It's loaded with ideas that sound great. Yet I know from experience they don't always work.
Here's their plan in a nutshell:
Establish a consistent bedtime routine (soooooo tired of this advice, though it's probably good).
Don't start the kicking out process if you're in the middle of big changes (divorce, potty training, etc.)
Start talking about the coming changes first.
Park'em in (their) bed and let them cry it out — OR!
Camp out on the kid's room …. on the floor. (You'll do this many, many nights). After a few nights, switch to a chair (no talking!) until the child falls asleep. Then go to your bed. Each night, move the chair closer and closer to the door. Then finally, outside the room.
If all else fails, erect a baby gate. Or buy them off with presents.
Those final two would have sent my daughters over the edge and never worked, respectively.
This camping/chair moving stuff seems soul-sapping. But so is sleeping in bed with your kid when you're ready for it to be over.
Also in the June issue: "How to Take Your Baby (Almost) Anywhere." Now this one I totally know — you just take them, anywhere. See? Easy!
What did you do to reclaim your bed? Or are you sticking it out? Or maybe you're still enjoying co-sleeping with your preschooler?
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Keywords: Standards, Equity, Curriculum
Ref: Bethany1
Author(s): Schoenfeld, Alan
Date: 2002
Title: Making Mathematics Work for All Children: Issues of Standards, Testing, and Equity
Journal or Publisher: Educational Researcher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 31 No. 1 (January-February 2002), pp. 13-25
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 2/16/2006
The article focuses itself on the following statement: mathematical literacy should be a goal for all students. Alan H. Schoenfeld discusses that even if this is the goal we have in mind as educators, it is not necessarily being achieved. He notes that disproportionate numbers of poor, African American, Latino, and Native American students drop out of mathematics and perform "below standard" on tests of mathematical competency, which puts them at a disadvantage upon entering the workplace. He praises the vision statement introduced in 1989 when NCTM's issued Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics and notes that this document led to curriculum reform in the classroom to help decrease the "performance gaps." But, he also points out criticism of the standards; the standards themselves tended to be "long on the direction and short on detail." Schoenfeld again supports the 2000 publication of Principles and Standards especially since after a decade, better curriculum to support the equitable vision statement is more readily available. Principles and Standards demands high expectations and strong support for all students which Schoenfeld sees as an absolute requirement.
The rest of the article goes on to discuss what effect the implementation of the principles and standards has on students, particularly those who were previously underserved. Schoenfeld seems to think the outlook is hopeful. In the past 10 years, the "performance gap" has been lessened and "minority" students' test scores have improved; from this research, there is encouraging evidence that this forward movement in curricula will continue to bring positive improvements.
Finally Schoenfeld touches on what can be done to more fairly assess student knowledge and performance. He continually reiterates the principle of equity throughout his article: every student deserves to be challenged and supported in mathematics.
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Keywords: Problem Solving, Technology, Connections
Ref: Bethany2
Author(s): Erbas, A. Kursat, Ledford, Sarah D., Hawley-Orrill, Chandra, Polly, Drew
Date: 2005
Title: Promoting Problem-Solving Across Geometry and Algebra by Using Technology
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 98 No. 9 (May 2005), pp. 599-603
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 2/20/06
This article presented the argument that multiple technologies can create multiple representations of a problem at hand. Utilizing these technologies, students can be creative in their problem-solving techniques and not be weighed down by heavy computation. Also, by using different technologies to create different representations, students can draw connections between branches of mathematics and see how they overlap. The article presents an open-ended problem for students to solve that makes use of both algebra and geometry. The authors show how The Geometer's Sketchpad can be used to draw diagrams to represent a situation. Due to the dynamic nature of the software, students are encouraged to find multiple solutions to the problem. The authors also show how students can make use of a spreadsheet to show numerous solutions to the problem at hand. After students observe that multiple solutions are possible, they are encouraged to come up with a general solution. While teachers could show students how to come to this general solution right away, the exploration led by the two technologies described allows students to explore on their own and draw connections between algebra and geometry before coming to a conclusion. After mentioning how the graphing calculator can also be used, the authors conclude, stating that multiple technologies can highlight different aspects of the problem solving process as well as urge students to form and test their own conjectures in order to come to a solution.
This article provided an excellent example of how useful multiple
can be. After reading this article, I would definitely want to
the technologies described by the authors into my classroom. This
could be used at the middle school or high school level to help
problem solve more easily and creatively.
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Keywords: Algebra, Problem Solving
Ref: Bethany3
Author(s): Nathan, Mitchell J., Koedinger, Kenneth R.
Date: 2000
Title: Moving Beyond Teacher's Intuitive Beliefs About Algebraic Learning
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 93 No. 3 (March 2000) pp. 218-223
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 2/23/06
The authors of this article aimed to uncover the misconceptions teachers and textbook writers have regarding word problems in algebra. They took notice of the fact that teachers seem to regard algebra story problems as difficult for students, textbooks tend to put story problems at the end of problem sets, and students all too often dread them. So, in order to dispel myths about student performance in algebra, the authors decided to investigate. They had teachers rank 6 versions of essentially the same mathematical problem from easiest to hardest. The majority of the teachers labelled the "algebra story problem" form as the hardest; in general teachers labelled story problems as harder than symbolic problems and algebraic problems as harder than arithmetic problems. Then the authors had students complete similar problems of the same 6 forms. As teachers predicted, students performed better on arithmetic problems than algebraic problems, but contrary to teacher predictions, students performed better on algebra story problems than on symbolic algebra problems.
When it comes to algebraic story problems, teachers tend to think students go through this solving process: translate the word problem into symbols, then solve the symbolic problem. What the authors found, is that students don't necessarily solve in this way, rather they often tend to use informal, intuitive methods to solve algebraic word problems. Teachers can learn from what students have to offer; they should build on the more natural, intuitive solving skills students possess, skills they tend to develop before they develop symbolic algebraic skills.
This article provides some vital information to teachers of beginning algebra. From the authors investigation, teachers should build on the natural solving skills students possess, before introducing the formal symbolic algebra.
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Keywords: Teaching Strategies, Communication, Problem
Ref: Bethany4
Author(s): Artzt, Alice F.
Date: 1999
Title: Cooperative Learning in Mathematics Teacher Education
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 92, No. 1
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 2/26/2006
The author of this article stresses that new teachers must be challenged to understand the necessity for new models of teaching and must be ready to effectively implement techniques such as cooperative learning. Researchers have documented positive experiences and positive effects of the use of small groups in mathematics classrooms; new teachers, then, need to know how to effectively include cooperative learning in their teaching. The purpose of this article is to describe how a cooperative learning activity was used in a college math-teacher-education course to enable new teachers to experience, learn about, and reflect on the intricacies, complexities and values of effective cooperative learning strategies. The teacher of this math-education course designed a cooperative learning activity centered around an unfamiliar, yet attainable math problem. Students in this class broke into groups and spent some time working together on the multi-faceted problem. Afterwards, they reflected on their experience. The second half of this article focuses on the insight these students gained about effective group-work that strives to ensure mutual interdependence and individual accountability.
I gained a lot of insight from reading what these students had to say about cooperative learning. This article is a great resource for anyone who wants tips to designing and implementing effective cooperative learning activities.
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Keywords: Activities, Games
Ref: Bethany5
Author(s): Devaney, Robert L.
