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SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's shares extended falls to more than 4 percent after its second-quarter earnings estimates released on Friday failed to meet market forecasts, fuelling concerns about growth in its smartphone business.
Shares in Samsung Electronics were down 4.3 percent at 1.212 million won as of 10:05 p.m. ET, after falling to as low as 1.211 million won earlier in the session, a 10-month intraday low.
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Graeme Warnell
GW Environmental Consulting
Impunity or Action? - The Niger Delta 60 years on
Yvonne Waterman Ph.D. LL.M. and Jasper Kosters
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A New Future For Asbestos: Denaturalisation Techniques
Beth Humphrey
City of London Corporation
Air Quality in the Square Mile, City of London
Dr Saba Manzoor
Air Dispersion modelling study on a renown Industrial City
Brian Gash & Sonja Trewavas
Highways England & Atkins
Land Quality Considerations for Infrastructure Design and Construction
Luis Mulet
Agritech World Ltd
Export Secrets
Matthew Farrow
The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC)
Delivering the 25 Year Environment Plan through innovation
Chris Large
Global Action Plan
Business Against Air Pollution: Protecting employee, customer and community health
Stephen Sadley
Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA)
The Role of the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association
Wayne Bagnall
UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA)
Asbestos Packers in Reinforced Concrete
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Welcome to a brand new evening yes evening meeting of the new BNI core group Dusk "not" Dawn. The first of it's type in the London South East region. If you're looking to grow your business and want to be part of something very special that will generate you high quality business then why not come along to the next information meeting to find out how ! We're looking for like minded, forward thinking, professionals who understand that generating high quality referred business comes fron strong relationships with those around them and i would love to meet you at the next meeting. BNI only allows one person from each profession to be part of the group and once the slot has been taken it could be a number of years before the opportunity to visit comes up again and with a number of slots already filled do check first that we have the availability to have you visit us at the meeting before booking to visit.
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MARTINEZ — A longtime Bay Area baseball coach has been charged with molesting one teen boy and secretly filming another in a bathroom. Authorities say they suspect there are more victims.
The Contra Costa District Attorney's Office charged Orinda resident Joel Kaufman, 52, who previously coached at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland and Palo Alto High School, with six felonies and three misdemeanors Wednesday. Authorities also issued a $300,000 warrant for his arrest.
Kaufman is the head coach of the California Smoke, a premier traveling club for high school-age boys based in San Jose whose players often go on to play on college teams. Its players in 2012 came from high schools in Contra Costa, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties.
Kaufman is also the owner and operator of Triple Play U.S.A., a batting cage facility in San Leandro, authorities said. He coached varsity baseball at Bishop O'Dowd from 1999 to 2005, leading the Dragons to five league titles and a 25-1 record in his final year. He next coached at Palo Alto High for the 2006 season. Kaufman's attorney did not return a call seeking comment.
Police first arrested Kaufman in August after the male he is accused of molesting and his parents contacted Orinda police in late July. Charges were not filed then, pending the police investigation, and within days Kaufman attempted suicide in a Monterey hotel room, according to police.
Kaufman's 85-year-old father called 911 shortly after midnight Aug. 12 and reported his son had tried to kill himself using pills and razor blades, Monterey police said. The father, Allan Kaufman, said his son wanted to die because he was out on bail for an assault arrest.
Officers found Joel Kaufman bleeding in a hotel bathtub and had him hospitalized for a mental health evaluation.
Police arrested Allan Kaufman on suspicion of assisting in the suicide attempt, but the Monterey County District Attorney's Office declined to file charges based on insufficient evidence, said Monterey police Lt. Leslie Sonne.
Joel Kaufman is charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving a minor male victim for alleged crimes from September 2005 to June 2012. Those charges are two felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child younger than 14, two misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a child, and one felony count of sexual penetration of a drugged person. Kaufman is accused of drugging the boy with an unknown substance.
As to allegations involving a second victim, Kaufman is charged with one misdemeanor count of using a concealed video camera to secretly film the teen boy in a bathroom in a state of undress. The second victim was identified after officers searched Kaufman's home and discovered the footage of the recording, said Orinda police Sgt. Neil Rafanan.
Authorities are not releasing how Kaufman knew the victims, including whether they played baseball for him, to protect their anonymity. Both police and prosecutors said they suspect there are more victims.
Anyone with information on the case can call Rafanan or Detective Travis Dennison at 925-254-6820.
The (Monterey) Herald contributed to this report. Contact Malaika Fraley at 925-234-1684. Follow her at Twitter.com/malaikafraley. Contact David DeBolt at 925-943-8048. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.


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Women Reach a Milestone in Job Market
Men Fall Behind in Recovering Jobs Lost During Recession, Labor Department Survey Shows
Women have recovered all the jobs they lost during the recession. Men have not.
A record 67.5 million women are working today, up from the prior peak of 67.4 million in early 2008, according to the Labor Department's latest tally of payrolls that captured the full rebound for the first time. By comparison, 69 million men currently have jobs, below their high of 70.9 million in June 2007.


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Walters State's official mission is to be "a learning-centered, comprehensive, public community college dedicated to increasing educational attainment and supporting economic development by providing affordable, high quality educational opportunities for the residents of East Tennessee."
From a marketing perspective, our mission is our "brand" essence. Visually, Walters State's brand essence is reflected in every communication intended for public consumption. This includes not only the college's logos, seal and trademark but also publications, letterheads, envelops, memoranda, business cards, brochures, the institutional website, email correspondence and other materials that represent the college as a whole. The college's credibility and the public's perception of the college are reflected in our visual brand.
Therefore, it is essential that the college present a unified, consistent image that protects and enhances the college's mission. Adherence to the Walters State Branding and Graphic Standards Guide and the Web Site Policy and Guide will help ensure the integrity of the college's public image and accurately reflect our mission and purpose.


