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Carl Wiley's 3-pointer with four seconds left wasn't just for a win Saturday – it was for a shot at history.
"We want to be the first in Orangefield history to make the playoffs in football and basketball the same year," Wiley said.
His triple lifted the Bobcats (3-5) to a 45-41 win against Hamshire-Fannett (2-6) Saturday at Orangefield to keep the Bobcats in control of their own playoff destiny.
Both squads were well aware of the importance of Saturday's game. Prior to Saturday, H-F, Buna and Orangefield were all tied for the final playoff spot in District 21-3A with 2-5 district records.
"I'm sure they understood the significance, but I tried not to play it up because I didn't want to put excessive pressure on them," Orangefield coach Rea Wrinkley said. "They knew we were tied and this was one of the teams we needed to beat."
Read the complete story in the Beaumont Enterprise.


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Manchester Crimewatch: Two city teens arraigned on underage drinking charge
June 15. 2014 10:35PM
MANCHESTER — Two teens arrested May 10 at what police said was an underage drinking party in a vacant apartment at 215 Eastern Ave. were arraigned Friday in 9th Circuit Court-District Division-Manchester.
Gabir Gabir, 18, of 141 Lake Ave., pleaded innocent to charges of criminal trespass, unlawful possession of alcohol and resisting arrest, for running from an officer who responded to the report of a party.
Bail for Gabir was continued at $1,000 personal recognizance, with no alcohol consumption, and trial was set for July 15.
The second teen was 2014 Manchester High School Central graduate Jalen Murchison, 17, of 515 Ray St. Murchison entered a negotiated plea to violations of criminal trespass and unlawful possession.
Murchison was fined $300 plus penalty assessment, for a total of $372, on the alcohol violation and was fined $100, suspended for a year of good behavior, on the trespass violation.
Accused of two DVP violations
A Massachusetts man was arraigned Friday in 9th Circuit Court-District Division-Manchester on two charges of violation of a domestic violence protective order.
Under terms of a protective order in effect, Ronald Ginsburg, 47, of 11 Crestline Circle, Beverly, is only permitted to contact his estranged wife in Manchester to facilitate visitation with their children.
But Ginsburg's wife told police that he called her May 31, saying he'd dropped off the children, and was asking her to meet him in a parking lot on South Willow Street, which she said she did. She said he wanted to talk about a man with whom she was involved and she told him it was none of his business.
Court documents show she also told officers that when a police cruiser passed by, Ginsburg was "spooked" and said he'd never go back to jail, he would kill himself.
She contacted police the next day, saying Ginsburg sent her several text messages and a voice mail. Court documents show the message was unintelligible except for the words: "Cut the b...s..."
She later told police that when Ginsburg dropped off the children May 31, he also opened a bathroom window, from outside, and threw the mail into the bathroom where she was. She told the officer she didn't know how he knew she was in bathroom. She said that he had texted her about the requested meeting.
The May 31 violation alleges he threw mail at her through the bathroom window and the June 1 violation alleges the message left on her phone was unrelated to the children.
Bail was set at $2,500 cash/surety and trial on the misdemeanor charges was set for July 17.
Two sets of charges
Chad Vaughn Manfra, 33, of 263 Blaine St., was charged with felony possession of a narcotic and a violation of driving without a license after an officer, who was aware there were theft-related warrants for Vaughn Manfra, recognized his Massachusetts license plate and stopped him Thursday on South Main St.
Court documents show the officer reported finding that Vaughn Manfra, who has no valid license, was in possession of a blue bag containing 22 30mg oxycodone pills.
The warrants, for theft by unauthorized taking and theft by deception, stem from Vaughn Manfra's allegedly taking an Xbox 360 game console from an Elmhurst Avenue apartment April 16 and pawning it for $40 at GameStop, 114 March Ave.
The Xbox owner told police it went missing, after Vaughn Manfra, his roommate's cousin, stayed at the apartment to help them with a move.
Court documents show Vaughn Manfra was questioned and said his cousin had given him permission to pawn it. The cousin said that some time ago, he had told Vaughn Manfra he could dispose of a PlayStation 3, but had not spoken with him about it recently.
Vaughn Manfra later said that as soon as he realized he'd made a mistake, he went to the store to get the items back, but it was closed.
When a police officer spoke to someone at GameStop, he learned Vaughn Manfra had brought in the gaming console, games and an extra controller. The items were returned to the owner and warrants were obtained for Vaughn Manfra.
Vaughn Manfra was arraigned on all four charges Friday in 9th Circuit Court-District Division-Manchester. Bail was set at $2,000 cash/surety, with conditions barring him from contact with the Xbox owner and barring him from that person's residence and from GameStop.
Because no plea can be entered to a felony in Circuit Court, a probable cause hearing was set for June 25, to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to send the charge to the Hillsborough County North grand jury for possible indictment.
The trial was set July 31 on the misdemeanor charges and the violation.
How to get her things
Laurie Chiarenza, 25, of 164 Maple St., pleaded innocent Friday in 9th Circuit Court-District Division-Manchester to a simple assault charge that alleges she punched her boyfriend in the throat earlier Friday at the Maple Street address.
Bail was continued at $1,000 personal recognizance, with conditions barring contact with the alleged victim and barring Chiarenza from the Maple Street residence.
Chiarenza said she was giving up her right to a court-appointed lawyer. But then she asked Judge William Lyons how she is supposed to get her things from the apartment.
Police prosecutor Sgt. Stephen Reardon said he would explain the process to obtain a civil standby, in which a police officer accompanies the person to the residence to pick up necessities.
Trial on the assault charge was set for July 15.


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- An envelope wallet in our Trench Leather, updated with a vibrant abstract splash, and opening to a complementing colour.
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Reviewed By James T (Greensburg, PA) Reviewed for a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria —3/2/2012 4:48 AM
My only complaint is there are no specific instructions for installing the device in the vehicle. Not everyone has Ph D. in auto mechanics and I had to do the installation twice per a intallation procedure step which was critical to the proper function of the product. As for the product itself I have seen a distinct improvement in the transmission shift pattern and a small increase in the overall performance of my car. I think more modifications need to be applied to get the real benefits of this product. This product should be marketed with a much lesser price in conjuction with the accompanying complimentary performance parts.


