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200-foot-tall crane was operated by Dutch company Mammoet, based in Rosharon
As hundreds of eager onlookers watched, a crane on Thursday lifted the space shuttle replica Independence nearly three stories high to its resting place atop a Boeing 747 at Space Center Houston, where visitors will eventually be able to tour the attraction.
The delicate lift to the crown of the 63-foot 747 took about 40 minutes. The 122-foot Independence was attached to a 200-foot tall crane operated by Mammoet, a Dutch company whose U.S. offices are based in Rosharon, Brazoria County.
"What is so spectacular here is that we are able to contribute to a piece of history," said Guus Stigter, Mammoet's director of global key accounts.
The lift was challenging because of the awkward weight distribution of the replica and the safety concerns for the hundreds of spectators, Stigter said.
The crane lifted the replica to a height of 150 feet before lowering it onto the back of the shuttle plane, NASA 905, sitting on a 15-inch concrete foundation.
The Clear Lake Suzuki Strings with musicians from Pasadena's Rayburn High School played variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," interspersed with recorded music, during the lift.
The wind caught the wings and made it sway as it was being lowered, a tense moment for Space Center Houston CEO Richard E. Allen Jr. "The wind was the biggest concern we had and for whatever reason we got a gust," Allen said. But Mammoet workers had the Independence tethered to long lines they used to stabilize it and the docking went on without a hitch. Workers began welding the replica in place as soon as the match was complete.
"It's really, really amazing," said Tam Tran, 46, who brought sons Phillip, 12, and Austin, 10, to watch the marriage of aircraft and spacecraft. "I think it's cool because they had the space shuttle and they added the plane to make it a bigger landmark," Phillip said.
Visitors will eventually be able to enter the replica cockpit, the mid-level shuttle compartment and the 747 through a tower equipped with a staircase and two elevators, Allen said. Space Center Houston is $2.2 million short of the $12 million it needs to complete the exhibit.
"It's a celebration of our past accomplishments," said John Elbon, Boeing Space Exploration vice president. "Even more important, it's an opportunity to look forward ... and inspire the next generation of kids."
The lift to the top of the 747 is the final step in a long journey to Houston that began more than two years ago at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The replica was shipped by barge across the Gulf of Mexico in May 2012 and unloaded at the Johnson Space Center barge dock on Clear Lake. It took a full day to lift the replica from the barge and weld it onto a transporter, then three hours to move it a mile to Space Center Houston.
The 747, used to transport space shuttles from landing sites in California and New Mexico back to the launch site in Florida, was moved to Space Center Houston in April from Ellington Field, an 8-mile journey that required breaking the aircraft into nine parts and reassembling them at the Space Center.
The Independence then had to make another 400-yard journey on a special transporter to the spot where the final lift was made Thursday.


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Embarcadero Technologies has announced RAD Studio 2010 which, among other features, makes it possible for developers to build touch-based GUI, tablet, touchpad, and kiosk applications with a flexible touch-enabled framework. New features include the ability to:
- Create gesture- and touch-enabled applications
- Get a quick start with more than 30 included gestures like left, right, up, down, scratch-out, and interactive multi-touch gestures like pan, zoom and rotate
- Use the VCL Gesture Designer to visually add custom gestures at the component level
- Use the virtual touch, multi-locale and multi-language keyboard for on-screen input
- Upgrade existing Delphi and C++Builder applications to add support for touch and gesture input with little or no additional coding
The touch development support in RAD Studio 2010 is unique in that it seamlessly supports multiple versions of Windows including Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7; and works with a variety of inputs including single and multi-touch screens, pen and mouse.
"Touch is now a reality and can deliver far more interactive user experiences. From kiosks and Point of Sale to the iPhone and Windows 7, enabling gestures into every application is becoming a key competitive advantage as consumers and businesses recognize the benefits of natural input," said Embarcadaro's Michael Swindell. "With the upcoming launch of Delphi and C++Builder 2010, Embarcadero is providing a simple method for enabling touch and gestures in any application that can run on multiple Windows OSes. We are continuing to make Delphi the leading language and platform for interactive user focused applications."
Other RAD Studio 2010 highlights include:
- Firebird support. Delphi now has native support for what Embaracaro claims is the most deployed open source database in the world.
- New DataSnap. The DataSnap server now extends to nearly any architecture -- RIA, JEE, RESTful Web services, AIR, etc.
- Windows 7 ready. RAD Studio is expected to support the Windows 7 API for native applications, allowing developers to leverage its Natural Input libraries and Direct2D graphics
- More than 120 IDE enhancements to improve developer experience and productivity including IDE Insight, which allows even novices to more easily find files, components, features and settings using keystrokes and search terms, as well as a new code formatter for Delphi and C++.

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Austin, TX (17 January 2013)—TranslateMedia (www.translatemedia.com) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the Texas based translation company, McElroy Translation (www.mcelroytranslation.com).
McElroy Translation has been a provider of specialist translation services for 45 years and works with an extensive list of Corporate 500, life sciences, and technology companies, with many relationships exceeding 20 years.
Diane and Ryan McElroy, owners of the company and representatives of the McElroy family, selected TranslateMedia with the intention of providing both clients and employees greater opportunities that stem from a strong, growing company with an extensive global footprint.
"In 1968, my husband, Ralph McElroy, founded McElroy Translation and became one of the true innovators in the translation business—creating a stable working environment for translators and demanding excellence for customers at all times," said Diane McElroy. "As we pass the torch of his legacy to the team at TranslateMedia, we do so knowing that we have made a choice that will best support the needs of our clients and employees while continuing to uphold the reputation of the McElroy Translation name."
Ryan McElroy continued, "I know that my father was extremely proud of the company that he built and the loyal employees that have served the company well over these many years. The family is deeply grateful for their ongoing service. We are excited about these changes, and we are confident that this great team will continue to make the family proud."
"I've had the pleasure of working for McElroy Translation since 1993," said Jennifer Cardenas, Director of Production. "The company's evolution over the past several decades will continue into this next chapter as we merge with the team at TranslateMedia. I look forward to the increased level of services we will be able to provide. Given a greater global presence, extended hours of operation, and new services enabled through TranslateMedia's world class technology (including social media monitoring and interpreting), our clients will see great things from us. I am also enthusiastic about the varied opportunities this venture will provide our staff because of TranslateMedia's size and global presence. This is a very exciting time."
"We are delighted to continue the adventure that Ralph McElroy began so many years ago and to continue to work with this fantastic list of clients and team. McElroy Translation will continue to office in Austin, Texas as a hub for translation services in the southern and western regions of North America. Through our offices in Austin, New York, London, Paris, Munich, and Hong Kong, we look forward to providing clients with a more extended, round the clock service", added Patrick Eve, TranslateMedia's Managing Director.


