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Reduce?August 27, 2007
As is the trend, I've lately been a lot more conscious about my levels of consumption. Usually just simple things like saying no to a plastic bag when possible and just carrying things home with me, or choosing produce that's travelled a few less miles to get to my fridge. Nothing terribly significant on a one-person scale, but stuff that makes a bit of difference if a lot of people are doing it.
Of course I'm aware that there's waste occurring behind the scenes in the retail channel. Goods need to be manufactured, byproducts need to be disposed of, items need fuel and containers for shipping, etc. Okay, that's a given. But when stores order in bulk it's an opportunity to cut down on some of that, whether that means making less trips, using less boxes, or otherwise.
Today really threw that into sharp relief. A couple of weeks back Apple came out with a new keyboard, and due to the local Mac retailers not receiving their shipments immediately, I decided to order direct from Apple. I picked up the box today, and expecting something vaguely keyboard-sized, I nearly choked when the receptionist pulled out a rather large box. Inside of which was another box. Inside of which was another box. Not to mention the plastic. Observe:
That a box needs to be protected by another box seems mad enough, but this is Apple after all; we wouldn't want to damage the pristine cardboard. It's the next level of the shipping container and padding that really makes my brain hurt. I'm chalking it up to standard-sized shipping boxes, and this was simply the one that happened to have enough room to house the factory box. But you'd think the factory box ought to be good enough for the sake of shipping, no? Looks like I have yet another reason to avoid ordering tangible objects off the web.
Don't even get me started on those evil Space Devil plastic packages.
That's pretty bad, but doesn't even come close to 300 page iPhone bills
Yeah, I got my iWork disc wrapped in a good couple of layers as well.. For a moment I thought I'd gotten a Mac Mini, when the lady at the post office brought it to me… ;P
Love the illustration, btw! (The Apple logo is a bit skewed, though, but that's just minor nit-picking…)
That's pretty harsh… lucky for you, I countered your rediculous packaging by walking into a store and walking out without a receipt, without a bag, and only step #5 of your lovely diagram :)
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that maybe the outer box was the smallest one wide enough to encase the long-ish keyboard, but that's just insane.
Nice illustrations by the way – I like that you channelled your anger toward their shipping practices into some old-school bitmap graphics!
@Ash Hague - "doesn't even come close to 300 page iPhone bills"
Yeah, thank god we have Rogers up here in Canada and not AT&T, what with their totally zero-impact iPhone bills. (though, in case you missed it, AT&T stopped doing that - http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136338-c,iphone/article.html )
@John Arnor G. Lom - "The Apple logo is a bit skewed"
Isometric perspective kind of demanded that, but I know what you're saying. And, thanks!
Oh, I forgot to ask… when are you going to do the 16x16 pixel version of the illustration? :)
In my experience, people seem to prefer pristine product boxes to non-pristine ones. We're all taught not to judge a book by it's cover, but more often than not, we learn if there's smoke there's a fire. So I guess people instinctively associate the condition of the box with the condition of the contents. So I can understand the whole notion of wanting to protect the product box (even though I don't necessarily think it's worth the resources wasted on it).
It gets far worse than that. My new mobile phone came in a nice shrink wrapped product box with good padding inside to protect the contents. And thank god, the online retailer had more sense than to stick it inside another box.
But when you open the package, you see the phone charger inside it's own little box. So are the manuals and the accompanying CD-ROM. Now why in the world do you want to further protect the charger and manuals which are already inside a well padded shrink wrapped box? Does someone really think the phone might go crazy of claustrophobia and start eating at the charger/manuals?
Perhaps these are artifact of a rather insensitive manufacturing process where the chargers and the manuals are manufactured separately, put in individual boxes and sent to a different location to be put together inside the product package?
Either way, yes, it is rather insane that boxes need to be protected by other boxes.
I have it on good authority that those seven layers of packaging are all in the interest of protecting the extremely delicate and quantum-flux-tachyon-powered Apple key. It has to do with relativity and stuff …
Apple makes all the right generic noises ( http://www.apple.com/environment/ ), and like many other big companies falls short on actual performance and action { http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/news/2006/04/70739 } on those warm and fuzzy environmental issues.
We don't really take all that boulderdash about global warming seriously do we? It's all a conspiracy by the scientists for bigger surf board budgets, I tell you! Now if some computer manufacturer could produce a laptop computer that was powerd by a 500bhp 8-litre petrol engine that could do 0-60mph in 2.04 seconds and pack that in 7 layers of industrial dressing, we'd have a real big seller on our hands.
I smell an ipod beater.
I wonder if the unusual proportions of the keyboard was the trigger for the outer box. Three years ago I ordered a PowerBook and iPod from Apple online. I know that the Powerbook box was shipped in a protective, cardboard sleeve (I still have both boxes) and I believe the iPod was shipped the same way. I can't imagine Apple taking a step backward environmentally without some good reason.
I was befuddled by the same thing when I ordered my keyboard. I thought maybe it was a one-off thing, like they ran out of regular boxes at the shipping center.
I've been a bit conflicted lately about the tradeoff between the convenience of online ordering and the amount of waste that goes into packing individual items up and flying them around in 747s. Sure I'm saving a trip in a car to a big box store in the suburbs, but it's kind of depressing when that one audio adapter arrives packed in a box five times its size filled with packing material.
Seems like there's some room for one of the big online retailers to innovate in a super-lightweight, space efficient, flexible-for-all-sizes packaging system.
Good discussion here.
What the packing materials are made from is a huge factor though too. Reduce is good; reuse is 10x better.