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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox July 5, 2013
Sizing a Pool Filter Pump
Sizing a pool filter pump refers to matching the pump size to the filter size, pool size and pipe size.
An easy way to size a pool pump is to replace with the exact same model that you had before - unless your state requires a Variable Speed pump.
With Variable Speed Pumps, you don't need to size the pump to your pool - it's a one size fits all pump for all inground pools - no sizing needed!
However, and VS pumps aside, there are times when a pool owner may want to make a calculated pump sizing; during one or more of these situations:
- Complete pool renovation and system replacement
- Pump was never very powerful, and filter pressure was low <5 psi.
- Pump was too powerful, and filter pressure was high >20 psi.
- Energy bills are steep, can a lower hp pump be used?
The Turnover Rate is the time it takes for all of the water in the pool to pass through the filter. An 8-hour turnover rate is considered standard.
Pool Volume in Gallons ÷ Turnover Rate in Minutes = Flow Rate
The formula for Turnover requires that you know your pool size - in gallons. If you have paperwork from your pool builder, this may list the amount of gallons in the pool. If not, break out the calculator, and a measuring tape, if needed.
- Round Pools - Diameter (ft.) X Diameter (ft.) X Average Depth (ft.) X 5.9 = Total Pool Gallons
- Oval Pools - Length (ft.) X Width (ft.) X Average Depth (ft.) X 6.7 = Total Pool Gallons
- Rectangle Pools - Length (ft.) X Width (ft.) X Average Depth (ft.) X 7.5 = Total Pool Gallons
Average depth is calculated by adding the deepest part of the pool to the shallowest part of the pool, and dividing by 2. For instance, if the shallow end is 3' deep, and the deep end is 8', the average depth is 5.5. (3+8 / 2 = 5.5)
Sample Desired Flow Rate calculations, based on an 8 hour (480 minutes) turnover rate:
10,000 (gals) ÷ 480 (mins) = 21 GPM
25,000 (gals) ÷ 480 (mins) = 52 GPM
35,000 (gals) ÷ 480 (mins) = 73 GPM
OK - so, we've calculated the desired flow rate, in gallons per minute (GPM), based on our pool gallonage. This is a good start, but it's only half of the equation - we also need to calculate the resistance in the system that the pool pump must overcome.
Total Resistance is made up of all the pipe lengths, turns of the pipe, and all of the equipment that the pump must pull and push water through. Resistance is measured in Feet of Head. To calculate the system resistance, add together these two sums:
- Multiply the clean filter pressure by 2.31 to measure resistance after the pump
- Multiply the pump vacuum by 1.13 to measure resistance before the pump
- Add the two together to compute the total resistance in the system.
Now, most pool owners don't have a vacuum gauge installed before the pump. If you can get ahold of a vacuum gauge (not a pressure gauge), unscrew the front pump drain plug, and thread the vacuum gauge in its place. Turn the pump on and take your reading.
In the absence of a vacuum gauge, you can estimate the suction side vacuum to be something close to 1/3 of the pressure side reading. For example, if your filter pressure x 2.31 = 30, assume that the vacuum reading would equate to 10 ft. of head. Total resistance = 40 ft. of head.
Another way to calculate the suction side resistance, in the absence of a vacuum gauge, is to add up all the bits of pipe and valves before the pump.
- For each 1.5 in. skimmer or main drain, add 2 ft. of head, or 1 ft., if the piping is 2 in. diameter.
- For each 10 feet of 1.5 in. pipe used, add 1 ft. of head, or .5 ft. for each 10 foot run of 2 in. pipe.
- For each 90 degree fitting or valve between the pool and the pump, add 1 ft., or 0.5 ft. for 2 in. pipe.
- For a check valve installed before the pump, add 2 ft. of head.
Another measurement to take note of, when sizing a pool pump, is the 'Design Flow Rate' for your filter. This is printed on the filter label, in GPM (gallons per minute). You can also find the information online, on our pool filters pages, or in the pool filter owner's manual. This should be considered the maximum flow rate, for optimum filtration and safe performance.
Just make sure that your Pump Desired Flow Rate is not more than the Filter Design Flow Rate, and for best performance, your actual flow rate should be at least 20% less..
Now that we know the 'Desired Flow Rate', based on our pool size and an 8 hour turnover - and the measurement of 'Resistance' the pump must overcome - you're ready to shop for a new pump!
When comparing pool pump models and narrowing down your pool pump selection, look at each Pump Flow Curve or Flow Chart for each pump. On the vertical axis is the amount of resistance in your system, and on the horizontal axis is the Desired Flow Rate.
All pool pump models produce different flow rates. The Whisperflo for example, is known as a high flow pump, whereas the Max-Flo is a medium flow pump.
This means that a Whisperflo pump will produce more flow than the Max-Flo, as you can see in their respective flow charts, shown here.
At a Flow Rate of 80 GPM, and a Resistance of 40 feet of head, a 3/4 hp Whisperflo could be used. The 1.5 hp Max-Flo would be required for the same flow and head.
It may be wise to select a higher flow pump, in a lower horsepower size - for savings on your electrical consumption. A 1 hp pump can consume half as much electricity as a 1.5 hp or 2 hp pump.
To sum it all up, in sizing a new pool pump, you can either install a Variable Speed pump and be done with it, or do a little mathematics.
- Calculate your pool size in gallons
- Compute your desired flow rate
- Figure out the system resistance to the flow rate
- Consult the Flow vs. Head chart for each pool pump
Remember that a smaller horsepower pool pump that can do the job could cut your electrical bill in half, and that a pump that's too powerful may result in inefficient filtering and damage to the filter media.
Also, you don't need to match the manufacturer of pump and filter. You can use a Hayward filter with a Pentair pump, for instance - no problem there.
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Donald J. Artes, a Sinai Hospital pediatric respiratory therapist who was known as a skilled clinician and administrator, died May 24 of complications from an infection at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Fullerton resident was 54.
"He was a great man for sure. He was an inspiration to everyone at Sinai, and he always had the right attitude and sense of humor, no matter what the circumstances as he faced Crohn's and kidney disease," said David R. Madden, manager of the respiratory department at Sinai Hospital, whom Mr. Artes had hired at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 1996.
The son of an insurance salesman and an insurance company officer manager, Donald James Artes was born in Baltimore and raised on Catalpha Road in Hamilton.
During his high school years, he worked for a teacher at Northern High School as a laboratory technician. There, he met Lois Jean Horrocks, whom he married in 1981.
After graduating in 1977 from Archbishop Curley High School, he worked as a manager at White Coffee Pot Junior in Northwood, Moravia and Pikesville.
In 1978, Mr. Artes went to work at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he worked in the neonatal, pediatric and medical intensive care units and with the pediatric transport team.
Mr. Artes trained for and became a certified respiratory therapist with the National Board of Respiratory Care. Three years later, he became a registered respiratory therapist. Since 1992, he had been a neonatal, pediatric and respiratory care specialist.
"The specialist distinction was particularly noteworthy as Don was one of the first in the country to receive certification, on March 14, 1992," said Ryan Artes, a nephew who lives in the city's Mount Vernon neighborhood.
He later earned an associate's degree from the Community College of Baltimore County in Essex and a bachelor's degree in business management in 1998 from Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kan.
While working at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Mr. Artes earned a reputation for being a skilled clinician as well as for developing hospital procedures. He also played a leading role in putting the hospital respiratory policies and procedures manual into an electronic format.
Since 2005, Mr. Artes had been on the staff of Sinai Hospital, where he was a member of the pediatric transport team.
"Don always tried to make lives better for the patients, family members and the staff. He was extremely knowledgeable," said Mr. Madden, who added that Mr. Artes had mentored him. "You have to be grateful to have someone like Don in your life."
Mr. Artes had a special touch when it came to working with young patients.
"Don's specialty was pediatric respiratory therapy, and he had a great impact in bringing a sense of humor to a sick child. Not many have that ability," said Mr. Madden. "He brought a sense of calmness to them and could explain the process, which in turn gave a sense of security to those kids. He made them feel that they were at home."
He added: "And even after they left the hospital, he stayed in involved with them and their families."
Ryan Artes said that his uncle kept every letter he received from his patients and families in a drawer near his bed.
Mr. Artes had been a longtime volunteer with Ecuadent, an international team that travels to Ecuador to provide medical and dental support to underprivileged children.
"During an early trip, Don identified a need for children going into surgery, as well as their siblings, to have something to hold onto during this process," his nephew said.
To help, Mr. Artes and a daughter, Rachel E. Artes, who lives in Nottingham, started a program called "Bears and Books for Buddies" at Fullerton Elementary School.
"Children at the school collected stuffed animals, and funds from the school's annual book fair were used to purchase books printed in Spanish to send abroad," his nephew said.
"Don personally spent a lot of time making shipping arrangements for these parcels to ensure timely arrival for children and their siblings," said Mr. Artes.
Mr. Artes built further interest in Ecuadent through the slide shows he presented to students at Fullerton Elementary with the goal of establishing a connection between children in "such disparate locations and conditions," his nephew said.
Largely because of the encouragement and support of co-workers at Sinai, Mr. Artes was nearly 50 when he began training and running. During the last four years, he ran numerous 5Ks, 10Ks and half-marathons.
He also completed one marathon and two Celebration Triathlons in 2010 and 2011, and the Marine Corps Marathon, also in 2011. He enjoyed running the 10K Race for Our Kids at Sinai Hospital with his two sons.
The last event Mr. Artes participated in this year was the 5K Kidney Walk at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore.
Mr. Artes attended Hiss United Methodist Church, 8700 Harford Road, Parkville, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday.
In addition to his wife, a laboratory technician and teacher at the Community College of Baltimore County in Essex, and his daughter, Mr. Artes is survived by two sons, Daniel M. Artes of Dundalk and Joel T. Artes of Nottingham; three brothers, Lawrence Artes of Timonium, Raymond Artes of Pikesville and Martin Artes of Hamilton; a grandson; and many other nieces and nephews.