Date: 2004
Title: Fractal Patterns and Chaos Games
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 98, No. 4 (Nov. 2004) pp.228-233
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 3/1/2006
This article outlines an activity for middle school or high school students that provides an introduction to contemporary mathematics, specifically to the topic of fractals. The activity is centered around the classic chaos game, in this case resulting in the Sierpinski Triangle. The instructions are as follows: (1) draw a triangle and label one vertex blue, one vertex red, and one vertex green (2) also color a die with two sides blue, two sides red, and two sides green (3) pick any point on the triangle and roll the die (4) depending on the color on top, move the designated point half the distance to the similarly colored vertex (5) repeat this process and record where the generated points are landing. After numerous trials, students will start to see the pattern that is emerging. This chaos game as an approach to fractals provides teachers with an opportunity to help students comprehend the geometry of affine transformations. After students see the outcome of the classic chaos game, questions will likely come to mind: what if we change the number of vertices? What if we change the scaling factor? Etc. This sort of exploration is a great introduction to fractals. One can even go further and ask students to look at a completed fractal and try to determine the "rules" of the chaos game needed to produce that fractal.
This activity would be wonderful to implement in an enrichment program. It seems like it would be a lot of fun for students and it allows students to learn about contemporary math, which is something students often don't get to work with.
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Keywords: Representations, Standards
Ref: Bethany6
Author(s): Garner, Amanda S., Preston, Ronald V.
Date: 2003
Title: Representation as a Vehicle for Solving and Communication
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 9, No. 1 (September 2003) pp.
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 3/7/06
This article displayed unabashed support the for the PSSM Standard, "Representations." Its authors describe representations in mathematics as tools that are vital for recording, analyzing, solving, and communicating mathematical data, problems, and ideas. Moreover, representations act as our "language of math" and allow us to experience abstract notions with physical materials or drawings. The authors describe an activity implemented in a middle school classroom which allowed students to use whichever representation worked best for them. The problem dealt with determining the most cost efficient location to have a class party; students were asked to decide from three possible places, which setting they would pick and be able to explain why. Students explained using formal and informal language, tables, graphs (line and bar), equations, patterns, and hand gestures. Since students were given the option to choose whichever representation they wished to use, they chose ones that they were most comfortable with.
From this article I was reminded of the variety of ways students
and experience math. While sometimes it's a good idea to allow students
to choose the representation they use, it's also a good idea to require
to experience using a variety of representations, as some
work better than others for certain types of problems. This article
a great job of explaining the importance of the representations
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Keywords: Planning, Algebra, Puzzles
Ref: Bethany7
Author(s): Lanius, Cynthia
Date: N/A
Title: "Fun With Calendars"
Journal or Publisher: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/cnotes.html
Volume, Issue, Pages: N/A
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 3/9/06
The objective for this lesson plan is for students to review topics of assigning variables, solving simple linear equations, and factoring through an interactive calendar puzzle activity. The "hook" consists of the following "trick" that is presented by the teacher: "Take any calendar. Tell your friend to choose 4 days that form a square. Your friend should tell you only the sum of the four days, and you can tell her what the four days are." After a few baffling examples of how this is true, students will say, "How did you do that?" Answer "I used algebra." Now, it is the students' job to figure out how this puzzle works. With a hint here and there, students will eventually solve the puzzle: Let's call the first number n. Then you know that the next number would be n + 1 and the next number would be n + 7 and the next number would be n + 8. We had our friend add up the four numbers, so let's add our four numbers: n + n + 1 + n + 7 + n + 8. All we need to do is use some algebraic manipulation, solve for n and find values for n+1, n+7, and n+8. Then students will work with each other on some more examples with partners. Finally, as a way of assessing understanding and extending the topic, students are asked to create their own variation of the calendar puzzle.
I thought this lesson idea was extremely innovative. My own lesson plan surrounding this activity would be a bit more detailed and go a little further, but on the whole, this lesson plan had most everything one would require for a good plan.
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Keywords: Geometry, Curriculum, Representations
Ref: Bethany8
Author(s): Coxford, Jr., Arthur F.
Date: 1991
Title: Geometry from Multiple Perspectives
Journal or Publisher: NCTM Addenda
Volume, Issue, Pages: N/A
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 4/6/2006
As its title would suggest, this book published by NCTM, stressed
the exploration
of geometric topics from multiple perspectives. A few things about this
stood out to me: (1) There was heavy emphasis on using technology to
geometric topics. It is certainly true that when integrated
technology can help bring students to a deeper understanding of the
Technology such as Cabri or Geometry Sketchpad is interactive, allowing
to create visual representations of the problem or principle they are
(2) The text stressed the use of multiple representation of the
For example, geometric transformations can be depicted in many ways:
matrices, graphing on a coordinate plane, describing distances through
using vectors, etc. This text realized the way geometry works with
topics in mathematics. (3) This book provided many useful handouts for
activities and enrichment topics. It suggested topics that many would
too advanced for high school students such as Frieze patterns,
the chaos game, and fractals. But, in doing so, the text stressed that
should not miss out on the opportunity to study advanced topics in
This text would be a useful supplement to any high school geometry
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Keywords: Geometry, Standards
Ref: Bethany9
Author(s): Day, Roger, Kelley, Paul, Krussel, Libby, Lott, Johnny W., Hirstein, James
Date: 2001
Title: Navigating Through Geometry
Journal or Publisher: NCTM
Volume, Issue, Pages:
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: April 11, 2006
In the preface to this book, that authors stress the importance of approaching geometry through a transformational lens; transformations provide the study of geometry with a functional basis that lends itself to extensions to algebra, statistics, and calculus. Also, viewing geometry through this lens easily allows the integration of technology into the classroom.
There are four main chapters in this book and the first is called "Transforming Our World," and as the title would suggest it focus upon transformations (translations, reflections, rotations, dilations) by using multiple representations and ideas (sketches, coordinates, vectors, function notation and matrices. Advanced topics such as tessellations are also introduced.
The second chapter is called "The Geometry of Location and Map Making." This chapter introduces some very unique and somewhat advanced math ideas that are rarely found in a geometry course such as how GPS works, projections on a sphere, and the basics of cartography. This chapter takes into consideration the literal meaning of geometry: earth measure.
Chapter 3 is called "Multiple Dimensions of Similarity" and it introduces on the idea of similarity in a real world context before moving on to more abstract examples. Dilations are introduced as well as topics like "field of vision" and "multiple transformations." Finally, chapter 4 is called "Visualizing Limits in Our World." It presents geometric approaches to sequences and series and natural extensions of the patterns that students begin to examine in early grades. Sequences and series are presented, as well as infinite sums and fractals. There are also blackline masters available for copying in the last section of this book.
I think this book provides a fresh view of geometry that allows
students to delve into interesting and advanced topics in geometry.
Students are capable
of so much, we simply need to challenge them and then can certainly
topics in higher mathematics.
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Keywords: Assessment, Teaching Strategies
Ref: Bethany10
Author(s): Lapp, Douglas A, Manouchehri, Azita
Date: 2003
Title: Unveiling Student Understaning: The Role of Questioning in Instruction
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 96 No.8 pp.562-566
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 4/12/06
This article explained the role of questioning in the classroom and what teachers need to do and think about in order to make their questioning a valuable part of the teaching and learning process. The authors write, "questions are central to the type of learning that takes place in the classroom; teachers' questions control students' learning because they focus students' attention on specific features of the concepts that they explore in class." So, questioning techniques can make or break student learning. So, how can we learn to ask good questions? The authors suggest a few things to think about. First of all, it is important to think about your purpose for asking a particular question. With this purpose in mind, you can go on to decide on the content and form of the question. Closed form questions are helpful when seeking a particular answer, while open form questions are aimed at promoting a description, strategy, or opinion. The authors suggest that teachers take time to plan for successful questioning. Teachers should identify the main concepts of their lesson and then ask themselves questions regarding the objectives and strategies they hope to present and use. From this reflection, teachers will be more adequately prepared to question students effectively.
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Keywords: Equity/Diversity, ,
Ref: Bethany11
Author(s): Gilbert, Melissa C.
