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The Numbers Game: Playing by the Rules
Lesson 1 of 20
Objective: SWBAT use index cards to build numerical expressions to solve word problems and to explore their knowledge of the properties of operations with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
Do Now
My expectation is that students enter class silently after greeting me at the door with a smile or neutral face, saying "good morning" or "good afternoon." This is a Daily Entrance Routine I use to enforce our school's Character Strength of optimism, which is one I use often in our lessons.
Teacher's Note: If a student does not meet these expectations I ask them to wait by the door. After I greet all of the students, I will go back to the student at the door and calmly ask, "Are you ok?" The message the student hopefully gets is: it's not ok to refuse to follow the rules, but my teacher cares about me. I let them know that I care about their success in my class and want to see them start the year on a positive note. The aim of my conversation is to get the student to voluntarily come to class and voluntarily follow the rules of this class without promising the student success, but showing through my actions that I value his/her thoughts and situation.
Once they enter the class today, students make a semi-circle around the room to receive their seat assignments. I ask students to walk over to their seat as soon as I point to it and say their name. At their desk, students will have a Do Now and a binder. Inside the binder students have dividers and a plastic protector that includes class expectations. Students are instructed to begin their Do Now as soon as they take a seat:
Students are given 5-6 minutes to write an answer to the Do Now.
While students work on their Do Now independently I pass out the rest of the materials. The routine for the distribution of materials today involves students on the end of the rows, so they get all the materials to be handed out and are asked to wait until I instruct them to pass them to the left. The materials include:
- 3 vocabulary cards/student (numerical expression, commutative property, and associative property)
- 1 Achievement Card/student
- Parent Letter to get signed for HW
- Student HW assignment
After 5-6 minutes I advise students at the 30- and 20-second marks that they will need to put their eyes on me and then I begin a countdown from 5. At 0 I look to make sure I have all eyes, reminding students to put pencils down and track me without calling anyone out by name. I'll use focus prompts like:
- I'm missing 2 pairs of eyes
- I'm waiting for 1 KIPPster to put their writing utensil down
Students on the ends of the rows are asked to pass the HW assignment and parent letter to their left. All students are asked to write down their homework in their agendas. Students are then asked to pass the Achievement Cards to the left followed by the vocabulary cards, one at a time.
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Intro to Teacher and Game
After students have a chance to write, I will introduce myself as a teacher who loves gaming, video games particularly, and as a math teacher committing herself to include as many games as possible in math class. I draw an analogy between games and math and the fact that they both involve rules. If we don't understand the rules of a game, it makes it difficult to play it. If we don't understand the rules of math, it can be difficult to comprehend it. Students are then told that they will have 3-4 minutes to share what they wrote for the Do Now in preparation for a game of Last One Standing.
Many of my students know the Last One Standing game because they often play it in 5th grade with their multiplication facts. Students are instructed to share their answers with their neighbors and be prepared to summarize what their neighbor said in 10 words or less. If they cannot do this in 5 seconds or less, they will need to sit. The last person standing gets a school supplies prize. Today, I will check for understanding of the game directions by asking students, "Could you use 10 words to summarize what your neighbor said? could you use 5 words? could you use 1?"
After students have that 3-4 minutes to share I have everyone stand behind their desk once I count down to zero from 10. This is one way that I build classroom culture with respect to following direction. Most students will anticipate the zero and stand at 1 or 2. When this happens I have everyone sit back down again and I re-emphasize the idea that like gaming, math has rules that need to be followed and thus directions are important in this class. I explain that in my commitment to include as many games as possible I must also include a structure of routines and they must follow through with those routines if we're going to make this work. All of this is stated with a warm tone and a smile. Then, we try it again. This time, I use fractions as I am counting down... 10, 9 ,8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.4, ZERO! :)
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Game: Last One Standing
I start with a student in the middle of the room and snake my way around while pointing to students so that they know they are next to say their 10 (or fewer) words. I give every student positive feedback about what they have said by saying things like:
- Good, I like that one
- Oh, to count money, I like money!
- For financial reasons! Great vocab!
After this round of students sharing their answers, most students remain standing. I let students know that we are now moving into Last One Standing with math facts. I tell them that I will start with multiplication facts and continue with division, addition, subtraction, exponents, fractions, and decimal facts. I use a table of sample questions to speed up the game (see Day 1 - TR - Last one standing Qs).
It is at this point that some students may decide to test the waters by calling out answers repeatedly or saying things like "oh come on! that one's easy!". Again, this is a perfect opportunity to build culture around a positive and supportive classroom where students feel safe to make mistakes and participate in learning. I have at the ready a Facts Worksheet in case the game needs to be shut down should these things happen repeatedly.
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Students work in groups of 4 or 5 on an activity that will ask them to construct numerical expressions from given word problems on index cards. Students earn Achievements after correctly solving each problem. Each student will carry their own card and I will store them in the classroom. There will not be enough time to complete this activity, so I talk to students about Achievement Cards for about 5 minutes and then tell them that they will work in groups for the remainder of the time so that they can become familiar with the activity, which will be continued the next day.
Before concluding today's lesson, I make an analogy between Achievement Cards and "achievements" one earns while playing Xbox video games (See Wikipedia for an explanation). I ask students to tell me what sorts of things they've done recently in a video game to earn achievements. Many of their examples will include the completion of some task within the video game they refer to. I say this is similar to how they will earn achievements in my class. On this particular numerical expressions task, students will earn Achievement points for correctly solving each problem. Problems copied on yellow paper are worth 2 points, on pink work 3 points and on purple worth 4 Achievement points. Achievements can be cashed in for prizes.
I list some possible prizes I've thought about and welcome students' suggestions at lunch:
- Popeyes/Pizza Lunch with 4 friends
- See an embarrassing picture of awkward Ms. Chavira when she was in 7th grade
- Upstairs for Lunch and Board Games
- Sports Equipment
- Free HW Nights
- School Supplies
- Movie Monday + popcorn
- +5(%) on a quiz/test
- Teach me how to Dougie... or any other dance move and we'll record and share with class
- Drop lowest test score
Students work in groups of 4 until the end of class. Then, we pack up by following the directions:
- Anyone who is not at their original seat, please return
- Pack everything up, except for your index cards. Carry those in one hand.
- When your row is called, go to the back table and pick up an index card box.