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The Twin Challenges of Succeeding as CIOBy Ron Ponder Print
CIOs can't just specialize in technology, says veteran IT exec Ron J. Ponder. They also must demonstrate they understand the business.
Throughout my career, I've made it a point to understand every aspect of the business I'm in, and understand what the customer wants from my business.
Growing up in a small town in the South, I was fortunate to have been raised by my grandfather, who owned and operated a general store, a thriving feed business and a farm. Although he wasn't an educated or sophisticated man, having only finished the third grade, he was a born entrepreneur who, on the strength of those businesses, put two generations of family through college. He was a great salesman, very focused on understanding every aspect of his business, and on understanding his customers. That focus is something I internalized and have carried with me my whole career.
In the mid-1970s, when I was teaching business courses at the University of Memphis, Frederick W. Smith, the founder of Federal Express, was looking for a more efficient way to meet customer demand.
The problem Federal Express was having involved the rigid maintenance schedule that 20 aircraft required, a schedule that had nearly all of them out of service at exactly the same time. To solve that, someone had to go in and develop a series of computer simulation programs to, in essence, fly the system backward, staggering and smoothing out the maintenance schedule.
I started my business career at Federal Express as a consultant, designing computer programs to more efficiently manage that FedEx fleet, helping provide customers with the overnight delivery they so valued. I spent the last 12 years of my 15 years there as chief information officer.
When I became the CIO, one of the initial things I realized is that the position literally puts you in the middle of the business. What connects the business physically is a number of critical processes that literally go through the company, invisible threads of infrastructure that most people take for granted.
I also realized that people who are technologists tend to stay technologists, never fully grasping the whole business. And that those who understand the business may not have grasped the technology that makes the business work.
Because of this, I began to develop the role of middlemansomeone who could broker both sides. It wasn't simply that I tried to articulate the benefits of technology in terms that would be meaningful to my business-side peersthough I did do that. It worked the other way, too. I'd tell my staff, "We're going to take a step outside this operation and look back at the company. This allows you to see the company as a customer sees it."
It turns out that a willingness to think as both technologist and business person is rare. When I joined AT&T as global CIO, we created a structure of divisional CIOs for individual units. In recruiting those CIOs and setting up that system of governance, I was struck by the extent to which so many of us have always been more technology than business focused. And life is even harder when you haven't spent time bridging the technology gap and communicating it.
If anything, I think it has become even harder to find what I call complete CIOs. The first hurdle getting people with a deep understanding of both technology and businessremains intact.
But there's another challenge. Technologists today tend to specialize. We are systems developers or computer operations or network managers. A lot of technologists are greatI mean greatat what they do. But it's different from having the end-to-end experience. When I became a CIO 20 years ago, I always had responsibility for all the functions and came to learn how complex and interdependent everything is, and how important both teamsthe technologists and the business teamsare to success. As I learned at a very young age, you can't meet the needs of the customer if you don't understand your business.
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Bamidbar -- Shavuos 5758 - '98
Outline Vol. 2, # 30
Shavuos -- Internal Battles, Coercion and Commitment
This issue is dedicated in honor of the Golden Anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Bernstein, by Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Bernstein
Although not mentioned in the verses, Shavuos is a special commemoration. By tradition, the receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the birth and death of Dovid Hamelech (King David) occurred at this time.
The Talmud and Medrashim relate that, even though the Jews had willingly accepted Torah, the Torah was nonetheless given by force. "He turned the mountain over their heads and said: `If you accept the Torah - fine; if not -- here you will be buried...' " (Shabbos 88a) One of the many ramifications of this notion is the following: The Talmud tells us that it is greater to be commanded to do something, than to do it voluntarily. The reason, Tosafos explains, is that there is a greater challenge -- internal struggle -- when a person is ordered to act, than if he simply decides to do so on his own accord. After the receiving of the Torah, this becomes one of the fundamental differences between the Jewish People and the forefathers. The forefathers were not obligated to keep the Jewish practices, which had not yet become law. Because the Jewish People cope with a greater challenge, they receive greater reward than the forefathers for preserving the Torah. (See Yismach Moshe)
Rav Yerucham Lebovitz explained the meaning of the celebration of the Receiving of the Torah: Everything depends upon the commitment. It is not enough just to act; if we commit ourselves before we act, our deeds will be much more powerful, for they will project our commitments, our faithfulness in fulfilling our commitments.
The commitment itself is a major undertaking. Even if accomplishing the goal seems very distant -- the making of the commitment is already considered as if the goal has been accomplished! (See Daas Torah, Bamidbar)
This makes our words last week more palatable. We had discussed how each person is responsible to know the entire Torah; to most people, this seems overwhelming. However, if the commitment alone is tantamount to accomplishing our goal, such a difficult responsibility becomes more operative.
It is interesting that Stephen Covey, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, shows how people are affected by assumptions about themselves and their lives. Through "rescripting," "paradigm-shifting," a person can change his assumptions and attitudes. Covey suggests that each person compose a "mission statement" that verbally projects his objectives. Through preparation and revised commitment, success comes within one's grasp...
At the Purim story, the Jews accepted the Torah, completely, willingly and lovingly, for the first time. This truly completed the reception of the Torah. (Shabbos 88a) Rav Lebovitz asked, what was so special about the generation of Mordechai, that only in their time was the reception of the Torah complete?
Preparation is essential to performance. The successful reception of the generation was not due to the greatness of the generation, but due to the fact that they had had more time. The generation of the desert were rushed, hurried. The Exodus happened spontaneously; the fifty days of preparation for Mount Sinai was not satisfactory. So often, our preparation determines the results of our endeavors; Mordechai's generation was prepared. (See Daas Torah, Bamidbar)
Ramban, in the beginning of his commentary to the Torah, discusses how the entire universe began as one tiny point. (Scientists identify this idea with the Big Bang theory.) Rav Lebovitz shows how this statement of Ramban connects with the human psyche. Just as all the matter in the universe first appeared as a point, before taking definite, orderly shape, so too, human endeavor should initiate with carefully identified reasoning. Insuing events will naturally take shape, following such preparation.
In Divre Hayamim (Chronicles 1:22:5), the story is related that Dovid Hamelech (King David) had sought to construct the Beis Hamikdash (Temple), but was denied permission. Dovid was a man of war, while Shlomo (King Solomon) was a man of peace. Only during a reign of peace, would the Beis Hamikdash be built. The true battle is an internal one. Dovid was a warrior, as everyone knows. The war he fought, though, was primarily internal. In this way, the entire story of Dovid Hamelech fits into perspective. Dovid's story is one of ups and downs; few characters of Tanach experience as much hardship and tribulation as Dovid. The only one that comes to mind is Eyuv (Job). However, while Eyuv complains, Dovid sings. The Book of T'hilim (Psalms), Dovid's immortal work, became central to the prayers of Judaism (as well as religious movements of the nations). Whether "up" or "down," Dovid continued to pray, to sing praises to the One in Control.
