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February 5, 2013: Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 471 (http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-471) and AAVSO Special Notice 330 (http://www.aavso.org/aavso-special-notice-330), HST/COS is scheduled to observe IR Com on:
February 2, 2013: Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 471 (http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-471), the next HST/COS target is the SU UMa-type dwarf nova IR Com. HST/COS observations are scheduled for:
IR Com 2013 February 8 00:38:46 through 05:57:49 UT
IR Com is an eclipsing SU UMa-type dwarf nova. According to observations in the AAVSO International Database, it reaches V magnitude 18-19 at minimum. IR Com can be as bright as 13.5 V at maximum.


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I have a little problem.
When i'am debugging my program with MSVC 6.0 I recieve no errors, but when I siply execute it in Explorer it works incorrect. What is the problem? It is the same EXE. I just can't fix bugs like that, it's too big program(a lot of code).
I think that problem could be in memory managment (malloc). I'am useing this function(malloc), but sometimes it fails even if I have free memory(swap & RAM).

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Gaza has struggled socially and economically almost from its inception, but this has been particularly true following Israel's war against the region in 2014. Following the devastation, a number of Arab nations led the way in pledging aid to the region for reconstruction. Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and many other Arab nations appeared poised to assist the region without the need for intervention by organizations like the World Bank or International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Two years later, however, these donors have failed to provide more than a tiny fraction of the donations they once promised. According to a report released by the World Bank, donations are significantly behind schedule.
The report noted that "[a]ctual disbursements fall short of planned disbursements by around $1.3 billion, and hence, donors are urged to accelerate the disbursement of funds." At the current rate, Gaza would not receive the total amount pledged in aid until the middle of 2019, more than two years behind schedule.
The fighting between Israel and the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip caused significant damage, including destroying or damaging some 171,000 homes. According to the Palestinians, roughly 75,000 people remain homeless two years later.
During a conference in 2014 in Cairo, the international community pledged $3.51 billion in aid over three years. The aid was intended to help rebuild Gaza and feed and house the displaced. To date, however, only $1.41 billion has actually been delivered to Gaza.
In 2014, Qatar led the charge on donation, pledging $1 billion itself. At the time, Qatar's Foreign Minister said, "While the Palestinian people need financial support, they need more political support from the international community." Two years later, though, and Qatar has only delivered $152 million; about 15% of what it promised.
Similarly, Saudi Arabia had pledged $500 million in 2014, but has only delivered about 10% of its pledge to date. The UAE has only followed through on 15% of its $200 million pledge, and Kuwait has only delivered about 33% of its $200 million pledge.
In response, the World Bank has urged these and other nations to follow through on their pledges. The Bank is joined by Hamas, whose spokesperson underscored the dire situation by pointing out that continuing suffering in the region could cause further ill will to fester and boil over in the form of further violence in the future.


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The Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has designated Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish (St. Mary's) in Fairfield, PA as a special pilgrimage site for the Year of Mercy from December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016. Pilgrims are encouraged to visit one of the several churches selected to pass through the Holy Doors. Fr. Robert Malagesi, M.SS.CC., Pastor of St. Mary's has encouraged pilgrims to visit the church during this special year. In fulfilling the additional requirements of a pilgrimage visit, praying for the Pope's intentions, and performing works of mercy, a plenary indulgence may be obtained.
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Professor: 2013 crop more likely to develop mold
An Iowa State University grain storage expert says farmers should make sure they have a plan in place to handle corn that could have inconsistent levels of moisture, making this year's crop more likely to develop mold problems.
Professor Charles Hurburgh says the cold and wet spring followed by a heat wave late in the growing season results in a crop characterized by inconsistency.
He says farmers should make sure to get their corn cooled and dried as soon as possible after harvest because sharp differences in maturity, weight and moisture content create the potential for spoilage once the grain is stored in a bin.
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Knit It, Weave It with Jean FrostSome people do not like to knit 'fancy stitches' or do color work. Perhaps just a break from a difficult project is what is needed. Learn several ways of weaving to add color or texture to plain stockinette or garter stitch fabric. We will use weaving techniques to produce beautiful designs, stripes or plaids which can be used as all over patterns or borders.
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HomeworkSlip the last stitch of each row with yarn in front, and knit this stitch through the back loop at the beginning of the next row. Stockinette Stitch: knit one row, purl one row.
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Problems remain in the building sectors of most of the countries covered in this issue of the Market Monitor. Consequently, the outlook for the construction industry in 2015 remains muted.
Market performance at a glance
- The Indian construction sector has been facing challenging times in recent years due to political uncertainty, weak investment cycles, subdued business confidence, and delays in land acquisition/clearance processes.
- The outlook for 2015 has improved due to a better business environment and large infrastructure projects launched by the new government.
- However, on-the-ground recovery is expected to be a gradual process as the sector still deals with structural constraints.
- Construction companies remain highly leveraged, and obtaining financial support for projects remains a challenge. However, banks have increased loans to the sector.
- Payments in the construction sector take between 90-120 days on average.
- We continue to maintain a cautious approach in underwriting this sector.
- Besides financial information, we assess trading experience with buyers and monitor any changes in payment behaviour. We also assess the strength of the customer–buyer relationship.
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Show heart rate data on swim activities
Currently the swim data from the HRM-Swim doesn't display. It would be good to get it on there for suffer score etc.
Currently the swim data from the HRM-Swim doesn't display. It would be good to get it on there for suffer score etc.
As of October 1st, 2019 Strava has begun to parse HR data for swim activities. This means HR data will be displayed on newly uploaded swim activities if recorded with a swim-specific HR sensor.
Yep, that would be great!
Is there a plan to fix this?
yes! I just got my hrm-swim/hrm-tri kit and used it for the first time tonight. SO disappointed to find out my coach can't see my HR data on strava. :(
I too wish this would work! I just got my Garmin HRM-swim/HRM-tri and am disappointed that the information does not sync with Strava! I wish Swim had better support. I pay for premium features and they're pretty much useless when it comes to swim workouts. :(
+1 with swim goals now added to the site, this is a must!
+1 Please add heart rate data to swim workouts!
Please add heart rate data to swim portion. I have a garmin 920xt with swim and Tri monitors. It's kind of embarrassing for Strava to not have that information available. Currently the Garmin app supports swim information better. Maybe someone at Strava development should make a phone call to someone at Garmin and ask them how it's done! Ha!
Agreed, this would be very helpful to view!
Completely agree. It would be great to have the same swim metrics that we see in Garmin Connect, especially now I've got my 920XT to record accurate distances in the pool, and first try with the HRM this morning was very successful indeed! Not so, the reporting in Strava.
Obviously I can also understand why Garmin wouldn't want to readily share the information though. If Strava were able to offer similar swim metrics then it would certainly make me a lot happier to remain a premium member.