- Line up in front of the blue wall
- When all students are silent, they will line up in the hallway for their next class.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – After a weekend of tough matches against High Point and Davidson that ended with a 0-1-1 record, the Tennessee Tech soccer team will look rebound this weekend as it hosts Northern Kentucky and travels to face #10/#18 ranked Missouri.
The Golden Eagles host their second home match of the season when Northern Kentucky, new to the Division I scene this year, comes to town on Friday for a 3 p.m. CT showdown. Following the match, the team will travel to Columbia, Missouri to take on the Missouri Tigers on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Tech soccer team wrapped up a three-game road-trip spanning over the last two weekends. The team finished 1-1-1 in the three contests, the final two of which took place in North Carolina last weekend.
Tech played the High Point Panthers to a 1-1 draw after two overtime periods last Friday. Senior defender Leigh Heffner, who has played every minute this season, put the Golden Eagles ahead in the sixth minute of the contest, scoring her first goal of the season with a shot from the mid-line. High Point would later tie the match in the first half.
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Scouting Northern Kentucky
- The Norse are moving up from Division II this season and are currently 1-2 against Division I opponents.
- NKU went 0-2 last weekend, losing 2-1 to both Ball State and Western Kentucky.
- This will mark the first meeting between the Golden Eagles and the Norse.
- Four different players have scored goals for the Norse this season with junior forward/midfielder Megan Frye leading the team with three points.
Daniel Brizard on the Norse:
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Scouting Missouri
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- The Tigers are ranked #10 according to Soccer America.
- Mizzou is 3-0 this season with wins over Memphis, UC Santa Barbara and #15 California.
- The Tigers and Golden Eagles will meet for the first time on Sunday.
- Senior forward Taiwo Adeshigbin and junior forward Alyssa Diggs lead the Tigers with three goals apiece.
- Goalkeeper McKenzie Sauerwein has recorded 11 saves and allowed three goals in 270 minutes played over the three wins.
Daniel Brizard on the Tigers:
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BaltimoreLacrosseNews.com, Posted 10/24/13
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Looking to continue the momentum of last season, when the Bulldogs posted their best win total in five years, the Yale women's lacrosse team welcomes 10 freshmen to the roster for the 2014 season. The Class of 2017 represents seven different states. The group is composed of three attackers, three defenders, three midfielders and one midfielder/defender.
The newcomers bring an impressive list of accomplishments both on and off the field to New Haven. The group includes an Under Armour Underclass All-Star who is interested in service trips to third world countries, a New England Prep School Women's Lacrosse Association All Star who has been involved in raising money for cancer treatment and research for five years, a back-to-back Fairfield Athletic Association champion who spent the past two summers interning at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, a first team All-Long Island selection who volunteered at an animal shelter, an Under Armour All-American who spent the past two summers interning at Estee Lauder, an honorable mention All-American who is the first person in her family to attend an American university, a two-time Academic All-American who has made two service trips to South Africa, a back-to-back state champion who also earned Academic All-American honors, an All-American who co-founded an Equestrian Service Club that provides activities and therapies for the emotionally, mentally and physically challenged, and a tri-varsity captain who was an Academic All-American.
This will be the Bulldogs' sixth season with Anne Phillips as the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse. Yale lost two players from last year's team to graduation. Last season the team continued to show progress, scoring 32 more goals than the previous season (a 23 percent increase) while cutting its shots allowed by 32 and posting its lowest goals-allowed total since 2010.
Here is a look at the newest Bulldogs:
Marisa Cresham
Rockville, Md.
Wootton High School
Capital Lacrosse Blue
High School: Captained lacrosse team in 2012 and 2013 … Team MVP 2011, 2012 and 2013 … First team all-county 2011, 2012 and 2013 … Honorable mention All-Met 2013 … Four-time Coaches All-Division (first team in 2011, 2012 and 2013; second team in 2010) … Honorable mention all-county 2010 … Four-year starter … Led team in goals, assists, ground balls and draw controls 2011, 2012 and 2013 … Team was division champions 2013 … Selected for 2012 Under Armour Underclass All-Star team representing the Washington, D.C., region … Selected for 2011 and 2012 (first team) Women's Division National Tournament (Schoolgirls' Division) representing the DC Metro Mid-Atlantic sub-region … Selected as Best Team Player at the Yale Elite camp (summer 2011) and for all-star teams at Stanford University camp (summer of 2011), University of Maryland Maximum Exposure camp (summer 2010) and UNC-Chapel Hill Elite camp (winter 2010) … Was also on basketball, golf and indoor track teams in high school …. First team all-state in golf 2009, 2010 … First team all-county in golf 2010 … Honorable mention all-county in golf 2009, 2011 … Three-year starter in golf … Qualified for 2009, 2010 and 2011 Maryland State High School 4A/3A golf tournaments (in 2010, finished in 11th place with 18-hole scores of 83-82); second- and third-place finishes in the 2010 and 2011 County Championships.
Club team: 2011 All American Showcase – Senior A Division Champions … 2011 Lax for the Cure Tournament Champions … 2010 Club National Championship – Division Champions … 2010 President's Cup – Division Champions.
Notes: Profiled on Gazette.net … Extremely interested in service trips to third world countries … Hopes to go abroad in summer of 2014 to Africa … Loves ceramics and used to play piano … Relative William Condrell graduated from Yale in 1946 … Brother, Michael, played football at Tufts.
Why Yale? "Yale is a perfect fit academically and athletically. There is a friendly, yet competitive aspect within the community that will challenge me to become a better student, athlete and overall person."
Hope Hanley
Dover, Mass.
Loomis Chaffee/Noble and Greenough
Mass Elite Lacrosse
Post-graduate (Loomis Chaffee): Led team in scoring … Scored 68 goals and 25 assists … 2013 New England Prep School Women's Lacrosse Association All-Star.
High School (Noble and Greenough): Four-year varsity starter … Team captain 2012 … Team won Independent School League in 2009 and 2011 …Named team MVP in 2012 and rookie of the year in 2009 … Set school record as all-time leading scorer with 220 goals and 69 assists … First team U.S. Lacrosse All-American 2012 and honorable mention All-American 2010 … Selected to play in Champion All-American Showcase in 2011 on championship team, Spirit … Member of Lower New England Team 1 at the Women's National Tournament in 2011 and 2010 … Member of ELNE Team 2 in 2009 … Under Armour All-American 2010 … Independent School League All-Star 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Boston Globe all-star 2010, 2011 and 2012 … New England Prep School Women's Lacrosse All-Star 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Awarded Noble and Greenough's 2012 Edward L. Bond Memorial Prize.