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"I wish to know of your wedding night, of her body and skin of—can you recall something as simple as that? It was so long ago."
But to Ludas, it was not simple and not so easily forgotten. Of course he remembered that night. He could recall, with perfect clarity, the frown Lorelei wore when they were married. He could remember the veil covering her beautiful face, how her long, ginger hair stood out, glowed behind the delicate fabric. She was so young, ignorant of her own body, her own beauty and he wanted her from the moment of her creation. She would have no childhood, was manifested fully grown, as all Muse were, born of thought and imagination, of logic and pure intent.
His sister Fae, Lailah, imparted Lorelei with beauty and poise. From Gavreel, she was given kindness and tenderness. Hamael bequeathed her with reason, Liwet, creativity. Rahael and Ambriel endowed in Lorelei loyalty and tolerance, Picious, dispensed cunning and Ludas, himself, instilled in her intellect. She was their greatest creation, a Muse whose endowments exceeded all others, one that commanded adoration, attention. How could such a creature be so easily forgotten? How could Ludas not instantly covet her for himself?
"Tell me, Ludas, please." The Queen did not often beg, only when she was desperate for more Draught and so, Ludas, eager to appease her, to assure her loyalty, humored Zezolla.
"I took her into my chamber, soon after we were married." At this, the Queen's hold on his arm tightened. "I could not wait for the festivities to end. It had been many years I desired her, knew she had been designed for me alone." He thought back, remembered her kindness, how she tolerated others attentions, so many wanted her, but it was Ludas who won her over. "She was crying, but was not overcome by it. I sought to make her comfortable and so I made her drink Rowan wine. By her third goblet, her tears diminished."
"Surely she was innocent, nervous."
"Perhaps. Yes. I'm certain of it."
"And then, you kissed her?"
"I did. Her lips were soft, like a plume and she tasted of the wine and something else, honeysuckle, perhaps. The Muse are a queer sort— creatures of such imagination, such passion, but Lorelei is different. So tender, yet obstinate, defiant."
The Queen laughed, her voice lulled and hazed by the Draught. "She did not refuse you?"
Ludas smiled, his eyes stared ahead, remembering, became unfocused, as the specters of the past, of that first kiss, returned. "No. Not that night. She was quite—amiable."
Zezolla moaned, a low, rasping sound that relaxed Ludas. Her touch tapered and she lay back, away from him, but Ludas was caught in the remembrance of Lorelei. He sat staring, focusing on her face, on the smooth contours of her skin, reddened by the wine, how her breath rolled against his face. He remembered her touch, the taste, again, of her skin and closed his eyes at the thought.
"Such beauty," he told her. He whispered tributes against her breasts, venerated the curves of her hips, the sculpted form of her stomach, the soft texture of her legs, praised himself, his brethren, for their perfect creation. Then, when his body met hers, when he had taken from her what he knew was meant only from him, his heart raced, palpitated into a thundering rhythm, harder and harder. His breath became labored, his pulse strummed into a single, heavy beat and he watched his bride, stride atop him, stare down, no emotion on her face, save alarm, perhaps wonder. His mind swam, throbbed and fear sieged him, corrupted the meeting of their bodies.
"What is this? What have you—" He slipped away from consciousness, faded until all he could manage was to reach for her. He thought, to touch her face, to feel that streak of power, of dazzling light that encircled her, would be his salvation, that his pulse would slow, that warmth would return to his cooling body.
It did not.
By morning, she had vanished and he found himself frail, pathetic and impotent of his power. He discovered his fairies, his loyal masses, in the same weakened state, unable to fly, to evoke, to pull from themselves their most rudimentary abilities. And the Muse, his collected congregation of unwilling laborers had vanished along with her, absent forever from his control.


