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Toledo District Mayan Villages & Ruins Attractions
The Toledo District offers visitors a chance to experience the rich cultural heritage of the Maya, in both the past and present. Several Mayan villages and archaeological sites can be explored, as well as some interesting natural attractions in the area.
Lubaantun Mayan Ruins
The Lubaantun (Place of Fallen Stones) Mayan ruins cover 1sq.mi/3sq.km and consist of several jungle-covered temples. Only partly excavated, evidence suggests Lubaantun flourished until the 8th C AD. The people of Lubaantun are believed to have been merchants who traded with Maya on the offshore cayes, Mexico and Guatemala. Lubaantun was one of the last major sites to be inhabited before the collapse of the Mayan civilization.A few impressive structures can be seen on the site, and the architecture of Lubaantun is distinct because the temples and pyramids are built without the mortar that holds together most other Mayan buildings. Also, Lubaantun is one of the ruins in Belize that features curved stone corners. The site was first reported in the 1800s but was not formally investigated until 1903. Excavations of Lubaantun took place in 1915, 1926 and 1970. An on-site visitor's center exhibits Mayan artifacts.
Nim Li Punit Mayan Ruins
The Nim Li Punit Mayan site was important during the Late Classic period and is notable for its large collection of stelae, which are pillar monuments. Nim Li Punit (Big Hat) is named for the large headdress on an etched figure on Stela 14. At 33ft/10m, Stela 14 is the longest Mayan stela yet discovered. Oil workers discovered Nim Li Punit in 1976 and excavation of the site began in 1983.Situated on a ridge along the foothills of the Maya Mountains, Nim Li Punit's city center consists of three groups of structures; the ceremonial centers as well as two civic and one elite residential area. Some of the plazas have been cleared, but most structures remain unrestored. The ceremonial center (South Group) is of the most interest, and contains a ball court and 25 stelae. Stela 15 is also of note, Nim Li Punit's oldest work dating from 721 AD.
San Antonio, Belize
Association's Village Guesthouse Program
Run by the Toledo Ecotourism Association (TEA), the Village Guesthouse Program places travelers in 13 traditional Mopan Maya, Kekchi Maya, Garifuna and Creole villages in the area. The guesthouse program includes village tours, tours of the jungle and nearby caves, ruins and waterfalls, as well as accommodation in guesthouses built specifically for the program.Guests are invited into local homes for meals, and craft lessons and performances can be arranged. This unique program promotes sustainable tourism, with more than 80% of the profits of the tour fee staying in the village.Accommodations are very basic.
Uxbenka Mayan Ruins
Uxbenka (Old Place) is a small Mayan ceremonial site consisting of one main plaza and six smaller ones. Six structures line the main plaza, the tallest one reaching 26ft/8m. While the site is not extensive, 21 stelae (pillar monuments) have been discovered at Uxbenka, which also features terrace cut stones that have never been found outside of the Toledo District.Although Uxbenka was known about for years by the local Maya, archaeologists did not learn of the site's existence until Belmopan received reports of looting in 1984. Attractive vistas of the foothills of the Maya Mountains can be enjoyed from Uxbenka.
Hickatee Cottages and Fallen Stones Butterfly Farm
Set on a hilltop with panoramic views of the Maya Mountains and virgin rainforest, Hickatee Cottages with Fallen Stones Butterfly Farm is one of Southern Belize's notable lodges. There is excellent hiking in the area, and apart from the butterflies, several bird species can be spotted in the on the grounds. Fallen Stones Butterfly Farm has been closed to the general public for several years now, and tours are available only to guests of Hickatee Cottages in Punta Gorda Town.
Address: Box 23, Belize
Pueblo Viejo, Belize
Pueblo Viejo, Spanish for "Old Town", is a small village home to several hundred Mopan Mayas. This village was the first settlement of the Mopan Mayas who fled Guatemala in the mid-1800s and settled in the Toledo District of Belize. An attractive waterfall is nearby.
San Jose, Belize
Situated in the foothills of the Maya Mountains near the Guatemalan border, San Jose is a Mopan Mayan village surrounded by rainforest. The villagers earn their livelihood through agriculture, and San Jose is known for practicing organic farming techniques.
San Jose Succotz Festival
Held annually in April, the San Jose Succotz Festival is a local fair celebrating the patron saint of the village.
San Pedro Columbia, Belize
The Toledo District's largest Kekchi Maya village, San Pedro Columbia is home to about 700 villagers. The village is situated on the banks of the Columbia River, which offers canoeing opportunities. San Pedro Columbia is close to other Mayan villages and only an hour's hike away from the Lubaantun Mayan ruins.