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APICS Makes It Easier for Designees to Keep CPIM and CSCP Certifications Current
APICS Makes It Easier for Designees to Keep CPIM and CSCP Certifications Current
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - Jan 29, 2014) - APICS, the leading association for supply chain and operations management, is simplifying the process that enables Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) designees to maintain their certifications.
APICS certifications demonstrate the highest level of professional excellence in the industry, and designees are sought after by employers worldwide. Those holding APICS certification must maintain their credentials every five years to verify that their knowledge and skills are current. In 2014, APICS is offering a simplified certification maintenance process to make it easier for designees to report the continuing education activities that keep their certifications up to date.
An improved online maintenance program makes it easier for those with current CPIM and CSCP certification to maintain their status. The new online system requires less detail and provides immediate notification of auditing or maintenance status. In addition, designees can apply for maintenance at any time during the five-year period.
Also newly available, for a limited time, is the CPIM recertification exam. Those with suspended or expired CPIM designations can take the recertification exam to reinstate their CPIM certification. Historically, APICS has required a series of five exams to recertify, but from February to December 2014 this can be accomplished by successfully completing a single three-hour exam.
In the summer of 2014, APICS will introduce an online verification system that provides the ability to confirm an individual's CPIM and CSCP certification status.
"We're making it as easy as possible to maintain CPIM and CSCP credentials. Maintaining certification is important because it ensures our designees continue to have validated skills that are sought after by employers," said Abe Eshkenazi, APICS Chief Executive Officer. "These improvements help those holding CPIM and CSCP designations to stay current and protect the value of the credentials for those who have earned them."
More than 100,000 industry professionals around the world have earned CPIM designation, which demonstrates mastery of essential terminology, concepts and strategies related to supply chain and operations management. CSCP certification is held by more than15,000 professionals in 77 countries and shows that a professional has attained the highest levels of knowledge and organizational skills for end to end supply chain management.
APICS is the leading professional association for supply chain and operations management and the premier provider of research, education and certification programs that elevate supply chain excellence, innovation and resilience. APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) designations set the industry standard. With over 37,000 members and more than 250 international partners, APICS is transforming the way people do business, drive growth and reach global customers. For more information, visit http://apics.org, join the APICS LinkedIn group at apics.org/linkedin, and follow APICS on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Tweet_APICS.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), beginning May 20 and ending on June 14. CRP has a 27-year legacy of protecting the nation's natural resources through voluntary participation, while providing significant economic and environmental benefits to rural communities across the United States.
Currently, about 27 million acres are enrolled in CRP. Producers that are accepted in the sign-up can receive cost-share assistance to plant long-term, resource-conserving covers and receive an annual rental payment for the length of the contract (10-15 years).
Contracts on 3.3 million acres of CRP are set to expire on Sept. 30, 2013. Producers with expiring contracts or producers with environmentally sensitive land are encouraged to evaluate their options under CRP.
Additional sign-ups for continuous CRP programs such as Highly Erodible Land Initiative and Initiative to Restore Grasslands, Wetlands and Wildlife will be announced in spring 2013.
For more information on CRP and other FSA programs, visit a local FSA service center or www.fsa.usda.gov.


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Meet Sarah. She used to live in New York and cover fashion for women's magazines. Then she moved to Yemen. What's Yemen? Just a little country where prisoners go to when they get released from Guantanamo, where Al Qaeda is like the Beatles, where eight-year-olds have to go to court to get their own divorces and where women aren't allowed to laugh in public. They've been trying to blow up foreigners lately in Yemen, and the Embassy and its stash of liquor is gone for the moment, but Sarah is sticking around because the food is cheap and she never really liked showing her hair or speaking in public that much to begin with. Herewith, an IM interview with Yemenista, the only Jezebel reader with ready access to qat. It's nature's adderall.
So. First things first! How the hell did you wind up in Yemen? And are you scared of Al Qaeda?
I am trying to think of how to best sum it up... I worked as a fashion editor in NYC for about 6 years and when 9/11 happened, I started wondering about Islam and why people hated the U.S. so much — I was not into interna'tl politics at ALL at that time — so I started studying Arabic and eventually left my job at the magazine I was working for (Good Housekeeping) and went to Cairo for 3 months. When I came back, I entered a grad program for journalism and tried to keep up with my Arabic study. So last summer I came to Yemen to do some intensive language courses and loved it before I finished my masters in Dec, I heard about an opportunity with the Yemen Times and I decided to take the job so I moved here for one year, beginning in January.
Ok, as for the evacuations: There have been a number of attacks on foreigners here starting last summer in July. Things were calm for a while but then recently there was a mortar attack on the US Embassy in the capital (Sana'a), and then about a week or so later, there was an attack on a residential facility that mainly housed oil workers and supposedly some diplomatic staff. After the residence attack, the US Embassy ordered all non-emergency staff to leave Yemen. Actually, many MANY people think that there will be a civil war here soon. It is kind of terrorism's last frontier- the gov't has a very shaky hold on power and there is now fighting going on in the North, the South and some central areas. Also, our gov't and the Yemeni gov't are having lots of problems right now since all the people that have been released from Guantanamo have been asked to sign papers saying that they will not carry out terrorist activities anymore. Obviously this ain't going over so well with in the States and now with the recent two attacks, the US is even more angry. So the rest of us Americans here are kind of waiting for our government to evacuate US any day now.
So does the United States think the ex-Guantanamo guys somehow spearheaded the recent attacks? Because Yemen has always been 1. somewhat out of control and 2. Al Qaeda friendly right? (I know 2 hijackers were apparently Yemeni, though they may have been Saudi born.) And...fuck. Tell me about where you worked in New York, and whether you miss it, and now that you're being evacuated and dodging mortarfire etc. etc. would you still tell anyone bored and unfulfilled at a fashion magazine to get the fuck out of New York and learn about the real world while they can?
Ha! Well, I still have lots of friends in that fashion-y/beauty world. But I find this a million times more fulfilling for sure. I think my daily life is a lot less 'sexy' than you might think, seriously! As for Al-Q, they have taken credit for all the attacks. And they are not only active but VERY popular here.