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Some Facebook Interns Earn Nearly $7,000 A Month
This summer, many college students and new graduates are slugging through unpaid internships, borrowing money from mom and dad, working part-time jobs, and questioning their existential worth. There are also some college students and new graduates doing their internships at Facebook, and taking home close to $7,000 a month.
The average monthly wage for a software-engineer intern at Facebook is $6,225, according to Glassdoor.com and reported by Business Insider. But some are taking home as much as $6,883. If they kept those internships for a full 12 months, they'd have an annual income of $82,600 -- almost four times the median annual earnings of working Americans over the age of 18. One anonymous intern claimed to be taking home $8,000 a month, plus a tuition subsidy for college.
According to Quora.com, Facebook interns get a monthly baseline salary of $4,600, plus $400 multiplied by the number of college years they've completed. That means interns at Facebook who've finished their sophomore year are officially better compensated than summer analyst interns at Goldman Sachs, who take home $4,636 a month, according to Glassdoor.com.
Interns at the world's second most popular website (after Google) also get to enjoy all the killer perks of Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., offices, like laundry service, photo processing, leather repair, and free breakfast, lunch, and dinner prepared by artisan chefs. They also receive an iPhone, a laptop and gym access, according to Facebook spokesperson Slater Tow.
But Facebook isn't alone in hyper-compensating its summer student labor. The average software engineer intern at Google in San Jose, Calif., receives $7,000 a month. Every four weeks, Twitter's software engineer interns take home $6,539. Engineer and development interns at IBM, LinkedIn, Oracle, Apple, Amazon, Zynga, Microsoft, and Yahoo all earn upward of $4,000 monthly.
It seems that the war for engineering talent in Silicon Valley is being waged at the most basic level, as tech companies try to bring the hottest talent into the fold before they even graduate. Get 'em young, as they say.
And young minds are often the ripest in Silicon Valley. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook when he was 20, the same age as Bill Gates when he created Microsoft. Larry Page and Sergey Brin were 25 when they started Google. Michael Dell conceived what became one of the largest technological corporations in the world when he was a tender 19.
If Facebook interns do go on to take a job with the company after college, and reach the level of senior software engineers, they can plan for a sweet yearly salary of $132,500, reports the Daily Mail. That's slightly more than business development managers at the company, who average $115,000.
But if you want to make the real money in Silicon Valley, you've got to start a company yourself. Zuckerberg may have lost $5 billion in personal wealth as Facebook's public offering has floundered, but he still has a net worth of $14.4 billion. He could pay interns $7,000 a month for a summer with his own cash, and still hire 685,714 of them.
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I have been receiving a lot of surprising things in my mailbox lately. Today it was a package containing fresh habanero chiles from the garden of my friend Luis, photographer turned gardener! (He also sent me a beautiful photo I had admired on his website.)
These came at a great time because I watched a video of another friend, Juan, making salsa, and I wanted to try one of his techniques. So I assembled everything I needed and put on a pair of gloves, (because I had a bad experience being burned by chiles before. Now preparing such things turns into more of a medical procedure than cooking!)
First, the roma tomatoes, (about six), and one habanero were put on the comal to slightly roast the skin. (It seems silly, one lone habanero, but trust me. One is plenty.)
I think that when they're done roasting, some people remove the skin, but I left it on. My husband helped me cut open the little habanero and remove the seeds. I wore plastic gloves. Mi macho said he didn't need gloves and his hands got a little burned.
The tomatoes and the habanero went into the blender, (I'm not as awesome as Juan. I don't own a molcajete.) Into the blender I also added 1/4 of a large onion, a few spoonfuls of minced fresh garlic, a little handful of fresh cilantro, 1 medium green pepper, 1 tablespoon vinegar and a few dashes of salt. (All very technical measurements, verdad?)
One minute in the blender and ya estuvo! That salsa is so picante pero so good. My husband was the first to taste a spoonful and you would never know he's Salvadoran by the grito mexicano que salia de su boca.
¡Aaaaajúa! :)


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I am working on a custom theme. In that theme, I am creating a menu called "social" for links to the social sites, such as twitter, facebook, ...etc.
Now, Instead of text, I would like to display social media icons. How can I do that? Make every menu item an image?


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Oct 23, 2009
Women's Soccer Game at Sage Moved to New Site
- Game moved from U Albany to Afrims Indoor Complex -
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer game with Skyline Conference opponent, The Sage College, scheduled for Saturday, October 24 has been moved to the Afrims Indoor Soccer Complex (Jacqueline Avenue, Latham, N.Y.).
The contest will start at 1 p.m. as scheduled.
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- 2004 Garretson Wine Company Roussanne - USA, California, James Berry Vineyard, Central Coast, Paso Robles (7/7/2006)
Stong nose of gycerine or oxidation or something. Not off-putting. Great mouthfeel. Nice acidity. Fruit was peach with melon. Slight taste of oxidation to me, but it didn't interfere with the pleasure. Complex flavors that kept us interested as we polished off the bottle with a sauteed fish, pico de gallo and black bean lunch. We were shocked by the alchohol at 15.8 %, but it was not evident on the palate. Super balance. We did have to take a nap after lunch, which lasted a couple of hours, though. We love the way Mat does Roussanne and Marsanne. (89 pts.)
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DoSomething is creating a home for Australian community volunteering.
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Landcare is a volunteer movement where individuals and groups improve their local patch through hands-on action! A care group (Landcare, Coastcare, Wildcare, Bushcare, Rivercare, Friends of Groups). It usually starts when passionate locals share concerns about an environmental problem, then get together and do something about it.
Getting Involved
Landowners and communities drive on-ground change in places they value, improving soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat.
Joining a Landcare or related group can help them sustain their activities and also opens you up to a diverse network of like-minded people from land managers, to students or city dwellers.
By volunteering your time at Oakey Urban Landcare Group, you can make new friends, gain experience, learn new skills and give back to the community.
It's a great way to have fun, it keeps you active and you would be supporting a great cause too!
More Information: http://landcare.org.au