Blue Creek, Belize
About 279 Mopan and Kekchi Maya live in Blue Creek, which receives many day visitors en route to the adjacent Blue Creek Rain Forest Preserve.
Blue Creek Rain Forest Preserve & Cave
The Blue Creek Rain Forest Preserve & Cave offers hiking and exploration of the Blue Creek Cave and pools and channels of the creek system. Guided nature hikes including a canopy walk are offered, and there is an on-site observation deck. There is also a lodge / field station in the area offering some interesting options.
Laguna, Belize
Located west of Punta Gorda, Laguna is a small village home to a few hundred Kekchi Mayans. The town is quite primitive and named for the nearby lagoon.
Aguas Calientes Wildlife Sanctuary
Aguas Calientes Wildlife Sanctuary is a birding sanctuary featuring hot springs and other natural pools, along with hiking trails.
San Miguel, Belize
The small village of San Miguel is home to about 400 Kekchi Maya. Life here is centered around the Rio Grande river which runs through the village.
Santa Cruz & Santa Elena, Belize
These small villages have a combined population of 500 Mopan Mayans. Mayan ruins and waterfalls are nearby, the most well known being Rio Blanco Falls.


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The Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth defined the rights of all children which must be preserved and protected. These rights of children and rights and responsibilities of parents are detailed in the Department of Children's Services policy. However, the following information must be made available to all Family Assistance staff so that they will be fully aware of the Department of Human Services' responsibility in protecting children.
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California School of Professional Psychology
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Advanced Seminar in Humanistic Psychology
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Integrative psychology; C.G. Jung's archetypal psychology; postmodern cultural and spirituality issues; moral development; creativity and expressive arts; multicultural wisdom traditions, nature-based therapies and eco-psychology; liberation psychology and action research methods
Guest Editor, Association of Humanistic Psychology Perspective, February 2002, article and interviews.
"Zen Therapy" (Rev-Article.), Association for Humanistic Psychology Perspective (April-May, 1999).
Field: A Haiku Circle. AHA Press, Gualala, CA, 1998.
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U.S. Department of Education Professional Development (two-year) Grant: "Advanced Degree Program for American Indians" October 1999
"Expressive Arts Therapy: Journaling, Poetry, Life Narrative," UCSD February 1999, August 1999, August 2000
Director, Center for Integrative Psychology, and Coordinator for Integrative Psychology Emphasis. Research on personality type theory, media influences, ritual and healing.
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Names such as Willie Horton, Sister Souljah, and Allan Bakke now sound as distant as Duran Duran and Miami Vice.
Horton, Souljah, and Bakke once symbolized the searing prominence of race in American politics: Horton as a convicted murderer whose Massachusetts furlough became a powerful target for George H.W. Bush in the 1988 presidential campaign; Souljah as a rapper whom Bill Clinton criticized in 1992 for seeming to advocate violence against whites; Bakke as a white medical student at the fulcrum of a seminal Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in 1978.
In the first decades after the civil-rights revolution of the 1960s, American politics regularly produced racially explosive disputes of the sort that briefly made Horton, Souljah, and Bakke household names. In those years, many of the two parties' most incendiary confrontations revolved around issues that directly inflamed racial tensions. School busing, affirmative action, welfare, and crime all fell into that category.
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The basic racial alignment of modern American politics was forged during the civil-rights era. As journalists Thomas and Mary Edsall wrote in their classic 1991 book, Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics, "Before 1964, opinion polls show virtually no difference between the public perception of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party on race-related issues." But the leading role that Democratic President Johnson played in passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965—notwithstanding the resistance of conservative Southern Democrats and the support of moderate Northern Republicans in Congress—dramatically and abruptly transformed the image of the parties. By 1968, polls show that most Americans clearly saw the Democrats as promoting federal activism on civil rights and the Republicans as resisting it.
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The eco hotel is located on roughly 100 hectares of the Encuentro Guadalupe development outside of Ensenada, which also includes a residential area and a winery. The hotel is made up of 20 EcoLofts, which are made from steel and set up on stilts. Each luxurious 20-sq ft room features a bathroom, a terrace, a clay fire pit and views of the valley below. A communal pool and hot tub are sunken into the hillside and enjoy panoramic vistas or the hills.
The project sought to minimize its impact upon the land and to respect nature in every possible way. As such, the designers decided to build the cabins up on stilts to minimize their impact on the land. Steel and wood were used to build the cabins, and as these materials weather they will blend in with the landscape over time. From the hotel, guests have access to slow food events, the Culinary Arts School of Tijuana, wine tours, and a variety of other activities.