Really? But Yemen always seemed SO GLAMOROUS.
SUPER glam, let me tell you!
Do you chew qat? I've always wanted to chew that.
I am so impressed you know about it! I have, but I hate. And I hate what it does to this country.
Well it is really poor, right? Has the media interviewed a lot of the Guantanamo guys or are they allowed to talk?
Well, the ones that were released have kind of disappeared. but I think a few of them have spoke to media. Mostly Arabic-language sources though. The ones still at Gitmo are completely sealed off, cant even talk to their families. I talk to their lawyers pretty often though, since that's one of my beats
Is there oil there? Why is it so undeveloped? I have no concept of Yemen's history. But their oppression of women kind of makes you question all those theories about how rich natural resources are bad for economic diversification/women. Maybe just, women are screwed no matter what the natural resource situation?
Nutshell: it was a divided country until 1990 with a socialist-USSR-aligned south. and a religious, super poor north. Almost none of the country has oil but that hasn't stopped people from trying to dig. It is still REALLY divided in spirit. The British ruled the south until 1962 but mainly their economy is their paltry oil supply and qat which is sad.
Well I would buy some qat. is it legal here?
It is in fact not legal in the US and there was a big QAT ring (who knew?) that was busted last year in Dec! But that doesn't mean you can't try it anyway. It is also chewed in Ethiopia and Somalia and I think a few other countries as well. But it seriously is gross and tastes like hell, plus the high is not good. It's like being on a super-coffee high, and lots of people feel crazy/depressed afterwards. it makes you talk a lot (what I hear cocaine is like)
Ah, that's what I "hear" cocaine is like. So.... one thing I have been fascinated by is why Yemen doesn't seem to be in the news here more often. You have TERROR, after all.
Well, it's kind of a black hole. People don't know a lot about it and it's poor as all hell. It's like how our media covers Africa in a way. And things have been active lately but they were quiet for some years. I think it has to do with the government and Al-Qaeda trying to show people that the government is weak. There are always protests going on here and I thought I was going to be ambushed at one of the for the Gitmo (current) detainees. Some of the guys there were like, "You are Satan."
How are your living conditions? Do you live with other foreigners or in a university dorm or something? How much do you get paid and what is there to spend money on? What's it like to be a woman?
I get paid less than $500/month, but my rent in Yemen is SUPER low. There are a couple nice things to buy here, but not many. Yemen is great in lots of ways and that is def one of them. Some of the not so great ways include the BEYOND-limited rights of women here. I am talking about no cell phone talking in the street, okay, no TALKING in the street period for women...no laughing for women. No laughing! Yo have to wear full-body coverage at all times, but foreigners don't need to cover their hair.
No talking in the street, no laughing...what if you just went into the middle of the street and laid a really loud fart? Do you get caned for laughing, like in Singapore for graffiti?
Well, if you were Yemeni, your whole family would probably disown you because you disgraced them or some like bullshit. I have to go though, I'm meeting a friend for dinner and women aren't supposed to be out after sunset. But it will cost less than two dollars!


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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
Local border traffic at external land borders
This Regulation establishes a regime specifically applicable to local border traffic. It authorises the implementation of bilateral agreements offering advantages to border residents crossing the external borders of EU countries. It also introduces a special permit to be issued to the border residents, including those subject to a visa obligation.
Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending the provisions of the Schengen Convention.
Conditions of entry and stay
Local border traffic refers to the regular and frequent crossing for legitimate reasons of the European Union's (EU) external border by nationals of neighbouring non-EU countries resident in the border areas with the EU.
These border residents may cross the external land border of an EU country provided that they are in possession of a permit delivered to facilitate such a crossing (and of a passport, if required in the bilateral agreement), they are not persons in respect of whom the Schengen Information System (SIS) has been alerted and they are not deemed to be a threat to public order.
These persons are authorised to stay in the border area for a maximum duration stipulated in the bilateral agreement between an EU country and the neighbouring non-EU country. The stay must not exceed three months.
Border residents are given a permit limited to the border area which is valid for between one and five years.
The fees will be equivalent to those payable for a short-term multiple-entry visa. However, EU countries may decide to reduce or even waive the fees.
Agreements on the implementation of the local border traffic regime
EU countries may conclude agreements on local border traffic with neighbouring non-EU countries. They may also maintain existing agreements provided they comply with this regulation. Furthermore, EU countries must ensure that non-EU countries apply the principle of reciprocity and grant comparable treatment to citizens of the EU wishing to travel to their border area.
These agreements can allow border residents to use:
- border crossing points open only to border residents;
- special lanes at ordinary border crossing points;
- exceptional authorisations for border residents to cross the border outside authorised border crossing points and hours.
EU countries must enforce effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties in the event of misuse of the local border traffic regime. These may include cancelling or revoking the permit.
Inclusion of the Kaliningrad oblast (region) and certain Polish administrative districts in the eligible border area
This Regulation was amended by Regulation (EU) No 1342/2011 including the Kaliningrad oblast, the only enclave in the European Union, along with certain Polish administrative districts in the eligible border area for the purpose of the bilateral agreement between Poland and Russia. It applies to Iceland and Norway since it constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (i.e. the existing EU laws on the Schengen area - an area in Europe without internal borders in which citizens, many non-EU nationals and tourists can freely move without border checks), as well as to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It does not apply to Ireland and the United Kingdom.
This Regulation was drawn up in response to the plan for the management of external borders of the Member States of the European Union endorsed by the Seville European Council of 21 and 22 June 2002, which highlighted the need to adopt measures to regulate local border traffic.
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
Official Journal
Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006
OJ L 405 of 30.12.2006
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
Official Journal
Regulation (EU) No 1342/2011
OJ L 347 of 30.12.2011
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: Report on the implementation and functioning of Regulation (EU) No 1342/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 as regards the inclusion of the Kaliningrad oblast and certain Polish administrative districts in the eligible border area and on the bilateral agreement concluded thereof between Poland and the Russian Federation. [ COM(2014) 74 of 19.2.2014 - not published in the Official Journal].