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Product: Titanium Bentley Security
Weight per bolt = .09 lbs
Set Weight = 1.8 lbs
Thread: M14x1.5
Seat: Conical
Head: 17mm hex
Thread Length: 27mm
Quantity: 20
Security: Yes
SET INCLUDES 16 Titanium Bolts, 4 Titanium Security Bolts and 1 Titanium Security Socket.
Brand New Titanium lug nut set of 20 designed and manufactured for Bentley (please verify measurements of your bolt before purchase). 100% aerospace grade titanium (certified). All of our threads are rolled not cut.
*Custom lengths over OEM available for those using wheel spacers. Please provide us the spacer sizes and we will accommodate the bolt to the dimensions needed. Price increase is small and normally just covers the cost of raw material used.
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 16 7:27 pm Post subject: carbon offset woodland
california style
a puff out of the atmosphere but every little helps and actually paying folk for increasing the number of trees on a lot of small scale plots is more to my liking than handing a huge amount to a few monoculture forest projects .
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Useful for a source of income, but is it really doing anything other than promote good management? We are currently thinning the trees as otherwise the woodland gets too thick. We are running quite a lot of it as coppice, which gets cut every 5-7 years, so plenty of carbon capture with the new growth. We also have natural regeneration, which restocks the wood with trees all the time, so don't understand this having to keep the cutting down, as ours is more than balanced naturally.
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i spose it does promote good management of woods that might otherwise be "recreational" for their owners . iirc the example was about 150 acres but scaled down there are a lot of uk woods that are much smaller and are unmanaged for timber /carbon storage ( wildlife or anything else except being there)
perhaps a similar business plan could be cut into even smaller bits to spur folk into running those well and probably giving scope for "travelling woodsmen" type firms as well .
as well as privately owned stuff there are many odd patches owned by local authorities ,network rail ,the coal residual thingy etc etc .
if i understand correctly it is about using the small parcels well by giving a commercial incentive to do so.
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Yes, small woodlands are a problem. Quite a lot of farms have the odd few acres of woodland too, many historic. Our wood has a bit which was a 'row' (locally pronounced roo) that was associated with the fields at one time, but now regarded as part of the wood, although the wood bank is still there.
There are various incentives, like the fuel grants, but even they don't really make it viable for woods of just a few acres, which is what a lot of them are.
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in parts of the usa 150 acres would be considered "garden" and commercial woodland areas come in 10000's of acres sizes or hundreds of sq miles in some parts .
i spose scaled to uk sizes ( not scotland perhaps) working to encourage management of say 5 acres and above might be possible if the admin could be made cheap .iirc the usa model was about $10 an acre start up fees to the admin company which seems very reasonable considering the long term returns.
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Useful for a source of income, but is it really doing anything other than promote good management?
Does it need to?
Surely the promotion of good management is a thing worth doing for its own sake.
We also have natural regeneration, which restocks the wood with trees all the time, so don't understand this having to keep the cutting down, as ours is more than balanced naturally.
Yes, unless you are burning it then the carbon, for the most part, remains captured.
And younger trees tend to grow faster, so it looks that the project is founded on a false premise...
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Unfortunately I often feel that these projects are founded on a false premise. Some people do their carbon offsetting by getting together as a group, driving a long way, then planting some trees. They feel they have 'done their bit', and drive home. The trees are sometimes in the wrong place and are frequently given no aftercare, so die. Overall result is a waste of fossil fuel. This sounds like another one of those schemes I am afraid.
As far as size is concerned, many British woodlands are less than 10 acres, and some even below 5, but overall they add up to quite a sizeable amount. If even small plots are linked by hedges they can be quite valuable for wildlife.
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TAMPA — Saks Fifth Avenue, the upscale department store credited with putting Tampa Bay on the map of luxury retailers, is closing after 15 years.
The New York-based retailer said Tuesday that its location at WestShore Plaza was falling short of company sales goals and will close May 4. In its place will go a flagship store for Dick's Sporting Goods, scheduled to open sometime early next year.
Saks had five more years left on its lease but worked with WestShore's owner, Glimcher Realty Trust, to leave early and allow time for Dick's to gut and remodel the store as quickly as possible.
Saks' closure reflects the mall's ongoing difficulty in competing with the more ritzy and newer International Plaza up the street. Many of WestShore's more middle-class shoppers have never stepped foot into Saks, let alone bought any of the high-end designer merchandise.
Mall officials said the departure was less about the area's ability to support a luxury retailer and more about the company's shift in strategy to focus on profitable stores. Ultimately, getting a fresh, lower-brow retailer like Dick's could help drive more traffic to the center.
"If Saks is not happy with their sales, then we are not happy with their sales," said WestShore Plaza general manager Jay Botsch. "We want a productive anchor."
While local business leaders lamented the loss of the brand, gaining another Dick's Sporting Goods would increase business for other retailers in the area of West Shore and Kennedy boulevards. Dick's also has stores in Brandon, Citrus Park, Countryside and Wesley Chapel.
"I think Dick's will appeal to a broader set of demographics, which is good for the business district. It will bring more people into WestShore," said Ron Rotella, director of the WestShore Alliance. "It's unfortunate Saks is closing, but it doesn't leave the business district without national brands."
Saks opened at WestShore in late 1998 as part of an ambitious expansion and upgrade to the area's oldest mall. It was the first full-line Saks Fifth Avenue store on Florida's west coast and a symbol that Tampa Bay had finally arrived as a major retail market. For high-end shoppers, it became a huge source of pride. Tampa Bay didn't have everything but, "Wow, it had a Saks!"
News of the closure came as sad but not surprising to customers like Carol Osborne, a marketing professor at the University of South Florida. She never bought much there but liked the fact that Tampa was sophisticated enough to warrant a location. She remembers the buzz when it first opened and drew enthusiastic crowds.
"We had nothing fancy schmancy. We didn't have anything but Jacobson's," she said. "I was so thankful we finally had a place to get some fun brands, like Gucci, and good makeup."
Three years later, however, International Plaza opened about a mile away with even more upscale Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Lord & Taylor, which eventually closed. Osborne wondered why Saks didn't join them and figured then the store was doomed. Nordstrom, with its great service but more reasonable prices, became her retail darling.
"A new guy came to town and I dumped them,'' she said.
In the long-term, she thinks Dick's will be a better match than Saks for the store's other less upscale anchors: Sears, JCPenney and Macy's.
Saks' closure comes amid major changes for the New York-based luxury chain. Its Dallas store is closing in June, followed by its Stamford, Conn., store early next year. It's also adding stores, most notably nearby in Sarasota where an 80,000-square-foot store is opening at The Mall at University Town Center in October 2014. It will replace an existing smaller store in Sarasota.
Saks officials would not comment on whether the decision to close the Tampa Saks was related to the new Sarasota store. CEO Steve Sadove said in a statement the closing was in line with the company's strategy to direct the company's resources to the most productive stores.
"We regularly assess the productivity, profitability, and potential of each of our stores and may determine that a closing is appropriate from time to time," he said.
The Tampa Saks will not have a clearance sale because the store is closing in less than two weeks. Merchandise will be transferred to other locations.
Saks operates nine other Saks Fifth Avenue stores throughout Florida and a total of 43 stores nationwide. It also has 66 Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th stores, including one at the Ellenton Premium Outlets.
The approximately 105 part-time and full-time employees in Tampa will be transferred to other Saks locations or given severance packages.
The new Dick's Sporting Goods will be a flagship store with more interactive and experience-driven displays. It's part of the Pittsburgh-based retailer's push to add more stores nationwide, including about 40 this year. Florida's 21st location opened in Jacksonville in late March.
The store will open across from Sports Authority, one of its main competitors. A Sports Authority manager said Tuesday that his store did not plan to close. However, he was unaware of the plans for Dick's Sporting Goods and deferred comment to corporate officials, who did not return a phone call.
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17 has the great locations and tasks, the first detour in Saint Petersburg might just be my favourite detour ever.
It gets hate, but 16 is my fave... why?Best showcasing of South America, Cool european places and the seychelles were awesome. this route is far better than most. the only one that comes near is 18, but for an all star edition that should be expected
The France legs in season 16 were great IMO.The detour in the first France leg tho was kinda imbalanced. That morse code was kinda impossible to finish. Regardless of what, that champagne tower task was awesome.
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Naming. If possible, name attribute of an element or an attribute is used as name of a class (object_nm) or a property type (property_nm). It is very important that every element and attribute had either a name (preferred) or an ID (second best) to uniquely identify the corresponding class in MMX metamodel. In case both name and ID are missing a technical name gets generated that is less intuitive and makes the metamodel more difficult to understand. Note. origin_ds column of md_object_type is constructed based on either name or ID attribute.
Model Groups. XML Schema group (ordering) indicators <all>, <sequence> and <choice> do not have direct counterparts in UML. One way to implement this in MMX is via <group> (named model group) element. A <group> element would be realized as a class (md_object_type) having a 1:M relationship (aggregation) with the group members (classes). Ordering of the group members is indicated as a dedicated property of the group class.
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Stand-alone (global) <simpleType> elements are realized as properties (md_property_type) of the root (schema) class.
MMX provides the facilities to realize an <enumeration> of unlimited depth in form of a special built-in data type. An enumeration class is realized in M2 (class) layer of MMX metametamodel. Enumeration instances (corresponding to enumeration literals of UML) are created on M1 (instance) layer, in md_object table. An attribute taking enumeration as its type is modelled as a property type with enumeration as its data type referencing the specific enumeration class as its domain_cd.
A <group> is realized as a named class (md_object_type) having relationships with the group members. Order indicator (<all>, <sequence> or <choice>) is stored in a dedicated property of the <group> class.
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XML Schema order indicators (<all>, <sequence>, <choice>) denote 1:M relationships (aggregations) that might require a specific order and are realized via a named <group> element.
XML Schema occurrence indicators (<minOccurs>, <maxOccurs>) are expressed as a combination of mandatory_ind and multiplicity_ind columns. Note that mandatory_ind and multiplicity_ind do not support numeric occurrence indicator values therefore only values "0", "1" and "unbounded" are allowed here.
An <attributeGroup> is essentially implemented as a complex type (MMX class), with attribute group name as the class name. A reference to an attribute group is realized either as inheritance between complex types or by substituting it with referenced attributes. In former case, the attribute group class would be an abstract class, with descendant class inheriting all of its attributes.
Class <annotation> is stored in object_ds column of a class (md_object_type). Attribute <annotation> is stored in property_ds column of a property (md_property_type).
Notes. The following elements of XML Schema are not covered (yet) for various reasons:
At least a part of this list will be covered in a subsequent release of this mapping document.
[1] Grady Booch, Magnus Christerson, Matthew Fuchs, Jari Koistinen: UML for XML Schema Mapping Specification
[2] David Carlson: UML Profile for XML Schema, http://www.xmlmodeling.com/documentation/specs/
[3] Martin Bernauer, Gerti Kappel, Gerhard Kramler: Representing XML Schema in UML - An UML Profile for XML Schema
[4] Nicholas Routledge, Linda Bird and Andrew Goodchild: UML and XML Schema
[5] M. Laura Caliusco, César Maidana, Martín Patiño, M. Rosa Galli and Omar Chiotti: A UML profile for XML Schema
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The ad in question shows the 17-year-old American actress in a thigh-length dotted dress with an oversize flower-topped bottle of Oh, Lola! resting between her legs.
The U.K.'s Ad Standards Authority determined that "the length of her dress, her leg and position of the perfume bottle drew attention to her sexuality. Because of that, along with her appearance, we considered the ad could be seen to sexualize a child."
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The In-Store Visual Merchandiser provides visual merchandising service to a specific Patagonia retail store. With direction from the Regional Visual Merchandiser, this position is responsible for supporting the implementation of the visual merchandising directives and standards to achieve the company's goals pertaining to brand image, product presentation, and product sell through. Communication of these directives, standards, and goals comes from the Visual Design Group, the Regional Visual Merchandiser, and the Store Manager. When not scheduled for visual merchandising this position performs sales associate responsibilities.
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GOJIRA recently recorded its new album at Spin Recording Studios in Long Island City, New York with co-producer Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD) for a late spring release via the band's new record label, Roadrunner Records.
GOJIRA is comprised of vocalist/guitarist Joe Duplantier, who has a previous relationship with Roadrunner, having played bass on CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's debut "Inflikted", along with guitarist Christian Andreu, bassist Jean-Michel Labadie and drummer Mario Duplantier, who is also Joe's brother!
The band's Roadrunner debut will be its fifth album overall. It was 2005's "From Mars to Sirius" and 2008's "The Way of All Flesh" which established GOJIRA as a metal force of nature and a key player in the scene.