+1 It does not make sense that the heart rate data doesn't come in for swimming from Garmin! You can log any activity with a Garmin device; for example I could create a new activity profile and call it 'Making some toast' then start recording whilst wearing my heart rate monitor. When I end the session the data will sync with Garmin connect and then to Strava WITH HEART RATE DATA.
So, the question is, why's making toast better supported by Strava than swimming!! Or is it a Garmin issue?
Yep !
Agreed. It's been long enough. This is not something that needs sophisticated coding. All the coding is already there, just needs to be hooked up.
I don't get why you don't support it. The swim activity as it stands now recommends to purchase a HR monitor to have a more accurate analysis. This lead me to conclude that the feature was available and thus I spent a fortune on a useless HR monitor for the swim... It seems pretty straight forward to add. Why is it promoted if not available?
That's pretty harsh Benoit. It's not useless, the data is on Garmin Connect. Talking to the Training Peaks guys, the data is not being sent from Garmin to their partners. Training Peaks doesn't have access to the data as of a month ago.
@Jamie, I have no clue what you are talking about, what does Training Peak have to do whit my comment? My comment slash complaint is aimed directly at the fact that Strava suggest to buy the heart trayé monitor for the swim to have a more accurate analysis. I contacted them about it and they apologized saying it was a mistake... so stop talking about Training Peaks... Inpay to be Strava Premium and expect minimally that what they promote is available. Oh one last thing... that piece about Garming not making making the heart rate information available... well you should contact Garmin and see what they say about that ;)
Just been on to strava support and the inclusion of Garmin hrm swim data is not on their near term plans. I use strava for cycling and it's amazing I use it for swimming and it's not so amazing. Swimmers are people too strava. Get your fingers out and sort out the heart rate data for swimmers.
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What's going? 1 year has passed this was reported. How can this still be a missing feature if not a bug I'm afraid.
+1 request
This seams so simple! It's available for every other activity! Please support Swim data! And can someone from Strava please explain to us why this isn't already Available!?!?
Strava clearly has a bunch of Stravaholes that don't care about swim. Totally sucks!! They are cycle snobs and would probably drown if they ever tried keeping up with a triathlete on a swim.
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Someday soon an advisor will have to declare bankruptcy because he cannot cover the losses incurred in a fraudulent third-party wire transfer or money laundering scheme. I don't know who and I don't know where, but I'm absolutely certain that all advisors must manage risk to prevent fraud from killing their business.
Advisors often mistakenly believe that their broker-dealer or custodian is responsible for preventing fraud. While such firms play a role, providing surveillance and tripwires that stymie illegal transactions, the ultimate responsibility lies with advisors, particularly those serving in a fiduciary capacity.
Independent advisors who have been given discretion over client assets, and who have power of attorney to move money on behalf of their clients, are especially susceptible to predators. Advisors associated with a broker-dealer have some capital protection, though perhaps not enough if their BD is a small, lightly capitalized business. RIA firms have no capital requirements so any losses would be debited to their management fee account or paid out of the advisor's own pocket. Could your firm endure such a hit?
You may be wondering why an advisor would be on the hook for a crime committed against their client by someone else. The answer is simple: Advisors must verify whether the request to wire funds is legitimate, they must send the instructions to the broker-dealer or custodian to execute the wires and they must KYC—know your customer.
[Read an interview with Tom Giachetti about processes advisors can implement to protect themselves from fraud.]
Ironically, advisors often get aggravated when a broker-dealer or custodian delays a wire request. "The client said he needs the money, so just send it to him!" In some cases, the aggressive advisor claims to have confirmed the request with his client—but upon investigation, the custodian finds out that he did not. The advisor then says that he did not want to bother his client or he was too busy. The only thing less defensible than carelessness is dishonesty.
Usually advisors wish to avoid looking unresponsive or unsympathetic when a wire transfer takes more than a few hours, so they put pressure on the keeper of the assets to act quickly. Adding to the dynamic, advisors can get touchy when the custodian elects to contact the end client directly to re-verify a request. This resistance to checks creates a risky scenario.
The Setting
Every day, sophisticated criminals from Detroit to Dubrovnik are capturing personal information on your clients including email addresses, financial data, copies of previous correspondence and copies of signatures and account numbers. These thieves want your clients' money—and they know how to get it.
Fraud often begins with an innocuous "client" request asking about the available cash in an account. In some clever cases, the balance inquiry is added to a previous string of emails, making it seem like ongoing correspondence between the client and advisor. In a typical "e-heist," the fraudster sends an email to the advisor requesting money be transferred to a third party. It often says that the client is out of contact, typically something like "I'm at a funeral," "I'm traveling where there's no cell or Internet service" or "I'll be in meetings all day and need to get this done in order to complete an important transaction."
Eager to demonstrate good service even when reacting from the golf course or the beach, the advisor or his staff responds by sending the letter of authorization (LOA). The advisor or staff member does not realize that while the email address used by the perpetrator appears legitimate, a criminal has hacked into the account. Absent any protocols by the advisor, stealing the assets can be as easy as lifting a wallet from an open handbag.
Watch the trick: The fraudster returns the signed forms to the advisor, who in turn forwards them to the custodian or broker-dealer for processing. With an authorization on file, the custodian conducts some safety checks to see if there are any anomalies or inconsistencies, then wires the money to a third party as instructed. Those funds are immediately rewired to a bank in Malaysia or Hong Kong whose offices are already closed for the night so nobody can stop the fast-moving money from going out again. Those funds are removed quickly from the foreign account by a debit card and … poof! The money disappears.
These master manipulators use different forms of layering to cover their tracks. As another example, they troll dating websites to recruit unsuspecting accomplices. Their unfortunate victims, commonly referred to as "mules," reveal their bank account information. The fraudster creates a story about why he can't take a direct wire and asks his new "romantic interest" to accept the deposit of $50,000 to her account, for example. He then directs the unwitting accomplice to Western Union to send $45,000 to him and keep $5,000 "for when we meet." When contacted by law enforcement, the accomplice will be oblivious to what just happened, honestly explaining that she effected the transfer at the request of her "boyfriend."
The Response
Four things can help to stop frauds like these.
Keep an eye out for clues that you are about to be hustled. When a request for a third-party wire transfer is inconsistent with a client's past activity, for example, you need to confirm that the client is in the loop. Examine the content of all requests for spelling and grammatical errors or formal, awkward language. Fraudulent requests often contain an explanation of how the funds will be used, such as tuition payments when the client doesn't have school-aged children. One recent request asked for funds to purchase commercial baking equipment, which stirred the advisor's curiosity to inquire directly with the client.
Fraudsters often send instructions to change the client phone number. This way, when the advisor or his staff later call to confirm a request, they do not realize they are actually talking to the thief and not the client. Avoid responding directly to new email correspondence. Hackers often make a subtle change in a client's email address and set up a new account that the advisor unknowingly replies to. They may remove a period between first and last names, for example, or eliminate a letter in a long surname so it looks correct in a cursory review. They say they are unavailable at their home or office and direct the advisor to call an unfamiliar number. Unfortunately, these tactics can work.