What really tweaks me is how much recyclable stuff gets thrown away by ignorant or lazy people—eg aluminum cans, receipts, etc.—even though the recycle bin is 2 feet away. I'm not sure what's worse—being lazy or being ignorant/oblivious. I'm sure some of you all have seen these people… Reduce means nothing if everyone doesn't recycle the stuff they already get.
Apple's improved their packaging thus far at least using cardboard instead of stryrofoam but yet there are some people who probably end up throwing that stuff away instead of sorting it into their recyclables, along with their paper.
As for Wilson's comment above, depending on how far away you drive to the store, I'd actually give the nod to online shopping. I can tell you one thing: FedEx and UPS do not use consumer 747s for transporting materials—the versions they use are for transporting goods. And lots of them. Ditto that for trucks. And who says your shipment is by Jet… I use ground shipping all the time. For every gallon you waste in fuel going to the store, those big trucks can save 5 due to the economies of scale. (Think carpooling except for packages.)
I'd rather have to reuse / recycle some cardboard than get a broken product that I'd have to ship back, then get the item resent (still risking breakage). I never hurts to have a couple extra cardboard boxes around. Once a DHL shipped car stereo component my ex-boss ordered looked as though it had been dropped in an ankle deep puddle, then tossed around a bit. Any extra space between a shipper's hands and my product is a plus. That said, I still like buying from a local store. There's nothing better than walking out of a store with a physical object after you just traded currency. The time between the online-payment and the physical object makes the giddiness of the purchase wane.
My MacPro came in a very tight setup. Good protection not a lot of spare room.
I was also impressed with Adobes CS3 suite. Small and very cost effective on the branding. Fairly nice looking too with the switchable branding. The outer box was very well designed.
Is the new keyboard good? I tried it briefly in a store here in Denmark but you can't buy them loose yet as they only come with the new iMac. I can't wait to hopefully replace the old white plastic trash keyboard.
@Martin - "Is the new keyboard good?"
So far so good. I've had a MacBook for over a year so I've adjusted to the lower profile key style, plus the smaller angle is going to be a nice break on my fingers. Still have to look down a bit more than usual, but that should go away soon.
I fully agree. My local bakers wanted to wrap a loaf of bread in a clear plastic bag, then put it in a paper bag and then put it in a plastic bag.
To be fair to Apple they are making an effort though
We should be demanding less packaging from everyone though whether they are bakers or hardware vendors.
I recently ordered a body pillow from Amazon. It arrived in a huge box, of which half the space was taken up by, get this, Amazon's airbags for padding. It was amusing in a very sad way.
As for your keyboard box, if you were giving it as a gift would you really feel comfortable giving a beat up box? Maybe companies could offer an "I don't care about the box's condition" packing option for orders that aren't gifts.
From what I heard, some postal workers like to play with the boxes they get, throwing them around and such. And if that's even remotely true, I sure am glad to get as many protection boxes as possible.
Also, as some people noted, the boxes are made of cardboard, which is recyclable. I have an exam on this tomorrow, so did you know 93% of packaging paper/cardboard is made from recycled paper? So as long as you're aware enough to throw this cardboard into a recycling bin, not much damage has been made to the woods. And another thing.. Paper industry claims being only good for the woods, since they clean up the dead trees and branches, rather than chopping the growing ones. This way they make space for new, fresh trees. I'm not quite sure this is really so, but it is a view from a different perspective.
About the plastic… well, that's bad.
My one was shipped in the factory box — nothing more. As you can see here: http://julianschrader.de/20070821-review-apples-new-aluminum-keyboard/
And I love this thing!
No, no, no! You got it all wrong here! Apple's handing you a nice big container, allowing you to collect all your paper waste and deliver it to a recycling center in one recyclable box!
Oh, and I'm conveniently forgetting about the double shrinkwrapping here… ;)
This irritates the heck out of me too. One place that does get it right is a VW parts supplier I use. The parts need to be protected, and they are often strangely shaped, so if I order a few items, I often get a big box with a lot of packing. However, they don't use polystyrene - inside the big box are my items nestled in cardboard box material that has been part shredded . They have a machine that shreds the cardboard but not into strips - the sheet remains in one piece but has a series of cuts, making it appear like wicker/weaved. It provides padding but is good re-use of materials and can itself be recycled again.
I once ordered a piece of software. I was very surprises, when the mail man handed me a box which seemed capable of holding at least five copies of the latest Harry Potter book, and almost didn't weight anything.
I opened up the box to find the CD-ROM just underneath the cardboard - it wasn't even in a jewel case just in one of those paper sleeves.
The rest of the humongous box was filled with plastic airbags…
That is about the most retarded packaging I have ever experienced.
I agree that the amount of over packaging seems like a bit of overkill (loved the comment about the Amazon pillow!)…but having a little more protection for the product is usually not a bad thing.
Back in the dark ages, (early 90's, way before the Apple Store…) I worked for a distribution company that warehoused Apple products to ship to Apple resellers. We constantly received returns of product from our customers stating that they couldn't sell it to their customers because the boxes were scuffed. Not ripped, dinged or damaged, just scuffed. So naturally, the overbox became a neccessity. Fast forward to the 2000's and now Apple is producing beautiful packaging that makes the overbox an absolute must. Then the distributor throws that in a common size overbox of their own. It's stupid, but it's cheaper for everyone involved that your keyboard arrive without damage. And if a few trees have to die in the process, so be it. [Their attitude, not mine…I could live without about three quarters of the packaging in this world..]
"No, no, no! You got it all wrong here! Apple's handing you a nice big container, allowing you to collect all your paper waste and deliver it to a recycling center in one recyclable box!"