Notes: Has been involved in raising money for cancer treatment and research through the Pan Mass Challenge (PMC) for past five years … For a senior project, worked in the special education department of a local middle school … Volunteered in Louisiana and Mississippi rebuilding homes following Hurricane Katrina … Father is an Ivy Leaguer; played baseball and football at Columbia … Father was a member of the first class of the Yale School of Management … Older sister, Hollis, graduated from Cornell in 2013 … Cousins played soccer at Harvard … Played with Yale teammate Sophie Mussafer at Noble and Greenough.
Why Yale? "I chose Yale for its strong academics and the chance to play in the Ivy League. I know at Yale I will be challenged by the best to be the best student and athlete that I can be."
Lexi Henkel
Greenwich, Conn.
Greenwich Academy
Connecticut Chargers
High school: Three-year starter for lacrosse team … Team went 33-3 in 2012-13 … Finished career with 121 goals and 58 assists, missing last five games of senior year with injury … Wyman Award for Excellence in Lacrosse (contribution to Greenwich Academy lacrosse) 2013 … Greenwich Academy Athletic Department Award 2013 … FAA All League 2011, 2012, 2013 … FAA Scholar Athlete Award 2013 … New England Prep School Women's Lacrosse Association (NEPSWLA) All Star 2011, 2013 … US Lacrosse Academic All-American 2013 … Team was 2012 and 2013 FAA League Champions … Western New England Prep School Champions 2012 … Also spent four years on ice hockey team and one year each on cross country and field hockey teams … Founder of Greenwich Academy's Spanish Club and foreign language magazine, "The Linguist" … Organized fundraiser in which funds from churro/empanada sales were sent to Latin American countries … Founding member of Greenwich Academy's STEM Group (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) … Earned recognition as a Global Scholar (2013) at Greenwich Academy by completing the program throughout high school … Greenwich Academy Ambassador & Peer Leader … Graduated cum laude from … Received Greenwich Academy Faculty Award ("Presented to a senior who has demonstrated extraordinary scholarship in her time at the school, exemplifying the joyful learning and creative, independent thinking prized by Greenwich Academy's teachers") … Received Elizabeth Mims Couch Award ("For an inquiring mind and scholarly interest and achievement in mathematics and science") as a senior … National AP Scholar and an AP Scholar with Distinction.
Notes: Spent 2011 and 2012 summers interning at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York … Very interested in foreign languages and cultures … Has volunteered at Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich after school, tutoring and playing games with underprivileged children … Father, Peter, is a member of Yale's Class of 1986 and played on baseball team … Mother, Eleni, is a member of Dartmouth's Class of 1985 … Brother, Matt, is a member of Dartmouth's Class of 2015 and played on baseball team.
Why Yale? "I chose Yale because of its combination of academic and athletic excellence as well as its sense of community. I knew that, at Yale, I would be surrounded by other students who are genuinely interested in learning and competing at the highest level and who constantly challenge themselves to improve in the classroom and on the field."
Emily Markham
Manhasset, N.Y.
Long Island Liberty Lacrosse
High school: All county, first team all-Long Island as a senior … Honorable mention all-county, Academic All-American as a junior… Team was Class B county champions, Class B Long Island champions, State finalists and Founders Cup recipients (best team in Nassau county) her senior year … Also was on basketball, indoor track and soccer teams.
Notes: Played with Yale teammates Cathryn Avallone, Kerri Fleishhacker and Courtney Reilly at Manhasset … Sister, Meg Markham, is a junior defender on Penn lacrosse team … Enjoys heading upstate to house in the Catskills with friends and family … Enjoys playing in pickup games of basketball and soccer … Volunteered at an animal shelter, North Shore Animal League, in Port Washington.
Why Yale? "I knew Yale was a place where I would be challenged both academically and athletically at the highest level. Yale was my dream school since I first stepped on campus therefore it didn't have much competition and the choice was easy."
Tess McEvoy
Bethesda, Md.
Georgetown Visitation
Capital Lacrosse
High school: Captained lacrosse team senior year … Under Armour All-American 2013 … All-ISL 2011, 2012, 2013 … First team All Met 2012 and 2013 … US Lacrosse first team All-American 2012 and 2013 … Visitation Offensive MVP 2012 and 2013 … Team was ranked No. 4 in country in 2013 … Team won 2012 ISL championship … ESPNHS Player of the Week Apr. 13, 2012 … Also played field hockey, captaining team in 2011 and 2012 … All-ISL 2011 and 2012 in field hockey … Coaches award 2013 in field hockey … Inducted into Georgetown Visitation Athletic Hall of Fame and received Benedicta Cup for leadership, academic and athletic excellence.
Club team: Played for Capital Lacrosse Club 2010-2013 … Member of team HLA in 2013.
Notes: Ranked No. 17 among best 2013 incoming college freshmen by Inside Lacrosse … Bethesda Magazine Extraordinary Teen 2013 … Plays piano … Summer intern for Estee Lauder 2012 and 2013 … Aunt went to Harvard Business School … Mother played basketball at Mount Saint Mary's.
Why Yale? "I chose Yale because it is a school that will challenge me both academically and athletically. On my first visit, I fell in love with the campus and all the amazing people there. I am looking forward to competing at the Division I level and becoming part of such an amazing program and school"
Victoria Moore
Concord, Mass.
Buckingham Browne & Nichols
Team Revolution
High school: Honorable mention All-American … Winner of US Lacrosse's Jackie Pitts Award … Captained lacrosse team in 2012 and 2013 … Three time NEPSAC All Star … ISL All-League as a junior and senior; honorable mention as a sophomore … Scored a total of 197 goals, including 66 as a senior, 51 as a junior and 55 as a sophomore … Led team in scoring as a sophomore, junior and senior … Team MVP junior and senior year … Awarded coach's cup both junior and senior year … Member of BB&N lacrosse team's Century Club … Also played field hockey (captained team senior year) and ice hockey all four years … Honorable mention All-ISL in field hockey as a junior and senior and in ice hockey as a senior … Nichols Prize winner (school award for best student-athlete).
Club Team: Played on LNE for 2 years … Played in All-American Showcase in July 2013.
Notes: Born in Ottawa, Ontario … First member of her family (including extended family) to attend an American university … Cousin Kelly plays varsity soccer at Brock University in Canada … Coached Concord-Carlisle Girls Youth Lacrosse Grades 7 and 8 … coached BB&N middle school girls' lacrosse team.