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"This New York Cheesecake rivals the best! It uses amaretto instead of lemon flavor and is VERY rich, and has no crust to compete with its decadent flavor. Serves 16 lucky people. Serve with fresh sliced fruit or berries and fresh whipped cream."
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4 (8 ounce) packages
cream cheese, softened
1 cup
unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups
sour cream
1/2 cup
heavy whipping cream
1 3/4 cups
white sugar
1/8 cup
1 fluid ounce
amaretto liqueur
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
egg yolks
I'm rating this the best even though I had some problems. It has a wonderful flavor. I didn't use the amaretto, just vanilla. But mine wouldn't get done. It was way too jiggly at the set time. It also puffed out over the sides of the pan so I think next time I'll try a 10 inch pan. When it cooled the edges tore off, but I made it look alright by adding a whipped cream edge and strawberry sauce on top. I will definitely use this recipe again and try to make it turn out right the next time!
For me, not worth the time and effort. Wrong pan size, oven temperature, and baking time are given on this recipe.
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Excellent 5-STAR cheesecake! I also tried this recipe using 1/2 cup of Baily's Irish Cream instead of the amaretto and cut the butter down to only 1 cup, it was "sin-sational" also! Only difference in cooking method was that I preheated oven to 200 degrees and cooked it for 2 hours in hot water bath until done. All in all, and excellent, rich & creamy cheesecake... you can't go wrong with this one!
I have made this recipe a few times now for co-workers and at home. All of us thought it was terrific. I am almost commanded to make this for any work function now, they liked it that much. If I were single, I believe I could woo women with the power of this cheesecake alone. It's that good.
A few prep notes--I have two "9 inch" springform pans, one is slightly larger--use a slightly larger pan, this fills it quite well. Also, I have found it best to refrigerate this overnight before serving it. The texture is better after being completely cooled. I also like to drizzle chocolate ganache on the top. Once when the top was a little over done, I covered it in ganache, just as or maybe even MORE yummy!
This was my first cheesecake, I followed the recipe eaxctly, but the cake came out very moist and soft. What could be the reason? Maybe I should leave it in the refrigerator longer?
I love making cheesecakes and this one is delicious and creamy. I do have a little problem when making this though...it always runs over the top of the pan. So I bought a 10 inch springform and it still ran over! I always do my cheesecakes in a water bath so at least it doesn't mess up my oven but it doesn't "look" pretty. I think my oven cooks too hot so I will try to lower the temp. next time.
This was the first cheesecake I have ever made, and it was EXCELLENT!(Even people that say the don't like cheescake loved it). The only thing I did was to omit the amaretto because I was bringing it to an office colleagues birthday party. I made it in a heart shaped springform pan and followed the directions EXACTLY.
I baked it the night before, so after it had sat in the oven with the door open, I refrigerated it overnight, and it came out great! I also made a mixed berry sauce to go over the top! Rave reviews!
This cake was Mmmm yummy, silky but consistent enough to feel as a substantial dessert. It was easy to make. Instead of amaretto I used vanilla.
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The Hackensack, New Jersey, resident, along with thousands of other retired managers, learned he would no longer be part of Verizon's pension plan. Instead, the telecommunications giant bought them an annuity. While payments would stay the same, future checks would now come from an insurance company.
"It was kind of a shock," says Monheit, 67, who retired after 30 years from a company that became what is now Verizon. "Why are they changing things that worked for so many and worked well, and provided so much comfort and security to people who built their business?"
It's a question more retirees and older workers likely will be asking as U.S. companies move to get expensive pension obligations off their books. Companies call this new approach "de-risking." Some firms purchase annuities for their pensioners, while others offer cash to buy them out. And some — most notably General Motors in 2012 — try a combination: first offering a lump sum and then buying an annuity for those who don't take the money.
A report by benefits consultant Towers Watson last year found that 58 percent of companies surveyed had offered lump sums to former employees or plan to do so, while 38 percent expect to transfer pension obligations to an outside company within the next five years.
Lynn Dudley, senior vice president at the American Benefits Council, which advocates for businesses, says pensions are difficult to maintain because of frequent regulatory changes and the rising premiums that employers pay to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) to insure their plans. "The environment has gotten hostile," says Dudley."What companies are trying to do is reduce their exposure to risk, from things like market volatility and changes in the law," says Deborah Chalfie, senior legislative representative for AARP. "It's not really de-risking. It's transferring the risk."
This transfer began in earnest in 2012 when changes to pension law fully kicked in, making it more attractive for employers to offer lump sums, she says. A rash of companies made cash offers that year, including Ford Motor Co., J.C. Penney, Lockheed Martin Corp. and Archer-Daniels-Midland Corp.