If it were intentional, the box would be $40, black, and labelled iRecycle. Duh. ;)
Has anyone tried the new apple keyboard with a PC yet? I'm curious to know if it's still a solid product, since my Logitech DiNovo w/laser mouse has given me nothing but grief since I bought it last year.
By far the worst packing evil are those damn polystyrene peanuts everyone seems to use nowadays. HUGE boxes with tiny items are stuffed full of these little devils that seem to stick to everything except the trash can.
My wife and I have started using the paper from our document shredder to pack things, after mixing it up a bit for security. With so much junk mail our household generates at least 1 whole trash bag of the stuff every week, so it makes for a limitless supply of packing material.
If the postal service could start pretending that the packages might be worth something I suppose that Apple et. al. could use less packaging for shipment.
In Japan in every descent shop you always get at least 4 layers wrap on every item you buy ( not food of course ). It is some kind of custom to wrap everything nicely several times before you give it to someone
The belgian state post ( http://www.post.be ) would still succeed in handling this package in such a way that your keyboard would be heavily damaged ;-)
This is only to tell that if you could be sure that packages would be handled in a not too rough manner - this kind of überpackaging would not be necessary.
After being in PEI for a week, Dave, I couldn't believe their stance on waste management. Beside every garbage can, even the ones in the middle of no where (on bike trails and such), there was also a compost and recycling bin. I live in Toronto, so to see this kind of initiative really makes me happy.
In fact, a little bit of the 'Islander' attitude from out there has rubbed off on me.
love this post.
i would like to start making diagrams like this for everything i order online. you should come up with icons that can get assembled to create flowcarts for packaging :)
That is ridiculous. I've had some silly oversized boxes being sent when I ordered stuff on the internet, but nothing this bad.
And I also try to reuse plastic bags. I'm glad Tesco introduced their bag reuse programme.
When already have a bag when I go into a shop I try to stop them giving me yet another bag, but sometimes they're just to damn quick and they force their own bag on you. Quite annoying. Too often I end up with 4-5 bag, each containing a small item, all which easily would fit into one.
Yeah - Jeff got that same keyboard and box. I was mad enough to write apple, who immediately wrote me back and said they were taking it up with their distribution co, who were the guilty party. So a sortofa passing of the buck.
That is absurd … but imagine if Dell did it what it would look like …
I guess it's for your protection …
Only Dave Shea can even make the "7 levels of hell" look so pleasing on the eyes. Very classy illustration .. can't say the same about the packaging :).
I've had a similar experience ordering just a keyboard iSkin from the online Apple store… Came in a box more than 4x its size, and it's definitely something that doesn't need a whole lot of protecting (it's made of.. what, rubber?)
Love the illustration though. =]
I had the same adventure with an IBM notebook that came in a nearly one m^3 box.
Think that's owned to marketing - or probably each tier adds economic value :-)
This one is for Trish
I found a company called KB Covers that has tons of Apple Keyboard Covers….I got a Photoshop one and I love it. It came in an envelope with minimal waste…I wonder why Apple doesn't carry them? I like them a lot better than iSkin.
That is a poor showing. In contrast we ordered 5 of the new keyboards and a few other Apple things. It all arrived in one shipping box, tightly packed. Each keyboard then had just its own wrapping box and a bit of plastic over the keys.
Hi Dave,
One thing I kind of discovered after starting my job of the "web master" for a manufacturing company… packaging is a pretty serious thing.
Trust me, the MFG's would NOT add such unbelievable packaging schemes if it didn't HAVE to.
*Have* to being either a) they have to pass requirements for packaging, such as the "drop test" where you drop a box from a certain height and it cannot smash the inside contents to some degree (I don't know the specifics, I'm the web guy, not the engineers who have all kinds of funny looking equipment with moving parts hammering and pounding on boxes).
MFG's, like any company, are trying to maximize profit. There's a huge investment in packaging on getting is as cheap as possible without allowing any damage to the product itself. I wouldn't be surprised that it's actually cheaper for the company to just toss it in a big box, with cheap padding (or air bags, like Amazon does) than to try and design a very small, minimal mass box that can protect the product and pass the required tests.
Thus, "waist" = "profit" sadly and unintuitive. Which does bring up a real good point. Those who are trying hard to micromanage their lives to be as green as possible are probably better off buying from brick and mortar stores than ordering online. Those online stores already received their bulk orders in protected boxes and end up *re-packaging* a product to send to you.
Johnny B
That is crazy, at least it gave you a nice excuse to draw up some nifty icons, to better communicate what happened…
No but really that is a HUGE waste of resources.
You said it right "conscious about my levels of consumption" is a trend may I add a feel good trend. I bet you spent more resources creating your packaging illustration on your computer and the comments you posted and the comments being posted on your site than it took to make all that packaging!
While I agree the packaging is overkill; I don't follow the carbon footprint thing because it's just a silly trend.
i'm sick of over-wrapping with plastic on basically everything we consume, from food to electronics. one of the main reasons my band is releasing our album digital-only is because of all the plastic that goes into CD packaging. it's ridiculous…
even at the grocery store, it's all in 2x the packaging it needs to be in.
Reminds me of buying a very expensive WiFi module for a Toshiba laptop. This is a module about half the size of a folded-out matchbook, mind you. When it arrived I was a bit surprised to get a cardboard shipping carton about the size and weight of seven average paperbacks. And why was that? Because the card shipped with six paperbacks worth of Installation Manual, Warranty, Specifications, Compliance Documentation, and more. Each one a paperback in itself, the card, which weighed in at aboyt 30 grams from memory, arrived weighing over a kilo…
Now THAT is overpackaging…
Well, when items are manufactured on the opposite side of the globe, it takes a little extra packaging to protect it on the trek to the consumer. I especially hate the packaging that's impossible to open without self injury because of the materials used–which also makes me think twice before returning it because I've done so much damage opening the packaging.