The advisor or her staff should always call the client at the phone number on file to confirm a request before sending out any forms. In the event that forms go out and are signed and returned, the advisor or staff member should compare the signature to other legitimate documents and look for any inconsistencies in the request. As the job of confirmation often falls to administrative people, train them to understand that they must make the phone call. Ignoring the protocols is not excusable. In another example, a fraudster sent an email saying he couldn't talk because he had laryngitis. Believing that was reasonable, the advisor's assistant did not call to confirm the request, and the client's funds were gone in an instant.
Everyone working in financial services must be vigilant. Clients themselves can do more to protect their data and information from conniving predators. Providing education programs and lessons on encryption may be an added value offering for advisors, helping to ensure that clients not only get a return on their money, but a return of their money. That said, it's rare that the investor is not made whole by the advisor, custodian or broker-dealer. The question is, do you have the financial wherewithal to withstand such a loss? Or will the next bell toll for thee?
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Thailand, the beautiful South Asian country known for its tourist attractions, has been devastated by a series of floods that have lasted more than three months. More than four hundred lives have been lost, and 2.3 million people have been affected. The financial impact is estimated to be in excess of 5.1 billion USD. Last month, some of Thailand's biggest industrial estates including Nava Nakorn, Bang-Pa-in, Hi-Tech, Factory Land, Rojana, and Saha Rattana Nakorn were flooded. Among the companies impacted were Western Digital, Toshiba, and Seagate. So far, Seagate's factories haven't been directly affected; however, the Dublin based storage giant is suffering from component shortages.
Thailand is the world's largest manufacturer of hard drives, and accounts for a quarter of the total worldwide production. After years of plummeting prices, the shortage of supply is already sending hard drive prices skywards. The prices of several of the hard drive models have already increased by more than 200%, and the situation will only get worse as we approach the holiday season.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
All professional education content courses leading to certification shall include teaching and assessment of the Wisconsin Content Standards in the content area.
In this column, list the Wisconsin Content Standards that are included in this course. The Standards for each content area are found in the Wisconsin Content Standards document.
In this column, indicate the nature of the performance assessments used in this course to evaluate student proficiency in each standard.
The structures within the discipline, the historical roots and evolving nature of mathematics, and the interaction between technology and the discipline.
Both computers and calculators are used to develop mathematical ideas, solve problems, and to study the structure of mathematics.
Facilitating the building of student conceptual and procedural understanding.
Homework, tests, and labs using computers, models, and manipulatives focus on conceptual understanding and how / why procedures/ algorithms work. Students are assessed on their understanding and ability to model the use of manipulatives both in lab/homework and on tests. Manipulatives such as base blocks, Cuisenaire rods, attribute blocks, pattern blocks, and geoboards, are used to model mathematical concepts and principles.
Helping all students build understanding of the discipline including:
. Confidence in their abilities to utilize mathematical knowledge.
. Awareness of the usefulness of mathematics.
. The economic implications of fine mathematical preparation.
The focus of the course is building understanding of mathematics and is demonstrated through labs in class, in the computer lab, homework, tests, and projects. Applications, especially through projects and labs build confidence and awareness of the usefulness of mathematics.
Exploring, conjecturing, examining and testing all aspects of problem solving.
Through labs, homework, and tests, students demonstrate their knowledge of heuristics, and labs provide an environment for exploring, conjecturing, and solving problems. Problem solving is utilized throughout the semester.
Formulating and posing worthwhile mathematical tasks, solving problems using several strategies, evaluating results, generalizing solutions, using problem solving approaches effectively, and applying mathematical modeling to real-world situations.
As pre-service teachers, students create mathematical tasks/problems for future students to solve both in lab and on written assessments (homework, tests) Students also share their problems and solutions in class and compare strategies.
Making convincing mathematical arguments, framing mathematical questions and conjectures, formulating counter-examples, constructing and evaluating arguments, and using intuitive, informal exploration and formal proof.
Proofs without words, using models and diagrams in labs, homework, and tests. Inductive and deductive arguments are developed when focusing on patterns (specific to general) shared in small group discussion, homework and tests.
Expressing ideas orally, in writing, and visually-, using mathematical language, notation, and symbolism; translating mathematical ideas between
and among contexts.
Student questions/responses in class discussion and lab setting. Student response demonstrating correct use of appropriate mathematical language, symbolism, and notation on homework, labs, projects, and tests.
Connecting the concepts and procedures of mathematics, drawing connections between mathematical strands, between mathematics and other disciplines, and with daily life.
Students ability to solve practical problems using technology and paper and pencil methods on labs, homework, and tests. Completion (and demonstration) of a technology integrated project connecting mathematics and other disciplines and daily life.
Selecting appropriate representations to facilitate mathematical problem solving and translating between and among representations to explicate problem-solving situations.
Students share their representation methods used in solving problems and discuss these in a lab setting. Discussing advantages and disadvantages of these approaches.
Mathematical processes including:
. Problem solving.
. Communication.
. Reasoning and formal and informal argument.
. Mathematical connections.
. Representations.
. Technology.
As a standards based math curriculum, students exhibit their abilities related to problem solving, communication, reasoning, representations, connections, and use of technology through discussion, labs, projects, homework, and tests.
Number operations and relationships from both abstract and concrete perspectives identifying real world applications, and representing and connecting mathematical concepts and procedures including:
. Number sense.
. Set theory.
. Number and operation.
. Composition and decomposition of numbers, including place value, primes, factors, multiples, inverses, and the extension of these concepts throughout mathematics.
. Number systems through the real numbers, their properties and relations.
. Computational procedures.
. Proportional reasoning.
. Number theory.
Number sense, set theory, number and operations, number systems, and computational procedures are a focus of this course. Students demonstrate their knowledge in class discussion, through homework, labs, projects, and tests.
Composition and decomposition of numbers, place value, factors, multiples, and inverses, are assessed through homework, labs, and tests.
Number systems focus on whole numbers and decimal systems, their properties, and computational procedures are assessed through homework, labs, and tests.
Mathematical concepts and procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level number operations and relationships including:
. Advanced counting procedures, including union and intersection of sets, and parenthetical operations.
. Algebraic and transcendental numbers.
. The complex number system, including polar coordinates.
. Approximation techniques as a basis for numerical integration, fractals, and numerical-based proofs.
. Situations in which numerical arguments presented in a variety of classroom and real-world situations (e.g., political, economic, scientific, social) can be created and critically evaluated.
. Opportunities in which acceptable limits of error can be assessed (e.g., evaluating strategies, testing the reasonableness of results, and using technology to carry out computations).
Counting procedures, set operations (including union, intersection, and complement) and parenthetical operations are demonstrated through lab work, homework, and quizzes.
Estimation and approximation techniques are used to check the reasonableness of results, especially in problem solving situations in the homework and in the lab.