There is no blame indicated in the verses in Divre Hayamim (Chronicles). There is only Dovid's realization of differing roles. The war must precede peace. Dovid fights the battles -- the internal battles. Only after the victory -- the internal victory -- can peace appear. (Tzidkas Hatzadik, see Commentary to Book of Job by Rav Moshe Eisemann; Ima shel Malchus (Mother of Royalty), by Rav Yehudah Bachrach)
Private victories precede public victories. (Covey)
Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein
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Good Shabbos!
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Brussels, 16 April 2012 – The European Commission today unveiled its new commitment to the UN's Sustainable Energy for all which will provide access to sustainable energy for an additional 500 million people in developing countries by 2030
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the commitment made by European Commission José Manuel Barroso at the opening of the EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit in Brussels today. "Its strong leadership in making energy central to its development policies, and for advancing the issue of energy access, helps place energy at the forefront of the global development agenda," Mr. Ban said in his keynote speech to the Summit.
The Commission's proposals called "Energising Development", include a new EU Technical Assistance Facility worth €50 million over the next two years, which will support those developing partners that "opt in" to the initiative by providing EU expertise in the field; thereby promoting sustainable development and inclusive growth.
President Barroso emphasized in his speech to the Summit that in the run-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio in June, the "Rio+20" conference, the EU and Member States will look to mobilise additional support of up to several hundred million euros to support concrete new investments in sustainable energy for developing countries – working with banks and the private sector to create a leverage effect to multiply this amount many times over. As the largest provider of development assistance in the world, the EU plays a crucial role in efforts to end energy poverty around the globe.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said:
"Without energy access, we simply will not meet the Millennium Development Goals…With today's strong pledge that we will assist developing countries in providing energy access for 500 million people by 2030, we are demonstrating our own commitment and hope that others will join us in making sure that by 2030, energy access is no longer a privilege but the right of all."
At a joint Press Conference with Mr. Barroso, the UN Secretary-General pointed out that one in five people on the planet still do not have access to electricity and two out of five people – three billion people -- still rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating. "In the 21st century, this is inequitable… and unsustainable."
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Cellular Control: Synthetic Signaling and Motility Systems
Vision: Engineering Cells and Cell-Like Devices as Next Generation Therapeutic Agents
Our overall translational goal is to apply the synthetic biology approaches that our center has developed to improve cancer therapy. We are focused on two platforms. Our first focus is applying cellular engineering methods to improve cancer-directed adoptive immunotherapy. T cells can be modified to attack tumor cells by expressing artificial chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) directed against tumor associated antigens. These cell-based therapies, although in clinical trials, are still far from ideal with respect to on- vs. off-target effects. We are using synthetic biology approaches to engineer the signaling pathways of native T cell responses and in CAR-expressing T cells, in order to tune and optimize their response behaviors (reducing basal signaling, increasing threshold of activation, improved in vivo localization/persistence, etc.), such that they show improved control, discrimination and activity against cancer vs. non-cancer cells. In the long term, we envision that the tools we develop to engineer T cell signaling will have utility across various therapeutic applications of adoptive immunotherapy and cell therapy, beyond cancer applications. A second goal is to develop and demonstrate the potential of microfluidic jetting derived vesicles as a platform for engineering smart anti-cancer therapeutics. This new platform allows the rapid generation of vesicles containing complex combinations of molecular cargos and membrane proteins. Our goal is to demonstrate how these vesicles can be a flexible cell delivery system for DNA, proteins, and combination cargos, such as oncolytic systems of plasmids and proteins.
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Zenmaijikake no Komoriuta
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Watashi wa sorera wo uta e to kaeyou
And I will change those into a song
Tatta hitotsu no shinjitsu no uta
There's only one song of truth
Dare no moto e to todoku no ka na?
Kotoba to iu kagi wo te ni ire
Hiraku michi no tobira
I wonder, who will it end up reaching?
Obtaining the key known as words
I will open the door of the unknown
Ryoute de kakaete mado kara suteta no
Clasping it with both hands, I threw it out the window
Nani wo nozomi nani wo te ni ireru?
Tsukareta naraba ima wa tada
Nemuri nasai
What do you hope for and what will you obtain?
If you're tired now
Please just sleep
Anata no kokoro iyaseru ka na?
Yokubou to iu tsumi wo kakaete
Ima wa yume wo mite iru
I wonder, can it heal your heart?
Carrying the sin known as desire
Now you will keep dreaming
Zenmaijikake no komoriuta
Anata ga mawashite kurenai to
Tomatte shimau no
Is the clockwork lullaby
Unless you wind me
I'll end up stopping
Doro no you na TORAUMA sae mo
Mawari tsudzukete tokete iku no
Subete watashi no naka de
And even trauma like mud
Will continue to dissolve as I'm wound
Everything is in me
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Bulletin #3: Resolving Tree-Sidewalk Conflicts
In resolving conflicts between trees and sidewalks, as in so much of life, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. With careful planning there are many ways to avoid such conflicts. Bulletin editor Jim Fazio describes them well: wide treelawns, proper species selection, tree wells, root barriers and better built sidewalks are examples. Matt Harris, Chief Executive, Arbor Day Foundation
Careful Selection
- Match tree size to the width of the treelawn Less than 4 feet is generally insufficient space for growing trees. (Select trees with a single trunk in narrow treelawns.)
- Where construction, sidewalk replacement or other work is predictable and root-cutting is inevitable, use species that arborists have found to be more tolerant to root damage. Opinions and local conditions vary, but examples include: Norway maple, ginkgo, hackberry, hawthorns, ironwoods, cherries and river birch. (Note: Oaks, beeches and redbuds are among the species that often can not withstand root damage.)
- Always plant any tree at the correct depth. According to the late tree expert, Dr. Alex Shigo, much unnecessary swelling at the base of tree trunks is caused by planting too deeply.
- Deep-rooted trees like oaks are best near sidewalks.
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Root Barriers
Barriers force root growth downward. Research is beginning to show that in well-drained, loamy soils, the trick works. Where soil aeration is poor from either compaction or excessive water, roots sometimes quickly turn back up toward the surface after passing the barrier. However, the roots seem to be less massive when this occurs. Gravel surrounding planter-type barriers like the one shown in the image to the left, may also help supply enough water and oxygen to greater depths to meet the needs of the roots and keep them deep.
A variation of the solid barrier is a herbicide-impregnated fabric that upon contact retards root growth by preventing cell division. The chemical is not taken up in the plant system like most herbicides, so there is no danger of killing the tree or spreading it to other trees through root grafts. The chemicals involved are said to be long-lasting, environmentally safe and non-toxic to animals. The fabric is flexible and can be wrapped around drain pipes to prevent clogging, or spread like a curtain to deflect growth from beneath sidewalk slabs.
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By following through the threads of algebraic thinking discussed in this article, we can ensure that children's mathematical experiences follow a continuous progression.