Why Yale? "Yale stood out to me for its remarkable diversity and its amazing academics. While attending an academically challenging institution, I will also be able to play lacrosse at the highest level. Playing lacrosse in university was a priority while I looked at schools. Yale will push me on and off of the field."
Sophie Mussafer
Weston, Mass.
Noble and Greenough
Revolution Lacrosse Black
High school: Two-time Academic All-American … Captained team senior year … Led team in goals as a senior and was MVP attacker … Led team in ground balls as a junior … 2012 ISL All-League honorable mention … 2013 ISL All-League … ISL Lacrosse Champions 2011 … Also on basketball team for four years (captain senior year) and on cross country team for two years … Four consecutive ISL Basketball championships … Two consecutive New England Class A Basketball Champions … ISL and New England Cross Country Champions 2011 … Awarded Davis Cup for sportsmanship at graduation … "Sophie Mussafer Teammate Award" created for Nobles girls varsity basketball team after senior season … Graduated with distinction … Student Director of Nobles Marathon Fund, which provides tuition assistance for students on financial aid.
Club team: Played with Yale teammate Victoria Moore on the Revolution Black Team, went undefeated at Champions Cup 2011 … Selected for Lower New England Lacrosse Team 2.
Notes: Made two service trips to South Africa with City Year in an effort to help with the education and well being of children in the Johannesburg area townships.
Why Yale? "Having the chance to attend Yale and play on the lacrosse team there is the opportunity of a lifetime. The incredible coaching staff is what drew me to Yale, and once I visited I knew there was no other place I would rather be. I love the campus and feel so grateful for the chance to get to know and play with such an amazing team."
Ashley Perselay
Chatham, N.J.
Metro Lacrosse Club
High school: Academic All-American 2013 … Scholar-Athlete Female Representative of Chatham High School 2013 Second team All-Conference 2013 … Second team all-county 2013 … First team All-Daily Record (1 of 2 defenders selected) 2013 … Named top defender by her team … Led team's low defenders in interceptions, caused turnovers and goals scored … Team was runners-up at 2013 state championship … Honorable mention all-county 2012 … Team won state and conference championships in 2011 and 2012 … 2012 team was ranked second in New Jersey and seventh in the country … Team was county champions in 2012 and county runners-up in 2011 … Also played on tennis team, serving as captain … Won Coaches award and was named second team all-conference at first doubles in 2012.
Club team: National Draw tournament champions, summer 2012.
Notes: Father played soccer and lacrosse at Hobart College … Sister Kelsey is a sophomore playing lacrosse at Georgetown.
Why Yale? "I chose Yale because of the prestigious institution it is, and its academic and athletic excellence. I knew that I wanted to play for Yale's rapidly growing Women's lacrosse team, and compete at the highest level. I was especially looking forward to learning a lot from Coach Phillips, and the rest of the dedicated and talented coaching staff, and taking my game to the next level."
Erin Sungelo
Parker, Colo.
Regis Jesuit
Team 180
High School: Played four years of varsity lacrosse … Four-year starting midfield … Captained team senior year … Named team's Offensive Player of the Year 2013 … Midfield MVP 2011 and 2012 … Led team in goals, points and caused turnovers in junior and senior year … US Lacrosse first team All-American 2013 … US Lacrosse Academic All-American 2012 and 2013 … Three-year CSLA Colorado All-League First Team Selection … CSLA Colorado Continental League Player of the Year 2013 … Named to Denver Post 2013 All-Colorado girls lacrosse team … Named to Aurora Sentinel All-City Girls Lacrosse First Team 2012 and 2013 … Team finished year as Continental league champions and ranked No. 2 in state.
Club Team: Played for Team 180 in 2013 … Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) inaugural National Girls HS Lacrosse Team … Colorado WDNL National Team Selection.
Notes: Born in Kitchener, Ont. … Member of National Honor Society … Student Athletic trainer … Member and co-founder of Equestrian Service Club, which provides equine-facilitated activities and therapies for the emotionally, mentally and physically challenged … Chosen as a member of a volunteer delegation that traveled to Belize and a local Mayan village tutoring and assisting children in rural areas … Started her own specialty cupcake business during her senior year of high school.
Why Yale? "Once I stepped onto Yale's campus, I knew there was no other place for me. The phenomenal academics, paired with the passionate and outstanding lacrosse program, made Yale the obvious choice."
Carlin Zia
Exeter, N.H.
Phillips Exeter
High School: Played three years of varsity lacrosse … Co-captain of lacrosse team senior year … Recipient of lacrosse team's Kesler award for spirit and dedication … Academic All-American … Three years varsity ice hockey … Co-captain of ice hockey team senior year … Four years varsity soccer … Soccer team MVP and co-captain senior year … Recipient of Phillips Exeter's Goodwin '25 Cup, given to the four-year athlete who best embodies the qualities of sportsmanship and participation … Recipient of the Vander Wolk College Scholarship "to honor a boy and girl in the graduating class who have been at Exeter for two or more years, and are the highest ranking academically among those seniors who have earned varsity letters in two or more sports." … Graduated cum laude … Recipient of academic excellence prizes in math (once each in advanced integrated mathematics and calculus), Russian (third year) and U.S. history … National Merit Scholarship finalist … Student member of Discipline Committee … Recipient of two scholastic art awards for printmaking (Silver Key and Honorable Mention) … Student Listener – peer support/listening program.
Club Team: Played club soccer with Seacoast United Soccer Club 2004-2013 … Won Super Y nationals (2009 and 2011) … Regional finalists (2012).
Notes: Plays the cello … Mother, Joanie Heisey, played ice hockey for the University of New Hampshire, part of a national championship team … Older brother, Matthew, is a senior at Colorado College.
Why Yale? "It goes without saying that Yale is home to a world-class intellectual community and that the campus and resources are exceptional, top priorities for me as a walk-on, but what really drew me here were the intangibles – the genuine warmth and curiosity of the people I met on my visit, the possibility of donning a blue jersey on game day and with it the inherited legacy of Yale athletics, the 'gut feeling' that this was where I wanted to spend the next four years."


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A group of artists in shows around Auckland this week are using paint in a variety of styles that make it clear the possibilities of the medium are far from exhausted.