Rob Austin, director of retirement research at benefits consultant Aon Hewitt, says the jump in PBGC premiums, along with proposed new mortality tables that raise life expectancies, will further encourage employers to reduce their pension exposure.
Retiree advocates are concerned. Traditional pensions have been disappearing for years in the private sector, where only 16 percent of workers were covered last year, down from 35 percent in the early 1990s, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This latest trend, though, leaves retirees without valuable federal protections and increases their chance of outliving their money, particularly if they take a lump sum and don't invest wisely.
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What does the average citizen need maths for?
I had a conventional education. In school and later at other educational institutions I was always just mediocre - but I became excellent at this - and as the years went buy I asked myself why the educational systems around the world seem to be promoting the same subjects.
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I can understand that people, especially those who spent long years learning maths, are very passionate about the subject. Yet I am still not convinced that the actual outcome justifies the effort and, in some cases, pain associated with this subject. There seems to be widespread reluctance to even contemplate any alternatives, which reinforces my suspicion that most people are indoctrinated in believing that there is no good education without maths. I think the understanding of certain principles is far more important than an intricate knowledge of mathematics.... But this is just my opinion. Thanks to all the participants in this minor debate.
Lejan .
Jan 24 2013: To be able to understand the meaning of 'average', for example... :o)Jan 24 2013: "G.V. Ramanathan, a professor emeritus of
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mathematics, statistics and computer science at
the University of Illinois at Chicago, writes in the
Washington Post that although a lot of effort and
money has been spent to make mathematics
seem essential, unlike literature, history, politics and music, math has little relevance to
everybody's daily life. 'All the mathematics one needs in real life can be learned in early years
without much fuss,' writes Ramanathan. 'Most
adults have no contact with math at work, nor do
they curl up with an algebra book for relaxation.'
Ramanathan says that the marketing of math has
become similar to the marketing of creams to whiten teeth, gels to grow hair and regimens to
build a beautiful body, but even with generous
government grants over the past 25 years,
countless courses, conferences, and books
written on how to teach teachers to teach, where
is the evidence that these efforts have helped students? A 2008 review by the Education
Department found that the nation is at 'greater
risk now' than it was in 1983, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress math scores
for 17-year-olds have remained stagnant since
the 1980s (PDF). Meanwhile those who do love math and science have been doing very well and
our graduate schools are the best in the world. 'As
for the rest, there is no obligation to love math
any more than grammar, composition, curfew or
washing up after dinner. Why create a need to
make it palatable to all and spend taxpayers' money on pointless endeavors without
demonstrable results or accountability?'"Jan 28 2013: Math to me, proposes analytical thinking, discipline, weighing options and giving balanced arguments. It's not really the end product of a mathematical solution that helps me, but the thought process that gives me the ability to rationally process my thoughts.
In my eyes, I am an average citizen.
Jan 29 2013: Spot on! The good old fashioned way of getting those little grey cells working.
Sometimes I hear that kids are allowed to use calculators in class, even scientific ones that process complicated equations. At that moment I guess any slight advanced math gets useless for the average citizen.Jan 24 2013: Developing the thought process while doing math is lot more essential for people than just the subject alone. I guess you didnt watch Donald in Mathamagic land?
Barry Palmer
Jan 22 2013: Two basic reasons why everyone should learn math.
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First, to learn how the universe works.
Second, to understand how others understand how the universe works.
Math is a powerful tool. If you do not know math, you not only deprive yourself of a tool, but you will not understand how others are gaining advantage by using it. When you understand statistics others cannot use statistics to fool you.
Jan 22 2013: With all due respect understanding the physics of the universe does not necessarily equate to understanding society which, in my opinion, is far more important.
Barry Palmer
Jan 23 2013: I was referring to the entire universe. Society is part of that universe, and so are you and me.
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Jan 22 2013: Here is a link that might help: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.why.math.html
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One more thing also. Those trying to sell products or points of view often take advantage of people's innumeracy and insecurity about math or science to mislead them. They know that most people "check out" once mathematics is used in argument (or once someone says something about (supposed) recent findings in neuroscience or quantum physics).
The default for people without the background to understand what is being presented tends to go in one of two ways that I have noticed. One is just to assume that anyone who talks about math (or neuroscience or quantum physics) is probably smart or at least knows what he is talking about. Maybe he knows, but maybe he actually doesn't, but without any background you can't tell.
The other default is the anti-intellectual one of assuming that those who are experts in these areas must be frauds (the reasons vary for why this must be so).
If you know enough math actually to review arguments critically that involve math or enough science to review arguments critically that involve that, you won't be tempted to adopt one of these default views.
Jan 22 2013: Good point! What is considered essential knowledge?