Gillian Hatch analyses what goes on when mathematical games are used as a pedagogic device.
For teachers. Yet more school maths from long ago-interest and percentages.
This article supplies teachers with information that may be useful in better understanding the nature of games and their role in teaching and learning mathematics.
This article, the second in the series, looks at some different types of games and the sort of mathematical thinking they can develop.
What was it like to learn maths at school in the Victorian period? We visited the British Schools Museum in Hitchin to find out.
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In this article, Alan Parr shares his experiences of the motivating effect sport can have on the learning of mathematics.
Suggestions for worthwhile mathematical activity on the subject of angle measurement for all pupils.
Mainly for teachers. More mathematics of yesteryear.
Providing opportunities for children to participate in group narrative in our classrooms is vital. Their contrasting views lead to a high level of revision and improvement, and through this process. . . .
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Alf and Tracy explain how the Kingsfield School maths department use common tasks to encourage all students to think mathematically about key areas in the curriculum.
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This fascinating article delves into the world of talk in the classroom and explains how an understanding of talking can really improve the learning of mathematics.
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A group of teachers involved in embedding NRICH tasks into their everyday practice were keen to challenge common perceptions of mathematics and of teaching and learning mathematics. In this article,. . . .
As teachers, we appreciate the need to have clear objectives at the start of lessons but have been aware of the limitations this sometimes seems to place on our ability to get the most out of using. . . .
In this article for teachers, we explain what is meant by Low Threshold High Ceiling tasks, and why we like them.
In this article, read about the thinking behind the September 2010 secondary problems and why we hope they will be an excellent selection for a new academic year.
In this article Liz Woodham reflects on just how much we really listen to learners' own questions to determine the mathematical path of lessons.
The teachers involved in the Engaging Mathematics Projectwanted to embed rich tasks from the NRICH website into their curriculum for all KS3 and KS4 students. In this article, the teachers share. . . .
In this article Jenny talks about Assessing Pupils' Progress and the use of NRICH problems.
Here are examples of how two schools set about the task of ensuring that problem solving was an integral part of their curriculum.
Ideas to support mathematics teachers who are committed to nurturing confident, resourceful and enthusiastic learners.
Jennifer Piggott and Steve Hewson write about an area of teaching and learning mathematics that has been engaging their interest recently. As they explain, the word 'trick' can be applied to. . . .
Teachers who participated in an NRICH workshop produced some posters suggesting how they might use a tessellation interactivity in a range of situations.
The content of this article is largely drawn from an Australian publication by Peter Gould that has been a source of many successful mathematics lessons for both children and student-teachers. It. . . .
In this article, Jennifer Piggott talks about just a few of the problems with problems that make them such a rich source of mathematics and approaches to learning mathematics.
Creativity in the mathematics classroom is not just about what pupils do but also what we do as teachers. If we are thinking creatively about the mathematical experiences we offer our pupils we can. . . .
Jennifer Piggott and Charlie Gilderdale describe a free interactive circular geoboard environment that can lead learners to pose mathematical questions.
This article discusses the findings of the 1995 TIMMS study how to use this information to close the performance gap that exists between nations.
Activities and material for teachers.
Some questions and prompts to encourage discussion about what experiences you want to give your pupils to help them reach their full potential in mathematics.
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Mainly for teachers. A discussion and examples of some of the school mathematics of yesteryear.
Sharon Walter, an NRICH teacher fellow, talks about her experiences of trying to embed NRICH tasks into her everyday practice.
Mainly for teachers. More school mathematics of yesteryear.
Presentation given at the MEI conference in Reading 2005
The second in a series, this article looks at the possible opportunities for children who operate from different intelligences to be involved in "typical" maths problems.
Jenni Way describes her visit to a Japanese mathematics classroom.
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IRS updates Form 8300 regarding cash transactions
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revised the agency's Form 8300 used for reporting cash transactions that exceed $10,000. The revisions include changes to the instructions concerning taxpayer identification numbers. Visit www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8300.pdf to access the form. Dealers who fill out the form online ensure that they're using the most current version. Dealers should discard copies not marked "Rev. June 2011." More
Celebrity RVers hitting the road
Two celebrities are in the news this week for their RV travel exploits – basketball star Shaquille O'Neal and actor Peter Fonda.
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Fifteen years ago, newlywed Brad Herzog asked his wife Amy, "How would you like to quit your job, and we'll use up our meager wedding savings to put a down payment on an RV, and we'll travel around the country for a year, and I'll try to write a book about it." To his surprise, "she turned to me and said, 'Sure.' " After that magical year of travel, the Herzogs now spend every summer RVing cross-country with their two young sons. More
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Workampers are making news this month as they travel across the country working on public lands, campgrounds and in other areas.
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Retired mechanic David Standaert has been in transit, towing his 27-foot travel trailer to scenic places coast to coast, for the past 10 years. The 71-year-old Pequannock, N.J., native is living the Jack Kerouac dream, clocking thousands of miles in his mobile bachelor pad. He offsets the cost of his adventures by working part-time at each refuge he visits. MORE
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Workamping is a growing trend among retiring baby boomers who want to travel the country but need to supplement their income to cover the cost. These people roam the country, often in an RV, and exchange their labor for a place to stay/park, plus wages. MORE
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Among the many benefits of attending RVDA's annual convention is the social interaction between dealers that it provides, says Debbie Brunoforte, Little Dealer, Little Prices, Mesa, Ariz. "Most dealers are happy to share what has worked for them," she says. "I've picked up many valuable tips from asking questions and conversing with other dealers." There is still time to take advantage of early-bird registration rates for the 2011 RV Dealers International Convention/Expo, slated for Oct. 3-7 in Las Vegas. Click here for more convention information.


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Children love pom poms!! Create colourful and pretty pompom pendants with this wonderful craft kit. Inside the storage box you will find an ingenious magnetic tool to turn pompom making into child's play!
Set comes with 3 x 20m wool bundles in pink, aqua and purple, a magnetic pompom tool, needle and an assortment of accessories/beads.
Suitable for children aged 7 years+
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Tobacco Everywhere
For making cigars, tobacco is grown all around the world, from Poland to South Africa, from Argentina to Canada and, westbound, from Philippines to Mexico. But cigar tobaccos are mainly grown in the intertropical areas.
Tobacco Origin
Tobacco is known as a plant originally from America. Some species were identified in South Pacific. There are many species and varieties. Not all of them are used in smoking products. Many are grown as ornamental plants as they are frequently blooming, showing colors from white to dark red and purple.
Here are some of the countries in which tobacco is grown, to produce your cigars.
Argentina grows dark air-cured tobacco in the provinces of Misiones and Corrientes, and flue cured tobacco in the area of Salta. Misiones has also a production of Burley type. These tobaccos are mainly for cigarettes but Corrientes is appreciated for short filler cigars because of its smooth taste. Argentina used to be a big producer and exporter but changes in the economic and income tax policies have seriously damaged the production, making the tobacco too expensive to be competitive on the international market. Consequently, production volumes have decreased.