Calculators and computers are used to carry out complicated computations.
Situations in which numerical arguments presented in a variety of situations and representations are discussed and compared in class, homework, and lab.
Geometry and measurement from both abstract and concrete perspectives and to identify real world applications, and mathematical concepts, procedures and connections among them including:
. Formal and informal argument.
. Names, properties, and relationships of two- and three-dimensional shapes.
. Spatial sense.
. Spatial reasoning and the use of geometric models to represent, visualize, and solve problems.
. Transformations and the ways in which rotation, reflection, and translation of shapes can illustrate concepts, properties, and relationships.
. Coordinate geometry systems including relations between coordinate and synthetic geometry, and generalizing geometric principles from a two-dimensional system to a three-dimensional system.
. Concepts of measurement, including measurable attributes, standard and non-standard units, precision and accuracy, and use of appropriate tools.
. The structure of systems of measurement, including the development and use of measurement systems and the relationships among different systems. Measurement including length, area, volume, size of angles, weight and mass, time, temperature, and money.
. Measuring, estimating, and using measurement to describe and compare geometric phenomena.
. Indirect measurement and its uses, including developing formulas and procedures for determining measure to solve problems.
Informal argument, proofs without words, through models and diagrams are used by the student in lab, homework, and tests.
Names, properties, relationships of two-dimensional objects, transformations of two-dimensional objects, and coordinate geometry systems to discuss the relations between coordinate and synthetic geometry are assessed through labs using models such as geoboards, paper folding, as well as reflection devices, use of computer software, homework, and tests.
Transformations and the ways in which rotation, reflection, and translation of shapes can illustrate concepts, properties, and relationships are assessed on homework, labs, and tests.
Concepts of measurement and estimation, including measuring attributes, standard and non-standard units, precision, accuracy, and use of non-standard units to measure angles, length, perimeter, area, and circumference are assessed through discussion in class lab, use of computer software, homework, and tests.
Understanding and use of the Pythagorean Theorem is assessed using homework and exams, and used as a method of indirect measurement.
Mathematical concepts, procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level geometry and measurement including:
. Systems of geometry, including Euclidean, non-Euclidean, coordinate, transformational, and projective geometry.
. Transformations, coordinates, and vectors and their use in problem solving. Three-dimensional geometry and its generalization to other dimensions. Topology, including topological properties and transformations.
. Opportunities to present convincing arguments by means of demonstration, informal proof, counter-examples, or other logical means to show the truth of statements and/or generalizations.
Euclidean and transformational geometry concepts, procedures and connections are assessed with two-dimensional objects in class discussion, lab, through the use of computer software such as Logo, Kaleidomania, and Geometer's Sketchpad, homework, projects, and tests.
Opportunities to present convincing arguments by means of demonstration, informal proof, counter-examples, or other logical means to show the truth of statements and/or generalizations are given in class, lab, through the use of computer software, homework, and in tests.
Statistics and probability from both abstract and concrete perspectives and to identify real world applications, and the mathematical concepts, procedures and the connections between them including:
. Use of data to explore real-world issues.
. The process of investigation including formulation of a problem, designing a data collection plan, and collecting, recording, and organizing data.
. Data representation through graphs, tables, and summary statistics to describe data distributions, central tendency, and variance.
. Analysis and interpretation of data.
. Randomness, sampling, and inference.
. Probability as a way to describe chances or risk in simple and compound events.
. Outcome prediction based on experimentation or theoretical probabilities.
The representation of data through various representations including tables, arrow diagrams, and graphs, and the summary of data studied is assessed through labs, homework, and tests.
Mathematical concepts, procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level statistics and probability including:
. Use of the random variable in the generation and interpretation of probability distributions.
. Descriptive and inferential statistics, measures of disbursement, including validity and reliability, and correlation.
. Probability theory and its link to inferential statistics.
. Discrete and continuous probability distributions as bases for inference.
. Situations in which students can analyze, evaluate, and critique the methods and conclusions of statistical experiments reported in journals, magazines, news media, advertising, etc.
Functions, algebra, and basic concepts underlying calculus from both abstract and concrete perspectives and to identify real world applications, and the mathematical concepts, procedures and the connections among them including:
. Patterns.
. Functions as used to describe relations and to model real world situations.
. Representations of situations that involve variable quantities with expressions, equations and inequalities and that include algebraic and geometric relationships.
. Multiple representations of relations, the strengths and limitations of each representation, and conversion from one representation to another.
. Attributes of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, algebraic, and exponential functions.
. Operations on expressions and solution of equations, systems of equations and inequalities using concrete, informal, and formal methods.
. Underlying concepts of calculus, including rate of change, limits, and approximations for irregular areas.
Functions and algebra from both a concrete and abstract perspective are used in the study of patterns, relations, representatives of real world situations.
Multiple representations of relations and the advantages/disadvantages are discussed in class and lab.
Operations on expressions and finding the solution of linear equations using concrete, informal, and formal methods are discussed by students in class. These concepts and principles are assessed through labs, homework, and tests.
Mathematical concepts, procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level functions, algebra, and concepts of calculus including:
. Concepts of calculus, including limits (epsilon-delta) and tangents, derivatives, integrals, and sequences and series.
. Modeling to solve problems.
. Calculus techniques including finding limits, derivatives, integrals, and using special rules.
. Calculus applications including modeling, optimization, velocity and acceleration, area, volume, and center of mass.
. Numerical and approximation techniques including Simpson's rule, trapezoidal rule, Newton's Approximation, and linearization.
. Multivariate calculus.
. Differential equations.
Concrete models are used to solve problems, demonstrate mathematical concepts and procedures.
These models are demonstrated and discussed by students in lab using manipulatives and computer software.
Discrete processes from both abstract and concrete perspectives and to identify real world applications, and the mathematical concepts, procedures and the connections among them including:
. Counting techniques.
. Representation and analysis of discrete mathematics problems using sequences, graph theory, arrays, and networks.
. Iteration and recursion.
Basic counting techniques, introductory sequence activities as analysis of patterns are used in solving problems and related to function analysis. Labs, homework, and tests are used to assess these ideas.
Mathematical concepts, procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level discrete mathematics including:
. Topics, including symbolic logic, induction, linear programming, and finite graphs.
. Matrices as a mathematical system, and matrices and matrix operations as tools for recording information and for solving problems.
. Developing and analyzing algorithms.
Students develop and analyze algorithms for multi-digit operations and to study geometric principles using paper and pencil, as well as software.


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Feedback for Strava App v4.4: Bring back the Speed on Segment Leaderboards
Speeds have been removed from leaderboards in an recent update of the Android aps. Leaderboards now only display the time of the efforts on segments, not the speeds. From other forum posts, I understand the same is true for the iOS app.