Date: 2001
Title: Applying the Equity Principle
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 7 No. 1 pp. 18-19,36
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 4/18/2006
This article, entitled "Applying the Equity Principle" outlines some basic techniques teachers can use to ensure equity (particularly gender equity) in the classroom. While the strategies the authors describe seem like common sense, the article is a good reminder of these simple, effective techniques. It isn't a bad ideal to have cards with a student's name on each; these cards can be used ensure that every student is called on during the hour. Cooperative learning groups can help to ensure that each student participates in the learning. (The "jigsaw" technique seems like a particularly effective idea. Well-assigned group roles can also do the trick.) In order to combat gender stereotypes, it isn't a bad idea to have a bulletin board about women in science and math. It is a simple way to get the gender equity message across. Moreover, it is important to empower your students and give them an active role in discovering the mathematics.
While basic, I found this article to be a good reminder.
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Keywords: Assessment
Ref: Bethany12
Author(s): Mary L. Crowley
Date: 1993
Title: Student Mathematics Portfolio: More Than A Display Case
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: October 1993
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: April 30, 2006
This article stresses the value in portfolio assessment. The NCTM standards even say, "Records of students' progress should be more than a set of numerical grades and checklists; they can include brief notes or samples of students' work." Very simply, a mathematics portfolio is a collection of student work. It can contain a student's best work or a combination of work that displays student improvement. Either way, the concrete examples contained in a student portfolio can "show the teacher or parent the student's performance in more detail than would an abstract number or letter grade."
The portfolio can be useful for assessment and evaluation. So, what goes into a portfolio? This depends largely on the portfolio's purpose, the age of the students, and the types of assessment activities used in the class. Ideas of portfolio items include: journal entries, a math autobiography, math research, several solutions to a challenging problem, an elegant proof, student-formulated problems, a book review, group projects, photos of presentations, etc.
When it comes to organization and evaluation it is important to be clear and specific when communicating your expectations to your students and their parents. Evaluating a portfolio seems a bit daunting, but with a detailed rubric, the ordeal can be somewhat simplified.
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Keywords: Assessment
Ref: Bethany13
Author(s): Clarke, Doug, Wilson, Linda
Date: 1994
Title: Valuing What We See
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: October 1994
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: April 30, 2006
This article reminds teachers that continual in-class observation can be an extremely useful form of assessment. The authors give a few good ideas of how to keep track of these observations:
One documentation approach is to construct a grid with students' names down one side and the "focus aspects" across the top. "These focus aspects could be mathematical concepts, processes, dispositional factors, or a mixture." Then teachers can simply place a check mark beside a student's name as a particular insight or behavior is observed.
Software has been created to record observations. Each student has a barcode by his or her name and each "focus aspect" has a barcode. Teachers can scan a student's name and then the behavior or insight. The information can then be downloaded to a computer.
Rather than depending on a list of predetermined behaviors and
skills, a grid with students names down the left and simply space next
to each name for comments can be a good way to assess during class. No
matter how the observation is done, it can be very useful in getting to
know your students and their strengths and weaknesses.
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Keywords: Assessment
Ref: Bethany14
Author(s): Miller, L. Diane
Date: 1992
Title: Begin Mathematics Class with Writing
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: May 1992
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: April 30, 2006
This article opens, "first impressions often influence the development of our attitudes toward, and decisions about people, places, and things." I think we all can see the truth in this statement, so it is only appropriate to say the same thing about the beginning of a math class. As Miller writes, "the first few minutes of a class often influence the success of the class." So, how can we make these first few minutes valuable and interesting to students? L. Diane Miller offers one option: writing.
The few minutes between classes can be hectic and the first few minutes of class can be equally jam-packed with necessary tasks like roll call, returning papers, etc. "Exemplary teachers do not waste class time." One way to get students started right away is to develop a routine where students enter the room, sit down, and get started on some sort of constructive activity. The use of writing prompts each day could be just the ticket. "Prompts elicit from students a written response to a specific question or problem." This sort of valuable writing activity can be the perfect introduction/transition to math class. It is also a useful form of "informal" assessment. The writing prompts can ask students to dig up old knowledge or to try their hands at something new. Either way, students responses can give you a good idea of what students know and don't know.
L. Diane Miller goes on to give examples of writing prompts for several different topics in math. I think this article is most useful for that fact.
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Keywords: Technology, Geometry
Ref: Bethany15
Author(s): Zheng,Tingyao
Date: 2002
Title: Do Mathematics With Interactive Geometry Software
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 95, No. 7 pp. 492-497
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: 5/1/06
You could say that the main objective of mathematics is to teach students to think critically. The author of this article believes this and values the importance of problem solving skills in mathematics. In order to discuss mathematical topics, it is necessary to make "generalizations." These generalizations can be formulas, theorems, or proofs and it is important present these generalizations in a way that promotes student learning. One way to do this is to let students explore and uncover these generalizations for on their own. Consider, for example, the Pythagorean Theorem. Using a program like Geometer's Sketchpad, students can discover this theorem by seeing patterns in right triangles. This technology allows students to look at numerous examples of right triangles without being overwhelmed with dozens of computations. Geometer's Sketchpad will record side length, angle measure, and sine, cosine and tangent values if you program it to do so. So, you can "pull on" a leg of the triangle and observe what happens to the recorded values.
This article gives another idea for an activity using Geometer's Sketchpad. Technology, when used appropriately, can enhance the geometry classroom.
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Keywords: Research , Representations, Teaching Strategies
Ref: Bethany16
Author(s): Walmsley, Angela L.E.; Hckman, Aaron
Date: 2006
Title: A Study of Note-Taking and Its Impact on Student Perception of Use in a Geometry Classroom"
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 99, No. 9, pp. 614-621
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: May 16, 2006
This article describes an informal research study on note-taking that was conducted in a Geometry classroom. The authors warn that too typically teachers insist on note-taking strategies that bind and inhibit the curiosity and creativity of students. This sort of note-talking often involves copying "stuff" from the board, including definitions, theorems, processes, etc. The purpose of this study was to test the "effectiveness" of this traditional type of note-taking against two alternatives. The hope was that maybe these alternatives would engage students and sustain their attention better than the old way.
The first alternative consisted of a three-column note sheet; at the top, there is space to fill in "Today's Question," and the three columns are labeled "the concepts," "the examples," and "background information." The aim here is to make the note-taking process more thoughtful and meaningful, by connecting it all together.
The second alternative was a "mini-textbook" assignment. Students were given a task to, at the end of the unit, produce their own "mini-textbook." The teacher would require a list of concepts to be included/explained with 2 examples for each. The aim here was to give students a reason to take careful notes during class. (Also, the list of concepts would be a helpful guide for note-taking.
Student response was positive for both alternatives but most
preferred the columnar method. I found this article to be very helpful
and interesting. The article also included actual templates for the
note-taking strategies described, as well as a sample scoring rubric
for the "mini-textbook" assignment.
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Keywords: Technology, Representations, Activities
Ref: Bethany17
Author(s): Moyer, Todd. O.
Date: 2006
Title: Non-Geometry Mathematics and The Geometer's Sketchpad
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 99, No.7, pp. 490-495
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: May 16, 2006
This article describes some of the benefits of using The Geometer's
Sketchpad (GSP) in even the non-geometry classroom. What makes this
software to exceptional is its dynamic, "movie-like" nature. GSP can be
used to graph many functions at once and does a quicker, better job
than a graphing calculator. The author gives several examples of
activities that take advantage of the dynamic nature of this software.
One such example is the following: students can discover properties of
the sine curve represented by the function, f(x)=Asin(Bx+C)+D. That is,
students can simply plug in values for A, B, C, and D and quickly see
the effect. GSP can also be used to visualize and further understand
other topics including the composition of two functions and function
inverses. What makes this article so helpful is that it includes actual
step-by-step instructions for carrying out these activities using GSP.