Perhaps that's another part of it–complicated packaging discourages returns?
This reminds me of a DVD I ordered from amazon some time ago. When it arrived (at Buenos Aires) I had to pay an extra fee to the post office due to "overweight". It was just a single DVD on its case, and I ended up paying half of its value on the package…
Sometimes it can be like buying a can of beans. The beans are cheaper than the can.
I got an SD card off of crucial and it came in a box full of those little white balls. The box was the same size as the one my toshiba laptop came in.
This is a great article, we received a cd the other day with images on from a client to enable us to upload their images on to the corporoate web site. It came in a 3ft by 1 ft cardboard box, inside the box was bubble wrap, inside the bubble wrao was a padded envelope, inside the padded ebvelope was a small cardboard box inside the cardboard box was an old music cd jewel and inside the jewel was the clients own cd, It made us laugh they had used all the packaging but used a second hand jewel to save money
I think there is actually a law now where if you believe that a product is excessively packaged, you can actually sue them.
I remember after watching some environmental programme, walking around Tescos and thinking exactly what is overpackaged.
I looked at Pizzas, which some have boxes around them when frozen - do they really need to be there? Would it not be better to have a leaflet that the customer picks up with the pizza for reference when cooking? Also things like Beauty products i have noticed, you get the bottle, and sometimes this comes with outer cardboard packaging on, with perhaps no information on apart from the same as what is on the bottle. These are purely for presentation. How many people could we sue for overpackaging products. By the looks of it Apple could be a winner with the amount of packaging they have. Instead of producing layers upon layers, why don't they design a simple box instead?
Things have changed a lot since you wrote this article. It's good to see supermarkets (in the UK) charging for carrier bags now as they become more aware of the need to cut down on packaging, although many manufacturers still insist on bulky packaging using unsustainable plastics.

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The theme for Week 17 of Amy Coffin's "52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History," sponsored by GeneaBloggers, is: Pets. Did you have any pets as a child? If so, what types and what were their names. Do you have pets now? Describe them as well. If you did not have pets, you can discuss those of neighbors or other family members.
Well, as a matter of fact, I have posted on this subjects before. Lots of times. Lots and lots of times. So - here is a list of previous posts:
Memory Monday: Pets, Part 1
Memory Monday: Pets, Part 2
The Language of Cats: An Illustrated Glossary (my favorite pet post)
Wordy Wednesday: More from the Language of Cats - An Illustrated Glossary
Featured Feline Friday: R.B. Koehl
Wordless Wednesday: The Language of Cats, Continued
Silly Saturday: New Year's Eve Nip Party
Wordy Wednesday: Our Office Assistants
Wordless Wednesday: Pipsqueak and a Friend
Memory Monday: We Were the Brady Bunch of Cat Families
Monday, April 25, 2011
Pet Post Roundup
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My, oh, my, you are indeed a pet person! A gal after my own heart.ReplyDelete
A kindred spirit! Amazing how big a part our animals play in our lives.ReplyDelete
Loved all your pet posts! I went back and read several of those. We are dog lovers and could not live without a couple around the house. Hubby is gone a lot and they are my late night genealogy buddies. Thanks for sharing your stories, I enjoyed them.ReplyDelete
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This drawing is signed and executed by Poul Steffensen (1866-1923), a well-listed Danish artist. His work is characterized by the careful light and shade producing a convincing illusion of three-dimensional volume of the figures and also the skillful and highly detailed depiction of various fabrics and materials. The subject matter, a barefoot young girl picking flowers, is charming.
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Lent is over, and we're still enjoying our Easter candy here in NOLA, but this year just isn't the same. Although the familiar Elmer's Chocolates, second largest manufacturer of the heart box in the country and the maker of Heavenly Hash Gold Brick, and Pecan Eggs is still located in the area, it moved across the lake to Ponchatoula in the early '60s. Nonetheless, it's a venerable local company, established in 1855 and today run by the third generation of the Nelson family. The company's founder was Christopher Henry Miller, a German immigrant . His first shop was on the corner of Jackson Street and Levee Street. Later it became Elmer-Miller, the name of Augustus Elmer was added, when he married into the Miller family. In 1914 it became The Elmer Company . Roy Nelson bought the company in 1963 from the Elmer family, who first began making Heavenly Hash Eggs in 1923 and Gold Brick Eggs in 1938. Elmer's didn't invent the Heavenly Hash recipe, but bought it from a department store. Today the company makes 15 million candy eggs a year, and we eat a lot of them in right here!
What's missing from the mix, though, is Merlin Candies. Merlin made chocolate bunnies, and any local would tell you that Easter wasn't complete without a chocolate Merlin bunny. Merlin's original operation was uptown on Magazine Street, opening in 1947. It moved to Elmwood in Metairie a few years ago, but now it is no more-sold just last year to R.M. Palmer of West Reading, Pennsylvania. Oh well, we've still got the inlaid door tiles for the Russell Stover store on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans, even though that store went away a long time ago as well! Old-timers may remember the purple-mirrored glass in the store at the corner of Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CanalStChasRussellStoverDoor.jp


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Gaston Day is the place to be this week for basketball junkies wanting to get a look at future college stars.
Gaston Day is the place to be this week for basketball junkies wanting to get a look at future college stars.
The inaugural Upward Classic will feature six Division I signees or commitments, plus a host of other uncommitted Division I recruiting targets.