Fritzie -
Jan 23 2013: There would be some dispute over this, in part because it isn't like there is a fence separating not enough from enough.
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It depends what you want to be able to understand.
There would be good argument for a couple of years of algebra because real flexibility with the understanding of variables, parameters, and models is valuable in many settings and applications. Geometry is usually the easiest way to introduce the idea of deductive proof, which forever changes a students' thinking about whether a conclusion has actually been tightly defended. It can be done with number theory also, but geometry has its own additional value in understanding spatial problems.
There is a lot of science one cannot understand without the concepts of calculus, though the calculations would not be as vital.
John Allen Paulos, author of A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, argues that inferential statistics is the most important part of literacy- that is, not the calculation of means and correlation but rather understanding what conclusions can be drawn legitimately from a sample or study design and what the threats are to what are called "internal validity," "external validity," and "construct validity." These are mostly logical issues and assessments that give a person who masters them lots of leverage.
Jan 29 2013: As for the used of the word "average", I referred to the concept (fell free to re read the 1st post).
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It's a mathmatic concept even before math was formalized as a science. Math describes how things are, doesn't create them.
Average was a math concept before math, english or any language had a word for it ;). English just happened to pick average.Jan 24 2013: i would need higher math for my hobby project. sadly, i'm not good enough. i'm getting insecure when it comes to doing integration in a 3D polar coordinate system.
Lejan .
Jan 24 2013: Blame on you! :o)Jan 25 2013: 3D scanner?
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Jan 25 2013: not even similar ;)Jan 23 2013: Education is a powerful tool and I believe it is allways used by the powerful to exploit those at the bottom. Erroneously I had assumed that education was meant to enable people to claim ownership of their own destiny. Now, as an old man, I realise how stupid I was and still am. But I can certainly say that maths didn't help me to achieve anything. But having said that, not many other subjects were more useful. Humankind with all the mathematical and other knowledge has managed to lead us to the edge. Most scientists are in agreement about the poor state of our planet's atmosphere. Has this knowledge brought about change? This very fact is evidence enough for me that something went wrong in the educational systems that has deeply affected us.Jan 23 2013: As Ken Robinson says, the ultimate goal of math in schools is to teach students calculus.
In reality, just a few percent of us need to know calculus, but everybody needs to know statistics.
Without an understanding of statistics and basic math you can be decieved about everything from how much you are being ripped off by interest rates on your mortgage to organizations that are lying about the significance of a change in the occurrance of something to suit their own agenda.
In this world, without basic math and particularly statistics you are the mercy of every con artist and shyster with something to sell
Jan 23 2013: I once checked the interest I as charged on my mortgage. I had been overcharged. What a surprise! Not by much but... So I went to the bank and after talking to the manager who was keen to get to the bottom of the mathematical nuances and after a few calls and conversations with the service in charge of working out the amount. None of us was wiser. I had wasted an hour of unpaid time. From the point I realised how inadequate my education was. I had only given me the mean to work out by how much I was being ripped off.Jan 24 2013: I think you've touched on a good point Gordon. I'm not sure, but I suspect the whole imperial measuring system, as opposed to the logical metric one, was designed to confuse and cheat the lower classes, who probably never benifitted from many years of formal maths education.
A modern example would be trying to compare deals between different telco/ electricity providers. Nearly impossible, and I have university level maths education.
The other benificial aspect is the way it teaches you to think. It is teaching you how to compare numerically. How could I work out whether the S2.50 jar of 500g pasta sauce is better value than the S3 750g jar.
I use maths everyday.
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Jan 29 2013: sorry but no. average is a word borrowed by math. it is much older and broader. if average would be a math term, tell me what "average citizen" would mean? add up all the citizens, divide by the number of citizen, and you get an average citizens? how to add two persons?
if one wants to be witty, wit is required.
Jan 29 2013: Not really,
You are referring to arithmetic mean.
Average is a typical value or central tendency in a set.
Many other ways to found an average.
"Many different descriptive statistics can be chosen as a measure of the central tendency of the data items. These include the arithmetic mean, the median, and the mode. Other statistics, such as the standard deviation and the range, are called measures of spread and describe how spread out the data is." - Wikipedia, of course.
So the average citizen would be a citizen who represents the typical or the central tendency in the set of all citizens. He might not even exist in a physical form!
Math isn't really about numbers.
Don't mistake all math for arithmetic.
Jan 29 2013: one more time, the last time: average is NOT a math term. it is a common word in english language. math also uses it. but when we say "average citizen" we are NOT referring to the mathematical meaning.
av·er·age (vr-j, vrj)
1. (Mathematics) Of, relating to, or constituting an average.
2. Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale: a player of average ability.