When used carefully and clearly, technology can greatly enhance student
understanding of topics like these.
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Keywords: Algebra, Teaching Strategies, Keyword 3,
Ref: Bethany18
Author(s): Clausen, Mary C.
Date: 2005
Title: Did you 'code'?
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 260-263
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: May 16, 2006
In this article, Mary C. Clausen describes an idea she came up with to help students solve algebraic equations. Symbolic algebra is not easy to grasp at first and this method of "coding" is a great idea to help students get past all the symbols and figure out how to solve equations. It is based on the basic method used to solve equations: do the opposite of what is "done" to the variable to "undo" it. Once all the operations on the variable are "undone," the solution remains. Clausen simply has her students write down "in code" what is being done to the variable paired with must what be done to undo it. For example consider the following equation: x+3=0. Students would "code" by writing "A3S3" to say that 3 is being added to x, so 3 needs to be subtracted from both sides.
The article gives more detailed "rules" for coding that you could
give to your students to explain the procedure for more complex
equations. "Coding" can help students with special needs better
understand algebra, as well remind all students why they are performing
the operations they're performing. Coding requires students to outline
their thinking before completing a problem.
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Author(s): Goetz, Albert
Date: 2005
Title: Using Open--Ended Problems for Assessment
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 99, No. 2005, pp. 12-17
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review: May 17, 2006
The author of this article starts out by pointing out an important point about assessment: we should assess what we value. Such a statement seems like common sense, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is often forgotten. In his classroom, Albert Goetz values cooperative group activities based on open ended questions. Students work in groups on problems like this on at least a weekly basis, so it is obvious that this type of cooperative interaction is greatly valued by him. So, according to his statement about assessment, this type of group activity should be assessed. This work could very well be assessed by completing group worksheets in class or giving group presentations, but Goetz goes so far as to include group activity on tests. In this article he describes how he integrates group work on a final exam.
First of all, including a group question on a test can only happen
when students are familiar and quite comfortable working in groups and
understand that goals and expectations before them. For the final exam,
he allows one fourth of the time and points to go toward a group
question. He composes groups of 3-4 as heterogeneously as possible and
students work together to respond to a multi-part open-ended question.
(The example in this article is a data analysis problem.) I think this
is a really innovative idea, and as long as students are fully
comfortable working in groups and they understand the grading rubric
they face. Goetz stresses the importance of a post-exam discussion if
possible. BR>
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Author(s): Mason, Ralph, T.; McFeetors, P. Janelle
Date: 2002
Title: Interactive Writing in Mathematics Class: Getting Started
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 95, No. 7, pp. 532-536
Reviewer: Bethany
Date of Review:
The authors of this article discuss the value of interactive writing in the mathematics classroom. This is what is meant by "interactive": teachers provide a prompt, students respond, teachers briefly reply. This type of writing can be the key to student reflection and teacher-student communication. Some ideas for writing prompts include the following: "How did you study for this test? Did your study habits pay off?" "Do you like what we're studying in class this unit? Is it difficult? Easy?" "What's one think you like about algebra?" Prompts can also be more along the line of problems. (i.e.- a story problem that requires students to write out their thinking, their work, and rationale for their solution.)
Writing can help students express feelings, concerns, triumphs, etc. in words in a non-threatening way; that is, students can write to respond, report, reflect, and relate. This article gives some good guidelines for incorporating writing into the math classroom.


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You'll find 75 full-length scenes on 69GayVideos. You can download the vids in a couple of MP4 formats, including one that allows you to enjoy good-quality playback. You can also stream them from start to finish or by choosing from a long list of thumbnails to jump to a specific point. You can preview the flicks by taking a look at some vid caps, but I don't find that a very exciting way to see what they have to offer.
You can choose from a dropdown menu of categories, so I of course went for bareback first. There are two scenes that fit the bill, both with muscular jocks, but one is a threesome and the other has a hot in-shape couple. Once you select a scene, there's no "home" button to take you back to this site, so you'll end up seeing the content from the whole network.
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March 25, 2013
NATRIUM — Though the site buzzes daily with construction activity, the $500 million Dominion Resources natural gas processing plant is already three months behind schedule for opening....
If the greenies don't get busy trying to stop this, people might even get jobs there! And then what? The green rant is something to behold, often ending up protesting what it used to promote. CNG is the cleanest form of energy and can power fleets of cars and buses making significant impact on the quest for clean air, No matter we must have something to protest and progress makes a nice target. Used to demand the use of gas and ending the use of coal, but holy cow man then they actually found natural gas here. Gotta stop that now! Doing it in Warwood too. Fracking is bad for us, but cleaning the water is bad for us somehow too. Green folks are exhausted trying to stamp out prosperity and jobs...man its hard work doing that. But protesting is fun, just wear LLBean duds and come join in the protest. You know to protest is a subtle way of saying your are really smarter and bigger feeling than others. Its a warm, fuzzy kinda wet feeling.
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Try posting it on your local CL and see what happens. Start out higher so you can be haggled. Know your lowest price and stick to it.
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Sears Holdings Corporation reported a net loss of $194 million, $1.83 loss per diluted share, for the second quarter ended August 3, 2013, compared to $132 million, or $1.25 loss per diluted share, in the prior year quarter. Kmart comparable store sales declined 2.1%, Sears Domestic declined 0.8% and Sears Canada declined 2.5%. Online business on sears.com and kmart.com, however, grew 20% over the prior year second quarter.
"We made meaningful progress this quarter in our transformation to a member-centric company. Shop Your Way members represented over 65% of our sales and they redeemed rewards points at a significantly higher rate than last year. While the increase in Shop Your Way promotional activity and member redemptions resulted in a meaningful increase in our costs, it demonstrates that our members are deepening their engagement with our program which will allow us to further accelerate our transformation," commented Eddie Lampert, Sears Holdings' chairman and CEO. "At the same time, we recognize how important it is to improve the profitability of our company and I am disappointed that we did not deliver a better result."
Revenues decreased $596 million, to $8.9 billion, as compared to revenues of $9.5 billion for the quarter ended July 28, 2012, "the effect of having fewer Kmart and Sears full-line stores in operation, which accounted for approximately $210 million of the decline," the company said, along with decreases due to foreign exchange rates and lower domestic comparable store sales. Revenues were also impacted by approximately $195 million attributable to the separation of SHO (Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.), which occurred in the third quarter of 2012. The company did however record revenues from SHO of approximately $450 million, primarily related to merchandise sold to SHO for resale, but the prior year quarter included revenues of approximately $645 million related to SHO merchandise sales.
For the quarter, domestic comparable store sales declined 1.5%, comprised of decreases of 2.1% at Kmart and 0.8% at Sears Domestic.
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February is American Heart month, and not because of Valentine's Day. Every year, the president has issued a proclamation to this effect to help raise public awareness of heart disease. Even though most people associate heart disease with men, it's also the leading cause of death among women. People can improve their health by becoming involved in the StrongWomen—Healthy Hearts Program.
The team at Tufts University in Boston, Mass. who brought strength-training programs to midlife and older women throughout the U.S. has developed an exercise and nutrition program designed to help women improve their heart health.
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This history of Deerfield, Massachusetts, was written c.1840 by Pliny Arms. It contains an account of the town during and after the American Revolution. Deerfield was evenly divided between Whigs and Tories which caused the actions of one town meeting to be overturned by the next. Arms also includes the story of some slaves in Deerfield who set out to have a frolic around the time of the Revolution. They were caught and being slaves, the owners could do with them as they wished. Major Catlin was chosen to whip them (see pages 47 & 48). Arms goes on to say that slavery was abolished in Massachusetts with the adoption of the state constitution in 1780. Although the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution declared that "all men are born free and equal", it took many years for the institution of slavery to die out in this state.