The Patrick School, a perennial prep power from New Jersey (formerly St. Patrick), headlines the tournament set for Wednesday through Saturday. The Patrick School brings a St. Joseph�s commitment in 6-foot-7 senior forward DeAndre Bembry and an uncommitted 6-3 senior guard in Isaiah Lewis, who has been offered by Kansas and Memphis among others.
The Patrick School will face Kennedy Charter in the tournament�s opening game 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Kennedy Charter features its own Division I target in Lucas Johnson, a 6-5 sophomore guard who is rated top 40 nationally in his class by Future150.
The action continues Thursday, when the other six boys teams and four of the six girls teams hit the court starting at 3 p.m. and ending after the 9 p.m. tipoff between the North Gwinnett (Ga.) and Vance boys game.
Thursday�s 6 p.m. boys game between Oldsmar Christian of Florida and Northside Christian of Charlotte might have the most star power. Oldsmar Christian features four Division I prospects, including three seniors who have committed or signed: 6-8 senior forward Tony Nunn (North Texas), 6-11 senior center Glen Pierre (Georgia Southern) and 6-1 senior guard D.J Bowles (Wichita State). On the other side, nearby Northside Christian is led by Army commitment Luke Morrison, a 6-8 senior forward. The Northside roster includes three other prospects, including Gaston Day transfer and Gastonia native Keyshawn Woods, a 6-4 junior guard.
Host Gaston Day tips off at 7:30 Thursday against Berry Academy, whose top player is 6-4 senior guard Cazmon Hayes, a Delaware commitment. Gaston Day is led by sophomore guards Derek McKnight and Trevor Anderson and junior forward Troy Henderson.
Thursday�s nightcap at 9 pits North Gwinnett against Charlotte Vance. North Gwinnett has a pair of sophomore guards (Tobias Howard and Kamaran Calhoun) who are drawing Division I recruiting attention while Vance is led by sophomore guard Malik Massey.
The girls field is made of Gaston Day, Kennedy Charter, Northside Christian, Berry Academy, Kings Mountain and Vance.
Games Friday and Saturday tip off at 90-minute intervals beginning at 10:30 a.m. and extending through 7:30 p.m. The girls championship is set for 6 p.m. Saturday, followed by the boys title game at 7:30.
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Top recruiting targets at this week�s Upward Classic
The Patrick School (8:30 p.m. Wednesday)
DeAndre Bembry, 6-7 senior forward (committed to St. Joseph�s)
Isaiah Lewis, 6-3 senior guard (offers from Kansas, Memphis and others)
Kennedy Charter (8:30 p.m. Wednesday)
Lucas Johnson, 6-5 sophomore guard (top 40 national prospect by Future150)
Oldsmar Christian, Fla. (6 p.m. Thursday)
Tony Nunn, 6-8 senior forward (committed to North Texas)
Glen Pierre, 6-11 senior center (signed with Georgia Southern)
D.J. Bowles, 6-1 senior guard (committed to Wichita State)
Alex Owens, 6-8 sophomore forward
Northside Christian (6 p.m. Thursday)
Luke Morrison, 6-8 senior forward (committed to Army)
Phillip Reed, 6-9 senior forward
James Demery, 6-5 junior guard
Keyshawn Woods, 6-4 junior guard
Gaston Day (7:30 p.m. Thursday)
Derek McKnight, 6-1 sophomore guard
Trevor Anderson, 6-0 sophomore guard
Troy Henderson, 6-8 junior forward
Berry Academy (7:30 p.m. Thursday)
Cazmon Hayes, 6-4 senior guard (committed to Delaware)
North Gwinnett, Ga. (9 p.m. Thursday)
Tobias Howard, 6-0 sophomore guard
Kamaran Calhoun, 6-3 sophomore guard
Vance (9 p.m. Thursday)
Malik Massey, sophomore guard
Game 1: Boys: The Patrick School vs. Kennedy Charter, 8:30 p.m.
Game 2: Girls: Gaston Day vs. Kennedy Charter, 3 p.m.
Game 3: Girls: Northside vs. Berry, 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: Boys: Oldsmar vs. Northside, 6 p.m.
Game 5: Boys: Gaston Day vs. Berry, 7:30 p.m.
Game 6: Boys: North Gwinnett vs. Vance, 9 p.m.
Girls byes: Kings Mountain, Vance
Game 7: Girls: G2 loser vs. G3 loser, 10:30 a.m.
Game 8: Boys: G1 loser vs. G4 loser, noon
Game 9: Girls: G2 winner vs. Vance, 1:30 p.m.
Game 10: Boys: G5 loser vs. G6 loser, 3 p.m.
Game 11: Girls: G3 winner vs. Kings Mountain, 4:30 p.m.
Game 12: Boys: G1 winner vs. G4 winner, 6 p.m.
Game 13: Boys: G5 winner vs. G6 winner, 7:30 p.m.
Game 14: Girls consolation game, 10:30 a.m.
Game 15: Boys seventh-place game, noon
Game 16: Girls consolation game, 1:30 p.m.
Game 17: Boys fifth-place game, 3 p.m.
Game 18: Boys third-place game, 4:30 p.m.
Game 19: Girls championship, 6 p.m.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Private Universe Project in Science
Workshop Two: "Why Are Some Ideas So Difficult?
Section 1 - About Workshop Two:
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What is the theme of this workshop?
The theme of Workshop Two is "discovering the scope of student ideas".
Whom do we see in the video?