As the agreement has only been in force for a brief period, any assessment can only be limited. From the limited information available, it appears that the local border traffic regime in the case of Kaliningrad is functioning well and that there has been an increase in the number of border crossings by people living in the border area.
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 9 February 2011 Second report on the implementation and functioning of the local border traffic regime set up by Regulation No 1931/2006 [ COM(2011) 47 final - not published in the Official Journal].
Four years after the creation of the local border traffic regime, four bilateral agreements have entered into force (Hungary/Ukraine, Slovakia/Ukraine, Poland/Ukraine and Romania/Moldova). Only the latter agreement is entirely compliant with Regulation No 1931/2006. Three other agreements were due to enter into force in 2011 (Poland/Belarus, Lithuania/Belarus and Norway/Russia) and several draft agreements have been the subject of consultations with the Commission. The Commission considers that the regime is functioning efficiently, but requests that the agreements which do not comply with the Regulation are amended. The Commission confirms the conclusions of its first report which noted stricter conditions in the agreements than those provided for by the Regulation. Information provided by the EU countries concerned shows that border traffic permit holders use the permits very frequently, for stays ranging from a few hours to two days. The main difficulties highlighted concern the definition of the border area, the requirement for travel medical insurance (not provided for by the Regulation), and the Kaliningrad region (a Russian enclave within the EU).
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 24 July 2009 on the implementation and functioning of the local border traffic regime introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States [ COM(2009) 383 final - not published in the Official Journal].
Since the adoption of the above Regulation, only the following bilateral local border traffic agreements have entered into force: Hungary/Ukraine, Slovakia/Ukraine and Poland/Ukraine. A few other EU countries have consulted the Commission on the following agreements: Lithuania/Belarus, Lithuania/Russian Federation, Latvia/Russian Federation, Poland/Belarus, Bulgaria/Serbia, Bulgaria/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Romania/Ukraine. Only one bilateral agreement existed before the adoption of the Regulation: this involved the frontier between Slovenia and Croatia. At the time the report was drafted (2009), it wastoo early to evaluate the implementation and functioning of the local border traffic regime.
The EU countries that consulted the Commission applied the facilitation measures provided by the Regulation to a varying extent, yet never in full and mostly with additional restrictions.
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Will Windows 8 Kill Physician iPad EHR Requirement?
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
Yesterday at the Digital Health Conference I had the chance to catch up with George Cuthbert from Medent. He'd emailed me a few months back about the potential benefit of Windows 8 in the EHR world and the deep integration of Win 8 that they'd been working on to leverage the unique abilities of Windows 8 for their EHR users.
I admit that since I've become more of a health IT blogger and less of a techguy, I haven't kept close track of all that was happening with Windows 8. I knew that it was designed to incorporate touch as a major focal point of the new Operating System and I knew that it was Microsoft's attempt to integrate the best of touch together with the advantages of data input using a keyboard and mouse.
Based on the short demo that George did for me of Win 8 and the Medent EHR, it has some real promise. In fact, as the title suggests, I think that if an EHR vendor does it right this could solve the issues that so many EHR vendors have of trying to create an iPad EHR application.
This may sound a little outlandish and certainly many doctors have a special love affair with Apple products. However, I think that most doctors don't care if it's an iPad or Windows 8. They just want the iPad like touch interface which allows them to smoothly consume data from their EHR. The Fujitsu model that George showed me has the potential to do just that. In fact, it was quite beautiful how seamlessly you could go from the tablet to a laptop workstation and back.
The biggest challenge that most EHR software will have with this idea is that their EHR isn't built for touch. Just because Windows 8 makes touch possible doesn't mean that it will be a good experience to use that way. That's true for iPad as well and is the major reason why Citrix access to your EHR on your iPad isn't a great solution. Touch requires a very different interface. George and Medent realize this and you could see the thought and effort they've been putting in to transform their interface into a touch optimized experience.
Obviously, I think we'll still see plenty of iPad in healthcare and iPad EHR. However, I have a feeling that many in healthcare will be just as happy with the Windows 8 touch implementation.


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I've turned my story "New Practical Physics", originally published in Say...What's the Combination? in 2007, into an experimental hypertexty bloggy thing (that's the technical term). I thought it would take an hour or two, but then I got to fiddling with the layout, searching for pictures and links, etc., and an hour or two turned into hours of work over many days.
But I think the work was worth it. Collage is my favorite art form, and this has made the story even more of a collage than it was originally, so I'm now happy enough with it to share it with y'all.


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Alex Gordon froze with one out in the seventh inning Sunday against the Blue Jays, watching strike three sail by with Jarrod Dyson on third base in a tie ballgame.
The Royals never got Dyson home that inning, but Gordon refused to make the same mistake with the game still undecided two innings later.
"(Blue Jays reliever Brett Cecil) made a good pitch, a cutter in, that froze me (in the seventh), but I came up the next time against (Darren) Oliver — another lefty —and said, 'Hey, if it's anywhere close to the strike zone, I'm swinging,'" Gordon said. "I made an adjustment."
With one out and Chris Getz on second, Gordon jumped on a first-pitch slider from Oliver and ripped the game-winning RBI single into left field for a hard-fought 3-2 victory.
"I just wanted to be aggressive," Gordon said. "Getz did a great job getting in scoring position and I was trying to take a good swing, put the barrel on the ball and make something happen."
The result was a walk-off win when Getz, who reached with a double to right-center, slid home safely well ahead of Emilio Bonifacio's throw and sent the crowd of 29,057 home smiling.
The Royals, 7-5, opened the season's first home stand by sweeping the Twins, but had dropped two straight against Toronto before Gordon's heroics capped another stellar outing by starter Ervin Santana.
While Santana wasn't nearly as dominant as he was last Monday during the home opener, he consistently wriggled out of trouble, finishing with a no decision after he allowed two runs — one earned — in eight innings.
Santana, who scattered seven hits and three walks, recorded four strikeouts (all on sliders) including one against slugger J.P. Arencibia with two runners on to end the eighth inning in a 2-2 game.
"He was very stingy in terms of giving up runs and made big pitches when he needed to, especially in the eighth when he needed to get Arencibia," Royals manager Ned Yost said.