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Trying to live a car-lite life...have a six year old daughter and four year old son, both who've been riding by themselves w/o training wheels since they just turned four.
We were on a bike path today that crosses streets. An out of state driver turned left right in front of my 4 year old son, who tried to stop and hit the driver's door with his helmet, and then fell to the ground and hit the back of his head. The helmet is cracked in four places, with the earflap about to detach.
Thankfully my son was OK after a visit to the ER. Mom and Dad are more upset than him. Everything checked out fine, and my son has a new helmet already and is back on his bike. I shutter to think of what might have happened if he didn't have a properly fitted and adjusted helmet on....
The police didn't give the driver a ticket or anything. To be fair, on most parts of this bike path there are yield signs painted on the ground or stop signs. On this, at the top of a very steep hill in Colorado, there is no sign. This is so the bikers climbing up "heart attack hill" (as it's sometimes called) don't have to stop at the last part of the climb. (We were all headed downhill when the accident occurred) The police talked with the parks department and decided to list the driver as the first cause of the accident on the police report, but not to find him "in the wrong"
I don't want to over-react...the main thing is that he is fine. I don't think it would be too much to ask the driver to pay for the ER bill (a $100 co-pay), a new helmet for my son, and perhaps a new bike. (It appears that it is still functioning fine...haven't had the time to give the frame a thorough review.)
Anyone have a similar experience on this forum and have a suggestion for us? Anyone a lawyer who could give some initial thoughts. As a Christian, I want to do the right thing here, and yet I feel like doing nothing does nothing to protect others who are legally riding on a bike path (or in the street) and get hit by cars.
Thanks for any thoughts or advice anyone has...
PS--If there's a better forum to post this in, please let me know...


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Next year will be superhero movie heaven for fans of the genre with "Thor," "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Green Lantern" all swooping into theaters next spring or summer. But with three big budget franchise films all gunning for the same audience within a few months of each other, we figure at least one of them will underperform, and if we were betting men, we'd put our money on "Green Lantern." The first trailer for the film was shockingly dull with some questionable CGI and overall tone that we couldn't quite get with. And, for this writer who is not totally familiar with the Green Lantern, it seems that the entire universe is a bit absurd even for a comic. Enter Tomar-Re.
The Daily Blam has revealed the first look at Tomar-Re (he's glimpsed briefly in the trailer), taken from the latest issue of "Green Lantern" and uh, yeah, it's still not convincing this writer that the film won't be a jumble of alien world weirdness. Here's The Daily Blam's concise summary of the character: "Growing up on the planet Xudar, Tomar-Re comes from a peaceful avian race that focuses their efforts on the arts and sciences instead of war. His nature to examine everything has led the Guardians of the Universe to appoint him the archivist and protector of the sacred Book of Oa. When not studying the nature of the Corps, Tomar-Re patrols the sector of 2813 where he developed a close friendship with neighboring sector 2814's Green Lantern, Abin Sur. Tomar has taken an interest in Abin's replacement, Hal Jordan. Though Hal is not one for details, Tomar hopes to teach Hal what it means to be a Green Lantern."
Book of Oa? 2813? 2814? Abin Sur? Sheesh. If Warner Bros. should be worried about anything, it's trying to make mainstream audiences care and want to invest in the otherworld backstory that seems likely to play a pretty big part of film. That said, there is still plenty of run up time for the studio to keep tweaking the marketing and we're only at the start in what is sure to be an avalanche of advertising. "Green Lantern" opens on June 17, 2011.


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Amanda Hall was kicked in the face by a giraffe. That part is true, but get the facts before you start to judge.
Everyone does something a little embarassing at sometime in their life
Amanda isn't the only one who's ever done anything stupid
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Keyshawn Johnson sold a moldy lemon of a house to one of the Kardashians
That looks like some Box wine that you have in your glass!
Women spend a lot on wine but are more price savvy
We test the theory with a little research of our own.
The NFL wants Halftime artists to pay the league for the worlds biggest stage.
Bottom line is that no one is willing to defend the greed of the NFL
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This year, in one three-week period, three bombs blew up within 100 feet of his office. And that's hardly the closest he's come to being seriously wounded or killed during his 16 months as senior consultant for the electricity sector at the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office.
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There's no book, no guide, no smart phone app.
Among the plethora of "For Dummies" books, and amid the
thousands of apps, including one that allows
you to grow a chia pet on your computer's dashboard, there was still a
And that left Diana Ionescu without a road map. Her only
option was the old-school standby: "trial and error."
So a process two years in the making has finally come to life. All the
Urban and Regional Planning student had to do was learn by observing, ask all
the right – and sometimes wrong – questions and then deal with rigid
governmental red tape that made her wonder if it was all worth it.
And when the Motor Avenue Famers Market opened in September, Ionescu knew it had all been worth it. At just
25 years old and with two calendar years of trying to breathe life into this
project, she is now the Motor Avenue's Farmer's Market's first Market Manager.
"You would think that because farmer's markets are so popular and that
they're a one-stop shop there would be a good guide to starting one," said
Ionescu, who has lived in Palms since 2007. "It definitely taught me a lot
about city government and bureaucracy."
Which was a blessing and a curse for the native of Romania who came to
UCLA as an undergrad via Houston.
Ionescu's journey was one that helped her understand what lies ahead after she completes her graduate degree at
UCLA Luskin in 2013, while also taking some of the
things she'd learned in class and applied them outside the walls of the Public
Affairs building.
Active throughout her undergrad studies at UCLA in things like "Food
Not Bombs," fair-trade coffee and sweatshop-free clothing, Ionescu didn't stop
where others did. She shrugged her shoulders, thought "Why not?" and went to
"The idea of a farmer's market had been kicking around for several
years and there had never been someone there long enough," she said. "I was
passionate about it and interested in those issues."
The market, which runs on Sundays from 9 am to 1 pm and is located at the corner of National and Motor Avenues –
and stretched a block to Mentone Avenue – just south of the 10 freeway, has
been successful enough in its early-going that vendors travel from places like
Fresno, Oxnard and Riverside to set up shop.
Now as a civic leader, she has larger plans for the area. The market
has attracted a good amount of traffic despite its infancy
– "it's been well received," she says – and it has given the local businesses
along the street more customers. So it figures that an urban planning student
would focus on larger things despite having competition from nearby Mar Vista,
Culver City, Hollywood and, of course, Los Angeles.
"It's a cute little stretch of National – fun shops, restaurants," she
It's a process, no doubt, as Ionescu has learned through that old
standby of trial and error. At first they were shoehorned into a private
parking lot. Adding parking requirements forced her to move out of the comforts
of the lot. She's had to organize with public transportation officials so that
the bus that runs can adjust its route slightly in dropping off and picking up passengers. Then, maneuvering between
what the city does – street closures – to what the county controls – health
permits – added to the simple task of just creating the market.
Oh, yes, and there's the cost.
"Each week it costs over $1,000," Ionescu said. "We're in debt with
what we've spent. There are a lot of start-up costs. The idea is to make a
profit and put it back into the market or the Motor Avenue Improvement
Association. We're looking at setting up sponsorships."
what Ionescu has accomplished already, that shouldn't be a problem.
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JLP just posted his How To… Roundup of Personal Finance [3] which lists all the yummy how-to goodness that exists in the pfblogosphere. He plans on updating it frequently so check it out from time to time, I also am willing to bet that if you want to see a how-to on something, let him know and maybe someone already has written it (but didn't know it yet).
Nickel brings his A-game this week with a how-to road map if you're planning on moving [4].
Flexo updates us on his refundable deposit headaches dealing with Inland Retail Property Management [5]… I'm glad I'm out of the renting game (and the moving game), dealing with those types of headaches are truly a drain on your mental strength.