I would find speeds to be much more useful than time of the effort, as it makes it much easier to compare how you're doing (and others are doing) in different segments. I guess the removal of speeds was an intended change and not a bug, but I cannot see why this was done. Bringing back the speeds in the leaderboards in one of the next version updates would be most appreciated.


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Dave's label merges: Bronfman's back in music biz
Massive mergers in the music world have brought behemoths together and put Edgar Bronfman Jr.– subject of an April 17, 2003 Hook news story titled "Burst bubble: Cigar mag explains $eagram's beating"– back on top of the game, after his family fortune had dwindled following his decision to sell Seagram's to Vivendi in an all-stock deal. –ed
Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp. have finalized a merger agreement that will bring some of the world's top pop artists under one roof as music companies shore up their strength in the face of rampant file-swapping on the Internet.
The newly created Sony BMG will be equally owned by Sony and Bertelsmann, the two companies said in a statement December 12. It will be the world's second-largest music company behind Universal Music Group, a part of Vivendi Universal SA.
Initially announced about a month ago, the deal is aimed at remaining competitive as the music industry struggles with losses blamed on the ease of exchanging music files on the Internet.
"Sony and Bertelsmann share the vision that this merger is the basis for a company that will concentrate on the creative key business,'' Bertelsmann chairman Gunter Thielen said in a statement. "Our music business plays a key role for Bertelsmann, and we believe in its future.''
No other financial terms were released for the deal. The companies said the merger would not affect either company's music publishing businesses, CD and DVD productions, deliveries, or Sony's Japanese music business.
The deal is subject to approval from regulators in the United States and the European Union.
"I'm convinced that this merger will give us the possibility to create better products for consumers around the globe and to react more effectively to the needs of artists,'' said Andrew Lack, chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment.
Lack will lead the new company, and Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, chairman and chief executive of BMG, will serve as chairman of the board.
The merger will put some of music's biggest stars under a common corporate roof. Sony Music Entertainment's labels include Columbia, Epic, and Sony Classical, and it is home to pop artists including Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce Knowles, and Celine Dion.
Among the stars on BMG's various labels are Dido, the Dave Matthews Band, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, and Elvis Presley.
The deal could still could run into trouble from EU regulators, who blocked a deal between Warner Music and EMI three years ago, saying it could lead to an oligopoly of four firms controlling 80 percent of the European market.
But changes in the market may work in Sony and Bertelsmann's favor, antitrust lawyers have said, noting that with advances in the ability to download music over the Internet, the two could argue they need to be bigger to survive.
Last month, a consortium of investors led by former Universal Music chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. (son of Georgetown Farm owner Edgar Bronfman Sr.) struck a $2.6 billion deal to buy Warner Music Group from Time Warner Inc., edging out Britain's EMI Group PLC.
The deal, which also includes Time Warner's Warner/Chappell Music publishing business, would create one of the world's largest independent music companies and include some of the industry's biggest artists, such as Madonna, R.E.M. and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Bronfman's media-buying hijinx recently made the cover of this "lifestyle" mag.


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Pyongyang has said it will fire a rocket to put a satellite into orbit between April 12 and 16 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of founding president Kim Il-sung, saying the launch was for peaceful purposes.
But the United States and its allies suspect it is a disguised missile test, and say the launch would contravene UN sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's missile programme.
"(The cabinet) at a security meeting this morning confirmed the policy to issue a destroy order," an official in the prime minister's office told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The order gave Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka the power to have the projectile shot down, as Japan grows increasingly worried that the rocket may pass over – or fall into – its territory.
Last week, Tanaka said he was readying Japan's missile defence systems to destroy the rocket if necessary.
"With this (destroy) order, we will do everything we can to prepare for a fall" of North Korea's rocket, Tanaka told reporters on Friday.
The defence chief reiterated that surface-to-air interceptors would be deployed on the southern island chain of Okinawa, below the rocket's forecast flight path, and in central Tokyo, one of the world's biggest cities.
Aegis destroyers equipped with missile defence systems will also be deployed in waters near Okinawa and in the Sea of Japan, he said.
In 2009, Japan ordered missile defence preparations before Pyongyang's last long-range rocket launch which brought UN Security Council condemnation and tightened sanctions against the isolated communist state.
That rocket, which North Korea also said was aimed at putting a satellite into orbit, passed over Japanese territory without incident or any attempt to shoot it down.
Japan's move come as satellite images showed North Korea has begun preparing for a rocket launch next month despite international condemnation.
North Korea also test-fired two short-range missiles off its west coast this week, South Korean media reported Friday.
Hiroyasu Akutsu, professor at the National Institute for Defence Studies (NIDS), said North Korea is "confident that China will ultimately support them if they launch the satellite" despite the international pressure.
In a study published on Friday, NIDS warned improvements in nuclear technology, coupled with the change in leadership that has seen the untested Kim Jong-un take control in Pyongyang, has increased the risk of a conflict engulfing the region.
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Many a day lately, I think I'd rather just forget everything and go back to bed and stay there all day.
Not wanting to get up is a classic sign of depression. So I make myself get up and do things. But I wonder, does this mean I'm depressed?
Maybe. But here's the thing: Christmas is so much bigger than I and my so-called problems! He Who created time is now born into time. The Uncontainable One is contained in the Virgin's womb. The all-good God takes on fallen human nature, and sanctifies it. He visits our planet in person, and it's the only planet we know of He ever did so visit. And, as Anne says in her beautiful post (Do read the whole thing!), He gives meaning to being human, meaning death had stolen from us; and not just meaning, but beautiful, glorious, new, undreamt-of meaning. "Christ is born; glorify Him!"
(Oh, and I suspect depressed people go to bed and cry and moan and wish they were dead, which is not what I have in mind. I'd turn on my electric blanket and add an extra pillow and sit up and read. I'd let the cats come up to snuggle with me. I'd sip hot chocolate. I might knit, or at least look over pattern books in preparation for knitting. I'd play on my laptop computer. In short, I'd have a wonderful time! It's sloth, not depression, tugging at my skirts. As usual. Kyrie, eleison!)
So, no matter what your external circumstances, a very merry Christmas to you!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sloth, Depression, and Christmas
Many a day lately, I think I'd rather just forget everything and go back to bed and stay there all day.
3 comments:
- DebD said...
Did you see the video Fr. Stephen shared on his blog today. That should get your feet tapping.
I find it very hard to be peppy when it is terribly cold. I just want to lay under covers - and usually I fall asleep as a result :)
- December 23, 2008 at 10:16 PM
- Elizabeth @ The Garden Window said...
Sloth !
I have sloth too :-)
I would love to be curled up in bed, with hot chocolate and marshmallows, peppermint sweets and several good books......
oh well.
Shower, hairwash, breakfast, clean house, cook turkey, prepare vegetables and the little ones want to do some Christmas baking so Santa can have cookies rather than mince pies.
And nurse poorly husband.
And stop the dog eating the Christmas tree !
No time for Sloth today.