Jon, a seventh-grade student, is interviewed before and after a traditional lesson on photosynthesis. Bob Holden, Jon's teacher, watches the video of Jon's interviews, discovering that Jon's problems in biology concern his confusion about the physics and chemistry of matter and energy. Jon also has no concept of energy and the relationship of energy to chemical changes. He seems to be missing the concept that chemical changes may either require an input of energy or may release energy.
What happens in the video?
Interviews with Jon suggest that teaching can be more effective when the full scope of a student's ideas are considered.
What problem does this workshop address?
Photosynthesis is among the most widely taught of all concepts in biology. Why, then, do many people have difficulty grasping the central idea of photosynthesis-that most of the substance of plants comes from the air?
What teaching strategy does this workshop offer?
Among many possibilities to help students reflect on their own thinking, we offer such techniques as concept mapping and journal keeping.
"Why Are Some Ideas So Difficult?" is for any teacher interested in and committed to helping students overcome persistent barriers to learning.
Even though this video focuses on a middle school biology student, teachers of all subjects and all grade levels will gain new insights into science learning in the classroom.
One of the purposes of this video is to provoke discussion on the topic of building curricula around difficult concepts in science. After viewing this videotape, you may want to discuss the following issues:
How can curriculum developers create classroom units and lessons that account for the full scope of student ideas? What ideas need to be taught? At what age? What's missing from the standard curricula that you know about? Often the ideas established prior to and outside the teaching of a subject block learning. How can this problem be addressed in the classroom?
For instance, the student in the video has trouble understanding photosynthesis because of his belief that air has no weight. An understanding that air is made of invisible particles with weight is usually a topic for a chemistry or a physics lesson, and a lack of this understanding prevents the student from learning an idea in biology.
There is a tendency for parents and others to blame teachers when students don't learn. It is important to realize that teachers do not cause learning. This video is about understanding how a student learns as the shift in focus goes from teaching to learning.
In this video, we show Bob Holden, a fourth grade teacher at a suburban middle school. If we had unlimited time to show Bob's thoughts, preparation, and teaching, it would be clear to everyone that he is an exemplary professional. Unfortunately, we have only a limited amount of time for the entire workshop. Here are several questions that relate directly to the video.
Workshop Discussion After Viewing Video
What problems do teachers face in the classroom? Even though Bob started this process with a high degree of skills, talent, and experience, what positive changes did Bob experience? What aspects of Jon's class were typical of how you might treat this subject? What aspects of Jon's class differed from how you might treat this subject?
- Devise a simple explanation, demonstration, or activity for understanding how plants convert carbon dioxide from the air and water from the ground into food through photosynthesis.
- Invent a way that allows even the skeptical students to convince themselves that the air does, indeed, have mass/weight. Whenever possible, allow students to test the idea.
As workshop participants, you will get the greatest benefit from the next workshop if you complete the following exercise:
Ask students, family, colleagues, and/or friends how they would light a light bulb with nothing more than a battery, wire, and the bulb. Have them draw diagrams to illustrate their explanations.
What is a concept map?
A concept map is a diagram showing the relationships between things or ideas. In technical terms, each thing or idea in the map is called a "concept" and each relationship is called a "proposition." In a concept map, the concepts (ideas) are placed in boxes and the propositions (relationships) are indicated by lines connecting the boxes. A very simple concept map could have two boxes connected by a single line.
For instance, in order to make a concept map of the sentence "The sky is blue." we first put the words "sky" and "blue" in boxes. (See diagrams at right.)
Then we connect the boxes with a line labeled "is."
This concept map represents the meaning of the sentence "The sky is blue." Most concept maps are more complex than the above example. Some of them are much more complex.
The power of a concept map lies in its ability to externalize--or make visible--the thinker's thoughts. By making a concept map, you are providing a window into your thought processes for others as well as for yourself. Often, the process of making a concept map stimulates the map maker to recognize new relationships between concepts and find new meanings in ideas. In this way it can be a kind of visual "thinking out loud."
What are the uses of concept maps?
Concept maps and concept mapping activities can be powerful tools for teaching, learning, and assessment. Here are some examples of each use.
- Concept maps for teaching
A teacher can include concept mapping in planning instruction. By making a concept map of a particular topic, such as "photosynthesis," the teacher can decide which concepts are the most important to include, what the relationships are between the key concepts, which concepts depend on an understanding of other ideas, and the best order in which to present the key concepts.
By first having students create concept maps of how they understand a topic, the teacher can infer the state of their initial knowledge. The teacher then has a better idea of which aspects of a lesson to emphasize and is free from depending solely on assumptions of the students' needs. In addition, the process of concept mapping can stimulate students to a more sophisticated understanding of a topic even before it is presented in class.
- Concept maps for learning
In the course of creating a concept map, a student may develop new relationships between concepts. The student may be able to recognize and address logical problems in a previous way of thinking. As a result, the student may find new meanings in old ideas. In this way, making a concept map can be a creative activity.
- Concept maps for assessment
Students' concept maps can provide clear pictures into their thinking and understanding. A teacher can use concept maps made by students at different points to track learning and development. A concept map made at the end of a lesson can give a teacher a wealth of information at a glance. How many of the target concepts did the student include? How accurate are the relationships between the concepts? How complex or simplistic is the student's understanding of the topic? How many levels of relationship and cross-connections did the student recognize? Few assessment tools can provide so much information in such a compact package.
How are concept maps made?
A good concept map can be made in a relatively few steps.
- Identify and list the key concepts in the topic to be mapped.
- Organize the key concepts with the most general ones at the top of the list and the most specific ones at the bottom. (Put each into a separate "box.") Maps should take on a hierarchical, triangular form.
- Add words and lines linking the concept boxes to make statements about the ideas.