FMF writes about how evil and exotic mortgage loans are falling out of favor [6] with the glut in supply. On one hand I think it's good that people aren't getting into homes they can't realistically afford, without the exotic option ARM interest only whatevers, but as a homeowner I do want to see home prices continue to rise. Actually in all honesty, I prefer things to cool down because people's lives can be ruined by poor financial decisions and while a couple extra percent of unrealized short term gain is meaningless to me, foreclosure is very real to someone else and you never want that.
MBH's Carnival of Debt Reduction has joined the party and inherited its own domain [7]!
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text: AVENGED SEVENFOLD has issued the following statement regarding the passing of the band's drummer, James Owen Sullivan (a.k.a. The Rev):"It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan. "Jimmy was not only one of the world's best drummers, but more importantly, he was our best friend and brother. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jimmy's family and we hope that you will respect their privacy during this difficult time." According to The Orange County Register, James Owen Sullivan was found dead at his home on Monday (December 28). He was 28 years old. Sullivan appears to have died of natural causes, Huntington Beach police Lt. John Domingo told The Orange County Register. Police were notified by firefighters who had responded to Sullivan's home about 1 p.m., according to the report.


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Essentially Senate will let NASA purchase russian technology for spacecrafts.
Quote:The U.S. Senate approved Sept. 21 a bill that would clear the way for NASA to buy the Russian Soyuz vehicles it needs to continue to occupy the International Space Station beyond this year.
However NASA cannot buy Soyuz crafts yet.
Quote:The U.S. House of Representatives also is considering amending the Iran Nonproliferation Act to permit NASA to buy Soyuz vehicles, but it has yet to take any legislative action.
Senate Clears NASA to Buy Russian Spaceships
This is an interesting development. Never thought I would see it. Can you imagine a Soyuz taking off from Kennedy?
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text: No, you're not looking at alien architecture from another planet. This is a reader submitted photoset of Atlanta's King Memorial Transit Station shot in High Dynamic Range. HDR is a technique in which you combine multiple frames of the same exact image, each of which has dramatically different exposure and color settings. We could spend the next 5 hours crafting a post that details the process but decided to just steer you in the direction of our new friends at stuckincustoms.com. Let us know how it works out for you. Enjoy.


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ZF-11534: Zend_AMF: optional C PHP extension for performance-difficult operations
Zend framework is perfect, but it has some big performance issues. One of them is very slow AMF serialization - 100 000 small objects in array takes X seconds, but 100 000 objects with using other AMF framework with AMFEXT takes about 100ms (http://teslacore.it/wiki/index.php/…)
It would be great if Zend had its own PHP C Extension, where could be some performance-difficult operations (like an AMF serialization/deserialization) - this extension would be optional and Zend Framework had to detect it and use it, if it's compiled in PHP.
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text: ATI launched their Redwood family of DirectX 11 cards in September of last year to no immediate answer from the folks at NVIDIA. In fact, they launched their top to bottom family of video cards before NVIDIA released a single card. NVIDIA designed a big architecture change with their Fermi architecture with over 3 Billion transistors on a 40nm process. NVIDIA launched their Fermi architecture late last year with the expectation that it would launch in the spring of 2010. Their first part was the GeForce GTX480 which was meant to compete against the HD 5870 video card from AMD. The GeForce GTX 470 in cost and performance, meant to compete against the HD 5850. This card is the GeForce GTX 470. The GeForce GTX 470 is retailing online for $349.99, making it nearly halfway in price between the lowest priced HD 5870 and HD5850. It should be an interesting look at NVIDIAs second fastest card.


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Part pretend and part making music, this colorful little guitar is scaled for toddlers. There are fret bars that play chords, three big buttons that play three familiar nursery tunes, and musical note button that plays typical guitar licks. There's an on/off button and controls for playing at two levels of volume, a welcome extra for keeping the sound from becoming too intrusive. Older sibs can follow the color-coded music to play four tunes on their own.
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Age: Toddlers. Review Published: 2009-09-09 16:05:08.
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To sum up: Overall the standard is better than 2000 and 2001 with a few interesting performances too. Personal favourites are UK, Greece, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, France and Lithuania. The winner? My money's on France but it could be Spain or Sweden with Germany or the UK outside possibilities. Enjoy the contest whoever wins!
Well! A bit of a shock result at least for me. Marie N gave a great performance. I wouldn't have said it was the best song but no artist really stood out. The standard of performance was fantastic this year and well done to Estonia for putting on a good show. Loved the postcards and the interval act. Next year in Riga? Why not... Opinions by Alan Stuart. No flaming please....


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Shizen Restaurant Review: There's lots to like in this colorful restaurant, complete with a popular sushi bar, a busy dining room with table seating, and two teppan tables with granite tops where chefs prepare food to order with dramatic flair. Beautiful water features and lush landscaping enhance patio dining. The teppanyaki menu offers choices including chicken, filet mignon, Kobe beef, salmon steak, shrimp and diver scallops, accompanied by garlic chips, miso soup, garden salad, vegetables and steamed rice. Among the appealing à la carte appetizers, we like the ahi poke---fresh tuna with seaweed, onion and spicy chile sesame soy---and the deep-fried soft shell crab with orange ponzu sauce. A work of art, the Shokado bento box is filled with tempura, sashimi, a California roll, and a choice of chicken teriyaki, miso butterfish or Prime New York steak; and it also comes with soup, salad, sunomono rice, dessert and green tea. We also like the saké-steamed opakapaka (red snapper). Sakés and a nice wine list complement the cuisine. Among sweet finales are banana and mango tempura topped with strawberry sauce; and cappuccino glace---coffee gelatin with vanilla ice cream topped with Kahlúa.
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Thousands go quackers for annual duck race
10:20am Tuesday 27th May 2014 in
A WET start to the day did little to dampen guests' spirits as they flocked to the annual Swindon Old Town Rotary Club duck race to see 10,000 yellow rubber toys drift their way to victory.
The fun challenge saw scores of families cheer as their sponsored ducks were dropped into the water and made their way to the finish line underneath Wootton Bassett Road.
Now in its 13th year, the event was staged in aid of various charities, including the Wessex Children's Hospice. It was hoped the fun day would match last year's fundraising total of £15,000.
As well as the main race at 3.30pm, children enjoyed fun rides and their parents a variety of stalls set up on the playing field opposite the Runner pub. They were also invited to enter their favourite pet into an RSPCA dog show.
Eddie Sims, Swindon Old Town Rotary Club secretary, said: "We have had around 3,000 people here today and we've sold more than 11,500 ducks. It's really the best community event in Swindon."
Last year the event, sponsored by Nationwide, supported Swindon Foodbank, CALM, Hop, Skip and Jump and the MS Therapy Centre among many other local groups.
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In an elegant dining room overlooking Central Park in the Time Warner Center, Per Se upholds the standards set by Thomas Keller at The French Laundry, (see No. 6) receiving an annual three-star rating from Michelin since 2006. As at The French Laundry, there are two tasting menus, one of which is vegetarian, but the Keller classic "oysters and pearls" is most definitely included in the non-vegetarian version (though the Per Se menus cost $310, while The French Laundry's are a more affordable $295). Here, there is also a salon menu, with à la carte offerings including ricotta agnolotti, butter-poached Nova Scotia lobster, and 100-day dry-aged Snake River Farms' beef tartare. Chef Eli Kaimeh does Keller proud with his skillful interpretations of this most refined style of cooking.
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With the financial crisis now entering its official one-year anniversary, investors everywhere are reevaluating their portfolios. Investors who are nearing or in retirement are especially vulnerable. Getting back lost of income has become increasingly challenging as throughout 2008 and into 2009, firms have been ruthlessly slashing dividends. In the third quarter of 2008, 138 companies cut their dividends, effectively removing $22 billion from investors' pockets. So far, the carnage of skipped or eliminated dividends in 2009 amounts to $46 billion. Traditional dividend safe havens, such as banks and utilities, may not provide the yield or safety required to make up this loss of income.