Judy Millar, whose work has been exhibited twice at the Venice Biennale, has a show at Gow Langsford that uses oil and acrylic paint in combination with silkscreen printing. The essence of her work is the expression of energy and its style goes right back to Jackson Pollack dripping and splashing over the surface of the canvas. Pollack's best work is captivatingly lyrical. Millar's action paintings sing a more austere song but just as spontaneously.
Colour, applied as isolated patches, is the background, although two works called Deluge have plain gold bases to the canvas as if all the activity above had produced some vast pool. Other works have flashes of white like lightning. Raft has a full background of royal purple that works exceptionally well with a dash of black line.
The black lines are a mass of wild forms overlaying the colour. These shapes have all the unexpected intricacies of Millar's characteristic style but they have more loose ends than the convoluted forms turning in on themselves that she has used in the past. These energetic shapes are derived from a single painting enlarged into a big silkscreen.
The silkscreen is used to overlay the colour with tangles of black. The general thrust is upward in the Zoomzoom series of which there are four examples, all with different colour combinations. When the forms go down or across it makes the Deluge group. The screen itself is very coarse and provides grid-patterned areas in contrast to the vigorous driving lines. The paintings have great carrying power and provide a lively variant within the artist's established flourishing manner.
Much quieter are the abstractions of Madder Temple by Marie Le Lievre at the Antoinette Godkin Gallery. Her colour is more clotted. Her richly coloured oil paint is allowed to flood and blend. It is also layered with the underpainting bleeding at the edges. This happens within a variety of loose shapes that seem to have evolved from mixing colours. In one painting, Rugged (Clyde), a resist technique is used so the paint becomes delicately veined.
The most appealing works are the jewel-like head shape of Clubbed and the contrast of transparency and density in the title work in which the rose madder leaks from an almost black area of loaded colour. The extraordinary harmony gives the show great charm.
The mixture of subtlety and boldness that has always been characteristic of his work throughout his long career is even more marked in the eloquent exhibition by Mervyn Williams called Colour Corrected at Artis Gallery.
The subtlety is, as always, the ability to convey absolutely convincing three-dimensional waves and textures on the surface of the canvas. This is put to good use to show, in quietly subdued colour, the action of painting in the outer part. In the centre of most of the works is a circle of intense, unmodulated colour. These colour fields achieve great depth without ever becoming glazed or shiny. Only some have the illusionist properties of the framing colour. When the colour is contrastingly plain the results are spectacular, notably in Hot Shot and Fools Gold. The vividness of the red in the centre of Festina is stunning and a tribute to the mature confidence of the work.
At the Tim Melville Gallery in Follow Me, Elliot Collins continues his practice of using classical lettering across the middle of his works. They fall into two groups. The first are a number of charts of islands and harbours around New Zealand. The lettering does no more than call attention to the intrinsic interest of the charts. The fascination of maps and charts is real but we do not need the exhortation Follow Me to enter Wellington Harbour or circumnavigate Stewart Island in our imaginations.
The second group is made up of paintings and here the skilful paint and lettered mottos are a fertile partnership. Masses of small touches of colour make waves of emotion in Beautiful Words Break Me and the dashingly painted white clouds in a blue sky work well with the thought of Arriving or Stopping.
At the galleries:
What: Comic Drop by Judy Millar
Where and when: Gow Langsford Gallery, 26 Lorne St, to April 13
TJ says: Paintings of energy and size created by a special combination of oil or acrylic and silkscreen.
What: Madder Temple by Marie Le Lievre
Where and when: Antoinette Godkin Gallery, 28 Lorne St, to April 13
TJ says: Combinations of loaded and transparent strong colour find their own way in abstractions of considerable charm.
What: Colour Corrected by Mervyn Williams
Where and when: Artis Gallery, 280 Parnell Rd, to April 7
TJ says: Spectacular combinations of plain colour and the artist's special effects make for an exhibition with real impact.
What: Follow Me by Elliot Collins
Where and when: Tim Melville Gallery, 11 McColl St, Newmarket, to April 6
TJ says: An exhibition in two parts: official charts, which are interesting in themselves, and clean, clear paintings complemented by lettering.
For gallery listings see nzherald.co.nz/arts


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Schapiro was taken to task by Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, for her role in an agency embarrassment laid bare by an SEC inspector general's report in May that may lead to criminal prosecutions.
SEC Inspector General David Kotz had said the circumstances surrounding SEC's entering into a lease for 900,000 square feet of space at the Constitution Center in Southwest Washington, formerly the headquarters of the Transportation Department, "were part of a long history of missteps and misguided leasing decisions made by the SEC since it was granted independent leasing authority by Congress in 1990."
Denham called the hearing to find previously "elusive" answers on how the misstep occurred, as part of his pursuit of a bill to streamline federal property management and "reduce the federal footprint and put more people in less space." The bungled lease would have committed SEC to spending $500 million over 10 years for more office space than it needed.
His unanswered questions included why SEC's request tripled its space requirement, why the plan was pursued without written authorization from the Office of Management and Budget or Congress, why the proposed sole-source contract was approved "in a 10-minute meeting," and how the contract was illegally backdated.
Schapiro said there were "significant flaws in the process" and that she was "extremely disappointed in the failures." But she added that SEC successfully pulled out of the agreement, paid no rent, and helped arrange for two of the three portions of the space to be leased to other agencies. The only expense incurred, she said, was $415,000 for telecom circuitry and consulting help. But none of that "absolves the SEC for what should never have occurred," she said.
The context for the leasing effort in spring 2010 was impending passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, which, she noted, would require SEC to issue 100 new rule-makings, conduct 20 studies, and create four offices to regulate such instruments as hedge funds and derivatives. Planners expected to hire 1,000 to 1,100 new employees over two years and double the agency's budget by 2015.
Schapiro said she was told by her professional staff that a move to the Constitution Center was "a good deal" made urgent by the potential for competition from other agencies. "But when it subsequently became clear SEC wouldn't receive the funds, we took steps to relieve the agency of exposure," she said.
Since the IG's report, she has met personally with the GSA administrator, and staff from the two agencies have drafted a memorandum of understanding for future turnover of authority for SEC leasing to GSA. Of five individuals named in the IG report for possible misconduct, one, Diego Ruiz, left SEC and is on "terminal leave," she said. Disciplinary action for the others is under way, but they have been reassigned to nonleasing-related jobs. She said the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has been brought in to examine her agency's office space management.
Kotz testified that his team is reviewing SEC's corrective action, will monitor the discipline process, and has referred five individuals to the Justice Department for possible prosecution. He said Wednesday he is "confident that SEC leadership has remedied the situation and that it will not be repeated in the future."