Escaping trouble was Santana's M.O. throughout the afternoon.
The Jays got one in the first, but an error factored heavily into the equation .
Former Royals Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista swatted consecutive one-out singles and moved up a base when Dyson bobbled the ball in center.
Santana coaxed Edwin Encarnacion into a groundout to third baseman Elliot Johnson, but there was no chance for an inning-ending double play thanks to the error.
"I talked to him on the bench after that and I told him, 'I'm going to get you at some point in this game and I'll bounce back from that,'" Dyson said.
Dyson atoned in the third when he roped a leadoff triple to right-center field and scored on Alcides Escobar's one-out sacrifice fly.
In between, Santana continued his Houdini act.
He gave up leadoff singles in the second and third innings, throwing in a walk to Bonifacio with nobody out in the third, but induced inning-ending double plays to end both threats.
Santana later worked around a leadoff single by Rajai Davis and one-out walk to Munenori Kawasaki in the fifth then stranded Cabrera and Encarnacion in the eighth with the Arencibia strikeout.
"He's an experienced pitcher and doesn't get caught up in too many situations," Getz said. "He made some huge pitches."
The only earned run Santana allowed came in the sixth inning when Encarnacion snapped a zero-for-11 skid with a one-out solo home run to left-center. The 393-foot wall-scraper probably benefited from the steady 18 mph tailwind that gusted to 33 mph at times.
However, the Royals tied the game in the bottom of the inning on Lorenzo Cain's RBI single.
With one out, Billy Butler flared a single over second baseman Macier Izturis' head in shallow right field. He moved to second on Eric Hosmer's opposite-field single and scored with ease when Cain rapped a grounder up the middle.
Reliever Kelvin Herrera, 1-0, was credited with the win after a perfect ninth.


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Attention, casting directors: Judging by Patti LuPone's show "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda . . . (Played That Part)," you've been seriously falling down on the job.
Sure, the two-time Tony winner has triumphed in such roles as Eva Perón in "Evita" and Mama Rose in "Gypsy." But considering the roof-raising rendition of "Trouble" that she delivers in her current stint at 54 Below, there's no reason why she shouldn't play the title character in a genderreversed revival of "The Music Man."
Not to mention Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl," as evidenced by her similarly triumphant performance of that musical's show-stopper, "Don't Rain on My Parade." King Arthur in "Camelot?" No problem, if her authoritative version of "How To Handle a Woman" is any indication. And it's doubtful that any actor playing Curly in "Oklahoma!" could deliver a more exuberant "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'."
"I'm gonna do whatever I want," LuPone announced at the beginning of the evening, and the freedom seemed to loosen her up. She delivered a relaxed, funny performance, filled with running gags — including one about an early head shot featuring a butcher knife ("And you wonder how reputations get started") — that were delivered with the crack timing of a stand-up comedian. There were no tirades that might later show up on YouTube, a la her infamous berating of a picture-taker at a performance of "Gypsy." Instead, she sweetly serenaded the audience with "The Way You Look Tonight," even snapping pictures of them as they happily posed.
The show included several of her signature numbers, such as the gorgeous "Meadowlark" and, of course, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," in which she hilariously mimed looking at a watch while striking the famous arms-outstretched pose. But it was the ventures outside her usual repertoire that were revelatory, such as an achingly tender rendition of "Neverland" from "Peter Pan."
"I would have played that part if only somebody had just asked me," she pointed out.
And if any performer other than Sinatra has a right to sing "My Way," it's her. When she sang the line "To think I did all that/And may I say, not in a shy way," the audience erupted in knowing laughter. What made it especially delicious was that LuPone was clearly in on the joke.


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Study Suggests Atlantic Responds to Global Warming
Ruth Curry finds northern waters are fresher; tropics are saltier
Tropical seas have become saltier over the past 40 years, while waters closer to Earth's poles have grown fresher, according to a recent study led by Ruth Curry, a research specialist in the WHOI Physical Oceanography Department. These trends suggest that recent climate changesincluding global warmingmay be altering the fundamental systems that regulate the movement of fresh water around the globe.
"The properties of Atlantic water masses have been changingin some cases radicallyover the five decades for which reliable and systematic records of ocean measurements are available," Curry and colleagues wrote in the December 17 issue of Nature. Curry collaborated on the study with Bob Dickson of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (United Kingdom) and Igor Yashayaev of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Canada).
The research team analyzed measurements of salt content (salinity) collected along a transect from the tip of Greenland to the tip of South America. They found that surface waters in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic have become markedly more saline. Simultaneously, much of the water column in the high latitudes became fresher.
The oceans and atmosphere continually exchange fresh water. Evaporation over warm tropical and subtropical oceans transfers water vapor to the atmosphere, which then transports it toward both poles. At higher latitudes, that water vapor precipitates as rain or snow and ultimately returns to the oceans, which complete the cycle by circulating fresh water back toward the equator. The process maintains a balanced distribution of water around our planet.
But Earth's warming in recent decades may be intensifying evaporation over oceans in the low latitudes, raising salinity concentrations there and transporting more water vapor toward Earth's poles. The scientists estimated that net evaporation rates over the tropical Atlantic have increased by 5 to 10 percent over the last four decades. This trend appears to have accelerated since 1990; ten of the warmest years on record (since 1861) have occurred in that period.
An acceleration of Earth's global water cycle could affect global precipitation patterns, altering the distribution, severity, and frequency of droughts, floods, and storms. It also could exacerbate global warming by rapidly adding more water vaporitself a potent, heat-trapping greenhouse gasto the atmosphere.
This warming of the planet and the movement of more water vapor to high latitudes has contributed to the melting of glaciers and Arctic sea ice, pouring additional fresh water into the North Atlantic. Increasing precipitation in higher latitudes already seems to be contributing to the freshening of North Atlantic waters.
Among other possible climate impacts, an accelerated evaporation-precipitation cycle could continue to freshen waters in the North Atlantic to a point that could disrupt ocean circulation. The North Atlantic is one of the few places on Earth where surface waters become dense enough to sink to the abyss. The plunge of this great mass of cold, salty waters helps drive a global ocean circulation system, often called the Ocean Conveyor. This conveyor helps draw warm Gulf Stream waters northward in the Atlantic, pumping heat into the northern regions, where it significantly moderates wintertime air temperatures, especially in Europe.