3. Usual or ordinary in kind or character: a poll of average people; average eyesight.
4. Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.Jan 29 2013: As for the used of the word "average", I referred to the concept (fell free to re read the 1st post).
It's a mathmatic concept even before math was formalized as a science. Math describes how things are, doesn't create them.
Average was a math concept before math, english or any language had a word for it ;). English just happened to pick average.
Jan 29 2013: philosophy: FJan 29 2013: Do I get to get an F in the good company of all the positivist philosophers?
Mind you, I also find quantum physics terribly exciting and eagerly await to see where Schrodinger's cat will take us next!
I just wouldn't simply fail someone for grounding arguments in a school of thought that gave us so much.
Jan 29 2013: ....where Schrodinger's cat will take us next!
To 'non locality' and it's the end of the very notion ' next'
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Jan 29 2013: Thanks! Now you got me busy again :)Jan 29 2013: well undoub"TED"ly maths is one of the most if not the most important subjects u will study. think of a situation your parents send you to the supermarket with cash and u do not know how much u have shopped in case there is a mistake in the bill. we see numbers everywhre. starting from ur bank acc number to the amount being credited or the tax being deducted.. if u have basic idea in maths all dis u will get. else ur payslip will look like a chinese magazine. beautiful but useless!!Jan 29 2013: I thank you for all your comments, but I cannot escape the suspicion that many of us will just retrospectively justify the time invested in studying maths and other subjects. I am still waiting for the convincing argument.Jan 28 2013: Not for the math itself. For logical thinking.
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Or more. Maybe the same reason like art or music.Jan 28 2013: A kettle of water will maintain its' heat longer than a cup of water - maths
A 2 for 1 offer is only half the saving it seems - maths
This account offers you 2% aer before tax - maths
This credit card will charge you x interest on x - maths
How long will it take to get to edimburgh by car as aposed to train?
Is this deal really a deal and am I getting good value for money?
Can we realistcly afford a child?
How are other people able to work out these magic things and I can't?
Why do we call the 1600's the 17th century?
-DCJan 25 2013: I think math are definitely not useless, it's just that the "random citizen" (if it even exists) usually does not findd a use for the rather advanced math he learned. But one cannot deny the benefits it has on the big picture (ex : reasoning, logic, objectivity).
So the problem is not that it's useless it's more in the way it's teached and how some children feel bad about themselves because they do not succeed in math (and therefore in the conventional educational system which is largely based on math -in France at least-). And those children are not "bad" at math they just have trouble learning it this way. I am one of those children and I feel a bit sad that I dropped out of math class when I was offered to because I felt It could bring me something. But I just couldn't learn it that way.
So yes there is a problem with the place that is accorded to math in our system because it lures some children into thinking they are "bad" and won't do well later on anyways. (I always remember the joke about a math teacher giving macdonald's emplyment forms to the students which failed the test.)
So I think math Is definitely a good thing to teach but that other ways of succeeding should be given more importance.
And as always watch more Ken Robinson to have faith in a change of our educational system.Jan 25 2013: It's not a result of societal peer pressure, but I've noticed that those who are dismal at basic math, have a low opinion of themselves, even though they are precious, warm, caring, nurturing, giving, hard-working and creative souls. Where a person is dismal at math, questions at length have uncovered the fork-in-the-road being a primary "teacher" who did not really want to "be there", along with parents who refused to apply themselves and help their own children.
I had the wonderful opportunity to home-school my son beginning at age 13. As established curriculums were weeded out, adding to history, literature, creative writing, positive interactive approaches, piano, search and rescue, rappelling, martial arts, just a wide variety... I was teaching him trig and medical anatomy when he was 14. He and I were at a retired teacher's home where I was working, and she curiously checked out his assignment. She loudly exclaimed, "THAT'S TRIGONOMETRY!! THAT GAVE ME SUCH A HARD TIME IN COLLEGE!" My son looked at me with complete despair in his eyes and spoke "Daddy!?" with a slight question in his voice. I said, "Don't worry Jake. Sine, cosine and tangent are merely words of a different language. Each word has a specific meaning. Once you understand what each word means, it will be simple... and I have more patience to teach you this, than you have fears that you won't learn it. Relax son", and I gave him a kiss on the brow as I embraced his head.
Grateful resolve settled back into his gaze and he refocused on the assignment I had given him.