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An Ancient Greek myth inspires the Mobile App of ADAA 2011 Finalists Damiano Gui, Martina Maitan and Paolo Basso
Iuav University of Venice
The combination of their University's impressive ADAA track record (10 Finalists/Winners since 2008!), and the encouragement from their professors, lead to the team sending in their application concept. The project entitled "Whispering Reeds" is an interactive system, accessed by a mobile device, through which people can "plant a reed" anywhere in Venice to record their thoughts and sensations, and can listen to the "whispering reeds" of others. Their project was inspired by the Ancient Greek myth of Midas and plays with the unifying human experience of imbuing our physical surroundings with our emotional and intuitive lives.
We really enjoyed the chance to talk to the team and find out what they have been up to since the 2011 awards in Taipei.
Tell us a little bit about your project and the process of getting it done.
Martina: My team I decided to enter the competition because this seemed to be a good opportunity for measuring our ability as interaction designers at an international level. After the initial phase of brainstorming, we created the perfect interface to fit the need of the user, and then a working prototype and finally checked our work with some user tests.
Your impressive design earned you some attention after the awards! You went from Finalists in 2011, to being the team behind the fully functional Wings app for the ADAA 2012 campaign! How did that happen?
Damiano: Shortly after the ADAA competition the guys from LABOR Studio, the team responsible for the design of ADAA campaigns, got in contact with us asking for our help in making the official ADAA 2012 App. We agreed enthusiastically, even if a bit scared: all of our past projects were just prototypes, and we had never built an actual application before! It was a real challenge, but we eventually succeeded. We couldn't have done it without the help and support from our friends and from Mathias, Arnfried and Stephan (LABOR team). The Adobe Awards Wings App is now available in Google Play and in the Apple App Store and we are so proud of it!
How else have the ADAA's impacted your opportunities as designers?
Damiano: This July, I start a four-month internship at the MIT SenseAble City Lab in Boston, MA. I couldn't even think of something like this a year ago. I just had interviews with studios from Madrid, Paris, Berlin, London and New York. All this thanks to my portfolio, which now includes an ADAA Finalist award and an Adobe featured App on top of all my other projects.
Martina: The ADAA has given me the opportunity to see my value as a designer on a global stage. Like Damiano, I have also gotten a summer internship – mine is at Fjord Studios in Berlin.
Paolo: And I will be in Treviso, Italy at Studio Log607 for my internship!
How did the ADAA experience influence your outlook as designers?
Martina: The ADAA has been a force pushing me to pursue my path with much more strength and conviction than before this experience. It gave me the chance to see other people with the same dreams and expectations and they have been an example for me.
Damiano: The ADAA's jury choices made me reflect on what should be the aim of a designer today: not from the market point of view, but from an ethic and social one. Our project was a user-centred service design, which can shift technical complexity into a simpler and more emotion-oriented and poetic shape. I think this is the reason why Whispering Reeds was one of the Finalist projects. I think this is the right way to go in design for the future.
So where do you see design going in the next decade? What do you think its role will be in industry, culture and society?
Paolo: I think that the role of design will be increasingly in the direction of the user experience, with the intention of improving the person's life, not just with new functionality, but with the ease of use.
Martina: I think so too. In my opinion, interaction design will have a central role in the future of any person.
Damiano: I see the role of a designer finally gaining the importance that it deserves. People are coming to understand that technology is not just a brain's matter: it's a heart's one too. Only thanks to designers we will achieve a world in which human beings and technology have a virtuous relationship.
Thinking about these reflections on the role of design and looking back over your experiences as students and ADAA Finalists, what advice or insight do you have for current design students?
Martina: As a student you should aim to keep a clear focus on your goals and dreams, but to always remain passionate and curious for new things that happen around you.
Paolo: When it comes to designing, the most important thing is to never design from start to finish alone! Discuss your project as many times as possible with different people during the process, so you can see mistakes and opportunities for improvement that often you don't notice on your own.
Damiano: What I learnt is that you can't do everything, but there is nothing you can't learn if you have passion and ambition. So don't worry too much about your technical skills and try to keep your mind and eyes wide open to the world, even to what is not related to your field. Aim high and don't refuse any good opportunity, even if it could scare you in the beginning.
This impressive team are all finishing their Masters at Iuav University of Venice: Damiano and Paolo are writing their theses in Visual and Multimedia Communication Design, while Martina is doing hers in Interaction Design. You can learn more about the Whispering Reeds project in our ADAA Gallery. You can see more of Damiano, Paolo and Martina's work in their personal portfolios:


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Modern Cognitive Neuroscience methods, such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) have provided researchers with unprecedented insights into the neural correlates of cognitive functions, such as the representation of numbers and the brain processes that enable adults to calculate. While the brain mechanisms underlying adult number and arithmetic processing have been the subject of significant research, comparatively less is known about how mature brain circuits underlying number processing and mental arithmetic emerge over developmental time and how individual differences in numerical and mathematical competence modulate the activity of brain regions. Furthermore, despite the fact that a large number of children suffer from difficulties with even the most basic aspects of numerical magnitude processing, we currently lack detailed insights into the neurocognitive basis of atypical number development. In this talk, I will present data from behavioral and brain imaging investigations into the developmental trajectories of both symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude representation and calculation abilities. I will discuss data from both typically developing children and those who have mathematical difficulties. These data will illustrate the importance of considering developmental changes and individual differences in the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying numerical magnitude representation and arithmetic in order to gain greater insights into how children develop mathematical skills and how these processes break down in children who have mathematical difficulties.
The study of children's mathematical thinking provides a valuable window on cognitive development during childhood, as well as insights into how to optimize the ways in which children learn mathematics. The common view is that learning mathematics is an incremental process in which older children develop new and more powerful concepts that incorporate or replace previous concepts. We have studied the development of two mathematical concepts in some detail: inversion, the principle that a + b - b must equal a; and equivalence, the concept that two sides of an equation must represent the same quantity. Contrary to the common view, many older children have considerable difficulty understanding or using these concepts in arithmetic despite the fact that preschool and early elementary school children appear to use these very concepts under certain conditions. These detours in development appear to be due to difficulties that children experience-and that we create-when we impose the symbol-based mathematical tools of our culture onto the informally acquired, intuitive mathematical knowledge of young children.
My presentation will be about a series of studies on children's understanding of inversion and their use of this understanding to solve arithmetical problems. I will deal with the origins of understanding quantitative inversion and with children's ability to combine their knowledge of inversion with decomposition. I shall also show that children are sometimes able to transform complex problems into easier ones that can be solved with the help of inversion. My presentation will include some data on individual differences in the use of inversion and also on the possibility of improving children's understanding of inverse relations. I shall argue that inversion plays a crucial role in children's mathematical reasoning.
In this session I will share the challenges and successes that we have experienced at Evan Hardy Collegiate this year as we have piloted a program for assisting students entering high school who have struggled with mathematics in elementary school. The goal of the program is to address the learning gaps that students have and to prepare them to study high school mathematics. This program was developed using an approach similar to the program developed by the Mathematics Learning Center in Memorial University. I will share the advantages and disadvantages of the program and how it has changed me as a teacher. I will also share the perspective of parents, students and others involved in the program as well as the response of my colleagues throughout the school division.
Recent advances in the field of mathematics cognition have suggested that there are two cognitive systems that deal directly with knowledge of number and mathematics. The first is known as the "symbolic" system. At its basic level, this system underlies the understanding of how a symbol (e.g., the symbol "2") can refer to a numerosity (e.g., the quantity of 2) and also how to manipulate these symbols to generate exact answers to questions (e.g., 2 + 3 = 5). The non-symbolic system, found in both humans and animals, is not exact and instead allows for quick and approximate estimates of quantity that are almost done unconsciously. To date, the research that has explored how these two systems interact has largely investigated simple operations with whole numbers. This paper will instead consider how these systems might interact in the more complicated topic of fraction understanding. More specifically, I will explore how conceptual and procedural knowledge of fractions are related to subitizing, quantity estimation, and working memory and the possible implications of these data for the teaching of fractions.
I will argue that society is harmed in many ways because we fail to teach children according to their true potential in mathematics. I will present evidence from psychological and educational research, as well as evidence gathered by the JUMP program, that ability in mathematics can be nurtured in even the weakest students. I will examine which of the approaches to math education presently used in our school are working and which, in my opinion, need to be modified or re-evaluated.
Numbers are used in primary school to represent quantities and relations. Most of the research about children's learning and of the teaching efforts focus on children's use of number to represent quantities. This paper analyses the role that the scheme of correspondence plays in children's understanding of relations between quantities. One-to-one correspondence is a sine qua non for counting but also for understanding equivalences between sets even in the absence of counting. One-to-many correspondence provides a natural and effective foundation for children's understanding of multiplication, division, and fractions, and also provides a foundation for children's understanding of multiplicative relations. Children and adults who use of mathematics outside school rely on the scheme of one-to-many correspondences to solve proportions problems; this finding supports the idea that this scheme is a natural foundation for understanding relations. New longitudinal and intervention studies will be reported, which show that children's knowledge of how to use one-to-many correspondences plays a critical role in their mathematics development.
Implications for teaching will be discussed and a programme that helps students become aware of relations that they understand only implicitly will be presented.
The ultimate goal of teaching mathematics is to assist children to develop a genuine understanding of the discipline. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that a teacher's knowledge of mathematics alone is not sufficient for achieving this educational objective. Rather, elementary teachers need a specialized type of professional knowledge of mathematics to be effective in the classroom. For example, teachers must know how children think about mathematics and the types of misconceptions they generally hold, as well as how to identify and interpret students' work and ways to design classroom activities to mobilize specific concepts in the school curriculum. Dr. Osana will present data from a larger study that explores the relationship between teachers' specialized mathematics knowledge, their classroom practices, and the development of their students' mathematical proficiency. In this talk, Dr. Osana will focus on an instrument she developed to measure teachers' knowledge in the context of this larger project. She will present items from the instrument as well as report on data that have been collected using the measure with a sample of first-grade teachers. The findings will illustrate the complex forms of knowledge even elementary-level mathematics teachers appear to require to assist their students to think about mathematics with meaning. Connections to the teachers' classroom practices will also be addressed.
About 25 years ago, psychologists began to seriously discuss the possibility that there are two basic forms of learning. The first, associative learning, is context specific and implicit. People often can not describe what they have learned. The second, rule-based or cognitive learning, generalizes across contexts and can be explained by the learner. These two forms of learning were embedded in a computational model in an attempt to account for individual differences in the manner people learn to play Nim, a token game. The version studied involved five rows of counters. None of the participants were able to solve this highly structured problem in 60 games. Most, however, played better as a function of practice. The fit of the computational model was improved by adding rules that people might use to conceptualize or structure the problem before they acquired information about specific moves. To the extent that imposing structure, associative learning and rule-based learning characterize human problem solving, they are relevant to the learning of mathematics. The relationships between learning to play Nim, problem solving, and teaching mathematics are explored.