If the North Atlantic becomes too fresh, its waters will stop sinking, and the conveyor could slow down. Analyses of ice cores, deep-sea sediment cores, and other geologic evidence clearly demonstrate that the Conveyor has abruptly slowed or halted many times in Earth's history. That has caused the North Atlantic region to cool significantly and brought long-term drought conditions to other areas of the Northern Hemisphere over time spans as short as years to decades.
"Our results indicate that fresh water has been lost from the low latitudes and added at high latitudes, at a pace exceeding the ocean circulation's ability to compensate," Curry, Dickson and Yashayaev wrote. Taken together with other recent studies revealing parallel salinity changes in the Mediterranean, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, a growing body of evidence suggests that the global hydrologic cycle has changed in recent decades.


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After studying composition and organ, Theo Brandmüller became professor of composition at the Saarland Academy in 1979 * Organ performances in Germany and abroad, mostly with contemporary music * Co-director of the young composers competitions of the Musikalische Jugend Deutschlands e.V. at Schloss Weikersheim * Numerous prizes for his works, among them a scholarship of the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris and the Rome Prize of the Villa Massimo in 1979 * 1986 and 1988 teacher and director of the 'Table d'orgue' at the International summer courses at Darmstadt * Among his organ works, the Concerto for organ and orchestra (1981) is the most important * Organ player at the Ludwigskirche, Saarbrücken since 1982
Works by Theo Brandmüller include:
Dramma per Musica for large orchestra (1981)
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Breakfast is a place where carbohydrates reign supreme. Bagels, toast, muffins, and doughnuts are the mainstays of the first meal of the day. And when you introduce a gluten allergy into the mix, breakfast becomes a bit more of a challenge. Our own Elizabeth Barbone has come up with a solution to this breakfast pastry challenge with her Powdered Sugar Doughnut Muffins from How to Cook Gluten-Free.
The rice flour batter, lightly sweet and scented with nutmeg, bakes up light and springy before getting a roll in confectioners' sugar. These bite-sized doughnut muffins are easy enough to throw together even on a weekday morning and lend themselves to all sorts of variations, a veritable blank gluten-free breakfast canvas.
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UW-Green Bay's major and minor in Business Administration offer the skills and broad business background needed for a lifetime of opportunity. More than 90 percent of graduates typically find employment in business, industry, government, and other fields, or enter graduate programs within six months of graduation. UW-Green Bay students are accepted into reputable graduate schools. Many alumni are successful business leaders. Alumni surveys indicate that alumni perceive the Business Administration program very favorably, their program of study prepared them extremely well for their careers, the quality of the Business Administration faculty is "excellent," and they would recommend the program to others.
The program provides considerable exposure to the liberal arts and develops the critical thinking, problem-solving, interpersonal, communication, quantitative and computer skills needed by graduates to successfully serve as leaders within modern organizations. The program also addresses contemporary organizational issues such as global competition, continuous quality improvement, social responsibility and ethics, and the relationship between organizations and various environmental forces.
The Business Administration major is an interdisciplinary and problem-focused program comprised of three integrated elements: supporting, core and emphasis courses. The supporting and core courses provide breadth and introduce each student to the foundations of business knowledge, including communications, economics, statistics, computers, accounting, finance, management and marketing. Each Business Administration major extensively studies an area of emphasis: finance, management, human resource management, or marketing. Each emphasis consists of courses designed to thoroughly prepare the student in a business specialization. In addition, Business Administration students are required to develop expertise and problem-solving proficiency in at least one other field by completing a non-business minor. Each student works with a faculty adviser to plan a program which meets the student's personal and professional goals.
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Extensive opportunities are available for students to meet business professionals and gain practical experience. Active student organizations support these efforts and help students to meet others with like interests. Faculty members encourage participation in the internship program.
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Entering freshmen should declare a pre-business major when they enroll. To be eligible for admission to the Business Administration major or minor, a student must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average on a total of at least 36 earned credits. Transfer students who have less than 36 degree credits and/or less than a 2.5 grade point average, must earn 15 degree credits at UW-Green Bay and earn a 2.5 grade point average or better on those 15 credits.
Eligibility does not guarantee admission. Only the most qualified applicants, based upon grade point average, are admitted from the pool of eligible students. The number of students admitted is determined by availability of faculty, enrollment levels and other considerations.
All students must have a total of 36 earned credits with a minimum 2.5 grade point average to enroll in the "gateway" courses (ACCTG 305 and BUS ADM 322, 343, and 382).
All students must meet Business Administration's exit requirement to graduate with a major in Business Administration. Students intending to graduate with this major must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average.
Business Administration is a popular choice as a minor. In addition, a second option is a minor in International Business. This minor encourages students to gain language and culture proficiency sufficient to complement their study of Business Administration in a world economy.


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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt frittered away their $10 million fortune because they believed the world would end in 2012.
In 2010, Pratt revealed the couple was broke and on the verge of bankruptcy, and they even gave up their luxury home and moved in with his father to save money.
He has now admitted they deliberately spent all their cash before 21 December, 2012 - the day the world was set to end, according to a prophesy based on the Mayan calendar.
He tells Britain's OK! magazine, "We made and spent at least 10 million dollars. The thing is, we heard that the planet was going to end in 2012. We thought, we have got to spend this money before the asteroid hits.
"Here's some advice, definitely do not spend your money thinking asteroids are coming. But the world didn't end."
Opening up about his extravagant lifestyle, Pratt adds, "I would give my friends £15,000 for their birthday. Just cash. I would buy people cars. Every valet I met got a couple of hundred pounds tip. I would pay people £200 just to open doors for us."


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By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor
Last week the Monitor, noting the publication of a new collection of essays from the tendentious post-Zionist historian Avi Shlaim, reflected on the damage inflicted by post-Zionism on Israel's international reputation and, more important, Israel's collective consciousness.