Ranking member Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., said she will nonetheless push her bill (H.R. 2390) to remove SEC's leasing authority because the agency "has shown over the years that leasing is a function outside its area of expertise." She said she found it disconcerting that SEC's general counsel signed off on the problematic contract language.
Denham pressed Schapiro on why her agency committed taxpayers to $500 million "at a time when there was no budget and no Dodd-Frank bill."
Schapiro replied, "I don't disagree that it was done in an anticipatory way and should not have been done that way." But, she said, the agency had been criticized in the past for not hiring quickly enough.


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The above image represents the movements of a Domino's delivery guy in NYC as tracked by a gps system attached to his bike. The patterns of his movements make a remarkable image, but represent just the final piece in the larger network of the whole Domino's machine. First in the four part PBS series America Revealed, the "Food Machine" explores the networks that make America's food system work through the use of stunning arial photos, gps tracking, and computer animation. Starting with the man on the street that can produce all those blue squiggles, the matrix extends to the larger arteries of the pizza delivery system—the Domino's factories (like this one that Adam visited) —and beyond.
The series first aired in the US in April, but with the promotion of tonight's UK premiere, there's lots of renewed internet interest in the show. If you didn't catch it the first time around, it's posted online here.


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Since there seems to be a half dozen new HTC M7 rumors every day or two, we've decided to condense the last few into a single post. The expectation is that HTC will unveil the M7 on February 19th at press events in New York and London (we'll be attending the New York event), but we're sure there will be quite a new more leaks and rumors before then. So let's get started!
HTC M7 shows up in black and silver in Carphone Warehouse's inventory system. the image pretty much tells the whole story. A picture of Carphone Warehouse's inventory system lists the HTC M7 in both black and silver along with an M7 hard case and screen protector.[1]
HTC Germany promo image reveals a heart-powered microchip. Don't worry, you read that right. HTC Germany seems to be pretty excited about the unveiling of the HTC M7, so much so that they were willing to put their heart into it. The promotional image simply reads "ALIVE SOON" with HTC Germany's web URL. It's hard to say if there's any hidden meaning we should be seeing, but it's certainly an odd way to get people excited about an upcoming flagship phone. [2]
HTC M7 price tag set at €649.99 in Europe, March 8th launch date-reconfirmed. While the price of HTC's flagship phones have increased over the years, the €649.99 leaked from a French retailer is about €60 more than what consumers paid for the One X last year. Naturally, everyone can set their own price, but we hope we won't have to shell out more than $200 (with a two-year contract) once the M7 lands in the US. The image was eventually pulled, but it did also list a March 8th sale date, confirming information shared with us before. [3]
HTC M7 name to change to HTC One at launch. Apparently, the M7 isn't going to still around much longer. According to evleaks, HTC will be branding the phone as the HTC One. This could be a good thing, if HTC plays its cards right. They spent quite a bit of money building the One brand in 2012, but they will need to clean things up if they don't want to cause confusion among consumers. We're thinking the HTC One branding will follow what Apple has done with the iPad. They could release a new HTC One every year and have a One Mini (4.3-inch display) or a One Max (5-inch or larger) to give consumers various size options. If this is the case, all other Android phones from HTC will have to carry the Desire brand. [4]
Who's ready to pay €649.99 on March 8th to buy a silver HTC One? Honestly, we can't wait to get our hands on the HTC M7/One at the February 19th launch event.


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Reviewed By Clifton S (CASTLE ROCK, CO) Reviewed for a 2014 Honda CR-V —6/21/2015 1:34 PM
I've had these on my'03 CRV since I bought it new. My headlights still look like they did when it rolled off the assembly line. No yellowing or fogging up. As for rock damage, I've been through at least 4 windshields, zero new headlights. So either a rock has never hit the headlights, or these headlight protectors did the job. I'll bet on the latter. That's why I immediately ordered a set for my new 2014 CRV. Installation does require a little time and patience.


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Catch Bugs with Cali – Aquatic Insects
Cali Granger, Resident Entomologist of the Nature Center and UMU Senior, educated participants about some of the insects they may find in the pond and the stream at the Nature Center.
Kids of all ages tried their hand at netting aquatic insects.
Kick-netting in the stream.
The cool stream in the deep woods is a great place to be on a warm summer afternoon.
Though not an insect, the exciting catch of the day was a salamander.
Back in the lab, Cali identified and described some of the specimens collected.


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Horoscopes for week of February 20, 2003
Want to explore the coming week even further, Aries? Dig deeper? Feel stronger? Consider tuning in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Mojo means magic power or uncanny charisma. It can also refer to a fertility spell or sexual magnetism. Cat Yronwode, scholar of indigenous African-American religions, believes that while "mojo" may be a corruption of the word "magic," it's more likely derived from the West African word "mojuba," which refers to a prayer of praise and homage. In voodoo, a mojo bag is a cloth pouch filled with supernatural charms. "Mojo" is also invoked to mean the unpredictable benevolence of a mysterious force beyond our comprehension or the skill of a person who has stolen a boon from the gods. I hope these definitions will help you make the most of the fact that your relationship with mojo is now ripening nicely, Taurus.
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Pollsters asked a thousand kids aged 3-6 which they liked better, daddy or TV. Fifty-three percent asserted that they preferred TV. But even if your own inner child might be inclined to vote with the majority on this question, Gemini, I beg you to go in the other direction in the coming weeks. Why? Because you could really use the inspiration of a father figure: a benevolent older male who can inspire you to activate your latent reserves of ferocious willpower and wild confidence.
No one knows you better than you do, Gemini. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Yesterday I was busy reorganizing my room. While moving some things to make room for my laptop on a shelf, I temporarily placed it on the floor. "Please take note, Rob," I said pointedly to myself as I resumed puttering, "that the computer is now on the floor. Do not step on the computer. Did you hear me? Do not step on the computer." A minute later I got distracted by a phone call and ambled off to another part of the house. When I returned, I was lost in thought. As you might guess, my right shoe soon landed directly on the laptop. The damage cost me $125 to repair. The moral of the story, as far as it concerns your imminent future, Cancerian: Don't put the laptop on the floor in the first place.