- December 24, 2008 at 3:17 AM
- Weekend Fisher said...
Do you remember the old song "Song sung blue"? You've had at least a medium-rough year, to go by your blogging. It's hard. And I suspect that the hardest moments went quietly and alone. Anyway, "Song sung blue" is my favorite modern-type song for when I'm sad or overwhelmed with short-term stuff. I think that particular song kind of explains to me why the mournful psalms are in there.
Take care & God bless
Anne / WF
And thank you much for the kind words in your post, though I'm embarrassed to mention something like that when I'm here to be friendly.
- January 1, 2009 at 9:32 PM


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Hotel Islazul Plaza Sancti Spiritus stands in the old quarter of Sancti Spirtius City, near Trinidad. This hotel is perfect for those who would like to explore this wonderful city, discover its traditions, customs and life of local people.
Plaza Hotel was first built in 1843 as a family mansion, but by 1914 it had been transformed into a cafeteria, cake shop, guest house and meeting place for the main landowners in the central region of the country. The premises were reopened in 1996, after have been entirely rebuilt in such a way that all the former colonial style features of the building were returned to its original glory.
Hotel Plaza is a quite small hotel, only 29 rooms. Its facilities include a 24 hour lobby bar, restaurant that offers National and International cuisines, tourist desk from where you can book various tours to visit Museum of Colonial Art (the house of a hundred doors), the Main Parish Church (National Monument), the bridge over the Yayabo river, the Ruben Martinez Villena library and many more.
Until recently Hotel Islazul Plaza Sancti Spiritus was known as Hotel Encanto Plaza.
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Reviewed on 14 Mar 2017 by wolfgang w from Germany
Frühstück funktional. Restaurant am Abend sehr voll durch Pauschaltouristen,daher mein Tipp auswärts essen.
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Air conditioning
Hotel was recently renovated
International cuisine
Lobby bar
Old building restored
Reception staff speak Spanish, English, French, German, Italian
Snacks and drinks 24 hours a day
Telephone - national & international calls
TV room/bar (international channels & videos)
Description and facilities details coming soon.
Air conditioning
Bathroom (ensuite)
Hot & cold water
In-room safe
Room service
Satellite TV
Terrace or balcony
More Hotels in Sancti Spiritus Pilsēta:
UK Sales :: Audrey :: +44 20 7498 8555 or 0800 298 9555
USA & Canada Sales :: Jeffery or Bastien :: Toll Free 888 361 9555
Havana Tourist Center :: Idelsis :: +53 7 863 9555
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Landless rural workers display poster with the names of the 19 Landless workers killed in Eldorado de Carajás, state of Pará, in 1996
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Eldorado de Carajás, Massacre of'Carajás is a region located in the southeast of Pará. It got its name from the Carajás hills, where formerly the indigenous people of that name lived; the regional center is the city of Marabá. In the municipality of Paraupebas, a massacre of 19 Sem Terra people took place, perpetrated by the state police and the landowners, on April 17, 1996, during a demonstration on the local highway. In March, 1998, eight of the same policemen were involved in the murder of two more MST leaders of the region' (Fernandes, Bernardo Mançano e Stedile, João Pedro. Brava gente: a trajetória do MST e a luta pela terra no Brasil. São Paulo: Editora Fundação Perseu Abramo, 1999, p. 144, n. 13).
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from EastIdahonews.com with quote that parents are "persons of interests" because they were at scene, but not "suspects." Please see expanded analysis below.
J: It was Friday.
D: Friday, about 2.26 was when I, was it 2.26?
Should the same parent know exactly the hours (culmalative) the child has been missing ?
J: It was 2.36 when I called.
D : 2.36 when she called and I was in the truck hauling down to the road trying to get service because I didn't think one bar would get it. So I, she got very very lucky. I was blessed that she was able to get service because I didn't think, I didn't want to try and risk getting half way through my talking to 911 and have it cut off. So I went down to where I knew I could get a little service, about a half mile down the road.
Who cares that one might get cut off from 911 in such an emergency? At least they would have his location.
This is an 'over explanation' showing an acute need to explain his action.
The interview is with both parents seated next to each other; therefore, the use of "we" is appropriate. With this established, when either parent moves from "we" to the pronoun "I", it becomes even more important to the subject. (For new readers, the "subject" is the one speaking). In the interview, he regularly "self censors", which is seen in sentences where he either stops himself entirely, or he changes pronouns in the sentence. Pronouns are instinctive to us in English. We do not pre-think pronouns. You know when you are alone and say "I" just as you know when you are not alone you say, "we"; without having to give it careful consideration.
Is this a form of stuttering? Is this something he always does, or...
is it just produced in this interview, while his son is missing?
I do not know the answer, but it would not be difficult to find for investigators who need only to talk to him about an issue unrelated to his missing son, for a few minutes.
We have an extreme point of sensitivity and it is about the father being inside the truck.
I sometimes will even say, "I didn't ask you why you needed to leave the house" in seeing to 'up the ante' and put the subject, just a bit, on the defensive. (it is a tactic in a larger strategy, dictated by the context).
It is sensitive only when it is offered without being asked.
First, note the setting.
He didn't know what day it was (some parents of missing children know the exact number of hours the child is missing, which is expected since it is so critical and hormone levels are elevated) yet he gave what he thought to be "the exact time" of the phone call.
He almost had it right but was corrected by the child's mother. This is seen in context of vagueness of the day, which, if due to fatigue, makes "2:36" sound rehearsed, but in error.
The exact time was off and was corrected by the mother. He did not remember the day, but used the word "about" when giving the exact time. There is nothing "about" when stating "2:26" as "about" is used to estimate. We use estimation with round numbers, and round times.
"It was about 2:30" is something we would expect to hear. Not "2:36" corrected to "2:26", unless, for example, one is looking at the cell phone time while talking.
The time when police were called by them is a sensitive topic, to him, linguistically, but not to her.
Yet, there is something that is much more sensitive to him than the exact time of the call, which is related to the call, itself:
The Truck
This is very sensitive to him.
Why is it so important to him that we, the audience know, he was in his truck?
Even without training, this journalist should have recognized his need to explain why and his repetition and should have asked about it.
With training, the interviewer would have pounced on the sensitivity but even without, many recognize the sensitivity intuitively.
That he was "hauling" is not only unnecessary to say:
no one would consider this a leisurely drive, stopping off to have a cigarette, admire the scenery, and eventually call 911 to report a missing toddler, but it is also 'story telling', which is to make us consider the location of the emotions within his statement.
"I was hauling" shows a need to present urgency, rather than urgency presupposed.
The father in the truck has produced intense sensitivity in his language.
What causes emotions to enter due to processing?
a. the passage of time.
When enough times passes, it becomes more difficult to conclude "artificial placement" of emotions. In truthful accounts, especially fresh, or told for the first time, the emotions come in the "after" portion of the statement. Such as:
I could not find him;
we searched everywhere in the area;
I called 911.