Academic acolytes of post-Zionism can talk all they want about how a confident, mature nation deals openly with the alleged dark elements of its past, but the truth is that in their eagerness to demonize their country they represent the very apotheosis of confidence and maturity.
Indeed, they resemble nothing so much as the Galus Yid so fiercely scorned by Israelis of an earlier vintage. It is the Galus Yid, after all, who according to classic Zionist ideology is forever condemned to an existence of supplication and self-denigration, slavishly agreeing with and appeasing his enemies, even to the point of internalizing all the worst stereotypes and epithets they hurl his way.
Given the ease with which post-Zionism infected Israel's body politic, one is forced to conclude that the era of muscular and unapologetic Zionism was but a brief interregnum in the long history of Jewish weakness and insecurity – and it becomes easier to comprehend how the majority consensus in Israel shifted rather quickly from flat denial of the historicity of a "Palestinian Arab" nation (a notion Arab leaders themselves vigorously opposed in the years leading up to and immediately following the creation of Israel) to mute acceptance as indisputable truth all claims of Palestinian nationhood.
And yet that particular shift in Israeli public opinion, swift though it was, rates as positively sluggish when compared with the breakneck pace of Israel's resuscitation of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which in 1991 appeared ready to breath its last.
Vilified in the West for its enthusiastic support of Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf War; strapped for cash thanks to the demise of one sugar daddy (the Soviet Union) and the disgust of another (Saudi Arabia); and increasingly viewed by rank and file Palestinians as hopelessly venal and self-serving, the PLO was on the brink of long-deserved oblivion.
Hardly had the hearse backed up to the grave, however, when the funeral was abruptly canceled – unbelievably enough by Israel itself, which almost single-handedly brought Yasir Arafat back to political and diplomatic life, buffed his image, and convinced the international community to open its coffers and replenish his bank accounts.
By 1993 the transformation was complete. In a matter of months Arafat had gone from being scorned as the planet's most infamous terrorist to being feted as a Nobel-caliber statesman, all under the auspices of an Israeli government that, in a display craven enough to make even the most hopeless Galus Yid proud, pleaded on bended knee for no one to take seriously Arafat's continued penchant for anti-Semitic rhetoric and graphic calls for Israel's destruction.
And so it came to pass that even when Arafat was videotaped issuing fiery calls in Arabic for jihad and the shedding of Jewish blood, Shimon Peres stood in the Knesset and told the world the tapes must somehow have been doctored by the enemies of peace.
There really is no parallel to the phenomenon witnessed by the world in those years: A small country, surrounded by enemies who given the chance would tear it to pieces like a pack of ravenous wolves, rehabilitating as its "peace partners" the most ruthless killers of its women and children while flagellating itself for every lie ever told by those who pined for its destruction.
Against the backdrop of such boundless naiveté and relentless self-criticism did the New Jew of Zionist ideology metamorphose into the Galus Yid of Zionist mythology. The wide-eyed wonder of young Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall in 1967, captured for eternity in David Rubinger's iconic photograph, suddenly seemed hopelessly passé, as did the emotional reference in Hatikvah to "a free nation in our land."
It took forty-plus years of statehood, but the old Zionist spirit of moral certainty and national pride had, by the mid-1990s, given way to a new ethos, one of cringing embarrassment and deepening doubt.
And while post-Zionists and Israeli leftists in general were mortified by Arafat's rejection of the sweeping concessions offered by Ehud Barak at Camp David and Taba, and even more so by Arafat's launching of a second intifada, the harping on Israeli culpability, instigation and oppression have continued to this day, nowhere more shrilly and adamantly than in the opinion-shaping precincts of Israeli media and academia.
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Skip to comments.Regulation Nation: New federal rules for school food will cost millions, group says
Posted on 03/05/2013 8:57:36 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Newly proposed federal regulations aimed at the snack foods and drinks served in the nation's schools could come with a hefty price tag.
The American Action Forum estimates the regulations, which include caps on serving sizes and calorie counts, will cost schools $127 million and require more than 926,000 hours of paperwork.
Sam Batkins, director of regulatory policy at the institute, says the proposals amount to yet another unfunded federal mandate for state and local governments, "at a time when many of their budgets are still struggling."
The Food and Nutrition Service regulations would be administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which says schools in at least 39 states already have some kind of snack food standards in place. Thousands of schools "have already taken voluntary steps towards meeting the proposed standards," the department said, adding that many of the schools have started making the changes with little or no impact to their revenue.
The new proposals come as a part of a second wave of regulations stemming from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Administrators are still working to comply with a number of other mandates that have significantly changed school food options in recent years. They include a requirement that each student take a serving of fruit or vegetable as part of their lunch or the federal government may not reimburse the cost -- driving up prices for both students and school districts.
But getting the healthier fare onto kids lunch trays doesn't necessarily mean that they'll actually consume the food. One West Philadelphia High School student told a local reporter that kids use the servings to play "food basketball," simply tossing away the fruit placed on their tray.
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Starve your children Nanny State PING!
"at a time when many of their budgets are still struggling."
Fiduciary strangulation is part and parcel of a communist takeover.
Standard lunches for 'standard' kids. Hmm. The little 5' 98 lb girl has the same 'standard' caloric requirement as a 6'2" football player . Yeah. That'll work.
Hey, here's someplace the feds can save some money.
Only a 'cut back' in government can cause increased spending.
Seems Malia Obama and her buddies lunching out in NYC and having a good time were not held to having to eat packing material snacks below 200 calories.
This is freaking nonsense. These are growing kids and as such need more calories than an average adult. I would like to see that bloated b!tch Moochelle and her two spoiled git survive a week on what she expects public schoolchildren to eat. Reason #754 why people need to homeschool their kids, if they are able to do so. Just further evidence of the subversive plans to indoctrinate America's schoolchildren. If that doesn't work, then weaken them physically so they are unable to resist.
That is exactly what has been happening.
So the older/bigger kids have been paying extra for more food
Thanks for the ping!
All I know is that the school my 4th grade grandson goes to no longer allows 'seconds'. He is ready to eat a horse by the time school lets out—and he isn't fat.