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Today, as I was spinning and I'll admit, as I was admiring my spinning and how pretty the roving looked as it was morphing into yarn, I started to think about how much I've improved as a spinner and how great that feels! I thought that it might be nice to take a little stroll down memory lane and look back at some of my earlier spinning.
I spun these singles back in May when I first got my spinning wheel.... ouch.
I got a bit better by this next attempt. I wasn't exactly in control of what I was doing yet, but it was getting a bit more even.
I thought that I had gotten pretty good when I spun this in November. I still think that it's pretty, just not quite as perfect as I once thought.
Same goes for this, I love the colours, and I spun it only a month ago, but notice how it's so unevenly wound unto the bobbin?
This is where I'm at in my spinning of the Crabby McCrabbypants roving. I'm about half way through spinning the second portion (of three) into singles. Forgive the photo, I always take my photo's during the day to use take advantage of the natural light, but I just loved how the colours were winding onto the bobbin so much that I had to get a shot of it before I continued. Aren't the colours gorgeous!? The spinning is much more even and consistent.
Pretty soon I'll be able to really plan out my spinning more deliberately. Now I just spin and then make plans for the resulting yarn later, but I hope to start spinning for a specific project and make yarn purposefully. Not that I don't love having random skeins of hand-spun laying around, and I love knitting those adorable baby jackets, but I have dreams of knitting a colourful yoke for a sweater for myself someday.


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JERSEY CITY, N.J., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Sergio Garcia seized a share of the lead Thursday with an opening-round 65 at The Barclays, the first of the PGA Tour's four playoff tournaments, in New Jersey.
Garcia's 6-under, fired over the Liberty National Golf Club course, left him tied for the top spot with Paul Goydos and Steve Marino.
Charley Hoffman, Webb Simpson, Fredrik Jacobson and Heath Slocum were all at 66.
Tiger Woods, who begins the playoffs with the lead in the FedEx Cup points race, settled for a 1-under 70 and was tied for 27th place. Phil Mickelson also had a 70.
A change in the points system for this year's playoffs creates an opportunity for golfers to make dramatic moves in the standings. There are five times more points available for the playoff events than there were for regular tournaments this season and the winner this week will earn 2,500 points.
Garcia, for instance, began this week in 89th place, but a win at The Barclays could vault him all the way to second.
The points leader at the end of the four playoff tournaments will win $10 million.
Garcia had the lead until he missed a 12-foot par putt on his final hole.
"Even though the greens are soft, I didn't expect to see three 65s out there," Garcia said. "It is a good, solid course with small greens. I've always liked that kind of golf. If you play decent, you're going to have a chance at making birdies."


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Meet one of our favorite addictions at Last Daze family, Sophia Sinclair. We're a little in love, and a whole lotta obsessed with her style. Herlatest set for Last Daze stars California based model Shannon Barker and gets you in that motel mood from the first shot. We want you to know more about her, so we asked her to give us a spiel, Last Daze audience, this is Sophia Sinclair, get used to seeing her name everywhere...
"I'm a 24-year-old California based photographer and I love animals and people. I have dabbled in painting, videography and other creative outlets, but right now photography is my focus. Honestly, I don't remember a time when I didn't have a camera and I love the role it plays in my life. I would have to say my favorite part about my work is all the people I get to meet. I LOVE what I do and I can't wait to keep creating."
Peep her work here: www.phiaphotography.com
Or stalk the instagrams ; @phiaphotography // MUSE: @shannonbarkerr // MUA: @ashleyfordmakeup


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Tragic actor Gary Coleman's former manager Vic Perillo has sensationally revealed his late client's remains have still yet to be buried or cremated as the first anniversary of the star's death looms.
Coleman died on 28 May, 2010, and, according to Perillo, his burial plans are still on hold because of a legal wrangle between his parents and his estranged wife.
In an essay obtained by WENN, in which Perillo urges the news networks who covered all the negatives of Coleman's life after he passed away to pay tribute to the former child star, he writes, "This was not the proper and dignified manner to show respect for the magnificent talent the world TV and film audience knew in Gary Coleman. This was not the send off he deserved." He adds, "Unfortunately we learn of the great works and noble deeds of a person upon their death and at their memorial. Gary's deeds and contributions to the entertainment industry and other endeavours were overshadowed by the desire of the media to stay focused on the misfortunes of his life and all the negatives.
"Gary's downfall was not entirely of his own doing. He had help. There exist within the film and television industry those who make up the body of the Peripheral Industry. The new age life coaches to the stars, the managers and consultants, who have categorically destroyed the lives and careers of many performers. Gary Coleman was a victim of the Peripheral Industry, not of his parents.
"On this, the first anniversary of his death, I have contacted the three major (U.S. TV) networks, asking them to honour Gary, his eight years on Diff'rent Strokes, his seven movies of the week, his work as a spokesman with the National Kidney foundation and the many charitable endeavours he gave of his time and effort to.
"The answer from the networks were, 'Not interested,' 'We don't have any time' and 'We pass…' To praise his work, talent and his person is of little interest to them. And yet, should his ex-wife, Shannon Price, or (Diff'rent Strokes co-star) Todd Bridges make a statement condemning his parents, they are given Carte Blanch time in the press. Have we lost our theatrical moral conscience?"


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Making-Of The Caffeine Poster - Part 3
How did you pick which drinks to include?
The original spreadsheet with the caffeine calculations had about 100 drinks on it, but that made the image WAY too crowded. Looking back, I could have made the images smaller to fit more drinks onto the poster, so maybe the next version will have more.
For the coffee side, I picked some of the most widely available coffee shops, and I also only picked one drink from each. Starbucks alone had 20-30 different drinks I could have listed.
For the drinks side, I picked the drinks that were most widely available at the grocery stores in the DFW area. It may be different regionally, but the local region was all I had to work with.
Dude, where's the TEA?!?
I posted this in the comments, but I know I left tea out of the graphic (along with thousands of other drinks). It was actually hard to cull down the wide assortment of drinks down to only the ones I included. Not a tea drinker myself, tea didn't make the cut (Kevin Rose would be disappointed, I know). It's very crowded in the under 100mg space, so tea didn't make the cut. Based on the feedback I got, I'll include it if a next versions happens.
FWIW, tea averages between 40-70mg of caffeine in each 8oz cup
Can I buy a copy of The Caffeine Poster?
I haven't setup the poster for sale, but I did keep the high-resolution images offline so I could make it available if there was interest. The images on Flickr are certainly high-resolution enough to read the details, but they won't print very nicely as a 24" x 36" poster. So far, I haven't heard from many people who wanted to buy a copy.
I also got some feedback that The Caffeine Poster makes a good infographic, but maybe not a great poster. To be a great poster, it probably need more details and other additional information to make the viewer curious to step closer and read more.
However, I did have a few copies printed for myself…of course.
Will there be a next version?
Probably. I've got some other projects in the works, so there's no telling how long it will take. You suggestions on what to change or add are very welcome.
The is the end of the Making-Of posts. I got so many questions about the behind-the-scenes stuff that I moved all of The Caffeine Poster posts together on a separate page. Check out the Caffeine Poster link at the top of the page.