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Some of the best dividend values may come from international stocks. Foreign firms have traditionally held a more dividend-friendly culture, paying them to shareholders rather than keeping them as retained earnings. This is evident in the higher yields of international firms. The S&P 500 SPDRs (NYSE:SPY) was recently yielding 2.7%, versus the iShares MSCI EAFE (NYSE:EFA) which is yielding 3.2%. Add this to an expected long-term decline in the dollar and general growth of the world's economy and you have recipe for success in international investments.
While there are some exchange-traded funds that focus on international dividend strategies, many have insufficient trading volumes. For example, the WisdomTree International Large Cap Dividend ETF (AMEX:DOL) has a three-month average volume of only 13,000 shares a day. However, we can use these ETFs as a backdrop to find individual companies that pay juicy yields.
A Telecom Giant
As the world's third-largest wireless provider, Telefonica SA (NYSE:TEF) pays a rich 4.3% dividend. While headquartered in Spain, the telecom giant has been gaining significant market share in Latin America, one of the up-and-coming emerging markets. Recent developments include a joint venture agreement with Chinese mobile provider China Unicom (NYSE:CHU), allowing the company to tap the growth there. Analysts expect Telefonica to earn nearly $7.40 a share in 2009, more than enough to cover the dividend and further help grow those earnings at an expected 4% in 2010. (For more on analyst expectations, be sure to read Analyst Forecasts Spell Disaster For Some Stocks.)
An Italian Oil Play
With oil's fall from its summer 2008 highs and subsequent rebound, it may be time to look into some of the integrated oil companies. With a nearly 8% dividend yield, Italy's Eni SpA (NYSE:E) has the highest yield of the majors. Operating in some 70 countries and with some fairly significant oil fields under management, Eni stands to benefit from the world's continued and increasing consumption of energy. In addition, the company has interests in electricity generation as well as various petrochemical plants.
Pass the Mayo
Consumer staples seem to be the ultimate recession resistant play - after all, people still need to eat and shave, even in a crisis. 160 million times a day, someone, somewhere on the planet chooses a product from the Anglo-Dutch conglomeration Unilever (NYSE: UL, UN). The company holds several top-selling brands in their respective categories, including Hellmann's mayo, Ragu spaghetti sauce and All laundry detergent. Shares of the consumer products company currently yield 4.3%, trade at a forward P/E of slightly above 13, and come with an added bonus: a dividend that Unilever has consistently increased each year.
Bottom Line
As retirees seek to replenish the lost income the financial crash took away, they may want to look overseas to international firms for their dividends. A friendly dividend environment allows many larger firms to serve up juicy yields. The preceding three stocks are a good way to get introduced to international dividend investing. (See Dividend Facts You May Not Know to learn about some issues that could complicate these payouts for you.)
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A day at Disneyland is a marathon, and the visitors lining up in the plaza outside the park were prepared to make it to the finish.
They had on sneakers and sweats and packs (both fanny and back). Young men with knee-length basketball shorts hanging off their hips shuffled alongside dads in cargo shorts and socks pulled up to their shins.
Moms, their hair pulled back in no-nonsense ponytails, trudged along in capri pants pushing strollers loaded down like the truck in "The Grapes of Wrath."
Then, like a vision from another time, Christina Forst stood beside a lamppost in a blue floral dress and felt hat decorated with peacock feathers. Her lips were painted red and her fair skin matched the pearl-drop earrings and double-strand necklace she had crafted herself.
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"It's just as comfortable coming in a dress as jeans and a T-shirt," said Forst, a travel agent from Irvine, Calif. "Why not add the jewelry and the makeup and really make a statement?"
She was one in a group of thousands who had come on a Sunday for the twice-a-year event known as Dapper Day, hoping to add a touch of sartorial sophistication to a place where the words "Sunday" and "best" rarely meet.
Many saw themselves as tastefully appointed insurgents rebelling against a world in which jeans and golf shirts are acceptable at the office, celebrities have to be reminded to cover themselves when appearing on the red carpet and the attire in airport terminals looks better suited to a track meet than to air travel.
Down Main Street USA, the washed masses streamed: the wannabe Don Drapers, the noir vixens, the lonesome members of barbershop quartets, the old-school gangsters.
Forst had come with her husband, Scott, natty in his pinstripe suit. Her 4-year-old son, Sebastian, rested in her arms, rumpling his dark suit with a matching vest and pocket square.
"I live like this," Christina Forst, 37, said. "I love hats!"
Nostalgic power-dressing
"People are looking for an excuse to dress up," said Justin Jorgensen, who started Dapper Day (dapperday.com) in 2011 and has organized five of the events, all at Disneyland.
"Everything, including the workplace, pushes this idea of being casual," said Jorgensen, 38, of Burbank, Calif. "When do I get to wear my great stuff?"
Most of those in attendance that February day in Disneyland were in their 20s and 30s. They had come of age in a time of shoulder-padded power suits, windbreakers in neon colors and frizzy hair — not exactly a time remembered for its classic elegance.
Scattered throughout the park, the dapper crowd was as much of an attraction as the pair of costumed chipmunks posted near the entrance. Less formally attired guests stopped them to ask why they were so dressed up and even snapped pictures with them.
Quite a few asked for information, so these possible recruits for the fashion insurgency could join next time — Sept. 6 at Disneyland.


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ST. GEORGE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) -- Parts of Interstate 10, the main
highway across northern Florida, have been closed by flooding today
as Tropical Storm Debby hangs offshore over the Gulf of Mexico,
drenching Florida with rain.
Forecasters expect the region to get as much as 8 inches more,
and some places could see as much as two feet of rain by the time
it's all over.
The National Hurricane Center says Debby is on a path that would
slowly take it across the state and into the Atlantic by Friday.
Debby's top winds are barely tropical storm status, at 45 miles an
hour, but with the torrential rain it's creating rough surf.
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In Flying Kingdoms, players will do essentially the expected: build their own kingdoms, enlist friends to help them explore new lands and face terrible enemies. Keep in mind, however, that we don't know the specifics behind Flying Kingdoms, which could help the game sound a lot less like existing competitors, such as CastleVille.
To help build buzz about the game, Zynga's southern rival plans to release three different mini games on the Flying Kingdoms Facebook fan page to give would-be players a better idea of what to expect in the final game, or to "train" them. The first mini game is already live, which tasks players with choosing the must-have companions, items and, of course, kingdom with which to adventure. It's already clear that story and characters will receive a major focus in Flying Kingdoms.
That's about all we know about Flying Kingdoms, so check out the game's Facebook fan page to see for yourself. To access the mini games and be kept in the know of the game's impending release, you'll have to "Like" Flying Kingdoms, too. Hey, the more "Likes" the game gets, the more we find out.
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It's what he would have wanted. That and fish sticks.HasThisBeenDone 08/12/2012
He looks at this picture of his own self, signed by his own hand, addressed to his own person, while bobbing his own head, to his own music, in his own house, because "These beats are dope."sawceski 08/12/2012
Reminds me of this... Aziz Ansari hangs with Kayne
Edit: Skip to 2:00 to hear the relevant part. Or enjoy the whole video :Dlmench 08/12/2012
I love Kanye West. His music and his personality. He doesn't give a fuck, but then he really does give a fuck. He cares most about his creative output, and I can really respect that. One of my life dreams is to work for him in some capacity, just to experience his genius creative bubble. That guy knows what he wants and has the means to do it.