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- Earth Day Dinner
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"Sustainability" is a slippery term with a meaning clouded by overuse. At its core is the notion of maintaining a healthy existence. That's something I take seriously in all my cooking. At my last Portland restaurant, Rocket, we had an enormous rooftop garden where some of Oregon's finest produce enjoyed the city's best view. I'm pleased that this garden reduced our carbon footprint, but I'm overjoyed that in downtown Portland I could climb out of a hatch and snag tiny radishes, crisp peas, sparkling lettuces, and loads of fresh herbs just before serving them. When I or my cooks dashed upstairs with a bucket and scissors in hand, we became part of the argument for sustainability; pulling vegetables from the dirt buoys the spirit and gives a tangible rationale for protecting our planet. Here are some of my favorite springtime recipes for an Earth Day feast, using ingredients found easily at most natural groceries.
Black Kale Gratin
Serves 8-10 / This dish is loaded with iron and antioxidants. Ingredient tip: Lacinato, or dinosaur, kale works best, but any dark leafy green will do. Prep tip: Use one side of your sink to drain kale and the other side as an ice-water bath to stop the cooking.
View Black Kale Gratin Recipe here
Arugula Salad with Citrus Dressing
Serves 4-6 / In early spring, I spike salads with radishes, dill, mâche, and rocket flowers. In high summer, it's basil, tarragon, delfino (a cilantro cousin), nasturtiums, and finely sliced raw beans. The dressing is a citrus mix, reduced to concentrate flavor. It's a friendly and accommodating dressing that encourages you to concoct your own mix of herbs and greens.
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Why do we need an Order of Operations?
Lesson 10 of 16
Objective: SWBAT: • Explain the Order of Operations • Use the OOO graphic organizer to simplify numerical expressions
Big Idea: Why do we need an Order of Operations? What is 5 + 3 x 4? What is 3 x 4 + 5? Students work through examples to get at these questions and work with the order of operations to simplify numerical expressions.
Do Now
See my Do Now in my Strategy folder that explains my beginning of class routines.
Often, I create do nows that have problems that connect to the task that students will be working on that day. Here, I want students to review what they learned about exponents in the previous lesson. I am looking for students to write out the repeated multiplication to show which base and exponent is greater. A common mistake is for students to think 6^2 as 6 times 2. If students make this mistake, I remind students that exponents indicate repeated multiplication. I also ask students to share an efficient way to multiply powers of 10.
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Students work on the two problems and questions independently. I walk around to monitor student progress. When most students have completed the problems and questions we come back together as a class. I have students Think Pair Share about their answers. Then I call on students to share their observations with the class. Some students may say that both problems result in 17. Some students may say that the problems have different answers. Possible answers could be 32 or 27.
One option is to add context to the problems. You have a bunch of coins. You have a stack of 5 coins and 3 stacks of 4 coins. You can represent this number of coins with these two expressions. How many coins do you have? What if you have 3 stacks of 4 coins and one stack of 5 coins? Have students draw the pictures to compare and contrast the problems.
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The Order of Operations
A common misconception for my students is to think about the order of operations as a six step process, and forget that you evaluate multiplication and division problems (or addition and subtraction) from left to right. For this reason I do not use the mnemonic PEMDAS in my class, I refer to them as the order of operations. I've found students latch on to PEMDAS and then assume multiplication always comes before division and addition before subtraction. I use this horizontal graphic organizer with my students. In each box I put the symbol for the step (or a number with an exponent). I regularly switch where I place the multiplication and division (and addition and subtraction) symbols as a constant reminder that students must look for these symbols from left to right.
Then I ask these questions:
- What would happen if we did not agree and we approached evaluating expressions in our own ways?
- What problems might arise?
I am looking for students to recognize that the order of operations is a set of rules that have been decided upon by mathematicians. Without these rules, different people would solve the same problems and get vastly different answers. I am interested to hear what problems students imagine would occur without agreement on the order of operations.
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We complete the 4 questions on the "Practice" page together. With each problem I ask what we need to identify and work with first, next, etc. I stress to students that it is essential that they only complete one step of the expression at a time and that they copy the rest of the expression, until they are left with an answer. Many students will be tempted to do it in their heads and write down their answers. I explain that I will not check any work that does not show a step-by-step progression. I explain that in order for me to understand what they did (correct or incorrect) I need to see their work. Here it is crucial that students use MP6: Attend to precision.
For students who are doing well with the problems, they can move on to Practice 1. I explain that the practice pages get more difficult. If students are feeling confident, they can complete the last 3 problems on Practice 1. Once they finish, I quickly check their work. If all three are correct they can move on to Practice 2. If there are any mistakes, I direct them to try the incorrect problem again. Posting A Key can make checking student work much more efficient for me and the students. Unit 1.10 Posted Key 1.jpg Unit 1.10 Posted Key 2.jpeg
I am looking to see if students are using the graphic organizer to help them. Do they perform multiplication and division (as well as addition and subtraction) from left to right? Are they working correctly with exponents? Are they making silly math mistakes? What are the most common mistakes? I will use these observations to inform the Closure of the lesson.
For students who are struggling, there are a few ways I may intervene:
- Pull a small group to the back of the class to work on Practice 1 problems together. Once students are more comfortable, they return to their seats to work independently.
- I have them work with their partners together and I regularly check in with them.
- If there are enough students struggling, I'll pass out whiteboards and markers. I have students show the step-by-step work on the first few practice problems.
- Give students a multiplication chart or calculator to help them access the problems.
For students who successfully complete the classwork, there are a few choices I give them:
- Serve as a tutor to a student I have identified who needs extra help
- Complete the Challenge problems
- Pair up with another student and take turns creating and evaluating numerical expressions using the order of operations
- Playing "Show me the Money!" from Show what you know Factors and Multiples + Introduction to Exponents (students can use the 1-10 spinner for added difficulty).
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Closure and Ticket to Go
For Closure I have students turn to problem 6 in Practice 3. What do we do first? Some students will struggle since there are two operations inside the parentheses. Should we subtract first or simplify 2^3? I have students explain the step by step process. I ask again, why do we have an order of operations? What might happen if we didn't?
With the last few minutes of class I give a Ticket to Go for students to independently complete. I pass out the HW Why do we need an order of operations at the end of class.