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In the premise of the TV reality show, "Joe Millionaire," twenty women vied for the heart of a suave young rich dude, not knowing he was actually an average construction worker in disguise. The aspiring consorts were asked what they would do if chosen to help the guy spend his $50 million. One said, "I'd travel to a poor Third World country and bathe the suffering children." While that sentiment might be a little extreme for you to adopt, Leo, I urge you to envision your own version of altruistic generosity. How would you help others if you got a windfall? Believe it or not, carrying out this imaginative exercise will enhance your ability to attract more money into your life. And it's the perfect astrological moment to do just that.
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Many of us indulge frequently in the fantasy that our lives would be wonderful if only they were different from what they are. Here's a corollary to the curse: No matter what the current state of our relationship to love may be, we always imagine that it should be better. If we don't have a romantic partner, we think we should have one. If we do have a romantic partner, we wish he or she would change, or we wonder what it would be like to be with another partner. That's the bad news, Virgo. Here's the good news: In the coming days, I predict you will find a way to feel perfectly at peace with the way your love life actually is.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Virgo. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
The coming weeks will test your ability to think with your heart and feel with your mind. You will have to be acutely vigilant even as you stay sweetly relaxed. Your luck will grow to the degree that you open your doors of perception wider and close down the vulnerabilities that make it easy for mean people to hurt you. Fortunately, Libra, the cosmos will be conspiring to help you achieve a growing expertise in these exact capacities. I predict that by March 20 you will have earned the right to be called a master of contradictions.
Life will bring you entertaining revelations in the coming week, Libra. To explore even deeper, dive into your
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You know what you remind me of lately, Scorpio? You're like gourmet sea salt that has been hand-harvested on a warm, breezy afternoon in late summer from a pristine marsh in Brittany. You are, in other words, raw and elegant; you're primal and pure; you're a basic necessity but exquisitely unique. I trust that you will share your funky sublimity only with those who treat you as both a valuable spice and an essential condiment.
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Astronomers rely on telescopes to gather the observations that serve as their raw material. Not all their time is spent gazing up at the heavens, however. They have plenty of opportunities to work on "cloudy night problems," interpreting and massaging their data when the skies are overcast. I'd like to suggest that you're in an analogous phase, Sagittarius. At least for the moment, you can't glean any more crucial clues from peering outward into the glittering sprawl around you. Everything you need to know is contained within the observations you have already made and the information you've already registered.
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How many times have you wondered what your life would be like if your imagination hadn't been squelched by the educational system? What great happiness and marvelous feats might you have already claimed if your natural love of learning hadn't been crushed by bad teachers and inept pedagogy? It's the right astrological time to launch a quest to undo the damage, Capricorn. Imagine I've just handed you an undiploma: your official release from the oppression of your formal education; the beginning of your healing from the wounds perpetrated on you by your early schooling.
Where do you want to go in the coming week, Capricorn? Who do you want to be? For more clues, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
If you were out walking and spied a penny on the sidewalk, would you stoop down to scoop it up? Probably not. How about a higher denomination coin? Or is it your policy to never compromise your dignity for anything less than a dollar? If so, Aquarius, I encourage you to suspend your usual rule in the next two weeks. Metaphorically speaking, bending down to snatch a penny will set in motion a series of events that will lead to you finding a hundred-dollar bill. In other words, it's only by taking advantage of tiny unexpected rewards that you'll put yourself in a position to harvest the bigger kind.
Need a few more whacks applied to your mental blocks in the coming week, Aquarius? A few more caresses administered to your growing edge? Cruise on over to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"Three times my life has opened," begins Jane Hirshfield's poem by the same name. "Once, into darkness and rain. Once, into what the body carries at all times within it and starts to remember each time it enters the act of love. Once, to the fire that holds all." Now that you've had your imagination piqued by Hirshfield's testimony, Pisces, I'd like you to survey your memories and identify the magic moments when your own life opened. Jot down a few notes about them, please. That should prime you to recognize and be ready for the next big window of opportunity, which will arrive any day now.
Got enough clues to chew on for a while, Pisces? If you need more, give yourself the luxury of your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
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A month after 20 of their schoolmates were brutally killed a group of students from Sandy Hook Elementary gathered to record "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" with singer Ingrid Michaelson.
A group of 21 Sandy Hook singers, with the help of their music teacher Sabrina Post, gathered around the microphones at the home of former Talking Heads members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.
The song is on sale on Amazon and iTunes, with the proceeds benefiting Newtown Youth Academy and United Way of Western Connecticut.
"Music has the power to heal both the listener and the performers," said CBGB owner Tim Hayes, who produced the song, in a statement. "The new arrangement of the song feels as if the young angelic adult voice, Ingrid's, is almost teaching the song to the children."
"First she introduces it to them, then she is joined by an innocent, yet strong chorus of voices and by the end of the song it is only the children that we hear," he said. "In fact, the children were asked to sing the song as if it was a prayer. That emotion really comes though when the children sing their 'oooos,' which transforms the recording into something truly spiritual."
Michaelson and the children performed the song on Good Morning America Tuesday.
The following video is a behind-the-scenes look at the recording.


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Transportation officials are trying to convince the opponents of a $143 million project aimed at rearranging the Larkspur and Corte Madera stretch of Highway 101 that the proposed changes are necessary to increase safety and reduce highway bloodshed.
As the most accident-prone location in Marin County, the Larkspur-Corte Madera stretch of Highway 101 sees about 160,000 to 170,000 cars each day. Accidents are higher going northbound on the freeway toward San Rafael than southbound, according to Transportation Authority of Marin officials.
TAM's consultant David Parisi, with the Mill Valley-based Parisi Associates, said there have been 1,195 reported crashes in the area during a 10-year period, adding that for every reported accident there are two or three unreported ones. He said during that 10-year time frame, 556 people were injured. Two people were killed.
He said having so many onramps and offramps in close proximity along one small stretch of highway presents safety problems and worsens congestion.
"Collision rates are 30 to 100 percent higher than (the state) average at key weaving areas," Parisi said.
Dianne Steinhauser, TAM executive director, said officers with the California Highway Patrol will be on hand Tuesday at a special joint meeting of the Larkspur and Corte Madera councils to discuss safety issues in the corridor. The meeting takes place at 7 p.m. at the Corte Madera Recreation Center, 498 Tamalpais Drive.
The joint meeting is an extension of last week's public hearing in Larkspur, where the majority of the nearly 250 attendees expressed opposition to the proposed corridor changes. Changes include eliminating the Greenbrae pedestrian overcrossing and creating a 33-foot tall flyover to take drivers from southbound Highway 101 and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard into Corte Madera, ending at Wornum Drive.