Brazil is one of the largest world's tobacco producers. The East Central State of Bahia is an important cigar tobacco growing area, about 100 miles west of the state capital, Salvador da Bahia, an active port on the Atlantic Coast. The Northern State of Alagoas hosts a production around the city of Arapiraca where maduro cigar wrappers are grown. The Southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina produce tobacco for cigarettes and pipe.
Cameroon cigar wrappers are grown in the East part of the country. The growing area spreads over the eastern border, into the Central African Republic. Wrappers are air grown, without fertilizers and pesticides, by small farmers. The average plantation size is about one acre. The seed is originally from Sumatra, introduced in the country just after WWII. Grown first for French Monopoly needs, the tobacco was offered on the international market when production was too large for this single use. Well appreciated by European manufacturers and large American cigars companies, Cameroon wrapper production dropped down during the late 1980s, due to poor management. Today, quantities are small and quality could be better.
Dark air cured tobaccos are produced in Mexico, mainly in Vera Cruz and Tampico provinces, on the East Coast along the Golf. There is also some production in Yucatan. Previously a state-owned operation, it is now handled by private individuals and cooperatives. Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. In San Andres de Tuxtla (Vera Cruz), there is a very interesting production of Sumatra seed wrappers.
In Philippines, tobacco growing is concentrated in the Northern part of the main island of Luzon. Traditionally, dark tobacco for cigars was grown and Philippines' cigars were very famous, under the powerful Compania General de Tabaccos de Filipinas. They probably declined because they were too mild. Today, Philippines still grows dark tobacco and has developed a production of flue-cured tobacco for blond cigarettes.
Zimbabwe is among the top three countries for high quality flue cured tobacco (with the USA and Brazil). The embargo that hit the country, when it was still Rhodesia, did not hurt the production. It made the Rhodesians more inventive and they went on producing. At this time, Zambia and Tanzania, the neighboring countries were selling a lot! When the embargo was lifted in 1980 allowing us to deal directly, we discovered a fascinating organization and equipment, the best in the world. Tobacco was the top activity of the country and getting a job in tobacco was a challenge for many young men. The actual Zimbabwean agrarian policy , which we won't discuss here, will probably strike this country off the list of tobacco producers. Cigar industry will not suffer as flue-cured tobaccos are mainly concerned. Brazil should be the major beneficiary of this situation.
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The ingredients in smokeless tobacco are, unfortunately, just as bad for you as the ingredients in tobacco you smoke. There is of course, nicotine, as well as many kinds of carcinogens the primary carcinogens in smokeless tobacco are called nitrosamines. But this is not where it ends.
Other than nitrosamines, there are sweeteners used as ingredients in smokeless tobacco, mainly because tobacco itself has a very bitter taste to it. The sweeteners can, if the cigarettes have enough in them, can also promote tooth decay.
In short, chewing tobacco is no safer than regular tobacco for you because of the ingredients in smokeless tobacco. There is a high risk of developing mouth cancer, throat cancer, dental disease, decreased ability to perform in athletic activities and many more.
If you chew, enjoy your smokeless tobacco, but also be aware of the ingredients in smokeless tobacco and realize that it is still a bad habit by the same standards as cigarettes or cigars.


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In reversing, the Court of Appeal seemingly agreed with the trial court's premise "that individuals who underwent retesting and retreatment for reasons other than having originally been mistreated would be unable to prove causation" [Slip Opinion, at 11], but disagreed that this issue relegated the causation analysis to a case by case inquiry. Id, at 11-12. As reasoned by the Court, an inference of causation could be premised on class members seeking re-treatment after receiving the March 2004 advisory:
An inference of causation arises when a material event impacts an individual whose subsequent actions constitute a reasonable response. In the class context, where individuals are uniformly subjected to a material stimulus and thereafter uniformly act in a manner consistent with a reasonable response, a classwide inference is raised that the stimulus caused the response.
Here, putative class members all came to the Center seeking treatment for syphilis, a potentially life-threatening disease. They were given the wrong medication. After being informed that the treatment may have been ineffective, they sought retreatment. A reasonable inference as to the entire class is that the initial mistreatment caused members to seek retreatment. Causation can therefore be presumed on common proof.Slip Opinion, at 12-13.
Moreover, while acknowledging that the defendant had a due process right to challenge the presumption individually, the Court concluded that doing so would not entail individualized testimony insofar as such determinations could be made based on treating records in defendant's position:
Though defendant must be given an opportunity to defeat the presumption as to any class member it contends sought retreatment for a reason other than having been initially mistreated, it adduces evidence only as to two such individuals—Aguilar and Rauch. If there are more, it should be a simple matter to ascertain from medical records—most of which defendant already possesses—when most of the class members as to whom causation is disputed received retreatment and whether they indicated they did so for some reason other than the initial mistreatment.Slip Opinion, at 15.
Finally, citing to longstanding precedent, the Court concluded that the individualized nature of damages did not preclude certification. Quoting Sav-On, the Court concluded that the trial court had "'an obligation to consider the use of … innovative procedural tools proposed by a party to certify a manageable class.'" See id., at 16. As reasoned by the Court, the trial court erred by failing to consider the proposals offered by plaintiffs to streamline adjudication of the damages issue:
Plaintiffs propose a number of ways to streamline the determination of damages, including making exemplar findings to establish a range of recovery, utilizing a proof of claim questionnaire, and establishing a special arbitration forum. Defendant offers no response to the proposals, and the trial court made no comment on them other than to note that they may require defendant to waive its right to a jury trial. Plaintiff's proposals suggest that damages can be determined fairly and expediently. Nothing suggests otherwise. If, after reasonable discovery, it appears that damages in this matter cannot be handled efficiently class wide, the court can divide the class into subclasses or decertify it altogether. (See Vasquez v. Superior Court, supra, 4 Cal.3d at p. 821.)Slip Opinion, at 16.


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Campaign social media tracking for Tuesday, Oct. 23. Click the image for the full report.
A majority of social media users believes President Barack Obama did better in this week's foreign policy presidential debate than Republican nominee Mitt Romney did, according to NBC Politics' computer-assisted analysis of almost 1 million posts during and after the debate.
The data indicate that Obama's attack line about "horses and bayonets" Monday night had less effect than was presumed in the immediate post-debate media analysis — and may even have hurt Obama as much as it helped him, once Romney partisans widely circulated rebuttals from conservative-leaning commentators.
But more commenters cited Romney's frequent agreements with Obama as evidence that he had nothing new to offer on foreign policy, helping Obama's advantage grow as time has passed.