I was in a panic.
This shows that the emotions take time to process, especially since parents are on "auto pilot", that is, zoned to find their child.
What it makes us wonder is if they really were in a "dead panic", or they wish to convince us that they were. We look for their words to guide us, and for the journalist to ask.
b. The repetition of the account.
Once the account has been told, emotions have had time to settle in, and in repetition of an account, the emotion is then sometimes added in the "logical" portion.
I do not know if this father has repeated this account enough times to have processed emotions. I do not think enough time has passed, by this point, so my question has to do with how often he has repeated this account.
"dead panic", however, is not a word ("dead") we expect a parent of a missing child to use. This has caused considerable alarm in the comment section of the blog and this is a reasonable reaction to such a thing. Recall Josh Powell saying that Susan would be 'eaten up like hamburger meat' in a verbal argument with her father. This was:
a. leakage
b. a signal of just how much he hated his father in law
He knew that he had dumped Susan's remains somewhere that wildlife would devour her.
"Dead panic"is certainly a troubling phrase to use. I would like to know if he has used this regularly, as a habit of speech. Yet, for it to show up here: does he know something he is not saying?
"I knew I was in trouble" is an interesting statement.
Is this an admission of guilt and worry over oneself, or is it the words of a father taking responsibility, ultimately, for his son's plight?
Some very responsible parents will take full ownership and responsibility of the situation, making his son's disappearance his own trouble.
It is also possible that this is 'leakage', that is to say, he, himself, is in trouble.
Next, "we decided" shows both the unity of "we", but also that they 'came to a decision', which is to say: There was a delay in calling for help.
I never like "we called" therefore, whenever I have heard it, I asked, "Did you both call?" as I want clarification. It is possible that both called, or two calls were made, but I want this to be clear. I have found, too often, "we called 911" to be in the language of the guilty as only one called, and the one who made the call, uses "I", but the other, the guilty, may wish to be seen as "part of the innocent" person's cooperation with police. This goes for all sorts of crimes.
Please note that when a child goes missing, there will be sensitivity indicators, as well as even signs of guilt, in both innocent and guilty parents. We seek to discern the difference via context.
For innocent parents, there is also an expectation of minimization. To have a child go missing some adult must have been neglectful, in most all situations.
For a child to go missing, highly responsible adults will blame themselves, even when the child did not go missing on said adult's watch. This is because the highly responsible adult will hold herself, for example, responsible for letting the neglectful person watch their child in the first place.
Years ago, Kyron Horman went missing. Statement Analysis indicated step mother Terri Horman for deception and this deception was specifically about what happened to Kryon.
Desiree Young was Kyron's biological mother, who blamed herself, as responsible mothers do, even for getting sick, and being unable to care for him, which is how he ended up in Terri Horman's hands.
We must be on our guard for natural minimization and guilt, in the innocent parent's language.
That "we decided" not only suggests a delay (during the 'debate') but likely due to fear of, first, over-reacting ("he's got to be here!), and, possibly, fear of being blamed.
There was a delay in calling and they initially did not "agree" about making the call.
Fear of being blamed is also something that shows itself, in the specific sensitivity indicators, and must be categorized in context.
Next, "that's when" speaks to time. He returns to the truck, further making this a very sensitive point to him.
The truck, the truck, the truck...it is repeated in his language, and it is something that is of great importance to him and even includes editorializing language, which often belies the need to persuade.
Lots of self censoring by him as seen in broken sentences. This is to stop himself, mid sentence. Is this his normal habit, as a "baseline", or is it specifically triggered by the topic?
Parents want their child found. When not found, they see authorities as having "failed" them, and it is not time for praise.
When do we find praise of "authorities"?
1. We find that authorities are praised by the innocent when the child is found safe.
2. We find that authorities are praised by the innocent parent when the child is found no longer alive, after a long period of time has passed, and the parent has significantly grieved and processed the trauma, and recall, at moments of sheer terror, kind faces, or the 'small cup of water' offered in consolation. This is similar to language in parents who outlived their child, and warm themselves with memories of the wake or funeral, and remember the kind comments of friends and relatives. It generally takes time, however, to hear this.
3. We find the praise of authorities who fail to find a child by the guilty (those indicated for deception regarding the disappearance of the child): the guilty did not want the child found, hence, the praise.
4. We find the praise of authorities who fail to find a child in the language of the guilty who reveal a desperate need to "make friends" with "police" (that is, "authority") and quickly align themselves.
They sometimes even "name drop", and talk about how good "Sgt. Smith" was, and so on. This can belie a need to be seen as 'part of the solution' rather than the cause of the problem.
See the analysis of Brooks Houck, where on the Nancy Grace Show, he answered criticism for not searching for Crystal Rogers with both name- dropping and his own behind the scenes, searching, reminiscent of Casey Anthony and OJ Simpson.
The father may have been treated well, but because at the time of this statement, his son had not been found, the praise is not expected.
"Was attached" may indicate that he is thinking of the specific time period during the search; this is evidenced in how he breaks up time period of them being "amazing" including the future.
The praise of unsuccessful searching is concerning.
What about the blues of sensitivity in his statement?
a. The leaving or departing from a place ("left, departed")
b. The reason why ("so, since, therefore, because", etc)
With (a) it means that leaving a place is more important than the arrival or location where one was going. When "left" is used as an "unnecessary connecting verb" it is sensitive.
"I was at my office and I went home" is a sentence that moves forward yet:
"I was at my office and left and went home" shows "left"as an unnecessary connecting verb (one cannot go home unless one first leaves, therefore, "left" is not even necessary to say. This means the 'law of economy' is abandoned, and additional words are used giving us additional information.
"Left" indicates that there is missing information in a sentence. This missing information is 70% likely to be due to rushing, time, traffic, lateness, etc, but 30% likely to be critically withheld information. It is very easy for the interviewer to learn what the missing information is likely to be:
"So, tell me what happened when you left your office?"
Answer a: "Nothing. I just wanted to get home." This is likely going to be traffic or time.
Answer b: "What happened when I left? Oh, well, my boss came to see me and..." indicating that the subject was still thinking about what happened at the office, just prior to leaving, because it was important.
WE ALWAYS flag "left" for missing information and follow up questions tells us what it is.
When the missing information is nefarious, the subject usually says, "Nothing, why do you ask?"
I say, "oh, I don't know" and move on.
I then ask other questions but I will soon say,
"Ok, let's go back to when you were at your office. What hours do you work?"
My lens is focused at just before he gets out of work.
"I work 9-5"
"What hours did you work that day?"
"Why do you ask that, I just told you I work 9-5?"
I got him.
No matter how much he squirms, I politely and in an even voice, always go back to the time just before he left which unnerves the guilty into thinking, "Holy $&%*^( ! This idiot knows and is toying with me!" which increases the pressure on him to unburden himself, release the pressure and tell me what happened. At times, when necessary, I have gone "past" that missing hour of time for more than 45 minutes in the interview (to soften him) only to "go back" to the hour where missing information is. It tells the subject who feels he must cooperate that I am relentless. It is his will versus mine and I will not lose. He wants to tell me and I want to know and he is going to tell me.