He hasn't used trig once in 17 years... but he knows that he can. He has no fears of learning anything... and THAT is a huge benefit in life. As well as learning, that lack of fear, nurtures honesty, objectivity and creativity. He is completely as ease in the company of men and women whose accomplishments eclipse his own, and he readily teaches with attuned patience and humility, those who know less than he does.Jan 25 2013: Hey man, math IS taught for average citizens! ;-)
..I am an average citizen, since until when I was showed what can possibly be done with (advanced) math I didn't even think that something like that could be possible. After long training I can use these instruments well and understand them, and I've got all the opportunities of an average citizen to build upon my skills.. ..not only in my job, in my daily life too.. and how many hobbies today do not involve math, when hi-tech and knowledge are so pervasive and high-level? how else would you defend yourself from fraud people, just by being constantly suspicious?
Imho, real non-average citizens can figure out their way even without being taught how to, that's how they managed to discover properties and prove theorems in the past, at least.
Is it abstract? Yes.
Is it difficult to create? Yes.
Is it difficult to imitate/understand? No: Consciousness is Abstraction! Things become difficult only when you've become lazy enough to stop this abstraction process for a while, loosing the consciousness of the meaning underneath.
To me how is taught today is good enough.Jan 25 2013: Nicely said. Perhaps we should start by really looking at the parts of the world that are visible to the naked eye first. That you are blind is just your personal drama but that, despite all the collective knowledge, humanity's vision is decking and replaced by some strange illusions.Jan 25 2013: Good point! I wish you luck. We need people who are passionate about life to make maths more palatable. If maths was taught seriously and accepted seriously and the logical consequences were drawn... Perhaps we could achieve more democracy.Jan 25 2013: I want to rewrite math from scratch in such a way that not only is it highly learnable, it's so obvious how every single technique and concept is an analogy for real live things, that people who know it will use it in their lives all the time and thereby live smarter and better. Then a smarter and better society.
The way math is written now, it's not important how concepts are analogous to real phenomena. We don't practice drawing those analogies. So naturally no one cares and no one really benefits. But math is "the discipline which compares the most diverse phenomena and finds the secret analogies that unite them" - Descartes. And it's powerful. So let's use it!Jan 25 2013: To see the 'unknown' world.
I often feel like being blind.
I just want to learn more about it. It may open my eyes to see the bigger world through deeper understanding.
That's all.Jan 24 2013: For average level of analysis , critical as well logical thinking to apply in day to day lifeJan 23 2013: know where you are and sizes How can you compare things otherwise?
Gail .
Jan 22 2013: There is not a day that goes by that I do not use math in some form. I would be quite lost without it. I wasn't very good with geometry so I had to go back and teach it to myself - only to discover how interesting it is. You can't survive in today's world without math. From budgeting your money to solving day-to-day issues, I use math far more than I thought that I would when I endured those classes and found the boring.
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Ken Robinson's talk about school killing creativity is not about dropping math. Hardly! More about making it more relevant and therefore interesting, so that curiosity is inspired and the student as well as all of humanity benefits
Had I had ME as a teacher back when I was learning that boring geometry in school, I would have aced it, and might have gone on to be a physicist. Math is actually quite fun when you do it out of school. I do wish that it had been fun IN school.
Jan 22 2013: There some professions that use maths, but I am convinced that there are more that don't. I used maths as an example because educational systems seem to be obsessed with just a few subjects. I think it is time humanity reflected on their educational systems.
Gail .
Jan 23 2013: With that I agree wholeheartedly. My REAL education began when I left school. Only then did I begin to learn how much information was being withheld. Only then did I discover the JOY of learning. Before then, education was punishment inflicted on powerless victims who had no say in the matter (children) - and beyond that, an ALLEGED avenue of success for those who had bought into the lies.
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I think that it is very sad that generations are graduating from various schools not even knowing how uninformed they are. And because they have been told that they are now "educated", they don't know that they are now "ready" to begin educating themselves.
This applies even for those with a PhD. Their knowledge is so specialized that it excludes a LOT of relevant information that is considered part of another field. SAD


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The Rams come off a year which they were the D-9 runner-up and advanced to the second round of the PIAA Class A Playoffs, falling 50-45 in double overtime to West Middlesex at Clarion University.
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New varsity head coach Stacy Kifer said the girls have been focusing on fundamentals and refining skills.
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Ridgway graduated five seniors from last year's team and move up seven freshmen to the varsity team.
"It's a little different this year graduating as many seniors as we had last year. We're extremely young. We're sporting only one senior, Emily Pierce," Ridgway coach Edna Maddalena said. "She's a returning state qualifier so that helps but she's our only senior. I have seven freshman that are new to gymnastics so that puts us at a very young stage but that's OK, they're learning quick."
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New faces will be all around the Ridgway wrestling program this season.
First-year head coach David Fordoski takes over as the varsity head coach for Ridgway wrestling after the retirement of Gary Gerber this past winter from that post. Fordoski said the team may be limited in varsity starting experience but the team is full of wrestlers with an excitement and work ethic for the program.