NBC Politics analyzed 988,000 post-debate posts on Twitter and Facebook using a tool called ForSight, a data platform developed by Crimson Hexagon Inc., which many research and business organizations have adopted to gauge public opinion in new media. It isn't the same as traditional surveys, which seek to reflect national opinion; instead, it's a broad, non-predictive snapshot of what's being said by Americans who follow politics and are active on Facebook, Twitter or both at a particular moment in time, and why they're saying it.
Overall, a slim majority favored Obama in comments posted through 1:30 p.m. ET Wednesday:
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That works out to a 51 percent to 49 percent advantage among people who expressed a clear preference for either candidate.
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Favorable sentiment swung noticeably as media commentators weighed in with their arguments. For example, Obama initially held a slim advantage the day after the debate:
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A visual representation of the topics people discussed overnight and into early Tuesday morning indicates that people reacted to broad impressions:
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But after commentators and analysts began being heard on the morning television news shows and read in the morning papers, people developed firmer positions as the day progressed. A different visualization breaks out the specific topics people talked about Tuesday — not only Iran and other foreign policy issues, but also economic issues:
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People who favored Romney were impressed by his firmness and his arguments that the administration mishandled the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last month:
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People who favored Obama, by contrast, picked up on both candidates' insistence on pivoting toward the economy:
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What appeared to have been a key moment in the debate came when Obama responded to Romney's assertion that the U.S. military was weaker today than it had ever been, specifically citing what he characterized as the shrinking U.S. warship fleet. Obama's rejoinder lit up Twitter and Facebook.
You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military's changed.
The Hill's Karen Finney and author Goldie Taylor discuss President Barack Obama's "horses and bayonets" debate line.
On Tuesday, however, media organizations — among them The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times — and conservative commentators began running the numbers, and they largely concluded that Obama's zinger wasn't completely justified.
One article in particular, by the commentator AWR Hawkins on the conservative site Breitbart.com, gained heavy traction among conservative commentators on social media, being cited hundreds of times by Romney defenders as evidence that Obama didn't know what he was talking about:
Obama supporters began a counterattack Wednesday, widely circulating Rush Limbaugh's remarks Tuesday:
In fact, a lot of people on our side thought he agreed with Obama too much. A lot of people on our side didn't like that debate last night, folks, I'll just tell you. If my circle of friends is any indication, a lot of people thought Romney got his clock cleaned, didn't like it at all, think the election's lost. I'm not kidding you.
The topic dominated pro-Obama discussion late Tuesday through midday Wednesday:
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Commentary like that appeared to be taking a toll. Overall, Obama's advantage remained within a couple of points. But then there's the chart just for Wednesday:
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In the far north, during the season of long nights and fierce storms, there is no better place to tell the traditional myths and riddles meant to pass the dark time than a well constructed igloo. The windfree dome, lit by a simple lamp, is a vision many of us aspired to as children. When the snow finally did come each winter, our humble facsimiles of these time-honored shelters kept us happy and busy for hours.
Today the snow shelter has fallen under the domain of winter outbackers, survivalists and rescue personnel. The traditional methods of building these shelters have been revised for terrains and latitudes different than their origins. But the immense satisfaction from building our own sanctum amidst the challenges of winter has not changed since our childhood when we pitched snowballs from our misshapen forts.
Building the Igloo
Igloos are the hardest type of snowshelter to build on a first time effort, but because of their warmth, roominess, and aesthetic appeal, they are wonderful to spend time in.
You'll need a snow shovel and an aluminum snow saw, or a carpenter's rip saw, 14-20 inches long
Snow Quarry
Borrowed from the term rock quarry, snow quarry is the site you choose with deep, compressed snow. Your quarry may be the same area over which the igloo is to be built and then forms the floor of the igloo. In most areas removed from the far north or high elevations, snow falls without compacting sufficiently for blocks to be cut, but that can be remedied. Tramp an area for your quarry with boots, snowshoes or skis and allow it to sinter (freeze nearly solid). This may take up to an hour. Keep the quarry close to the intended site of the igloo.
Dig a hole or trench to stand in so you can reach the underside of the first blocks to cut them free. Beware of ice layers, where the snow has thawed and refrozen. These layers make the blocks fragile. Sugar snow, which has a texture just like the name, also makes poor blocks. The most efficient block size will be one you can carry that holds together.
When building with snow blocks, each block must be trimmed and shaped after it is cut from the quarry. Once blocks are cut, begin construction in an upward spiral, unlike traditional masonry. Block shape depends on the position in the spiral where it is to be placed. Blocks near the floor are almost rectangular; near the top center of the dome practically triangular. Blocks can be of various shapes as long as they are cut to similar heights, upper length narrow, and underside arched. Continue spiraling up the igloo. Set the final blocks from the inside.
Shovel snow onto the igloo and gently pack it into the holes and crevices from the outside. Protruding edges on the inside should be carefully trimmed to prevent dripping when the inside temperatures climb above freezing.
The Entryway
The entry is a tunnel into the snow that enters the igloo ideally at floor level, so that one climbs up onto the floor when entering. This traps heat in the igloo. Don't forget to open a vent high on the igloo wall, especially if you will be cooking inside.
Curing and Customizing
Cut out benches, sleeping platforms, and cooking areas. Carve out shelves and alcoves for candles, utensils. After a night or two of use, the warming on the inside and subsequent refreezing will cause the walls to become very strong. Keep your snow shovel inside so you can easily dig your way out in the event of a big heavy snow during the night.
Unlike the castle built from sand at the beach, an igloo can last as long as the winter allows until finally left to melt into a memory come spring thaws.


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1st Lt. Audrey Moton is seen at the Army's Sapper Leader Training course for combat engineers at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.
While the Pentagon brass and U.S. military leaders are struggling over how to bring women into ground combat training, two young female soldiers have already proven they've got what it takes to join their male counterparts on the battlefield.
1st Lt. Audrey Moton and 2nd Lt. Carley Turnnidge, both West Point graduates, took on the Army's Sapper Leader Training course for combat engineers at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. It's one of the toughest combat training courses in the entire U.S. military and the only course of its kind that accepts women. Since 1999, nearly 60 women have made the grade.
For more on women in combat, watch NBC Nightly News' two-part series. Part One airs on Saturday, Dec. 1.
Sapper training may be dirty, grueling and bordering on physical torture but petite women are proving their strength alongside their bigger, beefier soldiers. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.
Moton at 5'6'', and Turnnidge, barely reaching 5'4'', faced 28 grueling days of physical torture with little sleep or food. But that was only half the challenge. Training alongside 36 larger, more muscular male soldiers, both instinctively felt that as women they had to prove they could hold their own. They did.
Turnnidge, a high school and West Point soccer star, went above and beyond the call. After failing in tactical operations in her first try, remarkably, she took the course twice -- 56 straight days without a break. In a training swim, Turnnidge had to drag her exhausted male partner back across the lake. Moton vigorously trained to get in shape before she ever got to the course and believes she and Turnnidge actually motivated the men. "They'd think, 'Wait, I don't wanna get beat by a girl.' Well, then run faster," she said. "I'm not going to stop."