- Look for cross-links between concepts on different parts of the map.
- Revise the map until it accurately represents your thinking.
- If available, use computer software to construct a concept map. (Macflow is a program that does this.)
Adapted from Novak, Joseph D. and D. Bob Gowin. 1984. Learning How To Learn. Cambridge University Press.
Companies, publications, and organizations named in this guide represent a cross-section of such entities. We do not endorse any companies, publications, or organizations, nor should any endorsement be inferred from a listing in this guide. Descriptions of such entities are for reference purposes only. We have provided this information to help locate materials and information.
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Concepts in Science consists of 17 miniseries specifically developed for use in biology, chemistry, and physics courses at the high school level. Each mini-series of six 10-minute programs uses computer generated animation and concludes with a brief summary of the material covered.
Photosynthesis: 6 programs/10 minutes (high school advanced biology) 3-D computer animation shows the dynamic process of photosynthesis at the molecular level.Films for the Humanities and Sciences 11 Perrine Road Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852 1-800-257-5126 For additional information 1-800-331-9566 or Fax: 919-380-0961
Ardley, Neil. (1991). The Science Book of Things That Grow. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Janovich Publishers.
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VanCleave, Janice. (1993). A+ Projects In Biology: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit. New York: John Wiley & Sons. (paperback, 217 pages, $12.95)
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Amir, R., and P. Tamir. 1994. In-depth analysis of misconceptions as a basis for developing research-based remedial instruction: The case of photosynthesis. The American Biology Teacher 56(2): 94-100.
Novak, J. D. and D.B. Gowin. 1984. Learning How to Learn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Roth, K. J. and C. Anderson. 1985. The Power Plant: Teacher's Guide. East Lansing, MI: Institute for Research on Teaching, Michigan State University.
Roth, K. J. , C.W. Anderson., R. Hollon., and T. Blakeslee. 1985. The Power Cell. East Lansing, MI: Institute for Research on Teaching, Michigan State University.
Tourtellotte, S.W. 1990. Biology and chemistry combine in photosynthesis: An interdisciplinary focus on a natural occurrence. Journal of College Science Teaching 19(5): 287-291.
Wandersee, J.H. 1986. "Plants or animals: Which do junior high school students prefer to study?" Journal of Research in Science Teaching 23(5): 415-426.
Wandersee, J.H. 1983. What research says: The concept of "away." Science and Children 21(2): 47-49.
Barker, M. and M. Carr. 1989a. "Teaching and learning about photosynthesis. Part I: An assessment in terms of students' prior knowledge." International Journal of Science Education 11: 49-56.
Barker, M. and M. Carr. 1986b. "Teaching and learning about photosynthesis. Part II: A generative learning strategy." International Journal of Science Education 11: 141-152.
Eisen, Y. and R. Stavy. 1988. "Students' understanding of photosynthesis." American Biology Teacher 50: 208-212.
Smith, E. and C. Anderson. 1984. "Plants and producers: A case study of elementary science teaching." Journal of Research in Science Teaching 21(7): 685-698.
Roth, K., E. Smith, and C. Anderson. 1983. Students' conceptions of photosynthesis and food for plants. East Lansing, MI: Institute for Research on Teaching, Michigan State University.
Stavy, R., Y. Eisen, and D. Yaakobi. 1989. "How students aged 13-15 understand photosynthesis." International Journal of Science Education 9: 105-115.
Wandersee, J.H. 1983. "Students' misconceptions about photosynthesis: a cross-age study." In Helm, H. and J. Novak. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Misconceptions in Science and Mathematics. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
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The Markets
Equities recovered from January's losses in fine style. The Nasdaq continued to lead the pack year-to-date, but by the end of the month the S&P 500 had set a fresh all-time closing high. The small caps of the Russell 2000 also had a strong month, leaving the Dow industrials the only one of these four domestic indices down for the year despite its February gains. Unlike its domestic counterpart, the Global Dow barely managed to squeak into positive territory for 2014.
The second month of cuts in the Fed's bond purchases seemed to have little impact on the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield. Meanwhile, gold saw a rebound from its recent losses, gaining almost $100 an ounce and hitting its highest level so far this year before settling back a bit to end at roughly $1,320.
The Month in Review
- The U.S. economy grew a bit more slowly in Q4 2013 than previously thought (2.4%). According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, that put growth for all of 2013 at 1.9%.
- The 113,000 new jobs added to the U.S. economy nudged the unemployment rate down 0.1% to 6.5%. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the labor force participation rate rose slightly to 63%, and the number of long-term unemployed fell by 232,000 during the month.
- Congress agreed to avoid renewed conflict over an increase in the debt ceiling by passing legislation that resolves the issue until March 2015.
- Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, at one time the largest Bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy after days of suspense after its website went dark. The company said hackers may have made off with roughly 750,000 bitcoins owned by customers and 100,000 of its own--the equivalent of nearly half a billion dollars' worth of the virtual currency. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told a congressional committee that the Fed has no authority to regulate Bitcoin but suggested that Congress could look into doing so.
- Manufacturing showed signs of slowing in the United States, where durable goods orders were down for the third of the last four months thanks to a decline in transportation-related orders and the Institute for Supply Management's gauge fell more than 5%. Meanwhile, Markit/HSBC's survey of Chinese purchasing managers showed contraction there, though seasonal distortion may have played a role.
- Housing suffered from frigid weather throughout much of the country. Housing starts, building permits, and sales of existing homes all saw declines, though new-home sales were up slightly for the month and construction spending also rose.