Supporters of the construction project claim it will reduce traffic congestion, add $17 million in pedestrian and bicycle improvements and ultimately increase safety. Critics claim the project is outdated, monstrous and doesn't address traffic congestion on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
The project has been in the works for more than a decade. Caltrans initially wanted to close the Fifer Avenue and Madera Boulevard access ramps along southbound Highway 101 because they didn't meet the agency's engineering and safety standards.
Steinhauser said TAM fought with Caltrans to keep the ramps open, at the request of the community — which had concerns about negative impacts to surrounding businesses. She said about 11 project alternatives were proposed, but ultimately rejected by the community. Now they're left with an environmental document that has two options — build or no-build.
Larkspur Mayor Dan Hillmer said he thought the whole purpose of the project was to deal with traffic congestion coming from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to Highway 101 — not necessarily safety concerns. Especially since part of the funding is coming from the 2004 voter-approved Regional Measure 2, which increased tolls on state bridges by $1 for transportation improvement projects.
"It's funny how over a long period of time, focus can shift depending on who's working on it," Hillmer said.
He said TAM — which has committed gas tax revenue to the project — should explore lower impact, lower cost solutions to fix the highway's congestion problems.
Corte Madera Town Councilman Bob Ravasio said he too is a bit puzzled by TAM's heightened focus on safety.
"I understand it's not optimum and it's a little scary, but their own data doesn't support the fact that this needs to be corrected," Ravasio said. "The interchanges we're dealing with here are all well below the state averages."
According to the project's environmental document, accident data from January 2007 through December 2009 shows the collision rate for the highway stretch is below the statewide average. However, it says four of the ramps have higher accident rates. These ramps include the northbound Industrial Way offramp, northbound Sir Francis Drake Boulevard onramp, southbound Tamalpais Drive offramp and southbound Fifer Avenue offramp.
The collision data TAM has been presenting doesn't match what's in the environmental document, citing 10-year and three-year data, respectively.
Larkspur City Councilman Larry Chu said this has muddled discussions.
"Anywhere where there is a difference in perception, we need to reconcile those things," Chu said.
He said the northbound portion of the highway definitely needs to be fixed. The idea of returning to the previous alternatives and closing some of the ramps isn't quite what he has in mind.
"If you reduce the number of onramps, you end up with twice the number of cars trying to get onto the one onramp that's left," Chu said.
Ravasio said simply closing the Fifer Avenue offramp could address some of the safety concerns, as suggested by some members of the community. TAM said the flyover is necessary if the Fifer Avenue ramp remains open.
Closing the Madera Boulevard ramp is an idea Ravasio said he's less receptive to, as it's right next to the Town Center Corte Madera — a large tax generating retail outlet for the town.
He said he believes there are better options than the proposed project.
"I think there are solutions out there that are doable that don't require as much investment and as much time," Ravasio said.
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HOW to comment
The Larkspur and Corte Madera city councils will hold a joint meeting on the Greenbrae interchange project at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Corte Madera Recreation Center, 498 Tamalpais Drive.
Submit comments to Caltrans by emailing the senior enviornmental planner at firstname.lastname@example.com. Comments are due by Feb. 14.


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I mowed it myself. (I prided myself on being a tried-and-true DIY gal.)
Only problem?
I hated mowing the lawn. I dreaded it all week. I was always happy once it was finished… but I started dreading it again the very next day!
At that time, I was just beginning to Uplevel my business, which required that I view my time differently.
I realized that the simple act of writing content or creating a product could, in the long run, pay me WAY more than the short-term money I saved by mowing my own lawn.
So – even though I was scared – my first hire was a lawn guy. Sounds simple, but that taught me how to value the Return on Investment of my genius work.
These days I have an in-house team working for me at Uplevel World Headquarters. Delegation is no longer a question mark.
But I do work with clients and students who need to hire people – sometimes for the first time. They resist. They fight. They wonder if it's time. And they wonder if they should pay for work they feel they "could" or "should" do themselves.
I tell them there are signals that it's time to hire someone. Here they are:
1 – You don't have enough time to do the thing you're best at.
What are you good at? What do you want to be good at? How much time do you actually spend doing that thing?
If you're running around getting menial tasks done – and you have no time to pursue your passion, or engage in your high-pay-off, high-delight activities – then ask yourself why.
Even if you let go of one item (like cleaning your house) you're proactively choosing the value of your time. And choice is a game-changer.
2 – You keep trying to get good at what you were born to suck at.
The Quickbooks tutorial you're taking?
The "How to Be Your Own Accountant" book you've been trying to read?
The "Guide to Creating an Operations Manual" you're plugging away at?
Unless you are an accountant, a bookkeeper or an operations manager – these are things you – face it – were born to suck at.
But I'll bet you are masterful at the things you were born to do!
Hire all that other stuff. (Yes, you can start small.)
3 – You're worried about the economy.
Waiting for the economy to get better before you'll hire someone? Why not become a part of the solution and use your money to improve the economy?
While everyone else is pulling back and firing people – you can experience what it's like to be the change you wish to see in the world!
4 – No one can do it as good as you.
If you just shouted "Amen Sister!" – then please step away from your computer. Go to the bathroom mirror. Look into your eyes and say the following aloud:
"I have a bit of a control issue."
The belief that no one can do it better than you serves only to keep you in the role of the Martyr. Unless you are a brain surgeon, then there are many people who can (and will) do it as good as you. (And I doubt that brain surgeons run around cleaning the floor after surgery!)
5 – You're playing not to lose.
Ask any coach or athlete about this.
When you play to not lose, all you're doing is surviving, relying on yourself and hoping no one notices you.
When you play to win – you take risks, you keep your mental attitude strong, you rely on the team, you look for the goal. Decide that you want to play to win.
6 – You've used this phrase at least once in the past month: "By the time I show someone how to do it, I could just do it myself."
This is the mantra of someone who refuses to succeed. It's the mantra of the struggle-addict.
Learning how to delegate is empowering. Not just for you, but for others as well. Besides, when you show them how to do it once, they can keep doing it so you don't have to!
7 – You dread certain things so much that they don't get done.
It's okay to not enjoy certain aspects of your work or your life. This is the exact thing you can hire someone to do.
What items do you dread? No matter what they are, when you get them off your plate, you'll experience more energy just knowing they're getting done – and you don't have to worry about them anymore!
Share with me, my peeps! Which signal is on your radar right now? And who are you going to hire?
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