While women are permitted to fly fighter jets and attack helicopters in combat missions, Pentagon policy prohibits female soldiers and Marines from serving in direct ground combat roles. In the past 11 years of guerrilla-style combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, those battle lines were essentially erased. More than 130 female service members were killed and 800 wounded. This week the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit to lift the ban on women in combat.
Both Moton and Turnnidge passed the course and earned the coveted title "SAPPER." While it will likely open doors for future promotions and positions of leadership, they have no illusions they'll ever see ground combat themselves, but believe they're helping pave the way for other female soldiers in the future. "It sets me apart from my peers," Turnnidge said, "and over time more women will be able to prove themselves."
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The name of the café was Pourquoi Pas Espresso Bar, and so briefly did I plan to visit that I double-parked my car on top of an Amherst St. slush bank. I was only going in to buy some coffee. Or so I thought …
I nodded to the two hipster baristas working the counter and admired the mason jars filled with coffee, trying to decide whether this week's beans would be from Honduras, Ethopia, Kenya, El Salvador or Guatemala. I flipped the tags on the coffee jars and noticed the producer, roasting procedure and altitude at which the coffee was grown were listed alongside the specific code for the variety and the roasting date. We're miles from a can of Maxwell House here. No doubt about it, Pourquoi Pas is one of the city's growing number of Third Wave coffee shops.
A term coined in 2002 by Los Angeles food writer Jonathan Gold, Third Wave coffee can best be described as follows: The first wave of coffee in North America was the mass-produced brands — think Folgers — that purchased beans as a commodity (like wheat) and sold them (usually ground) in supermarkets. The second wave was the chain coffee shops like Starbucks and Second Cup that specialized in a line of coffee beverages with negligible attention paid to the origin of the beans. The Third Wave refers to small-scale coffee roasters who treat coffee as an artisanal foodstuff that reflects its "terroir" (place where it is grown). Coffees are sourced directly from a specific area or farm. Relationships with coffee farmers are commonplace. Montreal's Camellia Senensis, known for direct-sourcing its world-class teas, and Geneviève Grandbois, who fabricates bean-to-bar chocolate from her very own cocoa plantation in Costa Rica, share this ideology.
The best analogy for Third Wave coffee beans would be grapes for winemaking, as their transformers share the belief that the climate and area in which the coffee or grape is grown has a huge effect on the taste of the final product. The ultimate goal is to extract the purest reflection of the bean from its "journey" from bush to cup, and relish the specific flavours each has to offer.
But the Third Wave philosophy doesn't end there. Microroasting (in small batches) to enhance rather than obliterate flavours is key, as is freshness. Beans roasted as far away as Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., and even exotic locations such as Calgary and Toronto, are shipped weekly. Though many Third Wave coffee houses, such as Montreal's Café St-Henri, source and roast their own beans, most Third Wave-style cafés purchase their coffees from Third Wave coffee roasters in Canada and the U.S. And when said coffee is brewed in-house (most Third Wave coffee roasters operate retail cafés), it's prepared following the most meticulous brewing methods.
Third Wave coffee shops focus primarily on three kinds of coffee: espresso, siphon and filter. To Third Wave baristas, a latte isn't a coffee, it's a beverage. Having more or less given up on pulling a killer espresso shot at home, and having neither the time, patience or fancy equipment to brew siphon coffee on a whim, I've turned my attentions to mastering the perfect cup of filter (a.k.a. "pourover") coffee.
I never knew filtered coffee could be magnificent until I tasted some made by Café Myriade's co-owner and chief barista, Anthony Benda. Using some pretty swish beans from the Calgary-based Phil & Sebastien coffee roasters, Benda made coffee that tasted of red fruit and chocolate. Chocolate and fruit? Yes!
On the website of Pilot Coffee roasters in Toronto (the roasters that sell to Pourquoi Pas), the write-up on their Ethiopia Sidama Natural coffee includes such descriptors as:
"There are unmissable, intense, over-the-top aromas of blueberry and apricot that linger and envelop your palate as you drink. The syrupy body moderates the acidity and perfectly complements the sweet fruitiness and chocolate that carries all the way into the finish and long after. This is a coffee you could have for breakfast with a heaping pile of blueberry buttermilk pancakes; you could almost use it in place of maple syrup it is so sweet."
Further proof to the close-to-fanatical attention paid to coffee during harvesting and processing even before it hits the roaster is summed up in these sentences (in which the coffee is referred to as cherries when it's in its fruit "berry" stage):
"Only the ripest cherries were handpicked and then they were put on raised beds to dry the same day. They were then moved every two hours to ensure even drying for the next 15-17 days. After hulling and just prior to export they are subject to extra sorting to further increase quality."
This isn't just coffee making, this is religion!
So back to me at Pourquoi Pas with the car double-parked and the intention to pick up some coffee. Tyler, the wool bonnet-sporting barista who served me, was kind enough to point me to the beans best suited to filter coffee. So just as I was about to hand over my $17 (this coffee is marvellous, but it sure ain't cheap), I thought that maybe my pourover method could use some fine-tuning. Tyler asked a few questions: Was I grinding my coffee at home (essential)? Did I have a scale to weigh the ideal amount of coffee per cup (15g)? Did I have a goose neck kettle to allow me to pour the water over the grinds evenly (no, and I sure wasn't forking over for a new one)? And, finally, he asked: "Are you using bleached or unbleached filters?" Aha! This one I was doing right. I was using those unbleached environment-friendly filters. Score! Not so, said Tyler, as the unbleached filters make the coffee taste like a brown paper bag. What I needed was the Japanese oxygen-whitened filters that impart no added flavour. They're a bit more expensive, but as I'm spending a pretty penny on the coffee already, what's the diff?
In the end, I stocked up on some primo beans, which I now buy weekly to assure freshness, and unearthed my grinder from my small-appliance graveyard. I've kept my Breville kettle, and I use an old basket filter lined with my tasteless white Japanese paper filters to make my coffee.
I measure the recommended 15g of coffee beans per cup, I grind the beans immediately before brewing and I rinse the filter with boiling water before adding the grinds, which is done to wash away any bits of dust, fluff or non-coffee-compatible debris that may have snuck in somewhere between Tokyo and Montreal. I boil the filtered water and let it sit for 20 seconds, and then I pour enough water over the grains until they are just saturated. I wait about 40 seconds longer, then begin the second pour, gradually adding water to the "bed" of the grinds (that's barista talk) all the while avoiding the edges.
I could be even more of a stickler if I were a die-hard aficionado, but, truth be told, I'm pretty groggy when I'm going through this ritual in the morning, so some days I — gasp! — forget to rinse the filter (somewhere in Portland, Ore., a barista flubbed an espresso shot thinking of that).