Once an investigator has this much confidence in analysis and in the system, he cannot fail. If the subject will talk, he cannot fail to obtain information. It is only when a subject refuses to speak utterly, rather than, "I don't want to talk" (which is not a closed door) or anything like it, I am going to get the truth.
b. "Because"
The Reason Why
In this point of sensitivity, there is no "70% likely" anything: there is a story behind it and I am going to find it.
In the interview, any time I hear the word "because" or "so" or "since", I flag it, and I will find out why this person has a need to explain himself.
BECAUSE HE ASSERTED IT WITHOUT BEING ASKED, it is not only "sensitive" information, but he INITIATED IT, meaning, he not only wants to tell me, and he not only needs to tell me:
He has an acute need to tell me and any interviewer who learns this one element of Analytical Interviewing is going to find that:
His need to tell me the information is even greater than my need to get it.
HE is actually the one desperate to tell me, even though I am desperate to know: his desperation is deeper and emotionally tied to him. He is the one who 'started' the flow of information with its use and HE is the one worried I was going to ask him.
In an interview of stolen item, she told me about her day, hour by hour, including several points in time:
"Then, I went on my smoking break."
Ok, that's fine.
"After lunch, I took my 5 minute smoking break."
Good for you.
"I went out to my truck to smoke"
I got her.
This is where the thief took the stolen item.
She was thinking about the stolen item and worried that there was surveillance video in the parking lot (there wasn't but I did not tell her that, I just asked her if she thought the parking lot had a surveillance camera...She thought I was Satan for asking that question!), that's all.
By telling me why she went to her truck when I did not ask her why, told me that she was afraid I was going to ask her, "Say, why did you go to your truck at 2PM?" (I don't really say, "say")
Once she used the word "to", my training in gear, I knew that she had done something that she did not want me to know about, nor did she want me to ask her why she went to her truck.
When she confessed, I asked her the usual two questions:
1. Why did you confess to me?
2. Why did you confess at this time?
ALWAYS ask these questions and you will learn a great deal about yourself.
Her statement showed a powerful need to be respected, so I was extra cautious in respectful tones. She also said she had not slept since the initial event.
But she said something else that is so important for you, the investigator to hear.
She said, "But I thought you knew I hid it in the truck!"
This was the same truck searched by a police officer with 25 years experience who interviewed her and declared her innocent based on his 25 years experience. (She confessed in writing and was convicted).
The reason "why" shows a need to explain.
It is something that Interviewers are trained to spot, through repetition, mock interviewing which is video taped, and then reviewed on video, more interviewing, more written analysis, and so on.
This is done until it becomes second nature.
I saw recently that Wes Clark wrote that he tells investigators not to practice this newly learned skill on friends and family lest they lose them, but acknowledged that he knows they will and admitted: you cannot turn it off after a certain point in training and practice
He's right. (I like his work).
1. "Because" I didn't think, tells us not only "why" he was "hauling" (that is, rushing) but what he did not think.
The first need to explain is found while telling us he was rushing. No one asked why he drove down the road but he wanted it out there. But there is something else for you to consider:
No one had accused him of delaying, nor taking his time, to call 911 for his missing son.
That he told us what he "didn't think", which is in the negative.
"I drove down the road to where I thought I would find a better signal."
Instead, he needs to tell us not only why he drove, but what vehicle he was in. We did not ask him, "What vehicle did you take?"
We did not ask him, "Were you driving really slow?"
None of these things were posed to him by the interviewer. "We" is the audience.
He "didn't think" is stopped. He has censored himself from giving us information.
2. "Because I didn't want to try..."
"I didn't want to try"? Why not? If you tried and failed, you can "haul" down the road IN YOUR TRUCK and try again. There's no penalty for dialing 911 twice.
Something is wrong here.
Something is missing here.
Why would anyone care if he was standing on top of his head, dialing 911 with his toes, as long as he called 911 for his son?
3. "So, I went down to where I knew I could get a little serve, about a half mile..."
Not only does this tell us "why" he did something (get in his truck and drive) but now he wants us to know the length of the drive: "about a half mile."
We would not give a rat's patooty if he was in or out of his truck, had one bar or two, or how far he drove:
We only care that he called 911.
He, however, cares very much that we know:
Where he was when he called 911, in his truck;
How far he drove his truck to call 911;
How fast he drove his truck to call 911;
She got "lucky" that she had a signal; in fact, her luck is made sensitive by him, according to him, with "very very lucky"; something of which he did not have.
To be "very very lucky" is only in comparison with a reference point. What is his reference point?
It is his own delay in calling. She was "very very lucky" in her call, but only in comparison to him.
Yet, who was "blessed"?
Answer: He was.
Question: Why was he blessed?
Answer: Because she could get a signal.
Question: Why is this a blessing, since he got through, too, with a very short delay between the two calls; so short, in fact, (due to his "hauling") that they were both on with 911 at the same time.
This "blessing" sounds scripted.
She was lucky but he was blessed.
One is random, one is providential and is an invocation of Divinity in the language of most.
The search and rescue were amazing.
They failed to find him.
The father's extreme sensitivity tells me that he was the one who needed to "agree" to call 911 and that there was a delay in making this call.
The delay could be the reason for guilt in his language and sensitivity indicators, however, it is not my experience that a short delay in calling 911 would cause such a reaction rather than the fact that the child is missing being the 'reference point' for the entire interview!
This is not expected.
Yes, he could have guilt because of the delay, because he chose the site where his son went missing, or even that he was friends with the man who is also named a "Person of Interest" with an unknown criminal history.
Parents do, in fact, blame themselves for that which they did not do. This is often a signal of being highly responsible parents. If a babysitter that I chose harmed my child, I would blame myself as being responsible for choosing the babysitter that brought harm.
I would probably also blame myself for choosing a camp site with water, if my son had drowned there.
I would blame myself, irrationally and illogically, as well.
Yes, it could be these things.
Yet, I have my doubts, especially with the need to learn why his truck is so sensitive that it gets repetition and signals of missing information. I liked, "my son" references, including the contexts, though I would not have minded hearing the child's name, too.
"Dead" and "I" associated with "trouble" are concerning but I do not know, yet, why.
Had this interview been conducted with even marginal training, we would likely know much more information at this point in this tragic account of a little boy's life.
If his friend at the camp is, indeed a sex offender, the father could have rambled on and on nervously trying to portray himself in a positive light because of guilt of having the sex offender near his child.
It is true that some men are falsely accused in spite reports, but a momentary lapse of judgment is all it can take, to effectively bring a lifetime of pain to the child, and every person who loves the child, for the rest of their lives.
We remain open about the possibilities, and hope for answers.