JOHNSONBURG – Johnsonburg wrestling enters this season with nine varsity wrestlers and a focus on winning more duals.
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Johnsonburg starts with nine on the varsity level.
The Ridgway Township Municipal Authority approved the 2013 operating budget during their regular meeting Thursday night.
Finance Manager Jeff Schutz briefed officials on a budget that has a total estimated operating revenue of $986,870.
JOHNSONBURG – Johnsonburg School District is a recent recipient of a grant they will use to purchase laptop computers. Â
"The district received a $6,534 grant from the Elk County Community Foundation," said Dennis Crotzer, Superintendent. "This money will be used in conjunction with our title money to purchase 15 laptops for the teachers."
JOHNSONBURG – Following a lengthy executive session the Johnsonburg Municipal Authority [JMA] voted to increase water rates during their regular meeting Tuesday night.
Effective Jan. 1, residents can expect a $10 per month increase in their water bills.
JOHNSONBURG – With a 2-7 season in the rear view mirror and the Johnsonburg varsity football program in serious jeopardy due to lack of player turnout and graduation, the current coaching staff paused Sunday for a season-ending banquet and paid tribute to the team's playmakers.
"Our seniors worked extremely hard in the summer and they were the heart and soul of this program," said Johnsonburg varsity football coach Jesse Schreiber. "They really wanted it and I was glad to be able to coach them."


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|A game based on Sean Howard's Game Mechanic #41: Flipside
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|Probably only Windows (XP, Vista, 7)
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|Flipside v1.2012.01.12 Win.zip (2221.88 KB - downloaded 156 times.)
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|v1.2012.01.12 - Added team turn indicator to make it clear which team's turn it currently is.
v1.2011.12.31a - Fixed bug where killing a unit blocking your path would not allow you to move to the newly available space(s).
v1.2011.12.31 - Special units can now be attacked. Fixed bug that made units always do 2 points of damage. Fixed other various display glitches.
The following description was adapted from Sean Howard's Game Mechanic #41: Flipside
This is a two-player game where both players play at the same keyboard (hotseat multiplayer). It has a very simple premise. You have a single board, where you play on both sides of it simultaneously. Basically, one side tries to kill the other side. Players take turns moving units and attacking each other.
But wait, you say, if they are on two different sides of a plane, how do they fight each other? You notice that each side have two different looking units in the corners. They are special units. They cannot be killed, but they also cannot attack either. If they are targeted and hit, they will be pushed back a square in the opposite direction of the attack.
But if they aren't combat units, what do they do? They can flip specific squares from one side to the other. The unit with a + on his helmet flips all the squares in the same row and column (orthogonally), while the unit with an X on his helmet flips all the tiles going out diagonally from his position. The special units do not change sides at all, ever, but any other unit on a flipped square is moved to the other side regardless of which side he started on, unless of course one of the special units is occupying a tile that a regular unit would flip to.
Hotseat multiplayer.
The game is portable in the sense that it will work from a portable drive, however, be aware it does create folders/files in the user directory on the PC that need to be manually removed if you care about that.
In the description above.
Left click to select a piece to move, then click within the green squares shown to move it to that position, or left click the unit again to unselect it. You cannot unselect a unit if it has already moved or performed an action.
Right click to perform an action. Normal units can attack adjacent enemy units (not diagonally).
Right click with a special unit selected to see which tiles will be flipped by that unit. If you want to flip those tiles, double-right-click. Remember, special units cannot attack. They can only flip tiles and units located on the flipped tiles.
Due to the fact that you may be able to move or perform an action when you don't want to, you will sometimes need to press T to end your turn. Note that you always have to manually end your turn with T after moving a special unit if you don't also want to flip any tiles on that turn. Also note that you can't skip your own turn without doing anything. You must move or perform an action before ending your turn.
It should also be noted that units benefit from being on the same colored squares and are weakened when standing on opposite colored squares. So a light knight standing on a light square will do more damage and take less damage than a light knight standing on a dark square.
Unzip to location of your preference (see known issues below for directory locations the game might not work in).
Using the Application
Run the Flipside.exe file.
Delete the Flipside folder.
WinXP: Delete the \Documents and Settings\[USER NAME]\Application Data\Craven Entertainment\Flipside\ folder.
Vista/Win7: Delete the \Users\[USER NAME]\AppData\Roaming\Craven Entertainment\Flipside\ folder.
Known Issues
The game will not run properly if the path contains non-ASCII characters. So if your Windows username uses non-ASCII characters, don't try running it on your Desktop or from within other folders in your User directory.