So, all taken, is this whole coffee rigmarole worth it? Yes! Third Wave coffee has less torque and greater aromatics, a definite sweetness and real complexity. Think berries (especially blueberries), currants, chocolate, lemon, toffee, peach with a nice hit of that great flavour booster, acidity. And as for the "creamy body" often mentioned in the adjective-heavy Third Wave coffee literature, uh-huh, I'm on board with that, too.
In the end, my time with Tyler (and so many of this city's passionate baristas) provided an essential coffee education. I recently splurged on a new grinder (the coffee-hipster-approved Baratza Encore, about $150), I've braved snowstorms to get my coffee and I'm even considering that goose-necked kettle to improve my pour.
My next goal? To determine whether to diminish or increase my grind size to get my brew time below the requisite three-minute mark.
Yeah, okay, I'm obsessed.
Below, you'll find a list of some of my favourite of the city's Third Wave-style coffee houses, where you can buy coffee beans or simply enjoy your favourite coffee or coffee "beverage" (a.k.a. latte) on site. Some also sell coffee-making paraphernalia. Take note: only Saint-Henri roasts on the premises. As for favourite coffee brands, I'm a big fan of beans by Saint-Henri (Montreal), 49th Parallel (Vancouver), Phil & Sebastien (Calgary), Pilot (Toronto), Metropolis and Intelligentsia (both Chicago). As there are new brands constantly hitting the market and baristas tend to be a fickle bunch, even with their favourite brands, according to particular "roasting profiles" employed, ask your barista about his or her preference for your type of coffee, filter, espresso, etc.
Pikolo Espresso Bar: 3418 B Park Ave. 514- 508-6800
Saint-Henri microtorréfacteur: 3632 Notre-Dame St.W. 514-507-9696. www.sainthenri.ca
Pourquoi Pas Espresso Bar: 1447 Amherst St 514-419-9400
Café Myriade: 1432 Mackay St. 514-939-1717 www.cafemyriade.com
Caffé in Gamba: 5263 Park Ave. 514-656-6852 www.cafeingamba.com
Café Sardine: 9 Fairmount Ave. E. 514-802-8899. www.cafesardine.com


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At CES over the weekend, I got a brief demo of the N97, the smartphone that Nokia officially announced last month. The phone will be released in Europe the first half of this year, and should be stateside sometime after that.
Its biggest draws: 32 gigabytes of storage, expandable to 48 GB with a memory card, and a five megapixel camera. The iPhone 3G, by contrast, has up to 16 GB of memory, with a two megapixel camera. The N97 also supports Flash, unlike the iPhone.
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You can't see me…the value of hiding enrichment for cats
As a welfare scientist, there is nothing nicer than seeing the results of your research being used in the 'real world'. Quite a while ago, I did some research with students Kristen Kry and Kim Hawkins investigating the value of giving cats somewhere to hide when they first came into a re-homing centre. The rationale behind this research was quite simple: when cats are worried, their preferred 'strategy' is to get away. And if you're a cat, getting away means running away, climbing upwards or hiding inside something.
In a shelter environment it is clearly impractical to allow a cat to either run away or climb high. But it is feasible to give them somewhere to hide. Some shelters were already giving particularly nervous cats a hiding place, but it was not a universally accepted practice. In fact, there was some controversy as to whether enabling hiding in cats might have a negative impact. For example, it was possible that cats which were hiding would not be as easily seen by potential adopters – and as a result would remain in the centres longer before being re-homed.
We were therefore interested in seeing exactly what effect giving 'hiding enrichment' would have for all cats coming into a re-homing centre, and to measure whether cats allowed to hide took longer to re-home. Our studies used both plain cardboard boxes with one side cut away, and the very nicely designed 'Hide and Perch' box from the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA) in Canada – which has since been developed further into the 'Hide Perch & GoTM box'1 to incorporate a cat carrier for use when cats are re-homed. Which is a neat idea, as the cat goes home in something that smells familiar.
Our studies compared cats provided with boxes and those without, over the first 14 days after they came into the centres. Cats vary a lot in how they first react on arrival, but we know from previous studies that on average most stress measures decline over the first week or two as they adapt to the new environment (something I'll come back to in a later blog). So, we were interested in how the cats with and without boxes differed in this rate of decline – in other words whether the boxes helped them adapt to their new surroundings.
The studies used a behavioural measure of stress which has been used quite widely in cat welfare research. Originally developed by Sandra McCune2, it is a scale derived by combining together different individual behaviours into an overall numerical 'cat stress score' (CSS). The measure has been developed a few times over the years – for example by the Swiss researchers Kessler and Turner3, and then further in our group at the start of Kim's PhD4 – if you're interested there is a full description of the revised scale in a recent textbook5.
Our studies revealed that providing cats with boxes did lead to a significant decline in CSS over the first 14 days. Cats with boxes were also more likely to approach a person standing outside the pen door, and importantly there was no difference in how long the two groups were in the centre before being re-homed6. We also found that if boxes were removed from cats once they had them, they showed significantly more behavioural signs of stress, further confirming the importance of having a hiding place for cat welfare4.
With all these interesting findings about the importance of hiding enrichment for shelter cats, I was delighted to hear that the fantastic veterinary team at Cats Protection were developing a hiding enrichment system for use within the charity7 based on our research (the Feline Fort®).
The Feline Fort® has multiple elements – steps as well as hiding boxes, and is designed to enable cats to both climb and hide. This will have such an important impact on cats in re-homing centres. But also anywhere that cats feel stressed – such as veterinary practices8. As the picture sent to me by CP's behaviour manager Nicky Trevorrow below shows – it's not just useful for cats!
- http://www.spca.bc.ca/welfare/professional-resources/catsense/CatSense-Hide-Perch-Go-Box.html
- McCune, S. (1992). Temperament and welfare of caged cats. PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, UK.
- Kessler, M.R. and Turner, C.D. (1988). Effects of density and cage size on stress in domestic cats (Felis Silvestris Catus) housed in animal shelters and boarding catteries. Animal Welfare, 8, 259-267.
- Hawkins, K.R. (2005). Stress, enrichment and the welfare of domestic cats in rescue shelters. PhD Thesis, University of Bristol, UK.
- Bradshaw, J.W.S., Casey, R.A. and Brown, S.L. (2012). The Behaviour of the Domestic Cat. 2nd edition. CABI, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Pp. 179-181.
- Kry, K. and Casey, R.A. (2007). The effect of hiding enrichment on stress levels and behaviour of domestic cats (Felis sylvestris catus) in a shelter setting and the implications for adoption potential. Animal Welfare, 16, 375-383.
- http://www.cats.org.uk/uploads/documents/Feline-Fort-Leaflet_Final.pdf
- http://www.cats.org.uk/uploads/documents/Feline_Fort_-_Information_for_Vets_vr2.pdf