Also he's fucking hilarious.hooplah 08/12/2012
Taken from a comedy tv show. BTS Video here This screen grab is funny, but Kim Kardashian dressed as Princess Leia is better.Pays4Porn 08/12/2012
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title | comnts | points | age | /r/ :--|:--|:--|:--|:-- I think today is my cakeday. Here's my favorite picture on the internet | 1^com | -2^pts | 1^mo | funny [The only people I know that truly love each other ...RalphWasntHere 08/12/2012
"I knew I'd like this. I'm such a thoughtful guy."Tsiphon 08/12/2012
Screams from the haters; gotta nice ring to it. I guess every super hero need his theme music.RelevantKanyeQuotes 08/12/2012
Saw this picture before, Still laughed. 10/10 would laugh again.Tagman1996 08/12/2012
It's hard to be humble when you're stunting on a jumbotron.Scoot_Puffington 08/12/2012
My buddy has a picture of himself sitting at his bosses desk on his desk.
here is it: http://i.imgur.com/ETEPb.jpgNotHosaniMubarak 08/12/2012
Douchebag level - 1,000MrDoubleE 08/12/2012
"Lil B is the greatest rapper of all time" - Lil Bkieferbutt 08/12/2012
am i the only person who feels bad for Kanye?
he's rich and can't enjoy it because he has the insecurities of a teenage girlmanonthemount 08/12/2012
Methinks Kanye learned narcissism from the masterknirefnel 08/12/2012
Kanye wastes oxygen that good people could useakhunter1974 08/12/2012
I can see him actually doing this.Slugmeister 08/12/2012
To Kanye: the only man in the history of rap to spend to years talking crazy self fellating shit, and then proceed to back all of it up with the best album of the last 5 years.dagreenman18 08/12/2012
Why was this cancelled? Regardless of reddits opinion on the humour, this kind of stuff would be hysterical to its target audience wouldn't it?Hamtime 08/12/2012
I'm reading the Harry Potter series and in the 5th book I recently passed the mental ward scene, and this reminded me of Gilderoy Lockhart.LuridTeaParty 08/12/2012
Kanye is like the whole world's version of reddit's /r/atheism subreddit.holyghosttown 08/12/2012
His mouth still bothers me. And i wouldnt feel bad if he died in a fiery plane crash. Bonus if that plane crashes in justin beiber.keith_weaver 08/12/2012
Yo Dawg, I hear you like to listen to Kanye mixed with some KanyeLarneyStinson 08/12/2012
Yo DawgRelevantRoll 08/12/2012
this is so swagkodiakmoment 08/12/2012
It's fun to imagine Kanye isn't a frigormous tool and has just been trolling this whole time.
Of course, it would disappoint all of the hipsters who say they love him every time he does something fucking stupid. All the more reason to hope that's the case.Phoequinox 08/12/2012
YO, Kanye, I'm really happy for you, and ima let you start, but you have one of the best voices, OF ALL TIME, ALL TIME!RRuS 08/12/2012
lil did he know, basedgod was fucking his bitch nearbythegreatwhitemenace 08/12/2012
HANH?Shogun24 08/12/2012
I honestly believe that people should look at this and think about giving themselves a little bit of love...Aisthetiks 08/12/2012
reminds me of thiscunt_stuffer 08/12/2012
That bottle of listerine is greeked. Wonder why.beretta627 08/12/2012
Should read "To my biggest Fan, Love Kanye" That way the joke is preserved to the bottom framevondruke00 08/12/2012
That shit real.fubbington 08/12/2012
Source?omeezysheezy 08/12/2012
I laughed ridiculously when i saw him looking at his pictureYodaMush 08/12/2012
Allow myself to introduce myself.douglasr007 08/12/2012
I love the look of satisfaction and enjoyment on his face.aardvark445 08/12/2012
Totally made my daynoahthewale 08/12/2012
Do you think he charged him self for that autograph?EarthRester 08/12/2012
Notice the bottle of non-branded mint-flavored antiseptic oral rinsing agent.Ayatrollah_Khomatmei 08/12/2012
F-ing jabberjaw!beckova23 08/12/2012
Reposts. Reposts everwhere.BassNector 08/12/2012
Rountree85, my RES tag for you says "Idiot who posts fake shit". Apparently you are a fucking liar, and I know this because my RES doesn't lie.
Every time I see this tag, I will remind you.sib301 08/12/2012
On the plus side, he doesn't need to buy an antivirus because he doesn't watch porn. He's got his own reflection.renome 08/12/2012
That guy's a jackassthe_sneakness 08/12/2012
Pretty sure he is just waiting on his clone to mature so he can suck it's dick.twan398 08/12/2012
He probably masturbates to his own music and his own image too.d0n0v4n98 08/12/2012
imma let you finish but he's a dickweedJamesDarko 08/12/2012
It was brave of you to repost this with the title as the punchline.
Go with deGrasse Sagan.Wozzle90 08/13/2012


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Archive for November 2012
Absent Councillor Still On Payroll
Central Saanich council has granted a leave of absence with pay to a councillor who appears to have left for work in the Cayman Islands. Read the rest of this entry »
Higher Density Proposed for North Saanich
Is North Saanich ready for 30 houses per hectare (13.5 houses per acre)? That is the density that is being proposed at 9395 East Saanich Road, a 1.8 hectare triangular shaped piece of property bordered by East Saanich, Canora and Willingdon Roads, in the southeast quadrant of North Saanich. Read the rest of this entry »
Councillor Siklenka Risks Disqualification
Less than one year after being re-elected for a second term to Central Saanich council, Terry Siklenka has apparently 'disappeared' from the local scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Sidney Firefighters Heating Up
After the cold, wet spring of 2012 spilled over into a chilly, drizzly summer, it seemed like the hot, dry bikini weather only put in a brief appearance before it was time to break out the long johns and woolly sweaters of fall and winter. Read the rest of this entry »
The Great East-West Saanich Café Showcase! part 1
One of my earliest memories of being on the peninsula is a Saturday morning amble on West Saanich Road, stopping in for tea and snacks at a café. Read the rest of this entry »


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Help may be on the way for crosscurrent problems in St. Johns River. The Corps of Engineers estimates that the entire project, if undertaken, would cost approximately $3 million.
U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R), the Republican leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving ahead with a potential cost effective solution for addressing the Milepoint cross currents that create maritime safety and harbor access issues for Jacksonville Harbor.
Mica said, "These unsafe waterway currents represent the biggest obstacle to safety and future port development at Jacksonville, and hopefully this action by the Corps will help resolve the problem."
During certain times of the day, access to Jacksonville Harbor is limited by strong cross-currents at Milepoint that create unsafe shipping conditions, particularly for larger vessels.
Mica and local officials have been working with the Corps to try to identify a cost-effective solution to the safety and access issues that does not require lengthy new project approvals or securing new funding. The Corps has identified a potential means to significantly reduce the cross currents, involving the partial removal of a training wall, and already has the necessary authority to move forward.
"Eliminating the Milepoint cross currents is critical to ensuring full access and utilization of Jacksonville Harbor," Mica said. "If this proposal proves feasible, the Corps will be able to address these access and safety problems, and improve the competitiveness of the Port of Jacksonville, at a dramatically lower cost compared to previous proposals."
The Seventh District solon added, "With the increasing size of shipping vessels and pending improvements to the Panama Canal, improving harbor access will position Jacksonville and Florida to play a more prominent role in modern maritime trade. I look forward to the results of the first phase of this project, and hope that we can proceed in improving harbor access in a cost effective manner," Mica said.
In the first phase of the project, the Corps will conduct tests to determine the effects on the cross currents of removing a portion of the training wall, and whether doing so would produce any unintended consequences. The Corps expects to conclude testing in early 2011.
If testing demonstrates that the wall removal will have the desired results, the Corps could then continue work on completing the final designs, environmental work and securing state permits. A construction contract could then be let in September.