- Inflation remained well within the Fed's comfort level. The biggest monthly increase in the cost of electricity since March 2010 pushed up consumer prices by 0.1% for the month, putting the annual rate for the last 12 months at 1.6%. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the wholesale inflation rate was up 0.2% in January, but the annual rate was only 1.2% over the last year.
Eye on the Month Ahead
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|"I got ALL of that one!"
- Lots of aggressiveness early. Venable going on an 0-2 count kept San Diego out of the double play. I really liked him going on that pitch because Lowe threw over 3 times during the at bat; kind of an F-U steal attempt. Additionally the Padres successfully moved runners over on ground outs 3 times in the first 2 innings. Many folks disdain situational hitting, but it is an important part of the game - especially for this team that struggles to score runs.
- Ludwick is flailing at the low and away pitch again. Looks like his hot hitting is done.
- Heyward's single through Stauffer, and Jones' soft single to left, but Stauffer in immediate trouble. Bartlett made a real nice play on McCann's ground ball. It was hit hard, and Bartlett was blocked by Heyward's body. He still picked it on one hop and started the 6-4-3 twin killing. That was the start of 16 up, 16 down for Stauffer.
- Padres got their second run courtesy of a great take-out slide by Orlando Hudson. Without that play Ludwick is doubled at first and the score is still 1-0. Again, more fundamental baseball. Could it be the Red Sox rubbed off on these guys?
- The Braves pitched out in the third with Bartlett going, and he still stole second base. It helped McCann's throw was high and on the first base side of the bag. I cannot remember the last time I saw someone successfully steal on a pitchout.
- After San Diego made it 5-0 I was a little surprised Stauffer went back out for the seventh inning. Schafer's line out to end the sixth was well struck, the best contact any Brave hitter had made since McCann's double play ball. It seemed to indicate Stauffer was tired. Sure enough, the three balls put in play were smoked. Freeman's HR cut the lead to 3, but stauffer was able to strike out Uggla for the second time to retire the side.
- Speaking of Uggla, he almost got hit in the head by a Freeman foul ball in the fifth inning. Freeman was late, hit it off the end of the bat, and it hit the screen with a thud right next to where Uggla was standing. He moved into the dugout for the rest of the at bat. The next time he came on deck, he stayed in the on-deck circle. Visions of Juan Encarnacion flashed through my head when I saw how close that ball came to Uggla. Glad he was not struck.
- When Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell visited Lowe in the sixth, Jorge Cantu's entry music blared over the PA system. Somewhere Avenging Jack Murphy went into convulsions and could not understand why.
-On Alberto Gonzalez's single to drive in 2 later in that same inning, Heyward fielded the ball and threw to... third. Not sure I understood that. Maybin was the runner at second when the play started, but Gonzalez stuck the ball well and Heyward got to it in a hurry. Plus, as he showed off on that play, he has a cannon for an arm. Hundley (who was at first) was not going to try for third. An interesting choice of bases to throw to.
- Guzman's HR sounded like a rifle shot. Literally. First Padre pinch-hit HR this season, and first Padre pinch-hit HR since Sept last year (Stairs, against STL). You've never seen a happier guy rounding the bases and sitting in the dugout after a big hit than Guzman on that one. Love the energy.
- Josh Spence came in with Peavy's number (44). He topped out at 85 on the gun with his fastball. You're typical soft-tossing lefty. For his ML debut, he only had to face Jason Heyward, Chipper Jones, and Brian McCann. You know, the three best hitters on Atlanta's roster, two All-Stars and a Hall of Famer. He retired the side in order. Well done kid.
Towel night tonight. Not sure I'll make the game. I will make tomorrow's, and am looking forward to Cory Luebke's first start of 2011.


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No need to waste time with the map sensor. The one built into the ms works fine.
A few weeks back the race car went online with MS2. I only have 1 month experience with MegaSquirt so this is probably a bit rough around the edges, but the car starts and runs relatively decent, and did about 200 miles on a road course.
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The car runs on factory injectors with stock cams, stock throttle body, factory header, factory DIS, flat top pistons. It is not using the factory MAP still figuring out how to get the input into the box without soldering.
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No need to waste time with the map sensor. The one built into the ms works fine.
-6S Resident Mechanical Forensics member #001.
1995 SC2 Turbo 3.6L DOHC, 6sp manual, Ford 8.8 rearend running on MS3x.
1998 F-250 5.4L triton...stock.


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Just received this beast today with the usual outstanding service from Blades-UK, it is 14 1/2" it total with a 9" Satin Finish blade, real leather sheath, the belt loop being an extra piece if leather stitched to the back, very secure.
It's a full tang, 5mm blade with a very grippy rubber handle, it has a tiny amount of give in the rubber, which I.M.O. makes holding it even more secure.
The cross-guard is also 5mm thick & finally it has a lanyard hole on the butt.
For me the two best things about this knife are;
1 - The weight, my wife thinks it's heavy, but I've handled much heavier blades & I think it's fairly light for it's size, well balanced too.
2 - Most importantly is the price, this has almost the same proportions as the Cold Steel Magnum Tanto II, Ok that's made from their San Mai III Folded steel, but it cost's about £360!! this is a mere £21, a steal!
All in all I'm very pleased with my new blade, excellent Value for Money, cheers Loz,
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"I'm going to China." I love the responses that simple sentence elicits whenever someone asks me what I'm doing this summer. The most common response is the raised eyebrow look of surprise followed by the crooked smile and sidelong glance which seems to say, "Come on. Quit pulling my leg!" The next most common response is the, "oh, I guess you are into the Olympics huh?" Finally there is a more recent response that I hadn't heard before: "missionary work, huh?"
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